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

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 If you have Bibles, you'll open them to Luke as we continue our study.

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 Will came in to my office weeks ago and asked me if I wanted to preach on this text.

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 And I think the reason he asked is that he didn't want to pronounce all these names.

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 Well, I'm not going to either.

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 Because, one, I don't want this just to be a time where you're impressed with my pronunciation.

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 But also, you wouldn't know if I'm butchering them or not.

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 So, what we're going to do, I'm going to read down through verse 23.

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 And then skip down to verse 34.

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 And take up reading there.

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 So, here now, God's inspired word of truth.

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 Now, when all the people were baptized and when Jesus also had been baptized.

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 And was praying, the heavens were opened.

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 And the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove.

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 And a voice came from heaven.

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 You are my beloved son.

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 With you, I am well pleased.

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 And Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about 30 years of age.

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 And now skip on down to verse 34.

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 Where it says,

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 The son of Eber, the son of Canaan, the son of Arphakad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalel.

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 The son of Canaan, the son of Enoch, the son of Enoch, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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 Let me pray for us as we approach this study.

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 Father, even in these places of Scripture where we think, you know, we just kind of skip over them.

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 There's nothing here.

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 Yet, you've given them to us for our benefit, our profit.

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 But there is so much here.

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 Father, would you, in the power of your Spirit, work through the foolishness of this man and speak to us in a way only your Spirit can.

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 Come and lead us not just to a knowledge of truth, but cause this truth to be planted deep within our souls.

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 That we might be transformed more and more into that likeness of our Savior, our Lord Jesus.

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 We pray in His name.

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 Amen.

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 You know, there is a lot of interest today in genealogies.

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 I mean, it's fascinating stuff.

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 There's been a program on public TV called Finding Your Roots.

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 Have any of y'all ever seen that?

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 I mean, this is great.

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 They take these well-known people, and this guy goes back and searches history all through their family tree,

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 even to doing genetic testing at the end, and telling them, you know, where all these fascinating places where they've come from.

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 And it really is a fascinating thing.

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 Even one of my kids has been very interested in our own family tree, you know, through these years.

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 And I want to put up a picture here for you.

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 Oh, no, not that one.

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 I guess we don't have it.

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 Anyway, what I was going to show you is I have a picture of my family that was taken back at the end of the 19th century.

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 Back in the late 1800s.

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 And, you know, of my great-grandfather, my great-grandfather, and my great-great-grandfather.

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 And I wish you could see it, but, I mean, it's of interest to me because what that picture tells me is that this is where I came from.

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 And I think the whole interest that we have in genealogies is that we want to know who we are.

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 And those genealogies tell us, you know, this is where we came from.

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 These are our roots.

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 This is how we have been shaped by all of this.

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 In fact, I was walking through when my mother was in the hospital a couple years ago having surgery.

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 And I was caring for her.

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 I walked down the hall and overheard a conversation in another guest's room.

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 And there was this old guy talking to, it was a patient, talking to one of the young girls who was caring for him.

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 And the conversation was going on.

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 And finally, he just stopped and asked her this question.

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 He says, who's your daddy?

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 And what he wanted to know was, her daddy, if he knew who her daddy was, that was going to tell him all kinds of things about her.

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 Whether she could be trusted or so forth.

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 So in some ways, when we come to these genealogies in scripture, we also look at them in a similar way.

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 We can't read these.

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 And typically, the genealogies, we have two in the New Testament.

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 We have others in the Old Testament, but we have two in the New Testament.

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 The beginning of Matthew and here in Luke.

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 And a lot of times, we just skip over these parts.

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 But these genealogies tell us something.

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 And the authors are trying to give us something special.

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 Something in particular through these genealogies.

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 We can't read them like we would normally read them.

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 You know, when I would go look at this picture, I could say, all right, that's my grandfather.

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 And then his father.

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 And then his father.

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 And you see the direct line.

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 Well, the writers in the Bible don't give us genealogies that way.

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 They are intentional in what they want to communicate through these genealogies.

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 Therefore, they're very selective in who they put in there.

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 And so one of the things you'll discover, if you compare Matthew and Luke,

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 there's two different sets of names.

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 Especially in between David and Jesus.

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 Now, we can't explain why those are different.

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 I can't tell you more than that.

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 But we know that the differences in our questions simply come because we don't have enough information.

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 But these writers are giving us a message.

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 And Luke is giving us a very specific message.

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 And one of the ways that Luke differs from his use of genealogy from Matthew is,

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 Matthew begins with Abraham and moves upward to Jesus in a very methodical, very thematic way.

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 There's three sets of names.

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 And he is trying to connect the Messiah, Jesus, as that Messiah who would come from Abraham.

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 But Luke doesn't do that.

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 Luke starts with Jesus and goes backwards.

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 And he doesn't stop when he gets to Abraham.

