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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 And one of the ones that I quickly said was Jeff Hamm. You see some things about him,

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 about his biography there in your bulletin, but I won't refer to that. I want to give you

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 two pictures of his heart. Jeff and I have known each other for a long, long time. Jeff was,

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 grew up, we grew up in the same church. And when he was a sophomore in high school,

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 I had him and two other guys that met with me at our house every Tuesday morning at 6.30 a.m.

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 These are sophomore boys in high school. And being a parent of two boys, that doesn't happen very often.

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 And these were men who truly wanted to know God. And it was fun to be with them then.

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 And another part of that was, I taught a Bible study at the same church, and Jeff attended that.

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 And the thing I noticed about Jeff, more than anything, was his intense passion for the Word

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 of God. It was just incredible. And I want to liken it to, since we're in the bowl season,

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 I want to liken it to, you know, the two big schools in the state of Alabama. And the fan base

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 is just unbelievable. Not the obnoxious ones, the intense ones, okay? That's what Jeff is for the

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 Word of God. I mean, where, you know, if you talk to one of these fans of either of those two schools,

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 they could tell you some really, you know, inane facts about 1937 winner or 1945 winner or who ran

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 the ball here or whatever. And they can give you chapter and verse. Well, Jeff can do that from the

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 eternal Word of God. And it's so fun when I sit with him now, I leave the conversation going,

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 oh my goodness, this man has a passion for the Word of God. So I hope you'll see that. And thank you so

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 much again, Jeff, for being with us today. Indeed, I am in the awkward situation of speaking to those,

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 some of whom I've known since I was 14 years old. But for that, I truly do give thanks and glory to God.

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 It is good to see some of you that you are persevering with the Lord and that you are growing

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 and walking steadfastly with Him. But with that said, despite what Tim said, there would be undoubtedly

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 some of you here against whom I would have sinned in my youth. And for that, I truly beg your pardon

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 and forgiveness. By the grace of God, I'm not who I was. I'm not the same person that some of you

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 knew long ago. I'm not the same man, thankfully, that my wife married 24 years ago tomorrow.

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 And so by the grace of God, crazy as it sounds, I'm an ordained PCA pastor, having served two

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 congregations. And most recently, I was serving, had the distinct pleasure of serving as a moderator

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 of the Presbytery in South Alabama. But alas, the fathers and the brothers discovered very quickly,

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 I did not know what I was talking about. And so they took action and informed me that if I were

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 to continue in the ministry, then I'd have to go back to school for remedial education. And so that is

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 what I'm doing now. And so I've taken a sabbatical to do exactly that. And so we, my family, has moved here

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 to Huntsville, where my wife and I are both from, while I have descended below the radar to drop off

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 the grid to try to pursue the PhD in systematic theology in Aberdeen, Scotland. And so I go back,

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 God willing, next month for the last time to finish this final and third year of this crazy commitment.

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 With all that said, I would ask that you would now help me to glorify God and ascribe honor to Him

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 as we read together, most reverently, God's most holy, inerrant, and infallible Word. And I was

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 informed that you have the English Standard Version in front of you in your pew racks. I'll try to read

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 along in the same version. But let us do that as we come now to do exactly that for which we are

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 created. We confessed it together. If you did that sincerely, what is the chief end of man? In other

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 words, what is the reason that we are here? What is the purpose of life? And that is to glorify God

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 and to enjoy Him forever. And so we do want to begin that even now and renew that commitment and

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 confession that we've just made together. And so I'll be reading from Luke, the gospel according

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 to this Gentile convert. He never knew Jesus. He was not one of the twelve. He was the beloved physician

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 of the Apostle Paul, and he is from Troas, which is on the coast of the Aegean Sea in modern-day Turkey.

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 this convert. This convert from, of all things, this former fanatical terrorist, Saul of Tarsus,

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 turned apostle. Luke studied under Paul, was converted under his influence, and traveled with him,

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 and then back to Palestine to investigate the truth regarding this man, Jesus, about whom he writes.

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 And so listen very carefully. Luke 41 through 49. That's chapter 2, if I did not mention that.

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 Now, his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

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 And when he was 12 years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended,

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 as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

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 but supposing him to be in the group, they went a day's journey. But when they began to search for

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 him among their relatives and acquaintances, and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem,

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 searching for him. After three days, they found him in a temple, sitting among the teachers,

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 listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding

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 and his answers. And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him,

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 Son, Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.

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 And he said to them,

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 Why were you looking for me?

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 Did you not know

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 that I must be

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 in my father's

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 house?

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks and praise and glory

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 be to God.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we come before you and we confess

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 that in the very beginning, you

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 created everything out of nothing.

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 You called into being that which was not there by the power of your word.

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 And we do thank you

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 that it is by the same word that you have informed us and revealed unto us

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 who your son is, the infinite God-man.

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 And we do praise you for him and the redemption

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 that he has bought for us

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 and applied to us via the Holy Spirit.

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 And so we do ask again,

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 kind sir,

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 as we come down to this portion of the worship

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 that we seek

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 to give to you, we do ask

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 that you would once more fulfill

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 what John the Baptist told his disciples

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 about Jesus

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 when he was getting more attention than him,

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 that he would increase

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 and that I would decrease

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 and that you would use this beggar

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 to show other beggars

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 where I have found bread.

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 And we do pray this

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 for Christ's sake.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 A decade ago,

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 a book was published

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 that immediately hit the New York Times bestseller.

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 Six million copies were sold.

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 It was translated into over 40 different languages

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 and spinning off of this,

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 a blockbuster movie was released.

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 And the story

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 rocked the faith

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 of many

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 evangelicals.

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 As you know,

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 the Da Vinci Code

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 opens with this murder

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 at the Louvre

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 and it spins off

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 into this quest

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 for

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 the Holy Grail

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 and we cannot cover

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 all the details

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 of that narrative,

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 but

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 the premise

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 of the narrative

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 is this,

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 that the historical

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 Jesus

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 of Nazareth

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 is not the same

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 as the Christ

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 of the church.

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 There is

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 a real historical man,

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 Jesus,

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 but the church

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 came along

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 in the fourth century

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 and it muddied up

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 the waters

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 through which he had

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 originally walked

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 and it added

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 all these dogmas

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 about the virgin birth,

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 the miracles,

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 and the resurrection,

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 etc.

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 and so there is

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 really not that much

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 that we actually know

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 about the man

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 in history,

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 We only know

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 that which we received

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 about Christ

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 of the church.

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 And so it goes

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 in the movie

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 that all this is encoded

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 in the book as well.

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 All this is encoded

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 in the artwork

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 of Leonardo da Vinci

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 and if you were

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 to study that,

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 you would see

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 that indeed

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 Jesus of Nazareth

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 had a lover,

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 Mary Magdalene,

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 by whom he fathered

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 a child, Sarah,

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 who is the ancestor

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 then of this bloodline

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 that exists in Europe

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 today,

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 really in the aristocracy

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 of Europe.

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 And so it continues.

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 Now, anybody

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 that's a student

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 of history knows

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 that this is totally bogus.

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 The premise of the plot,

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 I should also inform you,

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 was based upon the fact

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 that Constantine

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 in this great power struggle

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 to polarize

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 his political enemies

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 started this

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 conspiracy theory

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 and then he summoned

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 together then

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 these theologians

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 across the European continent

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 to Nicaea

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 at the Council of Nicaea

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 in AD 325

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 and there was invented

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 Christology

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 as we know it.

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 That's when it came

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 into being.

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 And as I mentioned,

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 if you're a student

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 at all of history,

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 you know the bogusness

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 of that because

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 on my shelf

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 are books

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 written by men

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 that assert

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 and subscribe

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 to the deity

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 of Christ

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 that are written

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 in the first century

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 and the second century,

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 long before Constantine

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 lived in the fourth century.

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 You've got Tertullian

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 and Ignatius

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 and Polycarp

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 and Clement of Alexandria,

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 etc.

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 All these men

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 that held to the deity

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 of Christ.

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 That was never questioned.

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 That was not the reason

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 for which

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 the Council of Nicaea

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 was summoned at all.

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 It's because this guy

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 Arius arose on the scene

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 that was teaching

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 that Jesus was

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 the first created being,

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 that he was not eternal,

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 etc.

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 But the Da Vinci Code

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 is also just bad theology.

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 The author,

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 Mr. Brown,

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 did not hypothesize

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 the premise

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 to his plot.

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 It's old theology.

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 Best summarized

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 in the title

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 of a book

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 that was published

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 in 1907

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 by a guy

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 with the name

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 of Albert Schweitzer.

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 And the title

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 of his book

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 was

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 The Quest

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 for the Historical

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 Jesus.

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 And Schweitzer

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 wasn't

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 initiating

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 this idea at all.

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 In fact,

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 he was summarizing

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 preceding centuries

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 of scholarship,

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 beginning with

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 these guys

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 named

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 Reimaris,

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 Vrede,

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 Kant,

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 Schleiermacher,

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 Hegel,

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 etc.

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 All these guys

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 that arose

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 during the Enlightenment

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 and saw,

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 look,

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 the universe

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 is governed

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 by the laws

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 of planetary motion,

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 etc.

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 There is no God.

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 We cannot believe in God.

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 Jesus wasn't divine.

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 The Christ,

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 the church,

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 must have invented

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 all this stuff

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 because it can't be true.

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 Therefore,

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 the Jesus of history

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 is actually

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 a distinct person

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 and therefore

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 began

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 the so-called

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 quest

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 for the historical

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 Jesus.

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 Because the Christ

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 of the church

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 is distinct

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 from the Jesus

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 of Nazareth

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 of history.

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 Well,

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 in our text today,

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 we have

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 a quest

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 for the historical

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 Jesus.

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 And it is conducted

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 not by

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 Da Vinci Code

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 detectives,

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 not by

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 Enlightenment

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 philosophers,

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 not by

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 liberal

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 critics,

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 liberal

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 theologians,

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 but rather

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 we see

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 that those

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 on this quest

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 for Jesus

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 are

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 Joseph

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 and Mary.

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 and when

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 we analyze

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 their quest

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 like we're

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 about to do,

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 then we learn

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 that if one

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 was to begin

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 a quest,

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 a sincere

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 and a genuine

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 and a wholehearted

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 quest for the

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 historical Jesus,

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 then you

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 will find

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 the person

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 who is no one

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 less than

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 human and divine

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 at the same

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 time,

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 the

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 Theanthropos,

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 the God-man.

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 Now let me

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 prove that to

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 you,

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 and let's

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 back up.

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 We're going to

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 pull some

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 things together,

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 just hold on

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 to them,

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 and then we're

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 going to bring

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 them all

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 together and

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 apply them

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 to our own

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 selves so that

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 we might know

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 therefore how

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 we shall live

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 in this dark

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 world.

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 Of the four

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 gospel writers,

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 the four evangelists

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 as they're so

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 called,

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 Luke is the

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 only one that

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 tells us anything

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 at all about

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 Jesus after

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 his birth and

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 before the

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 inauguration of

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 his public

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 ministry at the

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 age of 30.

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 And so I would

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 assume, I haven't

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 been here with

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 you during the

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 Advent season,

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 I assume that

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 this narrative,

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 this wonderful

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 and beautiful

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 and majestic

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 narrative has

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 been reviewed

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 where you had

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 the shepherds

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 and the wise

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 men and all

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 this glory and

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 mystery and

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 wonder and

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 this then is

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 the very next

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 thing that we

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 learn about

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 that person.

