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 Okay, do sit down and turn to Micah chapter 3.

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 Micah chapter 3.

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 And I want to preach it in a slightly different way than I'd normally preach it.

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! I think you read chapter 3, it's pretty depressing.

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 Pretty discouraging.

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 Very often it's preached, this is what the leaders were like in Micah's day,

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 this is what the leaders are like today, this is where the state we're in.

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 But I don't think you need that tonight, I certainly don't.

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 And so I'm going to start with a quote from the Westminster Confession of Faith.

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 You should have had this little sheet, which has the same thing on both sides.

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 Yeah, you'll see that, alright, just to help you.

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 Alright, here we go.

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 So, Westminster Confession of Faith, which is a summary of what we believe it's our doctrinal basis,

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 let me read it to you.

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 In his eternal purpose, it pleased God to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 His only begotten Son, to be the mediator between God and man.

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 Jesus is the prophet, priest and king, the head and saviour of his church,

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 the heir of all things and the judge of the world.

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 Judge of the world.

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 From all eternity, God gave him, that's the Lord Jesus, a people to be his seed and to be in time redeemed,

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 called, justified, sanctified and glorified by him.

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 So, in eternity, God the Father appointed God the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to this threefold office.

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 And then as we read the Old Testament, we'll see that that threefold office, prophet, priest and king,

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 unfolded and revealed.

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 So, Adam, do you remember him?

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 He was the first man, wasn't he?

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 He is prophet, priest and king.

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 He's the only person in history to hold all three offices.

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 But we know, don't we, Adam failed.

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 He failed in the garden.

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 And Adam lost his God-given role and lost his calling.

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 And so, after the fall, as you go through the Old Testament,

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 no one person held all three offices.

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 There was a number of faithful saints that held some of them.

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 So, Moses, he's a king of sorts, isn't he?

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 As you read the story of Exodus, which you know,

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 Moses did lots of kingly things.

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 Lots of things a king would perform.

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 But he functioned more as a prophet.

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 He spoke God's words to Pharaoh.

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 He was a mouthpiece for the people.

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 Aaron, Moses' brother-in-law, well, he was a priest, wasn't he?

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 He was a priest for the people of God.

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 He was the people's representative with God.

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 He spoke to God on behalf of the people.

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 And so he held the office of priests.

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 King David.

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 He was chiefly a king, wasn't he?

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 He ruled over Israel.

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 But we also know David was a bit of a prophet, wasn't he?

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 The Psalms.

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 He spoke God's word, proclaimed it.

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 But there was no one person that was prophet, priest, and king until the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 In Israel's history, you can see some faithful sketches of what this prophet and priest and king was to be like.

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 But in Micah chapter 3, as we read it, did you notice?

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 The leaders, the family, the leaders of the families, the rulers, the elders who exercised God's rule,

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 that kingly function,

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 instead of pointing forward to the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 these rulers, these kings,

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 were engrossed in the worst kind of selfishness.

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 The rulers in Micah chapter 3,

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 they engaged in

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 the kind of

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 abusing and feeding off

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 the people.

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 Instead of

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 sacrificially loving the people,

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 they abused them to serve their own wicked

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 ends and schemes.

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 And so, what I want us to look at

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 is really

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 the prophet, priest, and kingly

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 aspects of Micah chapter 3.

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 And so, I'm starting to think of an illustration.

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 And the only illustration I can come up with,

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 you can come up with a better one,

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 is a photo negative.

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 Do you remember photo negatives?

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 You young people and you kids,

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 you'll have to Google it.

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 Maybe they can explain it.

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 But it used to be,

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 you'd take a photo,

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 and

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 you'd have to wind it on,

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 and then you would take the film out,

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 and you would go to the chemist,

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 and you would hand it over to the chemist,

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 and about a week later,

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 you would go back to the chemist,

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 and they would hand you

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 a packet of photos.

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 And in the,

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 and that little packet,

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 there would be all your photographs,

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 but they'd also be negatives.

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 And the negatives were like the opposite,

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 weren't they?

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 So you'd hold them up to the light,

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 and you could see your photo,

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 but everything was the wrong way around.

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 It was like inverse.

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 And so,

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 if you had somebody with black hair,

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 in the negative,

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 it was white hair.

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 And all the time,

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 it's kind of the wrong way around.

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 And there was negatives.

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 You'd get your pictures,

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 but you'd get the inverse of the pictures.

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 Light was dark,

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 and dark was light.

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 Light.

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 And so when they developed those photographs

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 from that little bit of film,

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 you would get the positive of the negative.

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 Okay.

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 If you're under 30,

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 you don't understand that illustration,

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 that's all right, okay?

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 And if you're under 30,

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 you're probably bored by it.

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 Over 30.

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 But what Micah 3 is,

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 is it's the negative image

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 of the person and work of Christ.

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 I don't know whether you picked it up,

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 but when you read Micah 3,

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 everything is evil.

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 Everything you see is sinful.

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 But what wonderfully happens

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 is when you come to the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 you see the opposite.

