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 Turn with me to Mark chapter 6.

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 As most of you know, we have been studying through Mark's Gospel,

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 and we've already seen some really, really remarkable things

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! surrounding the life of Jesus Christ.

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 And he's been traveling, for the most part,

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 in and around a village called Capernaum.

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 It's a fishing village on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee.

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 We've seen him casting out demons, he's healed sick,

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 he's performed all kinds of miracles.

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 And we learned last week that he sent his disciples out in pairs.

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 So word of Jesus has been spreading very quickly all over this region.

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 Between Jesus and his closest followers,

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 they've been shaking things up in the area,

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 and word's begun to spread all over Galilee,

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 and indeed, even to the local Roman government officials,

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 as we see in this passage, a man named Herod.

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 And this is where we find ourselves in Mark chapter 6, verse 14.

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 And I have to warn you before we jump into this passage,

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 this is not a light-hearted passage.

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 Some of you have already mentioned this to me yesterday at the picnic,

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 and you mentioned how you're excited to see

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 how we're going to actually go through this passage.

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 It's not an easy passage by any means.

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 There's a lot of feel-good passages in God's Word,

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 and this is not one of those.

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 There's a lot of passages that we like to quote.

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 We like to put them around our homes for good reasons.

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 We like to post them on Twitter.

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 This one, however, is not likely to go on your Facebook status anytime soon.

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 So what we're about to read is one of the most gruesome displays of human depravity

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 that we find in the New Testament.

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 So if you're ready, if your stomach is ready, read along with me, starting in verse 14.

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 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death,

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 but she could not.

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 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe.

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 When he heard of him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.

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 But an opportunity came when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders

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 and the leading men of Galilee.

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 For when Herodias' daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests.

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 And the king said to the girl, Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.

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 And he vowed to her, Whatever you ask me, I will give to you, up to half of my kingdom.

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 And she went and said to her mother, For what should I ask?

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 And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

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 And she immediately came in with haste to the king and asked, saying,

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 I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on the platter.

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 And the king was exceedingly sorry.

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 But because of his oath and his guests, he did not want to break his word to her.

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 And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head.

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 And he went and beheaded him in the prison.

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 And brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl.

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 And the girl gave it to her mother.

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 And the disciples heard of it.

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 They came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

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 How's that for a happy ending?

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 For a good, light-hearted Sunday morning passage?

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 I wish I could say there was more to this passage.

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 But there really isn't.

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 And Nathan told me to stop there.

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 So I had to stop there.

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 In reality, I kind of feel like I should be preaching a funeral right now.

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 Rather than a Sunday morning sermon.

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 This is really the biblical version of Braveheart.

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 Instead of William Wallace, it's John the Baptizer.

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 Instead of Longshanks, it's Herod Antipas.

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 And instead of paving the way for Scotland's freedom,

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 it's John the Baptizer paving the way for Christ,

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 who would bring freedom from our sins.

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 Most of us know a good deal about John the Baptist.

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 He was essentially sent by God as a forerunner to Jesus.

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 He was born miraculously against all odds to an aging couple named Zachariah and Elizabeth,

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 who was the cousin of Mary, mother of Jesus.

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 One of the interesting things about John the Baptizer

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 is that he's included in many of the Messianic prophecies that we see in the Old Testament.

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 He was the one who was coming to prepare the way.

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 Someone who was coming and preaching in the wilderness.

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 And indeed, that's what he did.

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 He's described as a man who wore strange clothing.

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 He wore skins, and he looked much like an Old Testament prophet.

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 He ate locusts, amongst other strange things.

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 And people thought he was a little bit different.

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 People thought that there was something a little bit strange about John.

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 In the words of Christian rock legend DC Talk,

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 they have a verse in one of their most popular songs that many of you have probably heard.

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 In their verse, it says,

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 With skins on his back and hair on his face,

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 they thought he was crazed by a locust T8.

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 You see, the Pharisees tripped when they heard him speak

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 until the king took the head of this Jesus freak.

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 Wes, if we could do that.

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 Where's Wes?

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 If we can do that as a closing song today, that would be perfect.

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 His primary ministry centered around the Jordan River,

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 where he baptized followers and prophesied about the coming Messiah.

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 He was in an important, integral role of what Jesus did.

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 And as strange as he may have been to the people in that day,

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 what possibly made him the most unique

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 was that he had the privilege of baptizing the Son of God.

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 No one else can hold claim to that,

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 except for John the baptizer.

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 And Jesus also spoke well of him, saying,

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 Among those born of women,

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 there is not risen anyone greater than John the baptizer.

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 And this in and of itself should be enough for us

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 to pay attention to this man's life.

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 By the way, I made the distinction between Baptist and baptizer

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 because there's some apparent confusion in some circles

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 that John was the first Southern Baptist.

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 If you study Baptist history,

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 you see that Baptists don't come until well after the Reformation.

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 I know people, including people who are related to me,

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 that I won't mention their name

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 because this is going on the internet at some point.

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 But they believe that John the Baptist was the first Baptist.

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 And he was the first baptizer.

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 But in our context today,

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 Baptist means many different things,

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 including the title of the convention

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 to which we as a faith family belong.

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 But just to be clear,

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 John's no more a forerunner to our denomination than Paul,

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 or any of the apostles,

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 or than Jesus himself.

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 But he did play an important role

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 in preparing the way for Jesus,

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 the coming Messiah.

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 And we, as a church,

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 and as a denomination,

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 still baptize in the way that he baptized,

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 which is through immersion.

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 We hold that to be very important here in this faith family.

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 We see a stark contrast, however,

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 in the other important man in this passage,

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 named Herod.

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 We should not confuse him with his father,

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 who is Herod the Great,

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 who was responsible for the deaths of thousands of firstborns

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 around the time Jesus was born.

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 See, his father was trying to quelch

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 any type of prophecy that could have come true

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 in his time.

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 So he killed off many firstborns.

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 This is Herod the Great's son,

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 known as Herod Antipas.

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 And when Herod the Great died,

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 his kingdom was divided into four different parts.

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 And Herod Antipas was ruler of the Galilee region.

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 He therefore wasn't technically a king.

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 He was a tetrarch,

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 which literally means the ruler of a fourth part.

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 But although he wasn't a king,

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 he still made his followers call him king.

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 This is the kind of person he was.

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 And he was actually banished in 39 AD

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 for asking or requesting of Rome

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 that he be made a king.

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 So this is the type of egocentrism

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 that surrounds Herod's life.

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 Jesus, in contrast to what he says about John,

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 summed up the character of Herod Antipas

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 by once calling him a fox

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 in Luke 13, 32.

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 So Herod decides to take on a wife

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 named Herodias.

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 It's important to note here

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 that Herodias was Herod's

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 half-brother's daughter.

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 She was also,

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 to complicate the family tree even further,

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 she was also married

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 to one of Herod's brothers,

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 divorced Herod's brother,

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 in order to become Herod's wife.

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 So Herodias relates to him

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 as niece,

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 as sister-in-law,

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 and as wife.

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 In the Jewish culture,

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 that didn't bode very well.

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 It wasn't a good thing

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 for that type of thing to happen.

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 In fact, it was forbidden by the law.

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 And so straight shooting John,

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 preaching the gospel of righteousness

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 and the gospel of repentance,

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 tells them only what he finds

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 in his own law,

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 in his own truth text.

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 And he tells them,

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 in verse 18,

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 it's not lawful for a man

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 to marry his brother's wife.

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 And that John,

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 he was just so close-minded,

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 wasn't he?

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 Isn't that what people tell us

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 when we hold to our truth text?

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 I'm surprised that people are surprised

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 that we want to hold

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 to our truth document.

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 And that was certainly

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 the attitude of this royal couple

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 who decided to get married

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 against what John was teaching them

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 and preaching to them.

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 And this,

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 for very personal reasons,

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 Herodias nursed a grudge

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 against John.

