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 Matthew 15

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 All our talks are recorded, so if you've missed any at any stage, you can follow up online.

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 We're going to start reading from Matthew 15, verse 21, through to the end of the chapter.

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 Matthew 15, starting at verse 21, and we'll read to the end of the chapter.

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 Amen.

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 So his disciples came to him and urged him, send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.

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 He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.

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 The woman came and knelt before him.

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 Lord, help me, she said.

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 Jesus replied, it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs.

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 Yes, it is, Lord, she said.

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 Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table.

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 Then Jesus said to her, woman, you have great faith.

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 Your request is granted.

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 And her daughter was healed at that moment.

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 Jesus left there and went along to the Sea of Galilee.

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 Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.

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 Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others,

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 and laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

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 The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well,

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 the lame walking, and the blind seeing.

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 And they praised the God of Israel.

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 Jesus called his disciples to him and said,

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 I have compassion for these people.

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 They have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat.

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 I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.

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 His disciples answered,

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 Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?

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 How many loaves do you have?

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 Jesus asked.

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 Seven, they replied, and a few small fish.

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 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.

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 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish,

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 and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples,

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 and they in turn to the people.

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 They all ate and were satisfied.

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 Afterwards, the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

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 The number of those who ate was 4,000 men,

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 not counting the women and children.

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 After Jesus had sent the crowd away,

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 he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

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 Well, let's keep our Bibles open there in Matthew's Gospel,

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 and we'll pray, and we'll ask for the Lord's help to understand his Word.

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 Let's do that now.

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 Father, again, we thank you for your Word.

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 Lord, we thank you for the Gospel of Matthew,

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 events and the life of Jesus written down,

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 recorded for us to hear,

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 to learn from today.

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 And we pray that we may encounter Jesus afresh,

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 that we may experience him,

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 that we may know and understand why he has come,

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 the response he looks for,

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 and the future that we can have with him.

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 So, Father, pour out your Spirit upon us generously.

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 May not one of us leave this building

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 without knowing Jesus more.

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 That's our desire,

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 and we ask for your help.

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 And it's in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, this morning we're going to look at three things from the text.

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 We're going to see a shocking move,

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 a surprising response,

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 and a stunning vision.

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 So get ready to be shocked, surprised, and stunned.

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 First, a shocking move.

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 Jesus moves towards sinners and sufferers.

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 Jesus moves towards sinners and sufferers.

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 Jesus is always on the move,

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 as we've been reading through Matthew's Gospel,

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 declaring the good news in towns and villages.

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 But here in Matthew 15,

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 Jesus steps across a line,

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 one that shocks the disciples.

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 He crosses not just geographical and political borders,

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 but he crosses a spiritual and social barrier.

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 Jesus moves towards sinners.

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 Look at verse 21.

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 Leaving that place.

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 So Jesus is presently in Jewish territory

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 around the Lake of Galilee.

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 So he leaves that place,

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 and Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

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 Tyre and Sidon are north of Galilee,

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 into pagan territory.

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 So you could imagine what the disciples are thinking

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 as Jesus makes his move.

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 You can't possibly go there.

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 They're outsiders and foreigners.

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 That's where the sinners live.

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 Now you may remember,

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 we've met these places before Tyre and Sidon.

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 Have a look back with me in Matthew's Gospel,

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 chapter 11.

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 Go back to chapter 11, verse 20,

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 where we come across Tyre and Sidon.

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 So again,

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 Jesus has been preaching in the towns and villages,

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 healing people.

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 Verse 20,

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 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns

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 in which he did most of his miracles,

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 because they did not repent.

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 Woe to you, Chorazin!

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 Woe to you, Bethsaida!

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 This was the heartland of Israel,

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 the religious Jewish folk.

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 For if the miracles that were performed in you

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 had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,

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 if they had had the opportunity

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 that you have had,

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 they would have repented long ago

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 in sackcloth and ashes.

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 Let's go back to chapter 15.

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 You see, Jesus' move is intentional

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 and provocative.

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 By crossing these borders,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 I have come for all people,

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 no matter what their background is

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 or what their history has been.

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 I am calling people to repentance.

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 I haven't come for those who think

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 they are good, rule-keeping religious folk.

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 But I've come for the irreligious people,

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 the ones who don't keep the rules,

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 the ones who cause chaos and mayhem,

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 the ones with messy, broken lives.

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 I've come to welcome sinners into my kingdom.

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 For no one is off limits,

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 no one is excluded,

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 and no one is outside of my reach.

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 So Jesus moves to sinners,

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 but he also moves to sufferers.

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 Because as Jesus enters this area,

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 look what happens, verse 22.

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 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity

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 came to him crying out,

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 Lord, son of David,

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 have mercy on me.

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 My daughter is demon-possessed

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 and suffering terribly.