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 You see their sin,

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 but you see his holiness.

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 You see their lack of judgment,

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 but you see his righteousness.

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 You see their pride,

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 but you see his humble submission.

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 So first of all, kings.

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 The kings.

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 Remember last week,

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 we saw the prophet's words of judgment.

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 He spoke judgment, didn't he, Micah,

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 so harshly to those who stole

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 the possession of the land from his people.

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 They were greedy.

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 They idolatrously pursued wealth at any cost.

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 And Micah continues,

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 but in verse 1 of chapter 3,

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 can you see it?

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 He speaks to the heads of Jacob,

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 to the rulers of the house of Israel.

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 And he's got them in his sights,

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 in his crosshairs.

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 He's dealing with Israel's leaders,

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 Israel's kingly figures.

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 And so what were Israel's leaders to be like?

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 Leaders in the people of God

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 were to judge with equity.

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 They were to be righteous and upright.

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 They were to be fair.

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 And so in Exodus 18,

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 you read about Moses' instruction to the people

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 about how rulers were to conduct themselves.

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 You are a chosen race,

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 one Peter tells us.

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 A royal priesthood.

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 Holy nation.

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 A people for his possession.

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 That's the fulfillment of what Israel's leaders were to be.

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 They were meant to be upright.

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 They were supposed to fear God

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 and hate corruption

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 and look negatively upon bribes.

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 But Micah condemned Israel's rulers

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 because, verse 2,

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 ultimately they abused their authority.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 You who hate the good

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 and love the evil.

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 Can you see it?

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 The rulers were acting, weren't they?

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 In exactly the opposite way

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 they were supposed to act.

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 And the prophet describes them.

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 I don't know whether he picked it up

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 in the most gruesome of terms.

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 He essentially likens them to cannibals.

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 Look at the second half of verse 2.

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 You tear the skin from off my people.

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 It's a horrible image, isn't it?

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 And their flesh from off their bones.

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 You eat the flesh of my people

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 and you flay the skin from them.

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 That's metaphoric language, I think.

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 But it's written in such a way

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 that you notice the brutality

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 and the wickedness of these rulers.

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 In other words,

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 what you have in chapter 2

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 is wicked developers

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 stealing the land of the inheritance.

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 Stealing their possessions.

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 And so in chapter 2

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 the people are being badly treated.

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 They're being ripped off.

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 And so I suspect what you have is

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 these people would go to their leaders.

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 They'd go to court.

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 And they would say,

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 this man has wickedly stolen

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 my inheritance in the land.

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 And rather than ruling

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 in accordance with justice

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 and fairness and truth,

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 the wicked rulers

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 would consume the people.

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 And they would find that

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 when they went to court,

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 they would find that the judges

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 were in cahoots

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 with the wicked land thieves.

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 And they would take bribes.

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 The kind of language,

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 you give me a cut of the land

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 and I will rule in your favor.

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 And so the leaders,

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 rather than showing love

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 and care for the people,

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 instead of presenting them

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 with a living reflection

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 of the upright God,

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 they became essentially

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 the incarnation of evil.

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 So think for example

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 about King Ahab and Jezebel.

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 Do you remember them?

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 And when Ahab wanted to buy

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 Amnaboth's vineyard,

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 Amnaboth wouldn't sell it.

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 Do you remember King Ahab?

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 He sulked.

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 He became depressed and mourned.

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 And Jezebel, his wife,

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 comes to him and says,

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 well, why is your face downcast?

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 He tells her.

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 She says, well,

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 just leave it to me.

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 She takes things

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 into her own hands.

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 She has two wicked men

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 accuse Naboth

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 of blaspheming God.

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 And because of this,

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 Naboth is stoned to death

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 because of these false allegations.

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 The narrative says

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 in 1 Kings 2,

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 verse 11,

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 No, that's not the right verse.

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 That tells you,

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 if you want to know

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 what that is,

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 that's about the death of David.

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 That's not right.

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 But what we find is that

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 Jezebel,

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 she contacted the leaders

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 and she says,

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 I want you to set up Naboth.

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 I want you to get the men to lie

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 so that he can be stoned to death

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 and can be executed.

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 I think that's exactly

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 what's happening

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 in Micah chapter 3.

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 It's the exact kind of conduct

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 that Micah is condemning.

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 They conspired together,

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 didn't they,

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 Jezebel and the leaders

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 to consume Naboth

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 so they could steal his land.

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 And so Israel's leaders

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 would face God's judgment

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 for their sin

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 as Micah prophesies

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 in verse 4.

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 God will carry them away

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 into exile.

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 He will not let them

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 get away with it.

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 He says,

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 I mean,

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 you will cry out to God

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 but God will not hear you.

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 But of course,

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 this judgment

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 against Israel's leaders

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 and Israel's kings

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 must ultimately

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 cause us to look forward

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 to the Lord Jesus Christ

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 who is the Lord of Lords

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 and the King of Kings.

