WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.020 Do turn in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 13. 00:00:04.900 --> 00:00:06.060 Matthew chapter 13. 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:11.580 And we're finishing off a series on the parables in Matthew 13. 00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:13.000 ! I head off on holiday on Thursday, 00:00:13.300 --> 00:00:13.040 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.700 Now someone was telling me that when they became a Christian, 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:39.640 their girlfriend lost all respect for him. 00:00:41.060 --> 00:00:46.079 She was utterly baffled that he had given his life to Jesus. 00:00:48.019 --> 00:00:50.920 It was like she thought he'd gone soft in the head, 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:55.359 and so a relationship that mattered very, very much to him 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:58.480 slowly went wrong and was over. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.020 And maybe today you look at your colleagues in work, 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:07.519 and for them in work, their career is everything that matters to them. 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:12.760 Work matters to you, but not in the way it matters to them. 00:01:12.859 --> 00:01:14.299 You want to bring honour to Jesus, 00:01:14.659 --> 00:01:17.760 but you're not driven in the same way to get to the top, 00:01:18.219 --> 00:01:19.939 at all costs. 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:22.640 And so you sometimes look at their holiday, 00:01:23.019 --> 00:01:23.900 you look at their successes, 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:27.000 and look at the holidays they go on with a kind of wistfulness, 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:28.719 a bit of envy. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:30.620 You think, 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:32.060 it could have been me, 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:34.519 if I hadn't been following Jesus. 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:38.280 Maybe it's friends at school, 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:40.819 or people in your family, 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:46.299 and following Jesus has made you feel rather different from them. 00:01:46.299 --> 00:01:51.739 Maybe there's this drip, drip, drip of mockery, 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:54.000 and it hurts. 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:56.479 And moments like that, 00:01:56.539 --> 00:02:01.479 we begin to wonder if following Jesus really is the right thing to do. 00:02:03.259 --> 00:02:05.900 Maybe we've not consciously articulated it, 00:02:05.900 --> 00:02:08.240 but over time, 00:02:08.780 --> 00:02:10.080 living in the midst of that, 00:02:10.219 --> 00:02:13.760 we've just eased off the Christian life a little bit. 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:17.060 Once we were like the guy in verse 44, 00:02:17.200 --> 00:02:17.759 can you see him? 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:20.219 In verse 44, 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.240 this guy discovers Jesus, 00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:24.040 in his joy, 00:02:24.180 --> 00:02:25.020 he goes and says, 00:02:25.219 --> 00:02:26.340 all that he has, 00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:29.480 whatever it cost to buy that field, 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:33.859 whatever it cost was nothing besides the value of that treasure. 00:02:34.219 --> 00:02:35.280 It was joy. 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:38.359 But now maybe the thrill has gone. 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:42.479 Or maybe you're like the merchant in verse 45, 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:45.500 of all the pearls in all the world, 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:48.119 that pearl was the one worth having. 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:51.599 It was the one worth having more than any other pearl. 00:02:53.679 --> 00:02:54.979 But now a few years, 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:56.500 maybe a few decades down the track, 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:58.019 well, there are other pearls. 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:00.339 And we don't want to miss out on them. 00:03:01.939 --> 00:03:03.299 It's a curious thing, isn't it? 00:03:03.579 --> 00:03:05.939 If you have an athlete or a sports person 00:03:05.939 --> 00:03:10.079 who is totally devoted to winning a gold medal, 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.340 or totally devoted to winning that trophy, 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:14.900 we admire them. 00:03:16.160 --> 00:03:17.320 They're all out for it. 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:18.340 They're all in for it. 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:19.240 And we admire them. 00:03:19.980 --> 00:03:23.820 But if we talk about being totally devoted to the Lord Jesus, 00:03:24.939 --> 00:03:27.480 it sounds just a bit unhinged, doesn't it? 00:03:28.820 --> 00:03:31.439 And I guess that's because we've muddled the price tags up. 00:03:32.480 --> 00:03:34.980 A gold medal seems worth it. 00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:37.960 A trophy seems worth it. 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:41.560 Success in work seems worth it. 00:03:41.640 --> 00:03:43.240 But Jesus, well, we're not so sure. 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:47.300 And by the time you get to the end of chapter 13, 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:48.740 I think it is a bit of a puzzle. 00:03:50.180 --> 00:03:53.760 Jesus, you say that following you is like treasure. 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:56.040 Jesus, you say you are the one, 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:57.800 that you're the pearl worth having, 00:03:57.920 --> 00:03:58.960 but it doesn't look like it. 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:02.120 And if we're going to understand 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:04.360 the puzzlement of the disciples 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:06.320 at the end of chapter 13, 00:04:06.420 --> 00:04:08.420 you've got to go back right to the beginning of the Bible. 00:04:09.860 --> 00:04:12.300 The story of the Bible, you know it, 00:04:12.780 --> 00:04:16.660 is the story of a God who is the creator of the world. 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:18.800 And because he's the creator of the world, 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:19.960 he's the ruler of it. 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:21.680 He made us, 00:04:21.780 --> 00:04:24.060 and so he's the one that knows how we're to live. 00:04:24.060 --> 00:04:28.879 He has the authority to say who is right 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:30.500 and who is wrong 00:04:30.500 --> 00:04:32.280 and what is right and what is wrong. 00:04:33.860 --> 00:04:35.339 But the story of humankind 00:04:35.339 --> 00:04:37.079 is a story of rebellion. 00:04:38.139 --> 00:04:39.560 It's a story of us saying, 00:04:39.740 --> 00:04:41.879 we will not have you as our king. 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:44.259 We will not recognize you as our king. 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.160 We want to go our own way. 00:04:46.500 --> 00:04:47.600 We don't want to go your way. 00:04:48.100 --> 00:04:49.660 We want to do our own thing. 00:04:49.660 --> 00:04:54.500 And so his kingdom has been taken over by rebel forces. 00:04:54.939 --> 00:04:57.020 And whenever rebel forces take over a kingdom, 00:04:57.180 --> 00:04:57.820 there's bloodshed. 00:04:58.840 --> 00:05:01.260 There's always chaos and fear on the streets. 00:05:01.580 --> 00:05:03.040 And that is what the world has become. 00:05:04.500 --> 00:05:05.940 But back in the Old Testament, 00:05:06.100 --> 00:05:07.320 in the midst of that confusion, 00:05:07.540 --> 00:05:10.200 God had promised that he would send his king into the world. 00:05:11.660 --> 00:05:13.980 He would send his king into the world to rebuild it, 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:15.360 to rebuild his kingdom. 00:05:15.940 --> 00:05:17.840 And he gives to us a beautiful vision 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:20.359 of a king who will put down the rebellion, 00:05:21.019 --> 00:05:23.899 who will deal with all things that are wrong 00:05:23.899 --> 00:05:25.799 and put all things right. 00:05:26.219 --> 00:05:28.959 And he will wipe away every tear dry. 00:05:29.659 --> 00:05:32.039 And all that is broken will be fixed. 00:05:33.579 --> 00:05:35.000 Everything will be restored 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:37.419 to how the king wants it to be. 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:41.879 And people will be restored to a right relationship 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:43.399 with the king they were created for. 00:05:43.599 --> 00:05:44.459 It will be paradise. 00:05:44.679 --> 00:05:46.000 That's the end of the story of the Bible. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:52.220 The Old Testament ends with 400 years of waiting, 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:53.579 400 years of nothing. 00:05:54.540 --> 00:05:55.339 No sound. 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:58.360 And then there's a guy called John the Baptist 00:05:58.360 --> 00:05:59.720 who gets up and he says, 00:05:59.939 --> 00:06:01.360 get ready because the king is coming. 00:06:02.540 --> 00:06:05.379 People are looking round for the Lord of the universe 00:06:05.379 --> 00:06:06.819 to step onto the stage 00:06:06.819 --> 00:06:10.100 and up steps Jesus of Nazareth. 00:06:10.100 --> 00:06:12.220 And he says, 00:06:12.320 --> 00:06:12.960 here I am. 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:14.500 I'm the one you've been waiting for. 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:18.280 I'm the one who will bring in the kingdom of heaven. 00:06:19.520 --> 00:06:21.720 And that phrase comes up again and again and again, 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:22.060 doesn't it, 00:06:22.080 --> 00:06:23.000 in Matthew chapter 13. 00:06:23.260 --> 00:06:24.379 This is what it means. 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:26.780 This is what the kingdom of heaven is like. 00:06:28.140 --> 00:06:29.640 It is God the king 00:06:29.640 --> 00:06:31.439 keeping his promise 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:33.680 to restore all things 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:34.660 to how they were meant to be. 00:06:34.660 --> 00:06:36.680 It is God the king 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:37.560 keeping his promise 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:38.780 to restore all things 00:06:38.780 --> 00:06:39.780 to how they were meant to be. 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:42.800 And Jesus is saying, 00:06:42.939 --> 00:06:43.700 I am that king. 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:45.840 At first, 00:06:45.960 --> 00:06:46.420 the disciples, 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:47.780 they are so excited 00:06:47.780 --> 00:06:48.840 to be part of this. 00:06:49.080 --> 00:06:50.760 They drop everything literally 00:06:50.760 --> 00:06:52.060 and follow Jesus. 00:06:52.379 --> 00:06:53.960 It started off brilliantly. 00:06:55.840 --> 00:06:56.500 Jesus teaches 00:06:56.500 --> 00:06:59.320 and thousands sit spellbound. 00:07:00.440 --> 00:07:01.620 He heals the sick. 00:07:01.620 --> 00:07:04.139 He stills the storm. 00:07:05.259 --> 00:07:06.319 He even raises 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:07.579 a little girl 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:09.040 back from the dead. 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:11.139 And the disciples are thinking, 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:12.420 this is God's king. 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:13.300 He's got the power 00:07:13.300 --> 00:07:14.560 and he's got the authority 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:15.500 to put this broken world 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:16.319 back together again. 00:07:17.300 --> 00:07:18.360 To quash rebellion. 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:21.720 And then things take a strange turn. 00:07:23.180 --> 00:07:25.220 Jesus starts warning his followers 00:07:25.220 --> 00:07:26.459 that he will get arrested. 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:29.120 John the Baptist, 00:07:29.620 --> 00:07:31.420 he gets thrown into prison. 00:07:32.540 --> 00:07:33.680 Jesus performs miracles 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:34.300 in Chorazin 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:34.980 and Bethsaida 00:07:34.980 --> 00:07:35.959 and Capernaum 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:38.139 and people do not acknowledge him 00:07:38.139 --> 00:07:39.980 as king. 00:07:40.860 --> 00:07:42.439 And the religious authorities, 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:44.220 they start to plot 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:44.939 to kill him. 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:47.399 And Jesus says 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:48.180 to his disciples, 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:49.220 follow me, 00:07:49.500 --> 00:07:51.420 come and be part of what I'm doing 00:07:51.420 --> 00:07:53.139 to restore all things 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:54.340 to how they were meant to be. 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:55.560 This is treasure. 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:57.840 This is the one cause 00:07:57.840 --> 00:07:59.040 worth living for 00:07:59.040 --> 00:07:59.959 and dying for 00:07:59.959 --> 00:08:01.799 and giving up everything for. 00:08:07.979 --> 00:08:09.060 But the question is, 00:08:09.139 --> 00:08:09.939 are you sure, Jesus? 