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 All right, well this morning as we continue our way through the Gospel of Luke,

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 we've already covered now the first two chapters of the book.

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 And just as a bit of a recap, these are some of the things that Luke has told us about.

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 The first sign that God was about to do something was the angel Gabriel

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 appearing to Zechariah in the temple.

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 And we heard the announcement of John's birth.

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 Then there was the appearance of the angel to Mary.

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 And we heard the announcement of the birth of Jesus,

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 the one who would be the Messiah and the Son of God.

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 Then there was the miraculous conceptions of both women,

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 one elderly and one a virgin.

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 Then we heard about the birth of John and then the birth of Jesus.

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 We heard the prophetic praise of both Mary and Zechariah.

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 Luke told us about the circumcision and naming of both John and Jesus.

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 And then there was the dedication of Jesus as an infant at the temple

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 and the prophetic words that were spoken about him by Simeon and Anna.

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 And then last Sunday, we heard about one memorable moment from Jesus' boyhood

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 when he was 12 years old.

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 We heard about Jesus' understanding of who he was.

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 And from there, Luke now fast forwards 18 years

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 to the events leading up to the public ministry of Jesus.

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 And things began to unfold in this way.

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 From Luke chapter 3, let me read the first couple verses for us.

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 In the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,

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 when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea,

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 Herod, tetrarch of Galilee,

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 his brother Philip, tetrarch of Aeturia and Trachonitis,

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 and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene,

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 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas,

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 the word of God came to John, son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

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 So Luke anchors the chronology of this whole next part of the story

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 in the historical reigns of several well-known political figures.

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 We notice that there's been a change of emperor in the Roman Empire.

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 If we just glance back at Luke chapter 2,

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 it says,

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 In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree.

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 Well, now there's a new Caesar,

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 and it's Tiberius.

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 Augustus, he ruled up until about 14 AD and died.

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 But 10 years prior to this,

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 he formally adopted his stepson, Tiberius,

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 making him an heir to the imperial throne.

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 And Luke tells us that what we're about to read

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 happened in the 15th year already of Tiberius' rule.

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 Luke also lets us know who the local rulers were at the time in Israel.

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 And we notice here, too, that some things have changed.

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 When Jesus was born,

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 Herod was king of the whole land of Israel,

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 though it was under Roman rule.

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 But not long after Jesus was born,

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 King Herod died.

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 Upon his death,

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 Herod's kingdom was divided up into four parts,

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 and his sons and daughters became the rulers of each of those parts.

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 Rome did not grant them the title of king or queen,

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 but gave them the title of tetrarch,

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 meaning ruler of a fourth part.

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 By this time,

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 the southern region of Judea,

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 where Jerusalem is,

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 is now a Roman province,

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 and it's ruled by the Roman governor,

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 Pontius Pilate.

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 And Galilee in the north

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 is ruled by Herod the tetrarch.

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 So this is not King Herod,

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 but King Herod's son,

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 a man who is named Herod Antipas.

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 So this kind of sets the political landscape for us.

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 It helps us know when all this happened,

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 and who's in power.

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 And both Herod and Pilate are going to play

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 a role in what's about to unfold.

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 So it's good to know a little bit of who they are.

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 In addition to all this,

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 Luke sets the landscape on the religious side of things

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 a little bit,

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 as far as the temple goes.

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 He says,

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 this happened during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas.

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 And both of these men will also factor into

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 what happens with Jesus.

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 So this is kind of a long intro

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 to what Luke is about to tell us.

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 But Luke wants us to know precisely

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 when these things took place.

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 He wants us to know this stuff that happened

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 happened at a definite time.

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 These are real people.

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 And finally, we come to Luke's main statement

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 in all of this.

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 During the reigns of these men

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 and the high priesthood of these men,

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 the word of God came to John,

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 son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

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 The word of God came to John.

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 This is a figure of speech that's often used in the Old Testament

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 to describe how God would speak to people.

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 We often read there,

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 the word of God or the word of the Lord came to

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 men like Abram,

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 Samuel,

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 Nathan,

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 Solomon,

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 Elijah,

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 Isaiah,

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 Jeremiah,

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 Ezekiel,

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 and many more.

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 And the majority of these references

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 describe not just how God spoke to people,

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 but specifically how he spoke to men called prophets.

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 And these men were then tasked with relaying the word of God

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 which came to them to the people,

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 to others.

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 In fact, I would argue that's the very essence

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 of what a prophet is in the scriptures.

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 It's a person to whom the word of God comes.

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 They begin to hear the voice of God speaking to them

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 and are responsible then to speak those same words to others.

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 So this statement of Luke's lets us know

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 that there was a specific time

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 when God began to speak to John,

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 the son of Zechariah,

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 and then threw him to the people.

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 He wasn't born a prophet.

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 The sense we get here is that he didn't become a prophet

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 until he began hearing the voice of God

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 all these years later

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 during the reigns of these men.

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 And so this is yet another sign that God is at work.

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 And this one is going to be very visible

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 compared to some of the other ones

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 that many did not know about.

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 Do you remember what Gabriel said about John

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 to his father Zechariah

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 even before John was conceived?

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 Gabriel said that John would go on before the Lord

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 in the spirit and power of Elijah

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 to turn the hearts of the parents to their children

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 and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous

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 to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

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 Do you remember what Zechariah prophesied

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 on the day that they named John

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 when his tongue was set free

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 and he was able to speak again?

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 He said,

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 So they waited about 30 years.

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 30 years.

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 And then finally,

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 God's word came true.

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 The word of God came to John.

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 John began hearing the voice of God

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 while he was out in the wilderness

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 and he began speaking the word of God to the people.

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 Verse 3.

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 John went into all the country around the Jordan

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 preaching a baptism of repentance

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 for the forgiveness of sins.

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 So John begins traveling around

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 kind of the lesser inhabited regions of the Jordan River

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 and as he goes about,

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 he is preaching.

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 He is proclaiming the words

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 that he is hearing from God.

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 And what does God have to say to people?

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 Luke sums it up with

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 a baptism of repentance

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 for the forgiveness of sins.

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 And that's a loaded phrase there.

