WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:29.980 Thank you. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.119 A version of Psalm 15. 00:00:32.259 --> 00:00:33.420 We'll sing Psalm 98. 00:00:34.100 --> 00:00:35.420 To finish our service. 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:38.100 But we want the word of God to set the agenda. 00:00:38.219 --> 00:00:38.820 It's easy as an expert. 00:00:39.700 --> 00:00:40.840 Preachers and leaders. 00:00:41.700 --> 00:00:43.899 To have their own agenda that they're trying to get across. 00:00:44.120 --> 00:00:45.659 And so we preach through Matthew's gospel. 00:00:46.579 --> 00:00:47.840 To the end of chapter 7. 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:49.820 And I hope to deal with chapter 8 and 9. 00:00:50.780 --> 00:00:51.600 And before the summer. 00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:54.679 And so what we'll see today. 00:00:54.879 --> 00:00:58.320 Is we'll see the transforming joy of Jesus the King. 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:01.619 The transforming joy of Jesus the King. 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:04.120 It's been a couple of weeks since we were in Matthew 5 to 7. 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:06.379 But you will remember there. 00:01:06.500 --> 00:01:09.400 That Jesus was proclaiming the kingdom of God. 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:10.780 The kingdom of heaven. 00:01:11.859 --> 00:01:13.620 And he was proclaiming it with power. 00:01:13.739 --> 00:01:15.980 So look at the last words of chapter 7. 00:01:17.219 --> 00:01:19.760 You'll see that when Jesus finished these sayings. 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:20.379 That sermon. 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:23.480 The crowds were astonished at his teaching. 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.640 For he taught as one who had authority. 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:29.700 And not as their scribes. 00:01:29.900 --> 00:01:30.939 Not as their preachers. 00:01:32.260 --> 00:01:35.280 They were astonished at the authority of Jesus' words. 00:01:36.460 --> 00:01:38.040 And those verses at the end of chapter 7. 00:01:38.140 --> 00:01:39.340 They function as a marker. 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:42.680 Of the end of the Sermon on the Mount. 00:01:42.780 --> 00:01:45.780 All those teachings that Matthew has gathered together. 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:47.159 That we know by that name. 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:49.439 And Matthew is saying. 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:52.700 You need to realise that the sermon by Jesus is over. 00:01:53.700 --> 00:01:55.939 But Matthew's sermon isn't over. 00:01:57.719 --> 00:01:59.879 Matthew's sermon doesn't stop for us there. 00:01:59.939 --> 00:02:02.759 It goes on right away through chapters 8 and 9. 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:04.319 And we know that. 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:06.679 Because as we go through Matthew's gospel. 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:08.659 We see certain marker points. 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:11.219 If you go back a couple of chapters. 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:13.120 Just look with me at chapter 4. 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:16.240 Just before the Sermon on the Mount begins. 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:18.920 And you can see the first marker point. 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:20.879 It's in chapter 4 and verse 23. 00:02:21.640 --> 00:02:23.640 It says Jesus went through Galilee. 00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:25.560 Teaching in their synagogues. 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:27.840 Proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom. 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:29.460 And healing every disease. 00:02:30.259 --> 00:02:31.560 And every affliction among the people. 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:33.719 Three things there. 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:34.400 Teaching. 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:35.520 Proclaiming. 00:02:35.900 --> 00:02:36.620 And healing. 00:02:37.860 --> 00:02:39.340 Now click forward to chapter 9. 00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:43.120 And you find almost identical wording. 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:44.939 In chapter 9 and verse 35. 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:47.640 Jesus went through chapter 9 and verse 35. 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:49.800 Went throughout all the cities and villages. 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:51.439 Teaching in the synagogues. 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:53.319 Proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom. 00:02:53.780 --> 00:02:55.060 Healing every disease. 00:02:55.300 --> 00:02:56.159 And every affliction. 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:57.060 Teaching. 00:02:57.980 --> 00:02:58.539 Proclaiming. 00:02:59.259 --> 00:02:59.659 Healing. 00:03:01.020 --> 00:03:03.659 And in between those two markers. 00:03:03.980 --> 00:03:05.379 Are chapters 5 to 9. 00:03:06.020 --> 00:03:07.580 5, 6 and 7. 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:08.860 Are Jesus teaching. 00:03:09.340 --> 00:03:12.300 Jesus proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom. 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:15.099 Chapters 8 and 9. 00:03:15.640 --> 00:03:16.860 Jesus works. 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:18.800 Proclaim the kingdom. 00:03:19.340 --> 00:03:20.599 5, 6 and 7. 00:03:20.740 --> 00:03:22.340 His words proclaim the kingdom. 00:03:22.780 --> 00:03:23.539 8 and 9. 00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:25.439 His works proclaim the kingdom. 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:26.319 His miracles. 00:03:26.860 --> 00:03:28.719 He gives a wonderful demonstration. 00:03:29.140 --> 00:03:30.920 Of what life looks like. 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:33.080 In the kingdom of heaven. 00:03:35.020 --> 00:03:36.240 And he tells us. 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:37.480 That Jesus kingdom. 00:03:37.740 --> 00:03:38.920 Is all about the transformation. 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:39.819 Of the whole earth. 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:41.699 Of the whole universe. 00:03:42.539 --> 00:03:44.659 Of the whole created realm. 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:46.379 Of the spiritual realm. 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:47.659 As well as the physical realm. 00:03:48.979 --> 00:03:49.459 Transformation. 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:52.819 Nothing less than a whole new creation. 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:54.859 And at the same time. 00:03:54.939 --> 00:03:56.779 The transformation of men and women. 00:03:57.019 --> 00:03:58.259 And boys and girls. 00:03:58.259 --> 00:03:59.479 For that new creation. 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:01.859 That is what the gospel is. 00:04:02.500 --> 00:04:03.919 It is about the power. 00:04:04.099 --> 00:04:04.819 And the authority. 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:06.560 That Jesus exercises. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:09.060 Over all the decay. 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:09.819 And all of all. 00:04:09.819 --> 00:04:10.919 The enslavement. 00:04:11.060 --> 00:04:11.679 And the destruction. 00:04:11.939 --> 00:04:12.839 And the alienation. 00:04:13.539 --> 00:04:14.959 That affects our world. 00:04:15.679 --> 00:04:17.039 Because of the rebellion. 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:19.399 Of man against God. 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:21.560 Because of the tragedy. 00:04:21.939 --> 00:04:22.860 Of sin. 00:04:22.860 --> 00:04:27.220 Now that is what Jesus words were all about. 00:04:27.379 --> 00:04:28.060 In the Sermon on the Mount. 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:28.319 Were they? 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:29.680 They were all about his perfect law. 00:04:30.840 --> 00:04:32.220 His perfect law. 00:04:32.340 --> 00:04:34.580 For his perfect new world. 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:37.360 And now Jesus is showing us. 00:04:37.420 --> 00:04:38.560 By his works. 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:40.120 In the same way. 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:41.319 He demonstrates. 00:04:41.980 --> 00:04:42.460 Unmistakably. 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:43.879 Just how wonderful. 00:04:44.420 --> 00:04:45.480 The new kingdom will be. 00:04:46.180 --> 00:04:47.720 The new world is going to be. 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:51.480 And Matthew has carefully ordered. 00:04:52.200 --> 00:04:52.680 Everything. 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:54.440 To show you this. 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:57.480 To show you the wonder. 00:04:58.380 --> 00:05:00.040 And the transforming joy. 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:00.900 Of Jesus kingdom. 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:05.000 So let's look. 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:06.420 Just at Matthew chapter 8 and 9. 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:08.420 And I've not really seen. 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:10.580 The structure of Matthew 8 and 9. 00:05:10.660 --> 00:05:11.180 Before this. 00:05:11.540 --> 00:05:12.300 It's one sermon. 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:13.340 We're going to do it in three. 00:05:14.200 --> 00:05:15.640 And it's a brilliant sermon. 00:05:15.740 --> 00:05:16.480 In three parts. 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:17.759 Because every part. 00:05:17.780 --> 00:05:18.759 Of Matthew's sermon. 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:20.560 Has three points. 00:05:21.100 --> 00:05:22.560 Three miracles. 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:24.200 And then some teaching. 00:05:24.840 --> 00:05:25.720 About the life. 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:26.800 Of discipleship. 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:28.319 Telling you what it means. 00:05:28.400 --> 00:05:29.319 To follow Jesus. 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:30.439 In the now. 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:32.400 In this world. 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:33.240 Let me just show you that. 00:05:33.300 --> 00:05:33.700 So look at. 00:05:33.900 --> 00:05:34.480 At 8 and 9. 00:05:34.540 --> 00:05:35.120 You'll see. 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:36.379 There's three miracles. 00:05:36.520 --> 00:05:37.220 Clemsing of a leper. 00:05:37.379 --> 00:05:38.720 Faith Vincent Centurion. 