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 his sweat became like drops of blood

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 falling down to the ground.

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 And he was in agony.

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 You know, when we started Watermark,

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 several of us were praying,

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 and we felt like, you know,

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 what kind of church did we want,

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 what kind of church did we feel like God wanted us to have

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 in this midst of this part of Hong Kong Island?

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 We wanted to be a church where people were known.

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 We felt like there were a lot of clubs

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 that people just kind of bop in and bop out,

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 and there's actually a lot of churches

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 where people just kind of bop in and bop out,

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 and no one really knows anybody

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 because we're so busy.

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 But we wanted our church to be different.

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 We felt like God was calling us

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 to have his church be different.

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 We wanted the church to be raw and authentic and real.

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 I get in trouble sometimes when I say raw

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 because people say,

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 you can't, don't say raw,

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 say organic.

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 And so organic,

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 and we wanted it to be organic.

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 And one of our greatest fears

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 was that you would look at the staff

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 or the elders or the pastors

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 and that you would think of them as plastic people.

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 I don't know if you've ever thought about that,

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 but I've thought about that.

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 I've gone to churches where I look up

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 and I wonder what's going on inside of that person.

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 Are they real?

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 Are they, could I get to know them?

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 Is that something that they would allow?

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 Are they just kind of plastic?

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 You know, you grew up in churches all the time

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 where people ask how you're doing

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 and everybody's answer is always,

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 oh, great, I'm doing really good.

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 Thank you very much.

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 And I just grew up in church

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 where everybody was doing really good and great.

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 And except for me,

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 I had a hard time sometimes,

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 but I was never always doing great.

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 And we wanted Watermark to be different than that.

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 We wanted you to know the staff and the people

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 and we wanted to be a family.

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 So I want to share some things with you about myself

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 so you're going to get bored as you get to hear more

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 if you've been here for a while.

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 But one of the things you have to know

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 is that I can't hear out of one of my ears.

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 So I'm actually deaf in one of my ears.

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 And sometimes people will say,

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 well, he was really rude

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 because I started talking to him

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 and he just walked away and I kept talking.

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 And if that happens,

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 it's usually because I just didn't hear you

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 and because you're speaking into my bad ear.

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 Now as a husband, it's really helpful

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 because sometimes your wife is talking to you.

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 And most husbands use the excuse already,

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 I can't hear you.

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 But for me, that's really true.

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 And so when I go to bed at night,

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 I just lay down on my good ear

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 and I can't hear all the talking going on.

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 But I learned if you just go, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh,

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 then everything's okay, right?

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 I'm kind of sentimental.

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 I have this weirdness about me

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 that I attach meaning and experiences

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 to things in my life

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 and I carry them around.

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 And so when we got married,

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 Christina was always trying to get rid of my sweatshirts

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 and my shoes that had duct tape on them.

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 And I had always found out

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 I didn't go to the trash can in our house

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 because she would put my trash can outside.

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 So when I'd come home, I'd go to the trash can outside

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 and I'd grab my favorite pair of shoes out there

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 because they had meaning

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 even though they looked like junk.

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 Before we got married, I bought this watch.

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 I love watches.

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 But as a pastor, that's kind of a bad thing to love

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 because you can't afford those things.

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 But selfishly, I felt like, okay,

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 I got three months before I got married,

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 I have some money left over

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 and who knows if I'll ever be able to get another watch.

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 Who knows if my wife will ever let me buy another watch.

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 By the way, this is not an advertisement

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 for my wife letting me buy another watch.

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 But selfishly, I thought that.

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 So I bought the watch selfishly.

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 And when I look at the watch,

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 occasionally I'm reminded of my selfishness.

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 I remember when we were getting married,

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 I was sitting in the church

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 and the bell rang and the doors opened

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 and I looked at my watch.

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 And I looked back and I saw Christina there

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 all in white with her dad.

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 I was like, wow.

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 God is so good and amazing.

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 And I remember that when I look at this watch sometimes.

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 I've timed all of our kids' birth on this watch.

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 One time Rachel, our first child,

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 was 16 hours and Christina was in labor with her

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 for 16 hours.

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 It was getting really, really hard.

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 And we were just the two of us

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 and the doctor and the nurse.

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 And the doctor came up and he said,

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 okay, this is the last push.

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 If you don't get out this time,

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 we're gonna have to do something difficult.

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 And he picked up this phone

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 and all of a sudden there's like eight people in the room

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 and forceps are coming out

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 and all these things are happening.

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 And I was just praying and praying,

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 okay, God, please let Rachel come out,

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 let Rachel come out.

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 And the last put, Rachel came out.

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 And I was like, wow, God is so good.

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 And as I'm timing, I'm timing on my hand.

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 Labor starts here, this given here,

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 this, and so I'm keeping track and all these things.

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 And at the end, I just put God is good.

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 I remember when I shared two weeks ago,

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 Christina had the ectopic pregnancy

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 and she's bleeding out.

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 And I was in the hospital in Patia

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 and I was sitting there

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 and the doctor said,

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 well, it might be five hours.

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 And I put my watch down,

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 I looked at it and I pushed the button

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 and I wondered,

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 would I have a wife in five hours?

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 And four and a half hours later,

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 the doctor came out

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 and said, everything's gonna be okay.

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 And I thought, God is good.

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 I remember two years later,

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 I had a heart attack.

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 It was the middle of the night,

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 like two o'clock in the morning,

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 Sunday in the morning.

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 Christina took me to the hospital.

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 And I gave her my ring and my watch

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 as I went in.

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 And I said to her,

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 I'll see you in heaven.

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 And I came out.

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 And I look at this watch.

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 I said, man, God is good.

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 I remember the birth of our second child

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 and the adoption of our third.

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 And then in the fourth,

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 we were up at Matilda

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 and I was timing everything there.

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 And Christina,

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 because she has a blood condition,

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 she couldn't take anything for painkillers.

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 And we're trying to work it out

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 and didn't work out.

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 And she got in there

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 and she was in delivery

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 and she was,

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 it was so funny.

