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 Turn with me in your Bibles to Isaiah chapter 50.

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 I want to welcome you if you're visiting in town for the holiday or here with family members or friends.

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 Glad that you've joined us this morning.

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 This month, the month that we anticipate and celebrate the coming of Jesus into the world.

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 We've been doing a sermon series in the prophet Isaiah on messianic prophecies from the book of Isaiah.

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 How the prophecy of Isaiah points to the person of Christ.

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 Isaiah lived about 700 years before the coming of Jesus in the late 8th century BC.

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 And yet the New Testament quotes from the book of Isaiah more than almost any other book.

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 Over 75 times.

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 And it refers and alludes to it even more than that.

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 But what we're doing this month is looking at five of these texts that are used in the New Testament to help us understand the significance of Jesus.

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 So as we look at these texts that were written hundreds of years before Jesus.

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 And were studied for hundreds of years in anticipation of someone who would come.

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 We are looking at how they shed light on the significance of Jesus coming into the world.

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 So this morning we're looking at Isaiah chapter 50.

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 And I'm going to read the entire chapter.

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 Isaiah 50.

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 And if you're looking in the pew Bibles, the page number is in your bulletin if you're looking for that.

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 Isaiah 50.

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 Thus says the Lord.

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 These are God's words to the people of Israel.

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 Where is your mother's certificate of divorce with which I sent her away?

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 Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you?

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 Behold, for your iniquities you were sold.

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 And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

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 Why when I came was there no man?

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 Why when I called was there no one to answer?

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 Is my hand shortened that it cannot redeem?

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 Or have I no power to deliver?

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 Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea.

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 I make the rivers a desert.

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 Their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.

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 I clothe the heavens with blackness and make sackcloth their covering.

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 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught.

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 That I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary.

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 Morning by morning he awakens.

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 He awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

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 The Lord God has opened my ear.

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 And I was not rebellious.

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 I turned not backward.

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 I gave my back to those who strike and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard.

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 I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.

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 But the Lord God helps me.

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 Therefore, I have not been disgraced.

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 Therefore, I have set my face like a flint.

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 And I know that I shall not be put to shame.

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 He who vindicates me is near.

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 Who will contend with me?

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 Let us stand up together.

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 Who is my adversary?

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 Let him come near to me.

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 Behold, the Lord God helps me.

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 Who will declare me guilty?

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 Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment.

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 The moth will eat them up.

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 Who among you fears the Lord?

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 And obeys the voice of his servant.

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 Let him who walks in darkness and has no light.

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 Trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

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 Behold, all you who kindle a fire.

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 Who equip yourselves with burning torches.

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 Walk by the light of your fire.

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 And by the torches that you have kindled.

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 This you have for my hand.

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 You shall lie down in torment.

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 Let's pray.

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 God, we thank you for assembling us together this morning.

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 We thank you for this text which has been preserved for us for literally thousands of years.

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 We pray that you would speak to us by the power of your spirit through it.

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 We pray that you would speak the message that each of us needs to hear this morning.

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 And we commit this time to you in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Have you ever felt like you were walking in the darkness?

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 Maybe you've walked or maybe you are walking through the darkness of trouble.

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 Perhaps you're battling sickness or chronic pain.

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 Maybe it seems like you can barely make it physically from one day to the next.

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 Perhaps you're in a season of loneliness or loss.

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 Maybe it feels like nobody else really understands.

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 Nobody else really knows.

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 Perhaps nobody else really cares what you're going through.

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 Perhaps you're dealing with disappointment as you look into the past.

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 And as you look into the future, the future only seems bleak.

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 Maybe you're walking in the darkness of trouble.

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 But perhaps you're also...

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 Another kind of darkness.

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 Maybe you're walking in the darkness of sin.

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 Perhaps you're caught in habitual sin.

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 One of those things that you've said over and over.

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 I'll never do it again.

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 And yet you still go back to it.

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 The Bible says that sin darkens our minds.

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 In other words, it confuses and distorts our perception of reality.

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 Maybe you've been living in the darkness of deception.

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 And half-truths and avoidance.

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 You tell lies because you feel ashamed.

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 You feel powerless to deal with reality so you run away from it.

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 Maybe you've said to yourself, my sin is so great.

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 How could God ever rescue me from it?

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 Or even if he can, would God even want to rescue me?

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 Maybe your sin and your trouble are tangled up together.

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 Your trouble reminds you of your sin.

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 And it's like a knot that you can't untie.

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 And it just gets more and more tangled up.

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 Well, this section of Isaiah was written for a group of people who were in a lot of trouble.

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 Because they had sinned a lot.

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 It was written for a group of people who felt like they were walking in the darkness and had no light.

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 They couldn't see any hope.

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 Any way forward.

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 This morning I want to look at this passage in three parts.

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 Verse 1 to 3 speaks about the people's sin.

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 Verses 4 to the darkness that they were walking in.

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 Verses 4 to 9 speaks about a servant's obedience.

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 And verses 10 and 11 speak about our hope.

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 The people's sin, the servant's obedience, and our hope.

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 So let's jump into the first part.

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 Verse 1 begins rather abruptly.

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 Where is your mother's certificate of divorce with which I sent her away?

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 Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you?

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 Behold, for your iniquities you were sold.

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 And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

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 You might say, what in the world is Isaiah talking about here?

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 Well, he's speaking to the people of Israel.

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 And he's speaking to them.

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 He's speaking about the time of the Babylonian exile when they were removed from their homeland.

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 When the temple was destroyed.

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 The kingdom was abolished.

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 The cities were ruined.

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 Everything was gone.

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 They were given into the hands of their enemies.

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 They were taken hundreds of miles away.

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 It was a terrible disaster.

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 And that's why Isaiah compares it to a divorce or to a bankruptcy proceeding.

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 Except in the ancient world, a bankruptcy proceeding meant you basically became the slave of your creditor.

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 It was even worse than bankruptcy today.

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 It's something that leaves you reeling and trying to recover for not just days, not just months, but for years to come.

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 And the section of Isaiah is speaking to the people who are in this situation.

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 And if you look back at chapter 49, because chapter 50 doesn't come out of nowhere.

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 It's in a longer section.

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 Chapter 49, verse 14.

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 This is what the people were saying.

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 In other words, the people were saying our sin and our trouble is just too much.

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 God must have given up on us.

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 God must have left us behind and gone on to someone else for good.

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 Now, if you read the rest of chapter 49, which we're not going to look at in detail this morning,

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 God basically says two things.

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 First, he says, I want to help you.

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 Verses 15 to 21.

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 God says, I love you even more than a mother loves her baby.

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 I have not forgotten you.

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 And then God says, in verse 22 to 26, I can help you.

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 I don't just want to help you.

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 I can.

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 I have the power to help you.

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 I am your redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.

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 I have not forsaken you.

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 And I have not forgotten you.

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 Even in the middle of all your trouble, and even though all this trouble is your own fault,

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 I am with you.

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 And then we come to the beginning of chapter 50.

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 Now, these first three verses of chapter 50 are a bit of a hard word.

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 Basically, God is getting in the people's face a little bit.

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 He's saying, let's be real about why you're in all this trouble that you're in.

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 For your iniquities, you were sold.

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 For your transgressions, your mother.

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 So the mother is referring to the prior generation of Israel.

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 Okay?

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 For your transgressions, your mother was sent away.

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 In other words, Isaiah is saying, the trouble you're in is your own fault.

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 And it wasn't just because of a mistake you made or even a failure.

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 No, he uses a far more serious word.

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 Your iniquities.

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 That is your transgressions.

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 Your flagrant, ongoing, serious violations of my covenant.

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 And then verse 2 he says.

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 He says, I didn't just leave you alone.

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 I came calling.

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 I came knocking at your door.

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 And no one answered.

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 God is saying, don't act like your trouble came out of nowhere.

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 Don't say that I didn't want to help you.

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 And don't say that I can't help you.

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 The second half of 2 and first half of the rest of verse 3.

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 Is my hand shortened that it cannot redeem?

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 Or have I no power to deliver?

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 God is saying, remember who I am.

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 I'm the Lord of the universe.

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 I'm the God who holds all things together.

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 And I'm also the Lord who brought judgment on the land of Egypt.

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 Who turned the river to blood and made the sky dark so that I could redeem you.

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 And set you free from your slavery there.

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 In other words, God is saying, don't say that I don't want to help you.

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 Don't say that I can't help you.

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 God is saying to his people, we need to get real.

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 Now let me be very clear here.

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 In this fallen world, sometimes trouble comes upon us through no direct fault of our own.

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 The Bible acknowledges that in many places.

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 The book of Job is an entire book all about that theme.

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 When all kinds of trouble comes upon someone and it wasn't a direct result of anything he did.

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 So if you're dealing with all kinds of trouble, sickness, loss, disappointment, or even worse,

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 if other people are attacking you or falsely accusing you or trying to take advantage of you,

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 that does not necessarily mean that you are on the wrong path or that God is disciplining you.

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 Sometimes people blame themselves for things that they never had any control over

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 and that were never their responsibility in the first place.

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 And if that's you, you might need to be reminded today

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 the specific trouble you're walking through is not your fault.

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 On the other hand,

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 many times we are the cause of our own troubles.

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 At least in part.

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 And many times we don't want to face up to our own part.

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 Instead, we want to pity ourselves and say,

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 I deserve better.

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 Why is the world so unfair?

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 Or we blame God and say that if we ran the universe,

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 we would do so slightly differently.

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 Or we want to blame everybody and everything else in the world before we look at ourselves.

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 We're not willing to acknowledge that we have dug the pit that we now find ourselves in.

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 When I was a boy in second grade,

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 I was always looking for ways to correct my teacher.

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 It's probably my lowest point in that regard.

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 Because I was clever and I had a technical mind,

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 sometimes I succeeded.

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 It was a hard year for my teacher.

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 And I think a year or two later,

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 I don't remember exactly the chronology,

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 but at one point I finally went back and apologized.

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 But sometimes God is trying to teach us something

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 and we don't want to listen to him.

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 Sometimes God is knocking at our door

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 and we are not answering.

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 And sometimes God lets us experience some of the consequences of our own sin.

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 He gives us over

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 to the idols that we have worshipped.

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 He gives us over to the masters of our own making

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 and the result is not pretty.

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 Our sin can get us into a whole lot of trouble.

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 Sometimes we need to get real about our sin and its consequences.

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 We need to get real with ourselves,

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 with others,

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 and with God.

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 That's the first part of this passage.

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 God confronting the people

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 with the reality of their sin

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 and its consequences.

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 But then,

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 in the second part of this chapter,

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 the tone abruptly and unexpectedly changes.

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 It's no longer God confronting the people with their sin,

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 but in verses 4 to 9,

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 we hear the voice of a servant,

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 a human being,

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 declaring his faithful obedience.

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 It's as if you're listening to an orchestra

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 and you hear the crashing cymbals

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 and blaring horns of God

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 confronting his guilty people

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 and suddenly they give way

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 to the voice of a solo violin,

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 a haunting but beautiful melody

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 of faithfulness

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 in the midst of chaos

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 and disaster and darkness.

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 It's a bit like

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 if you're walking through a neighborhood

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 with broken windows

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 and bullet holes

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 and boarded up houses

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 and vacant lots

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 and trash everywhere

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 and then you come upon a block

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 where the houses are freshly painted

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 and the sidewalks are swept clean

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 and children play freely

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 in each other's backyards

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 and neighbors look out for one another.

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 It's not what you'd expect.

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 It's an oasis of hope

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 in the midst of darkness.

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 So far we've heard God

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 declaring his people's guilt

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 but now we hear the voice

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 of a human being

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 proclaiming his innocence.

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 The Lord God has given me

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 the tongue of those who are taught,

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 verse 4,

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 that I may know

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 how to sustain with a word

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 him who is weary.

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 Not only is this servant obedient

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 but he gives help

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 and sustaining grace

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 to people who are weary.

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 Now you might be wondering

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 who exactly is speaking

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 in these verses,

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 verses 4 to 9.

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 Now if you read

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 the book of Isaiah,

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 in the second part of Isaiah

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 which is chapters 40 to 55,

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 the prophet introduces us

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 to this figure

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 who is called

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 the servant of the Lord.

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 And the servant

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 speaks and is spoken about,

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 the servant speaks

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 basically four times.

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 Or there's sort of four passages

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 that are particularly focused

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 on this figure

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 but there's even other references

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 throughout these chapters.

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 It's sort of a major emphasis

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 of these chapters.

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 And at first it's sort of mysterious,

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 who is this servant?

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 The first reference

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 to the servant

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 is back in chapter 41,

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 verse 8.

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 But you, Israel,

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 my servant,

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 Jacob whom I have chosen,

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 the offspring of Abraham,

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 my friend,

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 you whom I took

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 from the ends of the earth

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 and called from its farthest corners

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 saying to you,

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 you are my servant,

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 I have chosen you

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 and not cast you off.

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 So at first,

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 it seems like

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 the people of Israel

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 as a whole

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 they are

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 the servant of the Lord.

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 So the figure of the servant

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 represents the whole people.

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 But then here's the problem.

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 Throughout these chapters,

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 not only in chapter 50,

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 verses 1 through 3,

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 but in several other places,

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 Isaiah,

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 he castigates the people.

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 He says,

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 you failed to live up

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 to your calling

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 to be the servant of God.

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 You've turned to idols.

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 You've been unfaithful.

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 You're in all this trouble

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 because you've transgressed

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 God's covenant.

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 You've seriously violated,

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 you've messed it all up.

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 Now, other people say

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 Isaiah was speaking

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 about himself

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 as God's servant.

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 Especially if you read here

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 in chapter 50.

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 The servant,

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 one who listens to God,

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 who speaks for God,

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 perhaps that could be true

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 of Isaiah.

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 But chapter 50,

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 verse 5,

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 the servant says,

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 I was not rebellious.

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 I turned not backward.

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 Now, if you go back

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 to the beginning of Isaiah

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 in chapter 6,

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 Isaiah has a vision

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 of the Lord.

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 And you know what he says

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 when he sees the Lord

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 on his holy throne?

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 He doesn't say,

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 I have not been rebellious.