00:05:39.140 --> 00:05:40.200 And Jesus healing many. 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:42.200 That's the first point. 00:05:42.280 --> 00:05:42.660 Of the sermon. 00:05:43.080 --> 00:05:44.100 And then you have the cost. 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:44.900 Of following Jesus. 00:05:45.819 --> 00:05:46.340 And then again. 00:05:46.339 --> 00:05:47.119 You have the same structure. 00:05:47.479 --> 00:05:48.619 You have the calming of the storm. 00:05:48.979 --> 00:05:49.919 The healing of the people. 00:05:50.039 --> 00:05:50.479 With demons. 00:05:50.819 --> 00:05:51.619 And the paralytic. 00:05:52.019 --> 00:05:53.019 And then you have a section. 00:05:53.099 --> 00:05:53.500 Of teaching. 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:54.139 On what it means. 00:05:54.179 --> 00:05:54.799 To be a disciple. 00:05:55.379 --> 00:05:56.119 And then you have. 00:05:56.119 --> 00:05:57.439 Verse 18 of chapter 9. 00:05:57.539 --> 00:05:58.779 A girl restored to life. 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:00.039 Jesus heals. 00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:01.319 Two blind men. 00:06:01.599 --> 00:06:02.179 And he heals. 00:06:02.259 --> 00:06:03.339 A man unable to speak. 00:06:03.799 --> 00:06:05.079 And then he teaches you more. 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:06.159 On what life is like. 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:06.759 On the kingdom. 00:06:10.159 --> 00:06:11.079 And as he works up. 00:06:11.159 --> 00:06:12.099 To the end of chapter 9. 00:06:12.339 --> 00:06:13.539 There are two great conclusions. 00:06:13.539 --> 00:06:14.359 That we'll see. 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:16.620 He challenges the crowds. 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:17.160 Who are listening. 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:20.000 Remember that Jesus is speaking. 00:06:20.080 --> 00:06:20.759 To his disciples. 00:06:20.939 --> 00:06:22.280 But the crowds are listening in. 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:24.220 And he's challenging them. 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:25.680 To make a decision. 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:26.520 For his kingdom. 00:06:26.780 --> 00:06:28.139 He's challenging the crowds. 00:06:28.340 --> 00:06:29.139 Join the kingdom. 00:06:30.139 --> 00:06:31.400 And at the same time. 00:06:31.500 --> 00:06:32.040 All the way through. 00:06:32.139 --> 00:06:32.660 These two chapters. 00:06:32.960 --> 00:06:34.199 He's calling you and I. 00:06:34.280 --> 00:06:35.100 As his disciples. 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:36.819 To see the significance. 00:06:36.819 --> 00:06:38.500 Of what life is like. 00:06:38.740 --> 00:06:39.000 Living. 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:40.519 In the kingdom of heaven. 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:43.779 So all the way. 00:06:43.860 --> 00:06:44.579 Through 8 and 9. 00:06:44.659 --> 00:06:45.480 The emphasis is C. 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:46.199 It's one big point. 00:06:47.019 --> 00:06:47.759 Jesus is the king. 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:50.439 Jesus is the king. 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:52.519 And Jesus is the one. 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:53.319 Who has the authority. 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:54.079 And the power. 00:06:54.459 --> 00:06:56.100 Over every single. 00:06:56.659 --> 00:06:57.219 Manifestation. 00:06:57.860 --> 00:06:58.480 Of power. 00:06:58.699 --> 00:06:59.219 And sin. 00:06:59.339 --> 00:06:59.939 And curse. 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:00.600 In the world. 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:02.439 He is the one. 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:03.260 Who's got the power. 00:07:03.340 --> 00:07:04.080 And the authority. 00:07:04.200 --> 00:07:05.360 To drive out sin. 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:07.460 He's got the authority. 00:07:07.460 --> 00:07:07.920 And the power. 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:09.660 To reverse the curse. 00:07:10.300 --> 00:07:11.120 And to bring about. 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:12.420 That great restoration. 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:13.840 That God has promised. 00:07:13.840 --> 00:07:14.760 From the very beginning. 00:07:15.400 --> 00:07:16.580 And that all human beings. 00:07:16.580 --> 00:07:17.200 Have looked for. 00:07:17.320 --> 00:07:17.840 Through history. 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:19.820 And so. 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:20.600 So today. 00:07:20.660 --> 00:07:21.439 We're going to look at the first part. 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:22.320 Verses 1 to 22. 00:07:23.300 --> 00:07:24.200 And it's all about. 00:07:24.220 --> 00:07:25.000 Jesus power. 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:25.960 And authority. 00:07:25.960 --> 00:07:27.060 Over the hopelessness. 00:07:27.060 --> 00:07:27.480 Of sin. 00:07:29.060 --> 00:07:30.200 The message is. 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:31.240 That Jesus. 00:07:31.539 --> 00:07:32.539 And his kingdom. 00:07:33.740 --> 00:07:34.219 Reverses. 00:07:34.339 --> 00:07:34.939 The tragic. 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:35.699 Hopelessness. 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:36.219 Of sin. 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:36.819 In the world. 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:37.920 And in the lives. 00:07:37.979 --> 00:07:38.779 Of human beings. 00:07:39.779 --> 00:07:40.639 And the emphasis. 00:07:40.819 --> 00:07:41.399 If you look at these. 00:07:41.479 --> 00:07:42.560 Three sections. 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:43.139 With me. 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:45.420 The emphasis. 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:46.019 Is. 00:07:46.339 --> 00:07:47.000 On Jesus. 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:47.819 Miracles. 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:48.740 To show. 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:49.560 His authority. 00:07:49.779 --> 00:07:50.480 Over the power. 00:07:50.599 --> 00:07:51.279 That sin has. 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:52.180 To exclude. 00:07:54.219 --> 00:07:55.180 To exclude. 00:07:55.180 --> 00:07:55.980 Human life. 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:56.759 Human beings. 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:57.360 From a life. 00:07:57.459 --> 00:07:58.279 As it's meant to be. 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:00.719 So in each of these stories. 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:01.219 You see. 00:08:01.379 --> 00:08:01.959 A man. 00:08:02.039 --> 00:08:02.459 Or a woman. 00:08:03.599 --> 00:08:04.219 And you see. 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:04.799 A man. 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:05.379 Or a woman. 00:08:05.379 --> 00:08:06.839 Made in the image of God. 00:08:08.259 --> 00:08:08.979 And yet. 00:08:09.099 --> 00:08:10.359 That image of God. 00:08:10.439 --> 00:08:11.359 Has been somehow. 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:12.799 Reduced. 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:14.919 Is something. 00:08:15.239 --> 00:08:16.339 Far less. 00:08:16.619 --> 00:08:16.859 Far. 00:08:17.059 --> 00:08:17.859 Far less. 00:08:18.419 --> 00:08:19.059 Than God. 00:08:19.139 --> 00:08:19.899 Meant for human life. 00:08:19.899 --> 00:08:20.299 To be. 00:08:21.739 --> 00:08:22.439 And therefore. 00:08:22.559 --> 00:08:23.059 Because of. 00:08:23.259 --> 00:08:23.639 The results. 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:24.459 Of sin. 00:08:24.459 --> 00:08:26.199 These people. 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:27.199 Are excluded. 00:08:27.779 --> 00:08:28.579 From full. 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:29.579 Participation. 00:08:29.579 --> 00:08:30.339 In the life. 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:31.039 Of God's people. 00:08:32.819 --> 00:08:33.799 And it's as a result. 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:34.539 Of the curse of sin. 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:36.699 And each. 00:08:37.179 --> 00:08:37.579 Picture. 00:08:37.740 --> 00:08:38.360 That we're given. 00:08:38.500 --> 00:08:39.079 By Jesus. 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:40.120 Is a picture. 00:08:40.199 --> 00:08:40.860 Of what sin. 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:42.100 Does to human life. 00:08:42.179 --> 00:08:42.620 To your life. 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:43.120 And to mine. 00:08:44.319 --> 00:08:45.379 Because the whole message. 00:08:45.379 --> 00:08:45.899 Of the Bible. 00:08:45.980 --> 00:08:46.639 Is that humankind. 00:08:46.899 --> 00:08:47.319 You and I. 00:08:47.419 --> 00:08:48.720 Are under a curse. 00:08:49.860 --> 00:08:50.759 That we are. 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:52.079 Separated. 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:53.480 From God. 00:08:53.560 --> 00:08:54.820 Because of the tragedy. 00:08:55.060 --> 00:08:55.900 Of man's rebellion. 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:56.680 Against God. 00:08:58.040 --> 00:08:59.360 God created you. 00:08:59.800 --> 00:09:00.800 For intimate. 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:01.639 Fellowship. 00:09:01.820 --> 00:09:02.320 With him. 00:09:03.660 --> 00:09:04.100 And yet. 00:09:04.160 --> 00:09:04.700 What is the truth. 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:05.160 Of our lives. 00:09:05.220 --> 00:09:05.879 The truth of our lives. 00:09:05.940 --> 00:09:06.879 Is we've been excluded. 00:09:08.100 --> 00:09:08.700 We've been. 00:09:09.060 --> 00:09:09.540 Diminished. 00:09:10.940 --> 00:09:11.960 We human beings. 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:12.860 We are pale. 00:09:13.100 --> 00:09:13.500 Shadows. 00:09:13.680 --> 00:09:14.220 Of what true. 00:09:14.300 --> 00:09:14.700 Humanity. 00:09:14.820 --> 00:09:15.480 Is meant to be. 00:09:16.920 --> 00:09:17.879 We're not at all. 00:09:18.100 --> 00:09:18.840 As how God. 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:19.759 Created us to be. 00:09:20.500 --> 00:09:21.300 We know that. 00:09:21.379 --> 00:09:21.720 Don't we? 00:09:22.800 --> 00:09:23.560 Every year. 00:09:23.660 --> 00:09:24.600 We get older. 00:09:25.780 --> 00:09:26.440 Every year. 00:09:26.520 --> 00:09:27.020 We grow. 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:27.020 We grow. 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:27.660 Weaker. 00:09:29.160 --> 00:09:29.920 And because one day. 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:30.160 Of course. 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:30.900 Every one of us. 00:09:30.900 --> 00:09:31.400 Will die. 00:09:31.460 --> 00:09:32.060 And that is not. 00:09:32.060 --> 00:09:33.040 How we were created. 