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:15.000 Because if you really are the king 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:16.839 and if you really do have authority 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:18.439 and power to deal with what's wrong 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:20.740 and you really can put things right, 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:22.839 how come things are going so wrong? 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.719 How come life is as it is? 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:29.659 Look at verse 47. 00:08:31.859 --> 00:08:32.319 Jesus says, 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:32.620 again, 00:08:32.740 --> 00:08:33.480 the kingdom of heaven 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.800 is like a net 00:08:35.800 --> 00:08:37.760 that was thrown into the sea 00:08:37.760 --> 00:08:40.440 and gathered fish of every kind. 00:08:41.640 --> 00:08:42.640 When the net was full, 00:08:42.800 --> 00:08:43.940 men drew it ashore, 00:08:44.260 --> 00:08:44.660 sat down 00:08:44.660 --> 00:08:45.960 and sorted the good 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:46.760 into containers, 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:48.760 but threw the bad away. 00:08:50.660 --> 00:08:51.379 Two points this morning. 00:08:51.460 --> 00:08:52.100 The first thing is this. 00:08:53.160 --> 00:08:54.300 Jesus wants you to remember 00:08:54.300 --> 00:08:55.580 that the kingdom of God 00:08:55.580 --> 00:08:57.600 is treasure 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:58.960 when you remember 00:08:58.960 --> 00:08:59.879 the day that's to come. 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:02.740 Jesus wants you to remember 00:09:02.740 --> 00:09:03.580 that the kingdom of God 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:04.300 is treasure 00:09:04.300 --> 00:09:05.300 when you remember 00:09:05.300 --> 00:09:06.720 the day that is still to come. 00:09:08.400 --> 00:09:09.800 The picture Jesus paints 00:09:09.800 --> 00:09:12.900 is that there are all kinds of fish 00:09:12.900 --> 00:09:13.740 swimming in the lake. 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:16.320 There are sardines, 00:09:17.180 --> 00:09:18.160 there are catfish, 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:18.240 fish, 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:20.459 there's cod, 00:09:21.319 --> 00:09:22.279 there's sea bass, 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:23.899 there's tuna, 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:25.519 whatever there is 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:26.600 else on sailing little. 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:28.740 And there's a great net. 00:09:30.019 --> 00:09:31.419 There are two boats, actually, 00:09:32.019 --> 00:09:33.240 and the net is put 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:33.939 between the two boats 00:09:33.939 --> 00:09:35.299 and they trawl through the lake. 00:09:36.319 --> 00:09:37.759 And they sweep up the fish. 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:40.419 It's dragged along. 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:42.319 And then the net 00:09:42.319 --> 00:09:43.159 is dragged onto shore 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:44.740 and they sort the fish. 00:09:44.959 --> 00:09:46.159 There is the good fish. 00:09:47.059 --> 00:09:47.600 There's the fish 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:48.399 they can sell. 00:09:49.820 --> 00:09:50.519 And they keep them 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:51.540 and they put them in a basket. 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:52.759 And they're the fish 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:53.800 that are ready for market. 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:55.720 But there's also the bad fish. 00:09:55.800 --> 00:09:57.320 Bad fish that they can't sell 00:09:57.320 --> 00:09:58.779 because no one will eat them. 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:01.060 And the bad fish 00:10:01.060 --> 00:10:02.399 get thrown out 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:04.000 and the good fish 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:04.540 get eaten. 00:10:06.100 --> 00:10:06.840 Neither option 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:07.580 is particularly appealing, 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:07.940 is it? 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:09.759 Which is just a 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:11.480 great reminder, isn't it? 00:10:11.540 --> 00:10:12.980 You need to remember 00:10:12.980 --> 00:10:14.100 when you come to the parables 00:10:14.100 --> 00:10:15.899 that we're not meant 00:10:15.899 --> 00:10:16.759 to push the parables 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:17.819 into different directions. 00:10:18.340 --> 00:10:19.840 The simple point is this. 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:21.100 Jesus is saying 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:21.519 there's going to be 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:22.340 a day of sorting out. 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:24.919 Today there are 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:25.679 two kinds of fish. 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:27.220 There are the good fish 00:10:27.220 --> 00:10:27.860 and the bad fish 00:10:27.860 --> 00:10:28.720 and they're swimming around 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:29.460 in the lake together. 00:10:29.899 --> 00:10:30.600 But today 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:31.799 is not the end of the story. 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:34.559 There's a net coming 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:36.399 and one day 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:36.899 all the fish 00:10:36.899 --> 00:10:37.460 will be sorted. 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:40.100 And Jesus is saying, 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:40.360 isn't he, 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:41.259 there are two types of people. 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:43.439 There are the wicked 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:44.120 and the righteous 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.100 and the wicked 00:10:46.100 --> 00:10:47.140 are those who continue 00:10:47.140 --> 00:10:48.740 to rebel against the king 00:10:48.740 --> 00:10:50.560 and the righteous 00:10:50.560 --> 00:10:51.160 are not those 00:10:51.160 --> 00:10:51.860 who are better 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:53.460 than everyone else 00:10:53.460 --> 00:10:54.920 but they are those 00:10:54.920 --> 00:10:56.000 who put down their weapons. 00:10:57.460 --> 00:10:58.140 They've turned 00:10:58.140 --> 00:10:59.020 from their rebellion 00:10:59.020 --> 00:11:00.580 and they've got right 00:11:00.580 --> 00:11:01.280 with the king 00:11:01.280 --> 00:11:03.840 and they've been restored 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:04.960 to a right relationship 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:05.480 with the king 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:07.000 and they are following Jesus. 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:12.240 And the thing is, 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:13.639 if you are following Jesus, 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:15.779 you are swimming around 00:11:15.779 --> 00:11:16.779 in the lake of this world. 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:20.220 And you are looking around 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:21.100 and you are thinking, 00:11:21.460 --> 00:11:22.059 I thought, 00:11:22.259 --> 00:11:23.620 I thought the king 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:25.080 was meant to love his people. 00:11:26.659 --> 00:11:27.620 I thought the king 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:28.440 was meant to love 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:29.480 and protect them. 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:31.039 But we all seem to be 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:31.720 swimming around 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:32.980 in the same lake. 00:11:34.059 --> 00:11:35.039 And when there's a war, 00:11:35.139 --> 00:11:35.799 the righteous 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:37.719 get caught up 00:11:37.719 --> 00:11:38.759 in the same war 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:39.159 as the wicked. 00:11:39.719 --> 00:11:41.359 And when there are redundancies, 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:43.500 the righteous get laid off 00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:44.339 the same as the wicked. 00:11:44.979 --> 00:11:45.879 And both groups 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:46.620 suffer injustice. 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:48.759 Both groups get sick. 00:11:49.079 --> 00:11:50.419 Both groups get sad. 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:52.399 And there are still tears. 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:55.639 And often it's the very fact 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:56.899 that we are following Jesus 00:11:56.899 --> 00:11:58.419 that has caused the tears. 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:01.919 Look through the lens of today 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:04.099 and it makes you wonder, 00:12:04.359 --> 00:12:05.419 does this king 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:07.299 actually have the authority 00:12:07.299 --> 00:12:08.399 that he says he has? 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:10.659 I mean, 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:12.579 we've thrown our lot 00:12:12.579 --> 00:12:13.799 in with the right guy, 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:14.360 have we? 00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:16.779 But today is not 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:17.659 the end of the story. 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:20.299 There's a net coming. 00:12:21.339 --> 00:12:22.779 And there's going to be a day 00:12:22.779 --> 00:12:24.959 when the king sorts everyone 00:12:24.959 --> 00:12:26.740 and everything out. 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:28.879 Just like the fishermen 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:29.980 lower their net 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:30.639 into the lake, 00:12:31.059 --> 00:12:32.219 Jesus says he will send 00:12:32.219 --> 00:12:32.879 his angels 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.080 to gather up 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:35.360 all the people in the world. 00:12:37.700 --> 00:12:38.539 They'll gather up 00:12:38.539 --> 00:12:39.820 presidents and prime ministers 00:12:39.820 --> 00:12:42.019 and all the people 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:43.299 of every tribe 00:12:43.299 --> 00:12:43.899 and nation 00:12:43.899 --> 00:12:44.580 and language 00:12:44.580 --> 00:12:45.539 and all your friends 00:12:45.539 --> 00:12:46.480 and all your family 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:47.720 and everyone in your 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:48.500 whole school 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:50.419 and all your colleagues 00:12:50.419 --> 00:12:52.480 and the people you love 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:55.320 and the people you envy 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:56.960 because they seem to have it all. 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:58.639 and he will gather them 00:12:58.639 --> 00:12:59.120 all up 00:12:59.120 --> 00:12:59.940 and sort them. 00:13:02.340 --> 00:13:03.220 Look what it says 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:04.200 in verse 49. 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:07.040 So it will be 00:13:07.040 --> 00:13:08.019 at the end of the age 00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:10.540 the angels will come out 00:13:10.540 --> 00:13:13.019 and separate the evil 00:13:13.019 --> 00:13:13.900 from the righteous 00:13:13.900 --> 00:13:16.639 and throw them 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:17.639 into the fiery furnace. 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:18.740 In that place 00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:19.540 there will be weeping 00:13:19.540 --> 00:13:20.820 and gnashing of teeth. 00:13:20.820 --> 00:13:25.340 And those are very hard words 00:13:25.340 --> 00:13:26.180 to hear aren't they? 00:13:27.560 --> 00:13:29.100 How can he say this? 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:31.980 How can anyone 00:13:31.980 --> 00:13:35.080 so full of love 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:36.000 like Jesus 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:36.980 speak words 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:38.100 as brutal as this? 00:13:40.660 --> 00:13:41.620 We often think 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:41.940 don't we 00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:42.580 that the fact 00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:44.420 that there's a final judgment 00:13:44.420 --> 00:13:46.020 shows that he is bad. 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:49.300 No it shows 00:13:49.300 --> 00:13:50.020 that he is good. 00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:52.920 Because we long 00:13:52.920 --> 00:13:53.980 for justice to be done. 00:13:54.260 --> 00:13:55.080 Here is the promise 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:55.580 justice 00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:57.140 will be done. 00:13:57.700 --> 00:13:59.080 He will put things 00:13:59.080 --> 00:13:59.820 right. 