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 She wanted to have him killed,

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 but she couldn't

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 because there was something

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 about John

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 and something interesting

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 happened.

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 When John was arrested

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 and was in the depths

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 of the dungeon,

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 Herod began to form

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 a relationship with John.

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 It's interesting.

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 I believe this text

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 really indicates to us

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 that Herod and John

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 were actually fairly close.

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 I don't know how much

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 they interacted,

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 but we see that they

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 interacted some.

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 We see that Herod

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 favored John

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 in some way.

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 And so,

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 in verse 20,

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 it says,

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 when he heard him,

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 he was greatly perplexed,

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 and yet he heard him gladly.

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 And it's safe to say

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 that John was a pretty direct person.

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 He didn't beat around the bush.

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 He told the gospel truth

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 as it was.

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 He was direct

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 and to the point.

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 It didn't matter who it was.

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 It didn't matter who

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 he was teaching to.

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 It didn't matter how much

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 it offended them.

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 He was going to say it.

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 And it says,

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 he feared John.

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 Why would a man

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 like Herod Antipas,

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 a man who esteems himself

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 as king,

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 though he isn't,

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 and wants all his followers

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 to call him king,

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 he's an egocentric type of person,

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 and why would he,

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 Herod,

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 be afraid of a man

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 like John the Baptist?

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 And I think that it has something

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 to do with John's righteousness.

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 In other words,

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 when you're living

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 in a state of unrighteousness

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 and you encounter

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 a righteous character,

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 there's something

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 intimidating about that.

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 And Herod distinctively

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 recognized John's

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 moral excellence.

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 And so Herod is perplexed

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 because he's uncomfortable

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 in his fear.

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 Yet Herod somehow

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 is drawn into

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 John's character.

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 And I think it's because

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 something about

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 righteous character

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 does one of two things

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 with those

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 who practice unrighteousness.

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 Either one,

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 they hate them.

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 They turn away from them

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 in bitterness

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 and hatred

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 and rejection

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 of that person.

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 We see this in Herodias

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 in this passage.

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 Or,

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 they have a sort of

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 reverent respect

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 for the person.

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 This is what we see

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 in Herod Antipas.

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 Herod feared John

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 because he recognized

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 something in him.

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 He recognized justice

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 and righteousness

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 and holiness.

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 And he admired a man

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 in whom he saw

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 those things.

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 He listened to John.

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 He continued to listen

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 to him preach gladly.

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 But the ultimate problem

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 with Herod

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 was that while he feared John,

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 he never quite looked

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 to John's master.

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 He never quite saw

00:13:20.299 --> 00:13:21.659
 Christ in him.

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 He never quite saw

00:13:23.199 --> 00:13:23.980
 God

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 in the person

00:13:24.959 --> 00:13:25.740
 of John the Baptist.

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 And John was a man

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 who was preaching

00:13:27.319 --> 00:13:28.459
 Christ as Messiah

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 and a message

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 of repentance.

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 But there was no repentance

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 in Herod's heart.

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 He was under

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 the dreadful sway

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 of sin.

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 And his heart

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 was hardened

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 by his own lust

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 for power,

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 for wealth,

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 and for all things

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 of this world.

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 This is the same man

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 who would later

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 mock the Savior

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 as he stood trial

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 before him.

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 I want you to see

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 the contrast

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 between these two men

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 in this passage.

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 One,

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 revered by Jesus,

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 preaching repentance.

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 He was a little strange.

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 Yes, indeed.

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 He was very strange.

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 But he was unashamed

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 by the message

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 that God called him

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 to preach.

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 His very character

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 shouts righteousness.

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 It proclaims truth.

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 He looked different

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 than the world

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 because he understood

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 that this world

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 was not his home.

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 He's the picture

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 of what God desires

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 is to be radically different

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 than the culture.

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 Not for his own sake,

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 but to glorify God

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 with his life.

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 Was John perfect?

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 There's no way.

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 He was still human.

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 But his mistakes

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 are certainly

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 not highlighted

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 in Scripture.

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 On the other hand,

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 we have a man

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 who is a picture

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 of the prodigal.

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 a man who

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 lived his life

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 lavishly,

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 squandering away

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 his life

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 for the sake

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 of no one

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 but himself.

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 He was a man

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 who slew a preacher

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 whom he respected.

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 And ultimately,

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 he lost his power

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 only to go down

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 in history,

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 known mostly

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 for his infamy

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 and not for anything

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 good.

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 He was a picture

00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:10.379
 of human depravity.

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 And he's only part

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 of the picture

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 of human depravity

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 in this text.

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 Because there's

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 a woman here

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 and her name

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 is Herodias.

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 And if there was

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 ever a black widow,

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 she was it.

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 She is the woman

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 your mom

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 warned you about.

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 Okay?

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 You would do well

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 to stay away

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 from this type

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 of woman.

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 She is conniving.

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 She's cruel.

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 She's the epitome

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 of evil.

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 And she harbored

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 hatred for John.

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 Not just a little

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 kind of

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 heartbreaking

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 type of hatred.

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 It was

00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:45.839
 horrible hatred

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 that leads

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 and just ate her

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 up on the inside.

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 And she had been

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 waiting for a moment

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 that she could kill

00:15:51.339 --> 00:15:52.219
 John the Baptist

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 or see him killed.

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 And so this is

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 what's happening

00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:56.399
 in this text.

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 Herod's party

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 is advancing

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 on into the evening.

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 And it wasn't

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 uncommon for people

00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.360
 to be drinking

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.839
 heavily during

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 these types of parties.

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 He's invited

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 all the important

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 people

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 and all of Galilee

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 are here.

00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.779
 His military leaders

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.319
 are here.

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 All kinds of people

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 are in this group,

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 this party that he's

00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:16.259
 got going on,

00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:16.799
 this feast.

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 And the party's

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 advancing on.

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 They're probably

00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:22.419
 getting a little bit

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 inebriated.

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 And the text says,

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 For when Herodias'

00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:27.699
 daughter came in

00:16:27.699 --> 00:16:28.339
 and danced,

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 she pleased

00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:30.259
 Herod

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.600
 and his guests.

00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:33.740
 This, by the way,

00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:35.199
 was a type of

00:16:35.199 --> 00:16:35.679
 entertainment

00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:36.939
 that was set aside

00:16:36.939 --> 00:16:37.579
 for harlots

00:16:37.579 --> 00:16:38.480
 and prostitutes.

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 It was unheard

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.060
 of for someone

00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:42.100
 of Herodias'

00:16:42.300 --> 00:16:43.300
 daughter's stature

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 and place in life

00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:46.080
 to do this type

00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:46.620
 of dance.

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 And I think it's

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:48.500
 safe to say

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.460
 this dance

00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:50.580
 was sensual.

00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:51.080
 There was something

00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:52.259
 sinful about

00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:53.019
 this dance.

00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.720
 And so Herodias

00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:57.519
 sends her

00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.700
 young daughter

00:16:58.700 --> 00:17:00.600
 in to dance

00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.399
 in front of

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:03.200
 many men.

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.560
 We don't know

00:17:03.560 --> 00:17:04.240
 how many are there,

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.000
 but many men

00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:06.180
 who are possibly

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.980
 intoxicated

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:08.059
 to watch her

00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:09.019
 do a sensual

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.539
 dance.

00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.920
 So this whole

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.440
 thing,

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:11.980
 this whole

00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.700
 scenario

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.579
 is conceived

00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:14.559
 by sin.

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:16.980
 And this is

00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:17.680
 exactly why

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.579
 Herod liked it.

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:19.980
 It was an

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.860
 unusual thing.

00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.720
 It was unusual

00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.799
 to see someone

00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.519
 of nobility

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.400
 dancing in this

00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:24.680
 way.

00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:26.339
 And his guests

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:26.900
 were pleased

00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:27.400
 as well.

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:28.740
 And Herod

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.620
 falls right

00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:31.220
 into the trap.