00:09:33.040 --> 00:09:33.500 To be. 00:09:35.220 --> 00:09:35.660 Death. 00:09:36.400 --> 00:09:37.379 And old age. 00:09:37.500 --> 00:09:38.200 Is a terrible. 00:09:38.660 --> 00:09:39.060 Intrusion. 00:09:40.280 --> 00:09:41.139 But the gospel. 00:09:41.139 --> 00:09:41.600 Of the kingdom. 00:09:41.740 --> 00:09:42.300 Is that Christ. 00:09:42.400 --> 00:09:42.860 The king. 00:09:43.379 --> 00:09:44.080 Has come. 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:45.040 To put an end. 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:45.940 To that exclusion. 00:09:46.700 --> 00:09:47.700 To that alienation. 00:09:47.940 --> 00:09:48.720 And he's come. 00:09:49.100 --> 00:09:49.620 To call. 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:50.440 Men and women. 00:09:50.540 --> 00:09:51.480 And boys and girls. 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.060 Back into a true humanity. 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:56.820 That God created at the beginning. 00:09:57.580 --> 00:09:58.500 And destined us for. 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:01.139 And that is the glorious message. 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:02.240 That is acted out. 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:03.480 In chapters 8 and 9. 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:05.139 Three people. 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:05.899 Who by their nature. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:06.920 They are excluded. 00:10:06.920 --> 00:10:08.539 From full access to God. 00:10:08.539 --> 00:10:10.220 In the religious life of Israel. 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:10.920 And yet. 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:11.340 Jesus. 00:10:11.659 --> 00:10:12.940 Jesus has the authority. 00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:15.660 To bring everyone. 00:10:15.660 --> 00:10:16.660 Back into intimate. 00:10:17.420 --> 00:10:17.860 Friendship. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:18.540 And fellowship. 00:10:19.040 --> 00:10:20.240 With the son of God himself. 00:10:21.660 --> 00:10:22.500 So first of all. 00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:23.820 Here's a man who is unclean. 00:10:23.860 --> 00:10:24.780 Look at verses 1 to 4. 00:10:25.540 --> 00:10:26.040 Chapter 8. 00:10:27.020 --> 00:10:28.780 Here is a man who is unclean. 00:10:30.100 --> 00:10:31.240 He is a leper. 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:31.399 Now. 00:10:34.680 --> 00:10:35.500 I asked the children. 00:10:35.860 --> 00:10:37.500 What is a leper? 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:39.320 The first question was. 00:10:39.940 --> 00:10:41.720 Something with spots. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:43.220 And that's able to run very quickly. 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:44.620 So we asked again. 00:10:44.680 --> 00:10:45.320 What is a leper? 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:46.000 And somebody said. 00:10:46.060 --> 00:10:47.519 Well it's something that you grab hold of. 00:10:47.680 --> 00:10:48.440 And pull down. 00:10:48.680 --> 00:10:49.279 Meaning a lever. 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:50.580 But that's not a leper. 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:54.039 A leper is someone who is excluded from society. 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:56.639 But more importantly here. 00:10:57.059 --> 00:10:59.099 A leper is excluded from the temple. 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:00.019 The place where. 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:02.079 The Jews went to meet with God. 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:03.599 And the synagogue. 00:11:03.819 --> 00:11:05.860 Where they went to hear of God. 00:11:06.860 --> 00:11:07.939 So look at verse 1. 00:11:08.899 --> 00:11:10.019 When he came down from the mountain. 00:11:10.179 --> 00:11:11.860 Great crowds followed him. 00:11:12.819 --> 00:11:14.740 And behold a leper came to him. 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:15.899 And knelt before him. 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:16.219 Saying. 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:16.879 Lord. 00:11:17.219 --> 00:11:18.379 If you will. 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:20.759 You can make me clean. 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:23.939 And Jesus stretched out his hand. 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:24.819 And touched him. 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:25.219 Saying. 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:26.120 I will. 00:11:26.740 --> 00:11:27.439 Be clean. 00:11:28.699 --> 00:11:29.519 And immediately. 00:11:29.719 --> 00:11:30.519 His leprosy. 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:32.059 Was cleansed. 00:11:33.079 --> 00:11:34.620 And Jesus said to him. 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:36.699 See that you say nothing to anyone. 00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:38.480 But go and show yourself to the priest. 00:11:39.059 --> 00:11:41.159 And offer the gift that Moses commanded. 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:42.379 For a proof to them. 00:11:43.319 --> 00:11:44.139 Now you see here. 00:11:44.139 --> 00:11:44.860 The disease. 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:47.959 Whether it's what we call leprosy today. 00:11:48.439 --> 00:11:49.779 Or some other kind of skin disease. 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:51.459 That they called leprosy in those days. 00:11:51.579 --> 00:11:52.620 Doesn't matter. 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:56.319 The issue is more than having a disease. 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:57.839 But the issue is really clear. 00:11:57.919 --> 00:11:59.579 When you look at the words that is used. 00:11:59.740 --> 00:12:00.179 Can you see? 00:12:01.079 --> 00:12:02.059 The words that I use. 00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:02.459 Is that. 00:12:02.819 --> 00:12:03.899 He was unclean. 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:05.159 That's why in verse 2. 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:06.000 Matthew. 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:07.379 Doesn't say healing. 00:12:08.099 --> 00:12:09.459 He doesn't want you to think healing. 00:12:09.599 --> 00:12:10.980 He wants you to think cleansing. 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:12.159 That is what he wants. 00:12:13.779 --> 00:12:14.799 That's the most important thing. 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:15.919 That everybody knew. 00:12:16.079 --> 00:12:16.759 That in that day. 00:12:16.819 --> 00:12:17.779 To have leprosy. 00:12:18.139 --> 00:12:18.799 To have leprosy. 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:19.979 Was a hopeless condition. 00:12:21.839 --> 00:12:22.839 Only God. 00:12:22.939 --> 00:12:23.799 Only God. 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:24.759 Could cure leprosy. 00:12:24.959 --> 00:12:26.079 There was no other way. 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:27.120 Than divine intervention. 00:12:28.359 --> 00:12:30.139 But notice what Jesus does to this man. 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:31.339 What does he do? 00:12:33.339 --> 00:12:34.519 Can you see in verse 3. 00:12:34.599 --> 00:12:35.319 He touches him. 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:38.079 That is something. 00:12:38.219 --> 00:12:38.959 That no one else. 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:39.919 Had ever done. 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:41.240 Since this man's diagnosis. 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:44.080 Lepers were apart. 00:12:45.299 --> 00:12:46.620 No one went near them. 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:48.580 Let alone touched them. 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:51.519 And then with his word of power. 00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:52.419 In verse 3. 00:12:52.539 --> 00:12:53.620 He says be clean. 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:56.180 And then he says to them. 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:56.879 Go to the priest. 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:57.659 Why go to the priest? 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:58.500 Go to the priest. 00:12:58.560 --> 00:12:59.220 To show them. 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:00.340 As a proof to them. 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:02.180 That you've been made clean. 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:04.519 So he will allow you. 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:06.120 To have access to God. 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:08.940 That he would be allowed. 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:10.379 To have access to the synagogue. 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:11.460 All over again. 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:14.000 And he was to go to them. 00:13:14.059 --> 00:13:14.620 As proof. 00:13:14.700 --> 00:13:15.580 To proclaim to them. 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:16.279 This testimony. 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:17.980 I've been cleansed from leprosy. 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:20.460 And I have access to God. 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:24.059 And this can only mean one thing. 00:13:24.139 --> 00:13:25.320 That the kingdom of God. 00:13:25.379 --> 00:13:26.000 Has come. 00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:29.120 Because everybody knew. 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:29.759 In those days. 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:30.919 That the only thing. 00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:32.279 That could bring a cure. 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:33.000 For lepers. 00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:35.600 Was that God had come. 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:38.740 So here is a man. 00:13:38.820 --> 00:13:40.000 Who is unclean. 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:43.059 But he's no longer hopeless. 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:45.799 He's been cleansed by Jesus. 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:48.600 And he has access to the life. 00:13:48.700 --> 00:13:49.860 That he'd been denied before. 00:13:51.439 --> 00:13:52.120 Look at verse 5. 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:52.740 Not only. 00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:54.100 Do we have a man. 00:13:54.179 --> 00:13:55.220 Who is unclean. 00:13:55.340 --> 00:13:56.019 But there is a man. 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:56.860 Who is untouchable. 00:13:57.820 --> 00:13:58.500 There is a man. 00:13:58.580 --> 00:13:59.240 Who is untouchable. 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.559 Because he's a Gentile. 