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 Well, good morning.

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 Just want to add to Pastor Greg's announcement as the children's ministry.

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 If you are a member and you'd like to come to the meeting on Thursday, we will provide

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 childcare.

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 So please, if that is a barrier to you thinking about coming, please do plan on coming and

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 join us for the meal beforehand, and then there will be someone to watch your kids during

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 the meeting.

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 And also, there are agendas on the back table.

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 If you are a member and would like to know more particularly what we're talking about,

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 that is available for you, I believe.

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 Is that right, Esther?

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 So if you want those, they're on the back table.

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 One of the fun things about being a father is watching your son grow up.

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 My son Eli is five, almost five.

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 He'll be five in two weeks.

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 And he's at a really, really fun stage of life.

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 When I ask him to help with something, he just lights up.

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 He stands up straighter.

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 His chest kind of puffs out a little bit.

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 And he will literally run around the house getting the things that he thinks we need.

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 Some of it's useful.

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 Some of it's not.

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 But getting the things that he thinks that we need to do the task at hand.

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 And it is really fun to see him as he finds a place in my world, in our world, where he

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 can help, where he can contribute.

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 He loves it.

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 And it just fills him with pride and fills him with a joy.

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 And it energizes his life.

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 And I was reflecting on it this week because I was thinking, I don't know how many of us,

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 myself included, feel this way every day.

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 We don't describe our day-to-day life as this great opportunity to jump into good works,

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 to help the world, and to do something profitable.

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 Instead, what do we do?

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 Well, often we call it the daily grind.

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 Whatever are the tasks at hand, what do we need to get through today?

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 Whether it's laundry and wiping noses.

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 Whether it's assignments and preparing for exams or writing papers.

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 Whether it's projects at work, getting the to-do list done for your boss.

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 Whether it's all the activities that fill your day.

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 Often these things are not seen as these great opportunities.

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 But instead, they're a daily grind.

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 We think, how do we get through this one?

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 And then how do we get through the next one?

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 And how do we get through the next one?

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 And deep in our hearts, we ask ourselves a question.

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 Is this what we were created for?

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 Is there anything greater?

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 Is there anything more than this?

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 One of my favorite poets slash songwriters in the last 15 years,

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 and this is going to date me for some of you,

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 but if you're familiar with the band Switchfoot,

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 wrote a great song.

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 It's probably their breakout song.

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 This is partly what they wrote in this song.

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 Fumbling his confidence and wondering why the world has passed him by.

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 Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments and failed attempts to fly.

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 Dreaming about providence and whether mice and men have second tries.

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 Maybe we've been living with our eyes half open.

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 Maybe we're bent and broken.

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 We were meant to live for so much more.

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 Have we lost ourselves?

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 And I wonder if you feel that way today.

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 I wonder if you feel, as you wake up each morning,

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 is this all that I've been made for?

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 And you know, sometimes we don't feel that way.

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 Sometimes we wake up in the morning and we just think,

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 what a great day.

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 I can't wait for all the things.

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 But as I was reflecting on it,

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 it seems that this question arises more commonly in particular circumstances.

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 Sometimes it's when we've reached the top.

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 When we've accomplished all the things we wanted to accomplish.

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 When we've won the Super Bowl.

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 When we've done all the things.

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 When we've finally gotten married.

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 Whatever the thing is that we've set our hearts on it

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 and gone through all the work to do.

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 And then we think, is this all?

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 Is this all there is?

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 On the other hand, on the other end of the spectrum,

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 there are times when we ask the question

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 when we feel like we are getting crushed under the heel of life.

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 Where every day is simply an attempt to survive.

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 To try to get through to the next day.

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 And not be totally overcome.

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 And overwhelmed.

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 By the tasks of life.

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 Often we think, is this all?

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 And thirdly,

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 I think there are times when we ask this question

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 when what we're working for will be very costly.

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 When continuing to pursue the thing that we're grinding out for

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 suddenly will cost us a lot.

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 And we ask, is this worth it?

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 Is this what I was made for?

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 Is it worth continuing on this track?

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 This career track?

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 Is it worth pressing through in this relationship?

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 Is it, well you can't really get out of parenting.

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 You're kind of stuck there.

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 But when it's really costly.

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 These are the times when these questions rise up in our mind.

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 And I think when we ask this question,

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 when we feel this existential angst,

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 I think there are two things that we can do.

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 There are two ways that we respond.

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 One is that we run,

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 we try to anesthetize our hearts

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 from the fearful reality of asking that question.

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 We run to little things to give us a little pleasure,

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 a little distraction,

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 a little entertainment,

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 a little something

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 to avoid the pain of facing a life

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 where we're asking,

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 is this really worth it?

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 Or, the second thing is,

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 we take up the charge of the existentialists of the 20th century

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 who said,

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 there is no meaning out there.

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 Don't even try to find it.

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 The only meaning is what you make of it.

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 And so we set ourselves to the task

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 of making our lives meaningful.

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 And we become driven,

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 purposeful people.

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 But we're desperately trying to infuse our life

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 with a meaning,

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 with a purpose,

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 with a grandeur,

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 all on our own.

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 And yet I would posit to you

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 that neither of these strategies ultimately work.

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 And they leave us with the same question.

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 Were we made for something more?

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 We made for something more than this.

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 And this is the question

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 to which our passage speaks this morning.

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 We are continuing our series in the book of Hebrews.

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 If you want to turn in your pew Bible,

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 page 1001.

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 We're going to look at Hebrews chapter 2 this morning.

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 We're going to look at this passage

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 and we're going to remember what it is

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 that God has said to us about this question.

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 And just to remind you of a little bit of the context

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 as you're looking there,

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 chapter 1 of Hebrews was all about

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 Jesus the Exalted One.

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 Jesus who is the final and the best Word of God.

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 Jesus who has come

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 and who has given a greater and a fuller revelation

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 than that of the angels.

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 In fact, the angels are simply ministering spirits.

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 But Jesus is the final Word.

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 Jesus is the One who has come.

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 And God has spoken to us

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 so that we know who God is through Jesus.