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 He says,

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 woe is me.

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 I am ruined.

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 Because I am a man

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 of unclean lips

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 and I live among a people

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 of unclean lips

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 and my eyes have seen

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 the Lord God Almighty.

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 Isaiah had a very clear sense

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 that he was not,

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 that he was in the mess

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 along with the people.

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 And yes,

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 he was speaking for God

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 and yes,

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 God had set him apart.

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 But the servant

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 can't just be

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 the people of Israel

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 even though some of it

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 applies to them

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 and the servant

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 can't just be Isaiah

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 even though some

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 of the description

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 could apply to Isaiah.

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 Beginning in chapter 49,

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 the figure of the servant

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 begins to emerge

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 more and more clearly

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 where the servant

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 is both identified

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 with the people

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 but also stands out

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 from the people.

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 Now, let's look at chapter 50.

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 As we,

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 let me put pause

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 on the question

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 of who the servant is

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 and let's look at what 50,

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.420
 chapter 50,

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 how chapter 50

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 describes the servant

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 and then I'll get back

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 to who actually

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 fits the description.

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 Chapter 50,

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 verses 4 to 9

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 basically show us

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 three things

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 about this servant.

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 First,

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 he obeys.

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 Verse 4 to 5.

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 Unlike the people

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 who were sent into exile

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 for their iniquities

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 and transgressions,

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 this one says,

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 I was not rebellious.

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 He's different

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 from all the rest

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 of the people.

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 Unlike the people

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 whose ears had been closed,

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 this one says,

00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:19.959
 verse 5,

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 the Lord God

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 has opened my ear.

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 The servant here is,

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 you might say,

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 a model disciple,

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 excuse me,

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 of the Lord God himself.

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 What's a disciple?

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 A student.

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 A student who's closely

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:36.139
 associated with his master

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 and who takes into himself

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 all that his master knows

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 and then gradually

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 becomes like his master.

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 like a student

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 of a great artist

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 or who closely observes

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 his master teacher.

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 And yet this servant's teacher

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.599
 is the Lord himself.

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 So the servant obeys.

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 He speaks for God

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 because he listens to God

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:04.039
 and he speaks words of hope

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:05.299
 and encouragement

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.819
 to people who are weary.

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 But second,

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:10.000
 the servant not only obeys.

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.619
 In verse 6,

00:22:10.679 --> 00:22:12.099
 we see that the servant suffers.

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:14.659
 I gave my back

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.619
 to those who strike

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 and my cheeks

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:18.439
 to those who pull out the beard.

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 I hid not my face

00:22:19.959 --> 00:22:20.799
 from disgrace

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.879
 and spitting.

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:24.919
 Rather than being rewarded

00:22:24.919 --> 00:22:25.879
 for his obedience,

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:28.240
 the servant suffers

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.399
 for his obedience.

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:33.819
 And he endures public humiliation

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:36.159
 and physical abuse

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:37.679
 and he does not run away.

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 And he does not retaliate.

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.920
 But in verse 7 to 9,

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:46.240
 we see the third thing.

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:47.200
 The servant obeys,

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.299
 the servant suffers,

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:50.539
 and the servant triumphs.

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.980
 He can stand up in court

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.420
 confident of his innocence.

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:56.500
 He can withstand public humiliation,

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.940
 confident that one day

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.420
 he will be vindicated

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.580
 and he can challenge

00:23:00.580 --> 00:23:01.380
 his adversaries

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.460
 because he knows,

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.340
 as he says

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:05.140
 in verse 7 and verse 9,

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:08.220
 the Lord God helps me.

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.320
 Who is this servant

00:23:12.320 --> 00:23:13.140
 who obeys

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:14.560
 and suffers

00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:16.340
 and triumphs?

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:19.039
 In all of human history,

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:20.120
 there's only one person

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:21.140
 who completely fulfills

00:23:22.060 --> 00:23:24.140
 the whole description.

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:27.180
 And that is Jesus Christ.

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:31.060
 He obeyed.

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:33.259
 Morning by morning,

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.660
 Jesus listened

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.800
 to the voice of his father.

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.360
 He would often rise early

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:40.259
 and go to solitary places

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.180
 to pray

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:42.580
 and be alone with God.

00:23:44.020 --> 00:23:45.040
 And day by day,

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.060
 he sustained

00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:47.920
 the weary with his word.

00:23:48.280 --> 00:23:49.740
 People hung on his words.

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:52.640
 Not just because he was intelligent,

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:55.020
 but because his words fed them.

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:57.360
 Because people found life

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:58.440
 in his words.

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.340
 And because he spoke

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:01.100
 with authority.

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:03.060
 His words carried weight.

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.820
 And his words made a difference.

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:08.380
 But he not only obeyed,

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.280
 he also suffered.

00:24:11.780 --> 00:24:13.340
 He set his face

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:14.720
 like flint

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:16.040
 with resolute determination

00:24:16.040 --> 00:24:18.020
 to go to Jerusalem.

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:20.259
 Despite knowing

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.920
 that opposition

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.920
 awaited him there,

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:24.080
 when he arrived,

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.820
 he was betrayed,

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:26.440
 he was falsely accused,

00:24:26.540 --> 00:24:27.180
 he was arrested,

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:28.520
 and he was condemned to die.

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.800
 You know,

00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:34.400
 if you think of it,

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.940
 almost every other

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.740
 religious leader

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:38.380
 in the world

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:41.080
 lived a long life

00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:42.600
 and their life

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:43.780
 ended in honor

00:24:43.780 --> 00:24:45.640
 and victory.

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:48.259
 They were recognized

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.220
 by their followers.

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:51.500
 they were praised

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.319
 by others.

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.920
 And they lived

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.620
 a long life.

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.140
 Only Jesus died

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:59.039
 at the young age

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.680
 of 33

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:02.339
 in humiliation.

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.620
 Strung up

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.380
 on a cross.

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.279
 Executed

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:10.880
 as a criminal.

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:15.320
 And before he was killed,

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.700
 he was publicly mocked,

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.320
 beaten,

00:25:17.760 --> 00:25:18.580
 spat upon,

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.500
 struck on the head.

00:25:22.060 --> 00:25:22.840
 Sometimes the

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:24.200
 humiliation

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:26.120
 is even worse

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.760
 than the pain.

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.400
 And yet,

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.100
 through it all,

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:32.520
 he triumphed.

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:35.639
 Like this servant,

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.259
 when he stood

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.319
 before his accusers,

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.000
 he calmly

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.900
 and confidently

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:40.259
 maintained his innocence.

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.779
 When he hung

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.359
 on the cross

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.539
 and took his last breath,

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.240
 he cried out

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:47.059
 in a loud voice,

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.980
 it is finished.

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.319
 And three days later,

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.460
 his followers testified

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.639
 that God raised him

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.240
 from the dead.

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.339
 And the world

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.379
 has never been the same

00:25:57.379 --> 00:26:00.220
 ever since.

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:04.140
 Jesus obeyed,

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.819
 Jesus suffered,

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.680
 and finally,

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.759
 Jesus triumphed.

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.200
 You know,

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.740
 maybe you're here,

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.740
 maybe you're not a Christian.

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.660
 Maybe you're just

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.420
 visiting today.

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 Let me challenge you.

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 What do you make

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.120
 of a passage

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 like this?

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 Isaiah wrote

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.240
 these words

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.140
 hundreds of years

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:26.339
 before Jesus lived.

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.480
 We have manuscripts

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.440
 of the book of Isaiah

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.740
 from the Dead Sea Scrolls,

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.220
 from 100 or 200 years

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:33.039
 before the birth of Jesus.

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.599
 These words

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 were not doctored up

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.480
 by Christians

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.359
 after the fact.

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 And if this passage

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.660
 by itself

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.599
 is not compelling,

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:44.759
 go on to chapter 53.

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.859
 The climax

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.500
 of the servant songs,

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 which describes

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.460
 the servant's suffering

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.859
 in even greater detail.

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.519
 Here's some of what

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.779
 chapter 53 says.

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:58.240
 He was despised

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 and rejected

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.740
 by men.

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 A man of sorrows

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 and acquainted

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 with grief.

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 As one from whom

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.660
 men hide their faces,

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.839
 he was despised

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 and we esteemed

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 him not.

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 Surely he has

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 borne our griefs

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 and carried

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.059
 our sorrows.

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 Yet we esteemed

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.720
 him stricken,

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 smitten by God

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 and afflicted,

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 but he was pierced

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 for our transgressions.

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 He was crushed

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 for our iniquities.

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 Upon him was

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 the chastisement

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:28.400
 that brought us peace

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 and by his wounds

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 we are healed.

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 All we like sheep

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 have gone astray.

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 We have turned

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 everyone to his own way.

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 And the Lord

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.980
 has laid on him

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.180
 the iniquity of us all.

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 He was oppressed,

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.000
 he was afflicted,

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 yet he opened

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 not his mouth

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 like a lamb

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 that is led

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 to the slaughter

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 and like a sheep

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 that before its shearers

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 is silent,

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 so he opened

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 not his mouth.

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 By oppression

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 and judgment

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 he was taken away.

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 And as for his generation,

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 who considered

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 that he was cut off

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 out of the land

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 of the living,

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 stricken for the transgression

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 of my people,

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 and they made his grave

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 with the wicked

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 and with a rich man

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 in his death,

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 although he had done

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 no violence

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 and there was no deceit

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 in his mouth.

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 Yet it was the will

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 of the Lord

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 to crush him.

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 He has put him

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 to grief.

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 When his soul

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 makes an offering

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 for guilt,

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 he shall see

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 his offspring,

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 he shall prolong

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 his days.

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 The will of the Lord

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 shall prosper

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 in his hand.

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 Out of the anguish

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 of his soul

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 he shall see

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 and be satisfied.

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 By his knowledge

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 shall the righteous one,

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 my servant,

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 make many

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.759
 to be accounted righteous

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.500
 and he shall bear

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.319
 their iniquities.

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 How does a man

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 living hundreds of years

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.240
 before Jesus

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 in a society

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 where crucifixion

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 had not even

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.579
 been invented yet,

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:54.179
 how does he describe

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:55.599
 Jesus' crucifixion

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.279
 and its meaning

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 so powerfully

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.039
 and poetically?

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 Some people might

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.659
 want to dismiss

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.359
 these passages

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.579
 as mere coincidence

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 or Christians

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:05.339
 seeing whatever

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.000
 they want to see

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.779
 in the Old Testament

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.799
 but I think that's

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:09.220
 a very superficial judgment.

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.859
 The more I read

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.539
 these passages,

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:13.519
 the more compelling

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.279
 I find them.

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 they're uncanny,

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.079
 strange,

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:20.879
 mysterious,

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.619
 eerie

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:23.160
 and yet real

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:24.440
 and powerful messages

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.819
 from God himself

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:27.180
 that point

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.920
 to his ultimate work

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.519
 in the person

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.319
 of his son Jesus.

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 What do you make

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.619
 of passages like these?

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:40.039
 For those of us

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.519
 who are Christians

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.019
 let me say

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.099
 two additional things.

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 And if you're not

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.099
 a Christian

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.599
 these are really

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.500
 about the meaning

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:48.279
 of these passages

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:48.879
 and the difference

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.379
 they make.

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 First,

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.679
 the way this passage

00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.339
 speaks about

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.379
 the servant's suffering,

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.619
 the servant suffers

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:01.299
 and triumphs

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.480
 all alone.

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:06.059
 One of the commentators,

00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:06.899
 John Oswalt,

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.939
 who I found very helpful

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:09.019
 in Isaiah,

00:30:09.219 --> 00:30:10.299
 says one aspect

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:12.180
 of what is being said here

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:13.639
 that should not be overlooked

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.259
 is this,

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:16.639
 the aloneness of God

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:18.779
 in the work of redemption.

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.639
 What do I mean by that?

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:23.539
 Read through verses four to nine

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 and notice all the pronouns.

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 They're all first person singular.

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 I,

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 me.

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 Now many times

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.319
 you can read

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.139
 lots of passages

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.779
 in Isaiah

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:37.279
 and the prophets

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.659
 like to go back and forth.

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.759
 I,

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.360
 we,

00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.160
 he,

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.060
 they,

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.100
 singular you,

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.900
 plural you.

00:30:44.040 --> 00:30:44.820
 That doesn't even come through

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.240
 in the English

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.440
 but sometimes there's a note

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:48.019
 that makes you see that.

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:51.220
 But here it's

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:53.600
 one lone individual

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.540
 speaking.

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:58.259
 The suffering,

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.100
 the obedience,

00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.160
 the suffering

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:01.360
 and the triumph

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:02.820
 is the accomplishment

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:04.860
 of one person

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.699
 who did it

00:31:05.699 --> 00:31:07.019
 without the help

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.299
 of any other

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.519
 human being.

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.599
 With only

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.500
 the help

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.479
 of the Lord

00:31:13.479 --> 00:31:14.439
 God.

00:31:21.439 --> 00:31:22.459
 The servant

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:22.979
 accomplished,

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.759
 in other words,

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.199
 the servant

00:31:24.199 --> 00:31:25.259
 accomplishes something

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.779
 that nobody else

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.179
 can

00:31:27.179 --> 00:31:29.199
 and nobody else

00:31:29.199 --> 00:31:29.740
 will do.

00:31:32.479 --> 00:31:33.079
 All right,

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.539
 if you go back

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.119
 to verse 2,

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.659
 God says,

00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:35.740
 why when I came?

00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:37.500
 Why when I came

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.359
 knocking at your door

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.559
 did no one answer?

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:42.079
 Only one answered

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.319
 with perfectly

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.919
 faithful obedience,

00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.439
 this servant.

00:31:48.199 --> 00:31:49.279
 Chapter 59,

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.539
 verse 16,

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.259
 Isaiah picks up

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.039
 this same theme.

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:52.379
 He says,

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.319
 the Lord saw

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:55.179
 that there was no man

00:31:55.179 --> 00:31:56.980
 and he wondered

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:58.019
 that there was no one

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.720
 to intercede.

00:31:58.939 --> 00:31:59.639
 There was no one

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.839
 to stand in the gap

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.779
 between God

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.379
 and his people.