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:02.180 But by putting 00:14:02.180 --> 00:14:03.260 things right 00:14:03.260 --> 00:14:04.240 he will deal 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:04.980 with the things 00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:05.800 which are wrong. 00:14:07.180 --> 00:14:08.040 He will deal 00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:09.240 with all that opposes 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:10.100 his rule 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:11.640 which means 00:14:11.640 --> 00:14:12.280 that he will deal 00:14:12.280 --> 00:14:13.100 with all the people 00:14:13.100 --> 00:14:13.980 who oppose his rule. 00:14:15.820 --> 00:14:16.620 And I take it 00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:17.960 the reason he tells us 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:18.880 and he tells you 00:14:18.880 --> 00:14:19.300 this morning 00:14:19.300 --> 00:14:20.380 is because he loves us. 00:14:21.560 --> 00:14:22.420 And he wants us 00:14:22.420 --> 00:14:23.280 to be part of his kingdom. 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.460 And he doesn't want you 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:26.560 to walk away this morning 00:14:26.560 --> 00:14:27.720 thinking that his kingdom 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:28.800 is not really worth it 00:14:28.800 --> 00:14:29.480 after all. 00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:30.460 That his kingdom 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:31.420 is not precious. 00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:33.020 He wants you 00:14:33.020 --> 00:14:34.620 to see the sort of kingdom 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.600 that you are part of. 00:14:37.760 --> 00:14:38.960 We see in the New Testament 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:40.000 the kingdom of God 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:41.200 what it's going to be like. 00:14:42.140 --> 00:14:43.220 And then we look around 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:43.860 the world 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.500 at poverty 00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.100 at sickness 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:45.840 and injustice 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:47.060 and we can be tempted 00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:47.660 to think 00:14:47.660 --> 00:14:48.560 that he's failed. 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:51.980 But he's not failed. 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:54.899 He's not yet finished. 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:57.660 The net is coming. 00:14:59.180 --> 00:15:00.160 He is the king. 00:15:01.300 --> 00:15:02.280 He has started 00:15:02.280 --> 00:15:03.519 the restoration project 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:03.980 in this room. 00:15:04.040 --> 00:15:04.720 Look around you. 00:15:05.820 --> 00:15:06.379 There are people 00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:07.420 who were once rebels 00:15:07.420 --> 00:15:08.320 who've been restored 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:09.000 to the king. 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:10.400 Every church 00:15:10.400 --> 00:15:10.900 that meets 00:15:10.900 --> 00:15:11.400 in the name 00:15:11.400 --> 00:15:12.139 of the Lord Jesus 00:15:12.139 --> 00:15:13.500 and calls on his name 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:13.940 today 00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:15.379 is evidence 00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:17.500 that the resurrection 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:19.100 that the restoration 00:15:19.100 --> 00:15:20.620 project has begun. 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:23.279 People are being right. 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:24.559 Being put right. 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:27.100 But it's not finished. 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:30.340 And Jesus wants you 00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:30.840 and I to know 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:31.580 that one day 00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:32.799 he will call a halt 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:33.980 to this old world. 00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:36.179 And one day 00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:36.840 he will sort 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.519 everything out. 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.720 And that is when 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.419 he will wipe away 00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:41.980 every tear. 00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:43.860 And there will be 00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.539 no more death 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:45.419 and no more mourning 00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:46.179 or crying 00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:47.100 or pain 00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:47.919 because the king 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:48.659 will finally 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:49.659 sort everything out. 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:52.659 And we will see him 00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:53.320 face to face. 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.899 And we will be with him 00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:56.879 and enjoying him 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.740 in all his beauty. 00:15:58.720 --> 00:15:59.700 And we will enjoy 00:15:59.700 --> 00:16:00.220 the fact that 00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:01.059 he is our king 00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:02.379 and we belong to him. 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:02.919 What a blessing 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.539 that will be. 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.279 So do you see 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:07.639 how Jesus is reassuring 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.139 his followers 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:08.600 this morning? 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:11.240 You might be 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:11.700 looking around 00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.179 this morning 00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:12.759 looking around 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.319 at your life 00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:13.839 and thinking 00:16:13.839 --> 00:16:15.139 it is not worth 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.899 following Jesus. 00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:18.120 He's failed. 00:16:19.819 --> 00:16:20.579 But know 00:16:20.579 --> 00:16:21.679 the net is coming. 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:23.879 One day 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.199 the king 00:16:24.199 --> 00:16:25.199 will sort everything. 00:16:25.339 --> 00:16:26.579 He's not failed. 00:16:27.339 --> 00:16:28.459 He's just not finished. 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.599 And Jesus is saying 00:16:31.599 --> 00:16:32.179 in the light 00:16:32.179 --> 00:16:32.879 of that fact 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.579 that the net 00:16:33.579 --> 00:16:34.159 is coming 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:36.159 the real treasure 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:37.699 is not that 00:16:37.699 --> 00:16:38.259 you've got a place 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:38.839 on the team. 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:40.759 it's not 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.320 that you've got 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:41.660 a place 00:16:41.660 --> 00:16:42.340 on the graduate 00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:42.720 scheme. 00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:43.220 It's not even 00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.560 that you've got 00:16:43.560 --> 00:16:43.920 a place 00:16:43.920 --> 00:16:44.600 in the country 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.019 even. 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:46.660 The real treasure 00:16:46.660 --> 00:16:48.639 is that you've got 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:48.940 a place 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.300 in the kingdom 00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:49.740 of God. 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.680 And on the day 00:16:52.680 --> 00:16:53.200 when the king 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:54.100 comes back 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:55.759 to sort out 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.660 those who are his 00:16:56.660 --> 00:17:00.180 look what Jesus 00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:01.100 says about the people 00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.680 he will throw 00:17:01.680 --> 00:17:02.360 into the furnace. 00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:04.960 He says 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.240 there will be 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:05.579 weeping 00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.059 and gnashing 00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.620 of teeth. 00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:07.299 it's a picture 00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:08.839 of total despair. 00:17:10.979 --> 00:17:11.759 And the fact 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.159 that they were 00:17:12.159 --> 00:17:13.139 very very popular 00:17:13.139 --> 00:17:15.319 and they went 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:15.919 to all the best 00:17:15.919 --> 00:17:16.339 parties 00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.819 will be 00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.979 no consolation 00:17:17.979 --> 00:17:18.379 to them. 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.979 They thought 00:17:20.979 --> 00:17:21.599 they had 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:22.279 treasure 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:24.279 but they were 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:25.019 desperately wrong. 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.519 They had 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.139 trinkets. 00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:31.000 The real 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.439 treasure 00:17:31.439 --> 00:17:32.199 Jesus says 00:17:32.199 --> 00:17:32.659 is when you 00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:33.039 have a place 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.479 in the kingdom. 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.139 And so often 00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:36.680 those of us 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.140 who are Christians 00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:37.600 those of us 00:17:37.600 --> 00:17:38.120 who are in the 00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:38.259 kingdom 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.220 we look across 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:39.580 at others 00:17:39.580 --> 00:17:39.940 and all that 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.480 they seem to 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:40.780 have 00:17:40.780 --> 00:17:41.740 and we tie 00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.200 ourselves 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.860 in knots. 00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.480 And maybe 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:45.840 we think 00:17:45.840 --> 00:17:46.440 that in following 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:46.800 Jesus 00:17:46.800 --> 00:17:47.440 we're missing 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:48.259 out on life 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.620 and there are 00:17:49.620 --> 00:17:50.140 days when we 00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:50.800 think that 00:17:50.800 --> 00:17:54.120 and we think 00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:54.700 I don't know 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.080 whether it's 00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:55.600 worth it. 00:17:56.840 --> 00:17:57.740 I don't think 00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.820 he is worth it 00:17:58.820 --> 00:17:59.360 but do you see 00:17:59.360 --> 00:17:59.920 what Jesus is 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:00.180 saying? 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.540 He's saying 00:18:02.540 --> 00:18:03.300 remember the day 00:18:03.300 --> 00:18:04.000 that is to come. 