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 He goes all the way back to Adam.

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 And so what is Luke telling us here?

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 Luke is giving us a picture of Jesus' very first day of ministry.

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 He has come out of this preparation period, 30 years of growing and maturing.

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 And today Jesus comes and enters public ministry.

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 And to do that, Luke is now giving us this genealogy.

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 Because that genealogy is telling us so much of who this Jesus is.

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 And also what he has come to do for us.

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 So as we look at this, there's three things that I'm going to want us to see.

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 First, this is all about identity.

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 All of it is about Jesus' identity.

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 And therefore, it's also about our identity.

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 So the first thing we see is how Jesus identifies with us.

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 Secondly, we're going to see how God the Father, really the Holy Trinity, comes and identifies and celebrates with Jesus.

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 And thirdly, we're going to see what the implications are for us of that.

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 Look at Luke 3, 21.

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 Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying,

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 the question, we read this and the question comes up, and I've already been asked this question this morning,

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 why, if Jesus is righteous and pure, and baptism, as you heard last week, was a baptism for repentance of sin,

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 why does Jesus have to be baptized?

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 Well, you know, why baptism?

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 Why is this the very first thing that he does as he enters into his ministry?

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 Well, Jesus is not being baptized for his sake.

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 He's being baptized for our sake.

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 What he's doing, this act of baptism, is his way of saying, I'm with you.

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 Jesus is entering into this act.

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 He's getting, he's coming into this baptism to help us and identify with us right where we are.

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 He's not helping from a distance.

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 He's not just reaching down from some far place, but he has decided he has come to enter into all of the muck,

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 all of the mire, all of the filth, all of the pain, all of the hardness, all of the brokenness of this life.

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 And so, he does not just, again, help from a distance.

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 He enters into the worst of it.

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 That is why he comes and is baptized.

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 He takes upon himself this baptism of repentance.

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 Because that is what he has come to do.

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 He's chosen to enter into the very pit of our world.

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 He experiences it.

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 He lives it.

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 He tastes it.

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 He tastes the oppression, the struggle, and then he owns it.

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 It is his.

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 This is why the writer of Hebrews, the passage that we just read a few minutes ago,

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 towards the end there, he says,

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 He had to be made like his brothers in every respect so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

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 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

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 And this is an incredible thing.

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 And I think we miss the significance of this.

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 The Holy One of Israel, the righteous one, the righteous God, identifies with us.

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 He comes from his holy throne to us, into the muck and mire where we live.

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 And he identifies with us.

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 He takes on that identity.

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 He makes it his own.

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 And he doesn't just say from a distance, you know, I know.

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 But he does tell us, I know.

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 I've been there.

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 I'm there with you.

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 And so in that, he can help.

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 But we don't have a Savior who calls us to something, someplace where he's never been.

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 He is a Savior who has gone before us.

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 He is a Savior who has tasted everything.

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 He is a Savior who has been tempted in everything, which we'll see more of next week.

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 But he's been there and identifies with us.

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 But also in addition,

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 and this is the critical part,

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 by identifying with us,

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 being baptized

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 to identify with us,

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 he's not only owning our fallen state,

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 but it also means

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 he's going to be treated

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 as if

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 he were us.

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 Jesus,

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 in effect,

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 in his baptism,

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 is becoming

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 sin.

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 He is becoming

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 the broken,

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 the fallen.

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 And because of that,

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 because he is taking it upon himself

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 fully,

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 all of the wrath,

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 all of the anger,

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 all of the judgment

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 that God would pour out

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 on us

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 as broken sinners,

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 it's now going to be poured out on him.

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 And this is telling us

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 where he's going.

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 This is telling us

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 where the ministry

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 is taking him.

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 It's taking him to a place

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 where he

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 is going to suffer

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 the penalties

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 that our sins deserve.

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 Because here he's taking them on himself.

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 Secondly,

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 something else we have here

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 in this text

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 is

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 we get this picture

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 of the Trinity.

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 You know,

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 we don't,

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 when we study the Scriptures,

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 the Trinity is one of those

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 doctrines that's never

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 explicitly

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 stated to us,

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 but we get illusions,

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 we get pictures of it

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 all through the Scriptures,

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 from the Old Testament

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 up through the New,

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 and this is one of the most clear

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 of those pictures.

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 Because here,

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 it is,

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 we're given

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 this window

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 to look into

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 this joyous,

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 passionate

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 relationship

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 that is enjoyed

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 between the Father,

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 the Spirit,

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 and the Son.

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 You know,

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 as Jesus

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 is being baptized,

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 he comes up

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 out of the water

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 and he's praying.

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 I mean,

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 he's talking

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 to the Father.

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 But here,

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 he comes up

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 and the heavens

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 open.

