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 Father, thank you for your grace to us in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 in revealing yourself to us in the person of your Son.

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 And we pray now that as we come to the Scriptures

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 that we would delight in him

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 and that you'd help me to speak clearly about you.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Tim Keller has written in his book, Every Good Work,

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 that people cannot make sense of anything

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 without attaching it to a storyline.

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 You can't make sense of anything without attaching it to a storyline.

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 So he uses the example, after the attacks of September 11,

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 no one mentioned the event without placing it

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 into some sort of narrative structure, story structure.

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 So some people said this is the result of America's abuse

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 of its imperial power in the world.

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 And other people said there are many evil people out there who hate us

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 because we are a good and free country.

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 And so depending on which story you believed,

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 you would be associated with either the antagonist or the protagonist.

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 And your response and your emotions and your actions

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 would be completely different depending which story is yours.

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 And he quotes a modern philosopher and he said,

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 and this is what he writes, I'm just reading from the book,

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 imagine that you're standing at a bus stop,

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 a young man comes up to you, you don't know him,

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 and he says, the name of the common wild duck is Histrionicus,

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 Histrionicus, Histrionicus.

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 And even though you understand the sentence,

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 his action doesn't make any sense.

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 What's it mean?

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 And the only way to make sense of it

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 is to try to learn the story into which this event fits.

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 So perhaps the young man is mentally ill.

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 That would explain it.

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 Or what if somebody,

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 what if yesterday someone who was your gender,

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 your age, your appearance,

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 had approached the young man in the local library,

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 asking him the Latin word for the wild duck,

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 and today he'd mistaken you for that person?

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 That would explain it too.

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 Or perhaps the young man's a foreign spy,

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 waiting at a prearranged rendezvous

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 and uttering the ill-chosen sentence,

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 which will identify him to his contact.

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 And so he says,

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 the first story's sad,

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 the second story's comic,

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 and the third story's dramatic.

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 But the point is,

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 without some sort of a handle on this story,

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 there's no way to understand the meaning

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 of what just happened,

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 and there's no way to even know

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 how to answer this man.

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 So he says,

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 if you call the police

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 and it was a simple case of mistaken identity,

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 it's going to be really embarrassing.

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 If you pick a fight with somebody

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 who's a trained assassin,

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 the result will be even worse.

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 But in any case,

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 if you get the story wrong,

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 your response will be wrong,

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 and if you get the story of the world wrong,

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 if, for instance,

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 you see that life here is all about

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 your self-actualisation

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 and your self-fulfilment,

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 and it's all about you,

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 rather than the love of God

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 and knowing God,

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 then you will get your life responses wrong.

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 We need to know God's story

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 if we're going to know God

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 and how to live in his world.

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 The Bible begins with Adam and Eve

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 living perfect harmony

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 with God and his creation.

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 Life is good.

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 Access to God was easy.

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 They could converse with him in his garden.

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 They could see him.

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 They could talk with him.

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 They could be naked with one another

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 and with God,

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 and they would know no shame.

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 And the tragic end

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 to a great beginning

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 comes when Adam and Eve

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 go it alone,

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 disobey God.

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 He shuts them out of the garden,

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 and perhaps the greatest tragedy

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 in that judgment

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 is that they are shut out

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 from God's personal presence.

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 They no longer know God

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 in the intimate way

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 that they had previously known him.

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 They're shut out from his presence

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 and they have lost access to him.

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 And in some ways,

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 the entire movement of the Bible

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 is about how can we come

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 to know God again

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 despite our sin,

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 our failure,

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 and great wickedness,

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 which is in all of us.

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 God's story

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 is a story about our redemption.

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 It's about us

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 coming to know God again.

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 The journey

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 of the Bible

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 is about how God

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 chooses to reveal himself

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 to us again.

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 It's about God

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 doing something

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 to bring us out

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 of the deep darkness

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 of our own sin

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 to be able to

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 for us to be able

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 to stand safely

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 in his presence.