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 Well, it wasn't funny.

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 But when I think about it now,

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 the doctor,

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 so Christina's,

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 and Kate K's coming,

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 and Christina's going,

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 oh Jesus, oh Jesus, oh Jesus.

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 And the doctor who's Indian goes,

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 there's no Jesus here.

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 No Jesus here.

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 No Jesus.

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 Christina goes,

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 oh Jesus, oh Jesus,

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 no Jesus here.

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 And when Caitlin came out,

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 I wrote on the back of my hand,

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 Jesus was here.

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 God is so faithful in our lives.

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 Sometimes we attach his faithfulness

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 to things like watches

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 and songs

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 and people.

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 Sometimes we just forget.

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 But it seems to me

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 on this journey

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 that God's principal purpose for us

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 is that he's trying to do

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 everything he can

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 to keep our eyes off of ourself

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 and to put them on him.

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 God's main goal in our life

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 is to put our eyes off of ourself

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 and to put them on him.

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 Okay, we've been looking

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 at the gospel of Luke for a while.

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 We've come to this last week

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 in Jesus' life.

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 We basically said it's his last day

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 and we're thinking about

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 what it means for the rest of our lives.

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 Remember, Luke is written by Dr. Luke.

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 He was a physician.

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 He had a friend

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 who was probably a high-ranking

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 government official,

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 very wealthy.

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 But persecution had started happening

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 within the Roman Empire

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 and his friend wrote a letter to Luke

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 and said,

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 is it worth it?

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 Is Jesus real?

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 Is everything you told me true?

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 Is it worth the suffering

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 and the persecution?

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 Should I hold on?

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 And so Luke does all this compilation

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 and interviews

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 and he brings all the research together

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 and he writes the gospel

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 according to Luke

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 as God's Holy Spirit

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 indwells him and teaches him

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 and shows him

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 and helps him write

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 and he writes the book of Acts.

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 In the passage so far

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 in his last day,

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 we've seen this.

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 We've seen that in God's kingdom,

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 success is serving people.

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 Remember that?

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 We said in God's kingdom,

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 success is serving people.

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 Now our pride

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 and our ambition

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 in the world

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 is gonna tell us

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 that success

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 is serving ourselves.

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 But the passage said

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 that if we ultimately do that,

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 we're going to fail.

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 That the only way

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 that we can succeed

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 in God's kingdom

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 is we realize

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 that God served us ultimately

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 and because he did,

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 we can let go

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 and serve other people.

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 We don't need to worry

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 about our fear and ambition

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 because God served us.

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 He's going to take care of us.

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 We ask the question

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 as we raise our children

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 and educate them,

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 are we educating our children

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 so that they will have

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 a lot of people serve them?

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 Are we educating our children

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 so that they will serve other people

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 and be a success

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 in God's kingdom?

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 And over and over,

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 we see that God

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 does everything he can do

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 to take our eyes

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 off of ourself

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 and our eyes on him.

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 We've learned in this book

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 last week

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 that the Bible

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 is a book of failures.

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 We learned that there's

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 a lot of failures

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 in the Bible

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 and what we learned

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 was that God knows

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 that we're gonna fail.

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 He expects us to fail.

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 We talked about Peter

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 and Peter failing

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 and what we learned

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 is that God does amazing things

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 in our failures.

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 We're a culture

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 that's afraid to talk

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 about failures.

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 We don't wanna be a failure.

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 We don't wanna mention it

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 but what the Bible says

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 is that when we fail,

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 God does amazing things.

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 Some of us don't wanna serve

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 because we don't wanna fail.

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 Some of us wanna do something

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 but we need to take 50 classes

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 before we do that

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 because we don't wanna fail.

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 But the passage says

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 that when we fail

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 and God knows

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 that we're gonna fail,

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 that God does something amazing.

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 What he does is

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 he wraps our failure

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 in his grace

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 and he changes us.

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 He says for Peter,

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 now that you've failed,

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 now I can use you.

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 Now that you've failed,

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 now you can reach out

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 to the other disciples

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 and you can be a part

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 of their lives.

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 If you hadn't failed,

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 Peter,

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 I couldn't use you.

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 We learned in the passage

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 that even though

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 we're gonna let God down,

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 God never ever

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 lets us down.

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 Even though we're gonna fail God

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 today and tomorrow

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 at our work

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 and in our home

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 and in our marriage,

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 God never fails us.

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 God's primary work

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 again and again

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 is to get our eyes

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 off of ourself

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 and put our eyes on him

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 and to realize how good

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 and wonderful

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 and beautiful he is.

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 And so today

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 we come to this passage,

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 it's a communion passage.

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 And what I wanna do

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 is I just wanna look at it

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 really briefly.

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 We're gonna try something

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 we've never tried before

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 which is always a danger.

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 But we're gonna look

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 at the passage on communion

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 and I wanted to look

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 at a couple things

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 because I believe

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 that as we as a church

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 look at communion

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 and allow God's spirit

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 to change us,

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 we should change our thinking

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 in a couple things.

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 We're gonna think differently

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 about ourselves.

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 We're gonna think differently

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 about other people.

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 And we're gonna think differently

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 about our focus.

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 We're gonna think differently

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 about our future.

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 We're gonna think differently

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 about where we're heading.

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 The passage is written out

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 for you in Luke 22,

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 but before we get to Luke 22,

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 you have to realize

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 that Passover and communion

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 started a long time before that.

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 I mean, in the Bible

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 in Genesis chapter 12,

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 about 2,000 years before

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 what we're reading here,

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 we're told that our father Abraham,

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 the father of our faith,

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 who waited 100 years

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 to have a son,

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 finally has a son

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 and God says,

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 hey, I wanna see if you love me

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 or if you wanna love this son more.

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 And so he sends him

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 to this faraway mountain,

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 Mount Moriah,

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 the mount where God will provide.

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 And he goes,

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 what I want you to do

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 is I want you to make

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 a mulloch there,

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 which means I want you

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 to sacrifice your son.

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 I want you to sacrifice

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 your son to me.

