WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.480 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.980 --> 00:00:09.560 Our passion is to experience and express grace. 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:10.620 Join us. 00:00:12.220 --> 00:00:19.539 If you have Bibles with you in one form or the other, open them to Luke 11. 00:00:23.980 --> 00:00:27.219 We're continuing our journey through Luke. 00:00:27.219 --> 00:00:35.519 Luke, and now we have finished this section, and I'm glad we've taken an extended time dealing 00:00:35.519 --> 00:00:37.079 with this section on prayer. 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:46.460 Now we get to a little bit different scene, and we begin to see the opposition come to 00:00:46.460 --> 00:00:47.620 Jesus. 00:00:48.980 --> 00:00:49.780 Now let's read. 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:56.579 You can follow with me as I read, and it's going to be a rather long section from verse 14 00:00:56.579 --> 00:00:59.100 all the way down through verse 36. 00:01:01.820 --> 00:01:05.179 Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:12.259 When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and people marveled. 00:01:12.260 --> 00:01:19.600 But some of them said, he cast out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons. 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:25.760 While others, detest him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven. 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:34.000 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, every kingdom divided against itself is laid 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:34.580 waste. 00:01:34.579 --> 00:01:37.939 And a divided household falls. 00:01:39.259 --> 00:01:43.859 So, and if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? 00:01:45.659 --> 00:01:49.099 For you say, I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 00:01:50.140 --> 00:01:55.680 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:59.900 Therefore, they will be your judges. 00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:09.140 But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come 00:02:09.140 --> 00:02:10.040 upon you. 00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:16.439 And when a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe. 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:23.300 But when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor, in 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:25.840 which he trusted, and divides his spoil. 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:30.780 So whoever is not with me is against me. 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.620 And whoever does not gather with me scatters. 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:40.620 And when the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:41.780 seeking rest. 00:02:41.780 --> 00:02:46.580 And finding none, it says, I will return to my house from which I came. 00:02:47.580 --> 00:02:52.159 And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order. 00:02:53.060 --> 00:02:56.639 And then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself. 00:02:56.979 --> 00:02:58.800 And they enter and dwell there. 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:04.099 And the state of that person is worse than at first. 00:03:04.099 --> 00:03:12.659 And as he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, blessed 00:03:12.659 --> 00:03:16.799 is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed. 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:25.699 But he said, blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it. 00:03:25.699 --> 00:03:33.839 And when the crowds were increasing, he began to say, this generation is an evil generation. 00:03:34.579 --> 00:03:40.439 It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:46.879 For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 00:03:47.739 --> 00:03:53.120 The Queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them. 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:58.280 For she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:02.620 Behold, someone greater than Solomon is here. 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:09.200 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it. 00:04:09.920 --> 00:04:12.200 For they repented at the preaching of Jonah. 00:04:13.140 --> 00:04:17.860 And behold, something greater than Jonah is here. 00:04:17.860 --> 00:04:25.800 No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, 00:04:26.620 --> 00:04:29.120 so that those who enter may see the light. 00:04:30.100 --> 00:04:32.400 Your eye is the lamp of your body. 00:04:32.860 --> 00:04:35.939 And when your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. 00:04:36.220 --> 00:04:39.560 But when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:45.500 Therefore, be careful, lest the light in you be darkness. 00:04:45.500 --> 00:04:54.459 And if then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright. 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:58.939 It's when a lamp with its rays gives you light. 00:05:00.300 --> 00:05:08.459 Let's bow in prayer and ask the giver of God's word to come and now give us insight into his word. 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:12.899 Father, we pray that you would come and be our teacher. 00:05:12.899 --> 00:05:18.099 There is so much here that you would say to us. 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:22.679 But our hearts need your work. 00:05:24.259 --> 00:05:27.319 So would you come and make our hearts soft? 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:30.919 Make them fertile ground for the planting of your word. 00:05:31.939 --> 00:05:38.099 Use my own foolishness to bring us into the light of wisdom. 00:05:38.100 --> 00:05:42.900 The wisdom that comes from you and not from man. 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:50.200 So would you come and speak to us in this time as we study together. 00:05:51.080 --> 00:05:53.280 And we pray in the name of the living word. 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:54.900 Even Jesus. 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:56.120 Amen. 00:05:56.120 --> 00:06:03.480 You know, we're moving from a very pleasant situation where Jesus' disciples come to him. 00:06:03.939 --> 00:06:05.699 And they ask that great question. 00:06:05.840 --> 00:06:07.540 He says, Lord, teach us to pray. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:09.120 You know, how do you pray? 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:13.040 I mean, you are praying and they've observed him praying all this time. 00:06:13.100 --> 00:06:14.000 And so they want to learn. 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:20.620 And that really shows a great posture of what it means to be a disciple. 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:23.800 And so Jesus teaches them. 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:32.860 And in so doing, teaches them at the core of what he taught was who it is to whom they pray. 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:36.060 It's not the mechanics of prayer. 00:06:36.060 --> 00:06:40.540 But it's the object of prayer. 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:43.939 It's the one for whom they bow. 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:50.819 But now as we come out of that, and we're going to see more and more of this. 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:53.319 We're going to see opposition. 00:06:54.340 --> 00:06:56.000 Beginning to face Jesus. 00:06:56.120 --> 00:07:02.340 Because now we see in a lot of ways a contrast between the posture of a disciple. 00:07:02.339 --> 00:07:06.679 And then the posture of an unbelieving world. 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:12.199 And so as we encounter this, there's so much in this text. 00:07:12.679 --> 00:07:22.359 What I want us to do is really look at what we can learn about this unbelief that we see demonstrated in the world. 00:07:22.799 --> 00:07:28.799 And what we're going to see here is that opposition always comes. 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:35.860 Opposition will always come when the kingdom advances. 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:40.379 This is a fact for us as believers. 00:07:40.540 --> 00:07:43.420 So when we see the kingdom move here in our community. 00:07:43.620 --> 00:07:46.600 When we see it move in our own lives. 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:51.639 We will see and experience opposition to that kingdom. 00:07:51.639 --> 00:08:04.740 But one of the things about this opposition is the opposition is not necessarily over the facts. 00:08:07.139 --> 00:08:08.539 But the implications. 00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:15.819 One of the things here when we look at this scene. 00:08:16.379 --> 00:08:18.979 Is there something very striking here to me. 00:08:18.980 --> 00:08:23.420 And every time I read through the gospels I always marvel at this. 00:08:24.220 --> 00:08:27.500 Jesus is now in this group of people. 00:08:28.660 --> 00:08:33.460 And he casts out a demon from this man who was unable to speak. 00:08:35.060 --> 00:08:37.960 It's a very obvious miracle. 00:08:39.379 --> 00:08:42.120 And Luke says that everybody marveled. 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:45.279 And then they got ticked off. 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:54.419 So what is there about a miracle that Jesus performs that gets people so upset? 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:58.720 And look at the two responses they have. 00:08:58.779 --> 00:09:03.439 One they're ascribing the work that he does to the devil himself. 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:10.079 Or even in the face of this very obvious miracle. 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:12.620 They're looking at Jesus and says. 00:09:13.020 --> 00:09:14.720 Alright prove. 00:09:15.560 --> 00:09:17.100 That you can do this miracle. 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:19.680 Prove. 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:22.040 That you have authority. 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:24.180 How do we know. 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:26.120 Who you are. 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:28.180 And that you are legit. 00:09:29.940 --> 00:09:31.560 Even in the face of. 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:33.280 What just happened. 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:38.720 Unfortunately. 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:41.319 What we see in these people. 00:09:42.019 --> 00:09:43.139 Is all too normal. 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:46.220 And that is. 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:49.519 That is a picture. 00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:51.799 In many ways. 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:54.679 As all of this section is that I've read through. 00:09:55.839 --> 00:09:58.259 A picture of what unbelief looks like. 00:09:58.259 --> 00:10:03.360 And we're not going to be able to go through and examine all of this down into the details. 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:06.299 We're going to take kind of a high altitude look at this. 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:07.639 But I think in this passage. 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:10.120 We are given a great picture here. 00:10:11.340 --> 00:10:13.460 Of what unbelief. 00:10:14.539 --> 00:10:15.600 Really looks like. 00:10:15.700 --> 00:10:17.340 And I will say this too. 00:10:18.019 --> 00:10:19.539 That as we look at this. 00:10:19.580 --> 00:10:21.120 And we think about unbelief. 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:23.340 The first thing that's going to come to our minds. 00:10:23.620 --> 00:10:25.399 Is unbelief out there. 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:29.220 This is what we're going to experience. 00:10:29.699 --> 00:10:30.840 From the world. 00:10:30.959 --> 00:10:34.240 And from people outside of the kingdom. 00:10:36.740 --> 00:10:38.699 But it's not just them. 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:41.860 It's us too. 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:44.100 So. 00:10:44.860 --> 00:10:45.879 With that in mind. 00:10:45.980 --> 00:10:47.000 What do we learn here. 00:10:47.379 --> 00:10:50.559 About this whole nature of unbelief. 00:10:51.419 --> 00:10:52.519 The first thing. 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:54.699 We see is unbelief. 00:10:54.700 --> 00:10:55.700 Belief. 00:10:55.700 --> 00:10:55.840 Is. 00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:58.600 Intentional. 00:11:00.800 --> 00:11:02.060 It's not accidental. 00:11:03.220 --> 00:11:05.160 It's not just out of ignorance. 