00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:33.579
 And he offers

00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:34.839
 her anything

00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:35.799
 in this kingdom,

00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:36.519
 up to half

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.240
 of the kingdom.

00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:38.299
 And so she

00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:38.940
 goes away,

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.519
 the daughter

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.180
 goes away,

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.559
 leaving everybody

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.379
 else to guess

00:17:43.379 --> 00:17:43.919
 what she might

00:17:43.919 --> 00:17:44.279
 ask for.

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.779
 This is a

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.419
 generous offer,

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:45.940
 by the way.

00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:46.799
 This is an

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.339
 offer that any

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.759
 of the people

00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:48.220
 in that room

00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.480
 would have

00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.059
 loved to have

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:50.099
 received.

00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.059
 And so they're

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.859
 all wondering

00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:53.740
 what in the

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.319
 world is going

00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:54.700
 to happen.

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.279
 What in the

00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:55.659
 world is she

00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.159
 going to ask

00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:56.319
 for?

00:17:56.379 --> 00:17:56.740
 She goes

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.039
 away,

00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:57.859
 and in

00:17:57.859 --> 00:17:58.379
 verse 24

00:17:58.379 --> 00:17:58.919
 she asks

00:17:58.919 --> 00:17:59.220
 her mother,

00:17:59.319 --> 00:17:59.819
 for what

00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.399
 should I

00:18:00.399 --> 00:18:00.940
 ask?

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.079
 And she

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.480
 said,

00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.539
 the head

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.779
 of John

00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.279
 the Baptist.

00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:07.700
 And she

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.440
 came in

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:08.920
 immediately

00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:10.539
 with haste,

00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.139
 immediately

00:18:11.139 --> 00:18:12.379
 with haste,

00:18:12.379 --> 00:18:13.799
 to the king

00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.220
 and asked

00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.599
 saying,

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.420
 I want you

00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:15.819
 to give

00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.339
 me at

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:17.980
 once the

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.839
 head of

00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.240
 John the

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.779
 Baptist.

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.359
 And in her

00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:22.220
 own little

00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:24.000
 evil conniving

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.460
 way,

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:26.659
 on a

00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.180
 platter.

00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:33.460
 mother,

00:18:33.620 --> 00:18:33.740
 like

00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.060
 daughter.

00:18:36.120 --> 00:18:36.860
 We find

00:18:36.860 --> 00:18:37.519
 suddenly that

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:37.920
 Herod is

00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:38.200
 sober.

00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:40.220
 He didn't

00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:40.759
 want this to

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:40.960
 happen.

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.279
 He didn't

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.779
 want this to

00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.019
 be her

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.380
 request.

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:42.700
 And he

00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.259
 is truly

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.820
 distressed

00:18:43.820 --> 00:18:44.580
 here in

00:18:44.580 --> 00:18:45.080
 this passage.

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:45.420
 I believe

00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:45.799
 the text

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.460
 indicates that.

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.259
 In verse 26

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:48.440
 he says that

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.000
 the king

00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:50.680
 was exceedingly

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.140
 sorry.

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.100
 The language

00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:53.759
 here indicates

00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.640
 a very deep

00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:55.060
 sorrow.

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:56.259
 This word

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.339
 perilupos

00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:57.799
 in the

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.039
 Greek

00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.640
 means

00:18:58.640 --> 00:18:59.379
 surrounded

00:18:59.379 --> 00:19:00.640
 by sorrow.

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:02.680
 And it's

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.140
 only used

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.599
 a handful

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:04.079
 of times

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.279
 in the

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.720
 New Testament.

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.420
 One being

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:05.940
 when Jesus

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.460
 was in the

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:06.819
 Garden of

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.299
 Gethsemane

00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:07.720
 about to

00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:09.099
 face an

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.720
 arrest that

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.259
 would ultimately

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.740
 lead to

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.319
 his death.

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 A time

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.440
 when Jesus

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.519
 would sweat

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 droplets of

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 blood.

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 He was

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 under such

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 distress.

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.900
 Same word

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 used there

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:19.980
 in the

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.359
 Garden of

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 Gethsemane

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 as it is

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.980
 here in

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 our text

00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:23.859
 this morning.

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 And so

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:25.859
 I have no

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.240
 doubt that

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:27.519
 Herod was

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 indeed

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 sorrowful.

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 But what

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 was he going

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 to do?

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 What would

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.220
 his friends

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:33.259
 think if

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 they were

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:33.940
 to go

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 back to

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 their areas

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.880
 of nobility

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 and tell

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 everyone in

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 all the land

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:38.799
 that Herod

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.220
 is a man

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 that goes

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:39.980
 back on

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.539
 his promises?

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 And so

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.359
 Herod began

00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:43.940
 to fall

00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:44.640
 into the

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 temptation

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.599
 of being

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.120
 afraid

00:19:46.120 --> 00:19:46.940
 of man.

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.640
 The problem

00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.000
 was really

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.339
 that Herod

00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:49.660
 had no

00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:50.039
 backbone.

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.319
 He was

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 the ruler

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.319
 of that

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.579
 land.

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:51.900
 He may

00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.180
 not have

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.440
 been a

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.599
 king,

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:52.880
 but he

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.240
 was the

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.640
 ruler

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.319
 of that

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:54.599
 land.

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 And anything

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.380
 that he

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 said

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.060
 goes,

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 and he

00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:56.580
 could have

00:19:56.580 --> 00:19:56.940
 told her

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.400
 anything

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:58.060
 that he

00:19:58.060 --> 00:19:58.560
 wanted to,

00:19:59.320 --> 00:19:59.840
 including what

00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:00.380
 probably all

00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:00.920
 of us in here

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.420
 are thinking,

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.420
 and what maybe

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.360
 most of us

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:03.600
 would have

00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:04.180
 told her,

00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:05.279
 being people

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.940
 of God's

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.320
 word and

00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:07.060
 people who

00:20:07.060 --> 00:20:07.700
 are redeemed,

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.940
 that girl,

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.320
 that is

00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:09.880
 sick.

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:12.240
 you shouldn't

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.660
 be asking

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.100
 for stuff

00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:13.600
 like that.

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:14.520
 Young

00:20:14.520 --> 00:20:15.000
 girls are

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.600
 supposed to

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.220
 like dresses

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:18.140
 and closets

00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:18.560
 full of

00:20:18.560 --> 00:20:19.260
 shoes or

00:20:19.260 --> 00:20:20.080
 wardrobes

00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:20.520
 full of

00:20:20.520 --> 00:20:22.580
 clothes or

00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:23.120
 jewelry.

00:20:25.260 --> 00:20:25.760
 She

00:20:25.760 --> 00:20:26.400
 asked for

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.040
 the head

00:20:27.040 --> 00:20:27.560
 of John

00:20:27.560 --> 00:20:28.220
 the Baptist,

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.200
 but Herod

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:31.240
 buckles under

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.660
 the pressure

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.200
 and he

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.100
 gives the

00:20:33.100 --> 00:20:34.160
 order to

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:35.040
 do the

00:20:35.040 --> 00:20:35.640
 unthinkable.

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 And I

00:20:37.280 --> 00:20:37.680
 want you to

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.120
 see something

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.620
 here that

00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.880
 is pathetic

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:41.680
 and astounding

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.500
 at the same

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:42.920
 time.

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.640
 Because Herod's

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.540
 conscience has

00:20:45.540 --> 00:20:46.160
 kind of

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:48.900
 become to

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.680
 be awakened

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.720
 in a sense

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.340
 through the

00:20:51.340 --> 00:20:51.800
 person of

00:20:51.800 --> 00:20:52.100
 John the

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.340
 Baptist.

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.740
 He had

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.759
 had his

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.600
 eyes open

00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:55.320
 or begun

00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:55.680
 to have

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.100
 his eyes

00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:56.560
 open to

00:20:56.560 --> 00:20:57.080
 righteousness

00:20:57.080 --> 00:20:57.920
 or at

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.340
 least begun

00:20:58.340 --> 00:20:58.880
 to respect

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.500
 righteous

00:20:59.500 --> 00:20:59.880
 character.