00:14:01.939 --> 00:14:02.879 He's a Gentile. 00:14:02.939 --> 00:14:03.799 Look at verse 5. 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.439 When he entered Capernaum. 00:14:06.599 --> 00:14:07.779 A centurion. 00:14:08.779 --> 00:14:09.859 Came forward to him. 00:14:09.959 --> 00:14:10.859 Appealing to him. 00:14:11.219 --> 00:14:12.299 Lord my servant. 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:13.359 Is lying paralyzed. 00:14:13.359 --> 00:14:14.099 At home. 00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:15.439 Suffering terribly. 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:18.039 And I think there should be. 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:19.000 A question here. 00:14:19.079 --> 00:14:20.759 I think the ESV gets it wrong. 00:14:21.419 --> 00:14:22.919 And he said to him. 00:14:24.319 --> 00:14:26.120 Am I to come and heal him? 00:14:27.699 --> 00:14:28.919 Am I to come and heal him? 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:30.500 And there's a very definite question there. 00:14:31.439 --> 00:14:32.839 But the centurion replied. 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.500 Lord I am not worthy. 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:36.199 To have you come under my roof. 00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:37.740 But only say the word. 00:14:38.439 --> 00:14:40.439 And my servant will be healed. 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:43.059 Try to have a man. 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:43.620 Under authority. 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.459 With soldiers under me. 00:14:44.579 --> 00:14:45.339 I say to him. 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:45.959 Go and he goes. 00:14:46.019 --> 00:14:46.919 And to another come and he comes. 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:47.819 And to my servant. 00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.679 Do this and he does it. 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:49.899 And when Jesus heard this. 00:14:49.979 --> 00:14:50.439 He marveled. 00:14:51.439 --> 00:14:52.699 And said to those who followed him. 00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:53.279 Truly truly. 00:14:54.059 --> 00:14:55.120 With no one in Israel. 00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:56.480 Have I found such faith. 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:59.300 I tell you many will come. 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.379 Many will come from east and west. 00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:05.639 And recline at table. 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:07.039 With Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.840 In the kingdom of heaven. 00:15:07.940 --> 00:15:09.080 While the sons of the kingdom. 00:15:09.220 --> 00:15:10.420 Will be thrown into the outer darkness. 00:15:10.420 --> 00:15:11.039 In that place. 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:11.879 There will be weeping. 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:12.720 And gnashing of teeth. 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:14.080 And to the centurion. 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:14.620 Jesus said. 00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:14.960 Go. 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.159 Let it be done for you. 00:15:16.180 --> 00:15:16.800 As you believed. 00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:18.139 And the servant was healed. 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.560 At that very moment. 00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:23.039 So here is a man who is untouchable. 00:15:23.180 --> 00:15:24.700 He is a Gentile. 00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:26.460 A centurion. 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:27.300 Probably not a Roman. 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:28.720 Probably Lebanese. 00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:29.180 Or Syrian. 00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:30.420 And he was excluded. 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:31.480 From God's presence. 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.259 And his people. 00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:34.080 By his race. 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:37.259 And I think that's what Matthew is drawing. 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:38.000 Our attention to. 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:38.560 In the description. 00:15:39.060 --> 00:15:39.820 He comes in. 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.620 Verse 6. 00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:41.480 Not with. 00:15:41.940 --> 00:15:43.680 Not with a direct question. 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.480 Can you see that? 00:15:45.700 --> 00:15:46.200 For Jesus. 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:47.759 But there is a hesitant statement. 00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:49.539 He is unsure. 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:51.840 Even if he is going to be heard. 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:52.600 By Jesus. 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.080 He says. 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:54.620 My servant is lying. 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:56.000 Paralyzed. 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:56.820 At home. 00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.220 Suffering. 00:15:58.580 --> 00:15:59.019 Terribly. 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:02.720 There is not a question there. 00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.980 And Jesus answers him. 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:07.019 Am I to come and heal him? 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:09.240 And verse 8. 00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:09.879 If you look there. 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:10.399 Shows you. 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:11.440 This man knows. 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.259 That he is. 00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:13.340 Excluded. 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:13.799 No. 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.480 I am not worthy. 00:16:14.539 --> 00:16:15.600 To have you come into my house. 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:17.399 I know I am on the outside. 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:21.000 Maybe there is more than. 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.019 Just a consciousness. 00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:22.959 Of being a part. 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:24.519 As a Gentile. 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.799 Maybe there is a consciousness. 00:16:26.059 --> 00:16:26.500 Of sin. 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:26.759 Isn't it? 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.519 I am not worthy. 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:29.179 To have you come into my house. 00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:32.719 But he displays. 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.039 Doesn't he? 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.859 Astonishing faith. 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.799 This outsider. 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.120 Grasps the power. 00:16:38.319 --> 00:16:39.039 And the authority. 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.500 Of Jesus. 00:16:39.599 --> 00:16:40.519 In a way that no one else. 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:41.079 Seems to have. 00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:43.000 And it. 00:16:43.719 --> 00:16:44.039 Astonishes. 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:44.559 Jesus. 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:47.199 You have this. 00:16:47.599 --> 00:16:48.539 Amazing faith. 00:16:48.739 --> 00:16:49.120 Jesus. 00:16:49.719 --> 00:16:50.639 Is amazed. 00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:54.919 Sometimes it does amaze us. 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:55.439 As Christians. 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:55.779 Doesn't it? 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.859 Especially if we have been Christians. 00:16:56.959 --> 00:16:57.479 A long time. 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:00.100 When somebody. 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:01.159 Who's got no background. 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:02.000 In the church. 00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:03.539 And no Bible background. 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.819 No years. 00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.819 Of understanding. 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.880 And yet. 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:09.039 They come into a situation. 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:11.079 Of being in the church. 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:12.299 And they come to the Lord Jesus. 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:13.380 And they mature. 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.599 And they grow. 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:15.279 So quickly. 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.640 And very quickly. 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.680 They outstrip. 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.319 Those of us. 00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:20.039 Who've grown up. 00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:21.920 And had all the kind of advantages. 00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:22.839 That they never had. 00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:24.960 It's often true. 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:27.720 To be a real encouragement. 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.100 To you. 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:28.779 If you've someone. 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:29.880 If you're someone. 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:31.039 Who's come to church recently. 00:17:31.860 --> 00:17:32.660 If you're someone. 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.579 Who's come from. 00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.579 The outside. 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.460 So to speak. 00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:36.799 To the Lord Jesus. 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.000 And you might think. 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:39.319 Well I don't know very much. 00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:41.620 I don't know very much. 