00:11:06.920 --> 00:11:08.800 It's purposeful. 00:11:10.340 --> 00:11:11.440 It's interesting here. 00:11:11.580 --> 00:11:13.460 As we see this section. 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:14.300 In some ways. 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:16.160 Luke kind of frames it. 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:18.600 By this demand. 00:11:19.040 --> 00:11:20.580 Of this generation. 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:22.560 For signs. 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:23.759 For Jesus. 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:25.319 To do something. 00:11:25.319 --> 00:11:26.459 To validate. 00:11:26.459 --> 00:11:27.859 His authority. 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:29.679 To do what he does. 00:11:29.779 --> 00:11:30.500 And to say. 00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:31.479 What he does. 00:11:32.439 --> 00:11:33.579 And so we have it up there. 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:34.279 At the front. 00:11:34.739 --> 00:11:35.079 You know. 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:35.639 That they're. 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:37.399 They're seeking signs. 00:11:37.699 --> 00:11:38.159 And Luke. 00:11:38.459 --> 00:11:39.019 Again. 00:11:39.119 --> 00:11:40.179 Gives us insight. 00:11:41.479 --> 00:11:43.839 They're not just wanting more evidence. 00:11:45.459 --> 00:11:46.619 They're testing. 00:11:46.620 --> 00:11:50.360 They've got enough evidence. 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:52.659 But it's not enough for them. 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:54.419 So they're testing. 00:11:54.419 --> 00:11:55.419 And then down later. 00:11:56.299 --> 00:11:58.720 He talks about this evil generation. 00:11:58.720 --> 00:11:59.940 Seeks a sign. 00:12:01.019 --> 00:12:03.539 And so what is it about signs? 00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:06.419 Why is this such a problem? 00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:07.259 If we remember. 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:08.899 We go back to Gideon. 00:12:08.899 --> 00:12:10.199 In Judges. 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:13.539 And Gideon asked for signs. 00:12:14.959 --> 00:12:15.519 Repeatedly. 00:12:15.899 --> 00:12:16.559 Before. 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:17.639 He went. 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:20.579 To do the work that God had called him to do. 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:22.480 And God condescended to him. 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:24.919 Didn't rebuke him. 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:27.179 But actually met him. 00:12:27.319 --> 00:12:29.199 With the two signs Gideon asked for. 00:12:29.319 --> 00:12:32.100 And then gave him another one that he didn't ask for. 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:36.019 The problem here. 00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:38.379 Is that. 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:40.879 They've just seen one. 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:43.579 And they've seen a sign. 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:44.419 That they were. 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:45.620 They knew. 00:12:46.079 --> 00:12:46.939 That only. 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:48.199 Could be. 00:12:48.439 --> 00:12:49.199 Could happen. 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:50.620 When the kingdom. 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:51.559 The Messiah. 00:12:52.199 --> 00:12:52.519 Came. 00:12:52.899 --> 00:12:54.860 And it happened right in front of their face. 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:58.679 And it wasn't enough. 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:01.139 And so they keep. 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:01.960 Pushing. 00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:03.819 And they're asking for. 00:13:04.179 --> 00:13:05.159 On the service. 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:06.079 What looks like. 00:13:06.199 --> 00:13:06.579 Said look. 00:13:07.579 --> 00:13:08.639 That was nice. 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:10.199 We just need a little bit more. 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:11.399 To be convinced here. 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:14.939 But that's not what's going on. 00:13:16.079 --> 00:13:17.600 There's something much deeper. 00:13:17.839 --> 00:13:19.019 Much more insidious. 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:21.259 In looking. 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:22.439 For. 00:13:23.839 --> 00:13:24.319 Evidence. 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.340 So actually. 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:26.980 Inwardly. 00:13:26.980 --> 00:13:28.340 As they're asking for. 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:29.180 More evidence. 00:13:29.300 --> 00:13:30.080 What they're doing. 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:31.020 Is not. 00:13:31.520 --> 00:13:33.260 Trying to draw nearer to Jesus. 00:13:33.520 --> 00:13:35.160 They're trying to hold him off. 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:38.520 They're pushing him away. 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:40.420 And they themselves. 00:13:40.420 --> 00:13:42.160 Have now set up standard. 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:43.879 A standard. 00:13:44.260 --> 00:13:45.000 By which. 00:13:45.260 --> 00:13:45.620 They. 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:46.980 Are going to judge. 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:48.040 The king. 00:13:48.780 --> 00:13:50.140 And the judge himself. 00:13:50.640 --> 00:13:51.820 On his authenticity. 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:58.940 And I think we need to understand this. 00:13:59.020 --> 00:14:00.740 Especially when we do go out. 00:14:00.820 --> 00:14:01.820 Into the world. 00:14:04.160 --> 00:14:04.560 Unbelief. 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:06.200 By people out there. 00:14:06.280 --> 00:14:07.060 You will hear. 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:09.080 A lot of people will. 00:14:09.300 --> 00:14:10.180 Will struggle. 00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:10.840 And it says. 00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:11.120 Well. 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:11.460 You know. 00:14:11.520 --> 00:14:12.379 Prove to me that. 00:14:12.940 --> 00:14:13.980 Jesus is who he is. 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.860 Prove to me. 00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:16.779 That the bible is the word of God. 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:18.519 Prove to me that God exists. 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:19.120 You know. 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:20.320 Prove to me. 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:21.220 All of this. 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:21.940 And so. 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:22.940 Our challenge is. 00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:23.560 A lot of times. 00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:24.240 We take. 00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:25.980 That posture. 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:28.100 And it says. 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:28.419 You know. 00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:29.560 If I just give them. 00:14:29.680 --> 00:14:30.879 Enough proofs. 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:32.539 Enough evidence. 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:34.500 They're going to believe. 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:36.200 Because we know. 00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:37.740 Our faith is rational. 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:41.180 It is based on. 00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:42.460 Real knowledge. 00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:43.360 And real truth. 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:45.379 And so. 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:45.940 We think. 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:46.879 That all we've got to do. 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:47.360 Is just. 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:49.259 Let's clarify the issue here. 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:51.779 Make a good case. 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:55.200 Sometimes. 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:57.080 That issue. 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:57.800 May be. 00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:58.759 Intellectual. 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.659 Because we know. 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.379 Great stories. 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.139 Of people who. 00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:03.159 When they heard. 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:03.940 The arguments. 00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:05.659 Their heart was changed. 00:15:07.180 --> 00:15:08.460 But that is not. 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.139 Normally the case. 00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:13.819 Normally. 00:15:13.819 --> 00:15:14.360 The problem. 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.960 The problem is not. 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:16.639 Intellectual. 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:18.460 It's moral. 00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:21.620 They're not struggling. 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.500 Over evidence. 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:25.039 It's the implications. 00:15:26.819 --> 00:15:27.539 Romans 1. 00:15:27.939 --> 00:15:30.419 Paul lays this out for us. 00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:32.100 Very clearly. 00:15:32.439 --> 00:15:33.980 Romans 1 verse 18. 00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:35.539 He says to us. 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.779 For the wrath of God. 00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:37.920 Is revealed. 00:15:37.920 --> 00:15:39.019 Against all. 00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:40.200 All ungodliness. 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:42.259 And unrighteousness. 00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.779 Of men. 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:44.060 Who. 00:15:44.940 --> 00:15:45.899 By their. 00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:47.180 Unrighteousness. 00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:48.820 Suppress. 00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:49.940 The truth. 00:15:52.180 --> 00:15:53.200 Suppressing the truth. 00:15:53.420 --> 00:15:54.240 Is an active. 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.180 Verb. 00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:57.379 Unbelievers. 00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.960 And Paul goes on. 00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.940 To say through that text. 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:00.899 They have all the evidence. 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:01.460 They need. 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.820 They can see the glory. 00:16:02.820 --> 00:16:03.240 Of God. 00:16:03.280 --> 00:16:03.900 In creation. 00:16:03.900 --> 00:16:05.260 They can see it. 00:16:05.260 --> 00:16:07.100 In all of the world. 00:16:07.420 --> 00:16:08.360 And they know it. 00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:10.040 But they won't accept it. 00:16:10.180 --> 00:16:11.260 And so they're actively. 00:16:11.260 --> 00:16:12.140 At work. 00:16:12.820 --> 00:16:13.640 Keeping it. 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.900 Underwrapped. 00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:15.780 So. 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:16.920 It does not. 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.940 Interfere. 00:16:21.540 --> 00:16:23.020 Because unbelievers. 00:16:24.300 --> 00:16:25.560 Those who do not believe. 00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:27.260 Have built a world. 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.220 Shaped. 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:30.460 Around themselves. 