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 And he has taken

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 extreme measures

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 to make us safe.

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 Deb said already

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 this series

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 is about God.

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 He wants us

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 to know him.

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 He wants us

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 to delight

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 in who he is.

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 And I've been saying

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 throughout this series

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 that we can't know God

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 in his entirety.

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 We can only know

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 as much about him

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 as he chooses

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 to reveal

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 about himself.

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 We can only see

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 as much as he

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 pulls those curtains

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 back for us

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 to be able to see.

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 I've also been saying

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 that God reveals

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 himself to us

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 as three persons

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 Father, Son

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 and Holy Spirit.

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 Three distinct persons

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 who have different roles

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 do different things

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 but each of them

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 is fully God.

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 Last week I spoke

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 about God the Father.

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 It was a delightful

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 surprise to me

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 that he is

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 to see that he is

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 hardly known as Father

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 in the Old Testament.

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 That was like

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 an aha moment for me.

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 It is when Jesus

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 bursts on the scene

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 that God as Father

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 begins to be revealed.

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 And Jesus' most

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 common way

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 of referring to God

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 is as his Father.

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 And you see

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 that Jesus

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 shows us

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 God the Father.

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 He teaches us

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 to pray to the Father,

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 that the Father

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 provides bountifully

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 good gifts

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 to his children,

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 that anyone

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 who has seen me

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 has seen the Father

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 and that the Father

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 is supreme over all

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 and the Father

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 is wonderfully good

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 and totally glorious.

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 Let me tell you,

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 I got to sit with

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 a friend this week

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 who I've been talking

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 to about Christ

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 for the last three years

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 and we didn't talk

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 two ways to live

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 but he asked me

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 what I've been preaching

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 and I told him

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 what I'd learned

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 about God the Father

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 last week.

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 I think that's evangelism.

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 It's revealing

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 what God is like.

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 Today,

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 we turn to

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 his magnificent son.

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 I'm going

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 all over the place

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 in the Bible.

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 You're welcome

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 to try to follow

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 with me.

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 You might find

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 I'm moving

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 a little quickly

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 sometimes.

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 John 1,

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 verse 10 says

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 he was in the world.

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 Speaking about Jesus,

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 Jesus was in the world

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 and though the world

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 was made through him,

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 the world

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 did not recognise him.

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 John makes

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 the extraordinary claim

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 that Jesus existed

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 before he was born.

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 It's not the only place

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 in the Bible

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 that makes that claim.

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 Colossians 1 tells us,

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 verse 16,

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 For by him,

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 by Jesus,

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 all things were created,

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 things in heaven

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 and on earth,

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 visible and invisible,

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 whether thrones

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 or powers

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 or rulers

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 or authorities,

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 all things were created

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 by him and for him.

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 Both passages declare

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 that Jesus,

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 that the world,

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 was made through Jesus.

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 Colossians says

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 that the world

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 was made by Jesus

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 and it was made

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 for Jesus.

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 The world

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 is the stage

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 where Jesus

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 will magnificently

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 do the extraordinary work

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 that his father

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 sent him to do.

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 The big word

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 that we use

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 is incarnation.

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 God coming amongst us

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 as a person

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 and not just any person,

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 he was the perfect person.

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 So it's not,

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 this is not some

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 eastern doctrine

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 of reincarnation

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 where creatures

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 go round and round

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 in endless cycles

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 of existence.

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 existence.

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 This is the incarnation

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 coming into the world,

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 God coming into the world

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 in the person

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 of his son.

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 So the creator

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 God of the universe

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 enters into his creation

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 in the person

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 of his son,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Matthew's gospel

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 goes to a lot of trouble

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 to help us to understand

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 that Jesus wasn't born

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 because Mary and Joseph

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 had premarital sex

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 and something went wrong.

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 It is very clear

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 that Joseph is not

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 Jesus' biological dad.

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 He was born

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 because the Holy Spirit

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 of God

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 caused Jesus

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 to be conceived

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 in Mary

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 while she was a virgin.