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.000 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.000 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.000 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.000 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.000 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.000 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.000 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.000 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:06.920 And if you 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:07.380 have a place 00:18:07.380 --> 00:18:07.819 in the kingdom 00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.779 it may cost 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.680 you friendships 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:11.319 it may cost 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:11.819 you promotion 00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:12.420 it may cost 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:12.720 you your 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.220 reputation 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:15.019 if you live 00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.339 in certain 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:15.759 parts of the 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.200 world today 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:16.619 it may cost 00:18:16.619 --> 00:18:16.859 you your 00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:17.140 freedom 00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:19.460 it may cost 00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.039 you your 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.420 life 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:22.759 but when the 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.359 net comes 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:23.799 and all the 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.119 fish are 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:24.380 sorted 00:18:24.380 --> 00:18:24.900 you will be 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.460 in no doubt 00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:25.859 whatsoever 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:26.299 that it was 00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:26.759 worth it. 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:31.319 as you see 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:32.059 when we look 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.879 at today 00:18:32.879 --> 00:18:34.839 in the light 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:35.579 of the day 00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:36.339 that is to 00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:36.859 come 00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.720 it changes 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.180 today. 00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:41.160 It's not just 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:42.039 that one day 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.379 there'll be 00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:42.839 treasure 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:44.980 but do you see 00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:45.779 the treasure 00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.680 you have 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:48.160 anticipating that 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.759 breaks into the 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:48.960 future. 00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:49.559 Think about 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.059 if you're going 00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.640 to a gig 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.980 if you've got 00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.819 tickets to a 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.180 concert 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.879 that you've 00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:54.180 been really 00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.599 looking forward 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:56.500 to or you're 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.159 really looking 00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:58.699 forward to 00:18:58.699 --> 00:18:59.039 the big 00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.839 sporting event 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:02.819 it's not just 00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.539 the then 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.439 that you enjoy 00:19:04.439 --> 00:19:04.779 is it? 00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:06.879 You look 00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.439 forward to it 00:19:07.439 --> 00:19:07.759 you might 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.359 maybe have 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:09.959 the tickets 00:19:09.959 --> 00:19:10.719 in your hand 00:19:10.719 --> 00:19:11.559 you look 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.480 forward to 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.000 the then 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.599 now 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:15.519 you enjoy 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:16.119 the fullness 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:16.899 of the gig 00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:17.659 or the concert 00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:19.179 and the sports 00:19:19.179 --> 00:19:20.099 event then 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:21.839 but now 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.339 you enjoy 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:22.819 the prospect 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.179 of it. 00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:25.180 the fact 00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.620 that you 00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:26.120 are going 00:19:26.120 --> 00:19:26.779 on holiday 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.340 maybe later 00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:28.000 this week 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.140 means that 00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:29.680 today is 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.180 very different 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.460 isn't it? 00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:30.900 You look 00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.420 forward to 00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:31.880 the prospect 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.299 of it 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:35.060 and Matthew 00:19:35.060 --> 00:19:35.380 has been 00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:35.940 saying to us 00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.400 in his gospel 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.080 think of 00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:37.500 who Jesus 00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:37.740 is. 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.460 He is the 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.660 king. 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.060 He is the 00:19:39.060 --> 00:19:39.299 king who 00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:39.560 is all 00:19:39.560 --> 00:19:40.019 powerful 00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.980 all knowing 00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.360 and all 00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:41.779 wise 00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.640 and totally 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.180 just and 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.460 completely 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.799 pure 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:45.180 and he's 00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.580 gentle 00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:45.960 and he's 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.380 kind 00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.740 and he's 00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.100 patient. 00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:47.759 He's the 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.080 king who 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:48.440 keeps all 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:48.900 his promises. 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.519 He's the 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:50.900 king who's 00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.360 going to sort 00:19:51.360 --> 00:19:52.060 everything out. 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:52.539 The king of 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:52.879 a kingdom 00:19:52.879 --> 00:19:53.200 that will 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.980 last forever 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.639 and it will 00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:55.259 be wonderful. 00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.299 He's the 00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:57.139 king who 00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.539 has the 00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.059 authority 00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.879 over who 00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.639 can and 00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:00.139 can't be 00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:00.420 part of 00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:00.899 that kingdom. 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.740 And this 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.240 king has 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.759 forgiven you 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:06.659 and this 00:20:06.659 --> 00:20:07.799 king loves 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.420 you and 00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:08.899 this king 00:20:08.899 --> 00:20:09.519 says you 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:09.980 are his 00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.619 that you 00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.079 are a member 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.399 of his 00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:11.659 kingdom 00:20:11.659 --> 00:20:13.420 and that on 00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.039 that day of 00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.659 sorting you've 00:20:14.659 --> 00:20:15.099 got nothing 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.480 to fear. 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:17.680 to know 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:17.940 that you'll 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.220 be with 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.559 him and 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:19.799 that you're 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:19.920 going to 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.620 enjoy him 00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:21.059 in his 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:21.420 kingdom 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:21.900 forever. 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.279 That is 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.700 precious. 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.819 And that 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.259 is treasure 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.860 that's not 00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.440 just for 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:26.920 the future. 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.579 That is a 00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.079 treasure that 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.940 makes today 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.400 different. 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.120 We are 00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:32.519 rich. 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.440 The kingdom 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:34.980 of heaven 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.720 is treasure 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.660 and when you 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.559 remember the 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.299 day that is 00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:38.740 to come 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.400 then Jesus 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:39.900 says in 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.539 verse 51 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.940 have you 00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.440 understood all 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:42.920 these things? 00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.500 Have you 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.240 got what I'm 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.720 talking about? 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.019 Have you 00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.579 understood the 00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.039 kind of 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.460 kingdom that 00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.720 I'm going 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.000 to bring 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.279 in? 