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 There's a lot in there.

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 So we're going to unpack it.

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 We'll go one word at a time.

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 First of all,

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 he was preaching a baptism.

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 In other words,

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 he was proclaiming that people should come

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 and be baptized.

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 The word baptized is a transliteration

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 of the Greek word baptizo.

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 And it means to immerse

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 or to plunge

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 or to dip

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 or to wash in water.

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 And so John was proclaiming

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 that people should come

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 and be dipped

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 into the water of the Jordan River.

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 And this physical immersion of people

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 into the water

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 had a symbolic spiritual meaning.

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 This baptism signified repentance.

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 Repentance means

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 to have a change of mind

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 or a change of heart.

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 And it often includes

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 an element of remorse

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 or regret for wrongs done.

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 The Bible frequently speaks

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 of repenting of sins,

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 which includes this idea

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 of confessing

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 or acknowledging to God

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 the wrongs that we have done.

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 So it's not just an intellectual

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 change of mind

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 like a change of beliefs.

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 The call to repent

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 is a call to personally own

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 and admit

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 your sins,

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 your wrongs

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 to the Lord.

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 And I can't emphasize

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 this relational aspect

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 of repentance enough.

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 You know,

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 this isn't just about

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 seeing the negative consequences

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 of our sins

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 and then resolving

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 to do something different

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 or something better.

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 This is about understanding

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 that in all our sins,

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 we are sinning against

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 God himself.

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 There's a relational aspect there.

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 We transgress

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 against God himself.

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 And so repentance

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 is this relational thing.

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 And some of the most

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 helpful words here

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 are the words of Jesus,

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 which he spoke later on

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 in Luke.

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 Luke chapter 17,

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 verse 3.

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 Jesus says,

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 If your brother or sister

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 sins against you,

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 rebuke them.

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 And if they repent,

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 forgive them.

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 Even if they sin against you

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 seven times in a day,

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 and seven times

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 come back to you

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 saying,

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 I repent,

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 you must forgive them.

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 Notice the relational nature

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 of repentance.

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 It involves going to the person

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 that you sinned against

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 and acknowledging

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 that you wronged them.

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 Why would you do that?

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 Because the relationship

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 is broken.

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 And in order to restore it,

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 you must go to that person.

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 You must admit the wrong

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 that you've done

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 to that person

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 and seek their forgiveness.

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 Now this example

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 of repentance

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 and forgiveness,

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 which Jesus

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 mentions here,

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 is between human beings.

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 But now John

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 is calling people

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 to repent

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 of their sins

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 against God.

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 And here's

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 the wonderful good news.

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 He was preaching

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 a baptism

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 of repentance

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 for the forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 So come,

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 repent

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 of your sins

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 against God.

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 Confess the wrongs

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 that you have done

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 to Him.

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 God is eager.

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 He is willing

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 to forgive you

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 of your sins.

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 Be dipped

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 in this water

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 here,

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 now,

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 right there

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 in the Jordan,

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 believing

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 that God

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 will wash

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 you clean

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 of the guilt

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 of your sins

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 against Him.

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 This is what

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 the baptism

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 symbolized.

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 It was an act

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 that God gave

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 for people to do,

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 very tangible,

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 as they were

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 confessing,

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 as they were

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 repenting.

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 They'd give

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 that confession

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 of their sins

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 to God

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 and then John

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 would dip

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 them in the water

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 as a sort

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 of tangible,

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 visible,

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 outward show

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 of what God

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 will do

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 for the person

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 who repents.

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 He will wash

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 them clean.

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 He will cleanse

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 them of their guilt.

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 And so this is

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 what John is doing.

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 He's going around

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 the countryside

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 of the Jordan River

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 proclaiming that

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 people should repent

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 of their sins

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 and be baptized

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 and in so doing

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 find God's forgiveness.

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 And Luke

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 lets us know

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 that as John

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 went about

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 and did this,

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 an ancient

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 word of God

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 spoken through

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 the prophet Isaiah

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 was being fulfilled

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 right in front

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 of their eyes.

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 John did all this

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 as it is written

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 in the book

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 of the words

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 of Isaiah

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 the prophet.

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 And then he quotes

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 the very words

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 of Isaiah

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 written some 700

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 years before this

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 and these words

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 come from

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 Isaiah chapter 40.

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 A voice of one

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 calling in the

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 wilderness.

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 Prepare the way

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 for the Lord.

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 Make straight

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 paths for him.

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 Every valley

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 shall be filled

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 in.

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 Every mountain

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 and hill

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 made low.

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 The crooked roads

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 shall become

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 straight.

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 The rough ways

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 smooth.

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 And all people

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 will see

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 God's salvation.

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 Now if you go

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 back in your Bible

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 to Isaiah

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 and you look up

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 this passage

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 you'll notice

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 the wording

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 is a little

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 different there

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 and I just

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 want to address

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 that briefly.

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 There are several

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 reasons for this.

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 First of all

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 Luke is writing

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 this in Greek

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 but Isaiah

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 was penned

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 in Hebrew.

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 They are two

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 different languages

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 and therefore

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 we expect to see

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 some differences

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 because no two

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 languages have

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 perfect word

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 to word

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 or phrase

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 to phrase

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 equivalents

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 especially when

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 it comes to

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 poetry

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 or figures

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 of speech

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 which this

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 contains.

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 So that's why

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 we see a slight

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 difference

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 in the wording

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 especially in the

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 back half

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 of the quote.

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 We see

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 crooked roads

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 becoming straight

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 as a translation

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 for rough ground

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 becoming level.

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 And we see

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 the it

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 of Isaiah

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 40 verse 5

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 specified

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 by Luke

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 as God's

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 salvation.

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 These were

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 translation

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 decisions

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 made by those

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 who produced

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 the first

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 Greek translation

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 of the Old

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 Testament

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 known as

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 the Septuagint

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 over 100

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 years before

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 Jesus was

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 born.

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 We also

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 notice that

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 Luke feels

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 free to

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 paraphrase

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 and condense

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 a few lines

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 of this quote.

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 He condenses

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 and paraphrases

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 Isaiah 40

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 verse 3

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 make straight

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 paths for

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 him

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 instead of

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 make straight

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 in the desert

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 a highway

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 for our

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 God.