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.340
 He may

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:00.840
 have even

00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.700
 begun to

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:02.860
 consider some

00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.440
 of his own

00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.060
 depravity.

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:05.879
 There was

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.179
 a little

00:21:06.179 --> 00:21:06.819
 life and

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.079
 then it

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.639
 was all

00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.399
 crushed

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:11.240
 because he

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.679
 was afraid

00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:11.940
 of what

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.440
 people might

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:13.480
 think about

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:13.779
 him.

00:21:15.179 --> 00:21:15.399
 You know

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:15.859
 there are a

00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.139
 lot of

00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:17.200
 people today

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.599
 that do

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.019
 just the

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.539
 same thing.

00:21:19.139 --> 00:21:19.480
 How many

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.859
 people do

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.159
 you know

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:20.460
 that have

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.819
 had their

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.480
 eyes open

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:21.960
 to eternal

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.240
 things?

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.619
 Maybe through

00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:23.000
 something that

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.500
 you shared

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.859
 with them?

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.519
 Maybe through

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:24.899
 something that

00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:25.519
 another believer

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:25.960
 shared with

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.079
 them?

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.339
 Or maybe

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.740
 they came

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.220
 across a

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.799
 Bible passage

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.419
 and they

00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:28.779
 began to

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.159
 understand

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:29.859
 something about

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.579
 their condition

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.319
 of their

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.720
 heart.

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.240
 They began

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.879
 to understand

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.480
 something about

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.039
 the sin

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.359
 and the

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:34.740
 debt that

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.039
 they owe

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.399
 to God

00:21:35.399 --> 00:21:35.839
 because of

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.319
 this sin.

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.200
 They become

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:39.339
 aware that

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:39.659
 they have a

00:21:39.659 --> 00:21:40.180
 deep-seated

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.819
 problem with

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.079
 sin and

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.399
 maybe they

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:41.759
 learned

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.519
 something about

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.639
 the atonement.

00:21:44.659 --> 00:21:45.039
 They began

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.700
 to think about

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.240
 it and then

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.019
 it became

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.460
 known to

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.899
 their friends

00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:48.099
 that they

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.579
 were thinking

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.359
 on these

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.299
 topics and

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.619
 on these

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:51.079
 issues.

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:52.940
 And then

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.279
 there was a

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.980
 little smirk.

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.399
 Or maybe

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:55.759
 there was a

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.639
 little sneer.

00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:57.759
 Or,

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.819
 you a

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.259
 Christian?

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.039
 No way.

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:04.000
 I

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.220
 want to

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.960
 have all

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.440
 hope

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.759
 crushed

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.799
 from

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.159
 beginning

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.579
 to think

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:08.980
 about it

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.319
 and then

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:09.619
 for them

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.019
 to turn

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.240
 away,

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.839
 to never

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.259
 return

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.619
 again

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.720
 to that

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.079
 thought

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.759
 process

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.899
 simply

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.259
 because

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:15.500
 they're

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.019
 concerned

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.799
 about what

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.159
 other

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:18.259
 people think

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.019
 about them.

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:19.920
 If you

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.119
 don't know

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.859
 anybody like

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.159
 this,

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.440
 then you

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.099
 can just

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.440
 think about

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:22.599
 our

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.059
 politicians

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.539
 today.

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.759
 Over the

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.339
 past 20

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.639
 to 30

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:25.919
 years.

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.179
 This is

00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:26.299
 as if

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.799
 they can't

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.559
 make a

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.359
 decision on

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.879
 their own

00:22:28.879 --> 00:22:29.379
 without

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.019
 taking a

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.439
 poll or

00:22:30.439 --> 00:22:31.059
 without asking

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.339
 or trying

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.779
 to figure

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.480
 out if

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:32.959
 somebody's

00:22:32.959 --> 00:22:33.119
 going to

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:33.599
 be offended

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.019
 by their

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.539
 stance.

00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:35.639
 And so

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:35.939
 you see

00:22:35.939 --> 00:22:36.439
 politicians

00:22:36.439 --> 00:22:36.859
 who are

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.759
 going against

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:37.959
 their

00:22:37.959 --> 00:22:38.240
 biblical

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.759
 faith.

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.519
 Because

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:40.799
 they don't

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.000
 want to

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.299
 take a

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.779
 stance for

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.639
 a biblical

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:43.079
 marriage.

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.299
 Or they

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.539
 don't want

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.059
 to take a

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.500
 stance that

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.500
 might lead

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.079
 their polls

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.639
 to drop.

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:50.039
 If people

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:51.099
 or will

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.439
 the people

00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:52.059
 elect me if

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.500
 I take a

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.859
 stance on

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.279
 this issue?

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:53.579
 Will my

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.500
 party agree

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.179
 with me if

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.920
 I don't

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.720
 agree with

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.700
 everything that

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.080
 they hold

00:22:59.080 --> 00:22:59.420
 to you?

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.700
 And this

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.640
 tragic mentality

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.400
 has worked

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.360
 its way into

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:03.860
 the Christian

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.840
 life as

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.400
 well where

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.900
 born again

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.880
 believers don't

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.860
 truly live for

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.120
 God.

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.840
 They live for

00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.900
 fear of what

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.799
 man might

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.240
 say to

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.539
 them.

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.720
 And little

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.120
 by little

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.600
 they begin to

00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:15.100
 look more

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.460
 and more

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.240
 like the

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.380
 world and

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:18.259
 less and

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.580
 less like

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:20.180
 the redeemed.

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.620
 They begin to

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.240
 look more like

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.860
 Herod and less

00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.420
 like John the

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.960
 Baptizer.

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:26.160
 And this

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:26.400
 is what

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.900
 happens when

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.420
 we fear

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:29.560
 people over

00:23:29.560 --> 00:23:30.240
 our great

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.740
 sovereign

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.680
 creator God.

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 And in my

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.480
 counseling experience

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.820
 one of the

00:23:34.820 --> 00:23:35.340
 greatest struggles

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.940
 I see people

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.680
 facing is this

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.360
 very issue

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:37.799
 that we're

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.380
 talking about

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.700
 here.

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.920
 Where we

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.420
 think too

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:40.840
 much of

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:42.019
 man and

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.539
 too little

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.100
 of God.

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.000
 God being

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.440
 the greatest

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.340
 being in the

00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:47.860
 universe and

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:48.360
 everything,

00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:48.860
 literally

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.740
 everything in

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.360
 the universe

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:51.640
 having been

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:53.240
 created for

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.460
 His glory,

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.500
 to glorify

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.059
 Him.

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.120
 We know

00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:57.420
 this from

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.000
 Colossians 1

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.319
 16,

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:58.720
 all things

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:58.940
 have been

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.539
 created through

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.460
 Him and

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.859
 for Him.

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.740
 He deserves

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.559
 the affections

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.359
 of our hearts,

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.019
 but in our

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.799
 minds,

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.359
 in our hearts,

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.120
 we often get it

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.740
 backwards and we

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.400
 tip the scales

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.059
 the wrong way.

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:10.779
 And God

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.559
 becomes less than

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.019
 man and we

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.120
 fear man over

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:13.519
 God.

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.559
 Instead of God

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.120
 being the center

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.779
 of our affection,

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:19.480
 the desire of

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:19.980
 our hearts,

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.079
 instead of us

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.819
 being focused

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.360
 on what other

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:25.059
 people think

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.700
 about us.

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.220
 And well-meaning

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.640
 believers,

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.519
 whether they

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.319
 realize it or

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.559
 not,

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.319
 are concerning

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.539
 themselves more

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.559
 with what people

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:34.180
 think about them

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.380
 than what God

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.200
 thinks about them.

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.319
 And this

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.099
 mentality, by the

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.380
 way, is

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.360
 everywhere in our

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.759
 society.