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 And from the heavens

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 descends

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 a dove,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 in a bodily form

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 of a dove

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 and alights

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 on him

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 and you hear

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 this voice

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 from heaven

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 declaring,

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 it says,

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 this is my Son

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 in whom

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 I'm well pleased.

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 And then,

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 there's only

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 really one other

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 place where we see

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 that the heavens

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 open and God

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 speaks like that

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 and that's

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 on the Mount

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 of Transfiguration.

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 but here,

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 we're given

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 this window

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 into this

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 glorious union,

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 this relationship

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 that exists

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 between the three.

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 Now,

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 let me take a second.

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 This,

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 when we talk

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 about the Trinity,

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 we're talking

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 about this,

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 one of these

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 huge theological

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 concepts.

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 And I think

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 sometimes we think

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 it's kind of obscure.

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 How does it

00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:49.559
 even affect us?

00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:49.880
 Yeah,

00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.360
 it's great

00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:51.240
 for theologians

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.019
 to talk about,

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 but

00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:55.099
 this is,

00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:57.519
 I think,

00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:58.700
 at least for me

00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.519
 in these

00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:01.059
 last few years,

00:18:01.159 --> 00:18:01.679
 has become

00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.379
 one of the most

00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:04.720
 dear theological

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.919
 doctrines

00:18:05.919 --> 00:18:07.179
 that there is.

00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:10.419
 One of the things

00:18:10.419 --> 00:18:11.960
 is that

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.579
 when you talk

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.480
 about God

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:14.139
 being a God

00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:14.980
 of love,

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:17.679
 that

00:18:17.679 --> 00:18:18.980
 demands

00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:20.379
 the existence

00:18:20.379 --> 00:18:21.960
 of the Trinity.

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:24.000
 So let's think

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.519
 about this.

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:25.279
 When Islam

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:26.519
 talks about God,

00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:28.240
 they do

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:29.039
 talk about

00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:30.119
 God is

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:31.019
 a God

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.720
 of love,

00:18:32.439 --> 00:18:33.559
 but they also

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.059
 talk about

00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:34.759
 God is just

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.179
 one.

00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:36.379
 There is no

00:18:36.379 --> 00:18:36.759
 Trinity.

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.599
 There is just

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 one who has

00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:39.339
 existed for

00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:40.599
 all time

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.740
 throughout

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.339
 eternity

00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:43.439
 as one.

00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:46.200
 Now,

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:48.019
 how does

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:48.799
 he know

00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:50.539
 how to

00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:50.980
 love?

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.039
 love?

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.319
 He's never

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:54.940
 had anyone

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.480
 to love.

00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:57.079
 It's just

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 him.

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 And it's

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:00.860
 interesting,

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.440
 if you look

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:01.660
 at the

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.099
 depictions

00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.680
 that Islam

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.120
 makes

00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:03.960
 of this

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.579
 God,

00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:06.440
 they're

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.019
 primarily

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.620
 not a

00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:07.779
 God

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.460
 of love.

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.319
 Because

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:10.819
 a God

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.120
 who has

00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:11.599
 existed

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.460
 alone

00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:12.960
 for

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.700
 eternity

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:16.500
 would

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:16.720
 really

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.319
 not have

00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:18.920
 an idea,

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.759
 have a clue.

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:21.539
 what love

00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:21.920
 is.

00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.799
 But when we

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.240
 come to the

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.640
 God of the

00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:25.940
 Bible,

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:28.279
 we have

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.879
 something very

00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:29.339
 different.

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.759
 That God

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.539
 has existed

00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:32.940
 for all

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.519
 time

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.579
 in

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:35.379
 relationship.

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.200
 Father,

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:38.579
 Spirit,

00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:40.140
 Son.

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.440
 And it's a

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.960
 joyous,

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.680
 passionate

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.559
 relationship,

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.119
 and they've

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.960
 lived in this

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:47.640
 love relationship

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.520
 for eternity.

00:19:49.300 --> 00:19:49.960
 And therefore,

00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:51.180
 when we hear

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.840
 that God

00:19:51.840 --> 00:19:52.220
 is,

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.120
 that God

00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:53.759
 loves,

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.500
 we can know

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:54.960
 it's true

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.500
 because it's

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.020
 part of his

00:19:56.020 --> 00:19:56.580
 essence.

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.320
 That's part

00:19:57.320 --> 00:19:57.780
 of all

00:19:57.780 --> 00:19:58.800
 that he is.

00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.120
 That's part

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:00.720
 of what he

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.360
 has done

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.400
 for eternity.

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.920
 Love is

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.320
 at his

00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:06.960
 core.

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.320
 And so,

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.320
 as we talk

00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:10.820
 about the

00:20:10.820 --> 00:20:11.200
 gospel,

00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:12.180
 that's,

00:20:12.520 --> 00:20:13.120
 we talk

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.580
 about a

00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:13.940
 God of

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.640
 love.

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:14.680
 love.