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 He's 12

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 years old

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 and he goes

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 to Jerusalem.

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 And Luke

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 informs us of

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 the reason.

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 Notice in

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 verse 41,

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 just follow along

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 with me in your

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 pew Bibles,

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 I'll pull out a

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 few things from

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 some of these

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 verses and I

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 want to draw

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 your attention to

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 these verses so

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 you know that I'm

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 not deceiving you.

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 But verse 41,

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 we read that

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 every year his

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 parents went to

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 Jerusalem for the

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 feast of the

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 Passover.

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 In the Old

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 Testament, there

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 are three

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 mandatory feasts

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 for the heads

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 of households

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 to observe and

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 of course it was

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 highly encouraged

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 that the family

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 participate as

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 well.

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 The Passover,

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 Pentecost, and

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 the feast of

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 booze.

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 So here is this

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 lovely family from

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 the highlands of

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 Nazareth.

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 They go to

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 Jerusalem for the

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 feast.

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 It is wonderful.

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 It is lovely.

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 Everyone has a

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 good time but

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 alas, school

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 begins again next

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 week.

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 We have to go

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 back to work and

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 you feel the

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 sinking dread in

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 your bones of

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 the future week.

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 And so everyone

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 has to leave and

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 they go home but

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 on the way home

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 there is a little

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 anomaly.

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 A child is

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 missing.

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 Notice verse

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 43.

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 After the feast

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 was over, while

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 his parents were

00:16:47.459 --> 00:16:48.239
 returning home, the

00:16:48.239 --> 00:16:49.299
 boy Jesus stayed

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 behind in

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 Jerusalem but his

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 parents did not

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 know it.

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 Now I know some

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 of you and I

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 know where you

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 vacation.

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 So imagine you're

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 on the Florida

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 Panhandle and

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 you're coming

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 back home after

00:17:04.600 --> 00:17:05.180
 vacation.

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 Or maybe you're

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 in Gulf Shores and

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 you're coming up

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 I-65 or from the

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.360
 Florida Panhandle and

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 you're coming up

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 331 and it is

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 crazy and it is

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 stressful especially

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:16.640
 on 331 when it's

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 two-laned and you're

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 in just bumper to

00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:19.019
 bumper traffic and

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:19.680
 by the time you get

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.940
 to Montgomery you're

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 not even fit to be

00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.100
 around.

00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:23.039
 You're unapproachable.

00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:24.279
 At least I am.

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 And so I'm a mess.

00:17:26.100 --> 00:17:26.519
 And so you can

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:27.759
 imagine by the time

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.480
 you make it to

00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:29.480
 Montgomery and you

00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.599
 discover that a

00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.519
 child is missing.

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.579
 Now that's the

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:36.519
 situation here.

00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:38.140
 Now I don't think

00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:38.740
 that this at all

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.579
 implies that Mary

00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:41.680
 or Joseph were

00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.940
 negligent and

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:44.680
 irresponsible parents.

00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:46.299
 For one thing

00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:47.700
 they do turn

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.079
 around.

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 And I've been

00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:52.579
 tempted not to.

00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:53.180
 In fact we've been

00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:54.060
 in this exact same

00:17:54.060 --> 00:17:54.980
 situation if you

00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.660
 must know the

00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:55.940
 truth.

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 It was on a

00:17:58.100 --> 00:17:58.480
 Sunday.

00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:02.100
 I was a pastor

00:18:02.100 --> 00:18:04.340
 and we got home

00:18:04.340 --> 00:18:06.560
 after church and

00:18:06.560 --> 00:18:07.120
 we're kind of

00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:07.660
 assembling in the

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.380
 dining room where

00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:09.000
 there is usually

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:10.740
 this, in our

00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.460
 lovely dining room

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.140
 there is this

00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:13.920
 lavish feast that

00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.700
 is usually prepared

00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.720
 by my bride.

00:18:16.820 --> 00:18:17.600
 And I just

00:18:17.600 --> 00:18:18.580
 quickly surveyed the

00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:19.380
 situation and

00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:19.880
 noticed we were

00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:20.640
 missing a child.

00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:23.780
 So I went back

00:18:23.780 --> 00:18:24.520
 to the church

00:18:24.520 --> 00:18:25.980
 unlocked the

00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.360
 sanctuary.

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.000
 I had the keys

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.580
 to the sanctuary.

00:18:27.780 --> 00:18:28.000
 I was the

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.380
 pastor.

00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.100
 Went to the

00:18:30.100 --> 00:18:32.060
 front pew and

00:18:32.060 --> 00:18:33.580
 there he was.

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:35.960
 Fast asleep.

00:18:36.820 --> 00:18:37.340
 Unconscious.

00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:38.960
 Oblivious to the

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.680
 world and the

00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.640
 panic that he had

00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.180
 caused.

00:18:41.840 --> 00:18:42.480
 And so we went

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:43.620
 back home merrily

00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.320
 and happily.

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:46.180
 And so you see

00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:47.120
 this is an easy

00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:48.380
 mistake that could

00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:49.240
 happen to any of

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.660
 us.

00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:51.740
 which has

00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:53.019
 happened to

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.820
 some of us.

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.180
 So it doesn't

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:56.080
 imply that they're

00:18:56.080 --> 00:18:57.519
 irresponsible,

00:18:58.400 --> 00:18:59.560
 negligent parents.

00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:00.500
 But there's this

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.600
 additional factor

00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:04.680
 that's involved.

00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.680
 We might notice

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.300
 it when we

00:19:06.300 --> 00:19:07.380
 consider how

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:08.160
 they travel.

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.200
 Notice verse

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.800
 44.

00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:11.060
 Supposing him to

00:19:11.060 --> 00:19:12.060
 be in the group

00:19:12.060 --> 00:19:14.320
 or another

00:19:14.320 --> 00:19:15.200
 translation would

00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:15.779
 read, the NIV

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.800
 reads, in their

00:19:16.800 --> 00:19:17.460
 company.

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:19.440
 They look for

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.120
 him among the

00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:20.660
 relatives and

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.200
 friends.

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.759
 And so they

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:25.640
 caravan together.

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.319
 They do not

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:28.299
 travel as

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:29.299
 isolated,

00:19:29.840 --> 00:19:30.960
 compartmentalized

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:32.460
 families in their

00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:33.700
 own vehicles to

00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.460
 their destination.

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.720
 But it might be

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:37.380
 more akin to

00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:38.079
 some of y'all on

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.680
 a Friday night

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:40.319
 football game and

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.840
 you've got to go to

00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:42.000
 some place in the

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.640
 boondocks of

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.340
 Alabama that you

00:19:43.340 --> 00:19:44.519
 have no idea where

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:44.940
 it is.

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.539
 And so you might

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:46.220
 follow other

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:47.559
 people and some

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:48.200
 others might even

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.220
 tag along with you.

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.660
 And as children, as

00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:51.660
 they are, they want to

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:51.980
 go with their

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.320
 friends.

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.019
 And so your children

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:54.180
 might be in a car

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:55.240
 ahead of you and

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.840
 then their children

00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.980
 might be with you in

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.559
 the rear and there

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.320
 might be several of

00:19:58.320 --> 00:19:59.460
 you traveling there at

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 the same time.

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 And so they travel in

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 a caravan.

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 They don't necessarily

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.080
 travel as

00:20:05.080 --> 00:20:06.380
 compartmentalized families

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 knowing where every

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 person in the family

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 is at any given

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 time.

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 So they all go down

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 together.

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 But there's an

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 additional factor in

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 how they get there in

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 this traveling.

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 The children or

00:20:18.800 --> 00:20:19.700
 they're walking, if

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 you don't know.

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.779
 They're walking.

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 They're not actually

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 traveling in their own

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 vehicles.

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 And so they're walking

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 and the children lead

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 out first.

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 They're followed by the

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 women and then the

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 men follow last.

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 The reason being it

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 would just be pointless

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 for the men to leave

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 because we're always in

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 a hurry and we'd

00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:36.740
 always be frustrated as

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.480
 everyone is tagging

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 along and it would

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.960
 just ruin everyone's

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.220
 day.

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 And so the children,

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 being the slowest,

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 they set the pace.

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 And they lead first.

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 And then the women

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 fall along behind the

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 children.

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 And you can imagine

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.539
 there they are talking

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.419
 about whatever was

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:49.539
 posted on Facebook,

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 etc.

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 And whose kids are

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 doing what.

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 And then the men

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 fall along behind

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.299
 them and they're

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.960
 talking about the

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:56.359
 cotton ball or more

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:57.339
 revelant things like

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.059
 bow hunting.

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 And so they're all

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 kind of distracted.

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 And initially they do

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:03.519
 not notice, you see,

00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:05.299
 that Jesus is missing.

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 But then there's an

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.619
 additional complication

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:13.220
 with respect to his age.

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:16.279
 In verse 42, Luke

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.960
 informs us that Jesus

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 is 12 years old.

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 And that's very

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.139
 significant.

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 You see, at the age of

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 13, a Jewish boy at this

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:30.519
 time becomes a bar mitzvah,

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 a son of the commandment.

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 Literally, that's what it

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 means.

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 And so the age of 13 is

00:21:37.239 --> 00:21:38.359
 when a Jewish boy is

00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:39.599
 recognized then as an

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:41.419
 adult member of the

00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:41.879
 community.

00:21:42.459 --> 00:21:43.699
 It's when he is accepted

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 as a man, really.

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 And so you can imagine

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.679
 the scenario then.

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.879
 You can perceive what

00:21:51.879 --> 00:21:52.939
 might be going on.

00:21:53.459 --> 00:21:54.139
 Here's Jesus.

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:55.119
 He's 12 years old.

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:56.159
 He's walking along in

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.759
 the caravan.

00:21:57.219 --> 00:21:58.219
 What is Joseph thinking?

00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:00.139
 Well, he's 12 years old.

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.539
 He's up front with the

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:01.959
 youth group.

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.159
 He's having a good time

00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:03.659
 with his friends.

00:22:04.939 --> 00:22:06.039
 And then Mary is

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:07.239
 somewhere along in the

00:22:07.239 --> 00:22:08.579
 middle of this cluster.

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.519
 And she's thinking, well,

00:22:09.739 --> 00:22:11.199
 Jesus is almost 12.

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.679
 He wants to assert his

00:22:12.679 --> 00:22:13.439
 manhood.

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:15.019
 He wants to be respected.

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:16.979
 He wants to be viewed as an

00:22:16.979 --> 00:22:18.119
 adult in the eyes of the

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.299
 man.

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.359
 He's back there with

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.659
 Joseph with the men

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.919
 somewhere and back.

00:22:22.459 --> 00:22:23.619
 And so there's all this

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:25.179
 commotion going on as well.

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:26.059
 There's all these people.

00:22:26.239 --> 00:22:28.279
 And so Jesus is initially

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:30.599
 overlooked accidentally

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:32.279
 at first.

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.980
 And then upon realization

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:37.019
 that they cannot find him,

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:38.719
 that he is not in the group,

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:41.000
 they begin this frantic search

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.359
 which ultimately leads them

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.619
 back to Jerusalem, you see,

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:45.659
 because Jesus is missing.

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:49.399
 And of course, we could stop

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.459
 here and apply the passage.

00:22:50.699 --> 00:22:51.899
 We shouldn't take the time,

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:54.040
 but this happens so often

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:56.019
 to so many folk in churches

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.519
 today.

