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 Good morning, all. Can you guys hear me okay? Great. Grateful to the Lord and to you for this opportunity to share God's word this morning.

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! We're going to continue on in the Sermon of the Mount, Matthew 5. Today's verses are in 17 to 20.

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 Matthew 5, 17 to 20. As Sean said, these four verses are really important and dense.

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 And they play a critical role in this Sermon of the Mount. And many Christians have poured out much ink over its interpretation, debating its interpretation.

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 So we're going to ask for God to help us to understand his word. If you need a Bible and would like a paper copy, please raise your hand.

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 One of our members would be happy to get you one.

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 Amen.

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 Please pray with me. Bow your heads as we ask for God's strength this morning.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 Father,

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 we are your people, called by your name.

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 We ask that you would address us by your word today.

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 You'd give us eyes to see and ears to hear what you have said, Lord Jesus, in your sermon.

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 That it would not be my words, but it would be your words that shine through and pierce our hearts and make our hearts burn within us.

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 Not to me, not to us be the glory, but to you as we look to your Son, who is the fulfillment of the scriptures, of the law, of all righteousness.

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 The Son is all that we need.

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 And so we pray for eyes and ears to, again, remember afresh the gospel.

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 Speak to us, address us.

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 And in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand with me for the reading of God's word.

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 Matthew 5, 17 to 20.

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 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

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 I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

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 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,

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 not an iota, not a dot will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

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 Therefore, whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments

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 and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.

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 But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees,

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 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 In college, I had the blessing of spending one of my summers on missions

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 on the westernmost island of Indonesia, Sumatra.

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 And as you guys likely know, it is predominantly a Muslim country.

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 And part of our daily work was simply just to build relationships

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 with local college students who wanted to learn English.

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 And in doing so, there was one conversation that a teammate of mine had

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 with a Muslim student that I still remember today.

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 The Muslim student admitted to my teammates that there are times at night

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 when she experiences panic attacks or she cries herself to sleep,

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 all because she gets to thinking about the afterlife,

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 about heaven and hell,

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 about what her afterlife is going to look like,

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 because she didn't know.

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 She didn't know what it's going to be,

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 how it's all going to turn out.

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 While she did her best to follow the five pillars of Islam,

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 like the daily prayers or fasting for Ramadan,

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 she did not know whether Allah would have mercy upon her

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 on that judgment day.

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 You see, in Islam, there is no assurance of salvation

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 because they believe that Allah alone knows

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 how the scales of justice will tip.

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 Muslims don't even know if Muhammad,

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 the true prophet of Allah,

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 the founder of the religion,

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 made it to heaven.

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 So all the student was wondering

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 was,

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 is my devotion to Allah enough?

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 Is my faith enough?

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 Am I good enough?

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 After reading our passage today,

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 are you asking the same thing?

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 Is Jesus requiring that we need to be

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 incredibly scrupulous,

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 no, actually even more scrupulous

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 in our obedience to the law

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 than the scribes and Pharisees

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 in order to make it into the kingdom of heaven?

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 Look at how Jesus closes the first chapter

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 of the Sermon on the Mount

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 with a daunting command.

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 He says,

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 you therefore must be perfect

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 as your heavenly father is perfect.

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 That sounds a lot like

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 what our Muslim friend was feeling

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 and thinking,

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 keeping her up at night.

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 This is an important passage

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 for us to properly understand.

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 And the interpretive key,

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 the crucial legend on the map

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 is this idea of Jesus' fulfillment,

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 fulfillment,

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 which is why our three points

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 of the sermon today

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 is all about this.

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 It's about how Jesus fulfilled

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 the scriptures,

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 how he fulfilled the law,

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 and how he fulfilled all righteousness

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 for those who believe.

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 To the praise of God's glory and grace,

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 to enter the kingdom of heaven,

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 we can find our righteousness

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Find your righteousness

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 the fulfillment of the law and prophets.

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 That's the main point of my sermon today.

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 So before we get into the passage,

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 this is a good point

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 to remember the setting of the sermon.

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 Jesus has gone up the mountain,

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 just like Moses,

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 to declare God's laws

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 to his fellow Jews.

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 And the fact that they're Jews

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 is a really important part.

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 At this point in Jesus' ministry,

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 he's already gotten into some hot water

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 with the Pharisees and the scribes,

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 who were the conservative,

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 law-abiding, rule-following Jews.

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 And he's healed paralytics.

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 He's plucked grain on the Sabbath,

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 all big no-nos,

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 according to the Pharisees.

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 Later, Jesus is accused

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 of being a glutton and a drunkard,

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 a friend of tax collectors and sinners,

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 something that the clean

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 and pure Pharisees would never do.

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 But mind you,

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 Jesus has not broken

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 a single one of God's laws,

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 but he has broken

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 the man-made pharisaical ones.

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 So rumors about Jesus

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 are likely swirling around,

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 spreading like gangrene,

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 and the Jews,

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 they're wondering,

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 Jesus, you disregard the teachings

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 and the practices

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 of our religious leaders.

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 Is it true that you have no respect

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 for our laws?

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 You have no respect

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 for the teachings

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 of our holy prophets.

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 That's what the Pharisees

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 are saying about you.

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 To quell all these fears,

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 Jesus makes it abundantly clear

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 that he has not come

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 to abolish,

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 dismantle,

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 disregard

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 the law or the prophets,

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 which is just another phrase

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 to mean the entirety

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 of the Old Testament,

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 all 39 books

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 in our Bibles.

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 To this,

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 we can just hear

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 an audible,

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 whew,

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 from the Jews.

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 I can imagine all the Jesus fans

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 elbowing their Jesus-hating buddies,

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 right,

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 saying,

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 see, see,

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 he's not so bad.

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 He's one of us.

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 And indeed,

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 Jesus did share

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 much of the Jews' reverence

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 for the Old Testament scriptures.

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 He quotes from it frequently

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 throughout his ministry,

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 and he speaks about it

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 like it's authoritative

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 and reliable.

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 Even more so,

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 Jesus highlights

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 both the permanence

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 and the infallibility,

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 the inerrancy

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 of the Old Testament scriptures

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 in verse 18,

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 when he says,

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 for truly I say to you,

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 until heaven and earth

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 pass away,

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 not an iota,

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 not a dot,

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 will pass from the law

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 until all is accomplished.

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 The law is so important

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 and without error

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 that even the smallest

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 of its letters,

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 these iotas,

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 these dots,

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 which likely refer

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 to the smallest of letters

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 in the Hebrew alphabet,

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 they will never pass away.

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 Like the dot above our English I's

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 or how we cross our T's,

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 the least stroke of a pen

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 of the law

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 will never pass away.

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 They will never lose

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 their relevance,

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 their truthfulness,

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 and their authority over us.

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 Until heaven and earth

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 pass away.

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 Or in other words,

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 when Jesus returns

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 for the second time.

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 Part of why I liked

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 engineering and math

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 as a student

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 was, you know,

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 before you get to the

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 higher levels,

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 is that there's only

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 one right answer

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 to the questions.

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 You either get it

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 completely right

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 or you get it

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 completely wrong.

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 It's binary.

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 It's two plus two

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 can only equal four.

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 But when it comes

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 to the arts,

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 when it comes

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 to writing,

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 I get frustrated

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 by this,

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 that there's no

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 perfect piece

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 of writing.

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 An essay

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 can always be adapted,

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 can always be edited

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 to be improved,

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 change this sentence

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 structure,

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 swap out this adjective

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 for a synonym.

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 There is no

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 right piece

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 of writing

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 that is

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 but Scripture.

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 Scripture.

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 Jesus is saying

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 that every word,

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 every letter,

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 every jot

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 and tittle

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 of the law

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 of the Bible

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 is just right.

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 Nothing needs

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 to be tweaked

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 or edited

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 because not even

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 the smallest

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 of its letters

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 will pass away.

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 This is the highest

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 endorsement

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 that Jesus could give

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 about a text.

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 When you publish

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 a book these days,

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 it's really important

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 for publishers

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 to get endorsements

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 from really important

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 voices in the field.

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 And they're plastered

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 on the back

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 of these books

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 saying,

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 this is the best book

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 ever,

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 you should read it.

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 This is Jesus'

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 highest endorsement

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 of the Old Testament

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 Scriptures.

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 This is how important

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 this book is to him.

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 There is no other book,

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 no other writing

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 that will stand,

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 that will persevere

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 the test of time

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 like these

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 holy scriptures.

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 The American Constitution

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 will pass away.

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 The Quran

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 will pass away.

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 The Book of Mormon

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 will pass away.

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 Charles Darwin's

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 The Origin of Species

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 will pass away.

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 Karl Marx's

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 Communist Manifesto

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 will pass away.

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 Surely all of our

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 Facebook posts

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 and Instagram posts

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 and X posts

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 will pass away.

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 Even,

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 as I dare say,

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 all sermons

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 and books

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 by a John Piper

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 or a Tim Keller

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 or Charles Spurgeon,

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 as helpful as they are,

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 they too will pass away

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 because they are

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 the words,

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 mere words of men.

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 But this book,

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 Holy Scripture,

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 without error

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 and full of truth,

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 are the very words

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 of God.

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 Isaiah 48 says,

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 The grass withers,

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 the flowers fade,

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 but the word

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 of our God

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 will stand forever.

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 There is no book

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 like this

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 in all of human history.

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 So if the Old Testament

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 is vastly important

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 to Jesus,

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 it also should be

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 vastly important

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 to us.

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 But,

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 instead,

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 like the Jews,

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 Christians,

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 we have historically

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 struggled

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 to appreciate

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 the value

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 of the Old Testament.

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 Jesus,

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 we like.

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 New Testament,

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 we like.

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 but all these

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 weird,

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 antiquated food

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 impurity laws,

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 the instructions

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 for building

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 the tabernacle,

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 the rules

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 for the sacrificial system,

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 we don't get.

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 It feels irrelevant,

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 feels unrelatable.

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 Who of us,

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 when we read through

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 the Bible in a year

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 and we get to the book

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 of Leviticus,

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 we honestly just groan

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 a little bit.

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 So how do we

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 appreciate

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 the Old Testament

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 and why

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 is it so important

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 to Jesus?

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 To that,

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 we have to look

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 to the end

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 of verse 17.

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 In 17,

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 after Jesus says

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 that he's not here

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 to abolish

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 the law

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 or the prophets,

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 he continues,

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 I have not come

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 to abolish them

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 but to fulfill them.

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 That audible

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 sigh of relief,

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 whew,

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 then turns

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 into a shocked gasp,

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 a palpable silence.

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 That verse

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 takes a turn

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 that you don't expect.

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 You would expect

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 Jesus to say

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 that if he's not

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 come to abolish

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 the law,

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 then he's come

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 to uphold it,

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 to honor it,

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 to preserve it,

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 something like that.

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 But no,

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 Jesus takes

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 a different route

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 altogether

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 when he claims

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 that these cosmically

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 waiting scripts

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 scriptures

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 that are more solid

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 than the very earth

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 we stand upon,

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 he fulfills.