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.480
 Because he

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.280
 has loved

00:20:17.280 --> 00:20:19.800
 through all

00:20:19.800 --> 00:20:20.440
 of his

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.540
 existence.

00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:23.320
 And so,

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:23.780
 in this

00:20:23.780 --> 00:20:24.300
 scene,

00:20:24.780 --> 00:20:25.640
 what we're

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.180
 given is

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.820
 just a

00:20:26.820 --> 00:20:27.700
 picture,

00:20:28.520 --> 00:20:28.860
 a little

00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.340
 bit of a

00:20:29.340 --> 00:20:30.460
 glimpse of

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.840
 the relationship

00:20:31.840 --> 00:20:32.500
 that these

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.280
 three have.

00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:34.500
 And the

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.220
 love and the

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:35.840
 passion in

00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:36.380
 this love,

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.080
 you see in

00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:37.720
 the statement

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:39.000
 which is

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.800
 proclaimed

00:20:39.800 --> 00:20:41.320
 from heaven

00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:42.240
 about the

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.540
 Son.

00:20:43.040 --> 00:20:43.380
 And there

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:43.900
 are three

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:45.000
 things about

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.519
 what God

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:47.060
 says that

00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:47.740
 we need to

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.500
 pay attention

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.759
 to.

00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.040
 He says,

00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.600
 first,

00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:51.019
 he says,

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:51.920
 this is my

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.880
 son.

00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:57.040
 Not a

00:20:57.040 --> 00:20:57.460
 stranger,

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.519
 not an

00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.840
 orphan,

00:21:01.060 --> 00:21:01.820
 but a

00:21:01.820 --> 00:21:02.340
 son.

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.100
 I remember,

00:21:05.580 --> 00:21:05.780
 you know,

00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.400
 I have two

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.920
 sons,

00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:08.300
 along with two

00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:08.680
 daughters,

00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.460
 but I remember,

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.420
 you know,

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.940
 when my

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:12.259
 oldest son was

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.660
 born,

00:21:12.800 --> 00:21:13.300
 and I held

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:13.659
 him in my

00:21:13.659 --> 00:21:14.240
 hand for the

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.839
 first time,

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.079
 and I said,

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.180
 this is my

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.919
 son.

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.619
 This is not

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.639
 some stranger's

00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:19.980
 kid.

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.940
 This is a

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.500
 son who

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.240
 bears my

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.899
 name,

00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:25.839
 is going to

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.359
 be in this

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.359
 relationship with

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:27.819
 me forever.

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.839
 There's no

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.659
 separation here.

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.099
 There's no

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.960
 divorce from

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.440
 being a

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.759
 son.

00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:36.220
 He's my

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:37.539
 son.

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:37.759
 son.

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:39.519
 And that

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.799
 says something

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:42.259
 that I

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.839
 could say

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.379
 about no

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:44.559
 one else.

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.680
 And so the

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.579
 father is

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.680
 declaring to

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:51.099
 Jesus that

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.779
 he is now

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.940
 the son.

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.599
 But he

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.720
 goes beyond

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.139
 that.

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.220
 He said,

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:58.039
 this is my

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:59.420
 beloved

00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.799
 son.

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.319
 There are

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.879
 sons,

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.119
 and then

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:05.399
 there are

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:05.759
 sons.

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.899
 And some

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.359
 of us have

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:11.039
 grown up in

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:12.519
 relationships maybe

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.319
 where we

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.659
 didn't feel

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:17.200
 beloved by

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.740
 our fathers.

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.460
 You know,

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.180
 maybe we had

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:21.519
 fathers that

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.240
 were distant,

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.440
 maybe fathers

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.599
 that were

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.480
 difficult.

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:28.980
 maybe we

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.920
 are fathers

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:31.440
 that are

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.120
 distant and

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.519
 difficult.

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:35.000
 You know,

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.519
 maybe we

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.299
 weren't wanted.

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.420
 Maybe

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:39.019
 somehow as

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.620
 sons we

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:40.519
 disappointed

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.880
 them somewhere.

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.380
 But I know

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:44.000
 that in my

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:45.019
 growing up as

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.539
 a son,

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.299
 there was one

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.920
 thing that I

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.640
 wanted more

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.240
 than anything

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.000
 else in

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.380
 life,

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.120
 and I

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:51.200
 wanted my

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.500
 dad to

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.440
 communicate to

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.000
 me and to

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.559
 say to me

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.079
 in no

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.639
 uncertain

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.439
 terms that

00:22:56.439 --> 00:22:57.220
 I was not

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.720
 just his

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.199
 son,

00:22:58.419 --> 00:22:58.779
 but I

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.419
 was beloved.

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.619
 That I

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.139
 was of the

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:03.559
 highest value

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.960
 to him.

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.019
 And I

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.259
 would have

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.059
 given anything

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.720
 to have

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.279
 heard that.