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 And he also

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 feels free to

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 leave out the

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 first line

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 of Isaiah

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 40 verse 5.

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 He just

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 goes straight

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 to and all

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 people will

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 see

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 God's salvation.

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 And so

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 that's why we

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 see some

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 differences here

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 if we look

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 back.

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 But they

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 shouldn't

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 concern us

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 or alarm us

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 because there's

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 natural reasons

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 for these

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 differences

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 both in

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 language

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 and in

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 the way

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 that people

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 often refer

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 to or quote

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 things that

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 are written

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 by others.

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 In addition

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 to that we

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 trust and we

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 believe that

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 Luke quotes

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 this the way

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 that he does

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 under the

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 guidance and

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 inspiration of

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 Let's dig

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 into the meaning

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 of these words

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 though.

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 Isaiah says

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 a voice of

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 one calling

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 in the

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 wilderness.

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 What is it

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 that Isaiah

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:28.000
 was prophesying

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:28.920
 700 years

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 before this?

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 I mean we

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 don't have

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 time to look

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 at the full

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 context of

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 the book of

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 Isaiah or

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 even chapter

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 40.

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 But to sum

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 it up Israel

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 has been

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 disobedient to

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 God and God

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 has promised

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 to bring the

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 punishment on

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 them that he

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 had foretold in

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 the law of

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 Moses.

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 But Isaiah

00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.380
 40 tells of

00:17:50.380 --> 00:17:50.960
 how God

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 will again

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 in the

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 future comfort

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 his people

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 and reveal

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 himself to

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 his people

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 and save

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 his people

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 and restore

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 them.

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 And these

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.400
 words of

00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:04.140
 Isaiah quoted

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:05.339
 by Luke tell

00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.420
 of how it

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 will begin.

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 It will

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 begin with

00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:10.940
 a voice

00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:12.700
 calling out

00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.339
 or crying

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 out in

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 the wilderness.

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 Luke's

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 saying that's

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 what John

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:20.259
 the son of

00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:20.940
 Zachariah

00:18:20.940 --> 00:18:21.860
 was.

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 He was

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.799
 that voice.

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:27.400
 Look at the

00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:28.319
 details of the

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:28.759
 prophecy.

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 What is the

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.700
 voice crying

00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.019
 out?

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 What is the

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.440
 voice saying?

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:37.279
 The message

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.299
 of the

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 voice

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:41.620
 is prepare

00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.539
 the way

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.019
 for the

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.319
 Lord.

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 Make straight

00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.720
 paths for

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:45.980
 him.

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:48.599
 to put it

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 in other

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 words.

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 Get ready.

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 The

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 Lord

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 God

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 himself

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 is coming.

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 He's

00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:58.360
 coming

00:18:58.360 --> 00:18:59.720
 to us.

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 Let's

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.299
 prepare

00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:03.980
 for his

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.420
 arrival.

00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:07.980
 Until the

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.380
 prophecy

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:09.000
 foretold

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.900
 this voice

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.480
 calling out

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:10.700
 in the

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.039
 wilderness

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 telling the

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 people to

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 get ready

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:14.300
 for the

00:19:14.300 --> 00:19:14.620
 coming

00:19:14.620 --> 00:19:15.539
 of the

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:15.820
 Lord.

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 And we

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.340
 should

00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:18.759
 notice

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.360
 back in

00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:19.759
 Isaiah

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.480
 where the

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:20.860
 prophecy

00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:21.380
 is stated

00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:21.680
 the

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 Lord

00:19:22.060 --> 00:19:24.100
 is the

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 divine

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:24.980
 name

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 of

00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:25.759
 God.

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 Prepare

00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:29.279
 the way

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:30.160
 for

00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.720
 Yahweh.

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 And what

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:34.840
 follows

00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:35.880
 this statement

00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.560
 is a

00:19:36.560 --> 00:19:37.640
 metaphorical

00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:38.960
 poetic way

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.800
 of describing

00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:41.320
 how we

00:19:41.320 --> 00:19:41.960
 should prepare

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.460
 for his

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:42.880
 arrival.

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.039
 What

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.360
 should we

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:44.940
 do to

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.440
 get ready?

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.360
 And

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 Isaiah

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 speaks

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 with the

00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.500
 language of

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 road

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.160
 building.

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 Prepare

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 the way

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 for him.

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 Make

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 straight

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 paths

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 for him.

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 If we

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 glance back

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 to Isaiah

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 chapter 40,

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 the original

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 quote,

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 the longer

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 version in

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 verse 3,

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 make straight

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 in the

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 desert a

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 highway

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 for our

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 God.

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 The

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.879
 Lord God

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 himself is

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 coming to

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 visit us

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 and so

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 let's get

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 the road

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 ready by

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 which he

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 will arrive

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 to us.

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 And then

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.960
 the lines

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 which follow,

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 we're back

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 in Luke

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 chapter 3

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 here,

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 verse 5,

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 are all

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 about road

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 building as

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 well.

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 Every valley

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 shall be

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 filled in,

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 every mountain

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 and hill

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 made low.

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 The crooked

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 road shall

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 become

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 straight,

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 the rough

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 ways

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 smooth.

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 All of

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 this is

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 figurative

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 and poetic

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 language

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 which describes

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 what happens

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 when you

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 build a

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 highway.

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 The point

00:20:56.020 --> 00:20:56.520
 of a

00:20:56.520 --> 00:20:56.840
 highway

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 is to

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 make

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 travel

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 easy

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 and fast

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 from one

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 place

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 to another.

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 And so

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 rather than

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 winding the

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 narrow road

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 from one

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.720
 place to

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 the next,

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 taking the

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 easiest path

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 in the

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 landscape,

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.420
 highways are

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.880
 built in the

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 most direct

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 and straight

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 way possible.

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 So when you

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 come to a

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 dip in the

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 land or a

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 valley,

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 instead of

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 going around

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 that dip,

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 the goal

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 here is to

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 make it

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 faster,

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 to make it

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 direct.

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 So we'll

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 fill in that

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 and put the

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 highway right

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 through.