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.620
 You see it in

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:41.140
 our public

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.759
 school systems

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.339
 where principals

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.900
 and teachers

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:44.019
 will say things

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.220
 like, you

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.599
 know, we just

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.099
 really like to

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:48.279
 focus on high

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.720
 positive self-esteem.

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.880
 this might come

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.799
 as a surprise

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.380
 to some of us

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.920
 in here, but

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:55.140
 self-esteem is

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:56.000
 an unbiblical

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.680
 concept.

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.339
 Scripture teaches

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.099
 us to humble

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.759
 ourselves before

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.220
 the Lord, not

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.940
 to esteem

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.519
 ourselves.

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.960
 In 1 Peter 5,

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:05.039
 6 and James

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.759
 4, 10, I

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.079
 could give you

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.440
 some more

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.000
 references, but

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.400
 I think two

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.779
 should suffice

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.579
 for this morning.

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.579
 There's more

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.779
 places that talk

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.740
 about humbling

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.319
 ourselves in

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.579
 Scripture.

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.740
 Scripture teaches

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.339
 us that there's

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.940
 nothing good about

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.720
 us apart from

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.120
 Christ.

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.779
 What Scripture

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.579
 does teach is

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.360
 that our hearts

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:22.920
 are wicked.

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.860
 Our righteous

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.640
 acts are as

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.500
 filthy rags

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.180
 before a holy

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.599
 God.

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.180
 According to

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.180
 Isaiah 64,

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.380
 Romans 3, 12

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.380
 says, no one

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:34.440
 does good, not

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.779
 even one.

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.160
 There's

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.680
 absolutely

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.380
 nothing

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.279
 esteemable

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.620
 about us

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.940
 because of

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.640
 our sin

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.160
 condition.

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.500
 So Kyle, are you

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.180
 saying that we

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.779
 should all walk

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.339
 around with low

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.900
 self-esteem?

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:50.840
 Absolutely not.

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:52.480
 On the contrary, I'm

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.980
 saying that we

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.880
 shouldn't esteem

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:55.519
 ourselves at all.

00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:57.740
 This low self-esteem

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.700
 is still focused on

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.620
 the self and still

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.960
 glorifying man

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.300
 in the self.

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.100
 And when you get

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.960
 this concept, it'll

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:06.160
 blow your mind

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:07.080
 because what happens

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.740
 is when we put

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:09.200
 God as preeminent

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.080
 in our lives

00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:11.100
 and in our hearts,

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.140
 when we concern

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.780
 ourselves about

00:26:12.780 --> 00:26:13.580
 Him and His

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.500
 thoughts and His

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.420
 desires, how we

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.500
 esteem ourselves

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.960
 becomes a non-issue.

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:19.299
 It doesn't matter

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.880
 if we have low

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.799
 self-esteem or

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.680
 high self-esteem,

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:23.279
 we esteem Christ

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.539
 and Christ alone.

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.240
 So self-esteem,

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.480
 no matter high or

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.140
 low, it no longer

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.600
 matters.

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.440
 Whether other

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.279
 people think about

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.299
 you, it no longer

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.799
 matters.

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.819
 Whether you were

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.700
 invited to the party

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.319
 or not, it no

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.180
 longer matters.

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.600
 Whether people

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:40.500
 make jeering

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.740
 statements or

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.920
 hiss or make

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.920
 smart remarks about

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.340
 your faith, it no

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:46.180
 longer matters.

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.259
 matters.

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.380
 Because the only

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.480
 thing that matters

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.400
 is that Jesus

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.980
 paid it all on

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.680
 the cross for

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.360
 your sins.

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.880
 So that we may

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:55.180
 be righteous in

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.519
 Him.

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.740
 Not of anything

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.680
 that we can boast

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.539
 about in and of

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.160
 ourselves.

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.900
 But if we are to

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.940
 boast, it's to boast

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.740
 in the sacrifice

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.560
 that He paid.

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.560
 That we are

00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:05.580
 righteous only

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:06.480
 because of Him.

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.519
 And that our

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.200
 lives may shout

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.259
 His glory and

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.900
 His praise.

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.560
 Proverbs puts it

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:13.840
 best.

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.379
 The fear of

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:16.019
 man lays a

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.439
 snare.

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.839
 It entraps us.

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:19.959
 But whoever

00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:21.079
 trusts the

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:22.980
 Lord is safe.

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:25.199
 Proverbs 29, 25.

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.879
 And that is

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.459
 just it.

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.079
 If we fear

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.879
 man, we live

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:31.459
 in the self-entrapment

00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:33.079
 and the self-deception

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:34.579
 of conceitedly

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.459
 thinking that we

00:27:35.459 --> 00:27:35.980
 are somehow

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.559
 important.

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.399
 And we're not.

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:41.500
 But Christ in us

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.220
 is important.

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.220
 And when we

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.039
 place our trust

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:45.059
 in Him and

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.720
 His goodness

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.920
 and we lean

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.579
 on His

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.240
 righteousness,

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.319
 our identity

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.279
 is no longer

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.000
 wrapped up in

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.380
 this world.

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.200
 Our identity

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.339
 is now wrapped

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.600
 up in Christ.

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.259
 And we

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.100
 experience freedom

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.860
 from this world.

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.600
 It's a freedom,

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.200
 by the way,

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.000
 that Herod Antipas

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.700
 would never know.

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.420
 I don't know if

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.140
 Herod slept well

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.480
 that night.

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.240
 I don't know if

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.700
 he could have

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.259
 slept well that

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.519
 night.

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:11.740
 Maybe he did,

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.460
 maybe he didn't.

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:13.700
 I wouldn't have

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.039
 been able to

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.639
 sleep well that

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.400
 night if I had

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.819
 done what he

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.059
 did.

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.019
 I don't know if

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.819
 John ever crossed

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.539
 his mind after

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.700
 this time.

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.180
 I think probably

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.680
 he did.

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.279
 I think probably

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.619
 John's memory

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:27.379
 slowly faded

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.440
 from Herod.

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.900
 And he probably

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.500
 eventually thought,

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.119
 well, what was

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.720
 the big deal

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.279
 about John

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.000
 anyways and all

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.599
 of his preaching

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.200
 and all of his

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.660
 righteousness?

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:38.880
 Meanwhile,

00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:39.720
 word of Jesus

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.380
 is being spread

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.100
 all over Galilee.

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.740
 Great miracles

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.540
 have taken place.

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.880
 Things are being

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:45.279
 moved and shaken

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.700
 up a bit in the

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:46.980
 land.

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.640
 He's commissioned

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.480
 his apostles on

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.100
 a missionary

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.580
 journey.

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.960
 And people are

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.600
 being healed.

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.800
 And word of Jesus

00:28:52.800 --> 00:28:53.519
 is beginning to

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.759
 creep inside the

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.620
 palace walls.

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.019
 This is where we

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.620
 get to in verse

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.519
 14 through 16,

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.500
 which introduce

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.340
 our passage.

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.860
 And it tells us

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.460
 what happens.

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.400
 In verse 14,

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.800
 Herod,

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:06.220
 heard of it

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.899
 for Jesus'

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.879
 name,

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.859
 had become

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.240
 known.

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:09.879
 Some said,

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.779
 John the Baptist

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.379
 has been raised

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.940
 from the dead.

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.879
 And that's why

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.899
 these miraculous

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:15.220
 powers are at

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.779
 work in him.

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.980
 But others said,

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.680
 he is Elijah.

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.319
 And others said,

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.879
 he is a prophet

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.379
 like one of the

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:20.099
 prophets of old.

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.720
 But when Herod

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.200
 heard of it,

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.740
 he said,

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.200
 John,

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:25.259
 whom I beheaded,

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.980
 has been

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.919
 raised.

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.399
 This language

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:30.919
 is so graphic

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.559
 here that this

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.579
 I and this

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.159
 passage should

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:34.200
 stand out to

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.619
 us.

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.220
 John,

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.240
 the man I

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.859
 beheaded,

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.480
 I did this.