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:02.920
 So,

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.720
 his own arm

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:07.000
 brought him salvation

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.039
 and his righteousness

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.960
 upheld him.

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.680
 And chapter 53

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.619
 speaks of the servant

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.579
 as the arm

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.339
 of the Lord.

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.980
 The power

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.720
 of the Lord

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.299
 himself

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:19.200
 in this

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.599
 human being.

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.160
 Working

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:23.599
 deliverance.

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.460
 Working

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.359
 salvation.

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.619
 You see,

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.539
 when God decided

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.599
 to redeem his people,

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.539
 he sent his one

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.139
 and only son

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.759
 to do the work

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.840
 that nobody else

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.460
 could

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.860
 and nobody else

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:35.259
 would do.

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.640
 To bear our sins

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.380
 on the cross

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:39.420
 and to triumph

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.980
 over them

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.860
 in his resurrection.

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.960
 That's why

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:43.140
 Christians call it

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:44.060
 the finished

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:45.080
 work

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:46.180
 of Christ.

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.800
 He did it

00:32:49.800 --> 00:32:51.360
 without our help

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:53.080
 and he doesn't

00:32:53.080 --> 00:32:53.680
 need you

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.420
 to add

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.600
 something on

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.640
 to his saving

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.720
 work either.

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:59.440
 You can't.

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.900
 Because it's

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.500
 complete.

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.779
 He accomplished

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.380
 the work

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.039
 of redemption

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.740
 alone

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.740
 so that we

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.819
 might enjoy

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.319
 the fruits

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.960
 of his labor

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.860
 with him.

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.279
 Second,

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:18.339
 Jesus knows

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:19.860
 how to sustain

00:33:19.860 --> 00:33:20.600
 the weary

00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:21.900
 with his word.

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:25.259
 Just as the servant

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.440
 does in verse 4.

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:29.279
 Jesus has a word

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.059
 to sustain you

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.500
 today

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.360
 if you are

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.819
 wearied

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.980
 by your troubles.

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.160
 A bruised

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.700
 reed

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.380
 he will not

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.779
 break

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:39.720
 and a smoldering

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.000
 wick

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.720
 he will not

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.360
 snuff out.

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.980
 Matthew says

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.500
 when Jesus

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.299
 saw the crowds

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.200
 he had compassion

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.240
 for them

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:49.220
 because they

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.100
 were harassed

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.779
 and helpless

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.440
 like sheep

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.339
 without a shepherd.

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.539
 Jesus has

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.900
 compassion

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.340
 compassion

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:56.200
 for those

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.440
 who are

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.800
 weary

00:33:56.800 --> 00:33:58.280
 and troubled.

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.060
 And Jesus

00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:00.620
 said to his

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.040
 disciples

00:34:01.040 --> 00:34:01.780
 do not

00:34:01.780 --> 00:34:02.360
 fear

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:03.000
 those

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.160
 who

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.340
 can

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:03.600
 kill

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:03.780
 the

00:34:03.780 --> 00:34:04.180
 body

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.620
 but

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:04.960
 cannot

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.320
 kill

00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:05.940
 the soul.

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.820
 Rather

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.700
 fear God

00:34:08.700 --> 00:34:09.039
 who can

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.500
 destroy

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.220
 both soul

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.820
 and body

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.380
 in hell.

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.500
 Are not

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.380
 two sparrows

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.079
 sold for a

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.320
 penny

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:17.260
 and not

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.920
 one of them

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.360
 will fall

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.920
 to the ground

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.500
 apart from

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.139
 your father?

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.440
 But even

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.920
 the hairs

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.239
 of your

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.460
 head

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.059
 are all

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.719
 numbered

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.359
 therefore

00:34:24.359 --> 00:34:24.980
 fear

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.940
 not.

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:26.920
 You

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.440
 are of

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.699
 more

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.179
 value

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.659
 than

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.039
 many

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.679
 sparrows.

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.119
 Jesus

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.500
 has a

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.819
 word to

00:34:32.819 --> 00:34:33.159
 sustain

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.319
 you

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:33.659
 today

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.159
 if you

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.319
 are

00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:34.699
 wearied

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.039
 by your

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.400
 troubles.

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.440
 And Jesus

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.779
 has a

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.079
 word to

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.400
 sustain

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.559
 you

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:37.799
 today

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.079
 if you

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.219
 are

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.559
 wearied

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.739
 by

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:38.960
 your

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.400
 sins.

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.259
 I

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.940
 am

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.119
 the

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.440
 Lord

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:43.619
 and

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.019
 besides

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.259
 me

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.480
 there

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.619
 is

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:44.859
 no

00:34:44.859 --> 00:34:45.259
 savior.

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.500
 I

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.039
 am

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.299
 he

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.500
 who

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:47.920
 blots

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.219
 out

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.460
 your

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.299
 transgressions

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.800
 for my

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.100
 own

00:34:50.100 --> 00:34:50.460
 sake

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.900
 and

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.060
 I

00:34:51.060 --> 00:34:51.300
 will

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.580
 not

00:34:51.580 --> 00:34:52.000
 remember

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.320
 your

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.720
 sins.

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.380
 Return

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.760
 to

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.060
 me

00:34:54.060 --> 00:34:54.300
 for

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:54.560
 I

00:34:54.560 --> 00:34:54.760
 have

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.140
 redeemed

00:34:55.140 --> 00:34:55.400
 you.

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:55.860
 Jesus

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.140
 said

00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:56.440
 come

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.600
 to

00:34:56.600 --> 00:34:56.820
 me

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.120
 all

00:34:57.120 --> 00:34:57.280
 who

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.420
 are

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.800
 weary

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.340
 and

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.840
 burdened

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:58.960
 and

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.140
 I

00:34:59.140 --> 00:34:59.300
 will

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.539
 give

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.700
 you

00:34:59.700 --> 00:35:00.260
 rest.

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.000
 Jesus

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.340
 also

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.680
 has a

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:03.840
 word

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.019
 to

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.380
 sustain

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.539
 you

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.900
 today

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.180
 if

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:05.440
 you

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.960
 have

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.320
 become

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.760
 weary

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:08.160
 in

00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:08.380
 doing

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:08.760
 good

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:08.960
 for

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.180
 his

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:09.560
 name's

00:35:09.560 --> 00:35:09.820
 sake.

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.780
 He

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:11.980
 says

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.260
 take

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.519
 my

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.720
 yoke

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.060
 upon

00:35:13.060 --> 00:35:13.320
 you.

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.660
 Learn

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:15.140
 from

00:35:15.140 --> 00:35:15.460
 me.

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.019
 I

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.220
 am

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:18.680
 gentle

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.019
 and

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.419
 lowly

00:35:19.419 --> 00:35:19.599
 in

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:19.960
 heart

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.839
 and

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:20.960
 you

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.099
 will

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.359
 find

00:35:21.359 --> 00:35:21.639
 rest

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:21.799
 for

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:22.000
 your

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.440
 souls

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:22.779
 for

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.000
 my

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.239
 yoke

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.419
 is

00:35:23.419 --> 00:35:23.719
 easy

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:23.879
 and

00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.059
 my

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.339
 burden

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:24.559
 is

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:24.919
 light.

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.779
 Jesus

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:26.259
 knows

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.599
 how to

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.159
 sustain

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.679
 the

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:27.940
 weary

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.219
 with

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.379
 his

00:35:28.379 --> 00:35:28.759
 word.

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:30.779
 And

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:31.039
 if you're

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.259
 weary

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.659
 today

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:31.839
 he

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:32.000
 has

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.119
 a

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.279
 word

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:32.460
 for

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.719
 you.