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 if you

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 want to

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 travel by

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 cart or

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.740
 carriage,

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 pulled by

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 an animal

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 back in

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 these days,

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 this is

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 important.

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 The road

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 can only

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 be so

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 steep.

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 You don't

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.259
 want to

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.879
 have a

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 steep valley,

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 staircase right

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 in the middle

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 of the road.

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 How are you

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.399
 going to get

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:52.920
 down that

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 with your

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.720
 animals?

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 The same

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.039
 thing applies

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.639
 when you

00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:58.180
 come to a

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.680
 hill or a

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 mountain.

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 I mean,

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.659
 you could

00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.200
 build that

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.680
 road all

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:00.960
 the way

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.380
 around,

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.980
 but the

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.420
 whole point

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:03.680
 of a

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.240
 highway is

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.900
 for easy,

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.580
 fast,

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.600
 direct travel.

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.960
 And so if

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.299
 there's a

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.680
 hill in the

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:08.880
 way,

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.759
 let's flatten

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.299
 it down.

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.160
 If there's

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.620
 a mountain,

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.880
 let's cut

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.460
 through it

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.060
 and make

00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.640
 it low

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 and level

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.180
 in the

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.600
 place where

00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:17.940
 the road

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.440
 goes through

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:18.840
 because we

00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.140
 don't want

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.560
 to waste

00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:20.299
 time getting

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.920
 from here

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.820
 to there.

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.799
 We don't

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:24.960
 want to

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.220
 have a

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.759
 crooked road

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.259
 that takes

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.900
 us farther

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:28.539
 out of the

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.019
 way and

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.539
 then has to

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.960
 come all

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.220
 the way

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.560
 back.

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:32.080
 We want

00:22:32.080 --> 00:22:32.580
 that road

00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:33.060
 straight.

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.600
 Make the

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.279
 road straight

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:36.480
 and make

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:36.960
 that road

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.560
 smooth.

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.620
 We all

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:40.019
 know out

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.340
 here in

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:41.240
 rural Saskatchewan

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.720
 that those

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.279
 rough gravel

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.500
 roads are

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.019
 just a little

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.660
 slower and

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.240
 more difficult

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.660
 than the

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.860
 smooth paved

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.759
 asphalt of

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.220
 the highway.

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.620
 All of

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.060
 this is the

00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:53.539
 language of

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.100
 road building

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:54.799
 and making

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.360
 these kinds

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.840
 of changes

00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.560
 to build

00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:57.180
 a highway

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:59.680
 is a lot

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.080
 of work.

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.360
 Why go

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:01.779
 to all

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.759
 this effort?

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.460
 Why not

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.000
 just use

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.519
 the long

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.519
 and windy

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.700
 road with

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.240
 the difficult

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.480
 sections that

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.039
 we already

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.500
 have?

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.200
 And it

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.840
 has to do

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.799
 with the

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.320
 purpose of

00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:14.700
 the road.

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.279
 It has to

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.820
 do with who's

00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.160
 going to be

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.840
 traveling on

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.019
 it.

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.680
 It has to

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.180
 do with that

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.840
 need for

00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:21.779
 efficient travel

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.580
 between two

00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:23.140
 places.

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.279
 Think about

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.240
 roads in our

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:27.019
 modern times.

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.059
 roads.

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.539
 You know

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.039
 the roads

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.559
 that just

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:29.980
 don't get

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.379
 a lot of

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.319
 people traveling

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.819
 down them?

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.359
 They're usually

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.299
 gravel for a

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.599
 reason.

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.139
 If it's even

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.759
 less traveled

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.200
 than that it

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.599
 could be a

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:40.119
 dirt road and

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.539
 it could be

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.519
 almost impassable

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.119
 in some of

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.400
 the wet

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.759
 months.

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:46.980
 So the

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.440
 number of

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.980
 people that

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.359
 are going

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:48.960
 from here

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.460
 to there

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.460
 increases the

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.299
 importance of

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.000
 that road or

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:53.779
 the goods that

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.579
 flow along

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.200
 that road

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:56.259
 increases the

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.019
 importance of

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.080
 the road and

00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:58.860
 that's why we

00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.500
 spend hundreds

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.000
 of millions

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.759
 of dollars

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:02.759
 adding lanes

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.680
 and paving

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.860
 and widening

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.539
 our major

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.319
 highways between

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.759
 our major

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.240
 cities.

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.720
 But we'll

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.220
 just let the

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.980
 local grader

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:12.080
 do his best

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:12.460
 on that

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.240
 country road

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:15.080
 out by where

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.660
 all the farms

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:15.940
 are.

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.759
 I remember

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.160
 when they were

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.799
 still twinning

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.200
 some of the

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.080
 major highways

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:23.880
 in northern

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.819
 Alberta up to

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.460
 Grand Prairie

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.799
 it was a

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.799
 massive project

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.720
 on some

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.259
 stretches.

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.879
 The amount

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.599
 of dirt that

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.159
 had to be

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:33.960
 moved was

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.399
 amazing.

00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:35.679
 There was all

00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.500
 kinds of

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.179
 heavy machinery

00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:38.859
 and equipment

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:40.000
 and there

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.960
 were trucks

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.679
 coming and

00:24:42.679 --> 00:24:43.759
 going constantly

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:45.200
 taking dirt

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.679
 from where

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.240
 there was too

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.619
 much moving

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.259
 it over to

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.599
 where there

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.279
 wasn't enough

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.579
 trying to

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.159
 level it out

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.740
 so that that

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:53.019
 second part

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.259
 of the

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.680
 twinning

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:55.400
 would be

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.879
 level with

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.359
 the first.

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.879
 Why go to

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.299
 all that

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.660
 work?

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.519
 Because the

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.160
 growing amount

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.920
 of traffic

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.940
 on that road

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.720
 required it.

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.460
 Industry

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.920
 which pays

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.559
 the bills

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:09.119
 needs those

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.980
 major arteries

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:11.019
 to move

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.059
 trees or

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.700
 oil or

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.220
 whatever

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.660
 equipment,

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.339
 parts,

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.480
 food,

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.339
 fuel.