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:41.039
 It's on me.

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.019
 And suddenly

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.700
 he remembers

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.440
 his evil deed

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.940
 as though

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:46.200
 he had buried

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.659
 it away

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.079
 and it had

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.799
 risen back

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.259
 up into

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.859
 his mind

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.180
 when he

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:50.079
 hears about

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.440
 Jesus.

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.240
 Even though

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.000
 this was not

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.419
 the man,

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.240
 Jesus was not

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.759
 the man that

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.259
 he beheaded.

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.480
 His conscience

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.159
 is bringing it

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:57.839
 back to light

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.480
 in his mind.

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.539
 And you may

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.039
 have experienced

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.579
 something similar

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:00.960
 to this,

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.379
 where maybe

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:02.379
 possibly you

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.760
 did something

00:30:03.760 --> 00:30:04.320
 atrocious,

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.080
 committed an

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.780
 atrocious act

00:30:05.780 --> 00:30:06.400
 or a sin,

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.220
 possibly even

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.420
 before you

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.220
 became a believer

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:10.180
 in Jesus Christ

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:12.160
 and something

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.920
 happens in your

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.160
 life.

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.620
 You thought that

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.100
 you had buried

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:14.460
 it away,

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:15.000
 you had buried

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.500
 it deep

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.400
 in the depths

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.000
 of your heart

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.740
 and you thought

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.200
 that it was

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.820
 over and you

00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:19.180
 didn't have to

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.760
 think about that

00:30:19.760 --> 00:30:20.000
 anymore,

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.660
 but then suddenly

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:22.140
 something happens

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.680
 in your life,

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.340
 an event takes

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:23.620
 place,

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.120
 maybe you heard

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.520
 a sermon,

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.300
 maybe you had

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:25.740
 a friend in

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.160
 your life that

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.440
 had something

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.020
 similar happen

00:30:27.020 --> 00:30:27.360
 to them,

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.119
 and something

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.740
 all of a sudden

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.619
 begins to come

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.399
 up and you

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.679
 remember this

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:33.039
 deed that you

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.719
 did in the

00:30:33.719 --> 00:30:34.179
 past.

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.599
 And these

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.259
 things happen

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.779
 to us because

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.819
 God gives us,

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.799
 he has built

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.799
 into us a

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.879
 conscience to

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.279
 know whether

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.679
 we've done

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.740
 right or wrong.

00:30:43.399 --> 00:30:43.979
 And when these

00:30:43.979 --> 00:30:44.559
 things happen,

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.599
 it's God's way

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.659
 of leading us

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:47.240
 to repentance.

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.719
 And so if you

00:30:48.719 --> 00:30:50.279
 have dealt

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.000
 with sin,

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.379
 then you're

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.959
 going to have

00:30:51.959 --> 00:30:53.500
 these feelings

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.319
 rise up from

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.719
 time to time

00:30:54.719 --> 00:30:55.479
 until we deal

00:30:55.479 --> 00:30:56.119
 with these things.

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:56.539
 And this is

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.139
 what's going on

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.500
 in Herod's

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.940
 heart right

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.240
 now.

00:30:59.360 --> 00:31:00.360
 He's feeling

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:01.320
 a bit guilty

00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:02.540
 because of

00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:03.020
 what he's

00:31:03.020 --> 00:31:03.520
 done in

00:31:03.520 --> 00:31:04.180
 the past.

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.759
 He hears

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.380
 of the miracles

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:09.340
 and the

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:10.080
 righteousness of

00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:10.640
 Jesus and

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.380
 falsely assumes

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.780
 that it must

00:31:11.780 --> 00:31:12.300
 be John the

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:13.040
 baptizer raised

00:31:13.040 --> 00:31:13.580
 from the dead.

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.340
 And it

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.740
 shouldn't come

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.520
 to surprise

00:31:16.520 --> 00:31:16.940
 us that

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.560
 Herod believes

00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:17.860
 that people

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.100
 could be

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.440
 raised from

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.720
 the dead

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.420
 because he

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.840
 was not a

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:21.160
 regenerate

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.500
 believer.

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.460
 He was

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.340
 certainly not

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.980
 repentant.

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.440
 He likely

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.020
 had little

00:31:26.020 --> 00:31:26.680
 contact with

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.120
 his righteousness

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.739
 people and

00:31:27.739 --> 00:31:28.179
 he had no

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:28.779
 idea how to

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.099
 deal with

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.419
 this thing

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:29.619
 that was

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.039
 going on

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.279
 in his

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.639
 heart.

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.639
 This

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.179
 conviction

00:31:32.179 --> 00:31:32.539
 that was

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:32.959
 going on

00:31:32.959 --> 00:31:33.179
 in his

00:31:33.179 --> 00:31:33.399
 heart.

00:31:33.479 --> 00:31:33.579
 And it

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.119
 was tearing

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:35.000
 him up

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.519
 on the

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.039
 inside.

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.799
 And the

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.439
 reality is

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:38.959
 that Herod

00:31:38.959 --> 00:31:39.399
 needed a

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:39.859
 new heart.

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.359
 That only

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:43.000
 comes through

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.939
 the gospel

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:44.379
 of Christ

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:44.779
 and the

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.299
 regenerate

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.619
 heart of

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.039
 a believer.

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.699
 Therefore,

00:31:47.979 --> 00:31:48.779
 if anyone

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.219
 is in

00:31:49.219 --> 00:31:49.699
 Christ,

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.819
 he is a

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.559
 new creation.

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:52.099
 The old

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.839
 has passed

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.679
 and the

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:53.980
 new has

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.279
 come.

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.559
 And so

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.259
 we understand

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.899
 his regeneration

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.899
 and it

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.279
 helps us to

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.980
 understand our

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.980
 sin for what

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.480
 it really

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.199
 is and it

00:32:01.199 --> 00:32:01.679
 helps us to

00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:02.379
 turn away

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:02.759
 from that

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:04.240
 sin and

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.659
 to run

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:04.919
 toward

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.419
 righteousness.

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:06.879
 But for

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.139
 Herod,

00:32:07.179 --> 00:32:07.559
 it was not

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.839
 so.

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.179
 He had

00:32:08.179 --> 00:32:08.819
 little

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.480
 understanding

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.359
 of what

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.059
 his depravity

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.459
 meant.

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.819
 And this

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.539
 is demonstrated

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.099
 no greater

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.779
 than in the

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.539
 last New

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:16.879
 Testament

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.679
 recording of

00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:18.539
 Herod Antipas

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.500
 in Luke

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.200
 23.

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.779
 Starting in

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.200
 verse 8,

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.599
 it says,

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.240
 when Herod

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.000
 saw Jesus,

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:25.180
 he was very

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.720
 glad.

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.159
 By the way,

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.359
 this is when

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:29.039
 Jesus is going

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.799
 before Herod

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.339
 in trial.

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.460
 He's already

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.159
 gone to see

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.700
 Pontius Pilate,

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.359
 Pontius Pilate,

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:33.779
 sends him

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.279
 back to

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.500
 Herod,

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:34.899
 finds out

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.839
 Herod's in

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.759
 this region.

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.180
 So he

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.599
 goes and

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.759
 finds out

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.039
 that he's

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.579
 from Galilee

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.019
 and sends

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.639
 him on

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.059
 to Herod.

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.639
 So Herod's

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.200
 glad of

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.859
 this happening

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.879
 for he had

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.659
 long desired

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.059
 to see

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.220
 him.

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.639
 Of course

00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.099
 he did.

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.460
 He thinks

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.899
 this might

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.159
 be the

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:48.519
 man he

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.599
 murdered,

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.940
 the man

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.500
 he beheaded.