00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:32.200 We have a clash. 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:33.060 Of kingdoms. 00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:33.980 Here. 00:16:35.280 --> 00:16:36.180 Jesus comes. 00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.900 And we see that. 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.560 Even as Jesus. 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:38.800 Talks about the whole thing. 00:16:38.900 --> 00:16:40.000 With a kingdom. 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.420 Divided against himself. 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.440 And the strong man. 00:16:42.560 --> 00:16:42.960 And so forth. 00:16:43.060 --> 00:16:43.540 Well Jesus. 00:16:43.540 --> 00:16:44.740 Is the strong man. 00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.400 Who's come. 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:46.320 To take over. 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.700 And to occupy. 00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:49.860 To take the man's goods. 00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:50.980 He is the one. 00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.660 Who's coming. 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.280 But see. 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:54.860 We built a whole different world. 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:57.160 It's built around us. 00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:58.860 In our own autonomy. 00:16:59.959 --> 00:17:01.079 And if the reality. 00:17:01.459 --> 00:17:02.500 Of Jesus coming. 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.659 If that's true. 00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:07.639 I have a dilemma. 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.240 Am I going to continue. 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:15.000 To serve me. 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:19.460 Or am I going to bow to another king. 00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:25.940 And we don't bow easily. 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:31.059 And so we use these kind of arguments. 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:32.600 You know. 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:33.799 We've got a good thing going. 00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:34.720 You know. 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:35.940 Even those Jews of that day. 00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.799 They had their system. 00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:37.720 They had their world. 00:17:37.860 --> 00:17:39.100 And they had it all controlled. 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.220 And Jesus comes in. 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:41.840 And disrupts everything. 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:44.539 And so as we do evangelism. 00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:44.840 Even. 00:17:44.840 --> 00:17:47.579 As we encounter non-believers. 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:49.039 There are going to be times. 00:17:49.199 --> 00:17:50.599 We have to be prepared. 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.399 To defend. 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:53.220 The rationality. 00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:54.419 Of our faith. 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.720 And that it is built. 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:57.119 On sound thinking. 00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.199 Sound logic. 00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.679 It is reasonable. 00:18:01.639 --> 00:18:02.579 And you know. 00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:03.299 We have to be able. 00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.079 To defend that. 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:07.419 But that will not win the day. 00:18:09.939 --> 00:18:11.480 What we're struggling with. 00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.279 Is a heart. 00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.579 That is in rebellion. 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.799 Against knowledge. 00:18:14.939 --> 00:18:16.059 That is already aware of. 00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:19.159 And it just refuses to bow. 00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:21.079 And so that changes. 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:22.480 The way we do evangelism. 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.919 One thing. 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:25.379 Instead of just. 00:18:25.679 --> 00:18:26.299 Spending all our time. 00:18:26.419 --> 00:18:26.980 Arguing. 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:28.919 We need to spend. 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:29.859 A lot more time praying. 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:34.220 And instead of just. 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:35.000 Challenging people. 00:18:35.199 --> 00:18:35.899 With the truth. 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:39.259 We need to focus. 00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:40.240 On the implications. 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.960 Of that truth. 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:43.359 And instead of just. 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:44.659 Calling them to an understanding. 00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.519 We need to call them. 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.240 To repentance. 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:47.200 We are. 00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.460 When we do evangelism. 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.200 We're calling people. 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.759 To worship. 00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:51.920 We're calling them. 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.680 To bow. 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.200 And that is where. 00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:58.160 As Jesus said. 00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:59.720 At the end of that last section. 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:01.480 Where God gives his Holy Spirit. 00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:03.160 That's what he has to do. 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.940 So that they'll turn. 00:19:08.120 --> 00:19:08.900 But is that. 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:10.279 The same way with us. 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.660 God. 00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.279 Is that. 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.279 The same way with us. 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:12.779 Is that. 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.519 Eh. 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:14.539 Yeah. 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.899 How many promises. 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:21.019 In the scripture do you know. 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:24.359 How many are you aware of. 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.220 See. 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:29.779 When we come to Christ. 00:19:29.899 --> 00:19:30.960 When we first believe. 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:32.660 Everything doesn't change overnight. 00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:34.660 I still. 00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.200 I still. 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:36.440 Have a heart. 00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.440 That has. 00:19:37.840 --> 00:19:39.019 Developed a reality. 00:19:39.300 --> 00:19:40.620 Where I am the center. 00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:44.000 I am in control. 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.700 I determine. 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:47.660 What my life will be. 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:48.660 I determine. 00:19:48.820 --> 00:19:49.840 What values. 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.680 Will be. 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.560 I determine. 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.300 The definition. 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.600 Of what good is. 00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:54.480 And so. 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.140 Life. 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.900 Revolves. 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.640 Around me. 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:58.060 And when the truth of God. 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.640 Comes. 00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.820 And I hear these promises. 00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:01.639 They can be very. 00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:02.220 Very. 00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.399 Disruptive. 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.720 We heard in the. 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.980 The men's retreat. 00:20:10.179 --> 00:20:10.919 This last weekend. 00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.659 And. 00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.359 One moment. 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.259 I really thought. 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:15.579 I'd. 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:17.159 Asked the wrong speaker. 00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:17.679 To come. 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.339 Because it was getting. 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:20.879 Hot. 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.599 In the room. 00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:22.939 At least for me. 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.279 And he was. 00:20:26.399 --> 00:20:27.179 In a sense. 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.779 In a way. 00:20:27.939 --> 00:20:28.779 Delving into. 00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.679 An area of. 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.259 In my life. 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.039 That I was. 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.500 Where I was. 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.480 Refusing to bow. 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.299 And it was. 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:41.000 Because of situations. 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:41.640 You know. 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.779 It was a hard situation. 00:20:43.560 --> 00:20:44.000 And. 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:45.160 In that situation. 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.980 I know his promise. 00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.880 That he is good. 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:49.019 I know. 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.039 His control. 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.960 Over all things. 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:52.000 I know. 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.400 Up here. 00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:54.320 That everything. 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.000 He gives me. 00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.799 Is a gift. 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.759 But yet. 00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.900 I whine. 00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:58.820 I complain. 00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.879 I get angry. 00:20:59.879 --> 00:20:59.899 I get angry. 00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.399 With him. 00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:00.919 And say. 00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:01.899 You absolutely. 00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.919 Do not love me. 00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.359 And I've got. 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.039 All the evidence. 00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:07.619 In the world. 