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.000 Have you 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.500 seen why 00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.000 you cannot 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.819 walk away? 00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.519 Have you 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.000 seen that 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.319 it is 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:53.859 treasure? 00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.220 And they 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.119 say verse 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:56.720 51 yeah. 00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.299 And so 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.059 Jesus says 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.920 well if you 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:02.539 have therefore 00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.680 every scribe 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.099 who's been 00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:05.000 trained for 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.359 the kingdom 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.779 of heaven 00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.299 is like a 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.799 master of 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.099 a house 00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.920 who brings 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.259 out of his 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.779 treasure what 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.339 is new and 00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:09.899 what is old. 00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:11.839 And so 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.099 what he's 00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.720 saying secondly 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:14.240 is this that 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.579 the kingdom 00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.980 of heaven if 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.399 the kingdom 00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:16.980 of heaven is 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:18.799 treasure therefore 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.480 share it with 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.779 others. 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.899 If the kingdom 00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.460 of heaven is 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:25.440 treasure therefore 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.000 share it with 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.299 others. 00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.500 That's how it 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:29.960 goes in life 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.200 isn't it? 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.000 You know 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.659 something is 00:21:31.659 --> 00:21:32.619 treasure if you 00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:32.940 know something 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.619 is treasure you 00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:34.299 can't help but 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.879 pass it on. 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:39.000 I recently 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.599 have had three 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.519 lovely opportunities 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.420 to speak about 00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:42.240 how great a 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.819 thing Park 00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.359 Run is. 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.859 How it's 00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.220 great for 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.559 children. 00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.759 It's good 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.000 for the 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.359 community. 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.339 There's 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.680 obvious 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.400 health benefits. 00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.680 You can 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:51.980 do it 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.559 anywhere in 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:52.980 the country 00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.940 or around 00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.400 the world. 00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.759 You can 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:54.940 get 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.599 milestone 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.180 t-shirts. 00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:56.980 You can 00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.279 get your 00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.180 stats and 00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.759 track your 00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.319 progress. 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.319 That if 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:01.519 you look 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:01.839 at Park 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:01.960 Run 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.259 in one 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.559 way it's 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:02.900 very much 00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.079 like 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.639 church life. 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.420 In 00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:04.579 other 00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.180 ways it's 00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.639 a paradigm 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.040 for Roman 00:22:06.040 --> 00:22:06.580 Catholicism 00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:06.980 I'm 00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.400 very 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:08.680 good at 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:08.960 telling 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.440 people 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.900 about 00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.180 Park 00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.440 Run. 00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.660 About how 00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:12.920 you need 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.140 to get 00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:13.660 registered 00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:13.920 and get 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.100 your 00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.680 barcode 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.000 and what 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.220 you can 00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.400 do 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:15.540 with 00:22:15.540 --> 00:22:15.680 your 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.300 barcode. 00:22:17.300 --> 00:22:17.820 But you 00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:17.920 know 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.540 I've never 00:22:18.540 --> 00:22:18.900 been on 00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.460 a course 00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:21.259 that helps 00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.579 me to 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.200 explain the 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.779 virtues of 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.039 Park 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.240 Run. 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.299 I've never 00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.059 had training 00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.740 on how to 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.240 speak about 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.360 Park Run. 00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.779 It just 00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.180 tumbles out 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.360 of my 00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:30.640 mouth. 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.200 My heart 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.720 is so full 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.160 of it I 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.440 open my 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.720 mouth and 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:36.980 I speak 00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.259 of it. 00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.980 And what 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.440 happens is 00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.799 when we 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:42.100 lose the 00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.840 sense of 00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:43.200 the good 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.819 news of 00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.120 the Lord 00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:45.120 Jesus being 00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:47.319 treasure our 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:47.819 hearts are 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.140 not that 00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.380 full so 00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.820 our mouths 00:22:49.820 --> 00:22:50.400 don't speak. 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.580 And what 00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.000 Jesus is 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.560 saying here 00:22:54.560 --> 00:22:55.120 is if we 00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.740 understand 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:57.400 what a 00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.040 treasure it 00:22:58.040 --> 00:22:59.180 is we 00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.560 will not 00:22:59.560 --> 00:23:00.100 be able to 00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.420 keep our 00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.920 mouths shut 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.380 about it. 00:23:03.540 --> 00:23:04.100 He says 00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:04.460 if you're a 00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.800 teacher of 00:23:04.800 --> 00:23:05.260 the law 00:23:05.260 --> 00:23:05.720 and you've 00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.320 been instructed 00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:06.780 about the 00:23:06.780 --> 00:23:07.180 kingdom of 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:08.760 heaven you're 00:23:08.760 --> 00:23:09.000 like the 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.900 owner of a 00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:11.120 house and 00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.580 the owner of 00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:11.880 the house 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.240 well he's a 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.720 wealthy sort 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.180 of guy. 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.760 Owners of 00:23:14.760 --> 00:23:15.300 houses in 00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:15.680 Matthew's 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.360 gospel are 00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:16.900 nearly always 00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:19.040 wealthy and 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.259 he's a 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.460 little bit 00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:19.740 like the 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.259 merchant that 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.519 we looked 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.980 at last 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.180 week. 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.639 He's built 00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:21.899 up an 00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:22.559 art collection 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.539 and he's 00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:23.799 got a 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.460 jewel encrusted 00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.019 sword from 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.359 Athens. 00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.819 He's got 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.480 gold bracelets 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.259 from Alexandria. 