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.720
 In fact,

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.099
 I was,

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.779
 in a lot of

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.419
 my years

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:13.119
 growing up,

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:13.599
 I was just

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:15.819
 angry because

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.559
 I didn't

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.679
 sense that

00:23:17.679 --> 00:23:19.939
 from him.

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:22.139
 But imagine

00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:23.659
 the joy

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:25.140
 of hearing

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:26.460
 your father

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.340
 saying,

00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.380
 you are my

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.880
 son,

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.300
 but you

00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:29.779
 are my

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.360
 beloved.

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.480
 And this

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.960
 is what the

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:36.560
 father declares

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:37.220
 of Jesus.

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:38.680
 But he goes

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.600
 even farther.

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.600
 He said,

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.460
 this is my

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.580
 beloved

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.759
 son

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:48.500
 in whom

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:50.240
 I am

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.019
 well

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.299
 pleased.

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.900
 We might be

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.720
 dearly beloved,

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.140
 we might be

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.879
 in love by our

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.859
 fathers, but you

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.359
 know, down

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.480
 inside, I think

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:06.079
 sometimes we

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:07.400
 know we

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.799
 have not been

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:10.019
 the sons that

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.660
 we should have

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:10.920
 been.

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:13.700
 I wasn't.

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.759
 You know, I

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:17.080
 know I was,

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.779
 of all three

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.700
 of our kids,

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.900
 I'm sure that

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.400
 I was the

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.180
 most difficult

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:22.160
 of the three.

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.480
 I'm sure that

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.240
 I gave my

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.380
 dad a lot

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.920
 of grief,

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.800
 and I'm sure

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.400
 that he was

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:29.519
 disappointed and

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.759
 probably ashamed

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.960
 sometimes of the

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:33.000
 decisions that I

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.420
 made.

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.060
 They, uh,

00:24:35.060 --> 00:24:35.900
 because, I mean,

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.820
 I didn't work

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:38.060
 well, I didn't,

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.960
 you know, sometimes

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.840
 I talked back

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.380
 to him.

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:42.620
 My choices of

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.920
 clothing style,

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.980
 and particularly

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.660
 in those days,

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.660
 my hairstyle,

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:50.579
 was not so

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.519
 conducive to

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.420
 him going to

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.880
 the country

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.600
 club and being

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.700
 proud of his

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.240
 son.

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.200
 And so, in

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.100
 many ways,

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:02.539
 I think maybe

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.960
 we sense a

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.579
 disappointment,

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:06.880
 and especially,

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.319
 you know, here

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.940
 thinking of

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.500
 our Heavenly

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.000
 Father.

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:13.019
 But this is

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.680
 why hearing

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.580
 these words

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.200
 at the end

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.220
 are so critical,

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.840
 because I'm

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.500
 not just a

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.759
 son.

00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:19.080
 Jesus is not

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.759
 just a son.

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.120
 He is not

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.840
 just the beloved

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:23.180
 son, but he

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.900
 is the son

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.480
 that gives

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.320
 his father

00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:27.019
 joy.

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:31.240
 The father

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.620
 is pleased

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:34.640
 and declares

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.220
 it to the

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.779
 world.

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:35.879
 son.

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.119
 And so,

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.639
 now we

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.319
 see, and

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.960
 the spirit

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.879
 is there

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.779
 as well,

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.559
 and so this

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:42.859
 is the

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.579
 relationship

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.779
 that all

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.339
 three of

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.879
 these members

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.240
 of the

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.559
 Trinity

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.920
 have with

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.980
 one another.

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.279
 The father

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.299
 declares that

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.019
 the son is

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.559
 the joy of

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.039
 his heart,

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.700
 and he

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.460
 and the

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.339
 spirit come

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:56.099
 to identify

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.879
 with him

00:25:56.879 --> 00:26:00.720
 how closely

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.099
 they are

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.000
 identified and

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.700
 connected with

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.240
 one another.

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.160
 So now we

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.580
 come to the

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:08.160
 best part,

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.680
 I think.

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.140
 The third

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.799
 way of

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.440
 identification

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.180
 has taken

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.819
 place here

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.960
 is that

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.600
 we now

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:20.539
 identify

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:23.220
 with the

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.559
 son

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:25.620
 and the

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.039
 father

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:28.039
 and the

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.400
 spirit,

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.360
 because we

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:31.980
 are in

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.440
 Christ.

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.880
 See, the

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.579
 question you

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.180
 have to ask

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.519
 here, why

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.720
 would God

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:40.400
 proclaim

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:42.559
 audibly,

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.660
 why would

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.779
 he descend

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:47.339
 visibly and

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.420
 bodily on

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.539
 Jesus like

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.519
 that at

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.860
 that moment?

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.920
 Was it for

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.279
 Jesus'

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.819
 sake?