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.379
 people,

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:21.659
 I'm not

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.059
 an expert

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.480
 in it by

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.939
 any means,

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.240
 but I

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.720
 loved learning

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.139
 a little bit

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.500
 about the

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:24.899
 challenges

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.539
 involved with

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.099
 punching the

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.240
 railway through

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.959
 the Rockies

00:25:27.959 --> 00:25:29.039
 to the west

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.500
 coast of

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:29.879
 Canada.

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.559
 Insane

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.079
 amounts of

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:33.099
 work had

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.679
 to be done

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.799
 blasting

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.779
 through solid

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:37.159
 rock of

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:37.740
 the mountains

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.359
 and carefully

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.319
 planned tunnels

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.339
 and switchbacks.

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.039
 Why go to

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.439
 all that

00:25:42.439 --> 00:25:42.799
 trouble?

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.259
 Again,

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.980
 because of the

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.819
 importance of

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.659
 connecting that

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.800
 the western

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:48.420
 coast with

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.800
 the rest

00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:49.060
 of the

00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:49.480
 country.

00:25:50.540 --> 00:25:50.759
 It's a

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.440
 massive amount

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.960
 of work,

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:54.140
 but the

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.759
 payoff is

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.019
 going to

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.820
 far outweigh

00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:56.140
 that.

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.120
 But now

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.540
 let's look

00:25:59.540 --> 00:25:59.840
 at the

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.240
 text.

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.640
 What's he

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.360
 talking about?

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.240
 What's the

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.980
 importance here?

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.140
 What's so

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.080
 significant that

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.540
 we need to

00:26:07.540 --> 00:26:07.980
 go about

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.900
 making massive

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.600
 changes in

00:26:09.600 --> 00:26:10.120
 the landscape

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.779
 to build a

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.100
 highway?

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.140
 What's so

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.880
 important here

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:16.060
 is that God

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:18.319
 himself is

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.659
 coming?

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.919
 God himself

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:23.059
 is coming

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:25.259
 to his

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.639
 people.

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.700
 The days

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.119
 of kings

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.700
 and queens

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.539
 are mostly

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.779
 behind us,

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:35.240
 but we still

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.039
 use the phrase

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.539
 once in a

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.819
 while,

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.919
 roll out

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.299
 the red

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.679
 carpet.

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.659
 Back in the

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.059
 day, you

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.480
 know, if the

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.079
 king of your

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.639
 country was

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.079
 coming to

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.539
 visit your

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.199
 little town,

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.699
 would you

00:26:47.699 --> 00:26:48.220
 not make

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.699
 special

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.359
 preparations?

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.519
 Would you

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.879
 not touch

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.579
 things up a

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:53.939
 little bit?

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.460
 Maybe he's

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.899
 going to stay

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.159
 at the

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.799
 local inn.

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.679
 Let's do

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:57.279
 something about

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.079
 this lumpy,

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.699
 dirty, muddy

00:26:58.699 --> 00:26:59.439
 parking lot.

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.000
 You know, we're

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.980
 going to make

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.919
 that path smooth

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.339
 for him.

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:02.759
 We're going to

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.740
 fix it up so

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.240
 that when he

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.839
 comes, he

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.339
 doesn't have to

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.659
 walk and get

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.259
 his feet all

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.679
 muddy and

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:08.339
 dirty between

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.559
 his carriage and

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.119
 the hotel.

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:13.199
 Queen Elizabeth

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:14.339
 came to

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.399
 visit in

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.079
 Regina in

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:18.019
 2005 and

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.719
 my parents

00:27:18.719 --> 00:27:19.379
 worked downtown

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:20.019
 at the time.

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.199
 My mom

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:21.839
 noticed that

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:23.199
 they spray

00:27:23.199 --> 00:27:23.959
 painted the

00:27:23.959 --> 00:27:25.039
 lawn of the

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.859
 Sask Hotel

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:28.219
 green before

00:27:28.219 --> 00:27:28.819
 she arrived.

00:27:28.959 --> 00:27:29.219
 I mean, it

00:27:29.219 --> 00:27:29.659
 was probably

00:27:29.659 --> 00:27:30.239
 more like a

00:27:30.239 --> 00:27:31.000
 liquid dye or

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.619
 something, but

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.839
 you know, we

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.779
 do this sort

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.339
 of thing to

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.979
 honor royalty,

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.119
 people of

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.759
 great importance

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.319
 to us.

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.519
 I mean, can

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.919
 you imagine

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.439
 the queen

00:27:40.439 --> 00:27:42.000
 coming over

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.539
 from Europe

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.079
 and then

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.639
 staying at a

00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.159
 hotel with

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.519
 all this

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.559
 crispy brown

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.139
 grass?

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.619
 Like, don't

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:48.939
 they have

00:27:48.939 --> 00:27:49.899
 water here?

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:51.500
 Fertilizer?

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.799
 Is this the

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.299
 best you could

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.559
 do?

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.059
 But these

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.720
 preparations

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:58.399
 should go far

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:59.099
 beyond that.

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.779
 This is not

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.299
 about some

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.179
 human king or

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.779
 queen coming.

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.000
 It's about

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.039
 God himself

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:08.119
 coming to

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.419
 us.

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.379
 It's the

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:09.739
 Lord.

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.759
 It's the

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:12.439
 Almighty, the

00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:13.099
 creator of

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.619
 heaven and

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:13.979
 earth.

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.599
 Prepare the

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.479
 way for him.

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.199
 So absolutely,

00:28:19.459 --> 00:28:20.459
 we should roll

00:28:20.459 --> 00:28:21.000
 out the red

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.419
 carpet.

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.799
 Absolutely, let's

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.459
 knock that

00:28:23.459 --> 00:28:24.879
 mountain down.

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.939
 Let's raise

00:28:25.939 --> 00:28:26.779
 that valley up.

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.679
 Let's make a

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:29.319
 smooth highway,

00:28:30.719 --> 00:28:31.659
 direct travel

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:33.199
 for him to

00:28:33.199 --> 00:28:33.799
 arrive on.

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:37.419
 But hold on a

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:37.680
 second.

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.259
 What does that

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.879
 even mean?