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 And then, the beginning of chapter 2,

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 verses 1 through 4,

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 Nick last week talked about how

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 woven into this argument about the Exalted Jesus

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 is then this grave warning.

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 So if Jesus is that great,

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 oh friends, let us be careful

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 that we do not drift away

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 from such a great work of salvation

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 that this Jesus has worked for us.

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 And then, starting in verse 5 of chapter 2,

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 which is what we're going to read in just a minute,

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 he dives back into the argument.

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 But he's not starting a brand new argument,

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 nor is he continuing the same argument.

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 But he has a second movement in this argument

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 about Jesus and how he relates

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 to God and to angels and to creation.

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 And in this section, particularly,

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 how he relates to humanity.

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 So let's look together.

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 Hebrews chapter 2, verses 5 through 9.

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 Let's read it together.

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 Now, in putting everything in subjection to him,

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 he left nothing outside his control.

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 At present, we do not yet see everything

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 in subjection to him,

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 but we see him who, for a little while,

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 was made lower than the angels,

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 namely Jesus,

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 crowned with glory and honor

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 because of the suffering of death,

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 so that by the grace of God,

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 he might taste death for everyone.

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 Let's pray together.

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 God, we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you that in it,

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 you have shown us who Jesus is,

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 your best and final word.

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 And God, I pray this morning

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 that you would lead us and help us

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 as we look at it this morning.

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 God, I pray for your spirit to help me

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 that the words I speak might be useful.

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 Lord, that you would apply your word to our hearts.

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 Lord, that we might see what a glorious Savior Jesus is.

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 And we pray in his precious name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So as we look at this argument,

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 I don't know what your first reaction to it was.

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 When I first looked at this passage

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 as I started preparing a little while ago was,

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 okay, this is not obvious what this is all about.

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 So let me try and walk you through the argument.

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 And as we walk you through the argument,

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 we're going to see what a precious thing

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 this word gives us.

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 And we're going to see three things in this argument.

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 The first thing is we're going to see

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 God's plan for humanity

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 in verses five through eight.

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 And then at the very end of verse eight,

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 we're going to see the second thing,

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 which is the problem for humanity.

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 And then in verse nine,

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 we will see God's provision for humanity.

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 So we're going to see God's plan,

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 the problem, and God's provision for humanity.

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 So first, let's look at verses five through eight

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 and the plan for humanity.

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 And you know what?

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 This is the answer to the question

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 that I raised at the beginning.

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 What were we made for?

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 In verses five through eight,

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 the author is saying Jesus

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 is connected with humanity

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 and God has a unique plan for humanity.

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 This is what he means in verse five,

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 where he starts off the argument,

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 for it was not to angels

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 that God subjected the world to come.

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 He's picking up the arguments from before, okay?

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 He's been talking about the angels

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 and particularly if you look back,

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 verse 14 of chapter one,

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 who are the angels?

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 The angels are not the last word,

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 but the angels are ministering spirits

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 for the sake of who?

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 For the sake of those who will inherit salvation.

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 That is human beings,

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 you and me and all of humanity.

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 And so he's picking up that argument again

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 and he's saying,

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 do you remember?

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 It's not to angels that he subjected the world,

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 but to humanity.

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 And that's the argument at the beginning of verse five.

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 And he's saying that the world

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 that's being subjected to humanity

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 is not this world now,

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 but it's the world to come.

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 That is, it's the world

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 when Jesus' reign is fully established,

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 humanity will be the ones

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 who will rule over it.

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 Now, why do I say this?

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 Well, the author gives us a reason.

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 He goes back and he quotes Psalm 8,

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 which was read to us earlier this morning.

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 And he looks at Psalm 8 and he says,

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 what is man that you are mindful of him

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 or the son of man that you care for him?

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 You made him for a little while,

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 lower than the angels.

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 You've crowned him with glory and honor,

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 putting everything in subjection under his feet.

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 And if you remember the Psalm and the glory of it,

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 the psalmist was writing as he stood there

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 and he looked at the heavens

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 and he looked at the glory of God's creation

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 and he felt so small.

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 And maybe you felt that too.

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 When you go to the Grand Canyon

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 or an incredibly beautiful place,

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 when you go to the ocean

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 and watch the immensity of the waves,

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 when you go to the mountains

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 and you see how great and immovable they are,

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 you feel small.

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 And yet the psalmist is saying,

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 God, you've made such a great creation.

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 Who am I?

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 What is my place in it?

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 And yet you have actually given me

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 the greatest place

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 because though you made me a little lower

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 than the angels,

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 yet you've crowned me with glory

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 and you have made it so that

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 everything will be under my feet.

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 And the psalmist there is pulling on

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 a number of different traditions.

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 One of the traditions is that

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 or understandings in the Old Testament times.

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 One is that it was the angels

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 who have dominion over this present world.

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 This was a common view,

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 both at the time of the psalmist

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 and in the first century,

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 where the angels were sort of the ruling spirits

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 over this world,

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 over this present age.

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 It's saying,

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 so humanity was made lower than them for a season.

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 And yet,

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 and yet that's not the ultimate goal.

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 In fact,

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 going back to Genesis 1,

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 going back to the very beginning

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 of the story,

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 the psalmist is recalling that

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 God has given humanity

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 dominion over all the earth,

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 male and female.

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 He gave them stewardship

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 over all of creation,

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 all the living things,

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 all of the physical world.

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 And though,

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 and we'll explore this more in a few minutes,

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 though this has been abused greatly,

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 yet there is an original dignity

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 and rightness

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 in what it is that God is doing.

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 And so he says,

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 what is man

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 that you've made,

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 that you're mindful of him,

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 or the son of man

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 that you would care for him?

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 And the son of man there,

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 I don't think actually refers to Jesus.

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 It's kind of easy to jump there.

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 But I think based on Hebrew parallelism

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 and just the way

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 that Old Testament writers wrote,

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 it's simply saying,

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 it's another way of saying,

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 what is man?

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 What is mankind,

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 humanity,

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 that is being referred to

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 in that verse?

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 And so the psalmist

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 is saying,

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 God, you have done an amazing thing.