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 He is fulfilling.

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 What exactly does

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 Jesus mean by this?

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 We find clues

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 throughout the book

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 of Matthew

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 because he uses

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 this word up to

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 16 times in his gospel,

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 the most out of all

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 the gospel writers.

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 And almost every time

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 that Matthew uses

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 this word,

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 fulfill,

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 he is pointing to the fact

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 that Jesus is

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 fulfilling a prophecy

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 from the Old Testament.

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 So in other words,

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 what Jesus is saying

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 is that all

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 of the Old Testament,

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 from the law

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 of Moses

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 to the exiled

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 minor prophets,

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 from Genesis

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 to Malachi,

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 it's all

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 pointing to Christ.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 God reveals himself

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 as the Lord,

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 a God merciful

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 and gracious,

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 slow to anger

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 and abounding

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 in steadfast love

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 and faithfulness.

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 We love those verses.

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 I love those verses.

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 And as you read

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 the Old Testament,

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 you read of how God

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 graciously promises

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 great blessings

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 to key figures

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 like Adam

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 or Abraham

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 or David.

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 To Adam,

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 he promises

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 that the seed

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 of the woman,

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 Eve,

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 will come

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 to crush

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 the head

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 of the serpent,

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 Satan.

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 To Abraham,

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 he promises

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 that through his offspring,

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 all the nations

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 of the world

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 will be blessed.

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 To David,

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 he promises

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 that a son

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 from his lineage

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 will sit

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 on his throne

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 forever.

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 The Jews rightly

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 understood

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 that these promises

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 are not predicting

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 a slew

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 of different people,

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 but it all pointed

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 to one Messiah figure,

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 one Savior to come,

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 Israel's prophet,

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 priest,

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 and king

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 who will conquer Satan,

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 who will be a conduit

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 of blessing

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 for all the world,

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 and who will sit

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 on his throne

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 forever.

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 But there's

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 one big problem,

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 one question.

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 By the end

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 of the Old Testament,

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 these promises

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 have not been

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 fully fulfilled.

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 Many partially,

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 yes,

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 but none of them

00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:02.259
 fully.

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 So all of the Old Testament

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 is about waiting.

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 It's about waiting

00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:09.039
 for God

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:10.099
 to fully deliver

00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:11.079
 on his promises,

00:17:11.379 --> 00:17:12.519
 to wait for this

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:13.319
 Messiah figure

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 to come.

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 The Jews wonder,

00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.680
 is it Abraham?

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 No,

00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:19.160
 he doesn't bless

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:19.680
 the nations

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.500
 in his lifetime.

00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:22.660
 What about Moses?

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 He's great,

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 but he isn't

00:17:25.699 --> 00:17:26.139
 even allowed

00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:26.539
 to enter

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.439
 into the promised land.

00:17:28.699 --> 00:17:29.139
 Surely,

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:30.000
 it's David.

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 He's a man

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 after God's heart,

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 but he falls

00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:36.399
 into grievous

00:17:36.399 --> 00:17:37.379
 sexual sin.

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 Time and time again,

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.399
 we go through

00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:42.399
 this cycle of,

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 is this the one

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.039
 he's showing

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.759
 some promise

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:46.599
 to the deep

00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:47.399
 disappointment

00:17:47.399 --> 00:17:48.579
 of his abject

00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:49.259
 failure

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:51.019
 and his human

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.500
 weakness?

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:54.599
 Is God

00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:55.460
 going to bless

00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:55.859
 us

00:17:55.859 --> 00:17:56.920
 like he said

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 he would?

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 Is he really

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:59.200
 abounding

00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:00.119
 in steadfast

00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:00.940
 love and mercy

00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:02.519
 as he declares

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.359
 himself to be?

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.579
 Part of reading

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 through the Old Testament

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.980
 is for yourself

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:10.079
 to experience

00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:11.799
 that anticipation,

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.700
 that waiting.

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:16.359
 Before becoming

00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:16.880
 parents,

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 I'm sad to admit

00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:19.079
 that there have

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.700
 been way too many

00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:20.519
 times where my

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:20.859
 wife,

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.259
 Christine,

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 she'll be

00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.279
 relaxing,

00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:23.599
 and she'll be

00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.319
 watching a movie

00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:25.359
 or a TV show

00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:26.019
 on her own,

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 and I'll want

00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.279
 to join halfway

00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:30.379
 in because I want

00:18:30.379 --> 00:18:30.900
 a break from

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.579
 seminary work

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 or whatever I'm

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.420
 doing.

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 So,

00:18:33.619 --> 00:18:34.519
 as I do,

00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.680
 I annoyingly ask

00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.440
 her to pause

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:36.900
 the movie

00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:38.779
 and to explain

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.680
 everything that's

00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.319
 gone on,

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:41.460
 to explain the

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.920
 plot,

00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:42.859
 who's this,

00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:43.879
 what did he do

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.720
 to that character,

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:46.500
 and nine times

00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:46.980
 out of ten,

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:48.099
 she will graciously

00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:49.619
 give me a patient,

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.960
 detailed answer,

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.019
 here.

00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:53.000
 I'll leave you

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 guessing what

00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:53.980
 happens at one

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.500
 other time,

00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:56.740
 but as I watch

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.319
 along,

00:18:57.840 --> 00:18:59.279
 I notice something

00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:00.259
 interesting as the

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.000
 movie progresses

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:02.140
 to its emotional

00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:02.759
 climax.

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.720
 I notice I'm not

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.420
 really feeling

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:06.839
 anything.

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.220
 I'm not really

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.819
 into it.

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.400
 I'm not longing

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.059
 for the hero

00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:12.039
 to return.

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.519
 I'm not heartbroken

00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:14.400
 when he's betrayed

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:15.319
 or relieved

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:16.440
 when good prevails.

00:19:17.619 --> 00:19:18.720
 And it's not that I

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.339
 don't know what's

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.720
 going on.

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.879
 Christine lovingly,

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:22.220
 patiently told me,

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:23.879
 but it's that I

00:19:23.879 --> 00:19:24.980
 haven't spent the

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:26.400
 time with these

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.660
 characters to learn

00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.279
 their story.

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:31.339
 Just mere

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:31.920
 information,

00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:32.500
 just mere

00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.660
 knowledge transfer

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:36.259
 doesn't suffice to

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:37.339
 feel the full weight

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:38.480
 of the story.

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.359
 And likewise,

00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.639
 we need to read

00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:41.799
 our Old

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.619
 Testaments to

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.480
 feel the full

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.079
 weight of the

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 biblical story,

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 of the entire

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.660
 biblical timeline.

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 But if we know

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 the long waiting

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 of the Old

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 Testament,

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 you know what

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 happens?

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 Joy springs up

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 when we read

00:19:58.080 --> 00:19:58.960
 passages like

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 2 Corinthians 1

00:20:00.040 --> 00:20:01.700
 that all the

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.960
 promises of God

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:04.420
 find their yes

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.360
 in Christ.

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.840
 Christ,

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.580
 our Messiah,

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 has finally come

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 to fulfill every

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 single one of

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 these open

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 promises.

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 All our waiting

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 is over.

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 That's exactly

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 why theologian

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.300
 B.B.

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 Warfield has

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 said that the

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 Old Testament

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 is like a

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 chamber richly

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 furnished,

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 but dimly

00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:26.620
 lighted.

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 The Old

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 Testament has

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 all the ornate

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 furniture,

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 it has all the

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 original expensive

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 paintings,

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 but without the

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:36.560
 light of Christ,

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 we are blind to

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 see and appreciate

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:41.200
 the beauty of the

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.740
 Old Testament.

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 And what is the

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.180
 result then of

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 seeing that

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 beauty?

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 Seeing how the

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.320
 law and the

00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:48.980
 prophets point

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 to Jesus.

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 In Luke 24,

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 we read of how

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 the resurrected

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 Jesus on the

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 road to Emmaus,

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 he opened up the

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 scriptures to two

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 of his disciples

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 and he showed

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 them their true

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 meaning,

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 their true beauty

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 as they all

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 pointed to

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 himself.

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 And what did

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 the disciples say

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 to them,

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 to one another?

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 They said,

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 did not our

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:11.060
 hearts burn

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 within us

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.940
 while he opened

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.540
 to us the

00:21:13.540 --> 00:21:13.880
 scriptures?

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 Did not our

00:21:15.040 --> 00:21:15.840
 hearts burn

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:15.899
 God?

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 May our hearts

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 burn within

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 us when we

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 do read Hosea

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 or Ecclesiastes

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 or the Psalms

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 because they all

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.839
 point to Christ,

00:21:27.939 --> 00:21:28.659
 our Savior,

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 the lover of our

00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.039
 souls.

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 Yes,

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 even Leviticus

00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:35.500
 because Jesus

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 fulfills the law

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.379
 of Moses,

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 which brings me to

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 my second point.

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 Reading on in our

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 passage,

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 Jesus says in

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 verse 19,

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 therefore,

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 whoever relaxes

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 one of the least

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.900
 of these commands

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 and teaches others

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 to do the same

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 will be called

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 least in the

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.100
 kingdom of heaven.

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 Whoever does

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 them and teaches

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.880
 them will be

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 called great

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 in the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Again,

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 remember that

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:59.059
 Jesus is speaking

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 to this accusation

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.059
 that he is a

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.660
 false teacher

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:04.799
 who just spits

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.460
 upon the law.

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 And to that

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.039
 charge,

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.000
 Jesus is

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.720
 clarifying that

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.519
 he is not an

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.080
 antinomian,

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 he is not

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.799
 anti-law.

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 In fact,

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.500
 he teaches

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.399
 that whoever

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 relaxes one

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.899
 of the least

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:18.039
 of these commands

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.779
 in the Mosaic

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.419
 law will be

00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:20.619
 least in the

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.740
 kingdom of heaven.

00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.919
 There is a

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.839
 strong similarity

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.579
 in the original

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.319
 Greek between

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.759
 this word relax

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.759
 in verse 19

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 and the word

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:32.000
 abolish in verse 17,

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.679
 hinting that

00:22:32.679 --> 00:22:33.299
 there is a

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.139
 connection there.

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.639
 So if Jesus

00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:37.740
 did not abolish

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.079
 the law,

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:38.879
 not even the

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.539
 least of these

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.059
 commands,

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.599
 then neither

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.119
 can we.

00:22:45.159 --> 00:22:46.059
 He also makes

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.480
 a connection

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.399
 to verse 18.

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 He's saying

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:48.960
 that if the

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.779
 smallest of

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.359
 these letters

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.099
 are that

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.799
 weighty,

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.559
 aren't as

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.220
 permanent as

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 the very

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.019
 earth we

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.819
 stand upon,

00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:55.960
 then we

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.559
 also ought

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.240
 to obey

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.960
 the smallest

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.559
 of these

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:58.940
 commands.

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.460
 The small

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.539
 letters and

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.000
 the small

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.700
 commands are

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.680
 all important

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.680
 to Jesus.