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.159 There's this 00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:30.159 beautiful vase 00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:30.599 that he picked 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:30.879 up in 00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:32.139 Damascus and 00:23:32.139 --> 00:23:32.379 there's a 00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:32.920 whole series 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.480 of matching 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.480 plates in 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.859 Corinth. 00:23:35.659 --> 00:23:36.240 And these 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.799 things are 00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.819 so beautiful 00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:39.379 that he 00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:39.759 doesn't keep 00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.079 them in a 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.619 storeroom 00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.200 hidden away 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.599 from people. 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.240 He brings 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.599 them out. 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.139 He puts 00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.420 them on 00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:44.859 display. 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.699 He shares 00:23:45.699 --> 00:23:45.979 them with 00:23:45.979 --> 00:23:46.359 everyone. 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.319 One of 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.879 Matthew's 00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.599 themes as 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:50.979 you read 00:23:50.979 --> 00:23:51.279 through his 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.819 gospel is 00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.379 that Jesus 00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.079 has come to 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.599 fulfill the 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.079 Old Testament. 00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.439 And what 00:23:56.439 --> 00:23:56.879 Jesus is 00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.699 saying here 00:23:57.699 --> 00:23:58.599 is if you 00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:58.919 were an 00:23:58.919 --> 00:23:59.379 ordinary 00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.959 teacher of 00:23:59.959 --> 00:24:00.259 the law 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.619 you would 00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:00.919 share the 00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:01.339 treasure of 00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.619 the law. 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.159 But if you 00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.399 are a 00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:06.779 teacher of 00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.279 the law 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.799 and you're 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.479 instructed about 00:24:09.479 --> 00:24:09.899 the kingdom 00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.979 there's something 00:24:10.979 --> 00:24:11.679 new to teach. 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:14.220 But it's 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.539 not just 00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.200 something new 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.480 that has 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.060 come along 00:24:16.060 --> 00:24:16.519 so we can 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.960 bin the 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.259 old. 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.220 That wasn't 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.480 up to 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.840 much. 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.120 Let's 00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.400 talk about 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.779 the new 00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.299 teachings of 00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.560 Jesus. 00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:22.200 It's not 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.539 that. 00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:24.400 He's 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.680 saying if 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.600 you understand 00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.019 the kingdom 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.539 of heaven 00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.680 you will 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.080 teach the 00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.500 Old and 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.000 New Testament 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.160 and you'll 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.519 see that 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.960 the old 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.259 has not 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.460 been 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.140 binned 00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.539 but it's 00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.740 been 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.259 fulfilled 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.759 by the 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:33.900 Lord 00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.180 Jesus. 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.500 If you 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.100 understand 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.480 what I'm 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.799 saying 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.100 Jesus 00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.420 is saying 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.620 I'm 00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.060 not just 00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:39.519 another 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.220 guy who's 00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.580 turned up 00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:40.740 out of 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.200 the blue 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.559 with some 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.860 new 00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.180 teachings 00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.620 that might 00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:43.860 be of 00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.080 some 00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:44.440 interest 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.759 to some 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.059 people 00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.720 I'm 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.019 the one 00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.259 who's 00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.660 fulfilled 00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:46.860 the 00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.000 Old 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.319 Testament. 00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.319 I'm 00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.660 the king 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:49.940 who was 00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.259 promised 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.620 to bring 00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:50.980 into the 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.220 kingdom 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.900 and if 00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.500 you understand 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.860 how the 00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.440 old has 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.200 been fulfilled 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.779 in the 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.039 new 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.539 then you 00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.799 can't 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.019 keep it 00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.480 to yourself 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.860 you'll 00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.120 share 00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.360 it. 00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.519 You'll 00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:58.720 teach 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:58.960 it. 00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.240 He's 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.519 telling you 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:02.880 that Jesus 00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.240 is not 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.559 some 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:03.960 hobby 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.420 horse 00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.940 that people 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.440 bang on 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.680 about. 00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.600 Maybe 00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:07.720 you're 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:07.880 into 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.180 Formula 00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.460 One 00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.700 I 00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:08.840 couldn't 00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.180 care less 00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.340 about 00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:09.580 Formula 00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:09.779 One 00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:09.920 I 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.059 don't 00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.420 understand 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.660 it. 00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:11.639 You 00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.000 talk to 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.079 me 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.240 about 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.519 Formula 00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:12.680 One 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:12.819 I'm 00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:12.940 not 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.299 interested 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.519 in it. 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.619 It's 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:13.940 good for 00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.200 you but 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.420 it's 00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.980 not 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.139 good 00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:15.259 for 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.480 me. 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.000 Jesus 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.240 is not 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.399 like 00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:17.639 that. 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.660 No he 00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:20.940 is the 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.240 one that 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.619 the Old 00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.019 Testament 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.680 promised. 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.039 And the 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.639 one that 00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:25.879 the Old 00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.160 Testament 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.579 promised 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.240 is not 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.480 some 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.980 religious 00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.379 leader 00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:28.740 who 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:28.920 might 00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.200 work 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.359 for 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.619 some 00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:29.940 people 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.259 but 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.500 not 00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.759 work 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:30.879 for 00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.039 other 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.339 people. 