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 I want you to take your eyes

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 off yourself

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 and I want you to put

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 your eyes on me.

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 And so we're told

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 that Abraham goes there

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 and he does that

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 and right as he's about

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 to sacrifice his son,

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 remember his son asked him,

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 well, where's the lamb?

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 What does Abraham say?

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 He said, well,

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 God will provide the lamb.

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 Take your eyes off

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 of yourself

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 and realize that God

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 wants to do something amazing

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 in your life.

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 And so God provides this ram

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 and it's caught in the bushes

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 and it's perfect

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 and he sacrificed it.

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 A little later on

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 in Genesis,

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 we're told that there's

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 this great famine

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 that happens in the land

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 and no one has food,

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 no one has water,

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 and God does something amazing

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 and he takes these brothers

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 who are in conflict

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 and he sells one brother

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 as a slave

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 and Joseph goes to Egypt

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 and through this terrible,

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 terrible failure

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 in brotherhood

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 and familyhood,

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 he does something amazing

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 and he saves his people.

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 The passage says

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 that 430 years pass

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 and there's a Pharaoh

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 who no longer knows

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 the God of Joseph

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 and the people of God

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 have become to multiply

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 and multiply and multiply

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 and they become a pain

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 and the Pharaoh

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 has put them into slavery

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 and the bondage

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 and life is terrible,

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 terrible, terrible.

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 And the passage says

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 that at the right time,

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 God sends a deliverer.

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 He sends Moses

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 in Genesis,

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 in Exodus 15.

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 And Moses goes to Pharaoh

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 but Pharaoh's heart

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 is hardened

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 and God brings judgment

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 upon judgment

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 upon judgment

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 and still Pharaoh says,

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 no, no, no, no, no.

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 I want to be God.

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 There is no other God.

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 Often a lot like us

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 in our lives, right?

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 I want to be God.

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 I don't want another God.

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 And finally God says,

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 okay,

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 one more judgment.

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 I'm going to send

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 the angel of death.

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 I'm going to send

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 the angel of judgment.

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 And God warns Moses

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 in the Exodus passage.

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 He says,

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 judgment is coming

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 but by the way,

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 there is a way

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 that you can escape

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 from this.

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 it's called a Passover meal.

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 I mean,

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 it's the only way

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 that you're going to be able

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 to escape this judgment.

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 The only way

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 that you're going to be

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 free from death

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 and from condemnation

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 is that you're going to have

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 to partake of this meal.

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 You're going to kill a lamb

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 and then you're going to

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 take a hyssop branch

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 and you're going to

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 smear its blood

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 all over the door.

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 And whoever does this,

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 when the angel comes,

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 whoever does this,

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 they're going to be saved.

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 But whoever doesn't do this,

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 whoever doesn't do this,

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 they will face judgment

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 and they will perish.

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 And I wonder

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 as I read that passage,

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 were the Jewish people

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 like us today?

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 Were there some people

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 in there going,

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 did God really say that?

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 I mean,

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 do I really need

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 to make my doorway

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 dirty with blood?

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 And I'm a good person.

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 I'm pretty good.

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 I mean,

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 I serve in a temple.

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 I'm nice.

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 I'm not as bad

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 as that person.

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 I wonder if there were people

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 like us

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 during that day

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 who doubted God's word

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 and doubted his goodness.

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 But we're told

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 in the Exodus passage

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 that by the end of the day,

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 in every house in Egypt,

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 in every house,

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 there was either

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 a dead lamb

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 or a dead person.

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 there was either

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 a dead lamb

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 or a dead person.

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 No one was going

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 to be saved

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 unless they had eaten

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 the lamb

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 and been covered

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 by the blood.

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 Everyone at the end

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 of the day,

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 think about this,

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 everyone at the end

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 of the day knew

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 that the only reason

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 they were alive

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 because it was

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 a little,

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 furry,

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 white,

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 innocent animal

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 had its throat slit

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 and it died

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 in their place.

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 The Bible says

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 that generation

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 after generation

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 after generation

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 passed

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 and year after year

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 the father of the household

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 would lead his family

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 in a very specific ceremony.

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 The ceremony

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 would always start

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 like this.

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 The youngest person

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 in the family

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 would ask a question.

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 They would say,

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 why is this night

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 different?

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 than all the other nights?

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 Why do we do this?

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 Why do we do that?

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 And the ceremony

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 would include things

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 like unleavened bread

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 which was a symbol

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 of haste

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 and hardship

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 in the wilderness.

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 The ceremony

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 would include

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 bitter herbs

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 which symbolized

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 their bondage

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 and their slavery

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 and their captivity.

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 It would have

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 a red stew

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 that the composture

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 and the mixture

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 would look just like

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 the bricks that they made

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 and in the ceremony

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 there would be four cups

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 and they would do

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 these toasts

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 and they would

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 basically toast God

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 and thank him

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 for his goodness

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 in their life.

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 They would thank him

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 for their freedom

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 for their redemption

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 for their peace

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 for their new

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 relationship with him

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 and then

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 a lamb

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 would be killed

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 and his blood

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 would be stained

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 everywhere

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 and everybody

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 would remember

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 that the only reason

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 they're alive

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 is because God

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 is good

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 and somebody else

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 had to die

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 in their place.

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 We get to Luke 22

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 and we fast forward

00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:49.459
 about 1500 years.

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 Jesus has gone

00:17:51.459 --> 00:17:51.959
 to Jerusalem

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 and we've been talking

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 about this for like

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 a year, right?

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 He's gone to Jerusalem

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 and he's basically

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 gone to Jerusalem

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 to accomplish

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 his exodus

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 for God's people.

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 I mean,

00:18:02.879 --> 00:18:03.339
 he's going to do

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 the exact same thing

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 that Moses did

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 in Egypt.

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 He's going to do

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 the exact same thing

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 in Jerusalem

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 for us.

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 The people were in slavery.

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 The people were in bondage.

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 Now remember,

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.779
 Jerusalem was going

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 to explode.