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 Now everything about this event

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 is making the disciples

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 squirm uncomfortably.

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 She's a Canaanite,

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 a fierce enemy of the Jews.

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 The whole history of the Canaanites

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 has been about attacking

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 the nation of Israel.

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 And she's also a Gentile,

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 a pagan.

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 Religiously, she's unacceptable.

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 She's excluded.

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 And she's a woman.

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 Because you don't go talking

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 to such common people as women.

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 You see, the Jews had very strict

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 religious barriers

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 to keep such people out.

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 The kingdom, they thought,

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 is not open to your kind.

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 But rather than condemnation,

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 Jesus displays amazing compassion.

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 For Jesus, there is no line

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 or barrier.

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 He doesn't just see

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 their spiritual need,

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 but he sees their physical need.

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 He empathises with her suffering.

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 This reminds us, doesn't it,

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 of why Jesus has come.

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 He has come to renew

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 this broken world

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 and restore our disordered lives.

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 He sees the great need

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 of this woman.

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 Most likely,

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 she's without a husband.

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 And her daughter

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 is suffering

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 with a demon spirit.

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 And he moves out

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 towards her,

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 crossing all of the

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 spiritual social barriers

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 that there are.

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 Look down at verse 28.

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 Then Jesus said to her,

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 Woman, you of great faith,

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 your request is granted.

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 And her daughter

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 was healed

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 at that moment.

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 This is who Jesus is.

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 You see,

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 he is not repulsed

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 by our sin.

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 He's not immune

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 to the sufferings

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 that we go through.

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 The very things

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 that push people

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 away from us,

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 those who struggle,

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 we struggle to forgive,

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 those we find it hard

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 to care for,

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 these are the people

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 Jesus is drawn to.

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 The kind of people

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 we keep at arm's length

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 because of their sinful past

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 and their struggling life,

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 Jesus embraces them.

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 So whatever your sin

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 may be today,

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 whatever suffering

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 you may be experiencing,

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 let's understand this,

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 you are not

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 outside the reach

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 of God

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 or off limits

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 to the mercy

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 of God.

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 Jesus doesn't avoid

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 sinners and sufferers.

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 Jesus moves

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 towards

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 people like us,

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 people who sin

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 and people who suffer.

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 That is

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 good news.

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 So,

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 the shocking move.

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 second,

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 a surprising

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 response.

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 Jesus commends

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 those with

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 great faith.

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 He commends

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 those with

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 great faith.

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 Jesus'

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 interaction

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 with this woman

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 is full

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 of surprises

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 and we're just

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 going to focus

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 on two of them.

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 First,

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 Jesus responds

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 with silence.

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 We can imagine

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 the scene there

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 as this woman

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 comes to Jesus.

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 She's loud

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 and desperate.

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 She doesn't care,

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 does she?

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 Verse 22,

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 Lord,

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 son of David,

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 have mercy on me.

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 My daughter,

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 my daughter,

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 she's suffering

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 terribly.

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 How does Jesus

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 respond?

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 respond?

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 Verse 23,

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 Jesus didn't

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 answer

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 a word.

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 Silence.

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 Nothing.

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 I mean,

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 this isn't the

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 Jesus we know,

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 is it?

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 It's almost

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 as if Jesus

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 is ignoring

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 her.

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 But we

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 mustn't

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 interpret

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 the silence

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 as exclusion

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 and rejection.

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 Something that

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 the disciples

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 jumped to.

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 Look at the

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 rest of

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 verse 23.

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 So his

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 disciples

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 came to him

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 and urged him,

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 send her

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 away,

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 for she

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 keeps crying

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 out after

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 us.

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 They want

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 nothing to

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 do with

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 a pagan

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 outsider.

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 No,

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 Jesus is

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 silent

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 because he

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 wants to

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 teach the

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 disciples

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 and us

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 that this

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 woman is

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 not only

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 welcome,

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 but she's

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 an example

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 to us

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 all of

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 how we

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 should

00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:38.899
 respond

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 to

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 Jesus.

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 Of course,

00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.379
 Jesus

00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:42.600
 could have

00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:43.019
 answered

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 her

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 immediately.

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 He could

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 have healed

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 her daughter

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 straight away.

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 No problem.

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 His delay

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 is that he

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 doesn't care,

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 or is not

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 that he

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 doesn't care,

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 but his

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 concern is

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 that we

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 would learn.

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 So Jesus

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 responds with

00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:01.779
 silence.

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 And second,

00:15:04.699 --> 00:15:05.699
 Jesus responds

00:15:05.699 --> 00:15:06.080
 with

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 commendation.

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 You see,

00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:09.699
 when Jesus

00:15:09.699 --> 00:15:10.720
 does eventually

00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:11.379
 break his

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 silence,

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 look at what

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 he says,

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 verse 24.