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.379
 In what way

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:43.019
 is God

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.419
 coming?

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:46.019
 As we'll see

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.639
 next week,

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.460
 John declared

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.519
 the arrival

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:51.919
 of Jesus

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:55.480
 because in

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.379
 Jesus,

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:58.680
 God,

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.859
 the Lord,

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.759
 has come

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:02.599
 to us.

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.159
 Jesus

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:05.519
 himself is

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.459
 the Lord

00:29:06.459 --> 00:29:07.759
 incarnate,

00:29:07.979 --> 00:29:08.740
 enfleshed,

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:09.479
 come to

00:29:09.479 --> 00:29:09.879
 visit,

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.339
 come to

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.779
 live among

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.139
 us.

00:29:12.959 --> 00:29:13.639
 It's maybe a

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.979
 different way

00:29:14.979 --> 00:29:15.519
 than people

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.219
 were expecting.

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.339
 So now,

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:20.000
 how do we get

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.659
 ready for him?

00:29:20.719 --> 00:29:21.279
 How do we make

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.919
 preparations?

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.500
 In what sense

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.059
 are we to

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:25.099
 fill in the

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:26.439
 valleys and

00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:27.639
 flatten the

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.319
 mountains and

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.159
 straighten the

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:30.080
 crooked and

00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:31.100
 smooth the

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:32.040
 rough places?

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.480
 Well, we need

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.000
 only to look

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.380
 down the

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:37.580
 page at

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.019
 what John

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.480
 told the

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.980
 people to

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.980
 do, to

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.940
 understand what

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.360
 kinds of

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:43.120
 changes Isaiah

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.860
 is talking

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:45.480
 about with

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.000
 his highway

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.500
 building

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.340
 metaphor.

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.279
 And we see

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.000
 very quickly

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.440
 here that

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.180
 Isaiah and

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.860
 John are not

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.580
 talking about

00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:53.440
 massive changes

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.820
 to the

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:54.500
 landscape in

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.860
 Israel.

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.540
 They're talking

00:29:56.540 --> 00:29:57.320
 about massive

00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:58.180
 changes to

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.920
 the landscape

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:00.220
 of our

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.720
 lives.

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.800
 In other

00:30:03.800 --> 00:30:04.120
 words,

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.440
 preparations

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.820
 need to be

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:07.279
 made for

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.740
 the Lord's

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.279
 coming, but

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.800
 they don't

00:30:08.800 --> 00:30:09.740
 involve changes

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.259
 to the

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.680
 earth, but

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:13.920
 changes to

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.539
 our hearts.

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.340
 This brings

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:18.019
 us back to

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.740
 that key word

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.400
 that we heard

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.000
 earlier,

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:21.940
 repentance.

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.779
 There's a

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.880
 major need

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.140
 for changes

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.800
 to be made

00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:28.140
 to get

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.640
 ready for

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.040
 God to

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:29.480
 come to

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.940
 us, to

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.360
 prepare

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:31.080
 ourselves to

00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:31.720
 welcome the

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.020
 Lord.

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.200
 These changes

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.460
 must start in

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:38.300
 here, with a

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:39.380
 turning away

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:41.840
 from sin and

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:43.640
 self toward

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.820
 God.

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:47.980
 truthfully,

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:50.019
 moving actual

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:52.659
 mountains and

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.859
 filling actual

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.659
 valleys would

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:55.419
 be easier

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:57.919
 because we

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.339
 have some

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:59.419
 pretty tall

00:30:59.419 --> 00:31:01.200
 mountains in

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.460
 here.

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.579
 We have some

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.460
 pretty low

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:06.359
 valleys in

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.539
 here.

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.019
 We have some

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.819
 pretty crooked

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:09.859
 things in

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.179
 here.

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.500
 Some pretty

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:14.000
 rough places

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.839
 which need

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.259
 to be

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.839
 smooth.

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.000
 But let's

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.579
 not miss the

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.279
 last line

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.039
 quoted of

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.519
 Isaiah's

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:23.960
 prophecy.

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.640
 A voice is

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.160
 going to cry

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.559
 out in the

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.500
 wilderness for

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.440
 preparations to

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.460
 be made, to

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.279
 get ready for

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.920
 the coming of

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.339
 the Lord.

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.559
 Some massive

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.460
 changes need to

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.660
 happen to

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.319
 welcome him,

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.200
 and all

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:37.400
 people will

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.940
 see God's

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.460
 salvation.

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:42.240
 All people

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.059
 will see

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:44.519
 God's

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.259
 salvation.

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.419
 Isn't that

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:51.480
 so obviously

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.799
 what the

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.319
 story of

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.980
 Jesus is

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.500
 all about?

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.700
 God's

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:58.019
 saving us.

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.740
 And at the

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.759
 very center of

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.460
 his plan to

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.399
 save us is

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:03.460
 this man

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.500
 whom we're

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.039
 about to hear

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.720
 next week,

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.579
 whom John

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:08.039
 is declaring,

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:08.980
 Jesus.

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:11.299
 never has

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.740
 God's

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:13.460
 salvation been

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.339
 so visible,

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:16.819
 so tangible,

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:19.099
 so flesh and

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.900
 blood, and

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.519
 yet so

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:22.099
 powerful and

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:22.500
 divine.

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.099
 God's

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.680
 salvation is

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.220
 not just a

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.259
 plan hatched

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.779
 by God

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.299
 before the

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:28.960
 world began.

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.019
 His salvation

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.759
 is not just a

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.420
 concept of

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:32.920
 theology.

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:35.079
 His salvation

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.819
 is not some

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.500
 invisible

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:38.299
 intervention that

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.819
 cannot be

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.599
 explained at

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.419
 all or seen

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:41.000
 or understood.

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.500
 God's salvation

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:44.099
 is the person

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:45.059
 of Jesus

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:46.879
 Christ who

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.779
 all may see.

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.559
 Think about

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:51.980
 this.

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.940
 He's going to

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.500
 walk through

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.200
 their streets,

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.460
 travel their

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.419
 country roads.

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.500
 The young

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.379
 and the old

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:02.059
 will see him.

00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:02.720
 The rich

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.720
 and the poor

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.559
 will see him.