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:44.000 And all these people. 00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.500 In this church. 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:45.259 Well they've been coming to it. 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:46.039 For years. 00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:46.840 Since they were young. 00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:48.039 But I don't know very much. 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.799 Well this same Tyrian. 00:17:50.860 --> 00:17:51.720 He didn't know very much. 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.019 Did he? 00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:55.819 But Jesus acclaims him. 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:57.339 Above all the people of Israel. 00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.839 Who knew the word. 00:17:58.920 --> 00:17:59.279 Inwards. 00:17:59.379 --> 00:17:59.799 Outwards. 00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.180 And backwards. 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:00.740 And forwards. 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:03.079 So be encouraged. 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:04.379 Jesus loves to answer. 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:05.240 Faith and trust. 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:07.559 Even in people. 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.440 Who haven't got. 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.319 A great deal. 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.480 Of theological. 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:11.400 Understanding. 00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:13.720 But he wants. 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.160 You and I. 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:14.819 He wants people. 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:16.299 To know their own sin. 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:17.119 And more importantly. 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:17.819 The power. 00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.859 Of their saviour. 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:20.359 And to know. 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:21.440 Where to come for answers. 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:21.640 Jesus. 00:18:22.820 --> 00:18:23.799 And that was this man. 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:26.000 So the unclean man. 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:27.539 Is cleansed. 00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:30.180 And the untouchable man. 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:31.220 Is commended. 00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:31.980 By Jesus. 00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:33.019 The son of God. 00:18:33.080 --> 00:18:34.019 Above everyone else. 00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.340 And the people of Israel. 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.559 And if that isn't. 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.160 Staggering. 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.120 What about the third story. 00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.840 In verse 14. 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.799 The unclean. 00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.559 Is cleansed. 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:44.519 The untouchable. 00:18:44.660 --> 00:18:45.360 Is commended. 00:18:45.360 --> 00:18:46.059 By Jesus. 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.940 And then we have. 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.900 The unnamed. 00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:51.720 I love. 00:18:51.800 --> 00:18:52.780 And verse 14. 00:18:54.340 --> 00:18:55.160 When Jesus. 00:18:55.320 --> 00:18:55.759 Entered. 00:18:55.820 --> 00:18:56.420 Peter's house. 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.840 He saw his mother-in-law. 00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:59.560 Lying sick. 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.200 With a fever. 00:19:00.320 --> 00:19:00.660 The lady. 00:19:00.780 --> 00:19:01.560 With no name. 00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:05.420 If you go to Swansea. 00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:07.380 I am known as. 00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:08.940 Steve's brother. 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:11.680 Or Alan's boy. 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:13.680 If they come to London. 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.299 They are known as. 00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.140 Paul's brother. 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.960 Or Paul's dad. 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:20.400 But here is this lady. 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.820 We know nothing of her. 00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:23.500 Just. 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.279 She is Peter's mother-in-law. 00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:27.320 The lady with no name. 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:28.000 Lying sick. 00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:28.600 With a fever. 00:19:30.560 --> 00:19:31.460 And it says. 00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:31.820 Doesn't it. 00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:33.060 That he touched her hand. 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:34.180 Verse 15. 00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:36.680 And the fever left her. 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.720 And she rose. 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:40.220 And she began to serve. 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:43.319 And that evening. 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:44.819 And they brought to him. 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:46.019 Many who were oppressed. 00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:47.019 By demons. 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:49.480 And he cast out the spirits. 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.460 With a word. 00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:51.400 And he healed. 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.880 All who were sick. 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.880 Now again. 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.680 We need to know. 00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:56.960 Don't we. 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.839 That women were very. 00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.900 Second rate citizens. 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.600 In those days. 00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.559 In the world of that day. 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.680 Actually. 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.680 They were much better. 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.860 Treated in Israel. 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:07.220 Than in any of the. 00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.440 Other surrounding nations. 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.900 That's still true today. 00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.620 In the Middle East. 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.920 They were better treated. 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.519 In Israel. 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.080 Than they were. 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:17.680 In the surrounding. 00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.560 Pagan lands. 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.480 And yet still. 00:20:19.580 --> 00:20:20.740 Women weren't permitted. 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.740 To come into the heart. 00:20:22.780 --> 00:20:23.280 Of the temple. 00:20:23.280 --> 00:20:23.660 Were they? 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.640 Certainly. 00:20:25.780 --> 00:20:26.340 No rabbi. 00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.140 Or teacher. 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:28.580 Of standing. 00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.259 Would speak. 00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:30.120 Or bother. 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.759 With a woman. 00:20:32.300 --> 00:20:33.060 But do you notice. 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:34.060 In verse 15. 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:37.200 Jesus touches her hand. 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:42.019 Jesus doesn't need. 00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.620 To teach. 00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.539 To heal. 00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.259 Doesn't need. 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.620 To touch. 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.080 To heal. 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.440 Does he? 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.400 How do we know that? 00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.900 Well we know that. 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:50.019 Because in the previous story. 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.840 He healed the servant. 00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:52.600 From a distance. 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.180 With a word. 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.440 And he could have done that. 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.240 With Peter's mother-in-law. 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.720 But he didn't. 00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.360 He touched her. 00:20:58.359 --> 00:21:00.819 And as well. 00:21:00.939 --> 00:21:02.000 As well as healing her. 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:03.439 He is saying to her. 00:21:03.459 --> 00:21:03.719 Isn't he? 00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.299 You matter. 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.459 He is saying to her. 00:21:07.479 --> 00:21:08.419 You're not a nobody. 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:12.319 You're not unnamed. 00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.639 Peter's mother-in-law. 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.359 And verse 16. 00:21:16.459 --> 00:21:16.859 Suggests. 00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.819 That the same example. 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.359 Was repeated. 