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 We'll look at verses 6 to 10. I can read through them first of all.

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 Psalm 40 and from verse 6.

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 Words that were quoted in the passage we read in Hebrews chapter 10.

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 Sacrifice and offering you have not desired, but you have given me an open ear.

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 Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

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 Then I said, Behold, I have come. In the scroll of the book it is written of me.

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 I desire to do your will, O my God. Your law is within my heart.

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 I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation.

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 Behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord.

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 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart.

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 I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation.

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 I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.

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 And obviously from the New Testament quotation of these words,

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 they are applicable to the Lord himself by way of this being a prophecy

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 of what would later come to be realized and fulfilled

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 in the arrival of the Son of God incarnate in our world, in our nature, Jesus Christ.

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 The Psalms have many references, as you know, to the redeeming acts of God.

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 The Psalms, of course, the book of Psalms is a unique book, unique from one point of view,

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 that it's set out for a manual of praise and, you know, very well it's been turned,

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 as we use it, into verse that we can actually use in our singings of praise.

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 But throughout the book of Psalms, in these references to the redeeming acts of God,

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 you actually have passages that speak specifically of what the New Testament makes clear,

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 are references to God the Father, God the Son, Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit,

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 the Holy Spirit mentioned specifically at times.

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 And so you would expect that when there are such exact matches from the book of Psalms

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 to some passages in the New Testament that speak about Jesus,

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 for example, Psalm 22, the beginning of the first verse there, as you know,

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 my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 Well, these are the words, the very words that Jesus took and used on the cross,

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 as you know, in the very process of laying down his life.

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 You would expect, then, references in the Psalms to the likes of things like atonement,

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 such doctrines as the doctrine of the atonement,

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 sacrifices that themselves represent the sacrifice of Christ of himself.

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 You'd expect the sufferings of Jesus to be mentioned, and they are,

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 not just in Psalm 22, but other Psalms as well.

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 You would expect also to have such references to the way in which God has fulfilled his promises

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 through the work of Christ.

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 And therefore, in the book of Psalms, here in Psalm 40,

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 is just one passage out of many that refer to God's saving act,

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 but especially to the Lord Jesus Christ himself,

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 coming to speak of his obedience,

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 his obedience as part of his atoning work,

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 the center of his atoning work,

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 as that is made clear in the New Testament.

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 And the high point of these verses is,

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 in these words,

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 behold,

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 I have come.

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 The rest of the verses round about that really feature

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 different ways in which this statement is then considered.

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 Behold,

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 I have come.

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 We'll look at the phrase

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 in more detail in a moment.

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 But these words,

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 as they are applied

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 in the Old Testament

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 to Jesus prior to his coming into the world,

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 I mean,

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 you can really see that

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 these are words which were in the mind of God,

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 and in the mind of the Son of God

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 from all eternity.

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 That they were words which he had himself in mind

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 prior to their fulfillment

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 in his coming,

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 in his incarnation,

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 in his being born into the world.

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 In other words,

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 they're words from the throne of God

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 that have really reverberated down through history

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 until actually they came to be fulfilled

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 when he actually came physically into the world.

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 Remarkable thing itself, isn't it?

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 That he uttered these words from the throne of God

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 all the way from eternity through history

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 until the New Testament age

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 when he came,

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 having taken our nature.

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 In other words,

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 he uttered these from the throne

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 and then left the throne

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 in order to become the servant of God

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 in this world.

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 And at this time of year,

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 though it's not by any means

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 the only time we think of it,

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 it is desirable

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 and it's important

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 that we give emphasis

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 to certain aspects of the incarnation,

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 of the coming of Christ,

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 the coming of the Son of God,

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 and seek to set that out

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 before the world in which we live

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 and move and work and breathe

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 so that we can hopefully draw people's minds

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 to the relevance of the whole Bible

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 in terms of the way it reveals

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 the importance of the incarnation,

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 the person of Jesus,

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 of the work that he came to do.

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 Now, these words that I've mentioned

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 in verse 7,

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 behold, I have come.

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 Some of the older translations have,

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 behold, I come, or am coming.

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 Those who know something about Hebrew grammar

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 tell us that these words are actually

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 what Hebrew has as a prophetic perfect.

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 And we're told that that actually means

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 they are spoken in such a way

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 that's so certain

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 as if it had already happened.

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 It's not yet happened

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 in the days of the psalmist

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 here in the Old Testament,

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 but they're put in such a form

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 that's making it so certain

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 and so sure

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 that it's just as if

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 it's already been accomplished

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 and happened.

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 Remember something similar,

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 though it's not in Hebrew,

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 it's in Greek,

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 in the Lord's Prayer in John 17,

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 where he's there,

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 not yet having died,

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 not yet having gone out

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 to his trial

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 and subsequent crucifixion,

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 and yet he is there

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 in prayer to the Father,

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 saying,

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 I have finished the work

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 which you gave me to do.

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 In other words,

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 it's a certain

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 in the mind of Jesus,

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 it's a certain

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 in the way in which

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 he speaks of it

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 as having been done

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 as if it had already

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 been accomplished.

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 Scripture here is also

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 giving us something similar to that,

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 where it says,

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 Behold,

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 I have come.

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 It's from the point of view

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 of being future,

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 and yet it's certain

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 in the mind

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 and purpose of God.

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 So let's see

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 what it says

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 about his coming.

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 Why did he come?

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 What's involved

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 with his coming?

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 First of all,

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 he came to fulfill

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 the types

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 and promises

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 of the Old Testament.

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 You'll find that here

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 in verse 6.

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 Sacrifice and offering

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 you have not desired,

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 but you have given me

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 an open ear,

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 burnt offering

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 and sin offering

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 you have not required.

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 Then I said,

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 Behold,

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 I have come.

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 In other words,

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 he's saying,

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 here are the Old Testament

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 sacrifices

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 that always represented

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 Jesus in his death,

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 and the psalmist

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 and the psalmist is saying,

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 they're no longer desired,

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 they're no longer relevant,

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 even though that hasn't yet happened.