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:54.859
 sake?

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:58.000
 I don't

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.539
 think so.

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.419
 I think it

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:01.759
 was for

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.679
 our sake.

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:07.319
 If Jesus

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.059
 has identified

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:09.539
 himself so

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.319
 intimately

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.339
 with us,

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:14.720
 he does

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.279
 so that

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.759
 we can

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.399
 now

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:19.279
 identify

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.759
 with

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:22.259
 him.

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:26.099
 Jesus

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.839
 in his

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.599
 baptism

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.539
 takes

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.960
 our

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.500
 sin,

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.460
 owns

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.879
 our

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.480
 sin,

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.420
 takes

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.879
 all of

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.059
 our

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.799
 brokenness

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.180
 and our

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.799
 fallenness

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.140
 upon

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.900
 himself,

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.119
 identifies

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:40.079
 with us,

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.259
 and then

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.519
 agrees to

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.319
 be treated

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.680
 as if

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.400
 he were

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.980
 us.

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:50.099
 but then

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:53.799
 he does

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.180
 so

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:56.500
 so that

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.880
 we

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:59.059
 can now

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.740
 be identified

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.299
 with

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:01.059
 him

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:03.960
 in all

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.420
 of the

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.039
 glory,

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.180
 all of

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.980
 the joy,

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.900
 all of

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.360
 the love

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:08.700
 and all

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.460
 the pleasure

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:13.000
 and we

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.380
 can be

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.779
 treated

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:17.380
 as if

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.319
 we were

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.700
 him.

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.640
 Let that

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.140
 sink in a

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.519
 little bit.

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.240
 Let me ask

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.779
 this question.

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.559
 It's a

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.140
 question that

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.420
 I know

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.940
 that some

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.420
 of you guys

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.840
 have heard

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.240
 because we

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.740
 talked about

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.140
 the men's

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.360
 retreat.

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.259
 What does

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.740
 God think

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.039
 of you?

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.160
 What does

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.299
 God think

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.319
 of you?

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:39.759
 Now I

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.319
 know most

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.620
 of you have

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:40.940
 been through

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.160
 Sunday

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.600
 school so

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:41.860
 you know

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.319
 the answer

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.880
 is God

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.380
 loves me.

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.680
 Jesus

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.180
 loves me.

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.539
 This I

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:44.819
 know.

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.500
 For the

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.140
 Bible tells

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.620
 me so.

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.559
 Okay.

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.640
 God loves

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:49.960
 you.

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.720
 But does

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.100
 he like

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.319
 you?

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.539
 When

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.160
 your name

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.880
 crosses his

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.259
 mind,

00:28:59.579 --> 00:28:59.900
 what's the

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.519
 expression on

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.000
 his face?

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.880
 Is he

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:06.380
 grinning from

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.660
 ear to

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:06.880
 ear?

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.960
 Or is he

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.319
 just kind

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.840
 of beating

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.539
 his head?

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.579
 When are

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:13.759
 they going

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:13.980
 to ever

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.519
 straighten

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.940
 up?

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.360
 When are

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:16.600
 they ever

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:16.819
 going to

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.039
 get with

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.559
 the program?

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.880
 How long

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.180
 do I have

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.680
 to wait?

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:23.980
 You ever

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.400
 feel like

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:24.700
 you're just

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.140
 one big

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.759
 disappointment

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:27.600
 to your

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:27.779
 Heavenly

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.200
 Father?

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.779
 And you

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.279
 wonder when

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.700
 the day's

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:30.960
 going to

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:32.539
 come where

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:32.840
 he's going

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:33.120
 to say,

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.500
 okay,

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:36.100
 one more

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.400
 time.

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:39.440
 we've

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.640
 hit a

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:39.820
 limit

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:40.080
 here.

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.180
 One

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.360
 more

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.660
 time.

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.019
 I

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.340
 think

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.680
 that's

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.140
 common

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:48.160
 because

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.759
 we

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.440
 sense

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.700
 the

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.240
 brokenness,

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:51.060
 we sense

00:29:51.060 --> 00:29:52.820
 the sin,

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.500
 we sense

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.180
 the failure.

00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.500
 And it's

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.920
 hard for

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.300
 us to

00:29:59.300 --> 00:29:59.580
 think

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:00.320
 otherwise.

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:05.539
 But that's

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.079
 why this

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.700
 particular

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.700
 passage is

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.659
 so important.

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.899
 Because

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:13.619
 if we're

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.399
 in Christ,

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:17.939
 we know

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.720
 the answer

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.159
 to that

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:19.679
 question.

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.960
 God is

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.659
 ecstatic

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:29.519
 because he

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.120
 says to

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.580
 us,

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.540
 you are

00:30:32.540 --> 00:30:33.400
 my son,

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.779
 my daughter,

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.540
 my beloved,

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:39.120
 in whom

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:41.160
 I am

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.700
 well

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:43.460
 pleased.