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.180
 What are

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.680
 these small

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.079
 commands?

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.079
 I think

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.879
 Matthew 23

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.379
 is a good

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:11.619
 hint.

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.139
 Sean read

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.639
 this passage

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.279
 recently for

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.940
 one of his

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.480
 sermons for

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.440
 the Beatitudes

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.279
 where Jesus

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.240
 is rebuking

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.839
 the scribes

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.079
 and the

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:19.000
 Pharisees for

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.159
 their obsession

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:21.639
 to obey the

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:23.079
 smaller ceremonial

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.920
 purity laws

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:25.339
 while neglecting

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.180
 the weightier

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.339
 moral ones.

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:28.480
 He says,

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:42.279
 according to

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.240
 Jewish tradition,

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.880
 there are

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:46.559
 613 commands

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.220
 in the law

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.819
 of Moses.

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.460
 613.

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:53.039
 So if Jesus

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.720
 is saying

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:55.039
 that we

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.460
 need to

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.799
 do and

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.500
 teach

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.799
 the smaller

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.559
 ceremonial

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.079
 laws,

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.380
 do we now

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:01.819
 need to

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.579
 obey all

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:04.480
 613 commands?

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.880
 Do we need

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.559
 to go home

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:09.059
 and rummage

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.440
 through our

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.680
 fridges and

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.299
 throw out all

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.779
 our bacon

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.460
 and pork

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:12.759
 belly?

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.799
 Do we have

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.380
 to get

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:15.039
 ourselves and

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.380
 our male

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.519
 sons circumcised?

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.240
 Do we have

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.660
 to start

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.519
 slaughtering

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.079
 some animals?

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.119
 See,

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.960
 the key to

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.460
 understanding

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.259
 this verse

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.180
 is still

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:25.039
 the idea

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.500
 of Jesus'

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.559
 fulfillment

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.539
 of the law.

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.420
 Romans 10.4

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.019
 says that

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.139
 for Christ

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:33.339
 is the end,

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:33.879
 which means

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.480
 that he's both

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.740
 the goal

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.759
 and the purpose

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:38.039
 and the terminus.

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.639
 I'll explain

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.119
 what this means

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.400
 later.

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.879
 Christ is the

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:42.180
 end of the law

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.660
 for righteousness

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.420
 to everyone

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.180
 who believes.

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:46.740
 in other

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.100
 words,

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.940
 the law

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.480
 is like

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.299
 a big

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.779
 old arrow

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.180
 sign

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.660
 that was

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.160
 pointing

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.960
 to Christ

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.680
 all along

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:56.380
 and it

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.700
 did so

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.539
 in many

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.080
 ways.

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.900
 When the

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.720
 law demands

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.279
 holiness

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.259
 and purity

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.600
 in the

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:03.180
 ceremonial

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.560
 laws,

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.660
 justice

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.440
 and integrity

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.400
 in the

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:06.740
 judicial

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.220
 laws,

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:07.980
 love of

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.440
 God and

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.140
 worship of

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:09.799
 him in

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.259
 the moral

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.660
 laws,

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.580
 it exposes

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:12.380
 our sin.

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.080
 It exposes

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:14.340
 that we need

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.639
 external help

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.459
 for a savior.

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.000
 It's been

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.980
 pointing to

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.619
 our savior,

00:25:19.199 --> 00:25:19.939
 Jesus Christ.

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.039
 The Mosaic

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.519
 Law's

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.179
 insufficient

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:23.720
 animal

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.299
 sacrificial

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.759
 system,

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:26.019
 it's been

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.279
 pointing all

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.099
 along to

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.759
 the final

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.480
 once for

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.500
 all sacrifice

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.119
 of our

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.899
 Passover lamb,

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:33.119
 Jesus Christ.

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.159
 The Levitical

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.939
 priesthood

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.819
 pointing to

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.359
 our need

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:37.759
 for an

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.459
 intercessor

00:25:38.459 --> 00:25:39.279
 between God

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.799
 and man,

00:25:40.459 --> 00:25:41.099
 pointing to

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.740
 the great

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.720
 high priest,

00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:43.899
 Jesus Christ.

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.939
 the righteous

00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:46.459
 law of

00:25:46.459 --> 00:25:47.720
 God points

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.199
 to what

00:25:48.199 --> 00:25:48.539
 kind of

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.819
 life the

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.319
 perfect,

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.919
 sinless

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.699
 Christ would

00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:52.339
 live.

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.259
 It predicted

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.679
 how he

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:54.500
 would act

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.220
 and think.

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.220
 In that sense,

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.019
 the law

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.799
 was like

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.859
 this traced,

00:25:59.399 --> 00:25:59.779
 dotted

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:01.139
 outline of

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:02.199
 a man that

00:26:02.199 --> 00:26:03.019
 Christ came

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.599
 to step

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.500
 into and

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:04.980
 it fit him

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.699
 perfectly.

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.399
 In this sense,

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.980
 Christ was

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.899
 always the

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.899
 end goal,

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.740
 the purpose

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.220
 of the

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.440
 law.

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.880
 So once

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.680
 Christ came

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.599
 and fulfilled

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.180
 the law,

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.059
 while the

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.120
 law was,

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.059
 is,

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.859
 and will

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.339
 be the

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.960
 inerrant,

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.839
 reliable,

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.240
 truthful,

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.799
 normative

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.200
 word of

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.700
 God until

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.180
 heaven and

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.680
 earth pass

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:27.839
 away,

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.140
 we just

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.599
 talked about

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:28.859
 that,

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:30.779
 the role

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.420
 of the

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.200
 law nonetheless

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.039
 has changed.

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.180
 It's similar

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.819
 to how Paul

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.440
 says later

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.200
 in Galatians

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.460
 3 that as

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.059
 kids we

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.279
 sometimes had

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.920
 babysitters,

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:42.380
 maybe we

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.279
 sometimes still

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.640
 have

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.200
 babysitters,

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.620
 but if

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.500
 we're good,

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.300
 we listen

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:47.920
 to our

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.440
 babysitters.

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.740
 We did

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.039
 what she

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.440
 told us

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.720
 to do

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.120
 it when

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.640
 she told

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.279
 us to

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.660
 do it.

00:26:53.800 --> 00:26:54.480
 But then

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.860
 when our

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.820
 parents come

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.160
 home,

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.140
 there's a

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.620
 dynamic

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.720
 shift in

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.039
 roles.

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.480
 We listen

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.940
 to our

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:03.279
 parents over

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.580
 our

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.200
 babysitters.

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.300
 To listen

00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:05.759
 to your

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.259
 temporary

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.039
 guardians

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.400
 over your

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.960
 parents who

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.400
 have full

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:10.320
 authority over

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.899
 you is

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.500
 then an

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.099
 act of

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.639
 defiance.

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.000
 When

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.659
 Jesus came,

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.419
 he brought

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.439
 the law's

00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:18.179
 role as

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:18.439
 our

00:27:18.439 --> 00:27:18.839
 guardian,

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.099
 our

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.659
 temporary

00:27:19.659 --> 00:27:20.740
 guardians to

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.339
 completion,

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.259
 to its

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.939
 terminus.

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.500
 And the

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.700
 entirety of

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.200
 the Mosaic

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.579
 law and

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:27.980
 the Old

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.299
 Covenant,

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.179
 it passed

00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:29.839
 on, all

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:31.240
 613

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.859
 commands.

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:35.319
 But again,

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.179
 this by no

00:27:36.179 --> 00:27:37.859
 means signifies

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.439
 that Jesus

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:40.539
 is anti-law.

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.779
 In fact,

00:27:42.959 --> 00:27:43.339
 the New

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.199
 Testament has

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:44.959
 even more

00:27:44.959 --> 00:27:46.059
 commands than

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.599
 the Old

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.479
 Testament.

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:47.839
 Did you

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.179
 know that?

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.899
 So instead

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.599
 of the law

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.240
 of Moses,

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.119
 we are now

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.699
 under the

00:27:54.699 --> 00:27:55.719
 law of

00:27:55.719 --> 00:27:56.159
 Christ.

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.419
 We are not

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:59.000
 slaves to

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.479
 sin, but we

00:27:59.479 --> 00:28:00.539
 are slaves to

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.379
 righteousness.

00:28:02.979 --> 00:28:03.479
 Christians

00:28:03.479 --> 00:28:04.779
 must obey

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.839
 Christ and

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:07.220
 his commands

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:09.039
 because obedience

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:10.319
 really matters

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.099
 to Jesus.

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.379
 We are

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.139
 saved by

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.879
 faith alone

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.639
 and not by

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.079
 our works,

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.939
 yes, but

00:28:17.939 --> 00:28:18.500
 there is not

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.220
 a single

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.220
 line, not

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.679
 a single

00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:22.039
 command in

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.359
 Scripture that

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:24.039
 we should have

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.099
 a dismissive

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.339
 cavalier attitude

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:26.899
 towards.

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.599
 It's a simple

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.220
 point, but one

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.899
 to really

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:31.539
 consider.

00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:32.799
 Friends, is

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.759
 the posture

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.859
 of your heart

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:36.059
 to take

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.419
 every single

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.639
 one of God's

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.000
 commands

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.859
 seriously?

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:42.259
 Do you

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.099
 orient your

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.919
 life around

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.559
 what Jesus

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.379
 tells you

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:45.879
 to do?

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.119
 Or are

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.539
 there things

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.019
 that you know

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.439
 that Jesus

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:51.039
 is calling

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.219
 you to do

00:28:52.219 --> 00:28:53.539
 that you

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.179
 are ignoring,

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.179
 you're taking

00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:56.539
 lightly?

00:28:58.699 --> 00:28:59.279
 If so,

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.919
 this is a

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.819
 sober wake

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.240
 of call.

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:04.359
 you are

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.359
 playing with

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.940
 fire and

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.500
 you will,

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:06.819
 if you

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.140
 haven't

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.480
 already,

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.680
 you will

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.180
 get burned.

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.960
 But if we

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:13.000
 do take

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.880
 seriously the

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:15.319
 commands of

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.960
 this book,

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.460
 of God's

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.539
 laws, as I

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.240
 know that many

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.720
 of you

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.579
 faithful do

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:20.980
 in this

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.339
 church,

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:23.400
 we also

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.160
 fulfill the

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:25.240
 least of

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.000
 these commands

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.519
 in the

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:28.099
 old covenant.

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.400
 For the law

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.460
 of Christ

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.880
 compared to

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.420
 the law of

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.860
 Moses,

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.800
 does not

00:29:33.800 --> 00:29:34.880
 lower, but

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.780
 it raises

00:29:35.780 --> 00:29:36.820
 the standard

00:29:36.820 --> 00:29:37.840
 of righteousness,

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.620
 of obedience.

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.420
 And this is

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.240
 really, really

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.820
 key to

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.380
 understanding

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.340
 this particular

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:42.700
 verse.

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.040
 So let's

00:29:44.040 --> 00:29:44.460
 look at some

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.160
 examples to

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.720
 explain what I

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:45.900
 mean.