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 He answered,

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 I was

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 sent only

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 to the

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 lost sheep

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 of Israel.

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 Well,

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 that was

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 true,

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 wasn't it?

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 Jesus came

00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:26.500
 for those

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 to whom

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 he was

00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:27.939
 sent,

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 the people

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 of Israel.

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 But Jesus

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 had also

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 come for

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 the nations,

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 for all

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 people.

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 And that's

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 what he

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 wants the

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 disciples to

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 learn.

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 He wants

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 them to

00:15:39.219 --> 00:15:39.879
 see how

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 this woman,

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 an outsider,

00:15:43.439 --> 00:15:43.979
 how she

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 responds.

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 So verse 25,

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 the woman

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 came and

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 knelt before

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 him.

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 Lord,

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 help me,

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 she said.

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 It's a face

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.599
 that is

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 desperately

00:15:55.339 --> 00:15:56.579
 dependent on

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 Jesus.

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 It's a

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 recognition that

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 without the

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 intervention of

00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.039
 Jesus in

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 my life.

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.320
 I am

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 lost.

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 I've got

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 no hope.

00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.059
 Lord,

00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.679
 help me.

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.659
 But Jesus

00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:13.179
 is still

00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:13.679
 not ready

00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:14.379
 to act.

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 He wants

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 us to

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 grasp the

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 kind of

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 faith that

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 he commends.

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 Verse 26,

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 he replied,

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 it is not

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 right to

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 take the

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:27.819
 children's

00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:29.179
 bread and

00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:29.779
 toss it to

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 the dogs.

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 Well,

00:16:32.059 --> 00:16:32.319
 what on

00:16:32.319 --> 00:16:32.659
 earth is

00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:33.279
 that about?

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 Well,

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:36.000
 Jews referred

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:37.279
 to outsiders

00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:37.959
 like this

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 woman as

00:16:39.579 --> 00:16:40.279
 dogs.

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 It was

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.879
 insulting,

00:16:43.079 --> 00:16:43.620
 racist,

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 misogynistic.

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 That's why

00:16:47.579 --> 00:16:48.319
 the disciples

00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:48.799
 were so

00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:49.240
 quick to

00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:49.919
 tell Jesus,

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.799
 send her

00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:51.159
 away,

00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.819
 we don't

00:16:51.819 --> 00:16:52.480
 want her

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.419
 kind around

00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:53.919
 us.

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 We don't

00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:56.199
 want anything

00:16:56.199 --> 00:16:56.659
 to do

00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:57.059
 with her.

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 So Jesus

00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.919
 as if kind

00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:01.279
 of goes

00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:01.839
 along with

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 it and

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 confronts

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 her with

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 this view

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.159
 as if to

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 say,

00:17:05.379 --> 00:17:05.539
 what are

00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:05.740
 you going

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:05.960
 to do

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.720
 about that?

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 Is it

00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:08.899
 not right

00:17:08.899 --> 00:17:10.980
 that you

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.420
 take the

00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:11.899
 children's

00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:12.299
 bread and

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:12.680
 toss it

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.000
 to the

00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.460
 dogs?

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:15.659
 Is it

00:17:15.659 --> 00:17:17.559
 right to

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.059
 take the

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:19.399
 Messiah who

00:17:19.399 --> 00:17:19.940
 came for

00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.779
 the Jews

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:22.619
 and give

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:23.299
 him to

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:24.180
 the Gentiles?

00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:25.960
 Her

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.839
 response is

00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:27.180
 just

00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:27.899
 brilliant.

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.419
 Verse 27.

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 Yes it

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.720
 is Lord,

00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.399
 it is

00:17:32.399 --> 00:17:32.899
 right.

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 Even the

00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:35.359
 dogs eat

00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:35.919
 the crumbs

00:17:35.919 --> 00:17:36.599
 that fall

00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.039
 from the

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.720
 master's

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 table.

00:17:38.919 --> 00:17:39.680
 Just as

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:41.180
 dogs get

00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:41.799
 to eat the

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.480
 scraps from

00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:43.159
 their master,

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.799
 so we

00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.619
 will receive

00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:46.079
 from the

00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:46.700
 Jews what

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.419
 they don't

00:17:47.419 --> 00:17:47.899
 want.

00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.460
 I know

00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.000
 I don't

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.480
 deserve

00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:51.259
 Jesus the

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:51.680
 Messiah.

00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:52.559
 I know

00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.059
 I'm not

00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:53.420
 worthy.

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.099
 I have

00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.819
 nothing to

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.140
 offer.

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:55.779
 I have

00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.440
 nothing to

00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:56.819
 bring.