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.879
 He thought

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.379
 this man,

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.940
 he'd heard

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.319
 of his

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:55.180
 miracles

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.599
 and his

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.000
 signs

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.279
 and his

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.579
 wonders

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:56.960
 and of

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.180
 course

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.660
 he thought

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.240
 that he

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.700
 wanted to

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.200
 see him

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:01.099
 because he

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.519
 had heard

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.180
 about him

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.379
 and he

00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:02.859
 was hoping

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.240
 to see

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.119
 some sign

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:05.079
 done by

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.400
 him.

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.559
 Herod was

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.900
 looking for

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.299
 some sort

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.920
 of spiritual

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.420
 pleasure

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:09.259
 in this

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.799
 meeting with

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.079
 Jesus,

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:11.079
 maybe something

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.779
 of a magic

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.180
 show,

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.920
 so to speak.

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:13.960
 That's probably

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.440
 how he was

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.180
 viewing it at

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.339
 least.

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.920
 Verse 9,

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.519
 so he

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.980
 questioned

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.359
 him at

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.079
 some length

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:19.019
 but he,

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.799
 Jesus,

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:21.220
 made no

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.939
 answer.

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.119
 The chief

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.699
 priest and

00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.159
 the scribe

00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:25.720
 stood by

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.259
 vehemently

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.980
 accusing him

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:28.379
 and Herod

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:28.799
 with his

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.179
 soldiers

00:33:29.179 --> 00:33:29.819
 treated him

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.339
 with contempt

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:31.019
 and mocked

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.259
 him.

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.419
 Then arraying

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:33.019
 him with

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.859
 splendid clothing,

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.139
 he sent

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.699
 him back

00:33:35.699 --> 00:33:36.419
 to Pilate.

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.740
 You see,

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.139
 Herod was

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:38.559
 looking for

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:38.939
 some sort

00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:39.599
 of spiritual

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.199
 entertainment.

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.199
 He was

00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:41.579
 hoping to

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:41.939
 see some

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.240
 sort of

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.759
 sign in

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.059
 Jesus,

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:43.899
 but there

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.500
 is no

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.099
 repentance

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.500
 here.

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.179
 In fact,

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.859
 Herod remained

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.199
 in front of

00:33:48.199 --> 00:33:48.539
 the Son

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.959
 of God

00:33:48.959 --> 00:33:50.259
 perfectly

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:51.159
 dead

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:52.059
 in his

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.359
 heart.

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.899
 Here,

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.639
 Herod stands

00:33:55.639 --> 00:33:56.439
 before God

00:33:56.439 --> 00:33:57.099
 himself,

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.019
 righteousness

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.219
 incarnate,

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.039
 absolute

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.699
 perfection,

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.899
 and there

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.859
 is nothing,

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:06.039
 there is

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.279
 nothing going

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.199
 on in his

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.960
 heart that

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.219
 day.

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:11.059
 And what

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.439
 might be

00:34:11.439 --> 00:34:11.939
 even more

00:34:11.939 --> 00:34:12.480
 terrifying,

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.119
 even more

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.459
 bone-chilling,

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.559
 is that

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.359
 Christ sees

00:34:16.359 --> 00:34:17.359
 nothing in

00:34:17.359 --> 00:34:17.739
 him.

00:34:18.879 --> 00:34:19.399
 He won't

00:34:19.399 --> 00:34:20.159
 even reply

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.679
 to him.

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.059
 The Son

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.579
 of God

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.199
 standing

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.139
 before Herod

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:25.000
 has nothing

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.559
 to say to

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.799
 him.

00:34:26.439 --> 00:34:26.839
 He is

00:34:26.839 --> 00:34:27.539
 spiritually

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.199
 dead before

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.519
 the Son

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.899
 of God,

00:34:28.959 --> 00:34:29.219
 and it

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.899
 is a

00:34:29.899 --> 00:34:30.379
 tragic

00:34:30.379 --> 00:34:30.819
 day.

00:34:32.399 --> 00:34:32.739
 God

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.179
 tells us

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.639
 in Ezekiel

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.079
 33,

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.500
 as surely

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.899
 as I

00:34:34.899 --> 00:34:35.279
 live,

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:35.899
 declares

00:34:35.899 --> 00:34:36.439
 the Sovereign

00:34:36.439 --> 00:34:36.639
 Lord,

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.019
 I take

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.739
 no pleasure

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.359
 in the

00:34:38.359 --> 00:34:38.980
 death of

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.360
 the wicked,

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:39.960
 but rather

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.340
 that they

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:41.280
 turn from

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.880
 their ways

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.440
 and live.

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.460
 There is

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:45.139
 no rejoicing

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.760
 going on in

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.340
 heaven in

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.840
 that moment.

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:48.920
 You see,

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.480
 it's possible

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.019
 for someone

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.840
 to stand

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.059
 before the

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.400
 Son of

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.760
 God,

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.860
 and for

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.480
 nothing to

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.900
 happen in

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.400
 their hearts.

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.599
 And I

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:00.920
 think the

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.619
 primary message

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.079
 in our text

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.400
 today is

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.900
 twofold.

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.260
 Kind of

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:04.900
 two primary

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.880
 messages going

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.219
 on here.

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.740
 First is

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:08.039
 for non-believers,

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.800
 and we

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.199
 know that

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.639
 you're here.

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.320
 We know

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.679
 that you're

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.340
 among us.

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.000
 In a room

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.579
 this size,

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.000
 there are

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.860
 non-believers

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.460
 here.

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.699
 If Jesus

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.039
 has been

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.539
 moving in

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.900
 your heart,

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.400
 whether a

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.840
 friend has

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.340
 shared something

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.639
 with you

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:19.980
 recently,

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.480
 whether you've

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.880
 heard something

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.199
 through a

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.400
 sermon

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.159
 recently,

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.519
 or maybe

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.800
 you've

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.259
 been flipping

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.539
 through

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.940
 Scripture

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.360
 at some

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.599
 point

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.039
 recently,

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.559
 but maybe

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.739
 you've

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.019
 come to

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.340
 see that

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.519
 there's

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:27.900
 a sin

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.279
 problem

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:28.579
 in your

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.000
 life.

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.239
 There's

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.739
 a gap

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.219
 between

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.960
 you and

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.300
 God.

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.279
 And you've

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.500
 come to

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.759
 see that

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.199
 Christ is

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.599
 the answer

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:34.920
 to that

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.159
 sin

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.539
 problem,

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:35.879
 as the

00:35:35.879 --> 00:35:36.139
 perfect

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.480
 Son of

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.679
 God,

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.279
 a sinless

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:37.899
 human

00:35:37.899 --> 00:35:38.779
 sacrifice,

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.879
 the only

00:35:39.879 --> 00:35:40.539
 sacrifice,

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.000
 by the way,

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.299
 that can

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:42.199
 atone for

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.799
 your sins.

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:44.899
 The

00:35:44.899 --> 00:35:45.519
 application for

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.819
 you this

00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:46.199
 morning is

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.759
 to repent,

00:35:47.399 --> 00:35:47.980
 to turn

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.899
 away from

00:35:48.899 --> 00:35:49.379
 your sin,

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.519
 and to run

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.039
 towards

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.579
 righteousness.

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.719
 He's already

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.319
 completed the

00:35:54.319 --> 00:35:54.639
 work.

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:55.659
 Christ has

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.219
 already done

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.379
 it.

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.000
 He's

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.559
 completed it.

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.759
 It is

00:35:57.759 --> 00:35:58.299
 finished.

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.279
 All you

00:35:59.279 --> 00:35:59.719
 have to do

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.420
 is to repent

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.099
 and to turn

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.519
 away from

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:01.960
 your sin

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.960
 and believe.

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:04.900
 There's a

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.440
 stark message

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.019
 for believers

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.579
 this morning

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.019
 as well.

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.720
 I feel

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:09.940
 like I

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.139
 need to

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.860
 remind you

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.940
 in a sense

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.480
 this morning

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.639
 that you're

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.260
 recipients

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:15.179
 of the

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.720
 greatest

00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:17.260
 blessing

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.119
 known to

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.519
 man.

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:19.860
 You're

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.440
 recipients

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:20.960
 of this

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.320
 blessing.