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.500
 In the very

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.280
 next passages,

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.320
 in the rest of

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.860
 chapter 5,

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.180
 we're going to

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.940
 preach on soon,

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:52.640
 Jesus reinterprets

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.420
 the law and

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.600
 pronounces his

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:55.759
 higher standard

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.360
 of obedience.

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:58.259
 For example,

00:29:58.439 --> 00:29:58.839
 in the very

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.559
 next passage,

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.500
 after today's,

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.439
 Jesus says that

00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:02.519
 you have heard

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.079
 that it was

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:04.099
 said, you

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.500
 shall not

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.259
 murder, but

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.759
 I say to

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.019
 you, you

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.539
 shall not be

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.259
 angry with

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.539
 a brother.

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.639
 That's a

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.439
 quick paraphrase.

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:11.399
 Jesus declares

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:12.279
 that it's not

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.459
 simply enough

00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:15.039
 just not to

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.279
 murder, but

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.919
 we can't even

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:18.379
 be angry with

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:18.959
 one another.

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:21.240
 Do you see

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.599
 how if we

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.279
 fulfill the

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.839
 true meaning

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.339
 of the law,

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:24.919
 Jesus'

00:30:25.219 --> 00:30:25.899
 interpretation

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:27.040
 of the law

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:27.600
 that we

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.940
 will automatically

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.740
 then fulfill

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.259
 the least

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.340
 commands in

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:31.740
 the Mosaic

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.060
 law?

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.800
 If we can't

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:33.600
 even be angry

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.019
 with one

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.519
 another, how

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:34.800
 would we

00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:35.320
 even ever

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:35.759
 get to the

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.160
 point of

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.780
 murdering

00:30:36.780 --> 00:30:37.640
 one another?

00:30:39.280 --> 00:30:40.040
 Let's keep

00:30:40.040 --> 00:30:40.340
 going.

00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:41.560
 We already

00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:42.280
 read in

00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:43.160
 Matthew 23,

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.900
 23, where

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.940
 Jesus rebukes

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.820
 the Pharisees

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.440
 for carefully

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.540
 tithing their

00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:48.940
 herbs and

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.300
 spices.

00:30:50.780 --> 00:30:51.040
 They would

00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:51.860
 carefully weigh

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.280
 out these

00:30:52.280 --> 00:30:53.240
 tiny seeds

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.300
 and tiny

00:30:54.300 --> 00:30:54.660
 leaves,

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.080
 saying,

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:56.000
 nine for

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.980
 me, one

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.519
 for God.

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.480
 Nine for

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.279
 me, one

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.740
 for God.

00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:02.799
 But Jesus

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.899
 expands this

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:05.460
 command, not

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.359
 by continuing

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:07.559
 this practice

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.279
 of tithing for

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.759
 new covenant

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.259
 believers.

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.419
 Not saying

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:11.099
 that we give

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:12.319
 to God 10%,

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.220
 but we have

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.799
 to give to

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:15.740
 God 100%.

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.199
 Everything that

00:31:17.199 --> 00:31:18.220
 we own belongs

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.720
 to him.

00:31:19.699 --> 00:31:20.339
 We are not

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.939
 to store a

00:31:20.939 --> 00:31:21.679
 single treasure

00:31:21.679 --> 00:31:22.379
 here on

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:22.779
 earth.

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.460
 We are not

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.240
 to be motivated

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.480
 by storing up

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.400
 money here

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.940
 on earth.

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.319
 We can't

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.859
 serve both

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.500
 God and

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.819
 money.

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.319
 What about

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.740
 the food

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.200
 laws?

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.259
 The Mosaic

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.039
 law prohibits

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.660
 the consumption

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.500
 of foods like

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.460
 pork or

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.099
 shellfish.

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:39.900
 To that,

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.420
 Jesus says

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.799
 that we

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.720
 don't have

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.279
 to follow

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.880
 these food

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.599
 laws anymore

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.140
 because it's

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.579
 not what

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.440
 goes into

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.859
 the mouth

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.700
 that defiles

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.299
 a person.

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.960
 So you

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.559
 bacon lovers,

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.620
 you oyster

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.180
 connoisseurs,

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.880
 you are free

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.500
 to eat.

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:54.940
 But right

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.420
 after he

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.920
 allows the

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.300
 consumption

00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:56.760
 of these

00:31:56.760 --> 00:31:57.700
 unclean

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.140
 foods,

00:31:58.780 --> 00:31:59.580
 he again

00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:00.500
 raises the

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.000
 bar for

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.500
 obedience.

00:32:02.800 --> 00:32:03.160
 He says

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.500
 that it's

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.780
 not what

00:32:03.780 --> 00:32:04.280
 goes into

00:32:04.280 --> 00:32:04.660
 the mouth,

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.020
 but what

00:32:05.020 --> 00:32:06.080
 comes out

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.300
 of the

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:06.460
 mouth,

00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:06.920
 out of

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.540
 our hearts

00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:08.600
 that defiles

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.020
 us.

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.300
 And in

00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:10.640
 terms of

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:10.960
 what an

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.660
 easier law

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.080
 is,

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.860
 the Mosaic

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:13.320
 food law

00:32:13.320 --> 00:32:14.180
 is way,

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.140
 way easier.

00:32:16.540 --> 00:32:17.240
 It is so

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.740
 much easier

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.220
 to cut out

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.880
 bacon or

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.580
 oysters from

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:20.020
 our diet

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.619
 than it

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:20.980
 is to

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.400
 prevent

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.500
 evil

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.119
 thoughts,

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.059
 anger,

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:24.920
 lust,

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.740
 greed,

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.259
 and envy

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.180
 from bubbling

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.960
 up in our

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.480
 hearts and

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.019
 coming out

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.579
 through our

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:29.940
 mouths.

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.359
 You see,

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.000
 Jesus is

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.759
 expounding

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.460
 upon the

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.160
 true meaning

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.440
 of the

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.700
 law.

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.539
 And the

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.920
 law was

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.420
 always

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.779
 pointing to

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.200
 the need

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.579
 for more

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.420
 than external

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.180
 conformity

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:42.139
 to a set

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:43.079
 of rules.

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.119
 It's always

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.680
 pointing to

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.059
 more than

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.639
 external

00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.139
 obedience.

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.240
 He's been

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.740
 wanting

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.740
 internal

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.640
 transformation

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.579
 and purity.

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.180
 That's

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.759
 precisely

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.259
 why Jesus

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.720
 says in

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.259
 verse 20,

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.059
 for I

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.559
 tell you,

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.079
 unless your

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.500
 righteousness

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.339
 exceeds that

00:32:59.339 --> 00:32:59.579
 of the

00:32:59.579 --> 00:32:59.960
 scribes

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.720
 and Pharisees,

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.380
 you will

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:01.880
 never

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.859
 enter the

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.140
 kingdom

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.759
 of heaven.

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.120
 Jesus

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.839
 drops this

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.660
 second bomb

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.380
 on them

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.620
 now.

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.920
 There was

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.620
 a Jewish

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.140
 saying back

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.960
 then that

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.339
 if two

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:13.819
 people went

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.220
 to heaven,

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.140
 one would

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.440
 be a

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.900
 scribe

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.740
 and the

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.160
 other a

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.579
 Pharisee.

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:20.039
 To this

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.279
 statement,

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.759
 the listening

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.259
 Jews must

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.640
 have been

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:23.000
 flabbergasted,

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.420
 thinking the

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.420
 scribes and

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.180
 Pharisees

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.839
 aren't making

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.059
 it.

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.839
 They're the

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.599
 best of us.

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.319
 What hope

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.120
 do I have?

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.059
 But actually,

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.859
 as we'll see

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.779
 later on in

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.160
 Matthew,

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.920
 many, many

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.359
 times,

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.500
 Jesus rebukes

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.579
 the scribes

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.319
 and Pharisees

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.180
 because they

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.859
 only put on

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.279
 a mere

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:43.140
 facade

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:44.339
 of righteousness.

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.379
 righteousness.

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.480
 And even

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.879
 for us

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.119
 today,

00:33:47.199 --> 00:33:48.399
 it is so

00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:48.899
 easy to

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:49.399
 get caught

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:50.139
 up in

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.720
 the external

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.079
 show,

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.619
 is it not?

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.740
 It's in

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.299
 our nature

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.379
 to be easily

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:55.879
 impressed,

00:33:56.199 --> 00:33:57.000
 to be made

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.679
 insecure by

00:33:57.679 --> 00:33:58.059
 what other

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.599
 people are

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:58.980
 doing,

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.919
 by what

00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:01.220
 they can

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.500
 do in

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.980
 their own

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.519
 strength.

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.240
 And in

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.679
 one sense,

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.339
 man can

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:05.720
 seemingly

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.699
 do a lot.

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.039
 Take the

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.880
 example of

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:11.059
 Rudolph

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.460
 Bultman,

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.779
 who was a

00:34:12.779 --> 00:34:13.420
 famous

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.079
 theologian.

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.220
 who had a

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:15.800
 major,

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.860
 major impact

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.280
 on the

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.740
 course of

00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.360
 church history.

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.100
 There are

00:34:19.100 --> 00:34:19.600
 only a

00:34:19.600 --> 00:34:20.300
 handful of

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.720
 men that

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:21.300
 fit that

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.740
 description.

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.680
 And he

00:34:23.680 --> 00:34:24.680
 intimately

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.200
 knew the

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:25.539
 scriptures,

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.100
 so much

00:34:27.100 --> 00:34:27.620
 so that

00:34:27.620 --> 00:34:28.500
 if you

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.920
 asked him

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.420
 to recite

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.980
 any

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.579
 random

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:30.980
 verse

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.840
 in the

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:31.960
 New

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.300
 Testament,

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.120
 he would

00:34:33.120 --> 00:34:33.400
 tell it

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.700
 to you.

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:35.220
 In

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.680
 Greek,

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.140
 in the

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:36.519
 original

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.880
 Greek.

00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:38.039
 Ask him

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.320
 what

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:39.680
 Jude 6

00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:39.920
 is,

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.280
 and he'd

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.579
 tell it

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:40.840
 to you.

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.059
 Ask him

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.280
 what

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.420
 John 3

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.420
 tan is,

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.740
 and he'd

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.000
 tell it

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.300
 to you.

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.300
 Can you

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.820
 imagine

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.200
 knowing

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.659
 God's

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.039
 precious

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.720
 word that

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.200
 intimately?

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.920
 Imagine

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.980
 waking up

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.200
 for your

00:34:51.200 --> 00:34:52.760
 morning

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.420
 devotionals,

00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:54.300
 and you

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:54.980
 just sit

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.220
 there,

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.460
 and you

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.840
 remember

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.300
 the whole

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.659
 chapter

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:56.900
 you're

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.079
 supposed

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.559
 to read.

