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 Good morning, everyone. Great to be in church with you this morning. My name's Steve, and

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 it is a brisk morning. I'm a little bit cold, and I'm hoping to warm up as I preach. So just

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 bear with me on that. It's just really that my core temperature must be dropped or something

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 this morning. But it's great to be in church with you. We've been on a journey through

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 the book of Isaiah, and we're coming towards some really crucial bits and towards the end

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 of it. So I'm really glad you're here, and I'm glad that you checked it in online with

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 us this morning. I'd be grateful if you get Isaiah 53 open in front of you. Also, there's

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 St. Paul's app. There's a message, an outline for today's message, God's surprising servant.

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 It will help you immensely as we go through. Well, Eric Liddell was a Scottish sprinter, rugby

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 player and Christian missionary. He was known for his refusal to run in the heats for his

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 favoured event, the 100 metre sprint at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He received significant

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 pressure from the then Prince of Wales and the World Olympic Committee to run on a Sunday,

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 and it was against his Christian conviction to do so. And he only found out the heats were

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 on on the Sunday as he was travelling to Paris on the boat. He ended up, by the goodness of

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 one of his colleagues, swapped events with him, and he ended up winning the gold medal for

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 the 100 metre race instead at the 24 Olympics. His life, at least at that point of his life,

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 is captured in the 1981 movie, Chariots of Fire. But his legacy is much greater than winning a gold medal.

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 Immediately after winning the gold medal, he did what he wanted to do for the rest of his life,

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 and he set out as a missionary to China. He returned to China. He was born in China to missionary parents.

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 And he remained in China until his death in a Japanese civilian internment camp in 1945.

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 Liddell's Olympic training and racing, his Christian convictions, everything that influenced him,

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 are there in that movie, Chariots of Fire, and I encourage you to watch it. But his enduring legacy

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 is not mentioned in the movie. What he's really, really famous for is not mentioned in the movie at all,

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 because it's not an Olympic gold medal. His enduring legacy is the time that he spent as a missionary

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 and in the internment camp. Liddell became a leader and an organiser of the camp under harsh conditions.

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 He busied himself by helping the elderly, teaching Bible classes, arranging games, teaching science to

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 students. He was referred to as Uncle Eric. One of his fellow internees later wrote a book about his

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 experience in that camp, and the book's called The Courtyard of the Happy Way. And he described Liddell

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 as the finest Christian gentleman it has ever been my pleasure to meet.

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 Another said of Liddell in his writing,

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 it is rare indeed that a person has the good fortune to meet a saint, but he came as close to it as

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 anyone I have ever known. Another non-Christian said that.

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 Liddell, from the moment of his, beyond the internment camp and the end of World War II,

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 many things have been written about him. His influence has been substantial and nothing to do

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 with winning a gold medal.

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 He was known by all in the internment camp as someone who gave up his life for others. Despite him

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 having a wife and three children who had escaped to Canada, when he was given an opportunity to be

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 released from the internment camp and to return and to go to Canada, he surrendered that opportunity

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 to a pregnant woman. He let her go.

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 And he stayed.

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 His last words were,

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 it's complete surrender.

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 It's complete surrender.

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 A reference to how he had completely given his life to Jesus Christ,

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 who had completely given his life for him.

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 It's complete surrender.

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 The passage, which was just read out to us by Sybil this morning,

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 is one of the most important passages in the entire Bible.

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 And yet, in the storyline of Isaiah, these verses are a complete shock.

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 They're unexpected.

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 Because they subvert every human category of thought about greatness and glory and salvation.

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 There are three surprising things.

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 So if you've got the St. Paul's app, you'll notice them there in the titles.

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 Surprisingly Ordinary, Surprising Suffering and Surprising Glory.

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 That's the journey today.

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 Open up Isaiah 53 and the St. Paul's app.

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 Now the big shock of these verses is that by the time you get to Isaiah 53,

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 we're expecting someone of power and greatness and majesty to come in and rescue God's people enslaved in Babylon.

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 God's person coming to rescue his people from exile.

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 The great divine king who we saw earlier in Isaiah is going to raise up every valley,

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 fill in every valley and bring every mountain down low.