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.280
 And God

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.840
 didn't intend

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.139
 for that

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.599
 to be kept

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.000
 secret.

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.860
 Go

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.360
 proclaim

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.920
 Him to

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.480
 the nations.

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.679
 Go

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.519
 live as

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.260
 the redeemed

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:32.240
 should live

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:33.259
 which means

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.539
 that we

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:33.879
 go out

00:36:33.879 --> 00:36:34.159
 and we

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.619
 proclaim

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:34.979
 this

00:36:34.979 --> 00:36:35.439
 message.

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.039
 We go

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.299
 out

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:36.899
 from

00:36:36.899 --> 00:36:37.199
 these

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.519
 walls

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.859
 and we

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.259
 proclaim

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.619
 Him

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:38.779
 to

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:38.939
 the

00:36:38.939 --> 00:36:39.359
 nations.

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:39.899
 Do you

00:36:39.899 --> 00:36:40.039
 think

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.539
 that John

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:40.659
 the

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.099
 baptizer

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.459
 would have

00:36:41.459 --> 00:36:42.059
 made an

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.519
 impact

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:42.779
 if he

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:43.239
 was afraid

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:43.519
 of what

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.739
 other

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:43.979
 people

00:36:43.979 --> 00:36:44.259
 thought

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:44.500
 about

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.659
 him?

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:44.939
 No,

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.139
 he

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.419
 wouldn't

00:36:45.419 --> 00:36:45.739
 have.

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:47.059
 He

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.679
 boldly

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:47.939
 taught

00:36:47.939 --> 00:36:48.259
 truth.

00:36:48.359 --> 00:36:48.419
 He

00:36:48.419 --> 00:36:49.000
 boldly

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.359
 preached

00:36:49.359 --> 00:36:49.739
 the

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.119
 gospel.

00:36:50.879 --> 00:36:50.979
 He

00:36:50.979 --> 00:36:51.179
 wasn't

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.739
 afraid

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:52.119
 of who

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.279
 it

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:52.599
 was

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:52.739
 or

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.099
 how

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.259
 he

00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:53.500
 might

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:53.919
 offend

00:36:53.919 --> 00:36:54.219
 them.

00:36:57.359 --> 00:36:57.819
 Are

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:57.959
 we

00:36:57.959 --> 00:36:58.259
 going to

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.959
 be ridiculed

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.340
 for our

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.619
 faith?

00:36:59.699 --> 00:36:59.960
 Yes,

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.400
 we will.

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.420
 If we're

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.880
 doing what

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.320
 we're called

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.280
 to do,

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.220
 we're going

00:37:04.220 --> 00:37:04.420
 to be

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:04.900
 ridiculed.

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.840
 Are you

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.019
 going to

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.559
 be rejected?

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.039
 Yes,

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.300
 you're going

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.460
 to be

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.820
 rejected.

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.280
 Are people

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.860
 going to

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.360
 hate you

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.760
 because of

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.179
 the message

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.500
 that you

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.820
 teach?

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.519
 Yes,

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.139
 people

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.960
 will hate

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.099
 you.

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.380
 Jesus

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.860
 said in

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.740
 no uncertain

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:15.099
 terms,

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.500
 you'll be

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.440
 hated by

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.920
 all for

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.480
 my name's

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.760
 sake,

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.900
 but the

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.480
 one who

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.000
 endures to

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.500
 the end

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.740
 will be

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.480
 saved.

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.440
 We should

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.019
 not be

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.659
 surprised

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.320
 when there

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.780
 are haters

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.820
 and mockers.

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.180
 What should

00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:29.920
 surprise us

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.420
 is if we're

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.060
 not experiencing

00:37:31.060 --> 00:37:31.680
 any sort

00:37:31.680 --> 00:37:32.600
 of persecution

00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:33.200
 or any sort

00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:33.660
 of resistance

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:34.019
 at all

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.700
 because it

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.440
 probably means

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:35.760
 we're not

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.300
 doing a lot

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.580
 for the

00:37:36.580 --> 00:37:36.820
 kingdom.

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.600
 And so

00:37:40.600 --> 00:37:41.300
 we press

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.780
 on through

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.360
 the hate

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:43.180
 and through

00:37:43.180 --> 00:37:43.780
 the persecution

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.440
 because there

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.100
 are some

00:37:45.100 --> 00:37:45.820
 who will

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.300
 believe.

00:37:47.100 --> 00:37:47.320
 And so

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.740
 it's time

00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:48.040
 for us

00:37:48.040 --> 00:37:48.280
 as we

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.160
 walk away

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:50.120
 from this

00:37:50.120 --> 00:37:50.740
 building

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:51.580
 this morning,

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.760
 it's time

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:53.160
 for us to

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:53.660
 go be

00:37:53.660 --> 00:37:54.300
 the church,

00:37:54.660 --> 00:37:55.140
 to be

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.540
 great

00:37:55.540 --> 00:37:56.060
 commission

00:37:56.060 --> 00:37:56.580
 believers,

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:58.140
 and to

00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:58.460
 go make

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.940
 disciples

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.280
 of all

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.620
 nations,

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.240
 baptizing

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:00.480
 them in

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.780
 the name

00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:01.000
 of the

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.280
 Father,

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:01.940
 the Son,

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:02.480
 and the

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.120
 Holy Spirit.

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.660
 You see,

00:38:04.700 --> 00:38:04.940
 there's a

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.280
 reason why

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:05.640
 we call it

00:38:05.640 --> 00:38:05.900
 the great

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.300
 commission

00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:07.100
 and not

00:38:07.100 --> 00:38:07.420
 the great

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.880
 suggestion.

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 It's not

00:38:10.080 --> 00:38:10.640
 a suggestion

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:11.380
 for us.

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 It is a

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 commission.

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.740
 Christ has

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:14.260
 commissioned us

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 all as

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 believers to

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 go and

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.519
 preach the

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.000
 gospel and

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.260
 to make

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 disciples.

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 Let's go

00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:20.320
 be the

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 church.

00:38:20.600 --> 00:38:20.740
 You see,

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:22.820
 we have to

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.060
 make a

00:38:23.060 --> 00:38:23.740
 decision this

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:25.380
 morning whether

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 we're going to

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.519
 be individuals

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 and whether

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.199
 we're going

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 to be a

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 church who

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:28.219
 either sits

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.460
 on the

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:30.300
 sidelines or

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 whether we're

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:30.840
 going to be

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 part of God's

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.480
 redemptive history

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 and to go out

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 and proclaim

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 him to the

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 world.

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 So my hope is

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 that as you

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:38.000
 walk out of this

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.519
 building this

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:38.820
 morning,

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.460
 that you have

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.800
 someone on your

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.179
 heart,

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 at least one,

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.440
 maybe many,

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.960
 but at least one

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.639
 person on your

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.719
 heart that you

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:48.259
 want to begin to

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:49.579
 pray for and to

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 begin to boldly

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:51.159
 teach the gospel.

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 And my prayer for

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:53.179
 you is that as

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:54.320
 the Spirit leads

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:54.559
 you,

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 that you will

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:56.420
 go and preach

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:58.059
 gospel truth boldly

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.980
 into their lives

00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:00.140
 this week and

00:39:00.140 --> 00:39:01.500
 next week and for

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.320
 the rest of your

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:03.680
 life as you go

00:39:03.680 --> 00:39:04.920
 out and live out

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.680
 the gospel.

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 That's what John

00:39:07.640 --> 00:39:07.960
 did.

00:39:09.120 --> 00:39:10.320
 John has an

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.600
 excellent example

00:39:11.600 --> 00:39:12.300
 of someone who

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:13.559
 preaches boldly

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.900
 in our lives.

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:16.880
 Let's go and

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:18.559
 preach gospel truth

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:20.260
 boldly into North

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:21.360
 Georgia and to the

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.019
 ends of the earth.

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:23.019
 Let's pray

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.320
 together.