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.019
 I'm a

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.859
 sinner and

00:17:58.859 --> 00:17:59.779
 a sufferer,

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.379
 but I

00:18:00.379 --> 00:18:01.039
 desperately

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:02.160
 need you.

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.299
 Her

00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:04.900
 faith is

00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:05.519
 urgent,

00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:07.599
 but it's

00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:07.980
 humble.

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.720
 She sees

00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.200
 not how

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.940
 great she

00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:12.420
 is,

00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:13.839
 but how

00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.559
 great and

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.019
 gracious

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:16.660
 that Jesus

00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:17.160
 is.

00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:18.900
 And so

00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:19.980
 verse 28,

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.480
 Jesus said

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:21.880
 to her,

00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:23.140
 Woman,

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.860
 you have

00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:26.420
 great faith.

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.420
 Far from

00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:29.480
 ignoring her,

00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:30.620
 Jesus

00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.480
 commends

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:31.700
 her,

00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:32.840
 this is

00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:33.300
 the kind

00:18:33.300 --> 00:18:33.820
 of faith

00:18:33.820 --> 00:18:34.220
 that I

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.940
 seek from

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:36.040
 all people,

00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:37.400
 people who

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.040
 see their

00:18:38.040 --> 00:18:38.940
 desperate need

00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:39.800
 and run

00:18:39.800 --> 00:18:40.500
 to Jesus

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.300
 urgently,

00:18:42.300 --> 00:18:43.019
 but humbly.

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:45.759
 Now we've

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.119
 got to be

00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:46.740
 careful how

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.539
 we interpret

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.480
 this great

00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.139
 faith.

00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.599
 It's not

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.339
 the size

00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:52.079
 or measure

00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.639
 of her

00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.259
 faith that

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.639
 Jesus

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.299
 commends,

00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.519
 but the

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.319
 greatness of

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.879
 the one in

00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:57.579
 whom she

00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:58.379
 trusts.

00:18:59.400 --> 00:18:59.799
 You see,

00:18:59.879 --> 00:19:00.240
 it's not

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.859
 about how

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.940
 great I

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.400
 am,

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:04.019
 but seeing

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.740
 how great

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.779
 my sin

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.279
 is,

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.319
 and how

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:08.460
 great Jesus

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:09.059
 is to

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.420
 forgive.

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.319
 It's not

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:11.139
 about my

00:19:11.139 --> 00:19:12.200
 great ability

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.920
 or strength

00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.400
 to get

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:13.820
 through

00:19:13.820 --> 00:19:14.460
 things in

00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:14.820
 life,

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.279
 but seeing

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.100
 how helpless

00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:18.140
 and hopeless

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.759
 we are.

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.180
 It's running

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:20.860
 to Jesus

00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:21.340
 as our

00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:22.120
 saving king

00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:23.120
 and crying

00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:24.140
 out urgently

00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:25.820
 but humbly,

00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:27.279
 Lord,

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:29.259
 help me.

00:19:30.580 --> 00:19:31.720
 This is

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.259
 the right

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.240
 response for

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:34.120
 sinners and

00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:34.820
 sufferers.

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:35.980
 This is the

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.900
 kind of faith

00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:38.620
 that Jesus

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.420
 commends.

00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:42.180
 of the

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.320
 kingdom.

00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:42.560
 So we

00:19:42.560 --> 00:19:42.940
 have a

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.340
 shock,

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:45.080
 we have

00:19:45.080 --> 00:19:45.740
 a surprise,

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:48.080
 and we

00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:48.460
 have a

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.220
 stunning or

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:49.980
 spectacular

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.580
 vision.

00:19:51.800 --> 00:19:52.120
 Jesus

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.800
 gives us

00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.800
 a foretaste

00:19:53.800 --> 00:19:55.200
 of heaven.

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.920
 You see,

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.460
 as Jesus

00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.360
 moves out

00:19:59.360 --> 00:19:59.920
 towards

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.660
 sinners and

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.320
 sufferers,

00:20:01.580 --> 00:20:02.000
 as he

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.539
 welcomes

00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.300
 those with

00:20:03.300 --> 00:20:04.279
 faith,

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:05.960
 so Jesus

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.480
 is giving

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:06.960
 us a

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:08.019
 foretaste

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:09.240
 of the

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.779
 kingdom to

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.119
 come.

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.379
 And the

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:11.859
 feeding of

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.720
 the 4,000

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.980
 shows us

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.359
 this.

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.839
 First,

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.319
 look at the

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:18.240
 crowds that

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.619
 come.

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:20.259
 Once again,

00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:21.180
 verse 29,

00:20:21.379 --> 00:20:22.859
 Jesus is

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.440
 on the

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:23.960
 move.

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.019
 And verse

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.440
 30,

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.779
 great crowds

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.879
 come to

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.139
 him.