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:07.019
 and he's

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.240
 going to

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.039
 deliver people

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.919
 from illnesses

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.879
 and injuries

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.519
 and even

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.599
 birth defects

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.019
 that have

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.639
 plagued them

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:13.579
 for years

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.259
 and he's

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.599
 going to do

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.059
 even more

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.460
 than that.

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.799
 He's going

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.259
 to save

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.919
 people from

00:33:16.919 --> 00:33:17.639
 their sins,

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:21.419
 from their

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:21.759
 guilt.

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:23.720
 All people

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.759
 will see

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.899
 God's

00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:26.379
 salvation.

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:27.599
 That's what

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:28.379
 Isaiah declared

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:29.480
 700 years

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.339
 before this.

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.579
 And now

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.319
 the voice

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.059
 has come,

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:34.500
 Luke saying,

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.259
 John

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.879
 was that

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.720
 voice letting

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.119
 us know

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.460
 that the

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.919
 time is

00:33:38.919 --> 00:33:39.220
 here.

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.980
 Next Sunday

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:43.099
 we're going

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.579
 to hear some

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.299
 of the actual

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.980
 words of

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:46.139
 John as

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.720
 he was doing

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.339
 this preaching

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:48.019
 of repentance,

00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:49.079
 as he was

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.740
 preparing the

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.859
 people for

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.259
 the coming

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.759
 of the Lord.

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.240
 And let me

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.819
 warn you,

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.500
 John's

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.940
 words,

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:57.200
 which as we

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.419
 heard,

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:57.859
 they came

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.339
 from God.

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:58.720
 The word

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.079
 of God

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.579
 came to

00:33:59.579 --> 00:33:59.899
 John.

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.859
 John's

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.240
 words are

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.899
 not for the

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.240
 faint of

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.519
 heart.

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:05.619
 If you

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:05.819
 want to

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.440
 talk about

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.779
 hellfire and

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.320
 brimstone

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.880
 preaching,

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.279
 John's

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:12.239
 preaching has

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.799
 some of

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.380
 that in

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.679
 it for

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.000
 sure.

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.440
 But

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.199
 alongside of

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.179
 that is

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.719
 the greatest

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.779
 news that

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.179
 our world

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.799
 has ever

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.179
 heard,

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.559
 which John

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.139
 declared.

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.179
 More on

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.659
 that next

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.019
 Sunday.

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.679
 For today,

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:29.739
 I wonder

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.299
 if you can

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.839
 begin to

00:34:30.839 --> 00:34:31.219
 imagine

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.739
 yourself

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:33.059
 there in

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.419
 the land

00:34:33.419 --> 00:34:33.980
 of Israel

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.819
 all those

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:35.339
 years ago.

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.679
 Can you

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.039
 imagine

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.919
 everybody in

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.579
 your country

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:39.000
 flocking

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.579
 out to

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.119
 this remote

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.719
 place by

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.219
 the river

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:43.599
 to hear

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.259
 this man

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:46.299
 whom they

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.440
 realized many

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.119
 was a

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.419
 prophet?

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:51.240
 can you

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.840
 imagine him

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.460
 preaching to

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.880
 you as

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.480
 you stand

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.320
 on the

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.579
 shore?

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.340
 Can you

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.920
 imagine him

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.300
 saying,

00:34:58.740 --> 00:35:00.180
 come down

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:01.360
 here into

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.940
 the water,

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.700
 confess your

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.300
 sins to

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.559
 God.

00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.059
 You have

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.800
 sinned against

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.119
 him.

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.619
 We all

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.019
 have,

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.200
 but God

00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:11.180
 is eager

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:12.019
 and willing

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.940
 to forgive

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.300
 you.

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:15.780
 repent,

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.580
 come,

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.260
 be cleansed,

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.100
 be washed

00:35:20.100 --> 00:35:21.780
 of all

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.360
 your guilt.

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.680
 God is

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.300
 merciful.

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.780
 He is

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.400
 mighty to

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.860
 save.

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:27.200
 He's about

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:27.720
 to come

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.320
 to us

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:29.080
 just as

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:29.600
 he said

00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:30.539
 long ago.

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.200
 His great

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:32.019
 salvation is

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.480
 about to

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.780
 appear.

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.500
 His kingdom

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:35.440
 is near.

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.539
 Would you

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.920
 go down

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.300
 into the

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.539
 water?

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:45.039
 would you

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.539
 confess?

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.720
 Would you

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.460
 seek God's

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.860
 forgiveness?

00:35:54.560 --> 00:35:55.220
 Would you

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:55.780
 be baptized

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:57.720
 in the

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.000
 water?

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.900
 These

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.240
 things are

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.680
 not just

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:03.120
 what people

00:36:03.120 --> 00:36:03.600
 needed to

00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:04.880
 do way

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.440
 back then.

00:36:08.080 --> 00:36:08.640
 This

00:36:08.640 --> 00:36:08.960
 thing of

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.340
 repentance

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.780
 is the

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.120
 thing that

00:36:10.120 --> 00:36:10.539
 we all

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.940
 need to

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.200
 do.

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:12.760
 Even

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.160
 today,

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.480
 even

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:13.839
 now,

00:36:13.899 --> 00:36:14.139
 in order

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.379
 to

00:36:14.379 --> 00:36:14.719
 prepare

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.239
 ourselves

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:15.539
 to

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.039
 receive

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.420
 the

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.599
 Lord

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.000
 Jesus.

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.859
 Have you

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.379
 repented?

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.639
 Have you

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.940
 confessed

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.519
 your sins

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.039
 to God?

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:32.739
 Have you

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.279
 sought

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:33.599
 his

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.039
 forgiveness?

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.440
 Many

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.819
 of us

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.139
 in this

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.480
 room have

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.719
 done

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.099
 this.

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.399
 But if

00:36:41.399 --> 00:36:42.039
 you haven't,

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:43.900
 God is

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:45.079
 waiting for

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.420
 you to

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.579
 do

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.960
 this.