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.320
 Based

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.559
 on that,

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:00.940
 you might

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.460
 think that

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.880
 he was

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.360
 one of

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.639
 the most

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.119
 faithful

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.460
 of us,

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.680
 that he

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:03.900
 is the

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.200
 best

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.800
 of us,

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.059
 but

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:07.340
 barring

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.800
 last-minute

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.280
 conversions,

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.659
 I think

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:09.880
 I can

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.300
 confidently

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.940
 say that

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.619
 Rudolf

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:11.880
 Bauman

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.240
 won't

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.420
 be

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.740
 dining

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.079
 with

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.420
 us

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.119
 at

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.260
 the

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.659
 wedding

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.039
 supper

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:16.300
 in

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.579
 heaven.

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.139
 Because

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:18.360
 although

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.880
 he knew

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.099
 the

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.420
 scriptures

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.900
 probably

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.400
 more than

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.720
 any

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.320
 of us,

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.539
 he didn't

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.099
 believe

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.639
 in them.

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:25.820
 It's

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.679
 really

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.039
 quite

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.440
 sad.

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.960
 He had

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.360
 a major

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:29.840
 impact

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.139
 on the

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.420
 course

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.720
 of

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:30.980
 church

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.380
 history

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.639
 negatively

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.659
 when he

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.519
 pioneered

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.360
 this idea

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.599
 of

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.720
 demythologizing

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.240
 the Bible.

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.119
 Basically

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.639
 meant that

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.099
 anything

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.880
 supernatural

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.860
 he just

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.420
 threw out.

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.760
 So

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.400
 creation,

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.740
 the

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.180
 incarnation,

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.700
 the

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:48.260
 resurrection,

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.599
 all

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:49.980
 myths.

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.660
 In the

00:35:52.660 --> 00:35:52.860
 end,

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.480
 Jesus is

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.960
 neutered

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.880
 to be

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.180
 just

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:56.079
 a nice

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.500
 guy,

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.579
 a good

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.059
 man

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.860
 to model

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.320
 our lives

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.599
 after.

00:35:59.680 --> 00:35:59.920
 Instead

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.200
 of

00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:01.119
 Emmanuel,

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.200
 God

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.920
 with us,

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.099
 God

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.720
 incarnate

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.340
 come to

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.920
 save the

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.200
 world

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.780
 from our

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.079
 sins.

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.460
 It's

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.079
 not enough

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.640
 to merely

00:36:09.640 --> 00:36:10.340
 know some

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.800
 Bible

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.280
 or some

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.940
 theology

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:13.560
 externally

00:36:13.560 --> 00:36:14.080
 obeyed

00:36:14.080 --> 00:36:14.440
 some rules

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.740
 to look

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.240
 all nice

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.600
 and pretty

00:36:15.600 --> 00:36:15.880
 on the

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.400
 outside.

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.360
 No one,

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:19.260
 no one

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:19.940
 will fool

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.440
 God

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.539
 with empty

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.039
 works of

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.420
 righteousness

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.240
 if there's

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.840
 no faith,

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:24.580
 there's no

00:36:24.580 --> 00:36:25.440
 love in

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.620
 them.

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:27.060
 For the

00:36:27.060 --> 00:36:27.780
 Lord sees

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:28.160
 not as

00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:28.760
 man sees.

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.940
 Man looks

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.620
 on the

00:36:30.620 --> 00:36:30.900
 outward

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.380
 appearance,

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.100
 but the

00:36:32.100 --> 00:36:32.560
 Lord looks

00:36:32.560 --> 00:36:33.000
 on the

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.280
 heart.

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.080
 Christ is

00:36:36.080 --> 00:36:36.500
 looking for

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.840
 those who

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.600
 are righteous,

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:39.039
 not just on

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.480
 the outside,

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.840
 but on

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.400
 the inside

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.719
 too.

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:42.619
 But if

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.179
 the Jews

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.920
 are feeling

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:45.119
 a little

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.740
 squirmish,

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.639
 feeling nervous

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.920
 because the

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.420
 Pharisees

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.639
 aren't

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.119
 making it,

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.940
 what about

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.300
 us?

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.099
 If Jesus

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.599
 did not

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.519
 lower the

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.740
 bar,

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.159
 but he

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.440
 raised the

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.579
 bar and

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.119
 the standard

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.740
 of obedience,

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.940
 if the law

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.400
 of Christ

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.840
 is not

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:02.400
 less but

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.300
 more demanding

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.880
 than the

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.440
 law of

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.920
 Moses,

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.360
 how can

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:07.619
 we possibly

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.139
 make it

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.559
 into the

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:08.980
 kingdom of

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.179
 heaven?

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.759
 If we

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.000
 need to

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.579
 be perfect

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:11.920
 as our

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.159
 heavenly

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.900
 father is

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.440
 perfect,

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.460
 who by

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.839
 their own

00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:15.900
 sheer willpower

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:17.000
 could possibly

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.579
 conjure up

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.119
 this kind

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.759
 of righteousness.

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:22.119
 Martin Luther,

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.799
 the reformer,

00:37:22.859 --> 00:37:23.380
 he tried

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:24.119
 this.

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:26.559
 As a monk

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.159
 before his

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:28.000
 reforming days,

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.039
 he woke up

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:30.259
 at 3.30

00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:31.259
 a.m.

00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:32.219
 every day

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.679
 to pray.

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:35.259
 He fasted

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:36.180
 for days

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:37.100
 on end.

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.180
 And he

00:37:38.180 --> 00:37:38.800
 punished his

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:39.420
 body so

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.140
 severely that

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.920
 he permanently

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:42.120
 damaged his

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:43.040
 digestive system.

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.660
 Celibate by

00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:46.620
 choice to

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.300
 devote himself

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:48.280
 to scrupulous

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.340
 rule following,

00:37:50.060 --> 00:37:51.500
 he obsessively

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:53.200
 confessed every

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.940
 little sin to

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.480
 his confessor.

00:37:54.560 --> 00:37:54.800
 Mind you,

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.400
 he's still Roman

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.920
 Catholic at

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.300
 this point.

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.280
 And he'd do

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.840
 this for up

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:59.360
 to six hours

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.680
 a day.

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.060
 Can you

00:38:00.060 --> 00:38:00.440
 imagine?

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.400
 It's all

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.760
 because he

00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:04.560
 was terrified

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.179
 that he

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.840
 might have

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.279
 overlooked

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:07.380
 some little

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.759
 sin.

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.420
 He would

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.019
 confess

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.719
 everything

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.519
 that he

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.000
 remembers,

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:13.480
 he would

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.820
 remember,

00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:14.659
 and that he

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.219
 would leave,

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.519
 and that he

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:16.820
 would just

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.659
 come rushing

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.019
 back,

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.679
 running back,

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.440
 because he

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.179
 realized he

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.679
 forgot some

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.079
 other little

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.480
 foible,

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.099
 some other

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.699
 little sin.

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.159
 His confessor,

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:25.559
 the one who

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.019
 was hearing,

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.900
 had to sit

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.860
 for six hours

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.259
 hearing all

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.440
 this,

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.259
 he once got

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:30.099
 so annoyed

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.679
 that he

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.500
 told Martin,

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.619
 look here,

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.400
 if you're

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.860
 going to

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.440
 confess so

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.620
 much,

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:35.000
 why don't

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.320
 you go

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:35.700
 and do

00:38:35.700 --> 00:38:36.099
 something

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.599
 worthy of

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.099
 confessing?

00:38:37.720 --> 00:38:38.300
 Kill your

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.740
 mother or

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:38.980
 father,

00:38:39.140 --> 00:38:39.980
 commit adultery,

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.340
 quit coming

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.800
 in here with

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.760
 such flummery

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.720
 and fake

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.220
 sins.

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.140
 I get

00:38:47.140 --> 00:38:47.519
 worried that

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:47.840
 I might

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.519
 give bad

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:48.940
 pastoral

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.300
 advice,

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.079
 but I

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.440
 think this

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.820
 takes the

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.039
 cake.

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.840
 Luther is

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.660
 a great

00:38:55.660 --> 00:38:56.599
 case study

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.640
 for how

00:38:57.640 --> 00:38:58.400
 far someone

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.240
 can push

00:38:59.240 --> 00:38:59.900
 themselves

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:02.619
 to achieve

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:03.139
 this kind

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.639
 of righteousness

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.420
 I'm sure

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:05.380
 that any

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.700
 of us

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.180
 have honestly

00:39:06.180 --> 00:39:06.700
 tried to

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:06.940
 do on

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.340
 our own

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:08.400
 and yet

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:09.200
 still fall

00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:10.280
 so short

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.500
 of the

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:10.720
 goal.

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.559
 He later

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:12.800
 said,

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.280
 I kept

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.720
 the rules

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:14.160
 of my

00:39:14.160 --> 00:39:14.579
 monastic

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.260
 order so

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:15.840
 strictly

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:17.260
 that if

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.980
 ever a

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.440
 monk went

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:18.820
 to heaven

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.400
 on account

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.780
 of his

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.280
 monkery,

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:21.740
 I should

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.039
 get there

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.260
 too.

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.599
 But he

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.019
 knew,

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.660
 he knew

00:39:24.660 --> 00:39:25.639
 all this

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.960
 effort to

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.740
 produce this

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.280
 righteousness

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:29.200
 on his

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.420
 own

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.800
 strength

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.600
 was never

00:39:30.600 --> 00:39:31.360
 enough,

00:39:31.700 --> 00:39:32.019
 never

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.500
 produced

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.860
 any

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.260
 peace

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.540
 within

00:39:33.540 --> 00:39:33.760
 him.

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:37.060
 The reality

00:39:37.060 --> 00:39:37.500
 is that

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.900
 none of

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.380
 us are

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.720
 enough.

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:41.340
 If it

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:41.640
 were up

00:39:41.640 --> 00:39:42.019
 to us

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.540
 to conjure

00:39:42.540 --> 00:39:43.040
 this kind

00:39:43.040 --> 00:39:43.519
 of righteousness

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.700
 that exceeds

00:39:44.700 --> 00:39:45.160
 that of the

00:39:45.160 --> 00:39:45.720
 scribes and

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:46.260
 Pharisees,

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.200
 that goes

00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:47.780
 further than

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.320
 skin-deep

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:48.840
 righteousness,

00:39:49.560 --> 00:39:50.940
 we can't.

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.200
 The world

00:39:53.200 --> 00:39:53.820
 loves to

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.280
 tell us that

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.680
 we can do

00:39:54.680 --> 00:39:55.300
 anything that

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:55.800
 we set our

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.440
 minds to,

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:58.420
 but this

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:58.700
 is the

00:39:58.700 --> 00:39:59.480
 one thing

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.619
 and unfortunately

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.059
 for us,

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.619
 this is the

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:02.599
 most important

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:02.840
 thing,

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.720
 the eternally

00:40:03.720 --> 00:40:05.200
 important thing

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:06.000
 that we need

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.800
 to be able

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.220
 to do,

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.920
 but we

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:09.079
 can't.