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:58.100
 Fine Christians,

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.880
 they assume that they are

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:01.220
 so close to Jesus,

00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:03.600
 they presume that he is so near,

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.060
 they are so intimate,

00:23:05.340 --> 00:23:07.280
 and they go merrily along

00:23:07.280 --> 00:23:08.920
 in life one day

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:10.019
 and realize

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:15.259
 Jesus is not near them.

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:17.859
 He is distant,

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.720
 removed,

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.700
 far away.

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:25.039
 But we can't take time

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:26.000
 to dwell on that.

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.960
 Notice,

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.440
 Mary and Joseph

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.599
 return to Jerusalem

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:34.339
 and where do they find him?

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.900
 And this is tying us in

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:37.140
 to this identity

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.359
 and this quest

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.519
 that I want to pursue.

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:42.140
 Verse 46,

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.240
 we read,

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.240
 After three days

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.220
 they found him

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:47.120
 in the temple

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:48.839
 sitting

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:52.180
 among the teachers.

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.500
 Now, beloved,

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.620
 we should not think

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:58.079
 these are our wonderful

00:23:58.079 --> 00:24:00.039
 teachers

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.680
 and the preliminary

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.700
 educations

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.740
 that we enjoyed

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.859
 from high school,

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:06.519
 our math teachers,

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.120
 our English teachers.

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:11.839
 These are the experts

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:13.339
 in the Scripture.

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:15.059
 and I love

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.879
 the rendering

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:17.419
 that the King James gives

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.519
 and I would not at all

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.059
 want you to think

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.619
 I'm one of these

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:21.339
 King James only people.

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:23.559
 I used to despise

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.199
 the translation

00:24:24.199 --> 00:24:24.740
 in my youth.

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.919
 I just thought it was archaic.

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.279
 It's what my grandfather prayed.

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:28.559
 It just didn't even make sense.

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.119
 And now in my middle years

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:31.059
 I've come to enjoy

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:32.179
 the Old English

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:32.819
 a little bit more

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.079
 just because the majesty

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:35.079
 and the formality

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:36.019
 and the reverence.

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.059
 And the King James

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:38.199
 translates that he was

00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:39.319
 sitting among

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:41.599
 the doctors.

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.919
 The doctors

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:46.980
 of the church.

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:49.399
 And so here is Jesus,

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.019
 you see,

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.960
 he is with the faculty

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.139
 of the departments

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:54.339
 of theology,

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:56.159
 the doctors of the church,

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.439
 doctor so-and-so

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:58.439
 and doctor this.

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.799
 He is sitting there

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.879
 with the chairs

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:02.799
 of theology

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:04.700
 from Heidelberg

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.759
 and to begin

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.660
 and Harvard,

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.160
 etc.

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.299
 And this is where

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.799
 Jesus' parents find Him.

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.900
 He is at the temple,

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.420
 you see,

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.900
 with the theologians.

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:15.340
 And notice what He is doing there

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:16.799
 in verse 46.

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.220
 After three days

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.779
 they found Him

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.299
 in the temple,

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.840
 He is sitting

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:23.180
 among the teachers.

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.059
 And I confess

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.720
 that this initially

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.799
 might seem insignificant.

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.480
 But it's important

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.180
 to realize

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:32.039
 that at this time

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.539
 in the history

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.980
 of the world

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.539
 and particularly

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.600
 in this region,

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:36.319
 of the globe,

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:38.160
 the great teachers

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.620
 sit down

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.600
 to teach.

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.500
 Even before Christ,

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.460
 among your philosophers

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.660
 in the Greek world,

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.380
 whoever your favorite

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.480
 philosopher is to read,

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.519
 Thales and Eximines

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.299
 and Eximander,

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:54.140
 Heraclitus,

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.940
 Pythagoras,

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.100
 Socrates,

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.740
 Plato,

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.539
 Aristotle,

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:59.259
 all of these guys

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.319
 before Christ

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.539
 sit down

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:03.000
 to teach.

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:06.380
 And so does Jesus.

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.380
 You might remember

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.759
 Sermon on the Mount.

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.680
 What does Matthew record?

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:13.120
 Matthew chapter 5,

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.779
 verse 1.

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.720
 He went up

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.900
 on the mountainside,

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.519
 called His disciples

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.380
 to Himself,

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:22.140
 and He sat down

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.840
 and began

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:25.220
 to teach

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.600
 them.

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:29.639
 in His earthly ministry,

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:31.819
 Jesus sits

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:33.579
 to teach.

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.839
 Now incidentally,

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:37.019
 just in case you're curious,

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.659
 this all changed

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.399
 in the 4th century.

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:40.399
 John Chrysostom,

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:42.000
 he was the pastor

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:44.159
 of the largest church

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:45.059
 in Christendom,

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.980
 St. Sophia's Cathedral,

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.759
 in what was formerly known

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.740
 as Constantinople,

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.359
 but is now

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.059
 Istanbul,

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:51.759
 Turkey,

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.980
 a former Christian sanctuary,

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:56.019
 now converted

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.079
 to a Muslim mosque,

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.460
 preview of the upcoming

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.319
 attraction

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:02.099
 in all of our sanctuaries.

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:03.339
 It's what exists

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.160
 in Aberdeen,

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.000
 Scotland today.

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.180
 We won't go into that.

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:08.860
 And because

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.839
 of the bad acoustics

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.079
 in this magnificent

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.779
 cathedral

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:13.299
 in which John Chrysostom,

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:14.000
 the golden mouth,

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.599
 preached

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:16.039
 to the crowds

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.880
 overflowing,

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:19.160
 because the poor acoustics

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.819
 in the cathedral,

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.839
 Chrysostom,

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.420
 at that point,

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.519
 began to stand up

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.359
 to teach,

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.299
 and thereafter

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.819
 it became tradition

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:27.059
 in Western civilization.

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.220
 Within Christendom,

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.619
 pastors began

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.339
 to stand

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:31.420
 to teach.

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.920
 And I don't think

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.660
 that it all implies

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.720
 we need to start a crusade

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.339
 to go back

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:36.359
 to sitting and teaching,

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.099
 but that's just

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:39.180
 the historical matter.

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.740
 But here's Jesus,

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.019
 you see,

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.700
 in the Gospels,

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.519
 and he sits down

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.160
 to teach.

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.819
 And again,

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:46.039
 notice where he is sitting.

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:47.059
 In verse 46,

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.779
 the text says

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.240
 he's sitting

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.819
 among the teachers.

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.940
 Another translation

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.940
 says he's sitting

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.720
 in the midst.

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.600
 He's in the midst,

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.080
 you see,

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:56.140
 because he is

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:58.840
 in the middle

00:27:58.840 --> 00:28:00.400
 of the teachers.

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.180
 Jesus here

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.880
 is the center

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.640
 of attention.

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.980
 Now, you can read

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.140
 some fine commentators

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.580
 and they say,

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:06.900
 well, look,

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.400
 you shouldn't make

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.120
 too much of this,

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.779
 but I think that is

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.720
 the exact reason

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.799
 that Luke records it.

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.960
 And so notice now

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.720
 the situation

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.539
 I'm trying to draw

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.980
 for you.

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:17.160
 We have the great

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.220
 theologians

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:20.420
 of the Jerusalem Temple

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:22.120
 and they are

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.920
 in session.

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.200
 Kind of like

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.000
 the American Academy

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.680
 of Religion,

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.799
 maybe as we have

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.259
 in Britain,

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.880
 the Queen Society

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.420
 for the Study

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.960
 of Theology,

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.319
 etc.

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:33.019
 And that's the situation.

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.680
 These great theologians

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.779
 are in session

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:38.559
 and a little boy

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:40.100
 walks over

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:41.880
 to the back edge

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:43.079
 of the class

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.120
 and sits there

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.900
 quietly.

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.980
 And as the lecture

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.960
 continues,

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.299
 he leans over

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.360
 to the nearest professor

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:52.140
 and he comments

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:53.360
 on the lecture.

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.279
 And these two

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.140
 begin to talk

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:57.620
 and then another

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.759
 professor nearby

00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:00.960
 overhears their conversation,

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.120
 perhaps unintentionally

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.920
 at first,

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.360
 but he begins to listen

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.400
 to what they are discussing

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.960
 and he's drawn in

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.480
 to what they are talking about

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.700
 and he nudges

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.740
 the nearest professor

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.700
 to him

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.680
 and he points

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.420
 to the boy.

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:16.140
 And so it continues

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.600
 and everyone

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.900
 is looking

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:20.100
 and staring

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:21.360
 at the boy

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:22.720
 and they are fixated

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.740
 on the boy

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:25.440
 and then one by one

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:27.000
 everyone stops

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.160
 and is silent

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.540
 and they're looking

00:29:29.540 --> 00:29:31.240
 at the boy.

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:34.740
 And so I'm reminded

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.380
 of the old

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:37.220
 and I'm dating myself

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.799
 of the old

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.779
 EF Hutton commercial.

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.759
 Perhaps some of you

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.319
 remember it.

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.759
 Maybe some of you

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.259
 young adults

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.059
 don't even know it.

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.019
 You can Google it.

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.819
 It's a brilliant

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.920
 marketing strategy.

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.279
 So here we are

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.180
 in this restaurant

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.299
 and it is noisy

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.539
 and we're trying

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.019
 to listen

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.640
 as the camera

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.240
 zooms in

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.940
 onto a particular

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.839
 table in the corner.

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.559
 We're trying to listen

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.380
 to the conversation

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.359
 between these two

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.400
 dialogue partners,

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.700
 right?

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.799
 But we can't hear them

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.840
 because the restaurant

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.779
 is so noisy.

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.880
 There's this clamor

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.460
 of noise

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.440
 in the background

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.279
 with multiple

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.700
 and various conversations

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.340
 going in

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:07.420
 and perhaps the camera

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.000
 zooms in

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.819
 to the wait staff

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.480
 that's just dropped

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.980
 a glass

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.460
 and so you hear

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.940
 the shattering

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.539
 of glass

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:13.000
 and then you notice

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.460
 that someone

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.819
 is cutting meat

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.720
 on their plate

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.180
 and there's that

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:17.319
 scraping sound

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.400
 and so there's

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.440
 all this noise

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.120
 in the background

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:21.140
 but we're trying

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.920
 and straining

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.440
 to listen

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.279
 to what these two

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.880
 are discussing

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.900
 and then one

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.840
 of them drops

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:26.560
 the name

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:28.280
 E.F. Hutton

00:30:28.280 --> 00:30:29.800
 and the restaurant

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:31.740
 is silenced.

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.120
 Right?

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:36.040
 Because everyone

00:30:36.040 --> 00:30:37.000
 is straining

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.280
 to hear what

00:30:38.280 --> 00:30:39.060
 E.F. Hutton

00:30:39.060 --> 00:30:40.380
 the financial broker

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:42.280
 has to say

00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:43.560
 about where

00:30:43.560 --> 00:30:44.460
 you should invest

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.820
 your money

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:49.300
 and you can hear

00:30:49.300 --> 00:30:50.000
 a pin drop

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:51.820
 in the restaurant.

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:55.260
 And I don't think

00:30:55.260 --> 00:30:56.140
 that that is dissimilar

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.980
 to the situation

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.840
 that we have here

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:59.580
 in the temple.

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.100
 Everyone

00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:02.560
 is straining

00:31:02.560 --> 00:31:03.880
 to hear

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.840
 the boy

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:06.460
 one by one.