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 Our creator

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 became like us,

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 his creatures,

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 except that he was

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 without sin,

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 he was God himself

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 entering our world

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 and he grew

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 to become

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 the perfect human being,

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 he was prepared

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 to be,

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 being prepared

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 to be

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 a perfect sacrifice.

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 So Jesus

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 is human

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 and in some ways

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 that's clear.

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 He was born,

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 he lived,

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 he cried,

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 he laughed,

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 he had friends

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 and he had enemies,

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 he showed compassion

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 and mercy,

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 he got hungry,

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 he suffered,

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 he grieved.

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 Hebrews chapter 5

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 says he is able

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 to deal gently

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 with those

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 who are ignorant

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 and going astray

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 since he himself

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 is subject

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 to weakness.

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 Now I don't know

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 about you

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 but I think

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 when we think

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 human weakness

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 we think sin

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 and failure.

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 You know,

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 I opened my mouth

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 and said that sentence

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 that I really knew

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 I shouldn't have said.

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 Or I went surfing

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 somewhere on the internet

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 that I knew

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 was destructive.

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 Weakness

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 for Jesus

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 wasn't sin.

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 It was experiencing

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 the limitation

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 of life

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 as a flesh

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 and blood person.

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 It says in Hebrews

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 chapter 5

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 that during the days

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 of Jesus' life

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 on earth

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 he offered up

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 prayers and petitions

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 with loud cries

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 and tears

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 to the one

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 who could save him

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 from death.

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 And he was heard

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 because of his

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 reverent submission.

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 And although

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 he was a son

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 he learned obedience

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 from what he suffered

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 and once made perfect

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 he became the source

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 of eternal salvation

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 for all who obey him.

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 He hungered in the desert

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 for 40 days of testing.

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 He experienced deep grief

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 when his friend

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 John the Baptist

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 was beheaded.

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 He was abandoned

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 by many disciples

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 in John chapter 6

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 when they didn't

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 understand his teaching.

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 His suffering

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 was unjust.

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 He did such good

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 to so many people

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 and the leaders

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 of the nations

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 hated him for it.

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 They falsely accused him

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 of being empowered

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 by Satan.

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 He was bashed

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 nearly to death.

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 He was executed

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 by suffocating

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 on a cross

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 because people

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 had lied

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 at his trial.

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 God

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 my whole message

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 last week

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 was that Jesus

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 is the one

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 who reveals

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 the God and Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 and every true thing

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 that we know

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 about the Father

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 is revealed

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 by his obedient son.

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 Jesus had a difficult life

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 and he persevered

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 in that difficult life

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 absolutely dependent

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 on his heavenly Father.

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 His amazingly selfless prayer

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 in the Garden of Gethsemane

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 the night before he died

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 he fell with his face

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 to the ground

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 and he prayed

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 my Father

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 if it is possible

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 may this cup

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 be taken from me

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 yet not my will

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 but as you will

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 my Father

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 if possible

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 yet not what I want

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 but what you want.

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 He's the Lord's prayer

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 personified.

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 Your kingdom come

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 O God

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 your will be done

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 ahead of mine.

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 It's a prayer

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 of dependent trust

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 Father I am hurting

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 in this moment

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 but I trust

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 in your good will

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 and your purposes.

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 You know

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 when we hurt

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 what do we want to do?

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 We really want to tell God

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 what he needs to do

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 to get us out of this mess.

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 Take this pain

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 away from him.

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 And you see in Jesus

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 that he doesn't hesitate

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 to tell his Father

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 that he is hurting

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 but he does not insist

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 on his way out

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 he trusts his Father's

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 plans and purposes

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 being for good.

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 Three times in Matthew's

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 gospel he teaches

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 his disciples

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 that he's going to

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 suffer

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 at the hands

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 of the religious leaders

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 that he will die

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 and three days later

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 he will rise.

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 He was trusting

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 that his Father

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 was going to raise him

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 from the dead

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 by faith.