00:20:29.139 --> 00:20:29.700
 Now,

00:20:29.899 --> 00:20:30.460
 you may

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.220
 remember we've

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.940
 come across a

00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:32.799
 similar event

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.720
 like this,

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.220
 haven't we?

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.599
 Just last

00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.159
 week in

00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:37.099
 chapter 14,

00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.559
 there it

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:38.899
 was the

00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.460
 feeding of

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.639
 the 5,000.

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.879
 But apart

00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:43.539
 from some

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.839
 minor differences,

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.119
 what we

00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:46.559
 read in

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.399
 chapter 14

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:47.919
 and chapter

00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:49.039
 15 are

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.559
 almost

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.539
 identical.

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.440
 Both have

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:53.619
 large crowds,

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.399
 both is

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:55.919
 about an

00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.460
 event where

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.119
 people have

00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:57.960
 no food,

00:20:58.879 --> 00:20:59.259
 Jesus

00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:00.139
 miraculously

00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:00.740
 feeds

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.399
 everyone

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:01.839
 who's

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.180
 there,

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.519
 there's

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.039
 plenty

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.759
 left over

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.099
 in the

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.619
 baskets,

00:21:06.419 --> 00:21:07.099
 and they

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.759
 all go

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.279
 home

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.339
 satisfied.

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.799
 The same

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.799
 kind of

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.700
 story.

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.139
 However,

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.799
 there's one

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.480
 significant

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.919
 difference.

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.819
 The crowds.

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.419
 Not the

00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:21.099
 number of

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.680
 people who

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.240
 are present,

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.819
 but the

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.859
 identity of

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.319
 the people

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.680
 who are

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.019
 present.

00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:26.839
 You see,

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:27.339
 in chapter

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.000
 14,

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.559
 it was all

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.240
 about Jesus

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.859
 down by

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.500
 the lake

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:34.619
 in Jewish

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.579
 territory.

00:21:36.219 --> 00:21:36.879
 But here

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.439
 in chapter

00:21:37.439 --> 00:21:38.159
 15,

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.099
 they're all

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:39.599
 from a

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.259
 Gentile

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:41.099
 pagan

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.639
 background.

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:41.979
 They're

00:21:41.979 --> 00:21:42.399
 still

00:21:42.399 --> 00:21:43.279
 outsiders.

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:44.779
 Look at

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.399
 the response

00:21:45.399 --> 00:21:45.699
 of the

00:21:45.699 --> 00:21:46.219
 people as

00:21:46.219 --> 00:21:46.719
 they gather.

00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:47.519
 Look at

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.839
 the end

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.219
 of verse

00:21:48.219 --> 00:21:48.839
 31.

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.279
 They

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.139
 praised

00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:52.379
 the God

00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:53.000
 of Israel.

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:54.699
 They're

00:21:54.699 --> 00:21:55.359
 obviously

00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:56.559
 outsiders,

00:21:56.959 --> 00:21:57.459
 but they've

00:21:57.459 --> 00:21:57.919
 come to

00:21:57.919 --> 00:21:58.259
 have an

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.779
 encounter

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.660
 with Jesus,

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:00.599
 God's

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:00.899
 king.

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.839
 So in

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.359
 praising

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:02.940
 the God

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.539
 of Israel,

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.519
 they are

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.139
 declaring

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:06.759
 that he

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.259
 is their

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.039
 God too.

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:10.039
 Once again,

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.740
 Jesus is

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.259
 showing that

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.680
 he's come

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.200
 for all

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.619
 people,

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.420
 regardless

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:13.940
 of what

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.119
 their

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.660
 background

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.839
 or social

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.579
 situation

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.119
 is.

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:17.980
 His

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.799
 desire is

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.240
 to bring

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.200
 people from

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.180
 all nations

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.980
 to himself,

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.420
 that they

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.079
 might worship

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.480
 him.

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.160
 In fact,

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.779
 the sheer

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.519
 number of

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.019
 people who

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.619
 are gathered,

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.539
 look at

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.359
 verse 38,

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.339
 which doesn't

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.139
 include all

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.500
 the women

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.139
 and children

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.500
 who are

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:34.779
 there,

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.420
 is a

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.279
 foretaste

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.839
 of heaven.

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.139
 It's a

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.720
 picture of

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.460
 the crowds,

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.980
 the thousands

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.440
 that are

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.259
 beyond number

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.259
 of sinners

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.319
 and sufferers

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.879
 who've

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.799
 responded in

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.680
 faith and

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.079
 will be

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.519
 gathered

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.119
 together

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:52.220
 in God's

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.859
 eternal

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.339
 kingdom.

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.039
 Well,

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.359
 you say,

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.940
 how is there

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.379
 a vision

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:57.059
 there about

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.559
 God's

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:57.960
 eternal

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.399
 kingdom?