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.000
 They stop talking

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:09.180
 and they look over

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.440
 at this lad

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:12.000
 and all eyes

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:13.040
 are glued on him

00:31:13.040 --> 00:31:14.240
 and they are fixated

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:15.060
 and they're straining

00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:16.700
 to hear what he has to say

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.580
 and so notice now

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:18.120
 the scene.

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:19.620
 Here is this boy

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.080
 in the middle

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:21.160
 of the theologians

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.160
 and he is sitting

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.340
 which means

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.039
 that the boy

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.039
 now is the

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.879
 great professor

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.619
 and the professors

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.639
 around him

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:29.019
 are the students.

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.319
 And this is verified

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.339
 in what follows.

00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:36.519
 It's very important.

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:39.419
 Notice in verse 46

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:40.619
 again we read

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.720
 after three days

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.099
 they found him

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.480
 in the temple

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.959
 sitting among

00:31:42.959 --> 00:31:43.439
 the teachers

00:31:43.439 --> 00:31:44.619
 listening to them

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:48.059
 and asking

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.959
 them

00:31:48.959 --> 00:31:51.299
 the questions.

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:55.039
 Jesus is asking

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.699
 the questions

00:31:55.699 --> 00:31:57.119
 and giving

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.659
 the answers

00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:59.919
 but it's important

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.259
 to notice

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.039
 that he is asking

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.759
 the questions

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:03.000
 which does not

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.959
 at all imply

00:32:03.959 --> 00:32:04.459
 that we have

00:32:04.459 --> 00:32:04.979
 the case

00:32:04.979 --> 00:32:05.779
 of this naive

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:07.000
 incompetent

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.539
 ignorant

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.259
 little boy

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.239
 he doesn't know

00:32:09.239 --> 00:32:09.879
 so he's asking

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.439
 the questions

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:11.839
 because he's so curious

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.839
 but rather

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:14.459
 it is exactly

00:32:14.459 --> 00:32:15.259
 what we see

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.959
 throughout

00:32:15.959 --> 00:32:16.939
 Christ's

00:32:16.939 --> 00:32:18.099
 earthly ministry

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.659
 right?

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:20.539
 Over and over

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.679
 and over again

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.599
 we see

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.859
 Christ controlling

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.819
 the conversation

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:26.539
 by asking

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:28.179
 the questions

00:32:28.179 --> 00:32:30.779
 time and time

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.179
 again

00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:32.500
 you remember

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.259
 he is attacked

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.500
 he is accused

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.619
 he is questioned

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.819
 he's questioned

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:38.659
 and he turns

00:32:38.659 --> 00:32:39.279
 the tables

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:41.519
 and he responds

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.539
 and he puts

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:44.019
 the counter question

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.899
 Jesus refuses

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.479
 to allow

00:32:46.479 --> 00:32:46.859
 these

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:48.659
 unbelieving

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.339
 presumptions

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.959
 control the

00:32:49.959 --> 00:32:50.699
 conversation

00:32:50.699 --> 00:32:51.479
 he will not

00:32:51.479 --> 00:32:52.019
 allow it

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.579
 so he turns

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.139
 the table

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:54.099
 and controls

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.879
 the conversation

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.539
 by asking

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.339
 the questions

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:58.819
 good teacher

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.419
 what must I do

00:32:59.419 --> 00:32:59.739
 to inherit

00:32:59.739 --> 00:33:00.419
 eternal life?

00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:01.739
 what does

00:33:01.739 --> 00:33:02.000
 the law

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.619
 say to you?

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:04.819
 in trying

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.619
 to entrap him

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:06.399
 teacher

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.279
 do we have

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.599
 to pay

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.059
 taxes

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.819
 to Caesar

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:10.759
 whose inscription

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.099
 is upon

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.599
 the coin?

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.379
 by what

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.899
 authority

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.799
 do you do

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.720
 these things?

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.939
 well I'll tell

00:33:16.939 --> 00:33:17.279
 you

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:18.819
 John's baptism

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.419
 from whence

00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:20.099
 did it come?

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.619
 from heaven

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.599
 or from men?

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:25.059
 on and on

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.659
 and on

00:33:25.659 --> 00:33:26.379
 attacking him

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:26.720
 again

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.659
 well then why

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.539
 did David

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.019
 say

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.679
 the Lord

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.200
 said to my

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.439
 Lord

00:33:31.439 --> 00:33:31.859
 sit at my

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.359
 right hand

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.740
 till I make

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.119
 your enemies

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.700
 a footstool

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.539
 for your feet

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:36.579
 if David

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:36.940
 is calling

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.240
 him his

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.420
 Lord

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.700
 then in

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.139
 what sense

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:38.440
 is his

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.899
 son?