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 Hebrews chapter 10

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 says it another way

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 it says

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 therefore when Christ

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 came into the world

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 he said

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 sacrifice an offering

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 you did not desire

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 but a body

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 you prepared for me.

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 With burnt offerings

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 and sin offerings

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 you were not pleased.

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 But then I said

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 here I am

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 it is written about me

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 in the scroll

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 I have come

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 to do your will

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 O God.

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 So Christ

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 came into the world

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 he accepted

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 the limitations

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 of a human body

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 he was sinless

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 his sinless body

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 became the only

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 possible sacrifice

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 for our sins

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 there is no

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 other perfect person.

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 isn't that a relief

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 that we don't even

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 have to look for one

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 or try to be?

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 But more amazing

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 still is the view

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 that Christ

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 had of himself

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 in Mark 10

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 Jesus has been

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 teaching his disciples

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 about dark days ahead

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 and he's going

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 about this really

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 serious teaching

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 which is obviously

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 causing him

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 a reasonable amount

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 of grief

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 and the disciples

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 are bickering

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 about status

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 and position.

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 And James and John

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 they make their move

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 and they ask

00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:50.240
 for special position

00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:50.740
 in heaven

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 ahead of the rest.

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 And there is this

00:15:55.319 --> 00:15:56.759
 very unedifying

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.639
 argument about

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 who will have

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 the most important

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 place in heaven.

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 We could try

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 here this morning

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 I wonder

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 who it's and Paul's

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 will be more

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 important in heaven.

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 It's embarrassing

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 and it's

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 extremely unhelpful.

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 And Jesus says

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 if you are going

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 to be great

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 learn to be a servant

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 a slave

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 or a servant.

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 And he explains

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 his own life

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 and his mission.

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 For verse 45

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 Mark 10

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 verse 45

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 this is a keeper

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 this is one of

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 those verses

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 you learn

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 and you remember

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 forever.

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 The son of man

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 did not come

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 to be served

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 but to serve

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 and to give his

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 life as a ransom

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 for many.

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 Philippians chapter 2

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 is an awesome hymn

00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:50.860
 of praise

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.879
 to Christ

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 describing his mission.

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 The one who being

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 in very nature

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 God

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 did not consider

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 equality with God

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 something to be grasped

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 but made himself

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 nothing

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 taking the very

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 nature of a

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 servant

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 a slave

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 being made in

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 human likeness

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 and being found

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 in appearance

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 as a man

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 he humbled himself

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 and became

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 obedient to death

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 even death

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 on a cross.

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 And therefore

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 God exalted him

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 to the highest place

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 and gave him

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 the name that is

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 above every name

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 that at the name

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 of Jesus

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 every knee

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 should bow

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 in heaven

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 and on earth

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 and under the earth

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 and every tongue

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 confess

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is Lord

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 to the glory

00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.299
 of God the Father.

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 God the Son

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 absolutely

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 equal with God

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 in nature

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 didn't try

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 to cling

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 to the rights

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 of his position.

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 it's been called

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 God's great

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 bungee jump

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 left heaven

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 stepped away

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 from entitlement

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 and prestige

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 and honour

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 and fell

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 face forward

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 and smashed

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 into the earth.

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 As a man

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 he allowed himself

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 to be subjected

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 to indignity

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 and humiliation

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 ultimately

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 God permitted

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 his creatures

00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:16.059
 to do their worst

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 to him

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 they tried

00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:17.460
 to snatch

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 the kingdom

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 from God

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 by launching

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 an all-out assault

00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:21.920
 on his son.

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 And Jesus

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 anticipated

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 what was going

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 to happen

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 when he

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 retold

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 the parable

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 of the vineyard

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 from Isaiah

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 and applied it

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 to his own rejection.

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 The man

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 who owned

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 the vineyard

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 he put tenants

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 in charge.

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 The tenants

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 refused to

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 acknowledge the owner

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 by not paying

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 the rent.