00:35:35.359 --> 00:35:35.899
 Finally

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:37.300
 that

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.539
 brings

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.680
 us

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:37.780
 to

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:37.920
 our

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.160
 third

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:38.500
 point

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.800
 we've

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.000
 seen

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.160
 the

00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:40.400
 people

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.900
 sin

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:42.079
 we've

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.320
 seen

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.500
 the

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.800
 servants

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.260
 obedience

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:44.400
 and

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.800
 finally

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.700
 we

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.119
 see

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:47.440
 our

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.840
 hope

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.720
 when

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:48.880
 we're

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.160
 walking

00:35:49.160 --> 00:35:49.360
 in

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.480
 the

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.920
 darkness

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.579
 verse

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:51.820
 10

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:51.960
 and

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.280
 11

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:54.400
 when

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.539
 we

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:54.780
 feel

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:54.940
 like

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.079
 we're

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.340
 walking

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.500
 in

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:55.599
 the

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.119
 darkness

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.860
 verses

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.160
 10

00:35:57.160 --> 00:35:57.280
 and

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.559
 11

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.940
 say

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.119
 that

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.240
 we

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.660
 basically

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:58.980
 have

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.220
 two

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.840
 options

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:01.300
 verse

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.600
 10

00:36:01.600 --> 00:36:01.940
 says

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.100
 that

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:02.220
 we

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.400
 can

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:02.740
 trust

00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.200
 God's

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:03.720
 character

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:04.380
 even

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.600
 though

00:36:04.600 --> 00:36:04.780
 we

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.039
 might

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.300
 not

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.880
 understand

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.120
 his

00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:06.660
 ways

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:08.820
 and

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.019
 verse

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.340
 11

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.880
 says

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:11.700
 we

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:11.920
 can

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.320
 instead

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.559
 of

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:12.780
 doing

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.100
 that

00:36:13.100 --> 00:36:13.539
 attempt

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:13.780
 to

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.100
 create

00:36:14.100 --> 00:36:14.300
 our

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.600
 own

00:36:14.600 --> 00:36:15.079
 light

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.620
 that

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:15.800
 will

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.180
 save

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.539
 us

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.900
 from

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.059
 the

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.380
 darkness

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.640
 that

00:36:17.640 --> 00:36:17.820
 we're

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.960
 in

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:20.860
 in

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.280
 verse

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.620
 10

00:36:21.620 --> 00:36:21.900
 Isaiah

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.280
 paints

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.440
 a

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.780
 picture

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.280
 of

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.480
 someone

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.680
 who's

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.079
 walking

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.280
 in

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.420
 the

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.800
 darkness

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:26.280
 without

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.620
 any

00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:26.940
 light

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:28.539
 and

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:28.880
 yet

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:30.280
 this

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.619
 person

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.079
 relies

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.280
 on

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.599
 God's

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:31.980
 character

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.200
 the

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.579
 name

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:32.720
 of

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:32.840
 the

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.119
 Lord

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.340
 that

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.480
 is

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:33.920
 God's

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.340
 character

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.900
 and

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.300
 follows

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.700
 God's

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:36.000
 word

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.559
 obeys

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:36.760
 the

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.039
 voice

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.200
 of

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.360
 his

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.780
 servant

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:39.920
 verse

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.400
 11

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.780
 is a

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.119
 contrast

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.820
 picture

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:44.500
 Isaiah

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.780
 says

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.220
 behold

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.780
 all you

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:45.920
 who

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.220
 kindle

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:46.400
 a

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.660
 fire

00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:46.880
 who

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.539
 equip

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.099
 yourselves

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.400
 with

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.740
 burning

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.200
 torches

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.420
 now

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.619
 that

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:50.240
 second

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:51.000
 line

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:52.079
 equip

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.500
 yourselves

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:52.700
 with

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:52.960
 burning

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.340
 torches

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:53.780
 is hard

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:53.960
 to

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.380
 translate

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.700
 because

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.160
 literally

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.940
 it

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.160
 could

00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.320
 be

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.820
 translated

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.039
 who

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.619
 gird

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.300
 on

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:59.180
 flames

00:36:59.180 --> 00:37:00.660
 so

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:01.000
 most

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.380
 likely

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:01.600
 I

00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:01.760
 think

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:01.920
 the

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.200
 picture

00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:02.460
 is

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:02.580
 of

00:37:02.580 --> 00:37:02.860
 someone

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.180
 who

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:03.760
 instead

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.039
 of

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.440
 walking

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.720
 through

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:04.900
 the

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.280
 darkness

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:05.620
 without

00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:06.019
 any

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.560
 light

00:37:06.560 --> 00:37:07.400
 lights

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.080
 a torch

00:37:08.080 --> 00:37:09.120
 and

00:37:09.120 --> 00:37:09.660
 straps

00:37:09.660 --> 00:37:09.860
 it

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:09.980
 to

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.160
 their

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.760
 belt

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:12.500
 so

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.039
 as

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.519
 to

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.240
 walk

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.460
 by

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.660
 the

00:37:14.660 --> 00:37:14.980
 light

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.160
 of

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:15.340
 their

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:15.960
 fire

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.700
 as

00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:16.840
 it

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.080
 says

00:37:17.080 --> 00:37:17.680
 in

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:17.860
 verse

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.300
 11

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:19.740
 and

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.380
 to

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.539
 keep

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.720
 their

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:20.960
 hands

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.480
 free

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:23.320
 while

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:23.460
 they're

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:23.720
 walking

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:23.920
 through

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.080
 the

00:37:24.080 --> 00:37:24.460
 darkness

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:26.699
 now

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:26.860
 the

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.240
 problem

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:27.840
 is

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:29.579
 strapping

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:29.720
 a

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.000
 flaming

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.320
 torch

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.460
 to

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.599
 your

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:30.840
 belt

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.000
 is

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.119
 a

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.440
 dangerous

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.659
 way

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:31.780
 to

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:32.179
 operate

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:35.840
 okay

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.159
 Isaiah

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.440
 gives

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.599
 this

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.019
 picture

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.340
 because

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.559
 he

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.820
 says

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.059
 you're

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.320
 going

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.500
 to

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.699
 get

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.380
 burned

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:39.880
 by

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.119
 the

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.639
 fire

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.260
 you've

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.740
 kindled

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:43.099
 if

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.220
 you

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.740
 refuse

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:43.980
 to

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.300
 obey

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.500
 the

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.800
 voice

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:44.960
 of

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.320
 God's

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.599
 servant

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:45.840
 if

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:45.980
 you

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.440
 refuse

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:46.659
 to

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:46.920
 rely

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.179
 on

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.460
 God

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.659
 and

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:48.139
 instead

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.460
 think

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:49.099
 I'm

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.340
 going

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.539
 to

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:49.800
 light

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.039
 my

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.240
 own

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.699
 fire

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.220
 and

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:51.579
 find

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:51.800
 my

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.199
 way

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.400
 out

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:52.519
 of

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.780
 this

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.220
 and

00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:53.699
 save

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.359
 myself

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:54.960
 God

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.219
 says

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.399
 the

00:37:55.399 --> 00:37:55.719
 very

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.019
 thing

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.179
 you

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:56.419
 think

00:37:56.419 --> 00:37:56.559
 will

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:56.939
 save

00:37:56.939 --> 00:37:57.179
 you

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.559
 will

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.839
 burn

00:37:57.839 --> 00:37:57.980
 you

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.159
 up

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.299
 in

00:37:58.299 --> 00:37:58.399
 the

00:37:58.399 --> 00:37:58.739
 end

00:37:58.739 --> 00:38:01.099
 and

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.219
 it

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.399
 will

00:38:01.399 --> 00:38:01.779
 wear

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.399
 out

00:38:02.399 --> 00:38:04.899
 like

00:38:04.899 --> 00:38:05.079
 a

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.399
 garment

00:38:05.399 --> 00:38:06.719
 that

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:06.960
 gets

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.439
 more

00:38:07.439 --> 00:38:08.359
 and

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:08.739
 more

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:10.639
 old

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:11.259
 and

00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:11.779
 full

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:11.919
 of

00:38:11.919 --> 00:38:12.299
 holes

00:38:12.299 --> 00:38:12.619
 and

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:12.939
 ruined

00:38:12.939 --> 00:38:14.659
 so

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:14.859
 here's

00:38:14.859 --> 00:38:14.980
 the

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.319
 question

00:38:15.319 --> 00:38:16.179
 who

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.419
 will

00:38:16.419 --> 00:38:16.579
 you

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:16.960
 trust

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:18.039
 when

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.179
 you're

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.439
 walking

00:38:18.439 --> 00:38:18.619
 in

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:18.719
 the

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:19.119
 darkness

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:20.699
 who

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:20.960
 are

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.139
 you

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:21.559
 trusting

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.559
 or

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:22.799
 what

00:38:22.799 --> 00:38:22.939
 are

00:38:22.939 --> 00:38:23.079
 you

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.519
 trusting

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.119
 what

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.280
 are

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.400
 you

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.699
 looking

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.139
 to

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:26.019
 bring

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.179
 you

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.340
 through

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.500
 the

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.840
 darkness

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.099
 to

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.579
 give

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.739
 you

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.119
 hope

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.619
 to

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.259
 rescue

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.559
 you

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:29.860
 to

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.480
 go

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.759
 with

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.119
 you

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:33.980
 who

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.119
 will

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.239
 you

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.559
 trust

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.739
 in

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:35.000
 the

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.300
 darkness

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.500
 of

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.619
 your

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:35.960
 trouble

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:38.259
 remember

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.500
 that

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.679
 the

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.039
 servant

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.380
 whose

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.759
 voice

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:39.920
 you

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.059
 are

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.320
 called

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:40.500
 to

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.920
 obey

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.900
 has

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.119
 gone

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.380
 ahead

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:42.539
 of

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:42.840
 you

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:43.539
 through

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.739
 the

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.219
 darkness

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:48.619
 you

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:48.759
 are

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:49.000
 not

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.379
 blazing

00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:49.539
 a

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:49.879
 trail

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.719
 on

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:50.859
 a

00:38:50.859 --> 00:38:51.119
 lonely

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.619
 road

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:53.299
 you

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:53.480
 are

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:53.919
 following

00:38:53.919 --> 00:38:54.339
 a

00:38:54.339 --> 00:38:54.819
 path

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:55.759
 that

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:55.939
 has

00:38:55.939 --> 00:38:56.239
 been

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:57.299
 beaten

00:38:57.299 --> 00:38:58.279
 by

00:38:58.279 --> 00:38:58.879
 the

00:38:58.879 --> 00:38:59.259
 servant

00:38:59.259 --> 00:39:00.579
 himself

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.099
 he

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.359
 has

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:01.959
 obeyed

00:39:01.959 --> 00:39:03.059
 and

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.219
 he

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.599
 suffered

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:03.980
 for

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.199
 his

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.599
 obedience

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.099
 and

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.259
 he

00:39:05.259 --> 00:39:05.739
 triumphed

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:05.859
 in

00:39:05.859 --> 00:39:06.000
 the

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.379
 end

00:39:06.379 --> 00:39:06.919
 and

00:39:06.919 --> 00:39:07.219
 because

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:07.539
 he

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:07.679
 has

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:07.859
 done

00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:08.059
 all

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.259
 this

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.439
 you

00:39:08.439 --> 00:39:08.639
 can

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:08.980
 trust

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.219
 his

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:09.719
 voice

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.619
 you

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:10.839
 can

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:11.279
 trust

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.859
 Jesus

00:39:11.859 --> 00:39:12.799
 voice

00:39:12.799 --> 00:39:13.599
 even

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.319
 when

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:15.119
 your

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.579
 depression

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.259
 won't

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:16.859
 lift

00:39:16.859 --> 00:39:17.839
 even

00:39:17.839 --> 00:39:18.419
 when

00:39:18.419 --> 00:39:18.799
 the

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:19.179
 loneliness

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.899
 seems

00:39:19.899 --> 00:39:20.719
 unbearable

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:21.599
 even

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:21.859
 when

00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:22.019
 the

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.399
 pain

00:39:22.399 --> 00:39:23.799
 seems

00:39:23.799 --> 00:39:24.619
 relentless

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:25.339
 and

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:25.859