00:22:59.679 --> 00:23:00.200
 Well,

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.539
 let's

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.839
 look at

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.619
 the feast

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.720
 that is

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.240
 to come.

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.740
 You see,

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.099
 as the

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.460
 crowds

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.039
 gather,

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.819
 Jesus

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.740
 begins to

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.379
 feed them,

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.899
 doesn't he?

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.460
 He takes

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:11.879
 a bit of

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.339
 bread and

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.700
 a few

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:14.500
 fish and

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.079
 he feeds

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:16.139
 these thousands

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.819
 of people

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.440
 before him

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.139
 and they're

00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:19.419
 all satisfied.

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.579
 But Jesus

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.319
 isn't just

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.619
 showing off.

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:24.980
 He isn't

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.579
 just being

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.220
 generous.

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.779
 Jesus

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.359
 is giving

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.839
 us a

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.399
 vision

00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:30.579
 of what

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:30.940
 is to

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.279
 come.

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.740
 You see,

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.179
 one of the

00:23:33.179 --> 00:23:33.700
 ways the

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.480
 Bible looks

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.259
 forward to

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.700
 heaven

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:37.279
 is a

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.779
 feast,

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.200
 a

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.179
 celebratory

00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:41.279
 meal that

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.159
 includes people

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.899
 from all

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.460
 nations

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.859
 rejoicing in

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.679
 their salvation.

00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:47.819
 Isaiah

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.440
 the prophet

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:50.159
 gives us a

00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:51.039
 foretaste of

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.659
 what this is

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.059
 like.

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.559
 Keep your

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.039
 finger in

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.039
 Matthew 15

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:56.159
 and let's

00:23:56.159 --> 00:23:56.819
 go back to

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.460
 Isaiah

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:59.639
 chapter 25.

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.859
 Isaiah

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:03.180
 chapter 25.

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:13.860
 Here the

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.740
 prophet Isaiah

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.299
 is giving

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:17.160
 a foretaste,

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.840
 a picture

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:19.360
 of the

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:20.240
 eternal kingdom

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.779
 to come.

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.480
 Let's pick it

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.920
 up, chapter

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:23.840
 25 and

00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:25.120
 verse 6.

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:35.959
 let's read

00:24:35.959 --> 00:24:36.779
 from verse 6.

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.940
 On this

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.639
 mountain,

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.180
 the Lord

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:41.059
 Almighty will

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.879
 prepare a

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.559
 feast of

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.599
 rich food

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.759
 for all

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.440
 peoples,

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.639
 a banquet

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.420
 of aged

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.899
 wine,

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.379
 the best

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.059
 of meats

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.579
 and the

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.480
 finest of

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:53.899
 wines.

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.819
 On this

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.480
 mountain he

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.299
 will destroy

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.099
 the shroud

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.879
 that enfolds

00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.559
 all people,

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.539
 the sheet

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.200
 that covers

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.899
 all nations.

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.059
 What's that?

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.180
 Well,

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.740
 verse 8,

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.140
 he will

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:07.319
 swallow up

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.819
 death

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.680
 forever.

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.259
 The

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.759
 sovereign

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.420
 Lord will

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.059
 wipe away

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.740
 the tears

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.359
 from all

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:12.779
 faces.

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.500
 He will

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.259
 remove his

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.819
 people's

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.359
 disgrace

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.220
 from all

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.680
 the earth.

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.480
 The

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.380
 Lord has

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.960
 spoken.

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.960
 In that

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.480
 day they

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.000
 will say,

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.120
 surely this

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.539
 is our

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:24.859
 God,

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.680
 we trusted

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.240
 in him

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.160
 and he

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.940
 saved us.

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.000
 This is

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.559
 the Lord,

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.700
 we trusted

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.259
 in him.

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.880
 Let us

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.920
 rejoice and

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.579
 be glad

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.259
 in his

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.720
 salvation.

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.140
 salvation.

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.059
 Let's

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.640
 go back

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.880
 to Matthew

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.519
 15.

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.240
 Isaiah's

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.740
 vision

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:47.319
 is of a

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.720
 mountain.

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.519
 Picture it

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.819
 in your

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.380
 minds,

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.700
 where people

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.319
 from all

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.160
 nations are

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.319
 gathered and

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.200
 people are

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.980
 healed and

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.920
 death is

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.640
 destroyed.

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.740
 Their

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.339
 relationship

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.039
 with God

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.880
 restored and

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:02.099
 they celebrate

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.480
 with rich

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.099
 food.

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.480
 it's a

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.379
 spectacular

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.059
 vision.

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.419
 And now

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:09.980
 look what we

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.719
 have here in

00:26:10.719 --> 00:26:11.619
 Matthew 15.

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.799
 Look carefully

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.659
 at what Jesus

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.259
 does.