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 I am little in your creation,

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 but you have given me

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 this incredible purpose

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 of having dominion,

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 that everything will be put

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 under my control

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 as I live,

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 and this is the original intent,

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 as I live under you,

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 God,

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 this is the place that I have

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 in your creation

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 and your world.

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 And this is what he says

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 as he goes on

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 in verse 8,

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 the first part,

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 right?

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 He says,

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 now I'm putting everything

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 into subjection to him.

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 He left nothing

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 outside of his control.

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 Not even the angels.

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 The angels will ultimately

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 be under human rulership

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 as the humans rule

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 under God

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 over creation.

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 And this is the argument.

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 And I think it's unbelievable

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 for us.

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 One,

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 we're very democratic.

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 We don't like kings.

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 We don't like people

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 who rule over us.

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 And we're uncomfortable

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 with the thought

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 that we might actually

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 have to play that role ourselves.

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 And so we have

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 a cultural barrier

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 against wanting to be,

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 having a place

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 of ruling or reigning

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 over others.

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 We just feel

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 uncomfortable with it.

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 And so we have

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 but the psalmist says,

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 no,

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 this is actually

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 your human destiny.

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 This is your created purpose

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 that God has given to you.

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 Have you ever thought

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 about the Chronicles of Narnia

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 in light of this?

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 The Chronicles of Narnia,

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 for those of you who don't know,

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 is a great series

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 of children's books

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 by C.S. Lewis.

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 And the first one

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 tells the story

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 of these four children,

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 the Pivensies,

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 who are off on holiday

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 at their,

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 at a large house

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 and they get transported

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 into a new world.

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 And you know,

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 in their normal world,

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 they're just everyday people.

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 But you know

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 what happens to them?

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 When they're transported

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 into the world,

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 they find out

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 that they are in fact

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 kings and queens.

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 And as they learn

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 about this world

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 and as they understand

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 this world more,

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 they know,

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 they come to realize

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 that they have

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 this incredible world

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 that they've been given

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 to rule over

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 and to care for

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 under the great rule

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 of the emperor

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 over the sea

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 and his son,

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 Aslan the lion,

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 who sacrificially saves

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 the land

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 by his own death.

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 It's a great allegory.

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 If you haven't read it,

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 definitely do it.

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 But the picture there

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 of these ordinary kids

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 who are transported

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 into a world

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 where they in fact

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 are kings and queens.

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 This is, in fact,

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 true of us.

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 This is what God intends

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 for you and me.

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 Under God,

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 for all eternity,

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 this is what

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 we were created for.

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 Think about what

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 that must have meant

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 to the recipients

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 of this letter.

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 We've talked about

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 the fact that

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 the people

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 who received this letter

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 seemed to be facing

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 some kind of persecution,

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 some kind of difficulty.

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 In fact,

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 the pressure was so great

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 that there were people

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 who were turning away

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 from Jesus

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 and saying,

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 No, Jesus,

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 that's not,

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 I'm not going to

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 continue to believe

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.819
 in Jesus

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 because it cost me

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 too much.

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 They're facing

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 that third crisis

00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:52.440
 that I talked about earlier,

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.640
 about what am I here for?

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 And they're turning away

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.640
 from Jesus

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 in the midst of it.

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 And if we read it right,

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 and if that pressure

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 is coming significantly

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.680
 from Roman persecution,

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:09.080
 what good news

00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.660
 would it be

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:13.340
 that you,

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 though you may be killed

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.100
 by the Roman emperor,

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 you are going to reign

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:21.100
 forever with Jesus?

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 What good news

00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:24.980
 would that be?

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 It would be pretty great,

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 wouldn't it?

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 It would be pretty exciting.

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 We'll come back

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 to that thought

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 in a little while.

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 Let me give one application

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 for this

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 that is actually an aside.

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 But as I was reflecting

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 on this truth this week,

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:42.059
 it occurred to me

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:43.759
 that we actually struggle

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.559
 with this idea

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.740
 of humans reigning

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.579
 over the world

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.779
 for another reason too.

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 In a post-Darwinian world,

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:53.640
 we have an assumption,

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.720
 we have a thought

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 that human beings

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:57.279
 are simply the top

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 of the animal chain

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 and we are simply

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:01.619
 one more step

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:03.299
 in an evolutionary process.

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 And friends,

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:08.039
 this passage tells us

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:09.859
 that though it is true

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 that we are a part

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.879
 of the created order,

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.500
 just like the animals,

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:15.299
 we are in fact,

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.319
 according to the Bible,

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 distinct from

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:19.759
 the animal world.

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 we have a dignity

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 and a purpose

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 that is not the same

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:26.400
 as that for dolphins

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 and dogs

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 and butterflies.

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 They have their own place

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 in reflecting God's glory

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:34.519
 and we have a stewardship

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.599
 and a responsibility

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:37.579
 to this creation

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.339
 under God

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.400
 to care for it

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 in a way that we have

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 and always.

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 But friends,

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.279
 we are distinct

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 and that has all sorts

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.779
 of implications.

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:48.240
 That has implications

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:52.120
 for unborn children.

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 It has implications

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.640
 for the elderly.

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 It has implications

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.339
 for stewardship

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 of the environment.

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 We need to think

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:03.059
 about this

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 and to recognize

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:05.099
 that Psalm 8

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:06.039
 and the argument

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:08.059
 of the Hebrews

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.960
 up to this point

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 is saying human beings

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:11.880
 have this unique destiny

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.700
 and purpose

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:14.500
 to rule under God

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.480
 over the world.

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 What is humanity

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.640
 made a little lower

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.240
 than the angels

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 but crowned with glory

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.079
 and given dominion

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:27.200
 over all creation?

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 What a glorious thing

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:29.960
 it is.

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 And yet,

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.660
 and one of the reasons

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.579
 why you're sitting there

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.299
 looking at me

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.599
 and not standing up

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.220
 and clapping

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.960
 and shouting

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:38.599
 at how wonderful it is

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.700
 is because of the end

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.319
 of verse 8.

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 Because there's a problem

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.700
 isn't there?