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 Because as you think about it,

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 rather than inflicting

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 suffering on others,

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 it was the Lord Jesus

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 who was afflicted

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 and suffered.

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 so that we don't have to

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 face God's judgment.

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 Think of this,

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 it's a world of irony,

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 isn't it,

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 that Christ,

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 the Lord of Lords

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 and King of Kings

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 suffered for us

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 so that we

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 do not have to suffer

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 the curses of the law.

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 When God has got

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 every right to judge us

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 alongside Israel's leaders,

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 instead,

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 he sends his only begotten son,

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 Jesus,

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 to suffer for us.

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 And here,

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 these wicked leaders,

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 do you see what it says?

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 They were flaying

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 the skin

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 of the people of Israel.

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 Perhaps,

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 in some cases,

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 literally so.

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 People were unjustly

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 suffering under the rule

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 of these wicked leaders.

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 But we know,

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 don't we,

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 it was the Lord Jesus

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 who was flayed

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 when the Roman authorities

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 whipped him.

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 He was brutally beaten.

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 A crown of thorns

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 was thrust upon his head

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 and they mocked him.

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 Compare him

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 with these wicked leaders.

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 One 19th century preacher

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 said,

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 Christ took your cup

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 of grief.

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 Christ took your cup

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 of grief,

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 your cup of curse,

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 and pressed it

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 to his lips

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 and drank it

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 to its drags.

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 And then he filled it

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 with his sweet

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 pardoning.

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 Sympathizing love.

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 And he gives it

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 back to you

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 so that you might

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 drink it forever.

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 Christ drank

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 the cup

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 of the curse

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 of God's wrath

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 to its very dregs.

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 That even though

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 he was the King of Kings

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 and Lord of Lords.

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 What a world

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 of difference.

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 And I think what's important

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 to know here

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 is that Micah's judgment

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 against the rulers,

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 against the kings,

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 if you will,

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 ends with Christ.

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 And we could stop that.

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 And if we did stop there,

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 we would see

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 a beautiful scene

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 of Christ's suffering

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 on your behalf.

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 And yet one of the

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 great truths

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 of the Bible

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 that has been recovered

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 is this priesthood

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 of all believers.

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 So stick with me here.

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 The fact that

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 we are united

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 to Christ,

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 we share

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 in everything

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 that Christ has.

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 And so,

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 thus,

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 as Christ is

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 prophet,

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 priest,

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 and king,

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 so we who have been

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 united to Christ

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 by faith

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 and have his

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 indwelling presence

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 within us,

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 we too,

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 as his people,

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 we share

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 in that

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 threefold office.

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 That threefold office

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 of prophet,

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 priest,

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 and king.

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 And so that means

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 all of us have,

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 as Christians,

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 have that responsibility

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 to exercise

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 that role,

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 that office.

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 And so in the light

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 of this wicked

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 use of authority

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 and Christ's

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 wonderful use

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 and loving use

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 of his kingly authority,

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 we have been

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 united with Christ.

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 We're joined to him.

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 We share

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 in his kingly office.

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 We are kings

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 in Christ.

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 We're the royal family

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 tonight.

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 And so do you see

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 the authority

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 that God has

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 given us

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 in our lives?

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 In our positions

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 of authority

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 at work

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 or the home

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 or in church

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 or within school?

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 And so do we

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 take advantage

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 of others?

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 Do we turn

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 a blind eye

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 to sin?

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 Or do we

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 seek

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 to show

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 the curse-bearing

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 love of Christ

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 to others?

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 when the Lord

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 Jesus tells us

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 that when we're

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 struck on the

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 cheek,

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 we're not to

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 retaliate,

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 but we're to

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 turn the other

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 cheek.

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 And that is

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 ultimately,

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 isn't it,

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 embodying the

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 loving

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 but also the

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 suffering

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 of Christ.

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 The love

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 that Christ

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 gives to others.

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 And rather than

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 seeking justice

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 and wanting

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 to strike

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 that person

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 and exact

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 justice

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 or maybe

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 even vengeance,

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 Christ's point

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 is that we are

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 willing to turn

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 the other

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 cheek

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 and bear the

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 penalty

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 as he bore

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 the penalty.

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 I'm not saying

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 we bear the

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 penalty in exactly

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 the same way

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 Christ did.

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 Christ bears

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 the penalty of

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 a broken law

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 on our behalf

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 as an atonement

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 for sin.

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 But in our

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 case,

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 we turn the

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 other cheek.

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 And when we

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 bear the

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 penalty,

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 it's an

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 expression of

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 love as

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 Christ our

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 King has

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 condescended

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 to love us.

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 And so we

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 absorb that

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 pain.

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 We absorb

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 the penalty

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 when we

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 rightly bring

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 it to bear

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 against someone

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 else when we

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 turn the

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 other cheek.

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 When we

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 show love

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 to those who

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 deserve to be

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 punished.

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 When we

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 show others

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 the forgiveness

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 that we

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 ourselves have

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 received from

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 Christ.

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 That is the

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 loving nature

00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:06.759
 of our

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 King.