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:14.119 How much more. 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.399 Evidence. 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.980 Do I need? 00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:17.900 I have a savior. 00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:19.500 Who came. 00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.599 And died. 00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.960 And was raised again. 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:23.519 What more. 00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.720 Do I need to see? 00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:29.440 The problem is not. 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.460 Evidence. 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:36.000 The problem is worship. 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.140 Worship. 00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:40.200 And when the king comes. 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.559 He demands. 00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.220 Worship. 00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.220 For himself. 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.619 Alone. 00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:49.920 And I have to get off the throne. 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:55.079 Unbelief. 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.940 Belief. 00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.539 Calls me instead. 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.720 To give thanks. 00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.759 Instead of complaining. 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.319 Belief. 00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.359 Belief. 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.740 Calls me to rejoice. 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:08.440 Instead of my incessant whining. 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.519 Belief. 00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:13.400 Calls me to trust. 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.900 And rest. 00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:16.160 And give up. 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.000 The fight. 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.299 Because. 00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:27.980 I want to set a new sheriff's in town. 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:30.079 But a new king. 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:32.160 Has come to the throne. 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.799 Secondly. 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.799 Unbelief. 00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.680 Is intentional. 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.400 But it is also. 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.339 Unreasonable. 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.940 Or we could say. 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.400 It is. 00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.920 Unbelief is irrational. 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:52.140 It's crazy. 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:57.240 The arguments put forth. 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.720 Here. 00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.900 To Jesus. 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.160 Are silly. 00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:01.799 And he. 00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.559 And he very. 00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.440 Calmly. 00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.960 And gently. 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.960 Straightens out. 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.559 These arguments. 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.200 This is why. 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.539 Satan is. 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.799 Throwing out his own. 00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.740 Demons. 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.980 And Jesus said. 00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.460 That's dumb. 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.599 How's this kingdom. 00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.380 Going to stand. 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.519 If they follow your. 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.500 Rational thinking. 00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.980 And so. 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.759 It's just. 00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.660 Unreasonable. 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.660 Unreasonable. 00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:27.440 That they would come up. 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.220 With this kind. 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.180 Of a defense. 00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:31.440 In what Jesus does. 00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.200 He moves then. 00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:32.740 From that. 00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.580 And he's moving them. 00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:36.060 Towards those implications. 00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.620 Because. 00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.360 You know. 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.900 If. 00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.300 And this is where. 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.140 They don't want to go. 00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:42.100 Because. 00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.460 If. 00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.480 The king. 00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.540 Has actually come. 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:48.000 He's taken over. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:51.079 There's a. 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:52.420 A great book. 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.539 On apologetics. 00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.579 I really like. 00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:55.980 It was written. 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.779 A couple years ago. 00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.599 By Os Guinness. 00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.779 It's called. 00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.579 Fool's Talk. 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.440 And in this. 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.140 Book. 00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:05.059 He talks about. 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:07.440 These two poles. 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.019 That. 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.940 Unbelievers. 00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.359 Have to. 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.519 Wrestle with. 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.559 Because. 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.779 One of those poles. 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.240 Is. 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.400 The pole of dilemma. 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.759 And let me just read. 00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:21.299 What he says here. 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.319 The dilemma pole. 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.660 Expresses the logic. 00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.819 Of the fact. 00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:27.099 That the more consistent. 00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.259 People are. 00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.960 To their own. 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.059 View of reality. 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:33.160 Which is highly inconsistent. 00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.259 The less close. 00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:36.519 They are to God's reality. 00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.279 And the more likely. 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.619 They are to feel their dilemma. 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.880 In other words. 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:42.339 The more they see. 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.099 This deep. 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.880 In consistency. 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:46.440 The more they get. 00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.980 Away from God's. 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.460 Reality. 00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.940 And close to themselves. 00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:52.200 And become aware of. 00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.880 This false. 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.120 Unsubstantial. 00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.539 View of reality. 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.519 They're in a dilemma. 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.860 Because now they see. 00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.539 Very clearly. 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:08.599 That what they have constructed. 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.880 Is a house. 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.819 Made on sand. 00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.460 And. 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.079 That's what they are. 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.659 And. 00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.319 But then he goes on. 00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.059 There's another pole. 00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.259 It says. 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.419 The diversion pole. 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.339 Expresses the fact. 00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.379 That the less consistent. 00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:19.059 People are. 00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.339 To their own view of reality. 00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.240 And the closer they are. 00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.139 To God's. 00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:25.039 The more they have. 00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:26.059 They must find. 00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.639 A diversion. 00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.639 In other words. 00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.079 All right. 00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.839 They can't live. 00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.539 Over here. 00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.359 And. 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.279 See clearly. 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.740 Their. 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:36.680 Very. 00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.819 False. 00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.620 Construction. 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.460 Of reality. 00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.460 Because that produces. 00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.059 A dilemma. 00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.620 But over here. 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.980 If they start getting close. 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.059 To the real idea. 00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.700 Of reality. 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.980 That. 00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.500 Produces. 00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.579 A dilemma. 00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.339 And so. 