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 The problem is

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:48.279
 that this glorious purpose

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.420
 that's laid out

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.559
 is so far

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:52.240
 from our imaginations

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.120
 to know what that

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:54.360
 actually looks like

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:56.660
 because we don't see it now

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.140
 do we?

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.319
 Look with me

00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:00.480
 the end of verse 8

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.340
 at present

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 we do not yet

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.660
 see everything

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.720
 in subjection

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.759
 to Him.

00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:09.180
 And this is right

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.660
 isn't it?

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.480
 You look around

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.839
 in our world

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 and what do we see?

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.160
 We see a mix.

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.680
 We see humanity

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:16.360
 sometimes doing great things.

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.599
 There are moments

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.360
 of heroism.

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.279
 There's progress

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.039
 in medicine.

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:22.420
 There's growth

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.299
 in civilization.

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.380
 There's progress

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:27.680
 in creativity

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.860
 and in the arts.

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.099
 There's all sorts

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.680
 of things

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.440
 that

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:33.099
 where we are seeing

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:34.299
 some good signs

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.220
 and yet

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.460
 and yet

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.620
 how much

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:39.200
 are we in fact

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.799
 not

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.160
 over

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.240
 the creation.

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:42.980
 How much

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.559
 do we see

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.259
 is outside

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.120
 of control

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:46.039
 and in fact

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.680
 what we see

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.460
 is not order

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.360
 but chaos.

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:52.039
 Our natural world

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.819
 is beyond

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.580
 our ken.

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.700
 Our natural world

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.220
 is beyond

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.940
 our control

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:59.039
 and we continue

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.840
 to be reminded

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.279
 of it

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.000
 as we're

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.960
 in our modern world

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.779
 continue to think

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.340
 that we actually

00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:04.400
 can control it

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:05.560
 and then we get

00:24:05.560 --> 00:24:07.080
 another forest fire

00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:08.440
 another tsunami

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:10.060
 another hurricane

00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:11.480
 another blizzard

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.700
 another thing

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.660
 that just reminds me

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.160
 that no

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.340
 this is not yet true.

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.540
 And it's not just

00:24:18.540 --> 00:24:19.560
 in the natural world

00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:19.940
 is it

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:21.720
 it's in our own

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:23.300
 personal life too.

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:26.220
 We don't do

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.700
 what we want to do

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.600
 all the time

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.019
 do we?

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.259
 We don't even have

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.380
 control over

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:33.140
 being able to accomplish

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:34.140
 the things that we set

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.780
 to accomplish.

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:37.000
 We find our emotional

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.400
 life beyond

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.240
 our control

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.900
 at times.

00:24:40.520 --> 00:24:41.540
 We find our

00:24:41.540 --> 00:24:42.780
 moral compass

00:24:42.780 --> 00:24:43.740
 unable

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:45.100
 to give us

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.759
 the strength

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.100
 to actually be

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:49.100
 the righteous people

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.700
 that we're meant

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.140
 to be.

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.020
 And we see it

00:24:54.020 --> 00:24:54.660
 in relationships

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.940
 and we see it

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.720
 in civilizations

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.780
 and societies.

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.100
 This world

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:02.000
 is not under

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.859
 the control

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.680
 of humanity

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:06.599
 or when it is

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.900
 humanity is

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.019
 abusing that power

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:11.339
 and destroying

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.579
 rather than building.

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.359
 And the greatest

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.180
 way that we see

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.579
 this

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:22.720
 is actually

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.160
 in

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:24.599
 the one thing

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.319
 that no one

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.680
 ever

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.660
 has been able

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.140
 to conquer

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:28.640
 and that is

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.000
 death.

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:31.259
 Do you notice

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.839
 he picked that up

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.220
 at the end?

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.720
 We'll get to

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.319
 why he did.

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:35.000
 But one of the

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.819
 things that we do

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.920
 see is that

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.759
 death

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.940
 has control

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.740
 over us.

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.519
 Because no matter

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.259
 what progress

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.700
 we've made

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.220
 in medicine

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.680
 no matter

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.400
 what good

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.960
 things we've

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.259
 been able

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.720
 to do

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.740
 and nutrition

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.700
 and living

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.140
 well

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.640
 and all of

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:48.900
 that

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:50.480
 we still

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.900
 die.

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.859
 Everyone

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.619
 will die.

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.559
 Everyone

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.960
 will face

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.380
 that

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:55.859
 ultimate

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.380
 eternity.

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:58.820
 and it

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.940
 reminds us

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:01.200
 it reminds

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.660
 us

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.540
 that

00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:02.940
 in

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.600
 Genesis 1

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.080
 that's not

00:26:04.080 --> 00:26:04.340
 the way

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.580
 it was

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.160
 supposed to

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.380
 be

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:06.520
 and yet

00:26:06.520 --> 00:26:07.000
 now

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.600
 it is

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:08.160
 inevitably

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.120
 that way

00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:10.140
 and it

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:11.620
 will not

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.320
 be otherwise

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:14.240
 and we've

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.760
 been trying

00:26:14.760 --> 00:26:15.500
 for thousands

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.060
 of years

00:26:16.060 --> 00:26:16.640
 as humans

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.120
 to figure

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.440
 out how

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.880
 to overcome

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.180
 it.

00:26:18.760 --> 00:26:19.120
 We haven't

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.400
 yet

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:21.660
 and you

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.020
 know what

00:26:22.020 --> 00:26:22.440
 we never

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.780
 will.

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.420
 We never

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.820
 will.

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:28.480
 death

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.080
 came into

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:29.700
 the world

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:31.880
 because of

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.620
 human sin

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.240
 and rebellion.

00:26:33.780 --> 00:26:34.320
 Remember how

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:34.700
 I said

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.100
 that the

00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:35.860
 framework

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:37.140
 was

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:38.080
 humanity

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:39.000
 over creation

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.840
 under God?

00:26:42.520 --> 00:26:43.300
 Most of you

00:26:43.300 --> 00:26:43.820
 probably know

00:26:43.820 --> 00:26:44.420
 the storyline

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.800
 but in

00:26:44.800 --> 00:26:45.560
 Genesis 3

00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:46.080
 humanity

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.660
 said we

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.020
 don't want

00:26:47.020 --> 00:26:47.300
 to live

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:47.880
 under God.