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.340
 And it's

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:13.119
 a misconception

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.720
 that,

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.579
 let me correct

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:14.980
 for maybe

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.920
 some of you

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.360
 guys today,

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.900
 that as long

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.539
 as we do

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.860
 more good

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.460
 things than

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:20.059
 bad things

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.559
 in life,

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.820
 then we can

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.440
 atone for

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.800
 our own

00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:23.320
 sins and

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:24.059
 God will

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.579
 just give us

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.019
 a slip.

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.619
 He'll just

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.159
 let us in.

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:28.159
 that all we

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.539
 have to do

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:29.139
 is just a

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:29.880
 tiny bit

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.500
 more good

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.679
 than bad

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:32.720
 and then the

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:33.480
 scales of

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:34.260
 justice will

00:40:34.260 --> 00:40:35.780
 tip in our

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.079
 favor.

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.099
 But that's

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:39.360
 a completely

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:40.380
 unfounded

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:41.280
 biblical idea.

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.860
 The wages

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.599
 of sin,

00:40:43.700 --> 00:40:44.820
 even just

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.380
 one,

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:47.260
 is death.

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.960
 Our God

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.820
 is a just

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:52.119
 judge that

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.760
 cannot even

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.420
 look even

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.380
 one sin.

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:56.260
 when we

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:56.599
 think that

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:56.900
 our good

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.539
 works can

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:58.539
 atone for

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.160
 our bad

00:40:59.160 --> 00:40:59.680
 sins,

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.800
 it's like

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:01.920
 being on

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:03.539
 trial for

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.099
 first-degree

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:05.059
 murder and

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.920
 testifying before

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.420
 the judge,

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:07.619
 yes,

00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.019
 your honor,

00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:09.180
 I did

00:41:09.180 --> 00:41:09.640
 murder him

00:41:09.640 --> 00:41:10.000
 in cold

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.280
 blood,

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:12.480
 but I've

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.940
 never cheated

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.680
 on my wife,

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.640
 I've never

00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:15.059
 stolen,

00:41:15.240 --> 00:41:15.760
 and hey,

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:17.019
 I obey all

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.460
 the traffic

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:17.980
 laws when I

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.380
 drive.

00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:20.660
 Would that

00:41:20.660 --> 00:41:21.500
 judge acquit?

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.579
 no,

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.400
 nor will

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:24.840
 God.

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.019
 So when you

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.599
 stand before

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:28.199
 the Lord on

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.780
 your judgment

00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:29.219
 day,

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:30.980
 how do you

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.460
 think the

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.940
 scales of

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.780
 justice will

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:33.360
 tip for

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:33.559
 you?

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:36.199
 If you have

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.760
 yet to put

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:37.460
 your faith

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.280
 in Christ,

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:39.320
 I ask you,

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.260
 how do you

00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:40.719
 think the

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.159
 scales of

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.860
 justice will

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:42.360
 tip?

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:44.079
 When one

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:44.539
 sin,

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:45.460
 it weighs

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:46.079
 like a

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.860
 boulder

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:48.179
 on the

00:41:48.179 --> 00:41:48.599
 scales of

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.960
 justice,

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:51.039
 how do

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.539
 you think

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:52.900
 the scales

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.340
 of justice

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:53.720
 will tip?

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:54.340
 Will you

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:55.139
 be found

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.639
 to be

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:55.980
 enough?

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:58.980
 Praise

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:00.179
 be to

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.880
 God that

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:01.539
 he has

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.619
 sent his

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:03.300
 one and

00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:03.980
 only son

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.940
 who is

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.440
 enough

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:06.179
 for us.

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:07.880
 Copying

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.320
 the words

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:08.800
 of Matthew

00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:09.619
 3.15,

00:42:10.179 --> 00:42:10.740
 Jesus has

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.280
 come to

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:11.639
 fulfill

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:12.460
 all

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.280
 righteousness

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:14.639
 by living

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.079
 a life

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:16.139
 of perfect

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.960
 obedience.

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:19.019
 theologians

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.460
 sometimes

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:19.820
 split

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:20.099
 Jesus'

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:20.659
 perfect

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:21.079
 obedience

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:22.079
 into two

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:22.599
 categories,

00:42:22.720 --> 00:42:23.679
 his active

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.599
 and his

00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:25.260
 passive

00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:26.159
 obedience.

00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:28.420
 The active

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:29.240
 obedience of

00:42:29.240 --> 00:42:30.300
 Christ is

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:31.400
 the perfect

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:32.400
 obedience to

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:33.380
 the entirety

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:34.000
 of the law,

00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:34.980
 every single

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.579
 one of these

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:36.159
 commands,

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:37.159
 from least

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:38.119
 to greatest.

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.380
 Christ

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:40.179
 obeyed

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:40.820
 without a

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:41.539
 trace of

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.199
 sin with

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:43.280
 all of the

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:43.900
 love and

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:44.619
 faith that

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:45.360
 he had in

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:45.940
 the Father.

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.820
 Yet the

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.240
 sinless

00:42:48.240 --> 00:42:48.579
 man,

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:49.039
 the only

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:49.420
 one who

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.740
 never

00:42:49.740 --> 00:42:50.179
 deserved

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:50.840
 to die,

00:42:51.220 --> 00:42:51.980
 was crucified

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.460
 on the

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:52.820
 cross.

00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:53.579
 He was

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:53.980
 beaten,

00:42:54.240 --> 00:42:54.579
 betrayed,

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.380
 and bloodied.

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:55.960
 He was

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.639
 humiliated,

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.059
 naked,

00:42:57.220 --> 00:42:57.820
 and abandoned

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.699
 so that

00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:59.099
 he might

00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.679
 atone for

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.760
 our sins.

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:01.579
 This is

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:01.840
 called

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.619
 Christ's

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:03.179
 passive

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:03.940
 obedience.

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.559
 And

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:05.860
 therefore,

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.260
 what is

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:06.619
 called

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:07.720
 the great

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:08.380
 exchange

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:08.800
 of

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:09.360
 righteousness,

00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:10.380
 our

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:11.099
 heinous,

00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:12.079
 our

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.679
 ugly

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.340
 sins

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:13.920
 are

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.559
 imputed

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:15.500
 to Christ

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:16.019
 on the

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.519
 cross.

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:17.900
 While his

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.820
 perfect

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.440
 righteousness,

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.519
 his spotless

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:21.340
 righteousness,

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:22.720
 one that far

00:43:22.720 --> 00:43:23.559
 exceeds that of

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:24.159
 the scribes

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:25.000
 and Pharisees,

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:26.000
 is attributed

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.559
 to us,

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:27.400
 it's imputed

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:28.659
 onto us.

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.519
 This is

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:31.679
 the foundation,

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:32.300
 the only

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:33.500
 foundation sturdy

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.440
 enough for

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:35.159
 all our hope

00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:35.740
 to stand

00:43:35.740 --> 00:43:36.559
 before God

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:37.780
 on that

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.380
 last day.

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:39.420
 This is

00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:40.280
 exactly why

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:40.800
 theologian

00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:41.019
 J.

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:41.400
 Gresham

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:41.699
 Machen

00:43:41.699 --> 00:43:42.699
 declared on

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.820
 his deathbed,

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:45.139
 moments before

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:45.879
 his death.

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:47.799
 I'm so

00:43:47.799 --> 00:43:48.920
 thankful for

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.619
 the active

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:50.440
 obedience of

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:50.819
 Christ.

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:52.139
 There is

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.859
 no hope

00:43:52.859 --> 00:43:53.699
 without it.

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:56.759
 Here,

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.739
 Pastor Derek

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:58.059
 Bingham

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:58.779
 also speak

00:43:58.779 --> 00:43:59.159
 of this

00:43:59.159 --> 00:43:59.379
 great

00:43:59.379 --> 00:43:59.900
 exchange.

00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:02.599
 I gave

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:03.039
 him a

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.599
 crown of

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:03.960
 thorns.

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:05.199
 He gave

00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:06.339
 me a

00:44:06.339 --> 00:44:06.699
 crown of

00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:07.079
 righteousness.

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.139
 righteousness.

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.799
 I gave

00:44:09.799 --> 00:44:12.900
 him a

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.420
 cross to

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:13.719
 carry.

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:15.179
 He gave

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:15.840
 me his

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:16.179
 yoke,

00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:16.840
 which is

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:17.159
 easy,

00:44:17.259 --> 00:44:17.739
 his burden,

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.139
 which is

00:44:18.139 --> 00:44:18.420
 light.

00:44:19.259 --> 00:44:20.039
 I gave

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:20.659
 him nails

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:21.019
 through his

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:21.360
 hands.

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.299
 He gave

00:44:22.299 --> 00:44:23.019
 me safely

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.599
 into his

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:24.059
 father's

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.400
 hands,

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:25.139
 from which

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.759
 no power

00:44:25.759 --> 00:44:26.239
 can pluck

00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:26.440
 me.

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.119
 I gave

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:28.539
 him a

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:29.159
 mock title.

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:29.819
 This is

00:44:29.819 --> 00:44:30.139
 the king

00:44:30.139 --> 00:44:30.360
 of the

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:30.659
 Jews.

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.519
 He gave

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:31.819
 me a

00:44:31.819 --> 00:44:32.480
 new name

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:33.360
 and made

00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:33.639
 me a

00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:34.199
 king and

00:44:34.199 --> 00:44:34.639
 a priest

00:44:34.639 --> 00:44:35.199
 to God.

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:36.759
 I gave

00:44:36.759 --> 00:44:37.119
 him no

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:37.639
 covering,

00:44:38.399 --> 00:44:38.719
 stripping

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:39.179
 his clothes

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:39.539
 from him.

00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:40.239
 He gave

00:44:40.239 --> 00:44:41.059
 me the

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.639
 garment of

00:44:41.639 --> 00:44:42.119
 salvation.

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.759
 I gave

00:44:43.759 --> 00:44:44.319
 him vinegar

00:44:44.319 --> 00:44:44.879
 to drink.

00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:45.480
 He gave

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:46.079
 me living

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:46.659
 water.

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:48.500
 I crucified

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.000
 him.

00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:50.119
 I crucified

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:50.659
 and slew

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.039
 him on a

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:51.299
 tree.

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:52.079
 He gave

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:53.199
 me eternal

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:53.719
 life.

00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:54.839
 It was my

00:44:54.839 --> 00:44:55.480
 sinfulness

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:56.119
 that put

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:56.519
 him there.

00:44:56.839 --> 00:44:57.199
 It is

00:44:57.199 --> 00:44:58.480
 his sinlessness

00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:59.099
 that puts

00:44:59.099 --> 00:44:59.819
 me here.

00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:03.779
 We read

00:45:03.779 --> 00:45:04.460
 for our

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:04.839
 assurance

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:05.240
 to pardon

00:45:05.240 --> 00:45:05.860
 the beginning

00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:06.280
 of one

00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:06.500
 of the

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.039
 greatest

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:07.500
 chapters

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:08.039
 in all

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:08.220
 of

00:45:08.220 --> 00:45:08.579
 scripture.

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:09.840
 I'll

00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:10.100
 read it

00:45:10.100 --> 00:45:10.320
 again.