00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.299 Over and over. 00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:20.079 And over again. 00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.299 As all the people. 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.879 With demons. 00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.740 And all the people. 00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.779 With illnesses. 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.439 Were healed. 00:21:24.679 --> 00:21:25.219 And demons. 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.319 Were driven out. 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.219 And verse 17. 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:30.359 Explains what's going on. 00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:31.219 This was to fulfil. 00:21:31.219 --> 00:21:31.919 What was spoken. 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.599 By the prophet. 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.559 Isaiah. 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.819 He took our illnesses. 00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:36.419 And bore our diseases. 00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:40.859 It's one of the great themes. 00:21:40.979 --> 00:21:42.039 Of Matthew's gospel. 00:21:43.439 --> 00:21:45.000 That everything Jesus does. 00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.719 Is fulfilling. 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.919 The hopes and fears. 00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.740 Of all the years. 00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:51.799 That Jesus is fulfilling. 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.779 The prophet. 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.479 Isaiah. 00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:55.899 The things that the prophets. 00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.559 Pointed to. 00:21:56.719 --> 00:21:57.899 And pointed forward to. 00:21:59.139 --> 00:21:59.979 And if you read. 00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.839 Isaiah's prophecy. 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.919 Like when we preached through it. 00:22:01.979 --> 00:22:02.919 And you look at those last. 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.099 Twenty chapters or so. 00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:05.599 You'll see that it's all about. 00:22:05.679 --> 00:22:06.859 The hope of a new world. 00:22:08.219 --> 00:22:09.939 A world that is going to be transformed. 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.699 And freed from the curse of sin. 00:22:11.959 --> 00:22:13.439 And that is what we'll sing to close. 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.159 We'll sing. 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.479 Joy to the world. 00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.359 The Lord has come. 00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:19.559 No more let sins. 00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:21.219 The sorrows grow. 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.539 Or thorns infest the ground. 00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:27.460 He comes to make his blessings flow. 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:29.259 Far as the curse is found. 00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:32.059 And that's what explains. 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.359 Doesn't it. 00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.420 Verses 11 to 12. 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.399 About the great banquet. 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:36.879 He's referring back to Isaiah the prophet. 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:39.180 Listen to what the prophet Isaiah says. 00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.539 He says. 00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.480 On this mountain. 00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.980 The Lord will make for all peoples. 00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:44.099 A rich feast of food. 00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:46.159 A feast of well aged wine. 00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:47.180 And rich food. 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.039 Full of marrow. 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.980 And aged wine. 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:51.960 And he will swallow up the covering. 00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:53.200 That is cast over the peoples. 00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.799 The veil that is spread over the nations. 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:57.039 He will swallow up death forever. 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:59.779 And the Lord God will wipe away all tears. 00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.700 From their faces. 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.799 This is the beginning. 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:06.700 Of the cosmic transformation. 00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.940 That the prophets promised. 00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:11.200 A transformed world. 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:14.660 With every hint of the curse gone. 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.740 And all the blocks on our world. 00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:20.720 All the uncleanness. 00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.920 And all the sickness. 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:24.500 And all the things that exclude us. 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.740 From the presence of God. 00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:27.279 They are banished. 00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.880 By the Lord Jesus at his coming. 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:32.980 The veil that is spread over the nations. 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.519 Is gone. 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.559 The covering of sin. 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.700 That has cloaked humanity. 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:39.579 And the shadows that follow. 00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.700 From the very beginning. 00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:42.299 That turn us into half people. 00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:45.440 Turn us into half people. 00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.839 Of tarnished images. 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.620 Of what God meant us to be. 00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:50.439 Is swallowed up forever. 00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:51.439 Says the prophet. 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:55.099 And that is the gospel of the kingdom. 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.719 That Jesus has shown you and I. 00:23:59.119 --> 00:24:00.339 The hope of the gospel. 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:02.099 Is the hope of a world transformed. 00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:05.279 Of a humanity transformed. 00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.899 In its true integrity. 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.339 To its true humanity. 00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.619 In the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.619 And you are excluded. 00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.619 In the world. 00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:13.459 And you are excluded no more. 00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:17.319 And that is how big the gospel is. 00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:21.579 It is not just about you and me. 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:24.239 And a few of us. 00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:27.699 It is about a world transformed. 00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.239 And remade. 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:34.200 But notice how Matthew tells us. 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.900 This will happen. 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.900 Look at verse 17. 00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:39.079 He took our illnesses. 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:42.380 And he bore our diseases. 00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:47.819 You see Jesus drives out. 00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:49.220 The curse of sin. 00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:51.019 By bearing the curse. 00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.819 For us. 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:54.879 And Matthew is quoting. 00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.700 Isn't it from that passage. 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.539 That if you have been in church. 00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.119 Any amount of time. 00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:58.319 You know from Isaiah 53. 00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:00.099 The servant of the Lord. 00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.579 Will be the sin bearer. 00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.099 And don't forget. 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.519 That is what Matthew's gospel. 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:07.039 Is about from beginning to end. 00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:11.119 You will call his name Jesus. 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.639 For he shall save his people. 00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.559 From their sins. 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.639 And it ends. 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.460 At the cross. 00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:17.919 Of him dying. 00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:19.000 For our sins. 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:22.940 That verse that Matthew quotes. 00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:24.380 In Isaiah 53. 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.099 The one before. 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.359 The verse before that. 00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.920 Is he was despised. 00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.079 And rejected by man. 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.940 He was a man of sorrows. 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:33.059 Unacquainted with grief. 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.180 He was excluded. 