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 It doesn't mean by this

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 that God has given up

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 on accepting sacrifices

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 throughout the Old Testament.

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 What he means is

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 these are themselves

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 going to actually

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 be done away with,

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 and they're going to be

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 done away with

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 because they're going

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 to be fulfilled

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 in the coming,

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 in the person,

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 in the work

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 of the Son of God

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 in our nature.

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 Hebrews chapter 10,

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 we read that

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 a few minutes ago,

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 and I may remind you

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 of what it says

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 from verse 8,

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 where,

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 having quoted

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 from this psalm,

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 from verse 5,

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 he then said,

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 Behold,

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 I have come

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 to do your will.

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 When he said above,

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 you have neither desired

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 nor taken pleasure

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 in sacrifices

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 and offerings

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 and burnt offerings

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 and sin offerings,

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 these are offered

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 according to the law.

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 Then he added,

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 Behold,

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 I have come

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 to do your will.

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 He abolishes the first

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 in order to establish

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 the second.

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 He abolishes the first,

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 that is,

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 that system of sacrifices,

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 in order that he would

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 actually establish

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 the second,

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 and what is the second?

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 It's the doing

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 of the will of God

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 by Jesus,

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 his Son.

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 He abolishes the first,

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 not just in order

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 to accomplish the second,

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 but also he abolishes

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 the first,

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 because the second,

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 the coming of Jesus,

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 the doing the will

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 of God,

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 the Father,

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 by the Son,

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 has actually meant

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 these are no longer required.

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 They were shadows,

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 they were preliminaries,

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 they were representations,

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 important as they were,

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 but they are no longer

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 required.

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 So that's what the psalmist

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 is really drawing

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 our minds to,

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 in terms of the

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 Levitical sacrifices,

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 having been accomplished

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 as they were in Christ,

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 and here it's as if

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 that's really already

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 happened,

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 because it's prophetic

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 of the Lord's coming.

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 And you see here

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 in verse 7,

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 then I said,

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 behold,

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 I have come.

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 And the then is important.

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 One of these little words

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 we could easily just

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 skip over

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 if we thought

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 it wasn't just much

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 than a connecting particle.

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 And it doesn't just mean

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 something that happens

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 in consequence

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 of something else.

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 You know,

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 you use the word then

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 in that sense

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 as we use it

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 commonly in English.

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 if this is the case,

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 then this is what follows.

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 It's a consequential

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 sort of particle.

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 But actually here

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 it's rather to do

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 with time fulfillment.

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 In terms of the processing

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 of God's plan

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 and in God's time,

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 when this had come about

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 that the sacrifices

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 and offerings

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 were no longer needed

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 because Jesus himself

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 had arrived,

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 then I said,

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 in these circumstances,

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 circumstances,

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 in that context,

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 the Lord himself,

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 Jesus,

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 is saying,

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 behold,

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 I have come.

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 I am coming to replace

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 and to fulfill them.

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 You recall that

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 Galatians chapter 4

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 has something very similar.

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 In chapter 4

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 and verse 4

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 of Galatians,

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 Paul is saying there,

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 but when the fullness

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 of the times

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 had come,

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 God sent forth

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 his son,

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 born of a woman,

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 born under the law,

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 to redeem those

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 who were under the law

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 so that we might receive

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 adoption as sons.

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 And when the fullness

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 of the time

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 was come.

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 And that's why you find

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 in Psalm 40 here

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 that there's a reference

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 to the book.

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 Behold,

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 I have come

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 in the scroll

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 of the book

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 it is written of me.

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 What was that book?

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 What is the book here

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 the psalmist

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 is prophetically

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 setting out

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 and what were

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 the contents

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 of that book?

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 Well,

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 the book

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 essentially

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 is not

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 a book

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 literally

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 as such.

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 It's actually

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 a reference

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 to what we can call

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 really the divine plan

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 or the will

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 of God.

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 He's going to speak

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 later about

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 doing the will

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 of God.

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 And that's all

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 already in the book

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 in the mind of God,

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 in the plan

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 of salvation

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 that God himself

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 has devised.

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 This is written,

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 he says,

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 about me

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 in the scroll

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 of that book,

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 in the purpose

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 of God,

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 in the mind

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 of God,

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 in the plan

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 of God,

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 the plan

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 of redemption.

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 All this

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 already

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 has been

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 inscribed.

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 Metaphorically

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 or spiritually

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 speaking,

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 that's already

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 in the book.

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 It's been drawn

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 up by God

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 and it awaits

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 in the psalmist's

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 time

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 to be

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 worked through

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 and fulfilled

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 by the coming

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 of Christ

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 himself.

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 And

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 there's also

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 an importance,

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 we mention this

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 word quite a

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 number of times

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 in the course

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 of studying

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 various parts

00:13:00.659 --> 00:13:01.840
 of the Bible,

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 this word

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 behold

00:13:03.139 --> 00:13:05.000
 in verse 7.

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 And we've

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 referred to it

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 as it really

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 is

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 in a sense

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 it's a

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 spotlight,

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 a spotlight

00:13:14.059 --> 00:13:15.259
 in a literary

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 sense

00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.679
 this is

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 God's

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 way of

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 actually

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 drawing

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 attention

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 to things.

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 Whenever you

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 find the

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 word

00:13:21.839 --> 00:13:22.699
 behold,

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 whether it's

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 here or

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 in the

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 New Testament

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 version of

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 it,

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 that is

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 always

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 drawing our

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 mind to

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 something

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 really

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 important,

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 something we

00:13:30.339 --> 00:13:31.079
 cannot afford

00:13:31.079 --> 00:13:31.759
 to miss.

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 And what

00:13:33.339 --> 00:13:33.699
 he's saying

00:13:33.699 --> 00:13:34.120
 here is

00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:35.319
 here's the

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 spotlight,

00:13:36.579 --> 00:13:37.459
 the sacrifices,

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 the offerings,

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 they're actually

00:13:39.539 --> 00:13:40.079
 now being

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 replaced.

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 Behold,

00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:42.679
 look at

00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:43.139
 this,

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 I have

00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.000
 come.