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 I mean,

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 there was some,

00:18:18.639 --> 00:18:20.119
 Josephus and some scholars

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 say there were

00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:22.079
 200,000,

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:23.039
 200,000,

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 2 million people

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 in Jerusalem

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 during the festival.

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 I mean,

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 this was a special Passover

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 because there was this rabbi

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 and he was changing

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 things around

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 and everybody wanted

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 to be at Jerusalem.

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 So 2 million people,

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 some of the estimates

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 are there were

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 about 200,000 families.

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 So 200,000 families

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 at 3 o'clock

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 in the afternoon

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 would take their sheep

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 and the priests

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 would blow the horn

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 like a shofar

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 and at the same time

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 they would take their knives

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 and they would cut

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 the throat

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 of the sheep.

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 Can you imagine

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:04.039
 what that was like?

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 100,000 sheep dying

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:08.519
 at the same time?

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 I mean,

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 the sheep don't die well.

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 They're bad,

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 bad, bad.

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 At the same time,

00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.580
 3 o'clock,

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 and you heard

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.720
 this loud noise

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 and the blood

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 was gushing everywhere.

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 I mean,

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.380
 it's told that

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 there's thousands of priests

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 that had these silver

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 and these gold bowls

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 and they went

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 and they got the blood

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 and they ran up

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 to the temple

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 and to the altar

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 and they would pour

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 the blood at the foot

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 of the altar

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 as a sacrifice,

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 as an atonement

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 for the sin

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 and we're told

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 that in Jerusalem

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 there was this blood river

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 that flowed out of the temple

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 down into the Kidron

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 and sometimes it got

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 two or three feet high

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 because 100,000 sheep

00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:46.840
 were killed

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 so that the people's sin

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 might be passed over

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.759
 and hidden

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 for a little while.

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 Remember,

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 it's Jesus' last day

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 and the officials

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.880
 are out to kill him.

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.440
 We don't have it

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.920
 in your bulletin

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.720
 but please go back

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 because in Luke 22,

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:07.019
 1 through 6,

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:07.980
 you see this passage

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:09.519
 where the synagogue

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.819
 officials have conspired

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:12.740
 and Satan enters Judas

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 and Judas says,

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 I'll get him alone.

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 I know you're worried

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:16.859
 about the crowds.

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 I know that you're worried

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:17.980
 about you grabbing

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 the temple.

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 There's going to be

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.339
 this huge revolt.

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 I'll get him alone.

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.279
 I'm the money changer.

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.420
 I have all the money

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.619
 so if he has to do something,

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 I'm going to know

00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:24.779
 where he's going to be

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 and the minute I know

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 where he's going to be,

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:27.220
 I'm going to tell you

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 and so you can go

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:29.200
 and you can capture him

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.779
 in this room

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:32.039
 because no one of us

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.420
 will be there

00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:33.180
 and it's going to be good.

00:20:37.879 --> 00:20:38.940
 Jesus, we're told,

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.619
 knows that.

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.899
 The officials are out

00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.359
 to kill him.

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.539
 Judas has betrayed him

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:47.980
 but he really desires

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:51.200
 to have this last Passover feast

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.700
 with his disciples.

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:55.480
 In Luke 22,

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:57.420
 it says Jesus sent Peter and John.

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.500
 He throws a monkey wrench in there.

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.360
 So now Jesus doesn't know

00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:02.039
 where it's going to be.

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.660
 Only Peter and John

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.460
 know where it's going to be

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:06.240
 and we're told in the passage

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:07.980
 that Peter and John

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:10.480
 go to prepare a meal now.

00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:14.660
 I'd like to ask the communion stewards

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:16.840
 and the worship leaders

00:21:16.840 --> 00:21:17.680
 to come forward.

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:21.140
 When you're ready,

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.540
 you'll come up

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 and you're going to receive

00:21:24.540 --> 00:21:25.259
 a red band.

00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:27.840
 Don't do anything with it yet.

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.560
 You're going to receive

00:21:29.560 --> 00:21:30.380
 both elements.

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 Don't do anything with it yet.

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:35.160
 But as you think

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:36.500
 and as you come forward,

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.779
 wonder,

00:21:39.560 --> 00:21:41.740
 what was it like

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:44.060
 on Passover?

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:47.540
 What was it like

00:21:47.540 --> 00:21:48.320
 when you went

00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:49.100
 to get your sheep?

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.880
 What was it like

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:54.500
 when the trumpet blowed

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:56.220
 and you slaughtered it?

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.440
 What was it like

00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:01.640
 knowing that the only reason

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.420
 that you're there

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:05.120
 is because somebody

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:06.600
 had to die

00:22:06.600 --> 00:22:07.880
 in your place?

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.620
 After you've received

00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:11.140
 all the elements,

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.080
 go back to your seat

00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:13.160
 and I'll come back up

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:14.019
 and we'll take them

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:15.040
 together as a family.

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.580
 The first thing

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.820
 before we take the elements

00:22:28.820 --> 00:22:30.080
 that I see in this passage

00:22:30.080 --> 00:22:30.820
 about communion

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.920
 and I think it's a challenge

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.519
 to us

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.960
 is that when we come

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.920
 to God's word,

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.940
 the question is

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:37.519
 why?

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:41.420
 Why are we taking

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:43.039
 communion today?

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.680
 Have we examined

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.599
 our lives?

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.960
 Have we asked the question

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:48.279
 that the little kids ask

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.740
 before communion?

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.879
 Why do we do this?

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:52.180
 Why is this any more

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:55.259
 special than today?

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.319
 The passage

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.779
 in verse 21,

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.539
 which you don't have here

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.319
 but you have to go home

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.980
 and look at it,

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.480
 says immediately

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.279
 immediately after Jesus

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.799
 did that,

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.920
 he told his disciples

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:08.460
 that one of them

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:10.740
 was going to betray him.