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.640 What they. 00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.579 Turn to. 00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:59.039 In the face of. 00:25:59.179 --> 00:25:59.960 All of this. 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:02.000 To avoid. 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.240 Reality. 00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:05.119 Is diversion. 00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.079 In other words. 00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:09.240 They have to hide. 00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.599 From the truth. 00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:14.039 And not face. 00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.859 The real issues. 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.500 Of life. 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.039 So that. 00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.220 The life. 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.339 Of inconsistency. 00:26:20.439 --> 00:26:21.579 In which they live. 00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:23.119 Is not disrupted. 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.720 It's relatively. 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.599 Comfortable. 00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.319 But to do that. 00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:30.259 They have to avoid. 00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:31.139 The questions of. 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.319 What is the meaning of life? 00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.939 Who am I? 00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:35.220 Where do I come from? 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.759 Why am I here? 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.019 Where am I going? 00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:41.399 What is death like? 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.899 What's on the other side? 00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.480 And so they live. 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:47.099 Because they can't face those. 00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:48.379 Because they take them to. 00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.339 Reality. 00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:52.099 They live in diversion. 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.799 One of those diversions. 00:26:54.179 --> 00:26:55.859 Which he speaks about. 00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.220 He said. 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.399 He refers to. 00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:59.640 As objects of mass distraction. 00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.560 Are these. 00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:07.080 Or the ones you have. 00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.640 In your pockets. 00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.900 Through all the networks. 00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:11.960 Anything. 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.820 Entertainment. 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.340 You know. 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.880 I like this. 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.120 Well. 00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.980 I don't like it. 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.040 There's this commercial. 00:27:18.040 --> 00:27:18.519 On TV. 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.460 And I can't remember. 00:27:19.540 --> 00:27:20.220 If it's AT&T. 00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.740 And Verizon. 00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.820 But Mark Wahlberg. 00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.440 Is out there. 00:27:22.540 --> 00:27:23.220 Talking about. 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.360 Makes this statement. 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.279 Is we want. 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.319 Our entertainment. 00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.539 Now. 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.539 And we want it. 00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.920 Everywhere we go. 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.360 We can't go anywhere. 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.600 Without our shows. 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.500 Without our movies. 00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:37.100 Without our sports. 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.400 All of these things. 00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.940 And we live this life. 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.920 The world lives this life. 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.400 Of total diversion. 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:45.680 To escape. 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.000 Reality. 00:27:49.280 --> 00:27:50.960 To avoid reality. 00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:55.799 And where they come to. 00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.299 Is just. 00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.420 It's irrational. 00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:00.059 The positions. 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:01.160 That they take. 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.420 Are so inconsistent. 00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.559 And we can see it. 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:06.220 But it doesn't bother them. 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.779 They just don't think about it. 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.980 You know. 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.680 Ideas. 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.319 That. 00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:14.059 There are no moral absolutes. 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.180 Except. 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:18.500 That there are no moral absolutes. 00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:22.100 As soon as you say that. 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:23.079 You declare an absolute. 00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:25.019 They want to say. 00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:26.000 That we. 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:26.840 There. 00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:28.240 There is no God. 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.259 Who shaped us. 00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.240 Or created things. 00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:31.240 We have evolved. 00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:32.519 From these little cells. 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.960 That began at the bottom. 00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.759 Of some pond. 00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.160 Somewhere. 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.579 And then they want to say. 00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.319 In the same breath. 00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.700 We have great dignity. 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.720 And value. 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.819 And they cannot see. 00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.640 The problem. 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.680 With those two statements. 00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:51.039 And so. 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.920 Unbelief. 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.060 That people. 00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.940 That we're dealing with. 00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:57.200 Is irrational. 00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:00.440 It cannot be rational. 00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:03.039 Because the closer. 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:04.840 You get to rationality. 00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.920 The closer. 00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:08.200 You get to God's reality. 00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.580 And the implications. 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.560 Become clear. 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.560 So. 00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:18.100 But we're enlightened. 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.240 We're. 00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.420 We're. 00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:21.460 We've come to Jesus. 00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.560 Yeah. 00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.420 I think. 00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:31.519 I can actually control my life. 00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:34.500 I think. 00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.900 I know what's best. 00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:38.460 I think. 00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.300 I think. 00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:40.900 That. 00:29:41.300 --> 00:29:42.620 My little efforts. 00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:45.300 Of making sure. 00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:46.560 That my dishwasher. 00:29:46.780 --> 00:29:48.040 Is loaded the proper way. 00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:49.540 Gives me value. 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.920 But. 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.319 That's true. 00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.339 That. 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:55.139 Who's irrational. 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.200 Unbelief. 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.859 It's intentional. 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.259 But it's crazy. 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:06.139 Because I know. 00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.980 The one. 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.799 Who shapes. 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.799 All things. 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.420 I know. 00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.420 The one. 00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:13.339 Who gives me value. 00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.980 I know him. 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:20.559 and I still don't bow. 00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:24.620 I live in this delusion 00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:27.980 that somehow it's all me. 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:35.620 The reality is I am powerless. 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:40.579 I am helpless. 00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:46.179 And I'm just a creature. 00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:51.259 But if the king has come, 00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:58.960 he has come to do so much in me 00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.240 that I could never do 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:03.259 and to control my life in such a good way 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.659 that I could never accomplish. 00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:09.939 Wouldn't it be rational just to submit? 00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:17.339 Unbelief is intentional. 00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.740 Unbelief is irrational. 00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:20.919 Unbelief is also short-sighted. 00:31:21.679 --> 00:31:24.599 We have this little section there. 