00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:46.179
 I have

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 come as

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 their

00:13:47.419 --> 00:13:48.000
 fulfillment.

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 And the

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 word

00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:51.199
 I

00:13:51.199 --> 00:13:52.839
 is

00:13:52.839 --> 00:13:53.360
 important

00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:54.899
 because

00:13:54.899 --> 00:13:55.399
 who is

00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:55.779
 speaking?

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 Well,

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 of course,

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 it's

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 God

00:13:59.120 --> 00:13:59.759
 himself.

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 And it's

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 God

00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:01.919
 himself,

00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:02.299
 more

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 specifically,

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 as the

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 New Testament

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 shows in

00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:05.839
 the person

00:14:05.839 --> 00:14:06.839
 of Jesus

00:14:06.839 --> 00:14:07.500
 the Son.

00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:08.740
 Behold,

00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:10.319
 I have

00:14:10.319 --> 00:14:10.699
 come.

00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:11.700
 God

00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:12.140
 and

00:14:12.140 --> 00:14:12.560
 that takes

00:14:12.560 --> 00:14:12.720
 us

00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:13.040
 secondly

00:14:13.040 --> 00:14:13.500
 to say

00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:13.780
 that

00:14:13.780 --> 00:14:15.360
 he came

00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:16.080
 to fulfill

00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:16.720
 the types

00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:18.300
 and promises

00:14:18.300 --> 00:14:19.300
 but he

00:14:19.300 --> 00:14:19.759
 came,

00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:20.800
 in fulfilling

00:14:20.800 --> 00:14:21.120
 these,

00:14:21.180 --> 00:14:21.600
 he came

00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.200
 as the

00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:22.680
 servant

00:14:22.680 --> 00:14:24.180
 of God.

00:14:25.300 --> 00:14:26.120
 I have

00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:26.500
 come.

00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.379
 It is

00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:27.840
 written in

00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:28.400
 the scroll

00:14:28.400 --> 00:14:29.040
 of the book

00:14:29.040 --> 00:14:29.600
 of me.

00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.780
 I desire

00:14:30.780 --> 00:14:31.300
 to do

00:14:31.300 --> 00:14:32.220
 your will,

00:14:32.420 --> 00:14:32.720
 O my

00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.160
 God.

00:14:33.540 --> 00:14:34.320
 Your law

00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.280
 is within

00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:36.639
 my heart.

00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:38.819
 Now,

00:14:38.939 --> 00:14:39.220
 one of

00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.919
 the

00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:41.339
 most

00:14:41.339 --> 00:14:41.919
 obvious

00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:43.819
 sets

00:14:43.819 --> 00:14:44.480
 of

00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:45.919
 references

00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:46.419
 to

00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:47.139
 the

00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:47.399
 coming

00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:47.839
 of Jesus,

00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.120
 to the

00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:48.379
 person

00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:48.799
 of Jesus

00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:49.120
 in the

00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:49.679
 Old Testament

00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:50.500
 is in

00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:50.959
 the prophecy

00:14:50.959 --> 00:14:52.120
 of Isaiah.

00:14:52.699 --> 00:14:53.220
 Isaiah,

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.579
 that prophet

00:14:54.579 --> 00:14:55.539
 that presents

00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:56.240
 God in

00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:57.319
 such majestic,

00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:58.639
 such

00:14:58.639 --> 00:14:59.459
 momentous

00:14:59.459 --> 00:15:00.120
 terms,

00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.199
 the God

00:15:01.199 --> 00:15:01.579
 who is the

00:15:01.579 --> 00:15:02.220
 creator of

00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:02.539
 all the

00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:02.759
 earth,

00:15:02.819 --> 00:15:03.220
 who holds

00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:03.740
 everything in

00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:04.399
 his hand

00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.459
 and yet

00:15:05.459 --> 00:15:06.079
 the God

00:15:06.079 --> 00:15:06.579
 who is,

00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:09.360
 who condescends,

00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.259
 who lowers

00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:12.000
 himself to

00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:12.919
 behold the

00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:13.519
 plight of

00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:14.059
 his people

00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:14.959
 and to

00:15:14.959 --> 00:15:15.860
 come to

00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.559
 make provision

00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:17.259
 for them.

00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.879
 And it's

00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.340
 in that

00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:19.860
 great book

00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:20.419
 of Isaiah,

00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.199
 more than

00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:21.600
 any other

00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:21.959
 book of

00:15:21.959 --> 00:15:22.259
 the Old

00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.679
 Testament,

00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:23.879
 that you

00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:24.879
 find more

00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:26.399
 about the

00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.519
 servant of

00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:28.019
 the Lord.

00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:29.559
 He came

00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:30.819
 to fulfill

00:15:30.819 --> 00:15:31.439
 the types

00:15:31.439 --> 00:15:31.740
 and the

00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:32.059
 promises,

00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:32.480
 but he

00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.519
 came as

00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.139
 the servant

00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:34.559
 of the

00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:35.019
 Lord to

00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:35.659
 do that.

00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:37.899
 For

00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:38.220
 example,

00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:40.919
 chapter 42

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.580
 of Isaiah,

00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.139
 if you're

00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.740
 taking notes,

00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.179
 you can

00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:46.319
 take the

00:15:46.319 --> 00:15:46.899
 verses down

00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:47.199
 that I

00:15:47.199 --> 00:15:47.799
 referred to.

00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.080
 I follow

00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:49.460
 them through

00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:49.960
 afterwards.

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.460
 Chapter 42,

00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:53.019
 verses 1 to

00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.639
 4 there,

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.340
 where you

00:15:54.340 --> 00:15:54.699
 find

00:15:54.699 --> 00:15:55.100
 comfort,

00:15:55.699 --> 00:15:55.939
 sorry,

00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.740
 chapter 42,

00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.100
 where you

00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:59.740
 find Isaiah

00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.439
 prophetically

00:16:00.439 --> 00:16:00.720
 saying,

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.360
 behold my

00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:01.960
 servant,

00:16:02.560 --> 00:16:03.000
 whom I

00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.500
 uphold,

00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:03.779
 my

00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:04.320
 chosen,

00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:05.160
 in whom

00:16:05.160 --> 00:16:05.820
 my soul

00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:06.460
 delights.