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.820
 We want

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.040
 to be

00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:49.440
 our own

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.900
 gods.

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.220
 We want

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.640
 to take

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.240
 a dominion

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.620
 that is

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.360
 not ours

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:53.800
 and to

00:26:53.800 --> 00:26:54.140
 try to

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.600
 replace

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:54.960
 God

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.280
 with

00:26:55.280 --> 00:26:55.920
 ourselves

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.900
 and in

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.180
 that

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.700
 rebellion

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:59.100
 everything

00:26:59.100 --> 00:26:59.900
 was broken.

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.720
 Relationships

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.279
 were broken,

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.100
 relationship

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.720
 with God,

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.259
 relationship

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.720
 with one

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.039
 another,

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.620
 relationship

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.440
 with creation.

00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:07.400
 All of

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.920
 those things

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.500
 were broken

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:11.440
 because of

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.500
 human sin

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.180
 that is

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.720
 rebellion

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.880
 against God,

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.980
 refusing to

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.680
 honor God

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.320
 and acknowledge

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:18.240
 him for

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.779
 what he's

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.240
 supposed to

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.539
 be.

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:23.399
 and so

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.920
 death

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.799
 came into

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.319
 the world

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.319
 as a

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.559
 right

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.019
 judgment

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:28.039
 against

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.240
 a

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.720
 rebellion

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:31.319
 against

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:33.819
 the giver

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.339
 of life.

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.940
 When we

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.379
 rebelled

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:36.879
 against the

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.220
 one who

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.599
 gave us

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.019
 life,

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.039
 he said

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.579
 the punishment

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.039
 will be

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.399
 death.

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.139
 And so

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.559
 the whole

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.019
 world

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.299
 is under

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.119
 this dynamic

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:48.159
 and so

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.439
 this

00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:49.579
 God-given

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.059
 purpose

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.879
 for humanity

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:52.599
 that everything

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:52.959
 would be

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:53.619
 under him

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.719
 is in fact

00:27:54.719 --> 00:27:55.139
 not true

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.599
 at all

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.419
 because we

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:56.939
 all die.

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.419
 None of

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:58.859
 us will be

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.259
 able to

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.599
 reign

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.179
 forever.

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:00.679
 None of

00:28:00.679 --> 00:28:01.000
 us will

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.439
 be able

00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:02.279
 to do

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.579
 that.

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.279
 And so

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.939
 we live

00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:04.339
 in this

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.759
 tension,

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.339
 don't we?

00:28:05.959 --> 00:28:06.479
 We live

00:28:06.479 --> 00:28:06.699
 in the

00:28:06.699 --> 00:28:07.000
 tension

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.399
 that we

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:07.879
 were meant

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.419
 for this

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:09.039
 destiny,

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.439
 this

00:28:09.439 --> 00:28:10.500
 dignity

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.919
 of being

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:11.519
 under God

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:11.899
 over the

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.359
 world and

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:12.959
 yet now

00:28:12.959 --> 00:28:14.279
 we cannot

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.799
 do it.

00:28:15.239 --> 00:28:15.619
 We are

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.219
 incapable

00:28:16.219 --> 00:28:17.079
 of doing

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.379
 it.

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:18.799
 Friends,

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.639
 just as an

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:19.959
 aside,

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.759
 this is one

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:20.959
 of the

00:28:20.959 --> 00:28:21.619
 most encouraging

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.199
 things to

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.619
 me about

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.059
 the Bible

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.879
 is that it

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.659
 actually deals

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.439
 with reality

00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:26.439
 because we

00:28:26.439 --> 00:28:27.099
 live every

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.679
 day with

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.679
 this longing

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.419
 for something

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.079
 that cannot

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.599
 be.

00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:33.599
 And these

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.419
 verses right

00:28:34.419 --> 00:28:35.099
 here describe

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:36.159
 why we feel

00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:36.679
 that way.

00:28:36.959 --> 00:28:37.599
 Because we

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.299
 were created

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.879
 for something

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.439
 but sin

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:39.839
 has entered

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.259
 the world

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.699
 and it has

00:28:40.699 --> 00:28:41.239
 entered our

00:28:41.239 --> 00:28:41.899
 hearts and

00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:42.259
 so we

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.079
 cannot do

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.279
 it,

00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:44.059
 we cannot

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.779
 achieve the

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.159
 things that

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.559
 we long

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.299
 we cannot

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.879
 get to

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.559
 the ideals

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.960
 that we

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.639
 can imagine

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.679
 because God

00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:50.200
 has placed

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.839
 that imagination

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.559
 into our

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.519
 hearts but

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.279
 our sin

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.519
 has crippled

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.919
 us.

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.639
 And so

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.279
 we do not

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.779
 see the

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.619
 world as it

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.220
 ought to be.

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.519
 We do not

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.859
 see the

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.339
 world in

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.079
 subjection.

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.059
 But friends,

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.200
 this is the

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.119
 good news that

00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:08.940
 the writer to

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.359
 the Hebrews

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.079
 wants to give

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:11.220
 to us is

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.619
 that that's

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.000
 not the

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.619
 last word,

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.000
 is it?

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.660
 because in

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.019
 the end

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.339
 of verse

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.640
 8 he

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:15.880
 says,

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.640
 we see

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.380
 the world

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.960
 not in

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.680
 subjection.

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.839
 But what

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.420
 do we

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.740
 see?

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.519
 We don't

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.839
 see the

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.259
 world as

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.599
 it should

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:26.740
 be,

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.240
 but what

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.900
 do we

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.200
 see?

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.819
 Look with

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.119
 me at

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.680
 verse 9.

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.200
 Let's read

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.579
 it again

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.039
 together.