00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.180 He was excluded. 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.180 That we might be included. 00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:40.740 He was shut out. 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:42.599 That we might be brought in. 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.180 And that's a great paradox. 00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.180 The great exchange. 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.960 At the heart of this kingdom. 00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:53.059 That Jesus is transforming. 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.900 A world. 00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.660 The world in joy. 00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.460 But he does that. 00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.539 By bearing the curse. 00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.339 The illnesses. 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.200 The diseases. 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.619 The sicknesses. 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.839 The consequences of sin. 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.660 Are taken on himself. 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.220 And you see. 00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.539 That is why Matthew applies. 00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.960 This message to Christian disciples. 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.220 In verse 18 to 22. 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.960 He tells us there. 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.640 The cost of discipleship. 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.380 To Jesus. 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.559 You see. 00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.579 Two would-be followers. 00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.599 They are confronted. 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.259 By him. 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.599 And they're told. 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.579 What does it really mean. 00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.460 To follow Jesus. 00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.640 Into that transformed world. 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.579 Look at verse 18. 00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:37.119 When Jesus saw a crowd. 00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.539 Around him. 00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.240 He gave orders. 00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.940 To go over. 00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.920 To the other side. 00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:43.080 And a scribe. 00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.660 Came up to him. 00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.060 And said to him. 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.500 Teacher. 00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.160 I will follow you. 00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.900 Wherever you go. 00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.940 Jesus said. 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.779 Foxes have holes. 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.539 Birds of the air have nests. 00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.259 But the son of man. 00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:51.180 Has nowhere to lay his head. 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.180 And another of the disciples. 00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:53.580 Said to him. 00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:53.860 Lord. 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:55.340 Let me first go and bury my father. 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.340 And Jesus said to him. 00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.960 Follow me. 00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.820 And leave the dead. 00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.840 To bury their own dead. 00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:02.819 The transformed world. 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:04.079 Comes through. 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.779 Jesus' rejection. 00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.639 The son of man. 00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:10.859 Will have nowhere to lay his head. 00:27:11.439 --> 00:27:12.759 He will have no home. 00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.859 In this world. 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.599 So that you can have a home. 00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.359 In the next world. 00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.679 He's called the son of man. 00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.899 His glory is veiled. 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:22.339 He is scorned by the world. 00:27:22.459 --> 00:27:23.439 He is the son of man. 00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.759 He's the man of the cross. 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.759 And that was so shocking. 00:27:26.959 --> 00:27:28.519 To the Jews of Jesus day. 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:30.000 They were full of great hopes. 00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:32.359 For their own salvation of course. 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.379 Not for lepers. 00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.740 Not for gentile dogs. 00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.619 Not for outcasts. 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.759 They were full of hope. 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:40.279 Of a glorious Messiah. 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.200 Of a king. 00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.160 But not for someone. 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.460 Who would suffer and die. 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.519 And this world's religious hope. 00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.579 Has always been the same. 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.200 There's no time is there. 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.139 For a scorned. 00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.339 Suffering Messiah. 00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.960 This world wants glamour. 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.480 And hope. 00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.299 And power. 00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.379 And something to see. 00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.600 Of glory now. 00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.660 But Jesus says. 00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:01.180 My kingdom is not of this world. 00:28:03.260 --> 00:28:04.440 The feast of heaven. 00:28:05.040 --> 00:28:06.560 Is where the great banquet will be. 00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:09.040 And that's the glory. 00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.860 And the hope of the gospel. 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.380 And many will come. 00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.300 And they'll come from the east. 00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:13.840 And the west. 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.400 Verse 11. 00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:16.000 And they will sit at my kingdom. 00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:17.680 In the glory of my kingdom. 00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:18.760 But here is a very. 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.820 Very harsh reality. 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:23.139 But the old creation. 00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.740 Doesn't want anything to do. 00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.579 With the new creation. 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.039 And this world. 00:28:29.939 --> 00:28:30.679 This world. 00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:32.179 Will exclude Jesus. 00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:33.220 From its table. 00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:34.879 Even though. 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.619 Jesus wants to invite people. 00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.159 Of this world. 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.839 To his table. 00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.500 In the kingdom. 00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.639 And the world. 00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:43.039 Rejects the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.159 As the man of sorrows. 00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.759 And that is why. 00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.319 Jesus says. 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.200 If you're going to be. 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.980 One of mine. 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.519 It will be like that for you. 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.120 Verse 22. 00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:52.380 It shows the starkness. 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.880 Of the divide. 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.259 Doesn't it? 00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.819 Verse 22. 00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.799 Seems so thoughtless. 00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.700 Leave the dead. 00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.660 To bury their own dead. 00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.480 And you can follow me. 00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.740 There's a kingdom of life. 00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:03.039 And a world of death. 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:06.000 And you cannot be at home. 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.779 In both places. 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:10.279 There's a kingdom of life. 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.700 Or there's a world of death. 00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:13.279 And you're in one or the other. 00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.779 This morning. 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:20.740 And if you are in the kingdom of life. 00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.360 It means. 