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.420
 I have

00:16:07.420 --> 00:16:07.899
 put my

00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:08.740
 spirit upon

00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:08.980
 him,

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:09.720
 he will

00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:10.340
 bring forth

00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:11.180
 justice to

00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:11.800
 the nations.

00:16:12.560 --> 00:16:12.879
 Then he

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.300
 goes on to

00:16:13.300 --> 00:16:13.420
 say,

00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:13.899
 he will not

00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.600
 cry aloud,

00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.259
 nor lift up

00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:15.759
 his voice,

00:16:16.160 --> 00:16:16.840
 or make it

00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:17.480
 heard in the

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:17.759
 street.

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.600
 A bruised

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.200
 reed he

00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:19.600
 will not

00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:19.980
 break,

00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:20.920
 and a

00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:21.340
 faintly

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:21.860
 burning

00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:22.779
 wick he

00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:23.320
 will not

00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:23.779
 quench.

00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.720
 He will

00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:25.259
 faithfully

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:25.920
 bring forth

00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:26.440
 justice,

00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.420
 he will not

00:16:27.420 --> 00:16:28.060
 grow faint,

00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:28.379
 or be

00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:29.019
 discouraged,

00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:30.000
 until he

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.639
 has established

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.479
 justice in

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 the earth,

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 and the

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 coastlands

00:16:33.239 --> 00:16:34.019
 wait for

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 his law.

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 There's a

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 marvelous picture

00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:38.619
 there of

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 the God

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 who is so

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 immense,

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.779
 but nevertheless

00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:43.659
 who has this

00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:44.399
 servant that he

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 commissions in

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 order to do

00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.219
 his will,

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 to carry forth

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 his will till

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 it's accomplished

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 in redemption.

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 But he does it

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:55.159
 by this servant

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 who is described

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 as lowly,

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 and humble,

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 and gentle.

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 There's a

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 reference there

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 to a bruised

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 reed he

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 will not

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 break.

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 If you go to

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 a reed bed

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 and try and

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 walk through

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 it, you'll

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 find some

00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.599
 reeds there

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 that are

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 already broken,

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 snapped,

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 almost snapped

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 off in

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 half.

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 It's very

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 difficult to

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 then make

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 your way

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 through it

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 without

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 actually

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 breaking it

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 altogether.

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 Or take

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 it as the

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 burning

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 wick he

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 will not

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 quench.

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 When you

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 have a

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 candle with

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 a wick

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 burning,

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 and you

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 actually put

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 the light

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 out, it's

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 difficult to

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 do without

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 crushing the

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 wick itself.

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 It's so

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 delicate at

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 that stage,

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 having burnt

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 for some

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 time.

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 And all

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 of that's a

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 reference to

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 such a

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 precious,

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 precious thing

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 pastorally for

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 us under

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 the pastoring

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 of Jesus,

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 under his

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 own care as

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 our shepherd,

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 as our

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 shepherd king,

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 that when he

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 deals with us

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 in all our

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 trials and

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 our pains and

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 our woes and

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 our needs,

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 and at the

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:53.900
 very depth of

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 our need,

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 when it

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 might be

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 all too

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 easy just

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 to present

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 ourselves to

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 him as if

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 we're just a

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 smoking wick ready

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 to be snuffed

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 out.

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 And maybe

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 that's how it

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 feels to us

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 at times.

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 But he

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 will not,

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 he will not

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 break it.

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 When he

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 handles your

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 life,

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 such as his

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 care and

00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:17.420
 quality of

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 care,

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 such as his

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 ability,

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 that he

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 comes in

00:18:24.100 --> 00:18:24.700
 order to

00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:25.440
 heal you

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 by his

00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.259
 gentleness.

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 He is the

00:18:29.320 --> 00:18:30.140
 great creator

00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:32.000
 whose hands

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.840
 fashioned the

00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:33.460
 universe,

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 and yet he

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 comes gently

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 so that,

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:38.759
 like the

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.100
 psalmist

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 elsewhere says,

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 your

00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:42.259
 gentleness

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:43.660
 has made

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.340
 me great.

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 The

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 gentleness,

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 isn't that a

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 magnificent

00:18:47.580 --> 00:18:48.600
 thought?

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 When you

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 think of the

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 immensity and

00:18:51.840 --> 00:18:52.360
 the majesty

00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:52.980
 and the

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.420
 greatness,

00:18:54.100 --> 00:18:54.840
 the eternity

00:18:54.840 --> 00:18:55.720
 of God,

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 that we can

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.140
 say,

00:18:57.580 --> 00:18:57.860
 your

00:18:57.860 --> 00:18:58.840
 gentleness

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 made me

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:00.700
 great.

00:19:01.800 --> 00:19:02.060
 The

00:19:02.060 --> 00:19:02.820
 gentleness

00:19:02.820 --> 00:19:04.420
 of God,

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.519
 how precious

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.860
 is that to

00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:07.320
 you and to

00:19:07.320 --> 00:19:07.920
 me tonight?

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 The very

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.039
 gentleness of

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.580
 God in

00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:12.180
 Christ that

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:12.820
 has come to

00:19:12.820 --> 00:19:13.259
 deal with

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:14.080
 our predicament

00:19:14.080 --> 00:19:15.680
 and hasn't

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.320
 crushed us

00:19:16.320 --> 00:19:17.080
 despite our

00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:17.759
 sins or

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.340
 for our

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 sins.

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 But has

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.160
 come to

00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:20.880
 redeem us

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 and bring

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.340
 us back

00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:22.940
 to himself

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:24.279
 and restore

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 us and

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.620
 make us into

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 what we

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 should be,

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.360
 what we

00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:28.920
 were designed

00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:30.039
 to be from

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.539
 the beginning.

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 So here

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.740
 he's doing

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.279
 this by

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.480
 becoming the

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.160
 servant of

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.539
 God.