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.180
 But we

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.279
 see him

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:35.519
 who for

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.819
 a little

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.420
 while was

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:36.980
 made lower

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.440
 than the

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.859
 angels,

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.980
 namely Jesus,

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.299
 crowned with

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.059
 glory and

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.680
 honor because

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.099
 of the

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.700
 suffering of

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.039
 death,

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.480
 so that by

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.980
 the grace

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.799
 of God he

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:47.159
 might taste

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:49.079
 death for

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.740
 everyone.

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.519
 Oh,

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:54.940
 friends,

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.700
 what good

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.119
 news this

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.379
 is.

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.740
 We see

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.480
 him,

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.460
 namely

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.379
 Jesus,

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:01.200
 and what

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.520
 is it

00:30:01.520 --> 00:30:02.180
 particularly

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.660
 that he

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.280
 says about

00:30:03.280 --> 00:30:03.660
 Jesus?

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.600
 Jesus is

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.280
 two things

00:30:05.280 --> 00:30:05.740
 at the

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.460
 same time.

00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:07.280
 Jesus is

00:30:07.280 --> 00:30:08.140
 made lower

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.580
 than the

00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:09.180
 angels and

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:10.100
 yet crowned

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.760
 with glory.

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.200
 What does

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:14.000
 that mean?

00:30:14.520 --> 00:30:15.140
 Chapter 1

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.580
 is talked

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.040
 about the

00:30:16.040 --> 00:30:16.660
 exalted

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.820
 Jesus who

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.640
 is over all

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.300
 and who reigns

00:30:19.300 --> 00:30:19.680
 over all,

00:30:19.760 --> 00:30:20.300
 who is called

00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:20.880
 the Son,

00:30:21.260 --> 00:30:21.640
 who has

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:23.120
 this exalted

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.720
 place in

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.360
 God's kingdom.

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.580
 But now we

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.120
 see Jesus

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:27.640
 not simply

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.080
 in his

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.540
 exalted

00:30:28.540 --> 00:30:28.980
 place,

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:30.360
 but also

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:33.139
 in his

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.899
 place of

00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.419
 humbling

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:35.719
 himself and

00:30:35.719 --> 00:30:36.479
 coming and

00:30:36.479 --> 00:30:38.159
 identifying with

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.899
 humanity.

00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.859
 Jesus came

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.699
 to restore

00:30:42.699 --> 00:30:43.979
 what was

00:30:43.979 --> 00:30:44.439
 broken,

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.399
 to restore

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:46.219
 the fallen

00:30:46.219 --> 00:30:47.059
 humanity.

00:30:47.199 --> 00:30:47.439
 And in

00:30:47.439 --> 00:30:48.039
 order to

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.459
 do that,

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.319
 he must

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.479
 become human.

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.399
 He had

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:53.219
 to join

00:30:53.219 --> 00:30:53.879
 with us

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.359
 in being

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:55.079
 made lower

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.500
 than the

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.819
 angel.

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:56.819
 And so

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:58.339
 the word,

00:30:58.459 --> 00:30:58.899
 the second

00:30:58.899 --> 00:30:59.559
 person of

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.139
 the trinity,

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.179
 of the

00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:01.759
 Godhead,

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.480
 who existed

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.179
 from eternity,

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.759
 took on

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.619
 human flesh.

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.960
 He became

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.480
 a human

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.000
 being.

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.419
 And so

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.240
 this God

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.720
 man,

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.599
 Jesus,

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.399
 identified

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.759
 with us.

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.740
 And as

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.460
 he identified

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.859
 with us,

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:19.500
 he then

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:22.460
 captured a

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.619
 glory that

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.139
 was beyond

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:25.099
 all imagination.

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.199
 salvation.

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.219
 Think about

00:31:28.219 --> 00:31:28.399
 it,

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:28.740
 friends.

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.899
 If you

00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:30.179
 were the

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:30.579
 creator of

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:30.939
 the world

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:31.219
 and you

00:31:31.219 --> 00:31:31.459
 were going

00:31:31.459 --> 00:31:31.819
 to come

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.319
 and rescue

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.019
 your world,

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:33.480
 how would

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.939
 you come?

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.719
 On a

00:31:35.719 --> 00:31:36.299
 white horse,

00:31:36.959 --> 00:31:37.419
 crowned with

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:37.819
 glory,

00:31:37.959 --> 00:31:38.480
 with armies

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.980
 of angels

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.339
 at your

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.699
 back,

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.859
 sweeping over

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.459
 the world,

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:43.079
 executing justice

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.819
 and righteousness,

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:45.159
 lifting up the

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:46.000
 downtrodden,

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:48.039
 casting down the

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.679
 proud and the

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.039
 arrogant,

00:31:49.939 --> 00:31:50.579
 making all

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.159
 things right

00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:51.439
 and new,

00:31:51.719 --> 00:31:52.419
 wouldn't that

00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:52.779
 have looked

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.399
 great.

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.960
 But instead,

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.039
 we see

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.599
 Jesus,

00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:00.019
 who has a

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.819
 greater plan

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.819
 by identifying

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.920
 with us

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:05.299
 and then

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:06.839
 being crowned

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.579
 with glory

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.799
 because of,

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.299
 did you see

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.839
 that phrase

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.119
 in there?

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.700
 Because of

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:13.619
 the suffering

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:16.099
 of death.

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:19.160
 So not only

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.619
 did Jesus

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:20.579
 identify with

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.019
 us by

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.759
 becoming a

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.139
 human,

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:24.319
 but then

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.519
 having lived

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.099
 a perfect

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.759
 life where

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.319
 there was

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.059
 no sin,

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.619
 we'll see

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.039
 that later

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.460
 in Hebrews

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.899
 if you're

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.180
 wondering,

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.759
 there was

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.379
 no sin

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:33.039
 in his

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.460
 life,

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.639
 he then

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.559
 was able

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.180
 to step

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.500
 in and

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.819
 be a

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.279
 substitute

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.980
 for all

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.700
 of humanity.

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.720
 So just

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.099
 as the

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.980
 first Adam

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:42.319
 failed and

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.399
 rejected God,

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.440
 he comes

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.859
 as the

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.740
 second Adam

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.799
 to live

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.339
 the perfectly

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:48.279
 obedient life

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.539
 and to

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.480
 restore that

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:49.879
 which was

00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.500
 broken in

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.920
 the first

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.480
 place.