00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:31.740 He 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:31.879 is 00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.279 God's 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.599 king 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.660 over 00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:33.759 the 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:33.920 whole 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.299 world. 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.319 And 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.579 one 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:36.819 day 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.399 every 00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.740 knee 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:37.960 will 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.400 bow. 00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:40.980 And so 00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.560 when someone 00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:42.380 shares the 00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:42.840 Lord Jesus 00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:43.300 with you 00:25:43.300 --> 00:25:43.980 if you're 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.280 not a 00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:44.540 Christian 00:25:44.540 --> 00:25:44.759 this 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.019 morning 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.500 they're 00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:45.700 not 00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.840 doing it 00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.100 to be 00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.500 pushy. 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.440 It's 00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.780 because of 00:25:49.780 --> 00:25:50.040 who he 00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.320 is. 00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:53.860 The 00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.320 king who 00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:54.519 will 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:54.920 gather 00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.580 up 00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:58.620 gather 00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:58.820 up 00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:58.940 his 00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.240 people. 00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.600 He's 00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:01.920 the one 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.200 who will 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.620 sort 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.379 all 00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.779 things 00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.259 out. 00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.959 And that 00:26:08.959 --> 00:26:09.359 means not 00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.919 just some 00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.339 people who 00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.719 are into 00:26:10.719 --> 00:26:11.199 this sort 00:26:11.199 --> 00:26:11.539 of thing 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.899 need to 00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.259 hear him 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.859 but everyone 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.759 every single 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.319 person needs 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.659 to hear 00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.059 about him. 00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:16.879 Everyone 00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.359 needs to 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.679 know. 00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:19.639 Jesus 00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.079 said the 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.419 kingdom of 00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:20.739 heaven is 00:26:20.739 --> 00:26:20.959 like 00:26:20.959 --> 00:26:21.739 treasure 00:26:21.739 --> 00:26:22.599 and he 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.179 uses the 00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:23.579 same 00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.179 words 00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:25.519 in verse 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.039 52. 00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:27.500 If you 00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.319 understand me 00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.739 and my 00:26:28.739 --> 00:26:29.199 kingdom you're 00:26:29.199 --> 00:26:29.439 like the 00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:29.939 art dealer. 00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:31.239 You've got 00:26:31.239 --> 00:26:31.699 treasure and 00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.000 you can't 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.239 keep it 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.880 hidden away 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.359 in a 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.839 storeroom. 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.240 You've 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.440 got to 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:34.620 get it 00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:34.779 out. 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:34.980 You've 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.120 got to 00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.339 share 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.599 it. 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.900 And if 00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.359 you do 00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:40.039 not share 00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.279 it, 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.880 Jesus is 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.339 saying you've 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.900 not understood 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.220 it. 00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.859 Because if 00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.680 you understand 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.319 who I am, 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.799 Jesus is 00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.039 saying, 00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.539 you will 00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.160 share it. 00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.880 Jesus is 00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.440 for everyone. 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.359 It's not 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.920 Jesus is 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.380 helpful for 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.539 me. 00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.859 I find 00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.159 him really 00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.539 helpful. 00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.759 But it's 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:03.980 not for 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.119 the person 00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.519 next door 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:05.819 to me at 00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.319 work or 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.639 my next 00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.099 door neighbor 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.599 or my 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:07.960 father or 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.420 my neighbors. 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:08.839 It's not 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.159 really that 00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.420 kind of 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.659 thing. 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.019 If you're 00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.379 saying that 00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.920 this morning, 00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.740 Jesus is 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.059 saying to 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.200 you, 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.399 you've 00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:14.559 not 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.019 understood 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.899 who I 00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:16.200 am. 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.019 And so 00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.319 these 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.139 disciples who 00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.720 said yes 00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.500 understood who 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.359 he was and 00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.480 went round 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.079 preaching the 00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.759 message of 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.119 the kingdom. 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.779 And most 00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.099 of them were 00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.420 killed for 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.599 it. 00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.779 Why did 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.039 they do 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.220 it? 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.779 You may 00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.099 know this. 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.460 In the 00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.259 16th century, 00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.379 there were 00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:36.240 some young 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.720 men who 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.279 would leave 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.359 Geneva in 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:39.559 Switzerland to 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.299 go and plant 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.980 churches in 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.440 France. 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.299 Their life 00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.059 expectancy was 00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.779 six months. 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.500 That's how 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.980 hostile the 00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.619 reception was. 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.519 In the 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.180 19th century, 00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.639 there were 00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.180 British and 00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.519 American 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.000 missionaries 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.700 who would 00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.119 head for 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.899 West Africa 00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.280 and they 00:27:54.280 --> 00:27:54.700 would pack 00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.180 all their 00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:56.080 belongings into 00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:57.560 a coffin because 00:27:57.560 --> 00:27:58.120 they know that 00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.620 they would need 00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.019 it soon. 