 overwhelming

00:39:25.859 --> 00:39:27.239
 even

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.639
 if the

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:27.919
 future

00:39:27.919 --> 00:39:28.319
 seems

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:28.839
 completely

00:39:28.839 --> 00:39:29.359
 dark

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:30.000
 and

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.159
 from

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.319
 a

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:30.599
 worldly

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:30.919
 point

00:39:30.919 --> 00:39:31.059
 of

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.299
 view

00:39:31.299 --> 00:39:31.980
 life

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.299
 seems

00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:32.559
 no

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:32.899
 longer

00:39:32.899 --> 00:39:33.179
 worth

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.519
 living

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:35.239
 even

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:35.439
 when

00:39:35.439 --> 00:39:35.559
 the

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:35.839
 path

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:35.959
 of

00:39:35.959 --> 00:39:36.419
 obedience

00:39:36.419 --> 00:39:36.919
 might

00:39:36.919 --> 00:39:37.259
 lead

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:37.539
 to

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:38.179
 public

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.899
 humiliation

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.059
 salvation

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:41.039
 Jesus

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.360
 has

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:41.660
 walked

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:41.920
 that

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.240
 path

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.519
 ahead

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:42.680
 of

00:39:42.680 --> 00:39:42.940
 you

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:44.320
 and

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:44.460
 he

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.660
 has

00:39:44.660 --> 00:39:44.860
 sent

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:45.039
 his

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.340
 spirit

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.539
 to

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.900
 abide

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.160
 with

00:39:46.160 --> 00:39:46.900
 you

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:49.480
 will

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.599
 you

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:49.900
 trust

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.200
 him

00:39:50.200 --> 00:39:51.700
 in

00:39:51.700 --> 00:39:51.820
 the

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:52.119
 darkness

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:52.340
 of

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:52.440
 your

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:52.760
 trouble

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:54.820
 will

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:54.940
 you

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.240
 trust

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.619
 him

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.880
 in

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.000
 the

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.320
 darkness

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:57.539
 of

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.660
 your

00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:58.019
 sin

00:39:58.019 --> 00:40:00.619
 or

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:00.760
 will

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:00.880
 you

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.059
 try

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.200
 to

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:01.380
 make

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:01.519
 your

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.780
 own

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.019
 way

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.440
 out

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:03.079
 to

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.320
 light

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:03.480
 your

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:03.740
 own

00:40:03.740 --> 00:40:04.180
 fire

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:05.980
 to

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.119
 do

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:06.380
 all

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:06.559
 the

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:06.840
 things

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.059
 that

00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:07.940
 human

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.280
 beings

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.519
 do

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:08.780
 to

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.380
 minimize

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.760
 and

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:10.100
 hide

00:40:10.100 --> 00:40:10.280
 and

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.600
 deny

00:40:10.600 --> 00:40:10.840
 and

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.160
 blame

00:40:11.160 --> 00:40:11.360
 and

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:11.700
 manipulate

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.000
 and

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.360
 control

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.640
 and

00:40:12.640 --> 00:40:13.080
 distract

00:40:13.080 --> 00:40:13.240
 and

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:13.700
 attack

00:40:13.700 --> 00:40:14.720
 or

00:40:14.720 --> 00:40:14.880
 will

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.019
 you

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:17.620
 trust

00:40:17.620 --> 00:40:18.140
 the

00:40:18.140 --> 00:40:18.400
 one

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.600
 who

00:40:18.600 --> 00:40:18.900
 has

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:20.240
 taken

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:20.580
 all

00:40:20.580 --> 00:40:20.800
 your

00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:21.120
 sin

00:40:21.120 --> 00:40:21.300
 on

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.440
 the

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:21.700
 cross

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:21.900
 for

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.140
 you

00:40:22.140 --> 00:40:24.120
 will

00:40:24.120 --> 00:40:24.280
 you

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.620
 say

00:40:24.620 --> 00:40:27.260
 I

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.400
 will

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.680
 fix

00:40:27.680 --> 00:40:27.840
 up

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.040
 my

00:40:28.040 --> 00:40:28.340
 life

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:28.740
 first

00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:29.560
 and

00:40:29.560 --> 00:40:29.760
 then

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.000
 come

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.160
 to

00:40:30.160 --> 00:40:30.400
 Jesus

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:30.800
 later

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:32.920
 but

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.060
 if

00:40:33.060 --> 00:40:33.180
 you

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:33.380
 say

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.600
 that

00:40:33.600 --> 00:40:33.720
 you

00:40:33.720 --> 00:40:33.840
 will

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.060
 never

00:40:34.060 --> 00:40:34.320
 come

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:34.420
 at

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:34.800
 all

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:39.220
 or

00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.340
 are

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.460
 you

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.700
 tempted

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:39.920
 to

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.360
 despair

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:41.820
 and

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:42.180
 conclude

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:42.360
 that

00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:42.519
 there

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.680
 is

00:40:42.680 --> 00:40:42.900
 no

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.100
 way

00:40:43.100 --> 00:40:43.340
 out

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.519
 that

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.680
 your

00:40:43.680 --> 00:40:43.900
 sin

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.080
 is

00:40:44.080 --> 00:40:44.380
 far

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.620
 too

00:40:44.620 --> 00:40:44.980
 great

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.500
 Christ

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.000
 is

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.320
 willing

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.580
 to

00:40:46.580 --> 00:40:46.920
 save

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.160
 you

00:40:47.160 --> 00:40:47.620
 and

00:40:47.620 --> 00:40:47.960
 Christ

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.220
 is

00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:48.560
 mighty

00:40:48.560 --> 00:40:48.840
 to

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.180
 save

00:40:49.180 --> 00:40:49.420
 you

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.400
 rest

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:51.140
 on

00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:51.700
 him

00:40:51.700 --> 00:40:52.400
 today

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:55.060
 if

00:40:55.060 --> 00:40:55.200
 you're

00:40:55.200 --> 00:40:55.519
 trusting

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:55.740
 in

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.019
 Jesus

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.300
 what

00:40:56.300 --> 00:40:56.460
 is

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:56.780
 true

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.000
 of

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.320
 him

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.560
 will

00:40:58.560 --> 00:40:58.840
 become

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.100
 true

00:40:59.100 --> 00:40:59.260
 of

00:40:59.260 --> 00:40:59.380
 you

00:40:59.380 --> 00:40:59.560
 as

00:40:59.560 --> 00:40:59.840
 well

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:01.960
 he

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.640
 obeyed

00:41:02.640 --> 00:41:03.019
 and

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.420
 suffered

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.920
 and

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:05.480
 triumphed

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.920
 and

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.100
 in

00:41:07.100 --> 00:41:07.480
 him

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:09.039
 he

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.160
 will

00:41:09.160 --> 00:41:09.340
 give

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.440
 you

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.600
 the

00:41:09.600 --> 00:41:09.900
 strength

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.100
 to

00:41:10.100 --> 00:41:10.539
 obey

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:11.840
 and

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.059
 he

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.280
 will

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:14.400
 enable

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.640
 you

00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:14.840
 to

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.260
 endure

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:16.680
 suffering

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:18.300
 and

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.440
 he

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:18.860
 promises

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.620
 that

00:41:19.620 --> 00:41:19.780
 the

00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:20.200
 end

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:21.160
 is

00:41:21.160 --> 00:41:21.280
 a

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:21.740
 triumph

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:25.140
 in

00:41:25.140 --> 00:41:25.340
 verses

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:25.680
 7

00:41:25.680 --> 00:41:25.820
 and

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:25.980
 8

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.160
 the

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:26.400
 servant

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:27.039
 challenges

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.300
 his

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:27.800
 accusers

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.019
 with

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.440
 three

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:29.380
 questions

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.000
 who

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.740
 will

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:31.320
 contend

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:31.579
 with

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:31.940
 me

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:35.180
 who

00:41:35.180 --> 00:41:35.660
 is

00:41:35.660 --> 00:41:36.019
 my

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.800
 adversary

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:38.280
 who

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:38.880
 will

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.260
 declare

00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:39.519
 me

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:39.880
 guilty

00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:43.019
 and

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.160
 in

00:41:43.160 --> 00:41:43.420
 Romans

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.760
 chapter

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.180
 8

00:41:44.180 --> 00:41:45.099
 in

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.200
 the

00:41:45.200 --> 00:41:45.360
 new

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:45.760
 testament

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:46.019
 the

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.360
 apostle

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:46.860
 Paul

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.860
 asks

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:48.260
 three

00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:48.720
 very

00:41:48.720 --> 00:41:49.300
 similar

00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:50.099
 rhetorical

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.780
 questions

00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:53.019
 who

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.340
 shall

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:53.640
 bring

00:41:53.640 --> 00:41:54.059
 any

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.980
 charge

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.940
 against

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:56.579
 God's

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:57.200
 chosen

00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:57.760
 people

00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:58.200
 it

00:41:58.200 --> 00:41:58.360
 is

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.780
 God

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.200
 who

00:41:59.200 --> 00:42:00.019
 justifies

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:01.680
 who

00:42:01.680 --> 00:42:02.019
 is

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.220
 to

00:42:02.220 --> 00:42:02.720
 condemn

00:42:02.720 --> 00:42:03.140
 Christ

00:42:03.140 --> 00:42:03.519
 Jesus

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:03.760
 is

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:03.880
 the

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.080
 one

00:42:04.080 --> 00:42:04.220
 who

00:42:04.220 --> 00:42:04.740
 died

00:42:04.740 --> 00:42:05.680
 more

00:42:05.680 --> 00:42:05.860
 than

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.060
 that

00:42:06.060 --> 00:42:06.180
 who

00:42:06.180 --> 00:42:06.320
 was

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:06.780
 raised

00:42:06.780 --> 00:42:06.940
 who

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.060
 is

00:42:07.060 --> 00:42:07.160
 at

00:42:07.160 --> 00:42:07.280
 the

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:07.480
 right

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:07.660
 hand

00:42:07.660 --> 00:42:07.800
 of

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.080
 God

00:42:08.080 --> 00:42:08.240
 who

00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:08.360
 is

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:08.720
 indeed

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:09.700
 interceding

00:42:09.700 --> 00:42:10.040
 for

00:42:10.040 --> 00:42:10.600
 us

00:42:10.600 --> 00:42:12.480
 who

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:12.720
 shall

00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:13.140
 separate

00:42:13.140 --> 00:42:13.420
 us

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.580
 from

00:42:13.580 --> 00:42:13.720
 the

00:42:13.720 --> 00:42:13.880
 love

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:14.019
 of

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.480
 Christ

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.900
 shall

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.440
 tribulation

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:16.660
 or

00:42:16.660 --> 00:42:17.060
 distress

00:42:17.060 --> 00:42:17.280
 or

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.760
 persecution

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:18.060
 or

00:42:18.060 --> 00:42:18.420
 famine

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.900
 or

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.540
 nakedness

00:42:19.540 --> 00:42:19.720
 or

00:42:19.720 --> 00:42:20.080
 danger

00:42:20.080 --> 00:42:20.320
 or

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.720
 sword

00:42:20.720 --> 00:42:21.140
 no

00:42:21.140 --> 00:42:21.880
 in

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.080
 all

00:42:22.080 --> 00:42:22.340
 these

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:22.660
 things

00:42:22.660 --> 00:42:22.820
 we

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:22.940
 are

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.140
 more

00:42:23.140 --> 00:42:23.320
 than

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:24.040
 conquerors

00:42:24.040 --> 00:42:24.980
 through

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.180
 him

00:42:25.180 --> 00:42:25.300
 who

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:25.580
 loved

00:42:25.580 --> 00:42:25.940
 us

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:27.000
 for

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.159
 I

00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:27.300
 am

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:27.539
 sure

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:27.740
 that

00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:27.960
 neither

00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:28.340
 life

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:28.539
 nor

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:28.920
 death

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:29.179
 nor

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.579
 angels

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:29.840
 nor

00:42:29.840 --> 00:42:30.260
 rulers

00:42:30.260 --> 00:42:30.519
 nor

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:30.800
 things

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.200
 present

00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:31.400
 nor

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:31.679
 things

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:31.840
 to

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:32.139
 come

00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:32.579
 nor

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.059
 powers

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.320
 nor

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:33.599
 height

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:33.780
 nor

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:34.099
 depth

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.300
 nor

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:34.619
 anything

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:34.920
 else

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.220
 in all

00:42:35.220 --> 00:42:35.740
 creation

00:42:35.740 --> 00:42:37.099
 will be able to

00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:37.940
 separate us

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:39.019
 from

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.340
 from the love

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:39.720
 of God

00:42:39.720 --> 00:42:40.119
 in Christ

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:40.420
 Jesus

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:40.700
 our

00:42:40.700 --> 00:42:41.139
 Lord

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:44.039
 see if

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.179
 you're

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.500
 trusting

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:44.780
 that

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:45.260
 servant

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:46.280
 Jesus

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:46.639
 who's

00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:46.840
 gone

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:47.039
 ahead

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.200
 of

00:42:47.200 --> 00:42:47.420
 you

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:48.639
 you

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:48.820
 can

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.119
 have

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:49.400
 that

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:49.700
 same

00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:50.420
 confidence

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:54.599
 because

00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:54.960
 you are

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.440
 in him

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:56.240
 and he

00:42:56.240 --> 00:42:56.559
 is in

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:56.820
 you

00:42:56.820 --> 00:42:57.720
 and he

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:57.880
 has

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.159
 promised

00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:58.460
 never

00:42:58.460 --> 00:42:58.659
 to

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:58.880
 leave

00:42:58.880 --> 00:42:59.000
 you

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.139
 and

00:42:59.139 --> 00:42:59.360
 never

00:42:59.360 --> 00:42:59.539
 to

00:42:59.539 --> 00:42:59.900
 forsake

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.039
 you

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.300
 even

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:00.539
 when

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:00.659
 you

00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:00.800
 are

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.099
 walking

00:43:01.099 --> 00:43:01.300
 through

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:01.440
 the

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:01.760
 darkness

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:02.200
 and

00:43:02.200 --> 00:43:02.360
 there

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:02.579
 seems

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:02.700
 to

00:43:02.700 --> 00:43:02.820
 be

00:43:02.820 --> 00:43:03.119
 no

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.700
 light

00:43:03.700 --> 00:43:03.980
 at

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.260
 all

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:06.039
 you

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.200
 can

00:43:06.200 --> 00:43:06.480
 trust

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:06.659
 his

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.119
 words

00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:10.219
 because

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:10.500
 he's

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.880
 gone

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.500
 ahead

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:11.659
 of

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.039
 us

00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:13.299
 there

00:43:13.299 --> 00:43:13.440
 is

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:13.599
 no

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:14.000
 darkness

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.239
 that

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:14.359
 he

00:43:14.359 --> 00:43:14.539
 has

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:14.759
 not

00:43:14.759 --> 00:43:15.019
 walked

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.279
 through

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:15.960
 he

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:16.199
 came

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:16.339
 to

00:43:16.339 --> 00:43:16.519
 fill

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:16.679
 the

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:17.000
 darkness

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.259
 with

00:43:17.259 --> 00:43:17.420
 his

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:17.859
 presence

00:43:17.859 --> 00:43:18.519
 that's

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:18.599
 what

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:18.759
 we

00:43:18.759 --> 00:43:19.319
 celebrate

00:43:19.319 --> 00:43:20.599
 at

00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:21.059
 Christmas

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:23.279
 that

00:43:23.279 --> 00:43:23.500
 Jesus

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:23.799
 Christ

00:43:23.799 --> 00:43:24.059
 came

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.219
 into

00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:24.359
 a

00:43:24.359 --> 00:43:24.579
 dark

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:24.779
 world

00:43:24.779 --> 00:43:24.920
 yeah

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.039
 you

00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:25.179
 might

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:25.259
 have

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:25.380
 been

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:25.639
 wondering

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:25.799
 where

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:25.940
 does

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:26.059
 this

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:26.299
 get

00:43:26.299 --> 00:43:26.440
 to

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:26.719
 Christmas

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:27.039
 but

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:29.619
 but

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:29.900
 that's

00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:30.019
 what

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:30.179
 we

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.799
 celebrate

00:43:30.799 --> 00:43:34.339
 the

00:43:34.339 --> 00:43:34.599
 people

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:34.960
 walking