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:10.840
 There is

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:11.820
 therefore

00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:12.680
 now no

00:45:12.680 --> 00:45:13.500
 condemnation

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:14.019
 for those

00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:14.300
 who are

00:45:14.300 --> 00:45:14.720
 in Christ

00:45:14.720 --> 00:45:15.140
 Jesus.

00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:16.860
 For the

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:17.440
 law of

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:18.000
 spirit of

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.460
 life has

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:18.800
 set you

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.240
 free in

00:45:19.240 --> 00:45:19.559
 Christ

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:19.840
 Jesus

00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:20.200
 from the

00:45:20.200 --> 00:45:20.559
 law of

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:20.940
 sin and

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.220
 death.

00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:22.380
 For God

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:22.700
 has done

00:45:22.700 --> 00:45:23.000
 what the

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:23.620
 law weakened

00:45:23.620 --> 00:45:23.980
 by the

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.260
 flesh

00:45:24.260 --> 00:45:24.880
 could not

00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:25.180
 do.

00:45:26.140 --> 00:45:26.440
 By

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:26.700
 sending

00:45:26.700 --> 00:45:27.079
 his own

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:27.440
 son in

00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:27.900
 the likeness

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.360
 of sinful

00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:29.079
 flesh and

00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:29.539
 for sin

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:30.260
 he condemned

00:45:30.260 --> 00:45:30.680
 sin in

00:45:30.680 --> 00:45:31.079
 the flesh

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:31.720
 in order

00:45:31.720 --> 00:45:32.079
 that the

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:32.340
 righteous

00:45:32.340 --> 00:45:33.100
 requirement of

00:45:33.100 --> 00:45:33.340
 the law

00:45:33.340 --> 00:45:33.720
 might be

00:45:33.720 --> 00:45:34.100
 fulfilled

00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:35.280
 in us

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:37.340
 who walk

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:37.860
 not according

00:45:37.860 --> 00:45:38.160
 to the

00:45:38.160 --> 00:45:38.600
 flesh but

00:45:38.600 --> 00:45:39.039
 according

00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:39.780
 to the

00:45:39.780 --> 00:45:40.200
 spirit.

00:45:40.640 --> 00:45:41.220
 These are

00:45:41.220 --> 00:45:42.640
 the perfect

00:45:42.640 --> 00:45:43.800
 verses for

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:44.320
 the counterpart

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:45.079
 of our

00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:45.780
 text today.

00:45:47.260 --> 00:45:47.700
 We are

00:45:47.700 --> 00:45:48.320
 set free

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:48.760
 from the

00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:49.519
 bondage of

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.240
 sin and

00:45:50.240 --> 00:45:50.539
 death,

00:45:50.820 --> 00:45:51.220
 the Mosaic

00:45:51.220 --> 00:45:51.620
 law.

00:45:52.140 --> 00:45:52.600
 Not that

00:45:52.600 --> 00:45:53.059
 the Mosaic

00:45:53.059 --> 00:45:53.559
 law was

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:54.220
 bad in

00:45:54.220 --> 00:45:54.440
 and of

00:45:54.440 --> 00:45:54.860
 itself,

00:45:55.220 --> 00:45:55.600
 but when

00:45:55.600 --> 00:45:55.860
 it was

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:56.140
 given,

00:45:56.300 --> 00:45:56.620
 it's that

00:45:56.620 --> 00:45:57.380
 our sin,

00:45:57.680 --> 00:45:58.300
 our ugly

00:45:58.300 --> 00:45:58.740
 sin,

00:45:58.920 --> 00:45:59.200
 had

00:45:59.200 --> 00:45:59.860
 increased.

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:01.760
 Therefore

00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:02.720
 God knew

00:46:02.720 --> 00:46:03.519
 the only

00:46:03.519 --> 00:46:04.100
 way for

00:46:04.100 --> 00:46:04.579
 salvation

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:05.019
 was to

00:46:05.019 --> 00:46:05.319
 send

00:46:05.319 --> 00:46:05.659
 his

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.099
 son

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:06.840
 to be

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:07.099
 born

00:46:07.099 --> 00:46:07.480
 in the

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:07.900
 likeness

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.440
 of sinful

00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:08.759
 flesh,

00:46:08.799 --> 00:46:09.039
 to be

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.719
 born under

00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:10.279
 the law

00:46:10.279 --> 00:46:10.840
 so that

00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:11.340
 the righteous

00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:12.000
 requirement

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:12.639
 of the law

00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:13.119
 might be

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.559
 fulfilled.

00:46:14.179 --> 00:46:14.599
 But here

00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:15.259
 Paul says

00:46:15.259 --> 00:46:17.179
 something I

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.619
 want you to

00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:17.940
 notice.

00:46:18.819 --> 00:46:19.199
 He says that

00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:19.599
 the righteous

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:20.440
 requirement of

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:20.819
 the law is

00:46:20.819 --> 00:46:21.440
 fulfilled in

00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:21.759
 who?

00:46:23.019 --> 00:46:23.719
 In us.

00:46:24.699 --> 00:46:26.079
 We get to

00:46:26.079 --> 00:46:26.920
 be the

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:27.360
 righteousness,

00:46:27.819 --> 00:46:28.340
 we get to

00:46:28.340 --> 00:46:28.920
 fulfill the

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.819
 righteous requirement

00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:30.960
 of the law.

00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:33.000
 How?

00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:34.160
 The law's

00:46:34.160 --> 00:46:35.180
 demands for

00:46:35.180 --> 00:46:36.420
 perfect compliance

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:37.860
 is met in

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:38.580
 believers like

00:46:38.580 --> 00:46:38.960
 us,

00:46:39.340 --> 00:46:40.059
 positionally,

00:46:40.160 --> 00:46:40.960
 by faith,

00:46:41.580 --> 00:46:41.940
 through our

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:42.600
 union with

00:46:42.600 --> 00:46:42.800
 Christ,

00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:43.280
 through his

00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:43.920
 imputed,

00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:44.840
 accredited

00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:45.559
 righteousness to

00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:45.900
 us.

00:46:46.740 --> 00:46:47.760
 But the law's

00:46:47.760 --> 00:46:49.100
 requirements is

00:46:49.100 --> 00:46:50.080
 also fulfilled

00:46:50.080 --> 00:46:50.860
 in us

00:46:50.860 --> 00:46:52.660
 experientially as

00:46:52.660 --> 00:46:53.620
 we, as

00:46:53.620 --> 00:46:54.059
 believers,

00:46:54.260 --> 00:46:55.100
 walk according

00:46:55.100 --> 00:46:55.539
 to the

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:55.900
 Spirit.

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:57.820
 when we

00:46:57.820 --> 00:46:58.280
 walk in

00:46:58.280 --> 00:46:58.780
 the Spirit,

00:46:58.920 --> 00:47:00.059
 we do and

00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:01.360
 we teach the

00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:02.039
 least of these

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:03.559
 commands from

00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:04.280
 the least to

00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:04.680
 the greatest.

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.320
 And it's all

00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:06.019
 summed up in

00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:06.639
 this greatest

00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:07.519
 command that

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:08.160
 Jesus says,

00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:09.320
 love the Lord

00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:09.960
 your God with

00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:10.559
 all your heart,

00:47:10.680 --> 00:47:11.160
 soul, mind,

00:47:11.200 --> 00:47:11.920
 and strength,

00:47:12.160 --> 00:47:12.860
 and love your

00:47:12.860 --> 00:47:13.400
 neighbor as

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:13.960
 yourself.

00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:15.720
 On these two

00:47:15.720 --> 00:47:16.519
 commandments depend

00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:17.360
 all the law

00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:18.220
 and prophets.

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:21.500
 Obedience to

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:23.320
 the law is not

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:24.240
 only imputed to

00:47:24.240 --> 00:47:25.260
 us, but as

00:47:25.260 --> 00:47:25.840
 Christians who

00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:26.380
 have the

00:47:26.380 --> 00:47:27.460
 living Spirit

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:28.640
 of God, we

00:47:28.640 --> 00:47:29.260
 can now go

00:47:29.260 --> 00:47:30.320
 forth and

00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:30.880
 we're able to

00:47:30.880 --> 00:47:31.579
 obey and

00:47:31.579 --> 00:47:32.340
 carry out his

00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:32.760
 commands.

00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.660
 We're able to

00:47:33.660 --> 00:47:34.340
 love God and

00:47:34.340 --> 00:47:34.880
 love our

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:36.720
 neighbor, all

00:47:36.720 --> 00:47:37.480
 not within our

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:38.039
 own strength,

00:47:38.100 --> 00:47:39.019
 but with God's.

00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:40.920
 And one of the

00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:41.700
 greatest ways that

00:47:41.700 --> 00:47:43.140
 we can obey the

00:47:43.140 --> 00:47:44.500
 law of Christ and

00:47:44.500 --> 00:47:45.420
 fulfill Scripture

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:48.019
 is through our

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:48.800
 evangelism.

00:47:49.860 --> 00:47:50.980
 The world is

00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:51.780
 dying.

00:47:52.920 --> 00:47:53.780
 Billions of

00:47:53.780 --> 00:47:54.680
 people are still

00:47:54.680 --> 00:47:55.780
 enslaved to their

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:56.060
 sin.

00:47:57.160 --> 00:47:58.060
 Jesus makes it

00:47:58.060 --> 00:47:58.800
 very clear in

00:47:58.800 --> 00:48:00.040
 our passage that

00:48:00.040 --> 00:48:01.820
 not everyone will

00:48:01.820 --> 00:48:02.800
 be saved from

00:48:02.800 --> 00:48:03.120
 hell.

00:48:04.260 --> 00:48:05.360
 Not everyone will

00:48:05.360 --> 00:48:05.940
 be saved from

00:48:05.940 --> 00:48:06.900
 hell, only those

00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:08.240
 whose righteousness

00:48:08.240 --> 00:48:09.420
 exceeds that of the

00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:10.140
 scribes and

00:48:10.140 --> 00:48:10.760
 Pharisees.

00:48:12.640 --> 00:48:13.160
 And so to

00:48:13.160 --> 00:48:14.260
 close, I want to

00:48:14.260 --> 00:48:15.760
 remind you of the

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:16.940
 power of salvation.

00:48:16.940 --> 00:48:18.280
 It's not within us.

00:48:18.600 --> 00:48:19.340
 It's not within our

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:19.880
 eloquence.

00:48:20.160 --> 00:48:21.120
 It's not in how we

00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:22.299
 share the gospel,

00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:24.239
 but it's in Christ

00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:25.659
 Jesus to save

00:48:25.659 --> 00:48:27.279
 anyone at any

00:48:27.279 --> 00:48:27.599
 time.

00:48:29.539 --> 00:48:30.679
 William Perkins

00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:32.219
 was a Puritan

00:48:32.219 --> 00:48:33.279
 preacher in the

00:48:33.279 --> 00:48:35.579
 late 16th century,

00:48:35.859 --> 00:48:37.179
 and he witnessed a

00:48:37.179 --> 00:48:38.279
 man on death row

00:48:38.279 --> 00:48:39.519
 climbing the gallows

00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:40.779
 for his immediate

00:48:40.779 --> 00:48:41.159
 end.