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:40.899
 over

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.839
 and over

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.700
 and over

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.339
 again

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:44.359
 Jesus will

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.000
 not allow

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.639
 the dialogue

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.440
 to be framed

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.859
 by these

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.460
 unbelieving

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.399
 presuppositions

00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:48.839
 but rather

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.480
 he takes

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.920
 control

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.159
 of the

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:50.879
 conversation

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.539
 and he

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.079
 turns the

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.460
 tables

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.039
 and he

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.619
 puts the

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.539
 counter question

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.799
 and he

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.279
 teaches

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.200
 and he

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.899
 forces people

00:33:58.899 --> 00:33:59.420
 to come up

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.680
 to the

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.220
 conclusions

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.940
 that he

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.559
 wants them

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.180
 to reach

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.180
 by asking

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.000
 the questions

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.799
 and so

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.119
 it is

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.400
 here

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:05.759
 again

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.259
 Jesus

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.819
 you see

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.660
 is sitting

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.280
 and he's

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.820
 asking the

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.280
 questions

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.699
 they don't

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.059
 have the

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.420
 answers

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.760
 and so

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:10.960
 he's

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.280
 answering

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.460
 them

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.059
 for them

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.960
 and notice

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.340
 then the

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.880
 reaction

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.139
 of the

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.599
 professors

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.139
 in verse

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.820
 47

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.619
 everyone

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.579
 who heard

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.940
 him

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.619
 was

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:21.039
 amazed

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:24.159
 dumbfounded

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:26.039
 shocked

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.800
 stunned

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:29.539
 speechless

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:32.380
 not

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.779
 because

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:32.960
 he's

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.259
 a mere

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.800
 lad

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.759
 but notice

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.579
 they are

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.199
 amazed

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.880
 at his

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:38.340
 understanding

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:39.279
 and that

00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:39.559
 is the

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.000
 issue

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.559
 this

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:42.279
 colossal

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:43.039
 understanding

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.400
 that he

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.000
 possesses

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.340
 which would

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.539
 be

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.059
 extraordinary

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.440
 for

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.159
 anyone

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:47.099
 this

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:49.480
 unfathomable

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.460
 knowledge

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.960
 that the

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.300
 boy

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:52.219
 possesses

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.440
 this

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.420
 vast

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.800
 comprehension

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.340
 you see

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:55.619
 his

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.440
 profound

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.320
 grasp

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.680
 of reality

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.500
 and that

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.840
 is the

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.280
 issue

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.620
 you see

00:35:00.620 --> 00:35:00.900
 they are

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.720
 amazed

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.539
 because he

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.039
 is leading

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.539
 them along

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.860
 in this

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.519
 discussion

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.800
 asking

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.620
 them

00:35:06.620 --> 00:35:07.660
 the kinds

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:08.580
 of questions

00:35:08.580 --> 00:35:09.840
 that makes

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.720
 a person's

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.300
 heart

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.019
 skip

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.700
 a beat

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:14.700
 especially

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:16.059
 for these

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.460
 men

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:18.519
 imagine

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.760
 here's

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:20.420
 this boy

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.200
 in the

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:21.580
 temple

00:35:21.580 --> 00:35:22.360
 and he

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.100
 might ask

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:24.720
 what is

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.160
 the temple

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:25.820
 for

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:28.039
 what does

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.460
 the temple

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.680
 symbolize

00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:31.000
 oh

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:32.580
 God's

00:35:32.580 --> 00:35:32.940
 dwelling

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.400
 place

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.740
 here on

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.100
 earth

00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:34.920
 well then

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.460
 what would

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.620
 be

00:35:35.620 --> 00:35:36.360
 existentially

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:36.940
 greater

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.680
 for God

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:38.140
 to dwell

00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:38.780
 among men

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.760
 symbolically

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.180
 in a

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:40.360
 break

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.820
 building

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.460
 or for

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.780
 God

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.220
 to dwell

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.640
 among

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:43.100
 men

00:35:43.100 --> 00:35:43.880
 in the

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.420
 flesh

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:47.840
 and then

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.220
 why the

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.640
 continual

00:35:48.640 --> 00:35:49.280
 sacrifice

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.760
 look at

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:49.880
 the

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.360
 worshipers

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.600
 bringing

00:35:50.600 --> 00:35:50.820
 in

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.220
 lambs

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:51.700
 and goats

00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:51.960
 it's

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.580
 unending

00:35:52.580 --> 00:35:53.240
 it is

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.780
 repetitive

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.500
 it is

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.280
 continual

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.180
 why does

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:56.580
 this go

00:35:56.580 --> 00:35:57.100
 on

00:35:57.100 --> 00:35:57.760
 and on

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.420
 would it

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.100
 not be

00:35:59.100 --> 00:35:59.620
 better

00:35:59.620 --> 00:36:00.460
 if there

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.220
 were one

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.860
 lamb

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.580
 of God

00:36:02.580 --> 00:36:03.060
 that would

00:36:03.060 --> 00:36:03.620
 take away

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:04.460
 sacrifice

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:05.000
 forever

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:06.240
 that would

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:07.080
 abrogate

00:36:07.080 --> 00:36:08.080
 sacrifice

00:36:08.080 --> 00:36:09.100
 and end it

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:09.960
 once and for

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.660
 all so that

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:11.080
 it could be

00:36:11.080 --> 00:36:11.540
 publicly

00:36:11.540 --> 00:36:12.220
 declared

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:12.920
 it is

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.460
 finished

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.300
 it is

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.720
 over

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.220
 the

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:15.860
 sacrificial

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.480
 system

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:16.920
 has

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.380
 ended

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:21.040
 or what

00:36:21.040 --> 00:36:21.280
 did the

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.519
 prophets

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.220
 say about

00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:22.980
 the

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.440
 Messiah

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:25.500
 when

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.519
 will he

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:26.900
 come

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:28.220
 is not

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.800
 the time

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.340
 drawing

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.920
 nigh

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.900
 and then

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.559
 how

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.220
 will he

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:32.639
 come

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.220
 in what

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.659
 manner

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.159
 do you

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.460
 really

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.820
 think

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.099
 that he'll

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.340
 come

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.659
 riding

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.059
 on a

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.320
 war

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.700
 horse

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:36.900
 to

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.260
 overthrow

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.500
 the

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.740
 Roman

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:38.340
 army

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:38.800
 or

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.179
 rather

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.539
 will he

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:39.980
 arrive

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.300
 as a

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.619
 man

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:40.820
 of

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.619
 sorrows

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.059
 and

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.559
 acquainted

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:42.820
 with

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.380
 grief

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.980
 and like

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.300
 one

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.500
 from

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.800
 whom

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.119
 men

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.500
 hide

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.760
 their

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.260
 face

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:46.420
 that

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.519
 he

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.639
 would

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:46.780
 be

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.760
 despised

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.539
 and esteem

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.019
 not

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:53.059
 and they

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:54.460
 are

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:56.460
 amazed

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:58.360
 at his

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:59.119
 understanding

00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:03.139
 and so

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.360
 you could

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.599
 probably

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:03.820
 already

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.139
 connect

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.759
 the dots

00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:06.139
 and see

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:06.699
 why Luke

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.440
 includes

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.759
 this in

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.360
 his gospel

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:10.360
 remember

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.199
 the context

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:13.380
 to whom

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.820
 does Luke

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.320
 write

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:16.460
 flip over

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.579
 a page

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.300
 two pages

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:19.019
 notice chapter

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.460
 one

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:21.519
 verse

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:22.000
 three

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:23.480
 it seemed

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:23.900
 good to me

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.260
 also

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.700
 having

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:25.240
 followed

00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:25.600
 all these

00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:25.880
 things

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.340
 closely

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.880
 for some

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.160
 time

00:37:27.160 --> 00:37:27.600
 past

00:37:27.600 --> 00:37:27.960
 to write

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.500
 an orderly

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.860
 account

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.300
 for you

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:30.100
 most

00:37:30.100 --> 00:37:31.019
 excellent

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:32.700
 who

00:37:32.700 --> 00:37:35.460
 Theophilus

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:38.320
 we don't

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.760
 have time

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.080
 to dig

00:37:39.080 --> 00:37:39.420
 into the

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.720
 title

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:39.880
 but

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.620
 Theophilus

00:37:40.620 --> 00:37:42.000
 is a

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.480
 high ranking

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.039
 official

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:44.100
 in the

00:37:44.100 --> 00:37:44.340
 Roman

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.880
 Empire

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.800
 arguably

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.220
 a Roman

00:37:46.220 --> 00:37:46.580
 governor

00:37:46.580 --> 00:37:47.000
 not in

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.400
 Palestine

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.840
 that's

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.240
 why Luke

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.720
 goes to

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:49.240
 Palestine

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.820
 to do

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.400
 the research

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:50.700
 on the

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:51.120
 behalf

00:37:51.120 --> 00:37:51.900
 of Theophilus

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.800
 about which

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.200
 after he

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.700
 accumulates

00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:53.940
 it he

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.460
 writes the

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.780
 man two

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.019
 different

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.440
 volumes

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:56.180
 this gospel

00:37:56.180 --> 00:37:56.420
 and the

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.700
 book of

00:37:56.700 --> 00:37:56.940
 Acts

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.240
 both

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.700
 dedicated

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.280
 to this

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.960
 one man

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.380
 that nobody

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.740
 knows

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.120
 about

00:38:00.120 --> 00:38:01.480
 to which

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.160
 these

00:38:02.160 --> 00:38:02.620
 works

00:38:02.620 --> 00:38:03.079
 given to

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.320
 him

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:04.380
 consist of

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.760
 over more

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.100
 than a

00:38:05.100 --> 00:38:05.440
 third

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:06.019
 of the

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.180
 New

00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:06.760
 Testament

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:09.720
 and so

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:10.039
 Luke is

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.660
 well connected

00:38:10.660 --> 00:38:10.980
 and he's

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.539
 writing and

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:12.340
 researching the

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.940
 account of this

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.700
 historical man

00:38:13.700 --> 00:38:14.180
 on behalf

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.980
 of Theophilus

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.359
 you see

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:16.519
 Theophilus

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:18.000
 is a man

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:19.139
 that is on the

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:20.519
 edge of

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.279
 faith

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:22.359
 or he might

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:23.139
 be in the

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.739
 faith but he's

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.339
 had his world

00:38:24.339 --> 00:38:25.079
 rocked because

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.759
 he's all of a

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:26.099
 sudden been

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.699
 introduced to

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.059
 all these

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.739
 accusations

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:29.039
 about Jesus

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.139
 that Jesus

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.960
 was against

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.539
 you see the

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.159
 Old Testament

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:32.679
 religion

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.460
 he was on

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:34.139
 trial for

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.759
 teaching against

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.279
 the law of

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:36.139
 Moses and

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.559
 the Jewish

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.219
 religion but

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:38.299
 now Theophilus

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:39.219
 has the other

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.779
 side of the

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.500
 story now

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.899
 he can see

00:38:40.899 --> 00:38:41.339
 through all the

00:38:41.339 --> 00:38:42.319
 rhetoric and

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:42.960
 the propaganda

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.900
 and the

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.920
 political spin

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:46.200
 Jesus was

00:38:46.200 --> 00:38:46.980
 not against

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.380
 the Old

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.840
 Testament

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.519
 notice here

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.400
 he is in

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.900
 the temple

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.780
 rather Jesus

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:51.400
 is the

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:52.980
 fulfillment of

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.340
 the Old

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:54.360
 Testament and

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:54.800
 the temple

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:56.100
 system destroy

00:38:56.100 --> 00:38:56.700
 this temple

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:57.320
 I'll raise it

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:57.860
 up again in

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:58.559
 three days

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.600
 you see and

00:38:59.600 --> 00:39:00.300
 therefore Jesus

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:01.240
 studies the

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.880
 Old Testament

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.780
 scriptures and

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.900
 he masters them

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:05.019
 at the earliest

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:06.420
 conceivable age

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.180
 because the Old

00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:08.160
 Testament points

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:09.940
 to him it is

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:11.420
 about him it is

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.039
 fulfilled in

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:17.380
 him and

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.219
 perhaps then

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:20.679
 we can see

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:22.759
 why they

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:24.420
 hated him

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:26.719
 so much

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:28.019
 in his

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.400
 earthly

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.139
 ministry

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:30.619
 because when

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:30.920
 he is a

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.360
 twelve year

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:32.840
 old boy he

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.679
 amazes them

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.599
 and staggers

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.239
 them and

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:35.980
 forces them to

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.279
 deal with

00:39:36.279 --> 00:39:37.119
 conclusions they

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:38.059
 cannot cope

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.900
 with and he

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.860
 questions them

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.279
 and he

00:39:40.279 --> 00:39:41.079
 questions them

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.619
 but again they

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:42.319
 cannot cope

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:43.019
 with it but

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.739
 at that point

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:44.819
 you see he's

00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.360
 a twelve year

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:46.380
 old child they

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:47.079
 can pat him on

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.940
 the head and

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.799
 push him away

00:39:48.799 --> 00:39:49.759
 with his mommy

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:50.679
 but eighteen

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:52.059
 years later the

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.159
 same Nazarene

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.920
 shows up to

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.819
 the same temple

00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.819
 asking the same

00:39:55.819 --> 00:39:56.819
 questions to the

00:39:56.819 --> 00:39:58.340
 same teachers and

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:59.259
 again they cannot

00:39:59.259 --> 00:40:00.460
 cope with the

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.400
 conclusions that he

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:02.480
 is forcing them to

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:04.000
 arrive at but this

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.920
 time you see things

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:06.099
 are different this

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:07.039
 time he's no

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:08.679
 child and so this

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:10.539
 time they crucify

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.159
 him

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:17.519
 but this is where

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.519
 Mary and

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.639
 Joseph find him

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:21.039
 in the temple

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:22.960
 which then leads

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:25.559
 us to the

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:27.980
 most important

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:30.039
 discovery about

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:31.899
 the true identity

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:35.639
 of the historical

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:38.559
 Jesus of Nazareth

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:41.720
 and it's embedded

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.260
 here in this

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:44.740
 dialogue between

00:40:44.740 --> 00:40:46.780
 the boy and his

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:48.960
 mother notice

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:51.380
 verse 48 they

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:52.220
 were astonished

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:53.079
 when they found

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:54.220
 him there and

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:54.740
 what does Mary

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:58.099
 ask son why have

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.940
 you treated us

00:40:58.940 --> 00:41:01.960
 so another

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.980
 translation reads

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:04.259
 son why have

00:41:04.259 --> 00:41:05.039
 you treated us

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:07.699
 like this and

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.259
 what does the text

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:09.579
 go on to say you

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:11.179
 see we have we

00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:12.799
 have we have been

00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:13.420
 searching for you

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:14.619
 in great distress

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.599
 the NIV reads we've

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.159
 been searching for

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:17.299
 you in great anxiety

00:41:17.299 --> 00:41:18.519
 the Greek text reads

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.019
 we have been

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:20.360
 searching for you in

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.799
 pain you have

00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:22.639
 caused us all this

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:24.360
 pain this heartache

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:25.360
 we were traumatized

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:26.059
 we did not know what

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:27.259
 happened to you we

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:27.839
 had thought perhaps

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:29.120
 you were abducted or

00:41:29.120 --> 00:41:29.880
 you were dead in a

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.680
 ditch or in the

00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:31.500
 street we did not

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:32.079
 know and you've

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.780
 caused us all this

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:34.180
 pain and and why

00:41:34.180 --> 00:41:35.720
 have you treated us

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:36.640
 like this

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:39.700
 in her statement

00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:40.680
 you see is pregnant

00:41:40.680 --> 00:41:42.480
 with accusation

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.200
 that he has

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:45.059
 mistreated them

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:46.600
 you see that he has

00:41:46.600 --> 00:41:48.160
 been disrespectful

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:50.240
 disobedient

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:51.600
 insubordinate

00:41:51.600 --> 00:41:53.300
 inconsiderate

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:58.340
 and so here you have

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:59.019
 the young mother

00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:01.120
 of a young child

00:42:01.120 --> 00:42:03.300
 that is emotionally

00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:03.920
 exhausted

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:07.500
 physically spent

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:09.820
 has not slept

00:42:09.820 --> 00:42:12.620
 in three nights

00:42:12.620 --> 00:42:14.500
 traumatized

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:16.140
 worried to death

00:42:16.140 --> 00:42:17.240
 over her child

00:42:17.240 --> 00:42:18.600
 in a panic

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:21.559
 and now she finds

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:21.839
 them

00:42:21.839 --> 00:42:24.480
 first sensation

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.519
 is instant relief

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:27.480
 and it's transformed

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:29.059
 into anger

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:31.880
 and she unloads

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:33.839
 not that I've ever

00:42:33.839 --> 00:42:34.400
 witnessed this

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:35.059
 I've never seen a

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.699
 young mother go

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:36.599
 ballistic on a child

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:37.960
 but

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:39.699
 I'm assuming

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:41.940
 that is the case

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.819
 here

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:45.580
 and so again

00:42:45.580 --> 00:42:46.580
 Jesus would not

00:42:46.580 --> 00:42:47.559
 allow

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.820
 the conversation

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.580
 to be controlled

00:42:49.580 --> 00:42:50.340
 by unbelieving

00:42:50.340 --> 00:42:51.300
 presuppositions

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:51.880
 and so he

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:53.600
 he gains control

00:42:53.600 --> 00:42:54.559
 of the conversation

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:57.039
 by the counter

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.519
 question

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:59.940
 why

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:01.760
 were you

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:02.519
 searching for me

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:04.539
 and then another

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:05.039
 question

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:06.700
 but first let's

00:43:06.700 --> 00:43:07.200
 pause

00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:08.559
 and let me forewarn

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:09.840
 the students here

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:11.480
 what we have

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.200
 in the text

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:13.539
 you should not

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.279
 try at home

00:43:14.279 --> 00:43:15.659
 it is very dangerous

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:16.579
 it could bring

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.719
 great bodily harm

00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:18.579
 upon yourself

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:19.579
 because here

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:21.259
 Jesus

00:43:21.259 --> 00:43:23.379
 rebukes

00:43:23.379 --> 00:43:24.739
 his mother

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:26.879
 he corrects

00:43:26.879 --> 00:43:28.759
 very respectfully

00:43:28.759 --> 00:43:29.460
 and of course

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:30.179
 sinlessly

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:31.679
 praise be to God

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:32.419
 he kept the fifth

00:43:32.419 --> 00:43:32.919
 commandment

00:43:32.919 --> 00:43:33.679
 to honor your father

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:34.259
 and your mother

00:43:34.259 --> 00:43:35.439
 for me

00:43:35.439 --> 00:43:37.259
 since I did

00:43:37.259 --> 00:43:38.719
 but he kept

00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:39.199
 the commandment

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.480
 for me

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:40.480
 to earn righteousness