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 They beat

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 and killed

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 the messengers

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 who were seen

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 climaxing in the

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 death even

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 of John the Baptist.

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 and finally

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 he says

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 I will send

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 my son

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 whom I love

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 they will

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 respect him

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 and the tenants

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 see the son

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 and they decide

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 to kill him

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 and steal the kingdom

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 and the inheritance

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 for themselves.

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 to reject

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 Jesus

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 is the

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 most awful

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 expression

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 of our

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 rejection

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 of God

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 the Father.

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 It's as though

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 we have tried

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 to seize

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 God

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 with our own

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 hands

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 and sought

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 to destroy

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 him

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 it is the

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 most terrible

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 thing to have

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 been done

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 in the whole

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 of human

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 history.

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 and God

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 holds us

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 all culpable

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 because it is

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 the ultimate

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 re-expression

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 of Adam

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 and Eve's

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 sins.

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 We shut

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 God out

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 of our

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 lives

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 we try

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 to kick

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 him

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 out of

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 his

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 garden

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 and destroy

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 him

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 forever.

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 It is

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 great

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 wickedness.

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 God's

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 point of

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 view

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 Psalm 2

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 says

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 he laughs

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 not because

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 he thinks

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 our efforts

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 are funny

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 but because

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 they are so

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 puny

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 and ridiculously

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 ineffective.

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 He deals

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 with the

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 rejection

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 of his

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 son by

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 vindicating

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 in a

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 flash

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 he makes

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 him alive

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 again.

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 We did

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 our worst

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 to kick

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 God out

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 of the

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 picture

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 and he

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 reverses

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 it in

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 an instant

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 and raises

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 him as

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 king in

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 heaven.

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 So

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 Psalm

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 Philippians

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 chapter 2

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 therefore God

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 exalted

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 him to

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 the highest

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 place and

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 gave him

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 the name

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 that is

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 above every

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 name that

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 at the

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:38.959
 name of

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 Jesus every

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 knee should

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 bow in

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 heaven and

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 on earth and

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 under the

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 earth and

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 every tongue

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 confess that

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 Jesus Christ

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 is Lord to

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 the glory of

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 God the

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 Father.

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 Yes.

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 So God

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 has vindicated

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 his son and

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 we are

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 accountable to

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 him whether

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 we like it

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 or not.

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 The son of

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 God has

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 conquered

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 through service.

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 He didn't

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 seek glory.

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 He was given

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 it by his

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 heavenly father.

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 His ultimate

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.699
 ministry was to

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 submit to his

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 father's will and

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 lay down his

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 life.

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 In John 10

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 he says the

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 reason that my

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 father loves me

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 is that I lay

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 down my life

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:23.000
 only to take it

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 up again.

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 No one takes

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 it from me

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 but I lay

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 it down of my

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 own accord.

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 I have

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 authority to

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 lay it down

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 and authority

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 to take it

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 up again.

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 This command

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 I receive

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 from my

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 father.

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 Brothers and

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.500
 sisters we

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:42.019
 cannot emulate

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:43.039
 Christ in

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.779
 perfection and

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 that's not what

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.320
 he calls us to

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:46.660
 do.

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.720
 His sacrifice

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.500
 is unique.

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:51.820
 His

00:21:51.820 --> 00:21:53.019
 personhood is

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.460
 unique.

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 He is God

00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:54.900
 himself fully

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 God.

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.740
 He is also

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.360
 fully a

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 person.

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 And he has

00:21:58.880 --> 00:21:59.640
 taken perfect

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.440
 humanity in

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.019
 himself into

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.580
 heaven right

00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:01.900
 now.

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.420
 But we

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.259
 must take

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.120
 heed of what

00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.720
 he has said

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.100
 to his

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:10.900
 disciples when

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.500
 they are arguing

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.539
 over status and

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:12.960
 position.

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.080
 I have

00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.559
 known a lot

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.620
 of joy since

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:19.160
 coming to

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.819
 St. Paul's

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.080
 and I have

00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.460
 done a lot

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.840
 of growing

00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.160
 too.