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:35.139
 in

00:43:35.139 --> 00:43:35.440
 darkness

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:35.639
 have

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:35.940
 seen

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.119
 a

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:36.359
 great

00:43:36.359 --> 00:43:36.739
 light

00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:38.959
 Jesus

00:43:38.959 --> 00:43:39.459
 comes

00:43:39.459 --> 00:43:39.679
 to

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:39.899
 meet

00:43:39.899 --> 00:43:40.219
 us

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.819
 in

00:43:40.819 --> 00:43:41.199
 our

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:41.819
 darkness

00:43:41.819 --> 00:43:44.500
 in

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:44.639
 our

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:45.059
 trouble

00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:45.500
 in

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:45.659
 our

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:46.079
 sin

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:46.459
 in

00:43:46.459 --> 00:43:46.659
 all

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:46.819
 the

00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:47.000
 mess

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:47.219
 we've

00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:47.399
 made

00:43:47.399 --> 00:43:47.519
 of

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:47.919
 ourselves

00:43:47.919 --> 00:43:48.099
 and

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:48.199
 of

00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:48.319
 the

00:43:48.319 --> 00:43:48.679
 world

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:49.819
 and

00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:49.919
 he

00:43:49.919 --> 00:43:50.139
 comes

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:50.319
 to

00:43:50.319 --> 00:43:50.599
 lead

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:50.879
 us

00:43:50.879 --> 00:43:51.659
 onward

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:53.319
 and

00:43:53.319 --> 00:43:53.579
 lead

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:53.739
 us

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:53.899
 to

00:43:53.899 --> 00:43:54.319
 glory

00:43:54.319 --> 00:43:57.159
 trust

00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:57.419
 him

00:43:57.419 --> 00:43:57.959
 today

00:43:57.959 --> 00:43:58.399
 let's

00:43:58.399 --> 00:43:58.659
 pray

00:43:58.659 --> 00:44:04.559
 father

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:04.599
 father

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:07.119
 we

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:07.480
 thank you

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:07.759
 for the

00:44:07.759 --> 00:44:08.379
 faithfulness

00:44:08.379 --> 00:44:10.139
 of

00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:10.420
 Jesus

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:10.659
 your

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:10.960
 son

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:13.319
 we

00:44:13.319 --> 00:44:13.779
 thank you

00:44:13.779 --> 00:44:14.139
 for

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:14.519
 your

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:15.000
 words

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:16.679
 we

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:17.079
 thank you

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:17.460
 that you

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:18.739
 do not

00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:19.099
 hesitate

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:19.659
 to

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:20.399
 speak

00:44:20.399 --> 00:44:20.599
 the

00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:20.839
 truth

00:44:20.839 --> 00:44:21.039
 to

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:21.399
 us

00:44:21.399 --> 00:44:22.199
 about

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:22.399
 our

00:44:22.399 --> 00:44:22.940
 situation

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:24.280
 because

00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:24.460
 you

00:44:24.460 --> 00:44:24.639
 don't

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:24.820
 want

00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:24.960
 us

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.119
 to

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:25.340
 live

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:25.679
 in

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.880
 illusions

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:30.220
 but

00:44:30.220 --> 00:44:30.380
 we

00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:30.639
 thank

00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:30.920
 you

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.840
 lord

00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:32.079
 that

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.460
 with

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:33.559
 that

00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:33.880
 word

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.179
 of

00:44:34.179 --> 00:44:40.220
 confrontation

00:44:40.220 --> 00:44:40.920
 and

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:41.599
 truth

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:41.840
 we

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.119
 thank

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:42.240
 you

00:44:42.240 --> 00:44:42.360
 that

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:42.559
 you

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:42.860
 have

00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:43.280
 also

00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:43.579
 given

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:43.780
 us

00:44:43.780 --> 00:44:43.920
 a

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:44.099
 word

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.260
 of

00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:44.639
 mercy

00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:45.019
 and

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:45.340
 hope

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:47.940
 we

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:48.220
 thank

00:44:48.220 --> 00:44:48.380
 you

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.639
 for

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:49.559
 Jesus

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:50.260
 and

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:50.420
 his

00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:51.019
 obedience

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:52.460
 his

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:52.880
 suffering

00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:54.039
 and

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:54.220
 his

00:44:54.220 --> 00:44:54.720
 triumph

00:44:54.720 --> 00:44:57.099
 we

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:57.300
 pray

00:44:57.300 --> 00:44:57.480
 that

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:57.619
 you

00:44:57.619 --> 00:44:57.760
 would

00:44:57.760 --> 00:44:58.099
 strengthen

00:44:58.099 --> 00:44:58.440
 us

00:44:58.440 --> 00:44:58.780
 to

00:44:58.780 --> 00:45:00.099
 trust

00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:00.420
 and

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:00.740
 rely

00:45:00.740 --> 00:45:00.940
 on

00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:01.240
 him

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:01.519
 and

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.820
 walk

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:02.000
 with

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:02.280
 him

00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:06.139
 on

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:06.699
 all

00:45:06.699 --> 00:45:06.840
 the

00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:07.199
 paths

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:07.699
 that

00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:07.840
 you

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:08.079
 lead

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.400
 us

00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:09.500
 pray

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.720
 these

00:45:09.720 --> 00:45:09.960
 things

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.079
 in

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:10.280
 Jesus

00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:10.639
 name

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:11.420
 amen

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:15.139
 well

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:15.300
 this

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:15.619
 morning

00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:16.220
 we

00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:16.420
 have

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:16.559
 the

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:16.820
 joy

00:45:16.820 --> 00:45:17.019
 of

00:45:17.019 --> 00:45:17.500
 celebrating

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:18.079
 baptism

00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:20.380
 Jesus

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:21.159
 told

00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:21.300
 his

00:45:21.300 --> 00:45:21.639
 disciples

00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:21.900
 to

00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:22.059
 go

00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:22.220
 into

00:45:22.220 --> 00:45:22.380
 all

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:22.500
 the

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:22.880
 world

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.760
 to

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:24.380
 make

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:24.800
 disciples

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:24.980
 of

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.140
 all

00:45:25.140 --> 00:45:25.559
 nations

00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:26.340
 baptizing

00:45:26.340 --> 00:45:26.619
 them

00:45:26.619 --> 00:45:26.780
 in

00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:26.880
 the

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.000
 name

00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:27.099
 of

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.200
 the

00:45:27.200 --> 00:45:27.559
 father

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.140
 and

00:45:28.140 --> 00:45:28.280
 the

00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:28.519
 son

00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:28.640
 and

00:45:28.640 --> 00:45:28.740
 the

00:45:28.740 --> 00:45:28.940
 holy

00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:29.320
 spirit

00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:29.519
 and

00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:29.619
 so

00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:29.740
 we're

00:45:29.740 --> 00:45:30.000
 just

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.559
 doing

00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:30.840
 what

00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:31.140
 Jesus

00:45:31.140 --> 00:45:31.579
 told

00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:31.920
 his

00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:32.360
 followers

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:32.599
 to

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:32.800
 do

00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:32.940
 and

00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:33.079
 what

00:45:33.079 --> 00:45:33.220
 the

00:45:33.220 --> 00:45:33.440
 church

00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:33.599
 has

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:33.920
 done

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.539
 throughout

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:35.059
 the

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:35.519
 ages

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.860
 baptism

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:37.160
 is

00:45:37.160 --> 00:45:37.280
 an

00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:37.500
 outward

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.059
 sign

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:38.840
 of

00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:38.960
 an

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.180
 inward

00:45:39.180 --> 00:45:39.760
 reality

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:41.119
 that

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:42.240
 Jesus

00:45:42.240 --> 00:45:42.599
 has

00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:43.480
 cleansed

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:43.700
 us

00:45:43.700 --> 00:45:43.860
 from

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:44.079
 our

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:44.440
 sin

00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:45.800
 that

00:45:45.800 --> 00:45:45.960
 he

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.180
 has

00:45:46.180 --> 00:45:46.400
 set

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:46.559
 us

00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:46.960
 apart

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.160
 to

00:45:47.160 --> 00:45:47.559
 belong

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:47.780
 to

00:45:47.780 --> 00:45:48.140
 him

00:45:48.140 --> 00:45:48.660
 and

00:45:48.660 --> 00:45:49.000
 filled

00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:52.760
 to

00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:53.000
 God

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:53.180
 by

00:45:53.180 --> 00:45:53.400
 his

00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:53.840
 grace

00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:54.840
 and

00:45:54.840 --> 00:45:55.039
 he

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.539
 promises

00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:55.820
 never

00:45:55.820 --> 00:45:56.039
 to

00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:56.240
 leave

00:45:56.240 --> 00:45:56.400
 us

00:45:56.400 --> 00:45:56.579
 nor

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:57.000
 forsake

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:57.160
 us

00:45:57.160 --> 00:45:57.300
 so

00:45:57.300 --> 00:45:57.619
 baptism

00:45:57.619 --> 00:45:57.920
 is

00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:58.079
 a

00:45:58.079 --> 00:45:58.440
 sign

00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:58.660
 and

00:45:58.660 --> 00:45:58.840
 a

00:45:58.840 --> 00:45:59.140
 seal

00:45:59.140 --> 00:45:59.599
 of

00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:00.019
 God's

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:00.599
 promises

00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:00.920
 to

00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:01.260
 us

00:46:01.260 --> 00:46:02.019
 and

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.200
 this

00:46:02.200 --> 00:46:02.539
 morning

00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:03.320
 Sam

00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:03.760
 Stevens

00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:03.920
 is

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:04.019
 going

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:04.059
 to

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.180
 be

00:46:04.180 --> 00:46:04.500
 baptized

00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:04.940
 so

00:46:04.940 --> 00:46:05.280
 Sam

00:46:05.280 --> 00:46:05.420
 if

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:05.500
 you

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:05.680
 would

00:46:05.680 --> 00:46:06.180
 come

00:46:06.180 --> 00:46:06.300
 to

00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:06.420
 the

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.619
 front

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:06.880
 here

00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:08.980
 if

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.200
 you've

00:46:09.200 --> 00:46:09.380
 been

00:46:09.380 --> 00:46:09.780
 baptized

00:46:09.780 --> 00:46:10.240
 consider

00:46:10.240 --> 00:46:10.539
 this

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:10.680
 a

00:46:10.680 --> 00:46:11.059
 reminder

00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:11.300
 of

00:46:11.300 --> 00:46:11.420
 your

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:11.660
 own

00:46:11.660 --> 00:46:12.140
 baptism

00:46:12.140 --> 00:46:13.099
 of

00:46:13.099 --> 00:46:13.440
 God's

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:13.840
 promises

00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:14.119
 to

00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:14.380
 you

00:46:14.380 --> 00:46:14.579
 and

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:14.860
 yours

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:15.059
 to

00:46:15.059 --> 00:46:15.340
 him

00:46:15.340 --> 00:46:15.559
 if

00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:15.680
 you

00:46:15.680 --> 00:46:15.920
 haven't

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:16.079
 been

00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:16.500
 baptized

00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:16.880
 consider

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:17.139
 this

00:46:17.139 --> 00:46:17.260
 an

00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:17.680
 invitation

00:46:17.680 --> 00:46:19.180
 first

00:46:19.180 --> 00:46:19.400
 to

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:19.860
 trust

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:20.019
 in

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:20.280
 Jesus

00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:20.880
 and

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.079
 second

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.240
 to

00:46:21.240 --> 00:46:21.380
 be

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:21.720
 baptized

00:46:21.720 --> 00:46:22.000
 if

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.099
 you

00:46:22.099 --> 00:46:22.400
 haven't

00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:22.820
 already

00:46:22.820 --> 00:46:23.940
 so

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:24.480
 for

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:24.680
 anyone

00:46:24.680 --> 00:46:24.880
 who's

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.059
 being

00:46:25.059 --> 00:46:25.400
 baptized

00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:25.659
 we

00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:25.780
 give

00:46:25.780 --> 00:46:25.920
 them

00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:26.039
 an

00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:26.380
 opportunity

00:46:26.380 --> 00:46:26.579
 to

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:26.760
 share

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:26.940
 how

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:27.180
 God

00:46:27.180 --> 00:46:27.360
 has

00:46:27.360 --> 00:46:28.240
 worked

00:46:28.240 --> 00:46:28.380
 in

00:46:28.380 --> 00:46:28.519
 their

00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:28.760
 lives

00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:28.880
 and

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.039
 brought

00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:29.159
 them

00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:29.280
 to

00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:29.420
 this

00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:29.639
 day

00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:29.840
 so

00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:30.220
 Sam

00:46:30.220 --> 00:46:31.840
 go

00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:32.059
 right

00:46:32.059 --> 00:46:32.380
 ahead

00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:34.740
 good

00:46:34.740 --> 00:46:35.139
 morning

00:46:35.139 --> 00:46:35.500
 I'm

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.780
 Sam

00:46:35.780 --> 00:46:36.280
 Stevens

00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:36.539
 I'm

00:46:36.539 --> 00:46:36.840
 12

00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:37.099
 years

00:46:37.099 --> 00:46:37.360
 old

00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:37.519
 and

00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:37.659
 I

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:37.920
 started

00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:38.139
 going

00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:38.320
 to

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:38.599
 Trinity

00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:38.960
 about

00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:39.320
 four

00:46:39.320 --> 00:46:39.599
 years

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:39.880
 ago

00:46:39.880 --> 00:46:40.720
 I

00:46:40.720 --> 00:46:41.059
 was

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:41.320
 born

00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:41.539
 and

00:46:41.539 --> 00:46:41.860
 raised

00:46:41.860 --> 00:46:42.119
 into

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:42.279
 a

00:46:42.279 --> 00:46:42.579
 Christian

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.039
 family

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:43.239
 and

00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:43.380
 I'm

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:43.619
 pretty

00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:44.000
 familiar

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:44.259
 with

00:46:44.259 --> 00:46:44.739
 Christianity

00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:45.340
 but

00:46:45.340 --> 00:46:46.199
 I

00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:46.420
 just

00:46:46.420 --> 00:46:46.739
 haven't

00:46:46.739 --> 00:46:46.960
 really

00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:47.400
 understood

00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:47.659
 what

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:47.779
 it

00:46:47.779 --> 00:46:47.980
 is

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:48.259
 until

00:46:48.259 --> 00:46:48.579
 now

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:49.599
 and

00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:50.739
 so

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:51.159
 during

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:51.400
 our

00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:51.679
 Sunday

00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:51.980
 school

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:52.420
 classes

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:52.699
 at

00:46:52.699 --> 00:46:53.059
 Trinity

00:46:53.059 --> 00:46:55.539
 when

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:55.659
 I

00:46:55.659 --> 00:46:55.799
 was

00:46:55.799 --> 00:46:56.059
 younger

00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:56.239
 I

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:56.380
 was

00:46:56.380 --> 00:46:56.579
 always

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:56.880
 taught

00:46:56.880 --> 00:46:57.079
 that

00:46:57.079 --> 00:46:57.299
 Jesus

00:46:57.299 --> 00:46:57.679
 loved

00:46:57.679 --> 00:46:57.880
 me

00:46:57.880 --> 00:46:58.039
 and

00:46:58.039 --> 00:46:58.159
 that

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:58.259
 he

00:46:58.259 --> 00:46:58.460
 gave

00:46:58.460 --> 00:46:58.719
 up

00:46:58.719 --> 00:46:59.039
 his

00:46:59.039 --> 00:46:59.279
 life

00:46:59.279 --> 00:46:59.440
 for

00:46:59.440 --> 00:46:59.579
 me

00:46:59.579 --> 00:46:59.719
 and

00:46:59.719 --> 00:46:59.860
 that

00:46:59.860 --> 00:46:59.980
 he

00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:00.159
 was

00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:00.619
 resurrected

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:00.920
 from

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:01.079
 the

00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:01.299
 dead

00:47:01.299 --> 00:47:01.900
 but

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:02.000
 I

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:02.219
 never

00:47:02.219 --> 00:47:02.500
 really

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:02.900
 understood

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:03.360
 exactly

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:03.579
 why

00:47:03.579 --> 00:47:03.739
 that

00:47:03.739 --> 00:47:03.880
 was

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:04.079
 so

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:04.519
 special

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:06.119
 when

00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:06.219
 I

00:47:06.219 --> 00:47:06.500
 started

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:06.780
 middle

00:47:06.780 --> 00:47:07.059
 school

00:47:07.059 --> 00:47:07.679
 I

00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:07.840
 was

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:08.039
 put

00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:08.199
 into

00:47:08.199 --> 00:47:08.340
 a

00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:08.500
 new

00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:08.739
 Sunday

00:47:08.739 --> 00:47:09.019
 school

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.480
 class

00:47:09.480 --> 00:47:10.099
 where

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:10.239
 we

00:47:10.239 --> 00:47:10.519
 studied

00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:10.679
 a

00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:10.880
 book

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:11.380
 called

00:47:11.380 --> 00:47:11.500
 the

00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:11.659
 New

00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:11.980
 City

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:12.619
 Catechism

00:47:12.619 --> 00:47:13.380
 my

00:47:13.380 --> 00:47:13.739
 teachers

00:47:13.739 --> 00:47:14.139
 Josh

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:14.559
 Chang

00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:14.800
 and

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:15.039
 Amy

00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:15.460
 Bush

00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:16.039
 would

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:16.259
 talk

00:47:16.259 --> 00:47:16.380
 to

00:47:16.380 --> 00:47:16.539
 us

00:47:16.539 --> 00:47:16.639
 a

00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:16.739
 little

00:47:16.739 --> 00:47:16.960
 bit

00:47:16.960 --> 00:47:17.099
 and

00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:17.440
 ask

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:17.639
 us

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:17.759
 a

00:47:17.759 --> 00:47:18.099
 question

00:47:18.099 --> 00:47:18.360
 from

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:18.519
 the

00:47:18.519 --> 00:47:18.780
 book

00:47:18.780 --> 00:47:19.579
 and

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:19.699
 we

00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:19.860
 would

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:20.059
 learn

00:47:20.059 --> 00:47:20.199
 a

00:47:20.199 --> 00:47:20.340
 little

00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:20.539
 bit

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:20.780
 more

00:47:20.780 --> 00:47:20.960
 in

00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:21.239
 depth

00:47:21.239 --> 00:47:21.619
 about

00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:22.159
 God

00:47:22.159 --> 00:47:22.300
 and

00:47:22.300 --> 00:47:22.460
 what

00:47:22.460 --> 00:47:22.599
 he

00:47:22.599 --> 00:47:22.840
 did

00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:23.699
 questions

00:47:23.699 --> 00:47:23.960
 and

00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:24.259
 answers

00:47:24.259 --> 00:47:24.500
 helped

00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:24.599
 me

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:24.800
 get a

00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:24.980
 better

00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:25.639
 understanding

00:47:25.639 --> 00:47:26.239
 of

00:47:26.239 --> 00:47:26.420
 why

00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:26.720
 Jesus'