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 the one who's going to have big paths straight.

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 This great king, the one who's going to bring renewal to the whole world.

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 We're expecting someone majestic and big and powerful.

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 Instead, you read in verse 2,

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 he had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him.

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 Nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

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 He was despised and rejected by mankind.

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 A man of suffering.

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 And familiar with pain.

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 Like one from whom people hide their faces.

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 He was despised.

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 And we held him in low esteem.

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 The shock of these verses is that this majestic king,

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 this God's servant here,

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 has none of the markers of what the world would call successful.

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 Looks,

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 money,

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 connections,

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 credentials,

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 none of it.

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 And yet despite that,

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 we read in verse 1,

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 who has believed our message,

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 and to whom

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 has the arm

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 of the Lord

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 been revealed?

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 The arm of the Lord,

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 in Bible talk,

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 simply means,

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 it's a metaphor for the power of God.

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 This is saying that this servant,

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 despised,

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 held in low esteem,

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 is God's power.

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 God's power.

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 And it's how God's power works

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 in the world,

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 and it subverts

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 every category that we have.

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 Every category.

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 It's exactly what we see

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 in the New Testament.

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 Mark's biography

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 of Jesus

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 records Jesus

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 turning up to his hometown,

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 Nazareth.

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 It's in Mark chapter 6.

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 And in verse 3,

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 it says that the people of his hometown

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 took offense at him.

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 Now,

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 what's surprising about that

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 is that Nazareth

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 could also be called Nowhereville.

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 You know,

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 it's a humble little village

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 that is hardly mentioned in history at all,

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 and its only famous resident

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 is Jesus.

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 Only one.

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 In other words,

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 these are grassroots people

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 who knew Jesus as a kid,

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 and Jesus turns up,

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 and they're offended by him.

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 And the word translated offense

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 in Mark chapter 6, verse 3,

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 means that they were scandalized by him.

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 To be scandalized

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 is not to disagree with him.

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 It means to totally reject him.

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 It means to feel hostility towards him.

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 William Craig,

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 sorry, not Willie Craig,

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 William Lane,

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 in his commentary

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 on Mark chapter 6,

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 states the issue really well.

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 Well,

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 their discernment

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 could not penetrate

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 the veil

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 of ordinariness

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 that surrounded him.

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 How could

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 the long-awaited

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 Messiah,

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 King,

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 Rescuer

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 of God's people

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 be so

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 ordinary?

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 Ordinary.

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 The ordinariness

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 of Jesus

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 did not fit

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 with the village

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 of Nazareth's

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 worldview

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 of a triumphant

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 Messiah.

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 This is not

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 who we're expecting.

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 And in the same way,

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 friends,

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 the ordinariness

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 of Jesus

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 offends

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 the normal

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 moral understanding

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 of how salvation,

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 sorry,

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 the normal

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 human understanding

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 of how salvation

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 works in our world.

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 All religions,

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 all philosophical

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 systems

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 offer a form

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 of salvation

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 and liberation

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 that is from

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 the ordinariness

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 of human life.

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 It's escaping

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 the ordinariness

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 of human life.

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 And it is

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 always triumphant

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 and it is

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 always strong.

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 the Christian

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 view of salvation

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 is unique.

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 God

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 comes

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 down

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 into

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 our

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 ordinariness.

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 He doesn't

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 lift us

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 just from it.

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 He immerses

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 himself

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 in the pain,

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 the vulnerability,

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 the suffering

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 of the ordinary

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 human life.

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 We cannot

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 know

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 what the good

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 news of

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 Christianity

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 is

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 if we've

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 never felt

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 the offence

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 of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 But we

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 must not

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 take offence.

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 Matthew 11

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 verse 6

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 says,

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 blessed is

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 anyone who

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 does not

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 stumble

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 on account

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 of me.

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 If we

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 take

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 offence

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 at the

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 ordinariness

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 of Jesus,

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 we can

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 never know

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 his blessing.