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 That is the

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 nature of our

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 King's love

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 for us.

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 And so

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 should we not

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 extend the

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 same love

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 to others

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 that we've

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 received from

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 Christ?

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 Or will we

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 look like

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 Israel's leaders

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 who flayed

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 the people,

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 chopped them

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 into bits,

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 threw them

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 into the pot

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 so that they

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 could take

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 advantage of

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 them?

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 That brings

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 us to our

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 second point.

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 prophets.

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 In Israel,

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 part of the

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:34.859
 duty of the

00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:35.299
 prophets was

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:35.720
 to hold the

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 kings in

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 check.

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 As I think,

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 for example,

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 of the

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 prophet Elijah,

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 the prophet

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 Elijah again

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 and again,

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 he goes to

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.879
 Ahab and

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 Jezebel,

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 he holds

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 them accountable

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 for their

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 sin.

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 So much so

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 that Ahab

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 and Jezebel,

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 they hated

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 him because

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 he was

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 continually

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 calling them

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 to account

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 for their

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 wickedness.

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 And the

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 prophets

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.200
 should have

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 held the

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 kings to

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 account.

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 They should

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 have held

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 the kings

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 in check.

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 But can you

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.259
 see what the

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 prophets of

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 Micah's day,

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 instead of

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 holding them

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 in check,

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 instead of

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 bringing them

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.980
 to account,

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 instead of

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 bringing the

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.559
 law of God

00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:10.400
 to bear on

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:10.900
 their ruling,

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 do you see

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 what they did?

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 They joined

00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.299
 in the

00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:12.920
 feeding frenzy.

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 The prophets

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 preach a false

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:16.160
 message and

00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:16.500
 they say,

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 there's peace

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 so long as

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 their mouths

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 were filled.

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 Do you see

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 that in verse

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 five?

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 But if their

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 mouths weren't

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 filled,

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 they would

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 complain.

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 they would

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 use their

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 office against

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 those who

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 they were

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 supposed to

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 protect and

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 love.

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 And so for

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 this, God

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 will judge

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 them.

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 Look at

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 verse six.

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 Therefore

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 it should be

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 night to

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 you without

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 vision and

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 darkness to

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 you without

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 divination.

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 The sun

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 shall go down

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 on the

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 prophets and

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 the day

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 shall be

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 black over

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 them.

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 The seers

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 shall be

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 disgraced and

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 the diviners

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 put to

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 shame.

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 And they

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 shall all

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 cover their

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 lips.

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 The tool

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 of their

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 trades for

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 there is

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 no answer

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 from God.

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 God

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 essentially

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 says,

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 you want

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 lies?

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 You want

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 to claim

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 to speak

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 in my

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 name?

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 Well, I've

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 not given

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 you this

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.119
 message, the

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 message of

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 falsehood.

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 And so I'll

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 cover you in

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 darkness.

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 I won't give

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 you any

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 revelations.

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 I'm not

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 going to give

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 you any

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 messages.

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 You'll cry

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 out to me, but

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 I will not

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 respond.

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 And I will

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 put you into

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 darkness.

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 And once

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 again, I

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 think we can

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 see, can't

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 we, that the

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 negative in

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 the false

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 prophets, in

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 the Lord

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 Jesus, we

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 see the

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 positive.

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 The exact

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 opposite.

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 What was the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ?

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 He was the

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 truth incarnate.

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 He always

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 spoke the

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 truth, no

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 matter what

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 the cost.

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 Christ.

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 And I

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 think we

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 can see a

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 positive

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.980
 picture of

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Look at

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 verse 8.

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 I love

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 verse 8.

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 But as

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 for me, I

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 am filled

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 with power,

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 with the

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 Spirit of

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 the Lord,

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 and with

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 justice and

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 might, to

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 declare to

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 Jacob his

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 transgression,

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 and to

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 Israel his

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 sin.

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:08.920
 God's

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:06.960
 sin.

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 I cannot

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 imagine the

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 courage that

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 it would have

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 taken for

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 Micah to

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 speak against

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 the status

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 quo.

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 To level his

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 words of God's

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 truth against

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 the power.

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 To speak truth to

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 power is very,

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 very, to speak

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 truth to your

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 friend is not

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 enough, but to

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 speak truth to

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 power like

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 this.

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 To level his

00:20:32.300 --> 00:20:33.060
 words of God's

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 truth against the

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 power that they

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 held.

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 They held all of

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 this power, and

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 yet he speaks

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 boldly to them.

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 And I think we

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 see, don't we,

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.240
 here, just a

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.940
 faint positive

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.540
 picture of the

00:20:47.540 --> 00:20:47.920
 Lord Jesus

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.580
 Christ, who was

00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:49.320
 himself willing

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 to stand up to

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 authority of his

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 day, to speak the

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 truth to them

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 regardless of the

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 consequences, even

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 when it led him to

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 death, to the

00:21:00.020 --> 00:21:00.680
 crucifixion.