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.400
 I have

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.840
 experienced

00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:22.279
 things I have

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.940
 never experienced

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:24.440
 before and

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:24.980
 worked in a

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.420
 team which

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.740
 has just

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 been wonderful.

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.620
 But let

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.180
 me tell you

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:30.319
 that what I

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.079
 find very

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:33.440
 difficult and

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:34.980
 it has been a

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.200
 significant problem

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.000
 here that has

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.599
 occurred over and

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.799
 over and over

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.380
 again.

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.720
 People who push

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:46.099
 hard for things

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.860
 to be done

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.860
 their way.

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.720
 Now let me tell

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.299
 you I have got my

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.379
 own willfulness so

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:52.079
 I am probably a

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.779
 player in this as

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.019
 well.

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.339
 But this is how

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.940
 we do it.

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.619
 Don't you know

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.319
 who I am?

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.960
 This is my

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.899
 ministry at

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.759
 St. Paul's.

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.980
 When I went to

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.919
 my last parish

00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:07.819
 13 years ago

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:10.000
 a woman was on

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.879
 my doorstep in

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.480
 the first few

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.379
 days and she

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:13.639
 said I am the

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.839
 women's evangelist

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.639
 use me.

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.079
 Let me tell you

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.740
 when you first go

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.160
 to a parish

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.640
 you are like a

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.039
 rabbit in

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.500
 headlights.

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.759
 You are trying

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.380
 to get a handle

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:24.140
 on this strange

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:26.099
 new place and

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:27.019
 I didn't meet

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.839
 her expectations.

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.480
 But what she

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.400
 couldn't see was

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.440
 she brought to

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.599
 me a very

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.620
 exalted view of

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.500
 herself as an

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.220
 evangelist.

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.640
 And she saw

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.440
 herself as better

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.099
 than others.

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.620
 And she pushed

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.380
 herself forward

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.259
 over others.

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.400
 And she didn't

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.900
 get the recognition

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.720
 that she thought

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.539
 she deserved

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:50.740
 and she left.

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.960
 Now she wasn't

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:59.559
 giftless and

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.180
 she wasn't

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:05.279
 Christless and

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.940
 she could have

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.759
 been a huge

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.460
 help in our

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.519
 church with her

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.220
 gifts and her

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.720
 heart for the

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.720
 Lord Jesus if

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.440
 she had just

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.120
 come forward

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:14.180
 and asked how

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:15.140
 can I serve

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.880
 these are some

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.480
 of the things I

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.380
 think I can do.

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:19.759
 but she came

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.620
 as a Lord

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:22.539
 and not as a

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:22.880
 servant.

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.120
 Jesus says if

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.539
 you are going

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.140
 to be great

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.880
 learn to be a

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.460
 slave or a

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.720
 servant.

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.319
 Service is

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.779
 ministry.

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.920
 And the word

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.680
 means the same

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.059
 thing.

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.360
 The ministries

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:42.960
 that Christ

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.600
 gives us are

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.420
 not so that we

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.180
 can glory over

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:46.220
 one another and

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.019
 say how important

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.539
 we are.

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.980
 He allows us to

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.680
 serve for the

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.460
 benefit of his

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.839
 people and his

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.279
 purposes.

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.400
 So whenever we

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:58.039
 slip into a

00:24:58.039 --> 00:25:00.420
 mindset of what

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 about me,

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.619
 it might be

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 appropriate to

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 us sometimes but

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.480
 other times we

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 lose our

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 servant-heartedness

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:11.720
 focus becomes

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 and the focus

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.480
 becomes me and

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 I lose my

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 focus on my

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 master's business.

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 I love some of

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 the work that

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 Deb's been done

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 helping us to

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 think about the

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.920
 mindset that we

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 bring to church.