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:36.700
 And in

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:38.500
 that passage

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.039
 in Hebrews

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.940
 that quotes

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:40.200
 this,

00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:40.519
 there's a

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:41.880
 slight difference

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.220
 there,

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:44.360
 where the

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:44.740
 psalm is

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:46.019
 quoted as

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.339
 in the

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.619
 Greek

00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:47.220
 translation

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.539
 of the

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.240
 Old

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.700
 Testament,

00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:50.220
 in fact,

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.240
 where it

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.759
 says there

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.440
 that,

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:53.759
 where it

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.059
 says,

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:54.980
 sacrifice

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.879
 and offerings

00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.180
 you have

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.920
 not desired,

00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:58.099
 but a

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.819
 body you

00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.480
 have prepared

00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.980
 for me.

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.259
 Now that's

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.539
 not in

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.059
 contradiction

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.879
 to the

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.279
 words of

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:03.660
 the psalm

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.200
 itself in

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.500
 the book

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.139
 of Psalms,

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.940
 but it's

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.480
 an additional

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.240
 feature that

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.019
 reminds us

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.539
 or teaches

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.720
 us that he

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.440
 became the

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:11.019
 servant by

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.759
 taking our

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.299
 nature,

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.460
 by taking

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:13.980
 a body

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.660
 and soul

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.660
 to himself

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:17.139
 and becoming

00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:17.660
 a servant

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.619
 by becoming

00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:19.180
 human.

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.279
 And that's

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.799
 why he says

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.119
 here in

00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:24.720
 Psalm 40,

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.799
 you have

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:27.279
 opened my

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.819
 ear,

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.460
 you have

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:29.900
 given me

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.379
 an open

00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:30.720
 ear,

00:20:31.379 --> 00:20:31.980
 instead of

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.639
 sacrifices

00:20:32.639 --> 00:20:33.259
 and offerings,

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.359
 I have

00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:35.359
 come and

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:35.660
 you have

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.299
 given me

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:36.920
 an open

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.099
 ear.

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:37.400
 What does

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:37.940
 that mean?

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:38.879
 Well,

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.259
 an open

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.720
 ear is

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.299
 language

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.119
 that's

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.879
 applicable

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:42.799
 to a

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.200
 servant

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:44.359
 waiting for

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:44.859
 the master

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.379
 to give

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:45.940
 his order.

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:47.579
 And not

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.200
 just ready

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:49.099
 to hear

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:50.960
 the master's

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.359
 order,

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.539
 but instantly

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.720
 obedient to

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.519
 that instruction.

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:55.879
 It's the

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.500
 essence of

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.500
 a servant

00:20:57.500 --> 00:21:00.240
 that he

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.779
 or she

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:02.119
 wishes to

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:02.819
 do what

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.319
 the master

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.259
 requires

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.700
 in order to

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.159
 carry out

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:06.579
 the will

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:06.879
 of the

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.240
 master,

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.879
 assuming,

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.299
 of course,

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:09.259
 that that

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.079
 isn't cruel,

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:11.559
 that it's

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:11.879
 a good

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.259
 thing that

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.559
 he's being

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:12.960
 asked to

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.199
 do.

00:21:13.939 --> 00:21:14.279
 But in

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.659
 other words,

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.599
 the obedience

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.319
 of the

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.799
 servant is

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.279
 very much

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.960
 part of

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.480
 the

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.059
 servitude,

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:21.000
 the position

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.679
 he takes

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:22.019
 or she

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.480
 takes.

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.419
 And in

00:21:23.419 --> 00:21:23.819
 terms of

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.240
 the Lord,

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:24.659
 in terms

00:21:24.659 --> 00:21:25.460
 of Jesus,

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:25.980
 the Son

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.419
 of God,

00:21:26.699 --> 00:21:27.000
 he is

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.240
 saying,

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.399
 you have

00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:28.919
 opened,

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.679
 you have

00:21:29.679 --> 00:21:30.439
 given me

00:21:30.439 --> 00:21:31.339
 an open

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:31.639
 ear,

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:31.939
 or you

00:21:31.939 --> 00:21:32.619
 have opened

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:34.399
 my ear.

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:35.740
 God

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.180
 and how

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.600
 often in

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:36.840
 the New

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:37.259
 Testament,

00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:38.680
 indeed in

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:40.019
 the statements

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.560
 of Jesus

00:21:40.560 --> 00:21:41.280
 himself,

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.720
 you find

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.140
 this very

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.680
 thing brought

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.180
 out in

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.860
 contrast,

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.060
 he says,

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.880
 to the

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.340
 likes of

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:48.080
 the kings

00:21:48.080 --> 00:21:48.400
 of the

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.100
 Gentiles,

00:21:49.800 --> 00:21:50.380
 Luke chapter

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.040
 22,

00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:52.660
 verses 24

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.620
 to 27,

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.220
 where he

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.620
 speaks of

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.160
 himself having

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:56.540
 come to

00:21:56.540 --> 00:21:57.200
 serve,

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:57.980
 not to be

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.600
 served.

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.820
 Mark 10

00:21:59.820 --> 00:22:00.640
 has the same

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.060
 kind of

00:22:01.060 --> 00:22:01.480
 reference,

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.200
 but you

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.620
 remember the

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.200
 context in

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.900
 Luke 22,

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.740
 here were

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.339
 disciples

00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.360
 squabbling as

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:06.819
 to who was

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.180
 going to be

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.680
 the greatest,

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.160
 just having

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.680
 an argument

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.259
 among each

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.559
 other,

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.299
 even though

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.539
 they were

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.000
 approaching

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.460
 the time

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.880
 when Jesus

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.279
 was going

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.799
 to be

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.319
 crucified,

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.400
 here they

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:15.660
 were,

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.120
 and that's

00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:16.380
 what they

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.920
 were doing,

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.319
 walking along

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.640
 the road

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.059
 with him,

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.019
 and just

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.519
 in their

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.299
 own minds,

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.720
 thrusting out

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.319
 their chests,

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.319
 or making

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.180
 themselves kind

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:25.940
 of important,

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.620
 and disputing

00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:28.140
 as to which

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.660
 of them would

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:28.960
 be the

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.400
 greatest.