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 Do you see, the

00:21:02.020 --> 00:21:03.160
 Father poured out

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 his Spirit on

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 Christ, for him

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 to be able to

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.060
 carry out his

00:21:07.060 --> 00:21:07.820
 prophetic ministry?

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 And so, join

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 with me in

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 question 31.

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 Can you see the

00:21:13.020 --> 00:21:13.780
 Heidelberg Catechism?

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 It's another one of

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 the summaries of

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 our faith.

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 And let me ask

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 you the question,

00:21:22.320 --> 00:21:23.080
 verse 31, you'll

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 respond with the

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.700
 answer, why is he

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 called Christ that

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 is anointed?

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 So why is he

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 called Christ that

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 is anointed?

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 Let's say it

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 together.

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 because he has

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 been ordained by

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 God the Father

00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:35.340
 and anointed with

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 the Holy Spirit

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:38.259
 to be our chief

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:39.280
 prophet and

00:21:39.280 --> 00:21:41.100
 teacher, who has

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 fully revealed to

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:44.060
 us the secret

00:21:44.060 --> 00:21:45.580
 counsel and will

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:47.300
 of God concerning

00:21:47.300 --> 00:21:48.440
 our redemption,

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 our only high

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:52.220
 priest, who by the

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.780
 one sacrifice of

00:21:53.780 --> 00:21:55.259
 his body has

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:56.980
 redeemed us and

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.920
 who continually

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:59.620
 intercedes for us

00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:01.200
 before the Father

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.860
 and our eternal

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:04.880
 King, who governs

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:06.279
 us by his word

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:08.019
 and spirit and

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:09.240
 who defends and

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.920
 preserves us in

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.579
 the redemption

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:13.360
 obtained for us.

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 And so far from

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.860
 kind of aiding and

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.599
 abetting the

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.799
 cannibalistic

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:22.539
 frenzy of

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.220
 Israel's rulers,

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.620
 Jesus speaks and

00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:25.680
 he continues to

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.380
 speak to us,

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:27.700
 truth as he

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.300
 feeds us from

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:28.620
 heaven.

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.820
 In fact, the

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.740
 Bible says Jesus

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:33.000
 is the manna from

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.300
 heaven.

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:36.060
 The Bible tells us

00:22:36.060 --> 00:22:37.320
 that he feeds

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:37.680
 us.

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.700
 That's what Jesus

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.540
 meant in the

00:22:39.540 --> 00:22:39.980
 Sermon on the

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.140
 Mount.

00:22:40.280 --> 00:22:40.920
 Blessed are those

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.600
 who hunger and

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.120
 thirst for

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:43.200
 righteousness, for

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.700
 they shall be

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.140
 satisfied.

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.820
 And so here, in

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.680
 Micah's day, the

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.840
 prophets are aiding

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.740
 and abetting the

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.320
 feeding upon the

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:51.580
 people.

00:22:52.780 --> 00:22:54.440
 And in the Lord

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.240
 Jesus, he says,

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:56.240
 I will not feed

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.880
 upon you, I

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.660
 will feed you.

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:03.299
 My word will be

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:04.420
 food to you and

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.000
 you will be

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.519
 satisfied.

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.680
 But remember,

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.680
 that is fulfilled

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.380
 in Christ.

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.860
 But as we

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.279
 looked at with

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.740
 the kingly

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.080
 office of

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:14.559
 Christ, how

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:14.860
 does this

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.720
 apply to us?

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.500
 Given our

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.100
 union with

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:18.700
 Christ, how do

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.860
 we exercise our

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.820
 part in this

00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:21.820
 prophetic office?

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:23.279
 Well, do we

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.059
 speak truth to

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:25.099
 those around us

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.519
 in love?

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.000
 If you're

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.339
 anything like

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.720
 me, you

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.379
 often cower

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:29.879
 from speaking

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.379
 the truth.

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.240
 Whether that's

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.559
 being too

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.299
 afraid of

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.799
 speaking the

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.200
 truth of the

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.759
 gospel to an

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.319
 unbeliever.

00:23:38.679 --> 00:23:39.379
 Perhaps when we

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:40.279
 hear things being

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.279
 said that ought

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.379
 not to be said,

00:23:43.399 --> 00:23:44.559
 it's really easy,

00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:44.960
 isn't it, to

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.439
 speak with a

00:23:45.439 --> 00:23:46.419
 child and say,

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.500
 don't say that.

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.240
 But when it's a

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.519
 friend, when it's

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.019
 a peer,

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:52.660
 we can often

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.440
 be terrified of

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.839
 speaking the

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.099
 truth.

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.000
 It's one of the

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.920
 things we need to

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.420
 drum into our

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.960
 children, isn't

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.079
 it?

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.519
 So children,

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.859
 teenagers, just

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.379
 listen for a

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:01.539
 minute.

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 Do not, do

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.700
 not, do not be a

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.400
 people pleaser.

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.019
 That's one of the

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.519
 things the Bible

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.519
 drums into you.

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.819
 All of us want to

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.759
 be liked, don't we?