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:27.220
 death

00:47:27.220 --> 00:47:27.460
 was

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:27.639
 so

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:28.159
 special

00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:29.059
 as

00:47:29.059 --> 00:47:29.159
 he

00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:29.300
 was

00:47:29.300 --> 00:47:29.680
 perfect

00:47:29.680 --> 00:47:29.940
 and

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:30.079
 we

00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:30.220
 were

00:47:30.220 --> 00:47:30.539
 horrible

00:47:30.539 --> 00:47:30.940
 sinners

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.519
 that

00:47:31.519 --> 00:47:31.740
 didn't

00:47:31.740 --> 00:47:32.019
 deserve

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:32.180
 to

00:47:32.180 --> 00:47:32.320
 be

00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:32.639
 saved

00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:32.840
 by

00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:33.000
 his

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.559
 sacrifice

00:47:33.559 --> 00:47:34.400
 last

00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:34.659
 year

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:34.860
 I

00:47:34.860 --> 00:47:35.099
 also

00:47:35.099 --> 00:47:35.400
 started

00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:35.659
 going

00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:35.820
 to

00:47:35.820 --> 00:47:36.079
 youth

00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:36.440
 group

00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:37.019
 on

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.599
 Wednesdays

00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:37.760
 as

00:47:37.760 --> 00:47:37.900
 well

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:38.019
 as

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:38.220
 going

00:47:38.220 --> 00:47:38.380
 to

00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:38.639
 Sunday

00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:38.980
 school

00:47:38.980 --> 00:47:39.760
 it

00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:39.940
 was

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:40.139
 here

00:47:40.139 --> 00:47:40.300
 that

00:47:40.300 --> 00:47:40.440
 I

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:40.680
 learned

00:47:40.680 --> 00:47:40.940
 just

00:47:40.940 --> 00:47:41.139
 how

00:47:41.139 --> 00:47:41.539
 sinful

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:41.780
 I

00:47:41.780 --> 00:47:42.039
 really

00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:42.400
 am

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:42.880
 as

00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:43.280
 we

00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:43.920
 read

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:44.039
 the

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:44.220
 books

00:47:44.220 --> 00:47:44.340
 of

00:47:44.340 --> 00:47:44.440
 the

00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:44.659
 Bible

00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:44.980
 telling

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.139
 me

00:47:45.139 --> 00:47:45.300
 that

00:47:45.300 --> 00:47:45.659
 basically

00:47:45.659 --> 00:47:46.059
 things

00:47:46.059 --> 00:47:46.280
 I

00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:46.460
 do

00:47:46.460 --> 00:47:46.619
 all

00:47:46.619 --> 00:47:46.740
 the

00:47:46.740 --> 00:47:47.079
 time

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:47.639
 are

00:47:47.639 --> 00:47:48.079
 sins

00:47:56.420 --> 00:47:56.539
 my

00:47:56.539 --> 00:47:57.180
 sister's

00:47:57.180 --> 00:47:57.559
 baptism

00:47:57.559 --> 00:47:57.840
 I

00:47:57.840 --> 00:47:58.180
 finally

00:47:58.180 --> 00:47:58.539
 found

00:47:58.539 --> 00:47:58.760
 out

00:47:58.760 --> 00:47:58.980
 what

00:47:58.980 --> 00:47:59.460
 baptism

00:47:59.460 --> 00:48:00.420
 symbolizes

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:00.900
 and

00:48:00.900 --> 00:48:01.000
 I

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:01.200
 wanted

00:48:01.200 --> 00:48:01.360
 to

00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:01.480
 be

00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:01.760
 baptized

00:48:01.760 --> 00:48:02.300
 as

00:48:02.300 --> 00:48:02.519
 well

00:48:02.519 --> 00:48:03.079
 I'm

00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:03.280
 very

00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:03.680
 excited

00:48:03.680 --> 00:48:03.920
 that

00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:04.260
 today

00:48:04.260 --> 00:48:04.519
 is

00:48:04.519 --> 00:48:04.820
 finally

00:48:04.820 --> 00:48:05.260
 the day

00:48:05.260 --> 00:48:05.400
 I

00:48:05.400 --> 00:48:05.700
 get to

00:48:05.700 --> 00:48:06.059
 publicly

00:48:06.059 --> 00:48:06.920
 profess

00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:07.480
 my

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:08.139
 faith

00:48:08.139 --> 00:48:08.380
 in

00:48:08.380 --> 00:48:08.700
 Christ

00:48:08.700 --> 00:48:08.920
 and

00:48:08.920 --> 00:48:09.059
 get

00:48:09.059 --> 00:48:09.420
 baptized

00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:09.920
 thank

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.760
 you

00:48:10.760 --> 00:48:21.340
 I

00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:21.519
 need

00:48:21.519 --> 00:48:21.599
 to

00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:21.740
 ask

00:48:21.740 --> 00:48:21.820
 you

00:48:21.820 --> 00:48:21.900
 a

00:48:21.900 --> 00:48:22.000
 couple

00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:22.400
 questions

00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:24.539
 thank

00:48:24.539 --> 00:48:24.680
 you

00:48:24.680 --> 00:48:24.940
 Sam

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:26.079
 we

00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:26.380
 always

00:48:26.380 --> 00:48:26.639
 ask

00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:26.780
 a

00:48:26.780 --> 00:48:26.920
 couple

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:27.059
 of

00:48:27.059 --> 00:48:27.539
 questions

00:48:27.539 --> 00:48:28.200
 to

00:48:28.200 --> 00:48:28.400
 people

00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:28.500
 who

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:28.579
 are

00:48:28.579 --> 00:48:28.780
 being

00:48:28.780 --> 00:48:29.099
 baptized

00:48:29.099 --> 00:48:29.320
 so

00:48:29.320 --> 00:48:29.519
 Sam

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:29.679
 let

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:29.760
 me

00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:29.980
 ask

00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:30.059
 you

00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:30.240
 these

00:48:30.240 --> 00:48:30.619
 questions

00:48:30.619 --> 00:48:31.019
 now

00:48:31.019 --> 00:48:33.539
 why don't

00:48:33.539 --> 00:48:33.639
 you

00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:34.019
 come

00:48:34.019 --> 00:48:34.159
 here

00:48:34.159 --> 00:48:34.380
 so you

00:48:34.380 --> 00:48:34.539
 can

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:35.360
 speak

00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:35.500
 your

00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:35.740
 answers

00:48:35.740 --> 00:48:35.900
 into

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:36.019
 the

00:48:36.019 --> 00:48:36.420
 microphone

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:37.039
 Sam

00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:37.200
 do

00:48:37.200 --> 00:48:37.340
 you

00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:37.659
 affirm

00:48:37.659 --> 00:48:37.860
 your

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:38.139
 faith

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:38.300
 in

00:48:38.300 --> 00:48:38.519
 Jesus

00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:38.960
 Christ

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:39.539
 as

00:48:39.539 --> 00:48:39.780
 your

00:48:39.780 --> 00:48:39.960
 and

00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:40.079
 the

00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:40.320
 only

00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:40.639
 Lord

00:48:40.639 --> 00:48:40.880
 and

00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:41.139
 Savior

00:48:41.139 --> 00:48:41.760
 yes

00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:42.780
 and

00:48:42.780 --> 00:48:42.900
 do

00:48:42.900 --> 00:48:43.019
 you

00:48:43.019 --> 00:48:43.300
 commit

00:48:43.300 --> 00:48:43.820
 yourself

00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:45.059
 to

00:48:45.059 --> 00:48:47.000
 serve

00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:47.700
 Christ

00:48:47.700 --> 00:48:48.000
 and the

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:48.260
 fellowship

00:48:48.260 --> 00:48:48.619
 of his

00:48:48.619 --> 00:48:48.880
 church

00:48:48.880 --> 00:48:49.179
 for the

00:48:49.179 --> 00:48:49.360
 rest

00:48:49.360 --> 00:48:49.579
 of your

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:49.860
 life

00:48:49.860 --> 00:48:50.360
 yes

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:51.659
 and

00:48:51.659 --> 00:48:51.880
 as

00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:51.980
 you're

00:48:51.980 --> 00:48:52.240
 becoming

00:48:52.240 --> 00:48:52.380
 a

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:52.579
 member

00:48:52.579 --> 00:48:52.820
 of

00:48:52.820 --> 00:48:53.039
 Trinity

00:48:53.039 --> 00:48:53.360
 Baptist

00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:53.640
 Church

00:48:53.640 --> 00:48:53.980
 today

00:48:53.980 --> 00:48:54.820
 do

00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:54.960
 you

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:55.220
 commit

00:48:55.220 --> 00:48:55.559
 yourself

00:48:55.559 --> 00:48:55.740
 to

00:48:55.740 --> 00:48:55.980
 this

00:48:55.980 --> 00:48:56.519
 local

00:48:56.519 --> 00:48:56.800
 body

00:48:56.800 --> 00:48:56.940
 of

00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:57.220
 believers

00:48:57.220 --> 00:48:57.579
 Trinity

00:48:57.579 --> 00:48:57.920
 Baptist

00:48:57.920 --> 00:48:58.300
 Church

00:48:58.300 --> 00:48:58.579
 to

00:48:58.579 --> 00:48:58.780
 give

00:48:58.780 --> 00:48:58.920
 and

00:48:58.920 --> 00:48:59.260
 receive

00:48:59.260 --> 00:48:59.660
 your

00:48:59.660 --> 00:48:59.900
 love

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:00.079
 and

00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:00.440
 service

00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:01.000
 yes

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:02.059
 to

00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:02.219
 those

00:49:02.219 --> 00:49:02.440
 who

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:02.519
 are

00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:02.900
 members

00:49:02.900 --> 00:49:03.139
 do

00:49:03.139 --> 00:49:03.280
 we

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:03.400
 as

00:49:03.400 --> 00:49:03.699
 members

00:49:03.699 --> 00:49:04.079
 commit

00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:04.760
 to

00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:05.019
 love

00:49:05.019 --> 00:49:05.199
 and

00:49:05.199 --> 00:49:05.420
 serve

00:49:05.420 --> 00:49:05.820
 Sam

00:49:05.820 --> 00:49:06.719
 even

00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:06.940
 as

00:49:06.940 --> 00:49:07.079
 we

00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:07.519
 receive

00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:08.099
 the

00:49:08.099 --> 00:49:08.300
 gifts

00:49:08.300 --> 00:49:08.460
 that

00:49:08.460 --> 00:49:08.619
 God

00:49:08.619 --> 00:49:08.739
 has

00:49:08.739 --> 00:49:08.920
 given

00:49:08.920 --> 00:49:09.139
 him

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:09.380
 among

00:49:09.380 --> 00:49:09.699
 us

00:49:09.699 --> 00:49:10.519
 and

00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:10.820
 to

00:49:10.820 --> 00:49:11.079
 welcome

00:49:11.079 --> 00:49:11.260
 him

00:49:11.260 --> 00:49:11.480
 among

00:49:11.480 --> 00:49:11.699
 us

00:49:11.699 --> 00:49:11.980
 today

00:49:11.980 --> 00:49:12.159
 if

00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:12.300
 so

00:49:12.300 --> 00:49:12.539
 say

00:49:12.539 --> 00:49:12.719
 we

00:49:12.719 --> 00:49:13.000
 do

00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:14.940
 all

00:49:14.940 --> 00:49:15.119
 right

00:49:15.119 --> 00:49:15.400
 let's

00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:15.679
 pray

00:49:15.679 --> 00:49:17.639
 father

00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:18.000
 thank

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:18.219
 you

00:49:18.219 --> 00:49:18.760
 for

00:49:18.760 --> 00:49:19.440
 reaching

00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:19.719
 out

00:49:19.719 --> 00:49:19.860
 in

00:49:19.860 --> 00:49:19.980
 your

00:49:19.980 --> 00:49:20.219
 love

00:49:20.219 --> 00:49:20.380
 to

00:49:20.380 --> 00:49:20.679
 Sam

00:49:20.679 --> 00:49:21.880
 Lord

00:49:21.880 --> 00:49:22.219
 thank

00:49:22.219 --> 00:49:22.420
 you

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:22.800
 for

00:49:22.800 --> 00:49:24.039
 sending

00:49:24.039 --> 00:49:24.260
 your

00:49:24.260 --> 00:49:24.500
 son

00:49:24.500 --> 00:49:24.639
 to

00:49:24.639 --> 00:49:24.760
 be

00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.940
 his

00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:25.260
 savior

00:49:25.260 --> 00:49:26.380
 for

00:49:26.380 --> 00:49:26.619
 sending

00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:26.820
 your

00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:27.059
 Holy

00:49:27.059 --> 00:49:27.460
 spirit

00:49:27.460 --> 00:49:28.400
 to

00:49:28.400 --> 00:49:28.639
 live

00:49:28.639 --> 00:49:28.799
 in

00:49:28.799 --> 00:49:29.059
 him

00:49:29.059 --> 00:49:29.699
 as

00:49:29.699 --> 00:49:29.879
 his

00:49:29.879 --> 00:49:30.379
 comforter

00:49:30.379 --> 00:49:30.679
 and

00:49:30.679 --> 00:49:31.139
 advocate

00:49:31.139 --> 00:49:32.219