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:53.039
 and so

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.700
 he enters

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.240
 in not

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.960
 just to

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.059
 humanity,

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.279
 but he

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.920
 enters into

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.640
 the penalty

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:00.519
 upon humanity,

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.640
 the judgment

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.839
 upon humanity

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:05.019
 by death.

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.059
 death.

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.079
 And so

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.680
 he suffered

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.579
 death on

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.180
 the cross

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.779
 for us.

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.900
 So that,

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.720
 you see the

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.279
 last phrase

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.599
 in there?

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:16.920
 So that

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.460
 by the

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.019
 grace of

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.319
 God,

00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:18.700
 that is,

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.720
 the free

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.519
 undeserved

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.160
 gift of

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:22.480
 God to

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.940
 the human

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.460
 race,

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.660
 he might

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:26.000
 taste death

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:27.420
 for everyone.

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.819
 That is,

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.720
 everyone without

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.339
 distinction,

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.660
 everyone who

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:32.120
 comes to

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.580
 him,

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:36.000
 he dies.

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:40.180
 Friends,

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:41.620
 this is

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.720
 great news.

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:44.000
 He came

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.500
 to be a

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.100
 human being

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.880
 like us

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.840
 so that we

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.540
 could become

00:33:47.540 --> 00:33:48.519
 a human being

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.340
 like him.

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.920
 That is,

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.880
 he came

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.380
 and he

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:52.920
 walked the

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.360
 earth and

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:53.800
 he died

00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:54.080
 on the

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.500
 cross and

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.140
 he rose

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:56.019
 again so

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.519
 that we

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.880
 too,

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.759
 by faith

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.560
 in him,

00:33:58.840 --> 00:33:59.800
 might also

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:01.240
 die to

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.119
 sin and

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.819
 be raised

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.299
 to new

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.899
 life with

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.279
 him.

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.379
 Jesus is

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:06.680
 the one

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.319
 who's promised

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.919
 in chapter

00:34:07.919 --> 00:34:08.460
 1 verse

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.539
 13 that

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.159
 all things

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.559
 will be

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.480
 put under

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:11.880
 his feet.

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.099
 Do you

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.460
 see it?

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.460
 Look with

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.619
 me.

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.159
 Sit at

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.500
 my right

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.980
 hand until

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.420
 I make

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.980
 your enemies

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.719
 a footstool

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.139
 for your

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.519
 feet.

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.079
 Jesus is

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.239
 going to

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.559
 come and

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.940
 everything

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.420
 will sit

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.860
 under him.

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.659
 But that's

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.559
 not enough

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.500
 for God's

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.279
 great glory

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.940
 and plan

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.840
 because he

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.639
 wants you

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.279
 and me

00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:28.360
 to be with

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.360
 God in

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.779
 that.

00:34:30.580 --> 00:34:30.940
 And so

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.860
 Jesus comes

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.380
 and he

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.840
 becomes a

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.280
 human being

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.680
 and dies

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:33.900
 on the

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.280
 cross and

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.780
 rises from

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.120
 the dead

00:34:35.120 --> 00:34:35.780
 so that

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.320
 we,

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.060
 friends,

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:37.519
 may be

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.100
 caught up

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.700
 with him.

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:39.900
 So that

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.460
 we might

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.380
 be restored

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.019
 to that

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:43.539
 place of

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.060
 reigning

00:34:44.060 --> 00:34:45.320
 with him.

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.300
 And this

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.900
 is scattered

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.620
 throughout the

00:34:47.620 --> 00:34:48.220
 New Testament.

00:34:49.060 --> 00:34:49.539
 1 Corinthians

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.420
 6 verses

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.180
 1 and 2

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:52.940
 rebukes the

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.880
 Corinthian church

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.320
 saying,

00:34:54.580 --> 00:34:54.840
 don't you

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.380
 know that

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.460
 you will

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:58.060
 judge the

00:34:58.060 --> 00:34:58.400
 angels?

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.740
 that you

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:00.420
 will judge

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.079
 the world?

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.660
 This is

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:06.360
 God's plan

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.079
 for us.

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.860
 Jesus is

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:12.099
 the, as we

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.420
 will see

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.740
 later, the

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:15.220
 author and

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.840
 the pioneer

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:17.539
 of our

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.059
 salvation.

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.680
 That is, he's

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.280
 the one who

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.900
 wrote it from

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.280
 the very

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:22.180
 beginning, but

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:22.900
 he's also the

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.880
 first one to

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.340
 do it.

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.000
 He's the

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:26.460
 first one to

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.059
 go through

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:28.039
 death and

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.700
 rise from

00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:29.820
 the dead so

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.519
 that we might

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.340
 be caught up

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.920
 in his

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:34.059
 train as

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.880
 he, the

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:36.200
 king, rises

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.700
 from the

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.300
 grave to

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.840
 take his

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.420
 place, a

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.880
 crown with

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.480
 glory and

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.860
 honor.

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.140
 We are

00:35:41.140 --> 00:35:41.720
 caught up

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.300
 with him.

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:43.300
 We are in

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:44.140
 the procession,

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.260
 the royal

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:46.160
 procession, and

00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:46.960
 when he sits

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:49.220
 down for all

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:49.680
 who are in

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:52.100
 him, we sit

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.659
 down with

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:54.360
 him and

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.360
 reign with

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.679
 him.

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.739
 Friends, what

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.219
 does this mean

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.699
 for us?

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:03.259
 Well, first

00:36:03.259 --> 00:36:04.099
 of all, it

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.940
 means that

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.579
 only in

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.239
 Jesus will

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.900
 we find

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:09.839
 the thing

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.480
 that our

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.420
 hearts are

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.679
 longing for.

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.960
 When we

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.779
 think, when

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.559
 we get that

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.639
 gnawing feeling

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.699
 of, isn't

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.299
 there something

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:19.039
 more to

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.500
 life?

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.339
 This passage

00:36:21.339 --> 00:36:22.039
 says, yes,

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.000
 there is.