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:43.539
 The look on his

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:45.239
 face was absolutely

00:48:45.239 --> 00:48:46.099
 terrified.

00:48:46.099 --> 00:48:46.239
 terrified.

00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:48.679
 Imagine what you

00:48:48.679 --> 00:48:50.440
 might feel minutes

00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:51.339
 before your death.

00:48:53.380 --> 00:48:54.319
 Perkins approached

00:48:54.319 --> 00:48:54.960
 them and asked,

00:48:55.880 --> 00:48:56.339
 what man?

00:48:57.279 --> 00:48:58.019
 What is the matter

00:48:58.019 --> 00:48:58.440
 with thee?

00:48:58.559 --> 00:48:59.839
 Aren't thou afraid

00:48:59.839 --> 00:49:00.360
 of death?

00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:03.780
 The prisoner confessed

00:49:03.780 --> 00:49:04.480
 that he was less

00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:05.180
 afraid of death,

00:49:05.740 --> 00:49:06.519
 but more afraid of

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:07.039
 what would come

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:07.800
 after it.

00:49:09.019 --> 00:49:09.920
 Divine judgment.

00:49:11.140 --> 00:49:11.720
 I think our

00:49:11.720 --> 00:49:12.380
 sleepless,

00:49:12.640 --> 00:49:13.340
 panic-attacked

00:49:13.340 --> 00:49:14.240
 Muslim friend can

00:49:14.240 --> 00:49:15.180
 relate to this

00:49:15.180 --> 00:49:15.480
 feeling.

00:49:17.640 --> 00:49:18.460
 Recognizing the

00:49:18.460 --> 00:49:19.320
 man's spiritual

00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:19.960
 anguish,

00:49:20.620 --> 00:49:21.280
 Perkins invited

00:49:21.280 --> 00:49:22.180
 him to come down

00:49:22.180 --> 00:49:22.880
 from the gallows,

00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:24.220
 and after praying

00:49:24.220 --> 00:49:24.860
 a prayer of

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:25.280
 confession,

00:49:26.140 --> 00:49:26.860
 and sensing that

00:49:26.860 --> 00:49:28.180
 the prisoner was

00:49:28.180 --> 00:49:29.400
 spiritually ripe,

00:49:29.620 --> 00:49:30.340
 ready to hear

00:49:30.340 --> 00:49:30.840
 the gospel,

00:49:31.539 --> 00:49:32.900
 he shared the

00:49:32.900 --> 00:49:33.660
 gospel truth.

00:49:34.980 --> 00:49:36.220
 He explained

00:49:36.220 --> 00:49:37.500
 how Christ's

00:49:37.500 --> 00:49:38.380
 blood could

00:49:38.380 --> 00:49:38.980
 cleanse the

00:49:38.980 --> 00:49:39.800
 prisoner's sins

00:49:39.800 --> 00:49:40.700
 and to heal

00:49:40.700 --> 00:49:41.240
 the man's

00:49:41.240 --> 00:49:42.120
 troubled conscience.

00:49:43.460 --> 00:49:44.460
 Nothing fancy,

00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:46.400
 nothing totally

00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:46.900
 unique,

00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:48.539
 shared the basics

00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:49.380
 of the gospel.

00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:50.960
 But then see

00:49:50.960 --> 00:49:51.600
 what happens.

00:49:51.960 --> 00:49:53.039
 His eyes were

00:49:53.039 --> 00:49:54.280
 opened to see

00:49:54.280 --> 00:49:55.019
 how all the

00:49:55.019 --> 00:49:55.880
 black lines

00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:56.660
 of all his sins

00:49:56.660 --> 00:49:57.280
 were crossed

00:49:57.280 --> 00:49:58.180
 and canceled

00:49:58.180 --> 00:49:58.860
 with the red

00:49:58.860 --> 00:49:59.840
 lines of his

00:49:59.840 --> 00:50:00.960
 crucified Savior's

00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:01.920
 precious blood,

00:50:02.240 --> 00:50:03.260
 so applying it

00:50:03.260 --> 00:50:03.880
 to his wounded

00:50:03.880 --> 00:50:04.480
 conscience,

00:50:04.820 --> 00:50:05.460
 which made him

00:50:05.460 --> 00:50:06.720
 break out into

00:50:06.720 --> 00:50:07.940
 new showers of

00:50:07.940 --> 00:50:08.800
 tears for joy

00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:09.460
 for the inward

00:50:09.460 --> 00:50:10.720
 consolation which

00:50:10.720 --> 00:50:11.280
 he found.

00:50:12.360 --> 00:50:12.880
 The prisoner

00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:14.260
 rose from his

00:50:14.260 --> 00:50:14.600
 knees,

00:50:15.300 --> 00:50:16.079
 went cheerfully

00:50:16.079 --> 00:50:16.840
 up to the

00:50:16.840 --> 00:50:17.340
 gallows,

00:50:18.120 --> 00:50:18.900
 testified of

00:50:18.900 --> 00:50:20.100
 salvation in

00:50:20.100 --> 00:50:20.960
 Christ's blood,

00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:22.320
 and bore his

00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:23.380
 death with

00:50:23.380 --> 00:50:23.920
 patience,

00:50:24.640 --> 00:50:25.480
 as if he

00:50:25.480 --> 00:50:26.500
 actually saw

00:50:26.500 --> 00:50:27.900
 himself delivered

00:50:27.900 --> 00:50:28.960
 from hell,

00:50:29.539 --> 00:50:30.480
 which he feared

00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:31.119
 before,

00:50:31.699 --> 00:50:32.440
 and heaven

00:50:32.440 --> 00:50:33.699
 opened up for

00:50:33.699 --> 00:50:34.260
 the receiving

00:50:34.260 --> 00:50:34.900
 of his souls

00:50:34.900 --> 00:50:37.139
 to the great

00:50:37.139 --> 00:50:38.039
 rejoicing for

00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:38.539
 his beholders.

00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:40.519
 Friends,

00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:41.320
 this is the

00:50:41.320 --> 00:50:42.360
 power of the

00:50:42.360 --> 00:50:42.719
 gospel,

00:50:42.980 --> 00:50:44.179
 to save,

00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:44.960
 because Jesus

00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:46.780
 is the great

00:50:46.780 --> 00:50:47.460
 fulfillment of

00:50:47.460 --> 00:50:47.940
 the scriptures,

00:50:48.500 --> 00:50:49.280
 of the law,

00:50:49.579 --> 00:50:50.340
 and all

00:50:50.340 --> 00:50:51.440
 righteousness on

00:50:51.440 --> 00:50:52.059
 behalf of those

00:50:52.059 --> 00:50:52.599
 who believe in

00:50:52.599 --> 00:50:52.719
 him.

00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:53.819
 Please pray

00:50:53.819 --> 00:50:54.139
 with me.

00:51:02.779 --> 00:51:03.539
 Heavenly Father,

00:51:03.639 --> 00:51:04.199
 we thank you

00:51:04.199 --> 00:51:06.399
 again that once

00:51:06.399 --> 00:51:07.459
 there was no way

00:51:07.459 --> 00:51:08.339
 but you made a

00:51:08.339 --> 00:51:08.579
 way,

00:51:09.919 --> 00:51:10.559
 that you sent

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:11.359
 your Son to

00:51:11.359 --> 00:51:12.139
 fulfill all

00:51:12.139 --> 00:51:13.259
 righteousness on

00:51:13.259 --> 00:51:14.119
 behalf of us

00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:15.679
 ugly,

00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:17.259
 wretched

00:51:17.259 --> 00:51:17.739
 sinners.

00:51:18.539 --> 00:51:19.459
 May we never

00:51:19.459 --> 00:51:20.899
 forget the

00:51:20.899 --> 00:51:21.639
 wonder and the

00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:22.379
 beauty of your

00:51:22.380 --> 00:51:22.760
 mercy.

00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:24.579
 May it

00:51:24.579 --> 00:51:25.780
 overflow in

00:51:25.780 --> 00:51:26.820
 us so that

00:51:26.820 --> 00:51:27.700
 what bubbles up

00:51:27.700 --> 00:51:28.220
 in our hearts

00:51:28.220 --> 00:51:29.400
 is not envy

00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:30.380
 or anger

00:51:30.380 --> 00:51:31.180
 or ugly

00:51:31.180 --> 00:51:31.840
 thoughts or

00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:32.619
 evil thoughts,

00:51:32.760 --> 00:51:33.660
 but what bubbles

00:51:33.660 --> 00:51:34.420
 up out of our

00:51:34.420 --> 00:51:35.200
 hearts and

00:51:35.200 --> 00:51:36.200
 overflows is

00:51:36.200 --> 00:51:37.039
 the joy of the

00:51:37.039 --> 00:51:37.480
 gospel,

00:51:38.240 --> 00:51:38.840
 and that other

00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:39.500
 people would get

00:51:39.500 --> 00:51:40.180
 splashed,

00:51:40.780 --> 00:51:41.559
 other people would

00:51:41.559 --> 00:51:42.619
 be affected in

00:51:42.619 --> 00:51:43.099
 our lives,

00:51:43.220 --> 00:51:46.340
 in our workplaces,

00:51:46.460 --> 00:51:47.220
 in our families,

00:51:48.400 --> 00:51:49.000
 in our friend

00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:49.579
 groups that

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:50.279
 people would

00:51:50.279 --> 00:51:52.139
 see and

00:51:52.139 --> 00:51:53.599
 know this

00:51:53.599 --> 00:51:54.059
 gospel

00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:56.679
 about Jesus

00:51:56.679 --> 00:51:57.279
 Christ who

00:51:57.279 --> 00:51:57.819
 has fulfilled

00:51:57.819 --> 00:51:58.619
 all this for

00:51:58.619 --> 00:51:58.880
 us.

00:51:59.019 --> 00:51:59.460
 We know that

00:51:59.460 --> 00:52:00.059
 you alone do

00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:00.400
 the heavy

00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:00.719
 lifting.

00:52:02.460 --> 00:52:03.179
 To you

00:52:03.179 --> 00:52:04.559
 alone be the

00:52:04.559 --> 00:52:05.159
 glory, Lord

00:52:05.159 --> 00:52:05.719
 Jesus, we look

00:52:05.719 --> 00:52:06.039
 to you.

00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:07.319
 In Jesus' name

00:52:07.319 --> 00:52:07.639
 we pray.

00:52:08.360 --> 00:52:08.599
 Amen.

00:52:08.599 --> 00:52:08.699
 Amen.

00:52:08.699 --> 00:52:08.759
 Amen.

00:52:08.759 --> 00:52:08.759


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00:52:08.759 --> 00:52:10.759
 Amen.

00:52:10.759 --> 00:52:10.759


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00:52:10.759 --> 00:52:12.759
 Amen.