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.540
 How

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:51.060
 desperately

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.500
 we need

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.759
 to hear

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:51.980
 that.

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.620
 But it's

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.040
 not just

00:30:55.040 --> 00:30:55.360
 here.

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:55.940
 I want

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.279
 you to

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.560
 look at

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:56.940
 one other

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.800
 passage in

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.500
 Zephaniah

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.980
 3,

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:01.140
 verse 17,

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.120
 which I

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.620
 love.

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.460
 It says,

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:03.920
 the Lord

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.540
 your God

00:31:04.540 --> 00:31:05.100
 is in

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.880
 your midst.

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.820
 Notice,

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.600
 he's in

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.080
 your midst.

00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:09.740
 He's not

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.180
 distant.

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.180
 He's not

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.920
 far off.

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.880
 He's right

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.759
 with you.

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:13.879
 love.

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.759
 He's not

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:14.799
 with you.

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:16.299
 And that

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.640
 means he

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.220
 must like

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.779
 you because

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.140
 he wants

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.400
 to be

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.980
 with you.

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.700
 The Lord

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.039
 your God

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.420
 is in

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.920
 your midst,

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.599
 a mighty

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.160
 one who

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.059
 will save.

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:28.839
 Now look

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.099
 what he

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.299
 says.

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.819
 He will

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.460
 rejoice

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.740
 over you

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:34.059
 with gladness.

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.460
 He will

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.119
 quiet you

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.539
 with his

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.940
 love.

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.720
 And look

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:39.900
 at this

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.519
 last statement.

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:42.400
 He will

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.000
 exalt

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.920
 over you

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:46.099
 with loud

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.200
 singing.

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.440
 He will

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.799
 exalt

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.180
 over you

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:55.039
 with loud

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.819
 singing.

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.359
 Almost

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.359
 makes us

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.099
 think God's

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.700
 charismatic.

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.460
 He's

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.940
 ecstatic.

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:12.180
 How can

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:13.619
 God be

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.920
 that ecstatic

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:17.379
 over us

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:19.039
 the way

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.539
 we are?

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.480
 Because

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:25.099
 if we

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.700
 believe

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:28.379
 we are

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:29.019
 in Christ

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:31.879
 and what

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.460
 Christ has

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.139
 come to do

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.759
 is to

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.599
 identify with

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.400
 us so

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:35.920
 fully

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:39.220
 that he

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.640
 would come

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.740
 to be

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.200
 treated

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.960
 as if

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.259
 he were

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.800
 us

00:32:44.800 --> 00:32:48.180
 so that

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.640
 we

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:50.600
 could be

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:50.940
 treated

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:52.640
 as if

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:52.880
 we were

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.120
 him.

00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:56.860
 So this

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.420
 picture of

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.980
 the Trinity

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.700
 is glorious

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.980
 because

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:02.039
 Jesus

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:03.440
 is taking

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.300
 me right

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:04.860
 into the

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.360
 middle of

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.600
 it.

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:10.480
 his salvation

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.200
 is so

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.660
 great,

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.660
 so full,

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.940
 so complete

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:16.680
 that I

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.779
 now

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:19.019
 enjoy

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:20.740
 the love,

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.660
 the passion,

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:21.779
 the

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:23.660
 celebration

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:29.100
 of the

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.420
 Trinity

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.300
 itself.

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:31.560
 I am

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:35.019
 the

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:37.480
 beloved

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.900
 son

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:40.759
 in whom

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.060
 he is

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.279
 well

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.740
 pleased

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:45.580
 all

00:33:45.580 --> 00:33:46.160
 because

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.880
 what

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.380
 Christ

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.440
 has done

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.720
 for me.

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:52.200
 he has

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.460
 taken

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.019
 my sin

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.720
 so fully

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:56.000
 and he

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.420
 paid the

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:56.860
 price.

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.900
 Now I

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:01.160
 can know

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.680
 his joy.

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.380
 God

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:05.360
 is that

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:06.000
 good news?

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.539
 It's

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.920
 critical.

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.240
 This

00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:11.800
 identity

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.500
 is critical

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.159
 for us

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:15.200
 because

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.940
 it affects

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.559
 everything

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.119
 and we'll

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.300
 see more

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:19.619
 next week

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.720
 of how

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:21.039
 that

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:22.159
 works out.

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.839
 God

00:34:22.839 --> 00:34:24.159
 is

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.679
 to

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.920
 the

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.219
 Lord's

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.619
 table

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:28.659
 in many

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:28.859
 ways

00:34:28.859 --> 00:34:29.619
 this is

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.179
 what we

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.379
 are doing.

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.759
 We are

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.539
 celebrating

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:31.879
 the

00:34:31.879 --> 00:34:32.579
 identity

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.139
 that we

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.480
 have in

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.960
 Christ.