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:26.059
 You were

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.779
 made to

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.480
 reign with

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.279
 Christ over

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:29.019
 the world in

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.599
 all eternity,

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.679
 and this is

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:34.380
 your hope, but

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.099
 also this is

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.779
 your focus,

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:37.179
 because we

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.099
 will only do

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.739
 it in Jesus.

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.299
 And so to

00:36:40.299 --> 00:36:43.819
 know Jesus, to

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.380
 believe in

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:46.059
 him, to

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.719
 trust in

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:48.599
 him, to

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:50.059
 love him, to

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.779
 have fellowship

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:52.240
 with him, is

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.200
 your greatest

00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:55.900
 purpose in

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.560
 this world.

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.860
 Remember, to

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:01.680
 the Hebrews, that

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:03.800
 meant that as

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.460
 they looked to

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.740
 Jesus, it

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.460
 didn't matter if

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.040
 Caesar won.

00:37:09.080 --> 00:37:11.180
 And to you, it

00:37:11.180 --> 00:37:12.760
 doesn't matter how

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.760
 grinding the

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:15.100
 grind is.

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:18.920
 it also doesn't

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.619
 matter how

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.799
 successful or

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.559
 how unsuccessful

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.940
 your strategies

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:24.659
 are of trying

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.860
 to infuse

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:27.799
 your life with

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.719
 meaning on your

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.039
 own.

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:32.920
 Because all of

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:34.839
 those things are

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.900
 nothing compared to

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.759
 what it will mean

00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:37.679
 for you to be

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.299
 caught up in

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:39.960
 Jesus and in

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.619
 his reign.

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:42.339
 they don't

00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:43.219
 have the last

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:43.599
 word.

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.679
 He frees you

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.599
 from the despair

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.859
 of wondering if

00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:52.000
 there's anything in

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.920
 this life worth

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:54.980
 worthwhile.

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:56.099
 He frees you from

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:57.480
 the performance of

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.420
 trying to do it

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.940
 yourself.

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:04.259
 If you'll forgive

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.960
 me a Disney

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:07.059
 reference, the

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:09.039
 Lion King, spoiler

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.779
 alert, I'm going to

00:38:09.779 --> 00:38:10.440
 tell you the end.

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.859
 It's been out for

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.139
 a while.

00:38:12.339 --> 00:38:12.819
 I'm not feeling

00:38:12.819 --> 00:38:13.420
 bad about it.

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.940
 So you know the

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.359
 story.

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.859
 Simba, the young

00:38:16.859 --> 00:38:18.279
 princeling, is born

00:38:18.279 --> 00:38:20.019
 to Mufasa, the

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.779
 king of all the

00:38:20.779 --> 00:38:21.239
 animals.

00:38:22.799 --> 00:38:24.000
 Mufasa dies and

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.819
 in the story,

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:28.500
 Simba is exiled

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:30.859
 by his uncle in

00:38:30.859 --> 00:38:31.940
 shame thinking that

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:33.000
 he had caused

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.699
 the fault.

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:36.019
 And so he lives

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:38.000
 in this exile for

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.539
 years.

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.960
 And then one

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:41.440
 night, he has a

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:41.740
 vision.

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.599
 He has a vision

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.619
 of his father.

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.460
 And his father

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.240
 looks at him.

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:49.119
 He says, you are

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.940
 my son.

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:52.019
 You are the king.

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.220
 And the

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:55.699
 remembering of this

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:56.900
 identity and the

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:58.159
 remembering of this

00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:01.420
 reality gives to

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:02.599
 Simba the courage

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:05.079
 to stop living in

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:07.039
 exile and to

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:09.599
 pursue his

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:11.880
 rightful place as

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:13.619
 the king over all.

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:13.719
 God.

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:19.299
 Just like my son, Eli, I

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:20.659
 have the privilege of

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.519
 seeing it just a

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:21.819
 little bit.

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.519
 When I give him a

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:25.900
 purpose and a role and

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:28.279
 a dignity, you see him

00:39:28.279 --> 00:39:30.440
 just fill up because

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:32.539
 that's what he so longs

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.099
 to do.

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.920
 And it's because he was

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:36.000
 made to be a child of

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:37.179
 God as well and to

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:38.500
 ultimately hear from his

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.460
 heavenly father.

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:43.380
 I have bestowed upon

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:44.579
 you a great dignity.

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:45.659
 I have made you a

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.539
 little lower than the

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.940
 angels.

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:49.380
 But I have crowned you

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:50.500
 with glory and I will

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.420
 put everything under

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.000
 your feet.

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.619
 And that will be

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:57.119
 yours in Jesus.

00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:00.900
 And so to us and to

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:03.199
 the Hebrews, let us

00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:04.519
 hold fast to this

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:04.880
 Jesus.

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.699
 Let us not turn away

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:08.419
 for no one else can

00:40:08.419 --> 00:40:09.379
 give us this royal

00:40:09.379 --> 00:40:09.879
 identity.

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:11.539
 No one else can give

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.759
 us this great purpose.

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.339
 Only him.

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:15.879
 Let's pray.

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.899
 God, we speak of

00:40:25.899 --> 00:40:27.799
 things that are greater

00:40:27.799 --> 00:40:30.480
 than our imagination.

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:33.419
 Lord, will you by your

00:40:33.419 --> 00:40:34.699
 spirit open our hearts

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:36.359
 that we might take

00:40:36.359 --> 00:40:38.419
 hold of the great

00:40:38.419 --> 00:40:39.599
 promise, Lord, the

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.960
 great destiny that you

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:42.699
 have for us as your

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.099
 people.

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:46.379
 And Lord, may we see

00:40:46.379 --> 00:40:48.119
 that it is only in

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:50.980
 Jesus, only under him

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:52.099
 and in him that we

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:54.599
 find this great gift,

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:56.339
 this grace that you

00:40:56.339 --> 00:40:57.879
 have given to us.

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:04.139
 God, we pray today that

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:05.599
 you would capture our

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.859
 lives with this purpose.

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:09.819
 We pray these things in

00:41:09.819 --> 00:41:10.420
 Jesus' name.

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:11.460
 Amen.