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:41.460
 for me

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:42.000
 for you

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:42.639
 for us

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:45.019
 and he pushes

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.539
 back

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:47.159
 very respectfully

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:49.460
 and here

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:50.800
 he speaks

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.260
 to her

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:53.360
 not as her

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:53.760
 son

00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:56.579
 but as her

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:56.940
 savior

00:43:56.940 --> 00:44:02.059
 and he asked

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:03.900
 didn't you know

00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:05.980
 that I had to be

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:08.840
 in my father's

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:10.079
 house

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:12.819
 now notice

00:44:12.819 --> 00:44:13.599
 the exchange

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:15.340
 Mary

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:16.000
 says

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.739
 didn't you know

00:44:16.739 --> 00:44:18.119
 that your father

00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:18.579
 and I have been

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:19.360
 anxiously searching

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:19.659
 for you

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:20.259
 searching for you

00:44:20.259 --> 00:44:20.659
 in pain

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:21.159
 searching for you

00:44:21.159 --> 00:44:21.539
 in distress

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.000
 whatever your

00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:22.759
 favorite translation

00:44:22.759 --> 00:44:23.699
 didn't you know

00:44:23.699 --> 00:44:24.420
 that your father

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:24.960
 and I have been

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.739
 doing this

00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:27.480
 and to whom

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:28.239
 is Mary referring

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:30.659
 who's been with her

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:31.759
 searching the city

00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:32.380
 streets in the

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:33.420
 darkness of Jerusalem

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:35.420
 Joseph

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:37.800
 Jesus responds

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:38.320
 with a counter

00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:38.860
 question

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:39.700
 didn't you know

00:44:39.700 --> 00:44:40.599
 that I had to be

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:43.119
 in my father's

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.880
 house

00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:46.639
 and where are they

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:49.200
 in the house

00:44:49.200 --> 00:44:50.680
 of the

00:44:50.680 --> 00:44:51.480
 Lord

00:44:51.480 --> 00:44:52.780
 the house

00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:53.340
 of

00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:54.139
 Yahweh

00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:55.039
 who brought

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.760
 everything

00:44:55.760 --> 00:44:56.840
 into being

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:58.159
 out of nothing

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:59.579
 by the power

00:44:59.579 --> 00:45:00.460
 of his word

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:00.820
 the one

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:01.260
 who sits

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:02.019
 enthroned

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:02.760
 above the

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:03.039
 heavens

00:45:03.039 --> 00:45:03.300
 and the

00:45:03.300 --> 00:45:03.619
 earth

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:04.240
 and so

00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:04.500
 that

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:05.539
 the earth

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:05.880
 is his

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.760
 footstool

00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:07.659
 the stars

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:08.500
 are mere dust

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:09.400
 at his feet

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:10.440
 this is the one

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:11.420
 about whom

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:12.720
 we are speaking

00:45:12.720 --> 00:45:13.340
 this is the one

00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:13.860
 to whom

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:15.039
 Jesus is referring

00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:15.980
 he is in

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:17.280
 Yahweh's house

00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:17.840
 didn't you know

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.500
 that I had to be

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:20.119
 in my father's

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:20.599
 house

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.380
 i.e.