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.500
 Desperate to be

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.859
 liked.

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.980
 None of us wants

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.980
 to be a pariah to

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.799
 stick out.

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:17.619
 And yet, for

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.279
 every one of us,

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.119
 for your parents,

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.979
 for each one of

00:24:19.979 --> 00:24:21.719
 us, it requires

00:24:21.719 --> 00:24:22.479
 us to speak the

00:24:22.479 --> 00:24:22.799
 truth.

00:24:24.959 --> 00:24:26.239
 To earn some of

00:24:26.239 --> 00:24:28.879
 the disrespect of

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.679
 the people around

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:30.159
 us.

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 Even if it means

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:33.199
 we lose a friend,

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:33.979
 to be willing to

00:24:33.979 --> 00:24:34.659
 speak the truth.

00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:36.679
 It's my great

00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:37.239
 prayer for you as

00:24:37.239 --> 00:24:38.279
 children, I mean

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.979
 young people, that

00:24:39.979 --> 00:24:40.539
 you'll be willing to

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.179
 speak the truth.

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:43.099
 To earn that

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.659
 disrespect.

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:47.740
 Because that is

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.259
 part of the

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.259
 prophetic office

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.060
 we've been given.

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 That we're willing

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.680
 to speak the

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.540
 truth to power.

00:24:53.040 --> 00:24:53.620
 Willing to

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.960
 suffer for the

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.400
 sake of the

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.940
 truth, for the

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.360
 sake of the

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 gospel.

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 You might say

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 to me, those

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.680
 adults who are

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.080
 here, well I

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.500
 wouldn't want to

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.120
 risk losing my

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.920
 job, losing my

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.220
 income.

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 So we're quiet.

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.980
 And we're

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 silent.

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 Or we shade and

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.599
 darken the truth

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.419
 just like the

00:25:11.419 --> 00:25:11.899
 devil in the

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.419
 garden of Eden.

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 He shaded the

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.899
 truth to me.

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 And Satan did

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.399
 that in tempting

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:15.839
 Christ.

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.480
 Shaded the

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.799
 truth.

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.319
 And this

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.700
 office of being

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:25.879
 a prophet, do

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.659
 we speak words of

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.399
 truth and life to

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 our spouses, to

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 our friends?

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 When I get to

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.940
 heaven, I want to

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.420
 ask the apostle

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.980
 Paul about when

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.580
 he speaks in

00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:38.360
 Galatians, about

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:40.180
 the church in

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:41.660
 Galatia biting

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 one another so

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 that they devour

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 one another.

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 I think he's

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.340
 got Micah 3 in

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:49.779
 his mind.

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 I think he's

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.240
 pulling that

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.980
 language from

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.820
 Micah 3.

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 And so it's

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.680
 terribly sad,

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:57.920
 isn't it?

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.740
 In church life,

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.380
 we can devour

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.820
 one another.

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.360
 And it

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.920
 shouldn't be so.

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.980
 We speak the

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.500
 truth, but we

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.860
 do so in

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.279
 love and

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.879
 kindness and

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.199
 humility.

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 And as we

00:26:07.719 --> 00:26:08.279
 do that, we

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.539
 share in

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.219
 Christ's prophetic

00:26:10.219 --> 00:26:10.519
 office.

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:11.119
 Lastly, the

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:11.459
 priests.

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:14.019
 Micah returns

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.419
 and he brings

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:15.179
 more words of

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.879
 judgment against

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.619
 Israel's leader.

00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:16.899
 Look at

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.399
 verse 11.

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.099
 He rebukes

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.500
 them for their

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.559
 willingness to

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:20.219
 have bloodshed

00:26:20.219 --> 00:26:20.659
 and to take

00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.219
 bribes.

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.359
 Verse 11.

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 Its heads

00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:27.759
 give judgment

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.419
 for a bribe.

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.359
 Its priests

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.299
 teach for a

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.799
 price.

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.219
 Its prophets

00:26:32.219 --> 00:26:33.379
 practice divination

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.180
 for money.

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.520
 Yet they

00:26:35.520 --> 00:26:36.140
 lean on the

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.640
 Lord and

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.240
 say, it's

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.520
 not the

00:26:37.520 --> 00:26:37.880
 Lord in

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.200
 the midst

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.700
 of us.

00:26:39.540 --> 00:26:40.340
 No disaster

00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:40.780
 shall come

00:26:40.780 --> 00:26:41.260
 upon us.

00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:42.020
 They're hired

00:26:42.020 --> 00:26:42.520
 guns.

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:42.860
 They're

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.520
 mercenaries.

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.100
 Conference

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.500
 speakers.

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.040
 What do you

00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:49.400
 need me to

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.720
 prophesy to you

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.000
 about?

00:26:51.280 --> 00:26:52.040
 And I'll do

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.440
 so for a

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.640
 price.

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:52.960
 What do you

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.240
 need me to

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.660
 preach on?

00:26:54.020 --> 00:26:54.420
 And I'll

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.880
 preach on it.