00:26:15.699 --> 00:26:16.319
 Look at

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:17.059
 verse 29.

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.639
 Where does

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.379
 Jesus go?

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.740
 Up the

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.119
 mountain.

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.319
 What happens

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.240
 in verse 30?

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:28.160
 great crowds

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.759
 come to

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.039
 him.

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:31.259
 Verse 31.

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.539
 People are

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:34.079
 healed and

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.720
 restored.

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.960
 The lame

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.620
 walk, the

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.480
 blind see.

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.480
 Verse 36.

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.200
 What does

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.059
 Jesus do for

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.220
 them?

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.480
 He provides

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.440
 a meal.

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.180
 Okay, it's

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.900
 just fish and

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.200
 bread.

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.200
 It's a long

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.839
 way off the

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.660
 best of meats

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.319
 and finest

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.019
 of wines.

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.339
 but,

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.079
 verse 37,

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.759
 they are

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.319
 all

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.559
 satisfied.

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.079
 Jesus is

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.639
 not only

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.920
 highlighting the

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.480
 spectacular

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.319
 vision of

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.759
 Isaiah,

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.819
 Jesus is

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.639
 saying, I

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.139
 am the one

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.759
 who's come to

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.660
 fulfil this

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.059
 vision.

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.639
 I am the

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:08.980
 one who

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.799
 makes all

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.220
 of this

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.119
 possible.

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.259
 What I am

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.960
 doing on the

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.559
 mountain is

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.000
 just a

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.740
 foretaste

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:16.240
 of my

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.079
 glorious

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:18.279
 eternal

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.779
 kingdom.

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.240
 You see,

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.900
 for sinners

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:23.180
 and sufferers,

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.940
 the best is

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.460
 yet to

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:25.799
 come.

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.379
 Yes, Jesus

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:28.200
 healed all

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.920
 these people,

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.500
 but what

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.920
 would happen

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.339
 to them?

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.519
 Well, they

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.279
 would all die

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.740
 at some

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.160
 stage,

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.440
 wouldn't

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.599
 they?

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.039
 Probably

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.779
 through another

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.500
 disease or

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.819
 sickness.

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.539
 Yes, Jesus

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.420
 fed all of

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.099
 these thousands

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.779
 of people,

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.619
 but within a

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:42.980
 couple of

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.460
 days they

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.920
 would wake

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.299
 up with

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.720
 hungry

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.240
 bellies

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.759
 needing to

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.160
 be fed

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.579
 again.

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.099
 You see,

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.740
 what Jesus

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.400
 was doing

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.680
 was,

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.700
 was just

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.400
 temporary.

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.259
 Jesus

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.960
 came for

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.460
 something

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.779
 greater,

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.259
 something

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.460
 eternal.

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.420
 He came

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.019
 to deal

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.019
 with all

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.440
 of my

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.960
 sin and

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.819
 to destroy

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.460
 the pain

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.920
 of death.

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.920
 He died

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.279
 on the

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.720
 cross and

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.359
 he rose

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.740
 from the

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.599
 grave so

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.059
 that I

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.759
 might share

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.299
 in his

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.099
 eternal

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.579
 kingdom.

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.859
 Don't

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.660
 settle for

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.119
 what is

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.879
 past.

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.559
 Set your

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.420
 eyes on

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.019
 the vision

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.740
 to come.

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.740
 God

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.140
 will

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.420
 come.

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.460
 You see,

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.039
 here we

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.599
 are being

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.120
 shown

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:23.359
 Jesus who

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:24.120
 moves out

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.680
 towards

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.900
 sinners and

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.799
 sufferers.

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.220
 He welcomes

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.980
 all who

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.880
 respond in

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.680
 urgent but

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.019
 humble

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.559
 faith.

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.359
 And he

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:34.240
 promises us

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.960
 a seat

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.120
 at the

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:37.460
 table in

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.240
 his eternal

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.759
 kingdom.

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.759
 A kingdom

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.660
 where sin

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.799
 and suffering

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.759
 will be

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.380
 no more.

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.280
 and he

00:28:44.280 --> 00:28:44.920
 will wipe

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.620
 the tears

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.100
 from our

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.920
 eyes and

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.400
 we will

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.440
 be satisfied

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:50.120
 forever.

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.600
 No longer

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.440
 living by

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:56.140
 faith but

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.980
 feasting

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:59.120
 forever with

00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.600
 the king.

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:02.540
 What a

00:29:02.540 --> 00:29:03.020
 shock.

00:29:04.020 --> 00:29:04.680
 What a

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.180
 surprise.

00:29:06.520 --> 00:29:07.000
 What a

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.200
 stunning vision

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:10.140
 for all

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.740
 who run

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:12.039
 to Jesus.

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:14.080
 Let's pray

00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:14.900
 together.