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.740
 Immediately the questions

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:15.059
 round out the same

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:16.200
 in each time in Greek,

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.160
 surely not I,

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.079
 surely not I,

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.960
 surely not I,

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.059
 surely not I

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:21.059
 and then Judas

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:22.160
 looked him in the face

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.579
 and he said,

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.039
 Master,

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:25.400
 surely not I

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:27.480
 and there was

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.240
 a big question

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:30.539
 and we're told

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.240
 that they examined

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.140
 their hearts

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:34.740
 and they examined

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.480
 their lives

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.960
 and they wondered

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.620
 were they the one

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.059
 who was going

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.740
 to betray him?

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.500
 Were they the one

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.039
 who was going

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.059
 to run away?

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.819
 Were they the ones

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.220
 who were going

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.799
 to fail him?

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.400
 The meal represents

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.140
 a covenant.

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.039
 It's a relationship

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:47.680
 between God

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:49.339
 and us.

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.240
 The Old Testament

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.140
 says that the

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.720
 sacrifice of sheep

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:56.940
 do not forgive sins.

00:23:58.160 --> 00:24:00.120
 It just covers them up

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:02.719
 and points to the future

00:24:02.719 --> 00:24:03.759
 where someone else

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.639
 will have to come

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:06.739
 and forgive their sins

00:24:06.739 --> 00:24:08.619
 and when we come

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.899
 to the communion elements

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.699
 and we take them,

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.739
 what we are saying is,

00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:12.859
 what we are acknowledging

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:14.059
 is that we need Jesus.

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.119
 What we're saying

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.979
 is that Jesus

00:24:17.979 --> 00:24:18.979
 is the only way.

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.339
 What we're saying

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.159
 is I can work hard,

00:24:22.239 --> 00:24:22.979
 I can do all these things

00:24:22.979 --> 00:24:23.500
 but in the end

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.239
 I'm still broken

00:24:24.239 --> 00:24:24.839
 and sinful

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:27.519
 and I need Christ.

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:30.200
 I mean,

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.940
 every other religion,

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:32.039
 every other philosophy,

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.900
 every other thought

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.660
 of mankind

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.619
 is going to say

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.759
 that you get saved

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:37.599
 because you work hard

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.980
 and you do the right things

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:41.519
 and you're a good person

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:44.400
 but when we come

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.639
 to the communion table,

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.900
 what Christianity

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.379
 is saying

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.039
 is that none of that

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.879
 is true.

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:53.079
 That we're here

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:54.559
 as a gift

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:57.419
 and the question is

00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:58.099
 are we going to make

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:59.279
 that gift ours

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:02.200
 or are we going to eat of it

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:03.159
 and to realize

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:04.619
 what it means?

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.240
 The passage says

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.639
 that when we come

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.059
 to the table

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.539
 we're called

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:10.059
 to continually examine

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.679
 our lives

00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.659
 and to see

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.460
 if the grace

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.440
 that God has poured out

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.960
 upon us

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.279
 has it changed us.

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.399
 Do we think differently

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.839
 now in light of the cross?

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.299
 Do we act differently

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.099
 in our homes?

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.859
 Do we act differently

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.419
 in our work?

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.039
 Do we act differently

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.860
 among our friends?

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.080
 Do we understand

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:27.160
 the massive cost

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.759
 it costs

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:29.380
 to forgive us?

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.460
 I mean do our actions

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.420
 change?

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:35.259
 Are our hearts different?

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.039
 Do we ask the question

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.400
 maybe

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:39.720
 in light of what God

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.960
 has done for me

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:44.000
 is this a good thing

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.480
 for me to be doing

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.860
 right now?

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.920
 In light of the sacrifice

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.700
 that Christ has made

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.160
 for me

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:53.019
 is this the right choice

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.560
 for me?

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.779
 Do I understand grace?

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.680
 Have I allowed God

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:59.000
 to change me?

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.420
 Do I live today

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.360
 as if it cost Jesus

00:26:01.360 --> 00:26:02.259
 his only son

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.259
 but it cost God

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.080
 his only son?

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.340
 Do I live that way?

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.440
 When we come

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.920
 to the communion

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.519
 it challenges us

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.500
 to think about ourselves

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.259
 but also challenges

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.840
 to think about

00:26:12.840 --> 00:26:13.460
 our relationships.

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.420
 The passage says here

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.580
 and we all know

00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:18.080
 that communion

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:19.220
 was a family thing

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.980
 and you did it

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.000
 among your family

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:22.800
 but here for the first time

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:24.320
 Jesus is separating

00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.860
 these men

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.880
 from their family

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.519
 he's bringing

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.900
 them together

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.340
 and basically

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:29.060
 what he's saying

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:29.519
 is that

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:31.080
 there is a new family

00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:34.220
 it's not a DNA family

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.860
 but it's a

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:36.320
 it's a spiritual family

00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:37.680
 and he's going to tell us

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.740
 throughout the scripture

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:40.580
 that this spiritual family

00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:42.259
 brought together

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.100
 by his blood

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:45.480
 and his sacrifice

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:47.799
 is stronger

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:50.899
 than our biological families.

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.439
 I mean we looked at it

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.459
 last week

00:26:54.459 --> 00:26:55.639
 last week

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.619
 the disciples got together

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.259
 and they were arguing

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.259
 over who's going to be

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.679
 the greatest

00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.740
 and who's going to serve whom

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:01.259
 and Jesus said to them

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.899
 that's not how we act

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:05.339
 in God's family.

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:07.699
 That's not how we treat

00:27:07.699 --> 00:27:08.179
 each other

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.980
 and the only way

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.779
 that we can treat each other

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.819
 the way that God wants us to

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:12.079
 is if we trust him.

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:15.639
 I mean at the Passover meal

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.539
 we're called to examine

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.279
 our relationships.

00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:21.719
 I mean are our relationships strong?

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:23.439
 Are we a part of God's family?

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:25.500
 Are we a part of God's family

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:27.279
 and people here?

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:29.679
 Or do we just drop by

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.639
 because we want to feel good

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.339
 about ourselves?

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:35.939
 Are we plastic people?