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.480
 Jesus

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.139
 himself

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:52.440
 said that

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:53.079
 God is

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.739
 waiting like

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.179
 a loving

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.719
 father

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:56.980
 with his

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.619
 arms wide

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.000
 open,

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.619
 waiting for

00:36:59.619 --> 00:36:59.900
 you to

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.119
 come

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.460
 home.

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.679
 Have you

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.199
 repented?

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.139
 Have you

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:06.420
 come

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.759
 home?

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:12.000
 all of

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.280
 this

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:13.500
 sweet,

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.560
 powerful,

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.180
 wonderful

00:37:15.180 --> 00:37:15.700
 forgiveness

00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:16.160
 that's

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:16.580
 offered

00:37:16.580 --> 00:37:17.800
 comes

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.120
 through

00:37:18.120 --> 00:37:18.460
 Jesus

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:18.960
 Christ.

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.660
 So I

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:21.920
 want to

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.340
 urge you,

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.620
 if you

00:37:22.620 --> 00:37:23.140
 haven't done

00:37:23.140 --> 00:37:23.420
 this,

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.500
 don't wait

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.040
 until it's

00:37:25.040 --> 00:37:25.660
 too late

00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:26.740
 to make

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.380
 your peace

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.660
 with God.

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:31.199
 as we're

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.359
 going to

00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:31.819
 hear next

00:37:31.819 --> 00:37:32.219
 Sunday

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:33.099
 from the

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.519
 words of

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.759
 John,

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.339
 there is

00:37:34.339 --> 00:37:34.639
 a too

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:34.960
 late.

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.779
 There is

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.199
 a moment

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.859
 that comes

00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:39.359
 when God

00:37:39.359 --> 00:37:39.859
 says,

00:37:40.379 --> 00:37:41.599
 I've

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:41.960
 given you

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.299
 ample

00:37:42.299 --> 00:37:43.019
 opportunity

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.980
 and time

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:48.059
 and now

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.420
 you're going

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.759
 to get

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:49.259
 what you

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.819
 deserve

00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:50.980
 because I

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.519
 am just.

00:37:53.399 --> 00:37:54.139
 There is

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.440
 a too

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.859
 late for

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.259
 those who

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:56.019
 ignore God's

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.379
 mercy.

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:58.220
 And so I

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.500
 want to

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.000
 urge you,

00:37:59.240 --> 00:37:59.640
 just as

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.180
 John did,

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.800
 if you

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.320
 haven't done

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.519
 this,

00:38:01.680 --> 00:38:03.900
 repent and

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.559
 believe the

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.039
 good news

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.619
 that God

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.340
 is eager

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:07.840
 and willing

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.640
 to forgive

00:38:08.640 --> 00:38:08.940
 you.

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.780
 He desires

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:14.760
 to save.

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.039
 He desires

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:19.320
 us to be

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:20.240
 washed clean

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:22.420
 as the

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:23.360
 baptism points

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.619
 to.

00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:24.920
 And so

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.400
 come to

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.599
 him,

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.440
 call out

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.739
 to him

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:27.039
 if you

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.319
 haven't

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:27.519
 done

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:27.739
 that

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.079
 already.

00:38:31.319 --> 00:38:31.839
 Let's

00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:32.079
 pray.

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:40.519
 Father in

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:40.659
 heaven,

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:41.159
 we thank

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.619
 you for

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:43.199
 the chance

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:44.719
 to know

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:45.500
 what happened

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.059
 in the days

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.599
 leading up

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:47.539
 to your

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.679
 son revealing

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.400
 himself to

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.719
 the whole

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:50.139
 nation.

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.239
 Amen.

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.299
 Amen.

00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:50.360
 Amen.

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:58.599
 for some

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:58.940
 of us

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.159
 it's

00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.599
 maybe not

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.099
 the message

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.480
 we want

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.900
 to hear.

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.159
 Repent.

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.480
 But I

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:06.900
 pray that

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.199
 you would

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.819
 help us,

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.339
 Lord,

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.360
 for those

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.819
 who haven't

00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:10.159
 done it,

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:10.440
 that you

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:10.900
 would help

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.799
 them to

00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:13.559
 humbly

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.139
 bow before

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:15.980
 you and

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.380
 come to

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:16.579
 you.

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:18.699
 and for

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:19.039
 those of

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.319
 us who

00:39:19.319 --> 00:39:19.639
 have,

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:19.920
 Lord,

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:22.019
 I pray

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.340
 that we

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:22.559
 would

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.039
 remember

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:26.440
 that we

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:27.000
 live

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:29.219
 because of

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:29.799
 your mercy,

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.960
 your grace,

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.659
 your kindness,

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.980
 your eagerness

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.699
 to forgive.

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:34.739
 love.

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.980
 We thank

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.259
 you for

00:39:36.259 --> 00:39:36.519
 that,

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:36.779
 Lord.

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.279
 I pray

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.559
 that we

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:41.939
 wouldn't be

00:39:41.939 --> 00:39:42.559
 ashamed of

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.199
 these words

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:44.619
 and this

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.139
 message,

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:46.279
 which was

00:39:46.279 --> 00:39:47.000
 your message

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.679
 through John.

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:48.980
 Lord,

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.299
 I even

00:39:49.299 --> 00:39:49.839
 pray that

00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:50.239
 we would

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:52.219
 be willing

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:53.579
 to speak

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:54.399
 these words

00:39:54.399 --> 00:39:56.519
 to the

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.139
 people around

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.539
 us.

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.519
 Lord,

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:01.799
 we know

00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:02.199
 it's not

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:02.639
 comfortable,

00:40:02.819 --> 00:40:03.059
 we know

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.419
 it's not

00:40:03.419 --> 00:40:03.919
 popular,

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:05.180
 but these

00:40:05.180 --> 00:40:05.440
 are the

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.880
 words that

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.220
 prepare

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:06.760
 people,

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:10.880
 that get

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.300
 our hearts

00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:11.680
 ready

00:40:11.680 --> 00:40:14.900
 for

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:16.139
 salvation's

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.619
 arrival.

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.480
 Give us

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:19.840
 courage,

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.159
 Lord,

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:21.539
 to speak

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.780
 them.

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:23.579
 I pray

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:23.920
 this in

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.280
 your name.

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.619
 Amen.