00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:27.460 In some ways, it really looks kind of out of place 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:30.019 where Jesus is saying all these things 00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:32.259 and then you have this mother pops up 00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.439 and says, 00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:37.259 blessed is the woman who bore you 00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.759 and who nursed you. 00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.200 And then Jesus, 00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:42.180 you would have thought 00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:44.340 this nice little old woman here, 00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.759 he would have been nice to. 00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:49.920 But he very immediately basically says, 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.500 no, 00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:54.519 blessed are those 00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:56.400 who hear the word of God 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.480 and keep it. 00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.559 Because see, 00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:01.460 what she's done, 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:01.980 I mean, 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.960 she 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:06.740 was not doing anything overtly evil. 00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.839 But it was her idea 00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:12.619 of what blessedness is. 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:14.319 Her idea of blessedness 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:16.639 was something innate about her. 00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:18.240 Something she did. 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:20.059 She was able to accomplish. 00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:22.039 And that was a very prevalent idea 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.879 in that society. 00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:26.240 Because if women were not able 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.940 to bear children, 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.919 they were really pariahs. 00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:32.139 They were outcasts. 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:36.659 They were seen as rejects by God. 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:40.119 And we've seen a lot of examples of that 00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.879 through the scriptures. 00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:43.240 So what her idea here, 00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.539 her glory, 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:46.159 her value 00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:49.159 is found in a natural function 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.440 of her life. 00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:53.259 Who she is as a woman 00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:56.259 and so forth. 00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:59.340 But what she really 00:32:59.340 --> 00:33:00.880 kind of reflects is 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:04.720 because of our intentional 00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:06.600 rejection 00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:10.440 of submission to the king, 00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:13.440 in our irrational 00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.560 recreation 00:33:14.560 --> 00:33:16.560 of reality, 00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.700 reality, 00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:20.919 we still end up empty 00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:23.639 and we've got to find something 00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:25.379 to fill 00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:26.779 that void. 00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.899 And so we 00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.659 fill it, 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.759 we try to, 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.819 in vain, 00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:35.440 with many lesser things. 00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:39.519 We go on and read down 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.879 a little farther in Romans, 00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.419 Romans 1, 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.099 23 00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:44.679 through 26 00:33:44.679 --> 00:33:46.259 or through 25, 00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:46.599 I mean, 00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:48.279 Paul writes, 00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.480 claiming to be wise, 00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.019 there's the, 00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:51.879 you know, 00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:52.919 there's all of this other, 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:53.480 again, 00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:56.039 they became fools 00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:58.839 and exchanged 00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:01.119 the glory of God, 00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:03.480 the glory of the immortal God 00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.099 for images 00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:05.959 resembling mortal man 00:34:05.959 --> 00:34:07.059 and birds 00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.319 and animals 00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:10.280 and creeping things. 00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:12.100 Therefore, 00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.200 God gave them up 00:34:13.200 --> 00:34:14.160 to the lust of their hearts, 00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.820 to impurity, 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.680 to the dishonoring 00:34:15.680 --> 00:34:16.320 of their bodies 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:17.120 among themselves 00:34:17.120 --> 00:34:17.720 because 00:34:17.720 --> 00:34:19.780 they exchanged 00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.780 the truth 00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.660 of God 00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:23.140 for a lie 00:34:23.140 --> 00:34:26.059 and worshiped 00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.500 and served 00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.300 the creature 00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:29.360 rather than 00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.960 the creator. 00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.320 And that's what 00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.260 this woman was doing. 00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.580 All of a sudden now, 00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.620 her whole world, 00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.719 an idea of goodness 00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.519 and blessedness 00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.239 and identity 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:41.199 was based on 00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.759 something that she could do, 00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:45.619 not on the 00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.420 immortal 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.480 king 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.440 himself. 00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.739 And so Jesus 00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:54.119 counters that 00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.900 blessedness 00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:57.380 and basically 00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.339 calls them 00:34:58.339 --> 00:34:58.900 again 00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.460 to 00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.299 submission 00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:01.119 to the king. 00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:03.639 you know, 00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.759 it's not what you do 00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.239 but it's 00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:07.319 it's hearing the word 00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:08.619 of God himself 00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.900 and keeping it 00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.639 and basically 00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.799 it is bowing. 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.219 Blessedness 00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:16.319 is bowing 00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:17.900 to the true God 00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.699 and not some 00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.859 artificial thing 00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:21.239 we've set up 00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.219 for ourselves. 00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.259 Blessedness 00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:26.079 is not having 00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.000 material resources. 00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.739 It is not having 00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:30.199 a name well thought of. 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:31.739 It is not 00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.539 accomplishing 00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.359 great things. 00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.419 There's so many 00:35:34.419 --> 00:35:35.379 things that we 00:35:35.379 --> 00:35:37.079 use to replace 00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.659 and now we're 00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.559 talking about us. 00:35:39.379 --> 00:35:40.779 We use to replace 00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:42.199 that sense 00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:43.139 of blessedness. 00:35:44.439 --> 00:35:44.559 You know, 00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:44.739 we, 00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.379 you know, 00:35:45.419 --> 00:35:46.259 it is our job. 00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.639 It is our work. 00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:49.119 It is our 00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:50.980 youthful 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.619 manly 00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:52.000 vigor. 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:55.980 And those 00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.300 of us 00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.739 who have 00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.219 chosen 00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:58.000 that route 00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:59.280 are 00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:00.519 very disappointed 00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.000 the farther 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.360 in life 00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.800 we get. 00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.619 Because, 00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:04.880 you know, 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.559 we pursue 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.119 this great 00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.739 vigor and 00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.219 strength 00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:07.719 and then 00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.699 I've got to 00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:09.079 have a hip 00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.559 replaced 00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.079 because it 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.619 doesn't work 00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.039 anymore 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.519 and I can't 00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.000 walk. 00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.059 And then 00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.480 you get 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.019 cancer. 