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:42.480
 communion calls us

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.140
 to examine

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.539
 our relationships

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.180
 with others

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:47.160
 and to ask us

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.940
 how are we doing

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.680
 with the person

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.620
 next door to us

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:51.759
 because they are

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.620
 our family.

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:55.640
 They're who we're going

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.700
 to be in heaven with

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:58.360
 forever.

00:27:58.359 --> 00:28:02.899
 Father, I just

00:28:02.899 --> 00:28:04.979
 come before you

00:28:04.979 --> 00:28:06.099
 and just confess

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.759
 my sin

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:09.699
 and selfishness.

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.619
 So often

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:13.179
 the focus

00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:13.799
 and thought

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.959
 is of myself

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:18.059
 and it's not on you.

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.699
 Father, we come to you

00:28:20.699 --> 00:28:21.399
 as your people

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:22.339
 and we confess

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.979
 our brokenness

00:28:23.979 --> 00:28:24.759
 and our sin.

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.819
 we ask you

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:28.079
 to change us,

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:31.160
 to redeem us,

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.180
 to fix us,

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.980
 to bring us back

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.720
 the way we are

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.640
 supposed to be.

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.879
 Help us to think

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.420
 of ourselves

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:41.119
 in the right way

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.000
 in light of communion.

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.619
 Help us to realize

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.200
 what it means

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:46.279
 to have this person

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.740
 die for us

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.319
 and the only reason

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.140
 that we are here,

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.660
 the only reason

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.379
 that we have hope,

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.879
 the only reason

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:52.039
 that we have a future

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.839
 is because someone

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:54.559
 else died for us.

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:57.460
 Father, I confess

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.339
 the way I treat

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.379
 my brothers and sisters

00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.059
 sometimes.

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.420
 I have to admit

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.879
 that often

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.920
 I'm like the disciples.

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.500
 I'm looking for people

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.519
 to serve me

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:10.079
 instead of

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:12.079
 me serving them.

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.339
 Father, I pray for us

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:15.079
 as a church.

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.839
 I know that there are

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.819
 a lot of people here

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:19.119
 who struggle

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.440
 with these things

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.299
 and I pray, Lord,

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.539
 for your forgiveness.

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:24.339
 I pray for your mercy

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:26.399
 I pray that your grace

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.179
 would change us

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.699
 and would make us

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:28.419
 a different people

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.159
 and people would look

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:30.959
 at this congregation,

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.839
 your family,

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.659
 and say,

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.699
 something's different here

00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:36.019
 and they would ask questions

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.599
 just as they did

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.500
 the early church.

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.720
 Father, in the midst

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.159
 of all this,

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:41.059
 we need you desperately

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.119
 and we know that you know

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:43.059
 that we're going to fail.

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:46.000
 So we thank you

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.779
 for your son

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:49.679
 whose blood brings us life

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:51.720
 and erases

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:53.779
 our sin.

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.299
 We love you.

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.400
 On the night

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.720
 that Jesus was betrayed,

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.900
 he took a loaf of bread

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:03.000
 and he broke it.

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:05.279
 And what he said next

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.560
 would have freaked

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:07.440
 everybody out

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:09.720
 because for 1,500 years

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.519
 he said this bread

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.299
 represents the bread

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.820
 of haste

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.860
 and the bread of pain

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.720
 and the bread of suffering

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.620
 and the bread of wandering

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.180
 in the wilderness.

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.080
 But this time

00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:16.680
 what he says is

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.580
 this bread

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:18.940
 represents me.

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:21.620
 The pain

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.519
 and the suffering

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:24.779
 the brokenness

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:27.519
 that I will face for you.

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.700
 The body of Christ

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.420
 broken for you.

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.900
 We're told a little while later

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.600
 he took a cup

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:38.460
 and no one knows

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.200
 which cup it was

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.799
 out of the four.

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:42.019
 Maybe it was the third one.

00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:43.640
 The cup of redemption.

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:46.200
 The cup of payback.

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.140
 A buyback.

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:49.820
 And this time

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.080
 he said

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.500
 instead of

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.240
 this blood

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:52.160
 this cup represents

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.120
 the blood of lambs

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.480
 that were shed for you

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.620
 to cover you

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:57.340
 so that you'll have

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.960
 to do it again

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.500
 and again

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.060
 and again

00:30:59.060 --> 00:31:00.180
 focusing towards

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:01.160
 when it's going to be finished.

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.300
 This time he says

00:31:02.300 --> 00:31:03.460
 this is my blood.

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.780
 This is what all the lambs

00:31:05.780 --> 00:31:06.520
 for 2,000 years

00:31:06.520 --> 00:31:07.100
 have pointed to.

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.480
 And in my life

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.100
 your sin

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:11.380
 is forgiven.

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:15.980
 You have a new relationship now.

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.480
 You're brought back

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.099
 to the Father.

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.860
 You're my children.

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.460
 The blood of Christ

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.099
 shed for you.

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.200
 One final thought.

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:35.599
 As we come to communion

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:37.579
 and we think about the wine

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.400
 we think about the bread

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.420
 we think about the sacrifice

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:41.099
 we think about the lamb

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.240
 we think about Jesus.

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.420
 In verse 19

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.100
 we're told something

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.860
 very special.

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.980
 He said he had come

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.660
 and taken some bread

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.300
 and he had given thanks

00:31:49.300 --> 00:31:49.820
 and he broke it

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.480
 and he gave it to them

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.460
 saying this is my body

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.060
 which is given

00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:53.120
 which is paid out.

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.160
 It's actually

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.840
 it's a banker's term

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.340
 he just

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:57.900
 he is paid in full

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:59.700
 my body's spent on you

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:01.860
 do this in remembrance of me

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.660
 and that word remembrance

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.500
 means to

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.500
 continually

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.519
 continually

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.300
 continually

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:08.000
 put it before your face.

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.680
 The Greeks would say

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:12.000
 that time is like an eraser

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.060
 and it gets into our mind

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:14.059
 and it erases us

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:15.740
 and we forget things.