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:36.320
 we are

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.820
 not coming

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.220
 just to

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:37.619
 eat a

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:37.940
 little piece

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.420
 of bread

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.260
 but we're

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:39.740
 coming

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:41.619
 to identify

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.500
 ourselves

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:44.280
 with

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:45.199
 Christ.

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.480
 So as

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.000
 we eat

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.280
 of the

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.559
 bread

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.199
 we drink

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.579
 of the

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.019
 cup

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:51.119
 we are

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.679
 feeding

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.500
 on Christ

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.880
 and we

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.039
 are

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.699
 declaring

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:55.579
 that I'm

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:55.760
 in

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.300
 Christ

00:34:56.300 --> 00:35:00.000
 and I

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.599
 therefore

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.760
 can enjoy

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.159
 all the

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.840
 benefits

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.900
 of being

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.300
 in

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.840
 Christ.

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.180
 But it's

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:08.700
 also

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.559
 important

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.160
 then for

00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:10.620
 us to

00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:10.880
 give you

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.059
 this

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.420
 warning.

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:13.100
 If you're

00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:13.640
 not in

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:14.120
 Christ

00:35:14.120 --> 00:35:16.680
 or if

00:35:16.680 --> 00:35:16.860
 you're

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.559
 living in

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.059
 such a

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.720
 state

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:19.360
 maybe

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.920
 unrepentance

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.760
 or you're

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.420
 living in

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.920
 a state

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.380
 of sin

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.720
 that you

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.320
 know

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:26.300
 is that

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:29.220
 I would

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.720
 ask you

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.160
 that as

00:35:30.160 --> 00:35:30.559
 others

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.260
 come to

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.620
 celebrate

00:35:31.620 --> 00:35:31.940
 if you

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.420
 would remain

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.740
 in your

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.059
 seats

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.700
 and pray

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:35.700
 and ask

00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.360
 the spirit

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:37.860
 to come

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.280
 and bring

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.860
 you to

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.619
 that place

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.780
 of repentance

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:42.639
 of turning

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.420
 to Christ

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:45.400
 and owning

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:46.700
 for yourself

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.820
 his sacrifice

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:50.980
 so that you

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.960
 can experience

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:53.440
 his great

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.760
 joy.

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:55.960
 Let me

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.700
 pray for us.

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.519
 Holy

00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.960
 Father

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:07.300
 help us

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.920
 understand

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:09.019
 this new

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.480
 identity.

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.759
 Help us

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:12.199
 understand

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.519
 who we

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.800
 are.

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.800
 Help us

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:18.759
 to comprehend

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:20.840
 the depth

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:22.179
 of salvation

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.800
 that has been

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.679
 granted to us.

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:26.139
 Christ

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.799
 himself

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:27.219
 through his

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.940
 broken body

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.359
 has taken

00:36:28.359 --> 00:36:28.899
 all of our

00:36:28.899 --> 00:36:29.179
 sin.

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:29.539
 He has

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.480
 come and

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.960
 owned

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:32.239
 our place

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:33.139
 in this

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.899
 fallen world

00:36:33.899 --> 00:36:34.219
 and has

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.739
 paid the

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.179
 price.

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.359
 But he

00:36:38.359 --> 00:36:38.799
 has so

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.779
 purified us.

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.019
 He has

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.419
 made us

00:36:41.419 --> 00:36:42.179
 so righteous

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.819
 that we

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.460
 now are

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.919
 the beloved.

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.299
 We are

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:46.899
 the joy

00:36:46.899 --> 00:36:48.019
 of our

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.259
 heavenly

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.739
 father.

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:48.819
 father.

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.699
 And we

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.219
 can know

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.979
 all that

00:36:51.979 --> 00:36:52.439
 pleasure

00:36:52.439 --> 00:36:53.599
 and love

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:55.119
 as the

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.379
 son.

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.659
 So as

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.339
 we eat

00:36:58.339 --> 00:36:59.019
 and feed

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.599
 on this

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.319
 little morsel

00:37:00.319 --> 00:37:00.899
 of bread

00:37:00.899 --> 00:37:02.019
 and this

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.939
 little cup

00:37:02.939 --> 00:37:03.439
 of juice

00:37:03.439 --> 00:37:04.179
 make it

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:05.099
 a feast

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:06.139
 of grace

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:09.719
 and feed

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.319
 our hearts

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:12.319
 so there's

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.639
 no more

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:12.919
 hunger.

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.359
 And we

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:15.699
 come

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:17.159
 give thanks

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.579
 to you for

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.979
 this in

00:37:17.979 --> 00:37:18.619
 Jesus name.

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:19.599
 Amen.

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:24.039
 For more

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.539
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00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.339
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00:37:25.339 --> 00:37:26.239
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00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:27.139
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