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.099
 And Jesus

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.420
 saying,

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.779
 here,

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:32.860
 I'll tell

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.059
 you who

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.240
 will be

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.839
 the greatest,

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.579
 the one

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:35.900
 who is

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.240
 the least

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.700
 of you

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:38.079
 will be

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.680
 the greatest,

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.880
 the one

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.140
 who is

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.599
 the servant

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.140
 of all,

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:41.900
 he's the

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.420
 greatest,

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.660
 for I

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.180
 have come

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:45.079
 not to

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.740
 be served,

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.319
 but to

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:47.799
 serve,

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.980
 and to

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.480
 give my

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.920
 life a

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.240
 ransom

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.620
 for many.

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.299
 That's the

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.819
 context.

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.160
 And in

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:57.680
 this passage

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.880
 in Luke,

00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:00.240
 in Psalm

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.079
 40,

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.059
 these elements

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.579
 from Luke

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.019
 and other

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.699
 gospels

00:23:03.699 --> 00:23:04.279
 are really

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.659
 adding some

00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:06.199
 light to

00:23:06.199 --> 00:23:06.799
 what is here

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.279
 already,

00:23:07.439 --> 00:23:08.019
 an embryo,

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.259
 and you

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.779
 can see that

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.299
 it's already

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.659
 included here

00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:12.240
 in principle

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.619
 anyway,

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.619
 in the

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:13.919
 Psalm.

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.079
 So that you

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:16.299
 find here

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.679
 in verse

00:23:16.679 --> 00:23:17.059
 8, for

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.379
 example,

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.059
 following on

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.319
 from,

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:18.960
 I have

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.460
 come to

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:19.759
 do your

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:19.939
 will,

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.839
 I desire

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.460
 to do

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:21.980
 your will,

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:22.799
 oh my

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.119
 God,

00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:23.359
 you see,

00:23:23.419 --> 00:23:23.740
 there's the

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.179
 obedience

00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:24.879
 being followed

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.240
 through.

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.140
 I have

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.559
 come,

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.720
 I have

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.099
 come to

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.480
 do your

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:28.680
 will,

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:28.980
 and I

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.539
 desire,

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:29.900
 in other

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.019
 words,

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.759
 there's an

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.279
 element of

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.319
 delight in

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.740
 that as

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.019
 well,

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.359
 a delight

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.259
 in doing

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.720
 the will

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.359
 of God,

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.079
 and it's

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.640
 a remarkable

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.180
 thing as

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.480
 you look

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.740
 at the

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.420
 life of

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.700
 Jesus,

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.200
 how he

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.819
 himself was

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.680
 not only

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.539
 conscious of

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.740
 this,

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.720
 but constantly

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.700
 doing this.

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:49.319
 you think

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.480
 of yourself

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.160
 and myself,

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.460
 think of

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.860
 us as

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.900
 in terms

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.240
 of our

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.640
 obedience

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.480
 to God,

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.840
 is it

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.299
 always

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.920
 100%

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.799
 active?

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.259
 Of course

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.799
 it isn't,

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.019
 we're

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.299
 sinners,

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:07.100
 but you

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.460
 look at

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.980
 Jesus,

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.580
 and every

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.559
 single moment

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:10.900
 of his

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.480
 life on

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.880
 earth as

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.400
 the servant

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:12.980
 of God,

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.819
 there isn't

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.340
 a single

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:15.140
 moment of

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.779
 that where

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.279
 he is not

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.799
 actively

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.440
 obedient,

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.079
 where he

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.379
 is not

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:19.779
 actively

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:21.379
 obedient in

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:22.480
 fulfilling the

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.899
 will of

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.399
 the Father.

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.099
 You will

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.660
 never find

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.299
 an instance

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.379
 where he

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:27.980
 falls short

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.220
 of that.

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.519
 He doesn't

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.960
 wake up

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.359
 at some

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.819
 times,

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.039
 as it

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.279
 were,

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:31.940
 in the

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.440
 morning and

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.619
 say,

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:32.859
 well,

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.399
 I need

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.660
 to be

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.039
 obedient

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.660
 today,

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.019
 and then

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.399
 going through

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:35.799
 the day,

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.639
 he sometimes

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.259
 forgets,

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.460
 and then

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.740
 he has to

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:37.859
 say,

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.019
 well,

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.500
 I'm here

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.759
 to be

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.119
 obedient

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.460
 to the

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:39.680
 Father,

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:39.899
 I'd

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.220
 better get

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.660
 back on

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.019
 track.

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.460
 There's

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.700
 nothing

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.279
 like that,

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.779
 because

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.019
 he's

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.639
 constantly

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:45.220
 perfectly

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:46.720
 obedient,

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.339
 as the

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.700
 servant

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.819
 of the

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.240
 Father.

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.120
 You remember

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.680
 in John's

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.039
 Gospel,

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.220
 in chapter

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.700
 4,

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.420
 when the

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.799
 disciples

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.480
 came back

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:57.920
 and found

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.900
 him talking

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.380
 with Oman

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.680
 at the

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.039
 well,

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.079
 they were

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.779
 amazed that

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.819
 he spoke

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.299
 to the

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.539
 woman,

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.339
 and they

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.920
 urged him

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.839
 to eat

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.299
 something.

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:09.960
 And he

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.279
 said to

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.419
 them,

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.859
 I have

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:12.000
 food to

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.480
 eat that

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.879
 you know

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.539
 not of,

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.980
 for my

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.500
 food is

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.940
 to do

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.519
 the will

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.960
 of my

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.460
 Father,

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:18.779
 and to

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.119
 finish

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.379
 his

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.940
 works.

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.639
 That was

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.099
 his food.

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.480
 Not that

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.759
 he didn't

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.399
 need physical

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:25.759
 food,

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:27.099
 but that's

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.460
 where his

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.899
 spiritual

00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.720
 appetite was

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.180
 always

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:30.079
 exercised,

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.680
 in being

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.419
 the obedient

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:33.639
 servant of

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.180
 the Father,

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.240
 for our

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.779
 sake,

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:37.379
 for our

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.039
 benefit.