00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.920 And then 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.559 you go out 00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.099 in the very 00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.820 midst of 00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.920 proving how 00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.579 youthful 00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.299 and vigorous 00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.960 you are 00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.819 on your 00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.360 bicycle. 00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.059 One morning 00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.319 you have 00:36:23.319 --> 00:36:23.559 a heart 00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:23.980 attack. 00:36:29.299 --> 00:36:30.000 And God 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.400 in heaven 00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.319 just smiles 00:36:31.319 --> 00:36:35.059 gently 00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.799 saying, 00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:37.900 you're barking 00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.420 up the wrong 00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.779 train. 00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:42.199 This dog 00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.819 won't 00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.340 hunt. 00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.239 Come to 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:49.919 the source 00:36:49.919 --> 00:36:51.739 of real 00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:52.239 life 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:53.199 and real 00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:54.059 blessedness. 00:36:55.359 --> 00:36:56.079 Because that 00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:57.239 it's not 00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.559 you. 00:36:57.939 --> 00:36:58.439 It's not 00:36:58.439 --> 00:36:58.779 what you 00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.219 create. 00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.059 It's not 00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.379 what you 00:37:00.379 --> 00:37:01.099 experience. 00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.639 It's not 00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:01.839 what you 00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:02.439 accomplish. 00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.919 It's who 00:37:03.919 --> 00:37:04.439 you know. 00:37:07.959 --> 00:37:08.439 It's 00:37:08.439 --> 00:37:09.019 me. 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.500 Come 00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.319 to the 00:37:11.319 --> 00:37:11.579 king. 00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.619 Unbelief 00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:18.159 we see 00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.379 here. 00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.699 It's 00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:18.980 finally 00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.359 broken. 00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:19.839 And I 00:37:19.839 --> 00:37:20.000 will 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.679 go 00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:20.859 through 00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.039 this 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.399 quickly. 00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.319 Jesus 00:37:24.319 --> 00:37:25.239 gives 00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.559 a 00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.000 parable 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.839 basically 00:37:26.839 --> 00:37:27.879 or a 00:37:27.879 --> 00:37:28.279 sign. 00:37:28.839 --> 00:37:29.000 He 00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.219 says the 00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.739 only sign 00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.279 this evil 00:37:30.279 --> 00:37:30.819 generation 00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.559 is going 00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:31.960 to get 00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.599 is the 00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:32.980 sign of 00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.219 Jonah. 00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.259 There's a 00:37:34.259 --> 00:37:34.460 lot of 00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.799 debate 00:37:34.799 --> 00:37:35.399 about what 00:37:35.399 --> 00:37:35.920 this is 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.259 but I 00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.699 think it 00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:36.920 really 00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.500 points us 00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.839 to two 00:37:37.839 --> 00:37:38.099 things. 00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.379 What do 00:37:38.379 --> 00:37:38.599 we know 00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:38.819 about 00:37:38.819 --> 00:37:39.139 Jonah? 00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.239 Jonah 00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:41.079 was called 00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.639 by God 00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:42.219 to go 00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.599 to an 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.799 evil 00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:43.399 generation 00:37:43.399 --> 00:37:43.659 in 00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:43.940 Nineveh 00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.619 to proclaim 00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.239 the gospel. 00:37:45.879 --> 00:37:46.119 In the 00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.739 process he 00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.500 was thrown 00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:47.939 overboard 00:37:47.939 --> 00:37:48.579 from this 00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.059 boat 00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:50.939 as dead. 00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:51.899 These 00:37:51.899 --> 00:37:52.699 were saved. 00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.139 He was in 00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:53.519 the belly 00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.799 of a 00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:53.979 whale 00:37:53.979 --> 00:37:54.539 for three 00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.919 of a 00:37:54.919 --> 00:37:55.479 whale 00:37:55.479 --> 00:37:56.159 not a 00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.479 well. 00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.819 Someplace 00:37:58.819 --> 00:37:59.099 it's the 00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.299 same 00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.659 word. 00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.839 For 00:38:02.839 --> 00:38:03.199 three 00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.759 days 00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:06.239 he was 00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:07.359 resurrected 00:38:07.359 --> 00:38:09.059 on the 00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.519 shore 00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.739 went to 00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.199 preach 00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:12.159 to Nineveh 00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:13.059 and they 00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.639 repented 00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.659 amazingly. 00:38:14.839 --> 00:38:15.039 One of the 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.599 most wicked 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.360 people on 00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.679 the face 00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:16.900 of the 00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.239 earth 00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:18.400 repented. 00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:20.659 And Jesus 00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.119 said this 00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.400 is the 00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.800 sign. 00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.119 And yes 00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.579 we think 00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:24.960 it is 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.739 pointing to 00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:25.900 his 00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:26.500 resurrection 00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.340 but that 00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:27.880 resurrection 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.719 says two 00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.420 things to 00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.300 me from 00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:30.619 this 00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.360 passage. 00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.699 One is 00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.699 the 00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.039 resurrection 00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.559 is the 00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.920 ultimate 00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.380 sign. 00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.059 If 00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.619 Christ 00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.259 has been 00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:40.639 raised from 00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.000 the dead 00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:43.639 there's no 00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.300 more question. 00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.960 about 00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.219 who's 00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:46.519 king. 00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.980 We will 00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.619 bow 00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:53.360 before his 00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.739 throne 00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.920 at his 00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.360 feet 00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.219 one way 00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:56.400 or the 00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.699 other. 00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.259 Whether you 00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:58.860 believe it 00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.699 or not. 00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.039 Whether you 00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.759 submit now 00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.639 or not. 00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:04.039 Jesus has 00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.739 come and 00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.860 because he 00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.779 died 00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:08.199 and it was 00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:09.239 raised again 00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:11.159 to life 00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:13.199 and exalted 00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.880 to the right 00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.320 hand of the 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.760 father. 