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 now I

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 know I'm

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 taking a

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 lot for

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 granted

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 when I

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 say that

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 and so

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 there's

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 an extra

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 incentive

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 to sign

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 up to

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 Alpha

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 to discover

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 a bit

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 more about

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 the Christian

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 faith and

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 the good

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 news that

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 it actually

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 is for

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 all of

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 humanity.

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 The reality

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 is,

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 this is how

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 God works

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 in all of

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 life from

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 beginning to

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 end.

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 the

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 extraordinary

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 power of

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 God

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 operates in

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 our life

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 in just

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 ordinary

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 ways.

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 For

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 instance,

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 the grace

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 and the

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 life of

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 God grows

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 in our

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 ordinary

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 life in

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 ordinary

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 ways is

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 what I'm

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 saying.

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 Things like

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 daily Bible

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 reading,

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 daily prayer,

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 self-examination,

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 worship,

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 hanging out

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 with people

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 who are bold

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 enough to

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 point you

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 to Jesus,

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 to encourage

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 you to

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 keep on

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 keeping on,

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 to keep you

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 accountable for

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 walking with

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 Jesus week

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 in and week

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 out and

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 week in and

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 week out for

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 years.

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 Ordinary

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 things that

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 you do over

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 and over

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 and over

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 again have

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 a powerful

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 impact on

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 your life.

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 So imagine

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 for instance,

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 I got the

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 seed right

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 now for

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 a Morton

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 Bay fig

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 tree.

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 If you

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 don't know

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 what that

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 is, go

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 to the

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 Botanic

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 Gardens

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 or just

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 Google it

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 actually,

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 there we

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 go.

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 Much

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 easier to do,

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 not now,

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 later.

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 Got the

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 seed for

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 Morton

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 Bay fig

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 tree.

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 It easily

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 fits in the

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 palm of my

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 hand.

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 Now imagine

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 if I decided

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 right now I'm

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 going to go to

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 the corner of

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 this building

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 just outside and

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 I'm going to

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 get this

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 Morton Bay fig

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 seed and I'm

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 going to smash

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 this building

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 with the seed

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 and try and

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 bring the

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 building down.

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 The seed has

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 no power.

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 I don't have

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 any power.

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 It has no

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 power in

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 itself.

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 It's nothing.

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 It's just

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 small.

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 It's little.

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 However, I

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 plant it in the

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 corner of the

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 building and I

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 water it, give it

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 some sunshine,

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 give it time,

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 water it, you

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 know, fertilize the

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 nutrients, sunshine

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 every day.

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 It will grow

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 and it will

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 grow and it

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 will grow big

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 enough to crumble

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 the building.

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 It will tear it

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 down over the

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 course of time.

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 That's the

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 extraordinary power

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 of God's work

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 in our lives

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 through ordinary

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 means again

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 and again

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 and again

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 and again.

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 Slow and

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 ordinary growth

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 comes through

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 the means of

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 grace and it's

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 so powerful to

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 bring about

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 incredible

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 transformation in

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 life.

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 So I want to

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 ask you, is

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 the arm of the

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 Lord evidence

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 in your life,

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 in your habits?

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 That's the

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 first thing

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 that's surprising.

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 God's servant

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 was so ordinary.

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 The second

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.100
 thing surprising

00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:37.639
 here is that

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 God's servant

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 suffers.

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 How can a

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 great triumph

00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:46.159
 come through

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 such weakness?

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 That's not

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 how we work

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 in this world.

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 Notice the

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 words in

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 verses 4 and

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 5.

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 Pain,

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 suffering,

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 stricken,

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 afflicted,

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 pierced,

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 crushed.

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 The word

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 pierced there

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 means the

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 most painful

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 possible death.

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 Then down in

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 verse 8,

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 taken away,

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 cut off.

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 The word

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 cut off means

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 a violent

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 death.

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 God's

00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:15.860
 servant,

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.960
 Jesus Christ,

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 suffered terribly.

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 many people

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 think,

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 and just a

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 little bit

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 of a side

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 point here,

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 many people

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 think that

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 because they're

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 suffering,

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 God doesn't

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 love them.

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 And the

00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.720
 only response

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 I have to

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 that,

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 look at

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 Jesus.

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 Just look to

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 Jesus in your

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 suffering.