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.339
 That's why

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.660
 he says

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.039
 here as

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.220
 well,

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.059
 your law

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.579
 is within

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.139
 my heart.

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.740
 I desire

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.440
 to do

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.039
 your will,

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.480
 O my

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.819
 God,

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.759
 your law

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.339
 is within

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.920
 my heart.

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.200
 You see,

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.859
 there's the

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.500
 law of

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.879
 God,

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.559
 that you

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:52.859
 find summarized,

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.299
 for example,

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:53.799
 in the Ten

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.519
 Commandments.

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.960
 The law

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.599
 of God

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.339
 is really

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:58.339
 the expression

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.819
 of the

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.299
 will of

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.680
 God,

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.379
 his

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.960
 demands

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:03.039
 for our

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.579
 lives.

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.039
 And

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.440
 Christ

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.779
 came,

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:05.960
 as

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.600
 Galatians

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.120
 4 put

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.279
 it,

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.000
 Christ

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.539
 came to

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.920
 place

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.279
 himself,

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:09.519
 or to

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.660
 be

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:09.960
 placed

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.759
 under

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:10.980
 the

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.240
 law,

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.080
 born of

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:12.200
 a

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.460
 woman,

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.500
 born under

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.019
 the law.

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.620
 In other

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:14.799
 words,

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.380
 born as

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.019
 a servant,

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.680
 born to

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.779
 fulfill what

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.160
 the law

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.820
 required.

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.440
 And he

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.660
 says,

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.299
 your law

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:25.259
 is within

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.860
 my heart.

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.519
 There's a

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.240
 very interesting

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.259
 passage again.

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:31.580
 I'm just

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:32.240
 mentioning these

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.640
 passages.

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.120
 I don't have

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.620
 time just to

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.100
 open them all

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.700
 up just now,

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.559
 but if you

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:35.900
 note them,

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.140
 you can

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.539
 follow them

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.980
 through easily

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.380
 enough for

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.920
 yourselves.

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.779
 When you

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.720
 remember the

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.200
 way in

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.279
 which Jesus

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.059
 was tempted

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.759
 in the

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.539
 wilderness by

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:43.980
 the devil,

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.019
 you find it

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.660
 in Matthew's

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.160
 gospel and

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.480
 Luke's

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:46.819
 gospel.

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.920
 Matthew's

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.279
 gospel,

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.460
 you can

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.799
 see his

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.259
 temptation,

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.920
 the three

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:52.420
 main prongs

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.240
 of the

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.660
 devil's

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.180
 attack.

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.000
 How did

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.360
 Jesus

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.940
 respond?

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.259
 How did

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.779
 he respond

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.140
 when the

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.759
 devil said,

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.840
 why should

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.259
 you hunger

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.500
 here?

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.340
 Command these

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:02.960
 stones to be

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.420
 made into

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.819
 bread.

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.240
 He was

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.640
 hungry.

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:06.960
 And the

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.660
 devil was

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.080
 seeking to

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.720
 take advantage

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.840
 of that so

00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:10.360
 that Jesus

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.539
 would, in

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.460
 an unauthorized

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.240
 way, exercise

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.319
 his power to

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.519
 relieve himself of

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.440
 his sufferings,

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.200
 to relieve

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.360
 himself of the

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:20.000
 duties that he

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.620
 had as the

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.680
 incarnate son of

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.759
 God, to yield

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.660
 obedience to the

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.259
 father, to the

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.019
 law of God.

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.480
 How did Jesus

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.039
 respond?

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.100
 Well, he responded

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:29.120
 to that and he

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.840
 responded to the

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:31.140
 other two temptations

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.200
 that followed in

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.140
 exactly the same

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.380
 way.

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.600
 He took the

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.800
 devil to the

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.180
 book of

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.920
 Deuteronomy,

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:39.060
 the book of

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.640
 the law.

00:27:40.780 --> 00:27:41.180
 And Jesus

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.780
 said to him,

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.240
 it is written,

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.240
 it is written,

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.800
 that's where my

00:27:46.800 --> 00:27:47.520
 food and drink

00:27:47.520 --> 00:27:48.080
 comes from.

00:27:48.520 --> 00:27:49.280
 That's what I'm

00:27:49.280 --> 00:27:50.020
 here to do.

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.100
 I'm here to

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.940
 fulfill this

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.740
 law for my

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.140
 people.

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:55.000
 And I cannot

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.759
 step out of

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.160
 the way of

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:58.040
 obedience just

00:27:58.040 --> 00:27:58.440
 to listen,

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.300
 especially to the

00:27:59.300 --> 00:28:00.020
 likes of you,

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.200
 he says to

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.559
 Satan.

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.440
 That's

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.100
 essentially what

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:05.500
 he's saying in

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.019
 the words that

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.539
 he used.

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.240
 He took him

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.799
 back to the

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:09.019
 book of the

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.340
 law.

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.240
 And that

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.620
 too is for

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.799
 our motivation,

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.340
 isn't it?

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.700
 And our

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:16.440
 example and

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.940
 our instruction

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:19.180
 and also our

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.799
 inspiration.

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.360
 Because there's

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.860
 one psalm, as

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.220
 you know, in

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.640
 the book of

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.240
 Psalms that

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.279
 more than any

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.799
 other has to

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.900
 do with the

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.519
 law of God,

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.220
 the word of

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.660
 God, the

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.380
 precepts of

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.100
 God, the

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.880
 statutes of

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.960
 God, Psalm

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.900
 119.

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:34.900
 And there

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.520
 are many, many

00:28:35.520 --> 00:28:36.200
 references

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.880
 throughout Psalm

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:39.260
 119 to

00:28:39.260 --> 00:28:40.780
 the relish the

00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:41.620
 psalmist has

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.760
 for the law

00:28:42.760 --> 00:28:43.340
 of God.

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.500
 And you

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.440
 remember, I'll

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.000
 just quote two

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.560
 verses, verse

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:47.220
 77.