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.859
 Jesus is saying

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.339
 that basically

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.119
 in our lives

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.659
 we're going to become

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:20.259
 so busy

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.259
 that Hong Kong

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.359
 is going to get out of control

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:23.099
 and he's saying

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.599
 that sometimes

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.440
 we're going to

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:27.980
 we're going to forget him.

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.779
 And we're called

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:34.059
 to come to the communion table

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.899
 and to remember

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:37.119
 and to remember

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.879
 his goodness.

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.539
 Verse 15 says

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.220
 that we'll remember

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.279
 his desire

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.359
 to be with us.

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:45.599
 The word actually means

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.940
 I desire to desire.

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:48.599
 It actually means lust.

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.579
 The passage says

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:53.039
 that God lusts after you.

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:56.519
 He wants to be with you

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.519
 so much.

00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:00.420
 He wants to be with you

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.279
 and have a relationship

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.139
 with you.

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.559
 And sometimes

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.220
 in the busyness

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.059
 we forget that.

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:10.159
 But Jesus says

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.639
 remember.

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.919
 Remember.

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:15.019
 Verse 15 and 19

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.039
 says we were to remember

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:17.039
 because of the suffering.

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:17.919
 We were to remember

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:19.139
 that Christ is humiliated.

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.500
 We remember

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.539
 that he hangs on a tree.

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.480
 We were to remember

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.259
 the pain.

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.059
 We were to remember

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:24.159
 as we walk through life

00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:25.099
 and we feel broken

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.940
 and lost

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.859
 and forsaken

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:28.279
 and useless

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:31.919
 that we have a Savior

00:33:31.919 --> 00:33:34.099
 who died for us

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:36.539
 and through his death

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.039
 were given

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:39.519
 ultimate value.

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.679
 Jesus said remember this

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:45.139
 because you're going

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.480
 to get busy

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.779
 and you're going

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.459
 to forget this.

00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:49.059
 He says remember

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:50.139
 throughout the whole passage

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:51.399
 that I am in control

00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:52.459
 of all things.

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.099
 I know they're looking

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:57.059
 for me at the house

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.539
 and so I go

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.279
 to a different place.

00:33:59.199 --> 00:33:59.919
 I know they want

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.359
 to grab me

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.019
 before the Passover

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.559
 and get it done

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.980
 and kill me

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:03.619
 but I have a different plan.

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.579
 I know what's going on

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.240
 in your life.

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.939
 You're living life

00:34:07.939 --> 00:34:08.559
 and it's terrible

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.219
 and it's hard

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.880
 or it's great

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.779
 and you're wondering

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.380
 if he's there

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.819
 and you're wondering

00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:12.679
 if he's in control

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.539
 and you're wondering

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.960
 if he's in our life

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.480
 and he's working

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.380
 through our lives

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:19.259
 and when we look

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.839
 at the cup

00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:22.319
 and when we look

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:23.119
 at the cross

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.139
 and we look

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.019
 at God's word

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.579
 we're called

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.279
 to remember

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:31.400
 that he's with us

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:33.980
 that he'll never

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.800
 forsake us

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:38.039
 he never gives up

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.420
 on us

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:41.160
 he's the God

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:41.980
 of second chances

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:46.380
 the question is

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.639
 are we going

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.079
 to take him up

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.460
 on that

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:51.280
 are we going

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.860
 to try to be

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.920
 and live life

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.880
 the way we want to

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:57.039
 I'm going to ask

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.320
 the worship team

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:59.019
 to come back up

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:00.340
 they're going to

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.000
 finish this up

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.140
 with one or two songs

00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:04.740
 when you came up

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.460
 you got a band

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.260
 a red band

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:09.680
 as Jeremy leads us

00:35:09.680 --> 00:35:10.720
 in worship

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.420
 what I would like

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.000
 you to do

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:13.800
 is I'd like you

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.600
 to turn to the person

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:15.300
 next to you

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:17.320
 your family member

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:19.500
 and I would like you

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.040
 to have them

00:35:20.040 --> 00:35:22.120
 tie that band

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:24.640
 around your wrist

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:26.320
 nicely

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:27.460
 not too tight

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.940
 no blue fingers

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:35.420
 my hope

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.159
 and my prayer

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.900
 is that this

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:38.159
 piece of thread

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:39.280
 around our wrist

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:41.720
 is a reminder

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:44.440
 it calls us

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.000
 to memory

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:46.720
 of all that God

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.240
 has done

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:49.619
 and all his goodness

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:52.320
 I'll come up

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.780
 and close this

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.159
 in a minute

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:58.579
 we are the people

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.059
 of God

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:02.859
 purchased by his life

00:36:02.859 --> 00:36:04.940
 his blood

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.000
 shed for us

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:08.139
 the passage says

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:09.099
 he just gave it all

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:10.879
 in the blood

00:36:10.879 --> 00:36:11.940
 he gave it all

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:13.199
 in his body

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.199
 he gave it all

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:15.699
 because he knew

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.159
 that we

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:17.859
 we needed it

00:36:17.859 --> 00:36:18.899
 all

00:36:18.899 --> 00:36:21.559
 my prayer

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.339
 is as you walk

00:36:22.339 --> 00:36:22.839
 away from this

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.660
 communion time

00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:25.620
 that you'd realize

00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:26.500
 that as God's people

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.180
 we need to start

00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:28.960
 thinking differently

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.980
 about ourselves

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:32.620
 maybe some of us

00:36:32.620 --> 00:36:33.300
 need to start acting

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.400
 like God's people

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:37.200
 as God's people

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.740
 we need to start

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:38.579
 thinking differently

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:40.240
 about the people

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.300
 around us

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:43.100
 maybe to realize

00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:43.980
 that they're our family

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:46.820
 and somehow

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:48.000
 God supernaturally

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:49.100
 brought us together