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 You know, the

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.879
 people in the

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 car park in the

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 morning, they're

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 not just trying to

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 line up cars and

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 maximise space so

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 that we can get

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 51 cars instead of

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 50 into the car

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 park.

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 That's not what

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 it's about.

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 They're

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 welcomers.

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 They're the

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 first point of

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 contact when a

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.340
 new person comes to

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 church and drives

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 into our car park.

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 And so they have

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 this wonderful

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 opportunity to

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 communicate to

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 people that we're

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 really glad to see

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 this.

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 We're glad for you

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 to be here.

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 Is there anything

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 that you need to

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 know from us in

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 terms of where to

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 go or who's who

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 or what's what?

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 They help people.

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 And so a servant

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.700
 is a person who

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 operates with the

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.920
 other in mind and

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 not with their own

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 to-do list.

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 When my child or

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.620
 my spouse is

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 needing and hurting

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 or crying, are

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.740
 they just this

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.920
 bother and

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.980
 trouble to what I

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 plan to do?

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 Or do I see

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.100
 myself as their

00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:28.360
 chief provider and

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 carer and

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.059
 respond accordingly?

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 It comes from

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 Jesus.

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 The Son of Man

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 did not come to

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 be served but to

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 serve and to give

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 his life as a

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 ransom for many.

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 The last thing I

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.879
 want us to see is

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.799
 that Jesus both

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:49.220
 identifies as God

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.179
 and is worshipped

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.740
 as God.

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 And when people

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.720
 like Jehovah's

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.419
 Witnesses want to

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:55.099
 tell you that Jesus

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.940
 isn't God, know

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.599
 these things.

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.440
 Colossians chapter

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.539
 2 and John

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.279
 chapter 12

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.960
 describe Jesus'

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.799
 victory at the

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.839
 cross in cosmic

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.799
 terms.

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.000
 Colossians 2

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 15, having

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 disarmed the

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 powers and

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:09.859
 authorities, he

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.599
 made a public

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.839
 spectacle of them

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 triumphing over

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.519
 them by the

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.920
 cross.

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.139
 In John

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.940
 chapter 12,

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.960
 now is the time

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.720
 for judgment on

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.259
 this world.

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.659
 Now the prince of

00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:21.460
 this world will be

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 driven out but I

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 when I am lifted up

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 from the earth

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.619
 will draw all

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 people to myself.

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:28.759
 in Mark

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.360
 chapter 2,

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.140
 Jesus heals

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.640
 the paralyzed

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.340
 man that the

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:32.100
 religious leaders,

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:34.019
 when Jesus heals

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.900
 the paralyzed man

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.720
 in Mark 2,

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.000
 the religious

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.779
 leaders are

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:39.140
 scandalized when

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.980
 Jesus says to

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.360
 this man,

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.880
 your sins are

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.200
 forgiven.

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.779
 Absolutely

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:44.080
 scandalized.

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.860
 And they

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.840
 rightly declare,

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.299
 only God has the

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.279
 authority on earth

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.200
 to declare sins

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.680
 forgiven.

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.820
 How dare you do

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.519
 such a thing?

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.500
 But they don't

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.879
 recognize that God

00:27:58.879 --> 00:28:00.099
 is standing in

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.839
 their midst.

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.179
 Throughout John's

00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:05.939
 gospel, Jesus

00:28:05.939 --> 00:28:06.720
 calls himself,

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.480
 I am.

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.700
 It's the same way

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.539
 that God identified

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.779
 himself to Moses at

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.480
 the burning bush.

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.939
 Jesus said, I am

00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.839
 the bread of life,

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.779
 I am the light of

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.819
 the world, I am the

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.720
 good shepherd, I am

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:19.000
 the true vine, I am

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.839
 the way, the truth

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.319
 and the life.

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.220
 No one comes to

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.879
 the Father except

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.460
 through me.

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:24.460
 He speaks as God.

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.480
 The end of the

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.159
 Bible, it's filled

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.839
 with thanks and

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.519
 praise to our

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.579
 glorious Lord Jesus

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.059
 Christ.