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.600
 Let your

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.400
 mercy come to

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.940
 me that I

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:52.560
 may live, for

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:54.300
 your law is

00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:55.360
 my delight.

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.820
 And then

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.620
 there's verse

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:59.200
 97 as well.

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.860
 Oh, how I

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.620
 love your

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.019
 law.

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.440
 It is my

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:05.240
 meditation all

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.580
 the day.

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.279
 And if that

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.920
 was true as

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.480
 it was for

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.080
 the psalmist,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.720
 how much

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.860
 more so in a

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.640
 perfect fashion

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.500
 was it true for

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.860
 Jesus?

00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:14.720
 He could say

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.640
 that at every

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.299
 moment of his

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.420
 life, oh, how

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:19.140
 I love your

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.539
 law.

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.920
 It is my

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.700
 study all the

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:21.880
 day.

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.980
 I'm here to

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.580
 do it to

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.960
 accomplish its

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.559
 requirements.

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:28.659
 He came to

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.339
 fulfill the

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.940
 times and the

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.339
 promises.

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:33.059
 He came to

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.839
 do that as

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.399
 the servant

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:35.079
 of God.

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.399
 But the

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:36.779
 psalm here

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.240
 tells us

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:38.399
 thirdly, he

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.819
 came to

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.859
 announce the

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.619
 good news.

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:41.859
 He came to

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.740
 announce the

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.339
 gospel, in

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.960
 other words.

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.039
 Because there

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.539
 you have it in

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:47.379
 verse 9 and

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.599
 10.

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.619
 I have told the

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.440
 glad news of

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.720
 deliverance in

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.099
 the great

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.799
 congregation.

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.039
 Behold, I have

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:54.119
 not restrained my

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.779
 lips as you

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.379
 know, O

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.699
 God.

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.959
 I have not

00:29:56.959 --> 00:29:57.459
 hidden your

00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:58.219
 deliverance within

00:29:58.219 --> 00:29:58.839
 my heart.

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.379
 I have spoken of

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.319
 your faithfulness

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.339
 and your

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.859
 salvation.

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.619
 I have not

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:05.019
 concealed your

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.819
 steadfast love

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.119
 and your

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.399
 faithfulness from

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.939
 the great

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.659
 congregation.

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.379
 And you could

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:11.159
 really take

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:11.639
 these words,

00:30:11.719 --> 00:30:12.059
 the great

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:14.239
 congregation, as

00:30:14.239 --> 00:30:15.099
 indicative really

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:16.059
 in a sense of

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.879
 all humanity.

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.419
 Jesus, through

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:19.239
 the gospel, is

00:30:19.239 --> 00:30:20.619
 declaring the

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.539
 steadfast love,

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:22.599
 the gospel, the

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.819
 good news, the

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.619
 salvation of

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.059
 God.

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.720
 Now, he

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.319
 himself, of

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.899
 course, is the

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.679
 embodiment of

00:30:29.679 --> 00:30:30.000
 this.

00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:31.039
 Some people will

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:32.279
 say, well, we

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.779
 shouldn't really

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.460
 focus as much on

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:36.279
 Jesus preaching as

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.939
 on Jesus being the

00:30:37.939 --> 00:30:39.039
 substance of what we

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.460
 preach.

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.659
 He himself is the

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.319
 good news, the

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.700
 gospel.

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.299
 And there's a sense

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.899
 in which that's

00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:45.220
 true.

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.379
 But it's also

00:30:46.379 --> 00:30:47.159
 true that Jesus

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:48.039
 very deliberately

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.200
 preached the

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.619
 gospel.

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.740
 For example,

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:52.159
 Matthew 4,

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.059
 verse 17,

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.559
 interestingly enough,

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:56.059
 after the way in

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.419
 which he had

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:57.059
 overcome the

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.379
 devil, from

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:59.139
 that time,

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.000
 Matthew says,

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.539
 Jesus preached.

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.679
 Jesus preached

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.639
 about the

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.779
 kingdom of

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.240
 God.

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.819
 So Jesus,

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:09.139
 not only did he

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.559
 preach, but

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.159
 that's what he

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.559
 preached.

00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:11.759
 He preached

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:13.200
 the kingdom of

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.740
 God and

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.399
 preached,

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:14.700
 therefore,

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.359
 his own

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.480
 coming in

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.159
 relation to

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:17.539
 that.

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:19.099
 He came to

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:20.639
 announce that

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.400
 good news.

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.960
 Jesus knew

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:26.680
 where he had

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.280
 come from,

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:29.460
 who he was,

00:31:30.780 --> 00:31:31.300
 where he was

00:31:31.300 --> 00:31:32.120
 going back to,

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.900
 back to heaven.

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.420
 He knew what he

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.400
 had come to do,

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:38.259
 why he had come

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.600
 into this world.

00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:41.680
 That it was to

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.420
 die the death

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.080
 of the cross,

00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:45.080
 that it was to

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.759
 fulfill the

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.460
 types, the

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.060
 sacrifices,

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:48.440
 of the Old

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.299
 Testament time.

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.500
 He came as

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.279
 the servant of

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:53.519
 God, to

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.220
 yield perfect

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.039
 obedience to

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.659
 the will of

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:56.019
 God.

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.299
 He came to

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.700
 announce and

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.480
 to represent in

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.159
 himself the

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:01.779
 kingdom of

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:03.779
 God, claim

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.539
 of God over

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.399
 human life,

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.259
 and the call

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.319
 of God through

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:10.500
 the gospel to

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.119
 come to be

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 citizens,

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 subjects of

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 that kingdom.

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 them.

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 Oh, we're

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 better some

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 than in

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 John's gospel

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 chapter 10

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 and verse 10.

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 In contrast

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 to the false

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 shepherds,

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 I have come,

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 he said,

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 that they

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 might have

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 life, that

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 his sheep

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 might have

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 life, and

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 have it the

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 more abundantly.

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 May God

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 bless these

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 thoughts.

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 On his

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 word, let's

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 conclude by

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 singing in

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 Psalm 40

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 from the

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 scripture.