 we

00:49:32.219 --> 00:49:32.440
 pray

00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:32.619
 that

00:49:32.619 --> 00:49:33.000
 as

00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:33.239
 Sam

00:49:33.239 --> 00:49:33.379
 is

00:49:33.379 --> 00:49:33.699
 baptized

00:49:33.699 --> 00:49:34.159
 today

00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:34.339
 that

00:49:34.339 --> 00:49:34.460
 you

00:49:34.460 --> 00:49:34.619
 would

00:49:34.619 --> 00:49:35.219
 assure

00:49:35.219 --> 00:49:35.440
 him

00:49:35.440 --> 00:49:35.579
 of

00:49:35.579 --> 00:49:35.699
 your

00:49:35.699 --> 00:49:35.920
 deep

00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:36.139
 love

00:49:36.139 --> 00:49:36.299
 for

00:49:36.299 --> 00:49:36.539
 him

00:49:36.539 --> 00:49:37.339
 that

00:49:37.339 --> 00:49:37.440
 you

00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:37.859
 remind

00:49:37.859 --> 00:49:38.099
 him

00:49:38.099 --> 00:49:38.339
 that

00:49:38.339 --> 00:49:38.759
 he's

00:49:38.759 --> 00:49:38.859
 a

00:49:38.859 --> 00:49:39.000
 new

00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:39.440
 creation

00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:39.759
 in

00:49:39.759 --> 00:49:40.019
 Jesus

00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:40.480
 Christ

00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:41.239
 and

00:49:41.239 --> 00:49:41.480
 fill

00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:41.699
 him

00:49:41.699 --> 00:49:42.539
 every

00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:42.779
 day

00:49:42.779 --> 00:49:42.960
 with

00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:43.099
 your

00:49:43.099 --> 00:49:43.420
 spirit

00:49:43.420 --> 00:49:43.619
 that

00:49:43.619 --> 00:49:43.719
 he

00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:43.839
 would

00:49:43.839 --> 00:49:44.119
 become

00:49:44.119 --> 00:49:44.400
 more

00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:44.519
 and

00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:44.659
 more

00:49:44.659 --> 00:49:44.920
 like

00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:45.259
 Jesus

00:49:45.259 --> 00:49:46.039
 and

00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:46.219
 be

00:49:46.219 --> 00:49:46.559
 strengthened

00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:46.759
 to

00:49:46.759 --> 00:49:46.859
 do

00:49:46.859 --> 00:49:47.000
 the

00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:47.139
 good

00:49:47.139 --> 00:49:47.400
 works

00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:47.679
 you've

00:49:47.679 --> 00:49:48.159
 prepared

00:49:48.159 --> 00:49:48.319
 for

00:49:48.319 --> 00:49:48.440
 him

00:49:48.440 --> 00:49:48.559
 to

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:48.759
 do

00:49:48.759 --> 00:49:49.619
 we

00:49:49.619 --> 00:49:49.799
 pray

00:49:49.799 --> 00:49:49.940
 that

00:49:49.940 --> 00:49:50.019
 he

00:49:50.019 --> 00:49:50.139
 would

00:49:50.139 --> 00:49:50.380
 always

00:49:50.380 --> 00:49:50.679
 remember

00:49:50.679 --> 00:49:50.920
 this

00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:51.220
 day

00:49:51.220 --> 00:49:52.099
 as

00:49:52.099 --> 00:49:52.400
 just

00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:52.880
 a

00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:53.260
 reminder

00:49:53.260 --> 00:49:53.579
 of

00:49:53.579 --> 00:49:53.740
 your

00:49:53.740 --> 00:49:54.159
 grace

00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:54.800
 and

00:49:54.800 --> 00:49:54.940
 your

00:49:54.940 --> 00:49:55.480
 faithfulness

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:55.579
 in

00:49:55.579 --> 00:49:55.720
 his

00:49:55.720 --> 00:49:56.039
 life

00:49:56.039 --> 00:49:57.179
 preserve

00:49:57.179 --> 00:49:57.480
 him

00:49:57.480 --> 00:49:57.639
 through

00:49:57.639 --> 00:49:57.860
 every

00:49:57.860 --> 00:49:58.320
 temptation

00:49:58.320 --> 00:49:58.559
 and

00:49:58.559 --> 00:49:58.900
 trial

00:49:58.900 --> 00:49:59.360
 that

00:49:59.360 --> 00:49:59.460
 he

00:49:59.460 --> 00:49:59.579
 will

00:49:59.579 --> 00:49:59.860
 face

00:49:59.860 --> 00:49:59.960
 in

00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:00.079
 the

00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:00.380
 future

00:50:00.380 --> 00:50:01.139
 that

00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:01.240
 he

00:50:01.240 --> 00:50:01.360
 would

00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:01.619
 always

00:50:01.619 --> 00:50:01.920
 remain

00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:02.240
 close

00:50:02.240 --> 00:50:02.400
 to

00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:02.639
 you

00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:03.340
 for

00:50:03.340 --> 00:50:03.480
 the

00:50:03.480 --> 00:50:03.659
 rest

00:50:03.659 --> 00:50:03.780
 of

00:50:03.780 --> 00:50:03.900
 his

00:50:03.900 --> 00:50:04.220
 life

00:50:04.220 --> 00:50:04.860
 and

00:50:04.860 --> 00:50:05.300
 and

00:50:05.300 --> 00:50:05.559
 for

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:05.740
 all

00:50:05.740 --> 00:50:06.179
 eternity

00:50:06.179 --> 00:50:06.820
 we

00:50:06.820 --> 00:50:06.960
 pray

00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:07.119
 this

00:50:07.119 --> 00:50:07.240
 in

00:50:07.240 --> 00:50:07.440
 Jesus

00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:07.800
 name

00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:08.820
 amen

00:50:08.820 --> 00:50:10.380
 all

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:10.599
 right

00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:11.440
 so you

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:11.539
 can

00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:11.780
 go get

00:50:11.780 --> 00:50:12.019
 changed

00:50:12.019 --> 00:50:17.699
 he

00:50:17.699 --> 00:50:17.880
 does

00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:18.219
 stand

00:50:18.219 --> 00:50:18.800
 for

00:50:18.800 --> 00:50:19.019
 this

00:50:19.019 --> 00:50:19.320
 song

00:50:19.320 --> 00:50:22.639
 come

00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:23.780
 behold

00:50:23.780 --> 00:50:24.539
 the

00:50:24.539 --> 00:50:25.400
 wondrous

00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:26.579
 mystery

00:50:26.579 --> 00:50:27.599
 in

00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:27.980
 the

00:50:27.980 --> 00:50:28.920
 dawning

00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:29.960
 of

00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:30.340
 the

00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:31.099
 king

00:50:31.099 --> 00:50:32.219
 he

00:50:32.219 --> 00:50:32.639
 the

00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:33.519
 theme

00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:34.300
 of

00:50:34.300 --> 00:50:35.059
 heaven's

00:50:35.059 --> 00:50:36.239
 praises

00:50:36.239 --> 00:50:37.159
 broken

00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:38.139
 through

00:50:38.139 --> 00:50:39.840
 humanity

00:50:39.840 --> 00:50:41.820
 in

00:50:41.820 --> 00:50:42.180
 our

00:50:42.180 --> 00:50:43.140
 longing

00:50:43.140 --> 00:50:44.220
 in

00:50:44.220 --> 00:50:44.539
 our

00:50:44.539 --> 00:50:45.460
 darkness

00:50:45.460 --> 00:50:46.480
 now

00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:46.760
 the

00:50:46.760 --> 00:50:47.860
 light

00:50:47.860 --> 00:50:48.380
 of

00:50:48.380 --> 00:50:48.900
 life

00:50:48.900 --> 00:50:49.280
 has

00:50:49.280 --> 00:50:50.160
 come

00:50:50.160 --> 00:50:51.200
 look

00:50:51.200 --> 00:50:51.480
 to

00:50:51.480 --> 00:50:52.400
 Christ

00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:53.059
 to

00:50:53.059 --> 00:50:53.640
 come

00:50:53.640 --> 00:50:54.620
 descend

00:50:54.620 --> 00:50:55.180
 it

00:50:55.180 --> 00:50:55.960
 took

00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:56.300
 on

00:50:56.300 --> 00:50:57.019
 flesh

00:50:57.019 --> 00:50:57.500
 to

00:50:57.500 --> 00:50:58.539
 ransom

00:50:58.539 --> 00:51:00.019
 us

00:51:00.019 --> 00:51:07.480
 come

00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:08.700
 behold

00:51:08.699 --> 00:51:09.319
 the

00:51:09.319 --> 00:51:10.079
 wondrous

00:51:10.079 --> 00:51:11.119
 mystery

00:51:11.119 --> 00:51:12.239
 be

00:51:12.239 --> 00:51:12.539
 the

00:51:12.539 --> 00:51:13.519
 perfect

00:51:13.519 --> 00:51:14.619
 son

00:51:14.619 --> 00:51:14.939
 of

00:51:14.939 --> 00:51:15.719
 man

00:51:15.719 --> 00:51:16.579
 and

00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:16.899
 in

00:51:16.899 --> 00:51:17.159
 his

00:51:17.159 --> 00:51:18.239
 living

00:51:18.239 --> 00:51:19.279
 in

00:51:19.279 --> 00:51:19.619
 his

00:51:19.619 --> 00:51:20.579
 suffering

00:51:20.579 --> 00:51:21.659
 never

00:51:21.659 --> 00:51:22.639
 trace

00:51:22.639 --> 00:51:23.299
 nor

00:51:23.299 --> 00:51:24.000
 stain

00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:24.219
 of

00:51:24.219 --> 00:51:25.000
 sin

00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:26.239
 see

00:51:26.239 --> 00:51:26.619
 the

00:51:26.619 --> 00:51:27.539
 true

00:51:27.539 --> 00:51:28.339
 and

00:51:28.339 --> 00:51:28.960
 better

00:51:28.960 --> 00:51:30.239
 Adam

00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:30.980
 come

00:51:30.980 --> 00:51:31.239
 to

00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:32.659
 save

00:51:32.659 --> 00:51:33.059
 the

00:51:33.059 --> 00:51:33.559
 hell

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:34.099
 bound

00:51:34.099 --> 00:51:35.039
 man

00:51:35.039 --> 00:51:35.779
 Christ

00:51:35.779 --> 00:51:36.019
 the

00:51:36.019 --> 00:51:37.059
 great

00:51:37.059 --> 00:51:37.500
 and

00:51:37.500 --> 00:51:38.099
 sure

00:51:38.099 --> 00:51:39.779
 fulfillments

00:51:39.779 --> 00:51:40.480
 of

00:51:40.480 --> 00:51:40.759
 the

00:51:40.759 --> 00:51:41.699
 law

00:51:41.699 --> 00:51:42.299
 in

00:51:42.299 --> 00:51:42.980
 him

00:51:42.980 --> 00:51:43.239
 we

00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:44.360
 stand

00:51:44.360 --> 00:51:52.019
 come

00:51:52.019 --> 00:51:53.059
 behold

00:51:53.059 --> 00:51:54.059
 the

00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:54.799
 wondrous

00:51:54.799 --> 00:51:55.940
 mystery

00:51:55.940 --> 00:51:56.940
 Christ

00:51:56.940 --> 00:51:57.360
 the

00:51:57.360 --> 00:51:58.199
 Lord

00:51:58.199 --> 00:51:59.339
 upon

00:51:59.339 --> 00:51:59.679
 the

00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:00.360
 tree

00:52:00.360 --> 00:52:01.819
 in

00:52:01.819 --> 00:52:02.159
 the

00:52:02.159 --> 00:52:03.119
 stead

00:52:03.119 --> 00:52:03.860
 of

00:52:03.860 --> 00:52:04.400
 ruined

00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:05.839
 sinners

00:52:05.839 --> 00:52:06.719
 hangs

00:52:06.719 --> 00:52:07.119
 the

00:52:07.119 --> 00:52:07.959
 lamb

00:52:07.959 --> 00:52:08.579
 in

00:52:08.579 --> 00:52:09.639
 victory

00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:11.379
 see

00:52:11.379 --> 00:52:11.759
 the

00:52:11.759 --> 00:52:12.759
 price

00:52:12.759 --> 00:52:13.599
 of

00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:13.980
 our

00:52:13.980 --> 00:52:15.079
 redemption

00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:16.179
 see

00:52:16.179 --> 00:52:16.559
 the

00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:18.259
 father's

00:52:18.259 --> 00:52:18.899
 plan

00:52:18.899 --> 00:52:20.099
 unfold

00:52:20.099 --> 00:52:21.179
 bringing

00:52:21.179 --> 00:52:22.419
 many

00:52:22.419 --> 00:52:23.359
 sons

00:52:23.359 --> 00:52:23.599
 to

00:52:23.599 --> 00:52:24.819
 glory

00:52:24.819 --> 00:52:25.779
 race

00:52:25.779 --> 00:52:26.199
 of

00:52:26.199 --> 00:52:27.159
 measure

00:52:27.159 --> 00:52:28.379
 love

00:52:28.379 --> 00:52:30.559
 untold

00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:37.219
 come

00:52:37.219 --> 00:52:37.239
 come

00:52:37.239 --> 00:52:38.320
 behold

00:52:38.320 --> 00:52:39.099
 the

00:52:39.099 --> 00:52:39.840
 wondrous

00:52:39.840 --> 00:52:41.019
 mystery

00:52:41.019 --> 00:52:41.960
 slain

00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:42.860
 by death

00:52:42.860 --> 00:52:43.599
 the

00:52:43.599 --> 00:52:44.360
 God

00:52:44.360 --> 00:52:44.519
 of

00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:45.299
 life

00:52:45.299 --> 00:52:46.519
 but

00:52:46.519 --> 00:52:46.900
 no

00:52:46.900 --> 00:52:47.759
 grave

00:52:47.759 --> 00:52:48.639
 could

00:52:48.639 --> 00:52:49.019
 ever

00:52:49.019 --> 00:52:50.179
 strain

00:52:50.179 --> 00:52:50.559
 him

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:51.259
 praise

00:52:51.259 --> 00:52:51.659
 the

00:52:51.659 --> 00:52:52.340
 Lord

00:52:52.340 --> 00:52:52.860
 he

00:52:52.860 --> 00:52:53.820
 is

00:52:53.820 --> 00:52:54.840
 alive

00:52:54.840 --> 00:52:56.299
 what a

00:52:56.299 --> 00:52:57.860
 foretaste

00:52:57.860 --> 00:52:58.299
 of

00:52:58.299 --> 00:52:59.799
 deliverance

00:52:59.800 --> 00:53:00.580
 how

00:53:00.580 --> 00:53:03.039
 unwavering

00:53:03.039 --> 00:53:03.620
 our

00:53:03.620 --> 00:53:04.280
 hope

00:53:04.280 --> 00:53:05.240
 Christ

00:53:05.240 --> 00:53:05.600
 in

00:53:05.600 --> 00:53:06.500
 power

00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:08.760
 resurrected

00:53:08.760 --> 00:53:10.140
 as we

00:53:10.140 --> 00:53:11.620
 will be

00:53:11.620 --> 00:53:12.600
 when he

00:53:12.600 --> 00:53:13.519
 comes

00:53:13.519 --> 00:53:14.860
 what a

00:53:14.860 --> 00:53:16.160
 foretaste

00:53:16.160 --> 00:53:16.800
 of

00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:18.320
 deliverance

00:53:18.320 --> 00:53:19.080
 how

00:53:19.080 --> 00:53:21.539
 unwavering

00:53:21.539 --> 00:53:22.240
 our

00:53:22.240 --> 00:53:23.440
 hope

00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:26.100
 Christ

00:53:26.100 --> 00:53:26.460
 in

00:53:26.460 --> 00:53:27.500
 power

00:53:27.500 --> 00:53:29.739
 resurrected

00:53:29.739 --> 00:53:31.179
 as we

00:53:31.179 --> 00:53:32.659
 will be

00:53:32.659 --> 00:53:33.719
 when

00:53:33.719 --> 00:53:34.239
 he

00:53:34.239 --> 00:53:36.619
 comes

00:53:36.619 --> 00:53:39.699
 to

00:53:39.699 --> 00:53:40.839
 know

00:53:40.839 --> 00:53:42.500
 everybody

00:53:42.500 --> 00:53:56.199
 will be

00:54:00.279 --> 00:54:01.079
 who

00:54:01.079 --> 00:54:09.840
 Let's stand and praise God together.

00:54:09.840 --> 00:54:10.840
 Amen.