00:36:49.100 --> 00:36:51.559
 by his design

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:53.420
 he knew

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.139
 that we needed

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.799
 each other

00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:57.299
 maybe we need

00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:58.059
 to start acting

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:59.299
 like a family

00:36:59.299 --> 00:37:02.199
 my prayer is

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:02.960
 as we leave here

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:04.440
 that our focus

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:05.380
 our thoughts

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:07.340
 would always be

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:08.079
 about remembrance

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:10.440
 would always be

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.019
 about remembering

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.500
 God

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:13.920
 Christ on a tree

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:15.480
 what he's done

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.059
 for us

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:17.440
 how he's purchased

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:18.039
 our life

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:19.119
 how he cares

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.679
 for us

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.840
 there's nothing

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.420
 we need to fear

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.759
 there's nothing

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.380
 we need to doubt

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.219
 because he's in control

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:24.019
 of everything

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:25.259
 even his own death

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:28.119
 will we start

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.900
 living like that

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:32.019
 will we trust him

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:34.420
 because he's good

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:37.000
 my hope is that

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.980
 you would carry this band

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.420
 with you

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:39.139
 for a day

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.719
 or two

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:41.019
 or however long

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:42.519
 and every time

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.039
 you look down

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.420
 on it

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:45.099
 you remember

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.539
 a savior

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.420
 broken for you

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:48.320
 you remember

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.099
 that your only reason

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:50.000
 that we're here

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:51.880
 is because somebody

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:53.759
 died

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:55.480
 for us

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:58.320
 who didn't deserve it

00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:00.300
 we'd ask God

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.500
 to use those thoughts

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.300
 in his spirit

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:03.460
 to change us

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:05.800
 and to make us

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.280
 his people

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:06.980
 more

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:13.039
 Christ's body

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:14.219
 broken for you

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:16.740
 God

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.460
 in control

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.780
 of everything

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.539
 in your life

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:21.380
 God

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.599
 passionately

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.960
 pursuing you

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.280
 and wanting to have

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.900
 a relationship

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:27.360
 with you

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:29.159
 a God

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.639
 who says

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.300
 he's going to do it

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:30.900
 to the end

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:32.539
 that I'm going to be

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.840
 with you

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.460
 until the end

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:34.360
 until the kingdom comes

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.179
 we eat it together

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.619
 in the kingdom

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.659
 I'm going to bring you

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.279
 all the way

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:39.279
 if you trust me

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:42.940
 Father we thank you

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.500
 for this day

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.920
 we thank you

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.460
 for your words

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.299
 that are so powerful

00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:45.719
 but Lord

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.639
 we pray that we would

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.819
 eat them

00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:48.819
 we would eat you

00:38:48.819 --> 00:38:49.799
 we would eat your word

00:38:49.799 --> 00:38:50.659
 we would allow your spirit

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:51.639
 to change us

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:53.500
 help us to be in awe

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.219
 of your grace

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:56.359
 help us to be in awe

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:57.019
 of your mercy

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:59.579
 help us to be in awe

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.000
 of goodness

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.319
 and Lord

00:39:00.319 --> 00:39:00.940
 we just confess

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.659
 when we're not

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:03.440
 because the passage

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:04.159
 says that we're going

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.639
 to forget

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.739
 we're going to become busy

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:07.359
 help us to remember

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:08.359
 help us to help each other

00:39:08.359 --> 00:39:08.859
 remember

00:39:08.859 --> 00:39:10.539
 help us to come

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.259
 alongside each other

00:39:11.259 --> 00:39:11.939
 when we're in the midst

00:39:11.939 --> 00:39:13.659
 of the junk

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:16.399
 and we bring to memory

00:39:16.399 --> 00:39:17.739
 for our brother and sister

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:19.719
 the Savior

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:22.479
 who died for us

00:39:22.479 --> 00:39:24.579
 because he did

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:25.039
 everything else

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.819
 is going to be okay

00:39:25.819 --> 00:39:28.459
 everything else

00:39:28.459 --> 00:39:29.119
 is going to be okay

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:31.779
 Lord I pray for those

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:32.579
 who didn't receive

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.519
 a band in here

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.340
 today

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:36.719
 we have a band

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:37.599
 ready for them

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:39.739
 my prayer is that

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.239
 they would ask

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:41.059
 a lot of questions

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.940
 and try to understand

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.500
 what does it mean

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:43.599
 that Christ had to die

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.039
 for them

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.559
 what does it mean

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.739
 to have a sacrifice

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:46.920
 pay for their

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:48.699
 their rebellion

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:51.980
 their bondage

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:54.119
 their idols

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:56.259
 I pray they would ask

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.519
 people

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:56.920
 they would come up

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.519
 and ask the elders

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:58.139
 ask myself

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.960
 so we could talk to them

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.800
 about the most wonderful

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.960
 thing in our life

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:03.139
 it's a Savior

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.500
 who loves us so much

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.720
 and he pursues us so much

00:40:05.720 --> 00:40:06.460
 and he never gives up

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.940
 on us

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:08.539
 and he's in control

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.159
 of our lives

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:10.159
 and we could trust him

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:13.720
 we can trust him

00:40:13.720 --> 00:40:15.460
 Father help us

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.159
 to be a church

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:17.159
 that acts

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:18.039
 like your people

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:20.519
 loves like your people

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:22.460
 is a community

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:23.539
 like your people

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:23.920
 and we know

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.400
 that the only way

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.059
 this is going to happen

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:26.500
 is you change us

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:28.679
 so Lord

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:29.320
 we're thankful

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.420
 that you continually

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.960
 do things in our life

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:34.460
 to take our eyes

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:35.380
 off of ourself

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:39.199
 and to put them on you

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:41.980
 sometimes you use a song

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:43.019
 sometimes you use

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.980
 a piece of metal

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.840
 junk watch

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:47.659
 but more often than not

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:49.760
 you use the body

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:51.239
 and the bread

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:53.360
 broken for us

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:55.440
 Lord we love you

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:57.579
 we need you desperately

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:59.619
 we pray all these things

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:00.599
 in your son Jesus name

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:01.460
 amen

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:02.840
 God bless you

00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:03.559
 we'll see you back here

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.000
 next Sunday

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.980
 you

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:07.460
 do

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:09.239
 we

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:09.360
 you

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:31.300
 you