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:22.780
 I am

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:23.360
 the

00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:24.019
 son

00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:24.579
 of

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:25.400
 God

00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:30.260
 and so

00:45:30.260 --> 00:45:30.599
 beloved

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:31.099
 what I want

00:45:31.099 --> 00:45:31.720
 you to see

00:45:31.720 --> 00:45:33.660
 is here

00:45:33.660 --> 00:45:34.660
 we have

00:45:34.660 --> 00:45:35.760
 an

00:45:35.760 --> 00:45:37.400
 unmistakable

00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:39.139
 undeniable

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:40.940
 unequivocal

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:42.360
 claim

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:43.800
 to deity

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:45.260
 upon the

00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:45.780
 part

00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:46.740
 of a

00:45:46.740 --> 00:45:47.240
 twelve

00:45:47.240 --> 00:45:47.960
 year

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:48.760
 old

00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:49.539
 boy

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:52.539
 you see

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:53.320
 even at the

00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:54.300
 earliest age

00:45:54.300 --> 00:45:54.880
 of twelve

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:55.620
 years old

00:45:55.620 --> 00:45:56.380
 Jesus is

00:45:56.380 --> 00:45:56.880
 conscious

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.360
 of who

00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:57.880
 he is

00:45:57.880 --> 00:45:58.539
 he is

00:45:58.539 --> 00:45:59.060
 he is

00:45:59.060 --> 00:45:59.920
 self-aware

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.560
 of his

00:46:00.560 --> 00:46:00.720
 own

00:46:00.720 --> 00:46:01.280
 identity

00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:02.480
 and so

00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:02.720
 it is

00:46:02.720 --> 00:46:03.180
 exactly

00:46:03.180 --> 00:46:04.460
 not like

00:46:04.460 --> 00:46:05.380
 the liberal

00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:06.060
 theologians

00:46:06.060 --> 00:46:06.500
 would have

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:06.760
 us to

00:46:06.760 --> 00:46:07.120
 believe

00:46:07.120 --> 00:46:07.480
 that

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:08.580
 well here

00:46:08.580 --> 00:46:09.039
 is this

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.960
 this lonely

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.660
 carpenter

00:46:10.660 --> 00:46:11.260
 up in

00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:11.840
 Nazareth

00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:12.140
 and he

00:46:12.140 --> 00:46:12.620
 bumped his

00:46:12.620 --> 00:46:12.940
 head

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:13.200
 in the

00:46:13.200 --> 00:46:13.660
 carpentry

00:46:13.660 --> 00:46:14.019
 shop

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:14.300
 and he

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:14.940
 experienced

00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:15.440
 some kind

00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:15.940
 of brain

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:16.400
 trauma

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:16.860
 and so

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:17.260
 whenever

00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:17.440
 he

00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:17.940
 revived

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.400
 from his

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:19.260
 unconsciousness

00:46:19.260 --> 00:46:19.500
 then

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:20.000
 he

00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:21.060
 had this

00:46:21.060 --> 00:46:21.920
 schizophrenic

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:22.660
 personality

00:46:22.660 --> 00:46:23.580
 and one

00:46:23.580 --> 00:46:23.800
 minute

00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:24.200
 maybe he

00:46:24.200 --> 00:46:24.539
 supposed

00:46:24.539 --> 00:46:24.720
 he

00:46:24.720 --> 00:46:24.820
 is

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:24.960
 a

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:25.400
 carpenter

00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:26.000
 and the

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:26.360
 next

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:26.620
 minute

00:46:26.620 --> 00:46:26.840
 he

00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:27.220
 envisioned

00:46:27.220 --> 00:46:27.700
 himself

00:46:27.700 --> 00:46:28.220
 as this

00:46:28.220 --> 00:46:29.060
 apocalyptic

00:46:29.060 --> 00:46:29.720
 leader

00:46:29.720 --> 00:46:30.680
 riding on

00:46:30.680 --> 00:46:31.140
 the clouds

00:46:31.140 --> 00:46:31.720
 of heaven

00:46:31.720 --> 00:46:33.700
 or maybe

00:46:33.700 --> 00:46:35.039
 as it is

00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:35.420
 supposed

00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:36.420
 which it

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:36.860
 is not

00:46:36.860 --> 00:46:37.460
 like

00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:38.800
 maybe

00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:39.320
 Jesus

00:46:39.320 --> 00:46:40.180
 was just

00:46:40.180 --> 00:46:40.880
 working out

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:42.519
 in his

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:42.740
 hot

00:46:42.740 --> 00:46:43.260
 carpentry

00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:43.680
 shop

00:46:43.680 --> 00:46:44.300
 or was

00:46:44.300 --> 00:46:44.660
 walking

00:46:44.660 --> 00:46:44.980
 through the

00:46:44.980 --> 00:46:45.340
 wilderness

00:46:45.340 --> 00:46:46.519
 and he

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:47.420
 had some

00:46:47.420 --> 00:46:47.700
 kind of

00:46:47.700 --> 00:46:48.380
 heat stroke

00:46:48.380 --> 00:46:48.700
 and so

00:46:48.700 --> 00:46:48.960
 he began

00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:49.840
 to hallucinate

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:50.460
 with these

00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:50.960
 visions

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:51.240
 and he

00:46:51.240 --> 00:46:51.700
 imagined

00:46:51.700 --> 00:46:52.160
 himself

00:46:52.160 --> 00:46:52.820
 in as

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.700
 this messianic

00:46:53.700 --> 00:46:54.180
 figure

00:46:54.180 --> 00:46:55.700
 and it

00:46:55.700 --> 00:46:56.300
 is exactly

00:46:56.300 --> 00:46:57.280
 not like

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:58.059
 we are told

00:46:58.059 --> 00:46:58.600
 to believe

00:46:58.600 --> 00:46:59.760
 that maybe

00:46:59.760 --> 00:47:00.240
 at the age

00:47:00.240 --> 00:47:00.780
 of 30

00:47:00.780 --> 00:47:01.120
 there was

00:47:01.120 --> 00:47:02.039
 this man

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:02.320
 and he

00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:02.720
 had this

00:47:02.720 --> 00:47:03.420
 mystic

00:47:03.420 --> 00:47:04.340
 experience

00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:05.200
 and so

00:47:05.200 --> 00:47:06.059
 he felt

00:47:06.059 --> 00:47:06.480
 more than

00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:07.000
 any other

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:07.519
 person

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:08.000
 in the

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:08.300
 history

00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:08.519
 of the

00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:08.860
 world

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:09.440
 that he

00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:09.880
 was more

00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:10.519
 in touch

00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:11.220
 with the

00:47:11.220 --> 00:47:11.880
 oneness

00:47:11.880 --> 00:47:13.559
 that is

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:14.160
 exactly

00:47:14.160 --> 00:47:14.620
 what we

00:47:14.620 --> 00:47:15.380
 don't have

00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:15.760
 you see

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:16.300
 here in

00:47:16.300 --> 00:47:16.920
 the text

00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:17.700
 here is

00:47:17.700 --> 00:47:18.340
 this 12

00:47:18.340 --> 00:47:18.720
 year old

00:47:18.720 --> 00:47:19.380
 boy

00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:20.380
 that claims

00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:20.940
 to be

00:47:20.940 --> 00:47:21.700
 divine

00:47:21.700 --> 00:47:22.559
 and so

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:22.940
 from the

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:23.440
 earliest

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:24.260
 time

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:24.579
 of the

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:24.980
 lad's

00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:25.619
 childhood

00:47:25.619 --> 00:47:26.840
 from his

00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:27.840
 earliest moments

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:28.820
 of cognition

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.680
 when he

00:47:29.680 --> 00:47:30.440
 could think

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:31.800
 about himself

00:47:31.800 --> 00:47:32.559
 and this

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:33.480
 world in which

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:34.260
 he inhabits

00:47:34.260 --> 00:47:34.900
 from his

00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:35.900
 earliest moments

00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:36.519
 of being

00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:37.559
 self aware

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:38.360
 that he was

00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:38.900
 breathing

00:47:38.900 --> 00:47:39.519
 and that he

00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:40.200
 had fingers

00:47:40.200 --> 00:47:40.880
 and when he

00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:41.640
 looked at

00:47:41.640 --> 00:47:42.140
 himself

00:47:42.140 --> 00:47:43.640
 this lad

00:47:43.640 --> 00:47:44.500
 was aware

00:47:44.500 --> 00:47:45.099
 of who

00:47:45.099 --> 00:47:46.119
 he is

00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:47.019
 that I

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.780
 and the

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:48.180
 father

00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:49.219
 are one

00:47:49.219 --> 00:47:50.239
 if you

00:47:50.239 --> 00:47:50.779
 have seen

00:47:50.779 --> 00:47:51.239
 me

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:52.059
 you've

00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:52.519
 seen

00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:53.119
 the

00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:53.599
 father

00:47:53.599 --> 00:47:56.419
 and so

00:47:56.419 --> 00:47:56.839
 here we

00:47:56.839 --> 00:47:57.299
 have this

00:47:57.299 --> 00:47:58.259
 unmistakable

00:47:58.259 --> 00:47:58.899
 claim

00:47:58.899 --> 00:47:59.719
 upon the

00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:00.119
 part

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.619
 of a

00:48:00.619 --> 00:48:01.440
 12 year

00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:02.419
 old boy

00:48:02.419 --> 00:48:03.319
 that I

00:48:03.319 --> 00:48:04.199
 am the

00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:04.759
 Christ

00:48:04.759 --> 00:48:05.480
 of the

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:06.039
 cosmos

00:48:06.039 --> 00:48:07.460
 the image

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:08.039
 of the

00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:08.480
 invisible

00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:09.039
 God

00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:09.919
 in whom

00:48:09.919 --> 00:48:10.460
 the fullness

00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:11.259
 of deity

00:48:11.259 --> 00:48:12.419
 dwells

00:48:12.420 --> 00:48:19.340
 which then

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:19.760
 leads us

00:48:19.760 --> 00:48:20.059
 to one

00:48:20.059 --> 00:48:20.460
 obvious

00:48:20.460 --> 00:48:21.119
 question

00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:23.480
 that we've

00:48:23.480 --> 00:48:23.900
 allowed to

00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:24.320
 remain

00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:29.220
 why the

00:48:29.220 --> 00:48:29.680
 search

00:48:29.680 --> 00:48:33.780
 why the

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:34.240
 manhunt

00:48:34.240 --> 00:48:37.320
 he's 12

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:37.940
 years old

00:48:37.940 --> 00:48:39.079
 he's almost

00:48:39.079 --> 00:48:39.700
 an adult

00:48:39.700 --> 00:48:40.820
 he knows

00:48:40.820 --> 00:48:41.200
 what he is

00:48:41.200 --> 00:48:41.579
 doing

00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:42.980
 he knew

00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:43.299
 everyone

00:48:43.299 --> 00:48:43.759
 was leaving

00:48:43.759 --> 00:48:45.480
 he saw

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:46.059
 them going

00:48:46.059 --> 00:48:46.940
 to the

00:48:46.940 --> 00:48:47.460
 caravan

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:50.400
 and he

00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:51.380
 stayed

00:48:51.380 --> 00:48:52.440
 behind

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:54.739
 intentionally

00:48:54.739 --> 00:48:57.819
 he tarried

00:48:57.819 --> 00:49:00.139
 on purpose

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:02.380
 for a reason

00:49:02.380 --> 00:49:05.900
 knowing good

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:06.279
 and well

00:49:06.279 --> 00:49:06.619
 that it was

00:49:06.619 --> 00:49:07.019
 said his

00:49:07.019 --> 00:49:07.440
 parents

00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:07.719
 in a

00:49:07.719 --> 00:49:08.199
 panic

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:09.460
 that they

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:09.699
 would be

00:49:09.699 --> 00:49:10.859
 traumatized

00:49:10.859 --> 00:49:12.219
 and search

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:13.119
 and all

00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:14.299
 the inconvenience

00:49:14.299 --> 00:49:15.419
 and annoyance

00:49:15.419 --> 00:49:16.179
 and trouble

00:49:16.179 --> 00:49:17.019
 and distress

00:49:17.019 --> 00:49:18.259
 and anxiety

00:49:18.259 --> 00:49:18.819
 that he would

00:49:18.819 --> 00:49:19.239
 cause

00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:20.000
 he intentionally

00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:21.039
 put them

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:21.819
 through that

00:49:21.819 --> 00:49:23.919
 for a reason

00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:29.380
 in this

00:49:29.380 --> 00:49:29.720
 respect

00:49:29.720 --> 00:49:30.099
 I think

00:49:30.099 --> 00:49:30.639
 Kierkegaard

00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:31.360
 has something

00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:32.880
 I think

00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:33.260
 he's on

00:49:33.260 --> 00:49:33.820
 to something

00:49:33.820 --> 00:49:36.559
 to quote

00:49:36.559 --> 00:49:36.780
 him

00:49:36.780 --> 00:49:38.019
 Jesus

00:49:38.019 --> 00:49:38.720
 did this

00:49:38.720 --> 00:49:39.320
 Kierkegaard's

00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:39.820
 writing about

00:49:39.820 --> 00:49:40.200
 Jesus

00:49:40.200 --> 00:49:40.860
 he's a crazy

00:49:40.860 --> 00:49:41.340
 philosopher

00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:43.139
 but with that

00:49:43.139 --> 00:49:43.619
 aside

00:49:43.619 --> 00:49:44.960
 he's writing

00:49:44.960 --> 00:49:45.800
 about Jesus

00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:46.820
 remember all

00:49:46.820 --> 00:49:47.500
 the messianic

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:48.000
 secrets

00:49:48.000 --> 00:49:49.780
 Jesus healed

00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:50.079
 someone

00:49:50.079 --> 00:49:50.639
 don't tell

00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:51.039
 anybody

00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:51.960
 the crowd

00:49:51.960 --> 00:49:52.460
 show up

00:49:52.460 --> 00:49:53.659
 he withdraws

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:55.619
 why

00:49:55.619 --> 00:49:57.619
 and Kierkegaard

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:58.119
 writes

00:49:58.119 --> 00:49:59.420
 to release

00:49:59.420 --> 00:50:00.599
 the infinite

00:50:00.599 --> 00:50:01.619
 passion

00:50:01.619 --> 00:50:03.599
 of inwardness

00:50:03.599 --> 00:50:05.599
 to release

00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:06.259
 the infinite

00:50:06.259 --> 00:50:07.059
 passion

00:50:07.059 --> 00:50:08.460
 of inwardness

00:50:08.460 --> 00:50:09.579
 in other words

00:50:09.579 --> 00:50:10.579
 to trigger

00:50:10.579 --> 00:50:12.420
 within a person

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:14.940
 to excite

00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:16.380
 to stimulate

00:50:16.380 --> 00:50:18.000
 within a person

00:50:18.000 --> 00:50:19.460
 this infinitely

00:50:19.460 --> 00:50:20.599
 passionate

00:50:20.599 --> 00:50:21.500
 desire

00:50:21.500 --> 00:50:22.679
 for Christ

00:50:22.679 --> 00:50:24.759
 and Kierkegaard

00:50:24.759 --> 00:50:25.400
 even likens

00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:25.699
 it under

00:50:25.699 --> 00:50:26.460
 these lovers

00:50:26.460 --> 00:50:27.659
 this guy

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:27.960
 is really

00:50:27.960 --> 00:50:28.779
 into this girl

00:50:28.779 --> 00:50:29.480
 these young

00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:29.880
 children

00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:30.719
 these adolescents