00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.220 Everything 00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:19.120 is about 00:39:19.120 --> 00:39:19.460 him. 00:39:21.700 --> 00:39:22.340 He 00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:23.460 rightfully 00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:25.080 declares 00:39:25.080 --> 00:39:26.120 authority 00:39:26.120 --> 00:39:27.460 over all 00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.920 things. 00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:30.400 But there's 00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:31.080 something else. 00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.840 It also 00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.440 declares 00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:35.080 God's 00:39:35.080 --> 00:39:35.720 intentions. 00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:35.939 sins. 00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.599 Because what 00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.079 he does 00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.779 he sends 00:39:40.779 --> 00:39:41.359 Jesus 00:39:41.359 --> 00:39:43.699 to die. 00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.679 He 00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:47.099 sent 00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:47.939 Jonah 00:39:47.939 --> 00:39:48.480 to 00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:49.259 Nineveh 00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:50.159 because his 00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:50.759 heart 00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:51.939 longed 00:39:51.939 --> 00:39:52.379 for the 00:39:52.379 --> 00:39:53.000 Ninevites. 00:39:53.899 --> 00:39:54.799 Why would 00:39:54.799 --> 00:39:55.439 he send 00:39:55.439 --> 00:39:56.339 Jonah 00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:56.759 to the 00:39:56.759 --> 00:39:57.359 Ninevites 00:39:57.359 --> 00:39:58.079 unless he 00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:59.099 wanted them 00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.759 to repent 00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:00.539 wanted them 00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:00.959 to turn 00:40:00.959 --> 00:40:01.339 from their 00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:02.000 wickedness. 00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.559 God 00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:04.820 and now 00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.440 we see 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.099 through the 00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.699 resurrected 00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:07.519 Christ 00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.639 a much 00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.519 more vivid 00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.760 a much 00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:11.500 greater 00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.400 demonstration 00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:13.400 of that 00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.280 heart of 00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:14.860 God for 00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.360 an evil 00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.079 generation. 00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:19.059 That he 00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.579 would give 00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.360 his son 00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:23.159 to perish 00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:24.679 and then to 00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.260 raise him 00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:25.900 to life 00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.639 again 00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:28.820 to proclaim 00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:30.640 the coming 00:40:30.640 --> 00:40:31.220 of the 00:40:31.220 --> 00:40:31.600 kingdom. 00:40:33.600 --> 00:40:34.620 Why would 00:40:34.620 --> 00:40:34.900 he do 00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.340 that 00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:37.380 if he 00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:37.760 didn't 00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.280 have the 00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:38.660 heart 00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:39.720 of a 00:40:39.720 --> 00:40:40.039 father 00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:44.240 who loved 00:40:44.240 --> 00:40:44.480 his 00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.120 creation 00:40:45.120 --> 00:40:48.019 and longed 00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.720 for 00:40:48.720 --> 00:40:49.620 those 00:40:49.620 --> 00:40:50.320 of us 00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:51.220 to be 00:40:51.220 --> 00:40:51.820 blessed 00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:53.900 to have 00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.740 it all. 00:40:57.580 --> 00:40:57.880 And so 00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.380 he calls 00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.780 us to 00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.200 faith 00:40:59.200 --> 00:41:00.559 calls us 00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.039 out of 00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.160 our 00:41:01.160 --> 00:41:01.820 unbelief 00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:05.300 calls us 00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:05.860 to come 00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:07.320 to the 00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:07.740 one 00:41:07.740 --> 00:41:09.340 who can 00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.900 indeed 00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:11.240 give us 00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:11.800 life 00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:14.079 life that 00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.640 is rich 00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:15.599 and full. 00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.480 And so 00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:17.880 that's the 00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.360 choice. 00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:21.260 We either 00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:21.740 come to 00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:22.260 Jesus 00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:24.119 in faith 00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.980 we bow 00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:26.240 before him 00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:27.879 and when 00:41:27.879 --> 00:41:28.459 we do 00:41:28.459 --> 00:41:29.279 we will 00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:29.779 know that 00:41:29.779 --> 00:41:30.459 blessedness 00:41:30.459 --> 00:41:30.759 that he 00:41:30.759 --> 00:41:31.259 promises 00:41:31.259 --> 00:41:33.959 but also 00:41:33.959 --> 00:41:34.759 know this 00:41:34.759 --> 00:41:37.219 we will 00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:37.639 bow 00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:39.799 either 00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.519 voluntarily 00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:42.679 or under 00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.259 compulsion. 00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:46.379 Jesus 00:41:46.379 --> 00:41:47.239 comes as 00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:47.759 the king 00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:50.579 and he 00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.119 allows no 00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:51.679 rivals 00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:51.799 us. 00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.419 And so 00:41:54.419 --> 00:41:54.940 he calls 00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.279 us 00:41:55.279 --> 00:41:56.039 to 00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.539 repentance 00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:57.759 to bow 00:41:57.759 --> 00:41:58.259 of our 00:41:58.259 --> 00:41:58.559 own 00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.059 autonomy 00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.799 to bow 00:41:59.799 --> 00:42:00.199 to our 00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:00.460 own 00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.819 rule 00:42:00.819 --> 00:42:01.699 to bow 00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.039 to our 00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.259 own 00:42:02.259 --> 00:42:02.859 control 00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:05.019 and 00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.440 worship 00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:06.819 at the 00:42:06.819 --> 00:42:07.219 foot 00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:08.219 of the 00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:08.619 one 00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.879 who loved 00:42:09.879 --> 00:42:10.299 us 00:42:10.299 --> 00:42:11.099 to his 00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.299 own 00:42:11.299 --> 00:42:11.599 death. 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:16.639 It 00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:16.960 sounds 00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.399 rational 00:42:17.399 --> 00:42:17.919 to me 00:42:17.919 --> 00:42:20.699 why would 00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.079 we not 00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:21.619 do that? 00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:25.500 let's 00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:25.739 pray. 00:42:27.339 --> 00:42:28.000 Oh Lord 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.279 Jesus 00:42:28.279 --> 00:42:28.779 our hearts 00:42:28.779 --> 00:42:29.219 are hard 00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:31.219 we need 00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:31.460 you to 00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:31.739 work 00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:34.500 would you 00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.960 help us 00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.859 in our 00:42:36.859 --> 00:42:37.440 unbelief? 00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.679 You 00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.399 promised 00:42:41.399 --> 00:42:42.980 that as 00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.319 we come 00:42:43.319 --> 00:42:43.579 to the 00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:43.960 father 00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:45.719 that father 00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:46.119 you would 00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.519 give your 00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:47.239 holy spirit 00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:49.099 you would 00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.480 give him 00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:49.779 great 00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:50.199 abundance 00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:51.839 we need 00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:52.079 him 00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:53.699 so would 00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.139 you come 00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:56.039 turn our 00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:56.699 hard hearts 00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:58.059 and hearts 00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.659 that believe 00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.759 that we 00:42:59.759 --> 00:43:00.199 might know 00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:00.679 the riches 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:01.019 and the 00:43:01.019 --> 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