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:18.380
 our

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:35.019
 Father God,

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.660
 we come

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:38.560
 just as we

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:39.259
 are today.

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.560
 You see

00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:43.140
 into our

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.600
 hearts,

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.360
 you know

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:45.199
 our sin,

00:29:46.439 --> 00:29:46.859
 you know

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.539
 our mess,

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.740
 some of

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.059
 it is

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.579
 public,

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.799
 some of

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.179
 it is

00:29:53.179 --> 00:29:53.899
 desperately

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.779
 secret.

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.659
 You see

00:30:00.659 --> 00:30:01.500
 our lives

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.959
 and you

00:30:01.959 --> 00:30:02.479
 see our

00:30:02.479 --> 00:30:03.000
 suffering.

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.619
 Some of

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.079
 that is

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.839
 very public

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.519
 too and

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.819
 people know

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.299
 how we

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.419
 hurt and

00:30:10.419 --> 00:30:10.799
 how we

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.259
 struggle.

00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:13.979
 But yet

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.360
 we know

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:14.819
 that some

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.140
 of our

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.539
 suffering

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.240
 is deep

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.640
 down

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:18.599
 and no

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.220
 one knows

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.019
 the torment

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.539
 that we

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.279
 may face.

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.860
 How

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.380
 wonderful

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.900
 to know

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.380
 today

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:28.299
 that Jesus

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.319
 welcomes us

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.480
 as we

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.759
 are.

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.579
 Come to

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.000
 Jesus,

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.759
 receive

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.779
 forgiveness,

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.059
 receive that

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.559
 healing,

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:37.900
 that

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.579
 restoration.

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:38.799
 salvation.

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.799
 Come to

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.439
 him and

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:43.919
 know a

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.439
 glorious

00:30:44.439 --> 00:30:45.179
 future,

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.159
 urgently

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:48.759
 and humbly

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.659
 depending on

00:30:49.659 --> 00:30:50.319
 him in

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.740
 faith.

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.539
 Father,

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.119
 help us

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.599
 to go,

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.240
 knowing that

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.919
 it is you

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:57.220
 alone who

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.099
 will satisfy

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.119
 us completely.

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:01.079
 Help us

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.779
 to walk

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.599
 by faith

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:04.019
 and not

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.799
 by sight

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:06.200
 as we

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.819
 look forward

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.220
 to that

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.759
 wonderful

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.379
 feast,

00:31:08.919 --> 00:31:10.099
 being seated

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.539
 at the

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.940
 king's

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.319
 table,

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.119
 served by

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.579
 the Lord

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:13.960
 Jesus

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.599
 himself,

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.180
 sharing

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:17.399
 in a

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:17.799
 wonderful

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.240
 meal

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:20.099
 to celebrate

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:21.099
 our

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.980
 homecoming,

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:22.919
 our

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.500
 salvation.

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.559
 Thank you

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.859
 for what we

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.339
 have in

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.200
 Jesus today.

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.599
 Amen.

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:34.740
 But we're

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.000
 going to

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.799
 sing a

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.799
 celebratory

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.500
 song.

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:41.099
 There's a

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.019
 higher throne

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.740
 than all

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.419
 this world

00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:44.059
 has known

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.359
 where

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.959
 faithful

00:31:44.959 --> 00:31:45.459
 ones

00:31:45.459 --> 00:31:46.599
 from every

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:46.959
 tongue

00:31:46.959 --> 00:31:47.740
 that welcome

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.599
 from every

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.059
 nation

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:50.799
 those who

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.539
 have faith

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:53.179
 in Christ.

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.359
 I invite

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:55.879
 you to

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.740
 stand and

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.159
 sing and

00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:57.599
 if you

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.439
 are trusting

00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:58.799
 in the

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.019
 Lord,

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.419
 you will

00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.880
 want to

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.460
 sing this

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.920
 out in

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.600
 praise and

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.279
 thanksgiving.

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.460
 Let's

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.720
 sing together.

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:04.820
 Amen.

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.320
 Amen.

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:33.539
口 dele's

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.019
 water

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:37.400
 There is a

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:40.720
 higher throne

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:42.820
 That all

00:32:42.820 --> 00:32:43.160
 thoughts

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:44.039
 of us

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:45.019
 And never

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.100
 overcome

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.519
 through

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.539
 His

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.100
 heart

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.820
 That earth

00:32:47.820 --> 00:32:48.640
 You will

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.400
 come to

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:51.180
 gak

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:52.580
 deeds

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:52.800
 Into

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:52.960
 pits

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.740
 We

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:53.779
 will

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:55.300
 S

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.820
 Rash Instagram

00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:56.340
 Hon

00:32:56.340 --> 00:32:56.980
 Will

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.680
 계

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.440
 Aussль