00:28:31.419 --> 00:28:32.159
 There are three

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:33.200
 songs in Revelation

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.399
 5, we read them

00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:35.480
 often enough, but

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.259
 these are glorious

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.980
 songs and they're

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.579
 worth singing.

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.839
 The creatures, you

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.419
 get this picture,

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.939
 there's different

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.619
 groups of people

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.039
 who are singing

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.439
 the songs.

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.059
 So the first

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:44.619
 song is sung by

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.399
 the 12 living

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:46.240
 creatures, the 24

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.859
 living creatures,

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.720
 whatever they are,

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.819
 that are in the

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.960
 immediate presence of

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.299
 God around you.

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.799
 around the throne

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.279
 of God in

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.859
 heaven and this

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.339
 is what they

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.700
 sing.

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:58.139
 They sing this to

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:59.240
 the Lamb, to the

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.159
 Lord Jesus, you

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:01.879
 are worthy to take

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:03.019
 the scroll and to

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:04.379
 open its seals because

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:07.919
 you were slain and

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:09.159
 with your blood you

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:10.500
 purchase people for

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:12.279
 God from every tribe

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.079
 and language and

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.220
 people and nation and

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:15.220
 you have made them to

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.099
 be a kingdom and

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:17.240
 priests to serve our

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.679
 God and they will

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.619
 reign on the earth.

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:23.379
 They praise the Lord

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:24.699
 Jesus for the ransom

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.699
 price that he has

00:29:25.699 --> 00:29:27.119
 paid to bring people

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:28.219
 into God's kingdom

00:29:28.219 --> 00:29:29.779
 from all the nations

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.799
 of the earth, even

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.159
 us.

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.959
 And we're a

00:29:32.959 --> 00:29:34.219
 multinational lot,

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.619
 aren't we?

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.819
 They praise him for

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.019
 his selfless act of

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.479
 service.

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:43.299
 That's the song that's

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:44.559
 sung in heaven around

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.519
 the throne of God.

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.559
 God.

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.900
 And then the third

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:49.259
 song, it's a song

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.339
 which is now sung by

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.059
 a different group.

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.720
 It says, every

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.359
 creature in heaven

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:56.680
 and on earth and

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.359
 under the earth.

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.500
 It includes us.

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:02.559
 And we sing to him

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.759
 who sits on the throne

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:08.599
 and to the Lamb be

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:10.000
 praise and honour and

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.480
 glory and power for

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.500
 ever and ever.

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.980
 The Father on the

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.079
 throne and his Son,

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.620
 the Lamb, receive our

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.079
 worship.

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.140
 They are worshipped as

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:21.019
 God forever.

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.960
 So brothers and

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.880
 sisters, God has

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.099
 shown his face amongst

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:28.220
 us in the person of

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.720
 his Son.

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:31.700
 He has clearly revealed

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.759
 himself to be a

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.900
 servant in submission

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.680
 to his Father.

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:38.340
 Father, he is now our

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.519
 risen God, the King.

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:43.840
 And Psalm 2 tells us

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:45.259
 how to respond to such

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:47.140
 a mighty Son who is

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.460
 King.

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:50.400
 Psalm 2 says, be

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:53.640
 wise, serve the Lord

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:55.480
 with fear and rejoice

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.480
 with trembling.

00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:01.100
 Kiss the Son, lest he be

00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:02.420
 angry and you be

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.580
 destroyed in your way.

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:06.420
 For his wrath can

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.500
 flare up in a moment,

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:10.900
 but blessed are all

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:12.799
 who take refuge in

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.080
 him.

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:17.480
 If you do not yet

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.840
 know the Son, what

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.240
 do you do?

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.380
 You kiss him.

00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:22.900
 You make peace with

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.060
 him.

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.759
 You find yourself a

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.840
 safe place with him

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.840
 so that you are not

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:29.279
 burnt when his wrath

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.380
 flares up in a moment.

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.060
 Amen.