00:50:30.719 --> 00:50:31.460
 and so she

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:32.119
 plays hard

00:50:32.119 --> 00:50:32.519
 to get

00:50:32.519 --> 00:50:33.179
 to all the

00:50:33.179 --> 00:50:33.380
 more

00:50:33.380 --> 00:50:33.960
 make him

00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:34.960
 that much

00:50:34.960 --> 00:50:35.900
 more crazy

00:50:35.900 --> 00:50:37.480
 about her

00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:38.199
 so that he

00:50:38.199 --> 00:50:38.920
 would pursue

00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:39.500
 her

00:50:39.500 --> 00:50:40.159
 with all the

00:50:40.159 --> 00:50:41.039
 more zeal

00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:42.420
 and zest

00:50:42.420 --> 00:50:43.839
 and so it's

00:50:43.839 --> 00:50:44.380
 to release

00:50:44.380 --> 00:50:45.539
 this infinite

00:50:45.539 --> 00:50:46.360
 passion

00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:47.759
 of inwardness

00:50:47.759 --> 00:50:48.799
 to trigger

00:50:48.799 --> 00:50:50.039
 this incredibly

00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:51.039
 intense

00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:51.820
 longing

00:50:51.820 --> 00:50:52.980
 for Christ

00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:54.599
 this relentless

00:50:54.599 --> 00:50:55.759
 yearning

00:50:55.759 --> 00:50:57.159
 this burning

00:50:57.159 --> 00:50:58.340
 thirst

00:50:58.340 --> 00:50:59.659
 this craving

00:50:59.659 --> 00:51:00.599
 for Christ

00:51:00.599 --> 00:51:01.480
 that will forever

00:51:01.480 --> 00:51:02.179
 remain

00:51:02.179 --> 00:51:03.539
 unsatisfied

00:51:03.539 --> 00:51:05.199
 unquenched

00:51:05.199 --> 00:51:06.019
 until one

00:51:06.019 --> 00:51:07.139
 begins the quest

00:51:07.139 --> 00:51:07.619
 therefore

00:51:07.619 --> 00:51:08.679
 to find him

00:51:08.679 --> 00:51:09.599
 and that in

00:51:09.599 --> 00:51:10.639
 finding him

00:51:10.639 --> 00:51:11.639
 he reveals

00:51:11.639 --> 00:51:12.360
 himself

00:51:12.360 --> 00:51:13.460
 to them

00:51:13.460 --> 00:51:14.300
 in a way

00:51:14.300 --> 00:51:15.119
 that they

00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:15.900
 will never

00:51:15.900 --> 00:51:16.759
 forget

00:51:16.760 --> 00:51:21.220
 and so it

00:51:21.220 --> 00:51:21.600
 is

00:51:21.600 --> 00:51:24.700
 here is

00:51:24.700 --> 00:51:25.100
 Jesus

00:51:25.100 --> 00:51:25.820
 you see

00:51:25.820 --> 00:51:27.700
 he's 12

00:51:27.700 --> 00:51:28.760
 years old

00:51:28.760 --> 00:51:30.440
 and he

00:51:30.440 --> 00:51:31.060
 knows

00:51:31.060 --> 00:51:32.360
 that his

00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:32.940
 time

00:51:32.940 --> 00:51:34.460
 is coming

00:51:34.460 --> 00:51:36.380
 and so he

00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:37.060
 lingers

00:51:37.060 --> 00:51:38.480
 in Jerusalem

00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:40.260
 to initiate

00:51:40.260 --> 00:51:41.200
 this request

00:51:41.200 --> 00:51:42.240
 this quest

00:51:42.240 --> 00:51:43.140
 for his

00:51:43.140 --> 00:51:43.620
 parents

00:51:43.619 --> 00:51:43.940
 that they

00:51:43.940 --> 00:51:44.259
 might

00:51:44.259 --> 00:51:44.880
 search

00:51:44.880 --> 00:51:45.480
 for him

00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:46.639
 and find

00:51:46.639 --> 00:51:47.440
 him

00:51:47.440 --> 00:51:48.659
 personally

00:51:48.659 --> 00:51:50.259
 for themselves

00:51:50.259 --> 00:51:51.239
 that he

00:51:51.239 --> 00:51:51.859
 might reveal

00:51:51.859 --> 00:51:52.539
 unto them

00:51:52.539 --> 00:51:53.420
 who he

00:51:53.420 --> 00:51:53.920
 is

00:51:53.920 --> 00:51:54.380
 and that he

00:51:54.380 --> 00:51:55.059
 knows

00:51:55.059 --> 00:51:55.679
 his own

00:51:55.679 --> 00:51:56.299
 identity

00:51:56.299 --> 00:51:57.559
 didn't you

00:51:57.559 --> 00:51:57.859
 know

00:51:57.859 --> 00:51:58.639
 that I

00:51:58.639 --> 00:51:59.380
 had to be

00:51:59.380 --> 00:51:59.960
 in my

00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:00.659
 father's

00:52:00.659 --> 00:52:01.380
 house

00:52:01.380 --> 00:52:02.960
 don't you

00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:03.359
 remember

00:52:03.359 --> 00:52:04.460
 the mysterious

00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:05.139
 birth

00:52:05.139 --> 00:52:06.159
 Mary

00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:06.639
 don't you

00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:06.880
 remember

00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:07.239
 what the

00:52:07.239 --> 00:52:07.559
 angels

00:52:07.559 --> 00:52:07.900
 said

00:52:07.900 --> 00:52:08.139
 that the

00:52:08.139 --> 00:52:08.679
 most high

00:52:08.679 --> 00:52:08.880
 will

00:52:08.880 --> 00:52:09.539
 overshadow

00:52:09.539 --> 00:52:09.779
 you

00:52:09.779 --> 00:52:10.019
 so that

00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:10.319
 the holy

00:52:10.319 --> 00:52:10.579
 one

00:52:10.579 --> 00:52:10.839
 will be

00:52:10.839 --> 00:52:11.119
 born

00:52:11.119 --> 00:52:11.380
 to you

00:52:11.380 --> 00:52:11.619
 will be

00:52:11.619 --> 00:52:11.940
 called

00:52:11.940 --> 00:52:12.579
 the son

00:52:12.579 --> 00:52:13.199
 of God

00:52:13.199 --> 00:52:14.399
 Joseph

00:52:14.399 --> 00:52:15.679
 don't you

00:52:15.679 --> 00:52:16.139
 remember

00:52:16.139 --> 00:52:16.559
 what the

00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:16.859
 angels

00:52:16.859 --> 00:52:17.379
 said to

00:52:17.379 --> 00:52:17.679
 you

00:52:17.679 --> 00:52:18.659
 that you'll

00:52:18.659 --> 00:52:19.179
 call his

00:52:19.179 --> 00:52:19.460
 name

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:20.000
 Jesus

00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:20.659
 for he

00:52:20.659 --> 00:52:21.119
 will save

00:52:21.119 --> 00:52:21.559
 his people

00:52:21.559 --> 00:52:22.099
 from their

00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:22.739
 sins

00:52:22.739 --> 00:52:23.619
 in order

00:52:23.619 --> 00:52:24.699
 that what was

00:52:24.699 --> 00:52:25.279
 spoken through

00:52:25.279 --> 00:52:25.819
 the prophet

00:52:25.819 --> 00:52:26.839
 might be

00:52:26.839 --> 00:52:27.219
 fulfilled

00:52:27.219 --> 00:52:27.539
 that a

00:52:27.539 --> 00:52:27.879
 virgin

00:52:27.879 --> 00:52:28.659
 will conceive

00:52:28.659 --> 00:52:29.899
 and bear a

00:52:29.899 --> 00:52:30.439
 son and you

00:52:30.439 --> 00:52:30.980
 shall name him

00:52:30.980 --> 00:52:31.619
 Emmanuel

00:52:31.619 --> 00:52:32.759
 God

00:52:32.759 --> 00:52:33.819
 with us

00:52:33.819 --> 00:52:37.199
 didn't you

00:52:37.199 --> 00:52:37.480
 know

00:52:37.480 --> 00:52:39.319
 that I

00:52:39.319 --> 00:52:39.960
 had to be

00:52:39.960 --> 00:52:41.739
 in my

00:52:41.739 --> 00:52:42.500
 father's

00:52:42.500 --> 00:52:43.860
 house

00:52:43.860 --> 00:52:48.079
 and so

00:52:48.079 --> 00:52:48.820
 he initiates

00:52:48.820 --> 00:52:49.420
 then this

00:52:49.420 --> 00:52:49.960
 quest

00:52:49.960 --> 00:52:53.059
 that they

00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:53.719
 might search

00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:54.179
 for him

00:52:54.179 --> 00:52:57.199
 and find

00:52:57.199 --> 00:52:57.699
 them

00:52:57.699 --> 00:53:01.460
 and so

00:53:01.460 --> 00:53:01.880
 I submit

00:53:01.880 --> 00:53:02.139
 to you

00:53:02.139 --> 00:53:02.539
 the quest

00:53:02.539 --> 00:53:02.780
 for the

00:53:02.780 --> 00:53:03.239
 historical

00:53:03.239 --> 00:53:03.860
 Jesus

00:53:03.860 --> 00:53:06.699
 begun by

00:53:06.699 --> 00:53:07.139
 Mary

00:53:07.139 --> 00:53:08.019
 and Joseph

00:53:08.019 --> 00:53:08.900
 continues

00:53:08.900 --> 00:53:09.420
 today

00:53:09.420 --> 00:53:11.920
 with liberal

00:53:11.920 --> 00:53:12.599
 scholars

00:53:12.599 --> 00:53:13.440
 and enlightenment

00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:14.240
 philosophers

00:53:14.240 --> 00:53:14.820
 and da

00:53:14.820 --> 00:53:15.539
 vinci code

00:53:15.539 --> 00:53:16.400
 detectives

00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:17.180
 but they

00:53:17.180 --> 00:53:17.900
 will ever

00:53:17.900 --> 00:53:18.860
 search in

00:53:18.860 --> 00:53:19.240
 vain

00:53:19.240 --> 00:53:19.740
 because they

00:53:19.740 --> 00:53:20.480
 search in

00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:21.059
 the ghetto

00:53:21.059 --> 00:53:22.260
 of enlightenment

00:53:22.260 --> 00:53:23.139
 ideology

00:53:23.139 --> 00:53:25.139
 and they

00:53:25.139 --> 00:53:25.780
 search in

00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:26.360
 the intellectual

00:53:26.360 --> 00:53:27.119
 prison

00:53:27.119 --> 00:53:28.460
 of atheism

00:53:28.460 --> 00:53:28.980
 and yet the

00:53:28.980 --> 00:53:29.940
 only place

00:53:29.940 --> 00:53:30.500
 on earth

00:53:30.500 --> 00:53:30.820
 where he

00:53:30.820 --> 00:53:31.099
 can be

00:53:31.099 --> 00:53:31.639
 found as

00:53:31.639 --> 00:53:32.079
 a 12

00:53:32.079 --> 00:53:32.440
 year old

00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:32.860
 child

00:53:32.860 --> 00:53:33.320
 you see

00:53:33.320 --> 00:53:34.380
 is here

00:53:34.380 --> 00:53:36.500
 in the

00:53:36.500 --> 00:53:36.860
 temple

00:53:36.860 --> 00:53:40.599
 didn't you

00:53:40.599 --> 00:53:40.900
 know

00:53:40.900 --> 00:53:42.340
 that I

00:53:42.340 --> 00:53:42.700
 had to

00:53:42.700 --> 00:53:42.980
 be

00:53:42.980 --> 00:53:44.400
 in my

00:53:44.400 --> 00:53:45.220
 father's

00:53:45.220 --> 00:53:46.180
 house

00:53:46.180 --> 00:53:49.140
 didn't you

00:53:49.140 --> 00:53:49.420
 know

00:53:49.420 --> 00:53:52.400
 didn't I

00:53:52.400 --> 00:53:52.680
 know

00:53:52.680 --> 00:53:55.780
 didn't the

00:53:55.780 --> 00:53:56.680
 world know

00:53:56.680 --> 00:53:59.200
 that he

00:53:59.200 --> 00:53:59.940
 had to be

00:53:59.940 --> 00:54:01.840
 in his

00:54:01.840 --> 00:54:02.539
 father's

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:03.760
 house

00:54:03.760 --> 00:54:07.900
 and to

00:54:07.900 --> 00:54:08.280
 God alone

00:54:08.280 --> 00:54:08.420
 be

00:54:08.420 --> 00:54:08.760
 glory

00:54:08.760 --> 00:54:11.240
 let's

00:54:11.240 --> 00:54:11.539
 pray

00:54:11.539 --> 00:54:14.619
 father we

00:54:14.619 --> 00:54:15.380
 do come

00:54:15.380 --> 00:54:16.099
 before you

00:54:16.099 --> 00:54:18.099
 and beg of

00:54:18.099 --> 00:54:18.539
 you kind

00:54:18.539 --> 00:54:18.940
 sir

00:54:18.940 --> 00:54:21.720
 that by the

00:54:21.720 --> 00:54:22.139
 spirit that

00:54:22.139 --> 00:54:22.400
 you would

00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:23.099
 initiate

00:54:23.099 --> 00:54:24.139
 within our

00:54:24.139 --> 00:54:24.780
 hearts

00:54:24.780 --> 00:54:27.039
 this infinite

00:54:27.039 --> 00:54:27.840
 passion of

00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:28.360
 inwardness

00:54:28.360 --> 00:54:28.639
 that we

00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:29.400
 might look

00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:30.460
 for Christ

00:54:30.460 --> 00:54:31.760
 and search

00:54:31.760 --> 00:54:32.360
 for him

00:54:32.360 --> 00:54:34.500
 trust

00:54:34.500 --> 00:54:35.820
 that you

00:54:35.820 --> 00:54:36.579
 have spoken

00:54:36.579 --> 00:54:37.059
 to the

00:54:37.059 --> 00:54:37.539
 prophet

00:54:37.539 --> 00:54:38.660
 that if you

00:54:38.660 --> 00:54:39.220
 search for

00:54:39.220 --> 00:54:39.480
 me

00:54:39.480 --> 00:54:41.280
 you'll find

00:54:41.280 --> 00:54:41.660
 me

00:54:41.660 --> 00:54:42.619
 when you

00:54:42.619 --> 00:54:43.300
 search for

00:54:43.300 --> 00:54:43.539
 me

00:54:43.539 --> 00:54:44.960
 with all of

00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:45.559
 your heart

00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:47.340
 and we do

00:54:47.340 --> 00:54:48.160
 pray this

00:54:48.160 --> 00:54:48.820
 again

00:54:48.820 --> 00:54:50.240
 for Christ's

00:54:50.240 --> 00:54:50.559
 sake

00:54:50.559 --> 00:54:52.160
 amen

00:54:52.160 --> 00:54:57.139
 for more

00:54:57.139 --> 00:54:57.660
 information

00:54:57.660 --> 00:54:58.460
 visit us

00:54:58.460 --> 00:54:58.960
 online

00:54:58.960 --> 00:55:00.260
 at southwood.org

00:55:00.260 --> 00:55:30.240
 Thank you.