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.600
 You want to

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.340
 hear a comforting

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:57.880
 message of

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.560
 salvation even

00:26:58.560 --> 00:26:58.860
 though you're

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.400
 wicked, even

00:26:59.400 --> 00:26:59.760
 though you're

00:26:59.760 --> 00:27:00.060
 crooked?

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:01.119
 Well, for

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.379
 the right

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.879
 place, I

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.159
 can do

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.319
 it.

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.559
 I'll

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:03.980
 preach to

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.279
 you the

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.759
 message that

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.039
 you want

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.319
 me to

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.599
 hear.

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.319
 And rather

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:10.119
 than relying on

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.859
 the sacrifices

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.319
 for their

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.839
 income in

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.319
 accordance with

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.720
 the God's

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:14.480
 law, they

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.019
 were essentially

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.480
 saying, I'm

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.779
 going to take

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.319
 everything from

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.519
 you.

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:19.240
 Think of

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.440
 Eli's sons

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.779
 regularly ripping

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.519
 off the people,

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.359
 so much so that

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.480
 they become obese.

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.000
 Instead of

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.799
 serving as the

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:28.059
 representatives of

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.519
 the people to

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.419
 bring sacrifice to

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:29.899
 God for their

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.039
 sins,

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.980
 they milk the

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.379
 people for

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.759
 profit.

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.819
 And what is

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.419
 terribly sad is

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:39.240
 I think ultimately

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.819
 these people

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.460
 thought that their

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.000
 actions, it would

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.460
 only affect

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.980
 themselves.

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.000
 I'm just

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.539
 getting some

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:44.879
 money for

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.579
 myself, I'm

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.059
 just looking out

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.440
 for me, but

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.940
 what happened in

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.399
 Old Testament

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.159
 Israel is when

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.579
 the priests

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.299
 stop serving

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.460
 their God-given

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:53.059
 function, it

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.519
 means that the

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.200
 sacrifices aren't

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.679
 offered, which

00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:56.159
 means that the

00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:56.619
 sins of the

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.500
 people pile up,

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:59.179
 which means that

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.659
 God will

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.279
 eventually have

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.620
 to kick

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:00.920
 them out of

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.200
 the land

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.840
 into exile.

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:07.519
 Their

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.080
 wickedness would

00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:09.040
 boil over into

00:28:09.040 --> 00:28:11.060
 the land and

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:11.759
 essentially be one

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.340
 of the chief

00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:13.620
 reasons for their

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.279
 exile from the

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.540
 land.

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.320
 And once again,

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.920
 we see again,

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.759
 don't we, Jesus is

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.500
 the exact opposite.

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.040
 Look at that

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:22.019
 question 31 that

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.960
 you read out for

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.580
 me, just look how

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.320
 brilliant it is.

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:28.800
 Look what it says.

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:30.740
 He's been anointed

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.299
 with the Holy Spirit

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.819
 to be our chief

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.299
 prophet and

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.759
 teacher who has

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:34.000
 fully revealed to

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.919
 us the secret

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:35.519
 counsel and will

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.180
 of God concerning

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.980
 our redemption and

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.919
 our only high

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:39.819
 priest who by the

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.839
 one sacrifice of

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.319
 his body has

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.779
 redeemed us and

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:44.500
 continually intercedes

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:46.799
 for us before the

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.139
 Father.

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:50.919
 He who was rich

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.799
 became poor for

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.259
 our sake.

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.339
 He stepped away

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:56.379
 from his throne and

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:57.200
 entered into this

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.379
 veil of tears and

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.160
 was obedient even

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.660
 to the point of

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.000
 death.

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.640
 And so far from

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.400
 trying to milk you

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.440
 for financial gain,

00:29:02.780 --> 00:29:03.660
 he laid aside

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.440
 everything that was

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:06.860
 rightly his so that

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.560
 you might rightly

00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:08.740
 have everything that

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.500
 was his.

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.080
 And so who

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:13.200
 delivered up Judas

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.080
 to die, Spurgeon

00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:14.600
 asks.

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.980
 Not Judas for money,

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:17.160
 not Pilate for fear,

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:18.460
 not Jews for envy,

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:20.000
 but the triune God

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.500
 for love.

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.280
 And Christ laid

00:29:23.280 --> 00:29:24.820
 down his life as

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.840
 priest out of love

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.459
 for you.

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:30.079
 What manner of love

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.779
 is this, that we

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.240
 should be called

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.859
 children of God?

00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:34.539
 When we were by

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.319
 nature children of

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.299
 wrath, Christ

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:38.279
 loved us.

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.939
 When we were his

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.839
 enemies, Christ

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.679
 died for us.

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.819
 So how do we,

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.740
 as those who are

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.579
 united to Christ

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:49.119
 in him, how do we

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:50.379
 exercise our

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:51.039
 priestly duties?

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:56.680
 Do we rest in the

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.159
 power of the

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:58.079
 gospel which enables

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:59.460
 us to pray and

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.399
 intercede for others

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.659
 as Christ intercedes

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:02.180
 for us?