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.040 And when the 00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.580 news came 00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:03.120 back that 00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.600 people had 00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.400 died and 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.140 been killed, 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.320 more people 00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:07.220 stepped up to 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.480 go. 00:28:07.780 --> 00:28:08.080 Why? 00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.200 In Cambodia 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.920 in 1979, 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.560 when the Khmer 00:28:12.560 --> 00:28:13.280 Rouge was 00:28:13.280 --> 00:28:13.800 massacring 00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:14.220 Christians, 00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:15.280 a 14-year-old 00:28:15.280 --> 00:28:15.840 boy by the 00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.120 name of 00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.019 Chen had 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.700 escaped the 00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.240 country and 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.620 he was in a 00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.440 refugee camp 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.640 where it was 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.040 safe. 00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.660 But he 00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.759 discovered who 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.900 Jesus was and 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.460 when it struck 00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.140 him that there 00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.740 were people in 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.420 his village who 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.099 had not heard 00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.660 the good news 00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.259 about Jesus, 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.500 he decided to 00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.039 go back. 00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.599 Chen was dying 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.200 of stomach 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.980 cancer, he was 00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.680 weak and he 00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.779 was frail and 00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.440 armed with 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.599 leaflets explaining 00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.099 the Christian 00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:40.059 message, he 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.980 walked back to 00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.599 his village in 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.339 Cambodia through 00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:44.319 minefields to 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.460 tell his fellow 00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.240 villagers. 00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.799 One can hardly 00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.779 imagine the 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.480 amazement of 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.000 those villagers. 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.099 With this 00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:55.900 pathetic looking 00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:57.220 little 14-year-old 00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.460 lad leaning on 00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.119 two crutches 00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.859 standing before 00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:01.299 them, holding 00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.940 out gospel 00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.440 tracts. 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.319 Most of them 00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.759 would have given 00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.519 all that they 00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.440 had to be in 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.279 the place that 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.819 he had just 00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.200 left. 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.700 A secure 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.759 refugee camp 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.640 complete with 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.079 food and 00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.779 medicine and 00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.740 possible sponsorship 00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.500 to America. 00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.720 What was it that 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.680 compelled him to 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.119 return? 00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.839 Why did he do 00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.039 it? 00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.059 Why did he do 00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.259 it? 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.819 Because he had 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:29.779 understood that 00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.720 the good news of 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.639 King Jesus is a 00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.740 message that 00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.579 everyone needs. 00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:35.919 He'd understood 00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.839 that the net was 00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.199 coming. 00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:41.099 And so in the 00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.619 light of that 00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.539 day, more than 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.579 anything else in 00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.159 the people of the 00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:45.779 world, the people of 00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.539 the world needed 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:48.099 the treasure of the 00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.480 good news of how to 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.039 be right with the 00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.240 King. 00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.019 To be ready for 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.579 the day when he 00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:53.980 comes. 00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.920 For many of us, 00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:59.180 as I speak this 00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:01.740 morning, you, like 00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:03.039 myself, are worried 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.700 what people would 00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.099 think. 00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.279 You're worried about 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.900 the loss of a 00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.339 friendship. 00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.640 Worried about the 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.599 demands that this 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.319 puts on you. 00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.819 Worried about the 00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.660 comfort that you 00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.279 would have to give 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.559 up. 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:21.039 Worried about the 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.000 time that it would 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.059 take to be involved 00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.779 in a ministry that 00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.440 would tell people 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.900 about this. 00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:26.099 Worried maybe about 00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.620 what it would mean 00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.220 for your job. 00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.620 And we immediately 00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.299 think, don't we, 00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.319 what it will cost 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.640 us. 00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.960 Jesus says, 00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:35.019 don't think like 00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.259 that. 00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.279 If you have the 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.019 gospel of the Lord 00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.880 Jesus Christ, if you 00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.660 have entered into the 00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.860 kingdom of heaven, you 00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.860 might lose all the 00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.559 trinkets of this 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.319 world, but you have 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.640 treasure. 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.559 You have treasure. 00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:50.539 And the fact that 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.279 we've forgotten its 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.279 treasure means we've 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.059 forgotten its value. 00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.220 And so we think of 00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.000 our friends and our 00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.839 family and our 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.480 neighbours and our 00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.379 work colleagues and 00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:01.879 we think, they don't 00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.480 need this. 00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:05.179 But Jesus says to you 00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:05.859 and I this morning, 00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.839 there's a net coming. 00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:10.259 And in the light of 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:12.519 the net, if they do 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.399 not have a place in 00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:14.119 the kingdom, they are 00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.339 poor. 00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:16.699 And in our 00:31:16.699 --> 00:31:17.919 storeroom, we've got 00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.399 the treasure that 00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:18.799 they need. 00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.539 The picture is 00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.079 encouraging, I 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.279 think. 00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:26.759 Rejection often 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.699 makes you stop, 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.220 doesn't it? 00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.399 And give up. 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.199 You think people 00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:31.779 don't get it. 00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.240 But this little 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.179 picture tells us, no, 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.059 the gospel is a 00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.419 treasure. 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.220 It is priceless. 00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.359 Remember the 00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.199 coronation service? 00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.799 Take this, the most 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:43.259 valuable thing that the 00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.259 world affords. 00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.240 The king was given a 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.500 Bible. 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.119 It's very striking, 00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.759 isn't it, that there 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.619 is nothing more 00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:54.039 valuable that I can 00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.799 share with anyone 00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:57.460 else than the good 00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.240 news of Jesus. 00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:02.500 And so pray with me 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.799 that we would see the 00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.819 treasure that we have 00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:07.299 and that we would share 00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.859 it with those around 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.200 us. 00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.599 That the Lord would 00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.579 fill our hearts 00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:14.079 and so we'd open 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.559 our mouths. 00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:16.559 Let's pray together. 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.000 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:46.980 Thank you.