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.640 That you will be excluded. 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.579 In this world. 00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.360 But to be a disciple. 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.180 In this world. 00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:28.400 Means that you will be. 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.099 An alien. 00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.559 And a stranger. 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.980 And a mistreat. 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.860 And when you get to chapter 10. 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.480 Jesus says. 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.019 Like master. 00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.579 Like servant. 00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:38.660 They called me the devil. 00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:40.299 How much more will they call you the devil? 00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.480 And Matthew is writing. 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.819 Because you and I need to know. 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.880 Because in your office. 00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.760 Or in your college. 00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.620 Or in your work. 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.520 Or in your school. 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:50.340 That if you belong to Jesus. 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.820 You are going to be a misfit. 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.360 And you won't have a home. 00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:57.880 And you won't have a place to lay your head comfortably. 00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.220 With the people of this world. 00:29:59.300 --> 00:30:00.120 That is the reality. 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.260 Because Jesus was. 00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:01.900 A misfit. 00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.900 And a stranger. 00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:03.600 And an alien. 00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.820 Especially. 00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.520 Let it be said. 00:30:07.560 --> 00:30:08.800 Amongst the religious of his day. 00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.720 And so often. 00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.720 It will be for the disciples. 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:15.299 And certainly for you. 00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.660 If you will be a true servant. 00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:21.360 And if you and your gospel. 00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.940 Is truly at home. 00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:25.680 In Christ's new creation. 00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.920 Then by definition. 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:29.380 You will never fit in happily. 00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.079 In this world. 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.980 There is a cost. 00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.720 In this world. 00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.880 To having your citizenship. 00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.460 In heaven. 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.779 With Jesus. 00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.859 So don't be naive. 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:41.119 Do not be naive. 00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.539 You've got to be realistic. 00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.720 That if you want to follow Jesus. 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.599 Where he's going. 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:51.460 You will go the same way he did. 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.639 But on the other hand. 00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.359 Don't be blind. 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.920 Don't be blind. 00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.460 Don't forget. 00:30:58.559 --> 00:31:00.279 These three marvellous stories. 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.720 Of healing. 00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:02.379 That Jesus is remaking the world. 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.579 Don't miss. 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.819 The transforming joy. 00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.639 Of his kingdom. 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:10.280 And those who are excluded. 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.980 Who are hated. 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:12.160 Who are scorned. 00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.000 For his sake. 00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.420 In the world. 00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.940 Those who have no place. 00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:16.259 In this world's affections. 00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:17.100 And estimations. 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.400 Rejoice. 00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.280 Because one day. 00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.100 You will sit. 00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.680 At the table. 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.420 With a great host. 00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.160 From east and west. 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.320 And you will sing. 00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.200 The praises of the king. 00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:26.560 Forever. 00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.520 Because Jesus Christ. 00:31:29.520 --> 00:31:30.780 Has got the transforming. 00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:32.120 Power and authority. 00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:33.080 Over the tragic. 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.840 Helplessness. 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.240 Of sin. 00:31:34.300 --> 00:31:35.120 In all its forms. 00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:37.839 He's come. 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.519 To break. 00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.000 The power. 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:40.019 Of cancelled sin. 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.659 To set the prisoner. 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.000 Free. 00:31:45.719 --> 00:31:46.859 He has great power. 00:31:46.939 --> 00:31:47.879 To transform us. 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.439 And power. 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.979 To make us. 00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.859 Fit for the kingdom. 00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.079 Because even. 00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:52.779 The unclean. 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.659 In the world's eyes. 00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.479 And even. 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.179 The untouchable. 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.119 In the world's eyes. 00:31:57.219 --> 00:31:57.619 And even. 00:31:57.719 --> 00:31:58.319 The unnamed. 00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:59.139 And the unimportant. 00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.279 Of the world's eyes. 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.819 Are welcomed. 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:05.399 And when you know that. 00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.579 And when you've grasped that. 00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.759 It won't be easy. 00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:11.419 It won't be hard. 00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.720 But you will follow him. 00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.399 Wherever he goes. 00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.720 Won't you? 00:32:16.179 --> 00:32:17.039 Because you belong. 00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.779 To another world. 00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:22.099 But Jesus Christ. 00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:22.819 Has the power. 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.500 And authority. 00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:24.980 To reverse. 00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:26.159 The tragic. 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.919 Helplessness. 00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:27.339 Of sin. 00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:30.159 And when he comes again. 00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:32.339 When his kingdom. 00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.159 Comes with power. 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.240 Everything you see. 00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:35.339 In Matthew 8. 00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.500 You will see around us. 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:37.839 Forever. 00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.199 In all those. 00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.179 He's come to change. 00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.199 And that is what the gospel. 00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.079 Of the kingdom is about. 00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.619 In this world. 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.339 Jesus says. 00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:47.500 You will have tribulation. 00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:50.339 But be of good cheer. 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:53.359 Because I've overcome the world. 00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:54.619 Let's pray. 00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:54.720 Amen. 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:54.819 Amen. 00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:54.819 00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:54.819 00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:54.819 00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:57.579 Amen.