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.539
 I think all too

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.139
 often if I look at

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:07.000
 myself, I'm so

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.579
 concerned with my

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:09.759
 own needs, instead

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.519
 of looking to the

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.399
 needs of others.

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.519
 And we need to

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.220
 recognize, don't we,

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:17.319
 our priestly office

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.980
 gives us the

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.599
 privilege of

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.720
 interceding for

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.240
 others, and it's

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.960
 not a part-time

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.640
 job, it's not

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.140
 something that we're

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.660
 called to do from

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.259
 time to time.

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.819
 No, Christ's

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:27.400
 priestly office is

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.360
 meant to characterize

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.880
 all our lives.

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:33.420
 It's not a part-time

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.440
 job to be a

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.259
 priest, it's a

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.400
 full-time calling.

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.860
 So Romans 12

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.519
 verse 1,

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:42.120
 I appeal to you

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.880
 brothers by the

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.819
 mercies of God,

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.559
 here's the priestly

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.579
 language, to present

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.519
 your bodies as a

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.380
 living sacrifice,

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.759
 holy and acceptable

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.539
 to God, which is

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.079
 your spiritual

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.440
 worship.

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:55.180
 Our priestly

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 identity in

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 Christ, our

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 union with him

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 should mark the

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 entirety of our

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 lives.

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 Jesus describes

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 your life as

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 what?

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 Take up your

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 cross and follow

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 me.

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 And our lives

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 throughout every

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 element should be

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 marked by a

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 sacrificial love for

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 others.

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 Christ.

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 And so as I

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 understand how the

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 priests in

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 Micah failed and

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 how Christ

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 wonderfully is the

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 perfect priest and

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 how I am a

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 priest in Christ,

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 I need to pray that

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 the triune God

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 would break the

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 fortress of my

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 heart.

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 And that I would

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 lay down my

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 selfishness.

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 and I'd be willing

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 to even lay down

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 those things which I

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 have a legitimate

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 right.

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 And that I and

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 we as a church

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 family would be

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 enabled to pour out

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 our lives as a

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 drink offering,

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 all for his glory

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 and the benefit and

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 love of our

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 neighbours and our

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 families.

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 For the benefit and

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 blessing of our

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 church members.

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 I hope that as you

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 read Micah chapter

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 three, maybe before

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 you go to bed or

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 maybe as you get up

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 tomorrow morning,

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 and as you reflect on

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 Micah's harsh words of

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 judgment, I hope that

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 you will be able to

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 see against the

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 wicked backdrop of

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 sin and darkness how

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 brilliant and how

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 beautifully the

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 person and work of

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 Christ shine.

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 And that this week

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 you would meditate on

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 Christ's faithful work as

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 your true prophet and

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 your true priest and

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 your true king and

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 you would give thanks

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 for his work on your

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 behalf.

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 That you'd give thanks

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 for him as a faithful

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 prophet who has always

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 spoken the truth to us.

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 That truth which has

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 brought us salvation and

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.740
 you'd give thanks to him

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.960
 as a loving priest that he

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:52.340
 has laid down his life as

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 a sacrifice so that you

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 would not have to suffer

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 the curse of God's law.

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 And that you would give

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:59.220
 thanks to him as a king

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 who laid down his rule

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:04.680
 to rule in humility.

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 To give us a rule that

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.259
 we don't deserve.

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 But I also hope that you

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 will pray this week that

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 Christ's threefold work

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:17.059
 would sink deep down into

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:18.019
 the depths of your heart.

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 That God would rain his

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:22.039
 spirit down upon this

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:24.600
 truth and it would produce

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.620
 great fruit in your lives.

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 And so I want to close

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 with the words of

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 Heidelberg Catechism

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 chapter 30, question 32.

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 It's a beautiful question

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 on, that follows Christ's

00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:39.159
 threefold work.

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 And it asks this question,

00:33:41.459 --> 00:33:42.059
 it asks the question,

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 why are you called a

00:33:42.979 --> 00:33:43.359
 Christian?

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 And you need to understand

00:33:44.959 --> 00:33:45.659
 that the word Christian

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:46.859
 doesn't just mean a

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.719
 follower of Christ.

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.959
 That's how we often say,

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.119
 isn't it?

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.579
 What is a Christian?

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.000
 It's somebody who

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.519
 follows Christ.

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 But what does Christ mean?

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 It means anointed one.

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 And so would you respond

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.879
 with the answer,

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.059
 why are you called a

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.399
 Christian?

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 Because I am a member

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:03.299
 of Christ by faith

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:05.599
 and thus share in his

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:08.420
 anointing so that I may

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 as a prophet confess his

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:12.980
 name, as a priest present

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.980
 myself, a living sacrifice

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:17.699
 of thankfulness to him

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:20.619
 and as king fight with a

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 free and good conscience

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 against sin and the devil

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 in this life.

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 And hereafter reign with him

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 eternally of all creatures.

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 Let's pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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