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 God's

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 salvation in

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 our lives

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 is in

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 fact compatible

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 with a

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 very hard

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 experience.

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 His love

00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:54.460
 for us is

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.879
 compatible with

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 a very hard

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 experience in

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 life.

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 God can be

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 with you,

00:16:59.780 --> 00:17:00.399
 love you,

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 in you,

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 working through

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 you,

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 growing you,

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 even while you

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 suffer terribly.

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 But the

00:17:08.860 --> 00:17:10.059
 surprising thing

00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:10.600
 about the

00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:11.100
 suffering of

00:17:11.100 --> 00:17:11.700
 God's servant

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 here is

00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.940
 why he

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 suffered.

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 there is

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 at least

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 ten times

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 in these

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 verses

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 that he

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 is described

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 as taking

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 on things

00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.779
 that are

00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.359
 not his.

00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:29.399
 He took

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 up our

00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:30.740
 pain,

00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:31.659
 verse 4.

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 He bore

00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:33.980
 our suffering,

00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:34.919
 verse 4.

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 He was

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:36.899
 pierced for

00:17:36.899 --> 00:17:37.639
 our

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 transgressions.

00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:40.019
 And again,

00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:40.759
 the punishment

00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.460
 that brought

00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:42.580
 us peace

00:17:42.580 --> 00:17:44.120
 was on

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 him.

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 Over and

00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.580
 over again,

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 he's taking

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.060
 on,

00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:49.740
 taking on,

00:17:49.820 --> 00:17:50.500
 taking on

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.560
 things that

00:17:51.560 --> 00:17:52.380
 don't belong

00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:52.980
 to him,

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:55.360
 that are not

00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:55.920
 his.

00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:56.060
 transgressions.

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:59.060
 What does

00:17:59.060 --> 00:17:59.360
 all that

00:17:59.360 --> 00:17:59.779
 mean?

00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:01.740
 Cast your

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.080
 eye down

00:18:02.080 --> 00:18:02.400
 to verse

00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:02.920
 12.

00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.460
 It says,

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.360
 God's servant

00:18:05.360 --> 00:18:06.580
 king was

00:18:06.580 --> 00:18:08.620
 numbered with

00:18:08.620 --> 00:18:09.779
 the transgressors.

00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:11.759
 What's surprising

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:13.500
 about that is

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.000
 that when you

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.980
 read through

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:17.279
 Isaiah 53,

00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:18.519
 you'd notice

00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.779
 that he is

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.660
 declared to

00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:21.519
 be innocent

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.240
 at every

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.660
 point.

00:18:24.100 --> 00:18:24.539
 And yet

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.000
 here he's

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.680
 numbered with

00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.700
 the transgressors.

00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:30.000
 In Luke

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.900
 chapter 22

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.860
 verse 37,

00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.160
 Jesus

00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:33.799
 quotes

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:35.539
 this verse

00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:38.019
 at the end

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.700
 of his last

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.259
 supper with

00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:40.019
 his disciples

00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:41.360
 just moments

00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:41.940
 before he's

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:43.299
 arrested and

00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.279
 is executed.

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.120
 And he

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.799
 says,

00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.259
 Isaiah 53

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.759
 verse 12

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.120
 is about

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:48.480
 me.

00:18:50.100 --> 00:18:50.860
 I'm the

00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:51.420
 one who

00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:51.880
 is numbered

00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.380
 amongst the

00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:53.180
 transgressors.

00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.460
 He says

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:54.820
 this,

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.339
 he was

00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:55.859
 numbered with

00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.319
 the transgressors

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.579
 and I

00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.000
 tell you

00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:57.399
 that this

00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:57.839
 must be

00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.220
 fulfilled

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:59.039
 in me.

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.460
 He says

00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:03.899
 this just

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.700
 hours before

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.319
 his death.

00:19:06.919 --> 00:19:07.779
 Isaiah 53

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.639
 verses 12

00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:09.359
 verse 12

00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:09.679
 is what

00:19:09.679 --> 00:19:10.279
 is on

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.220
 his mind.

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.339
 What does

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:13.779
 it mean

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.319
 that he took

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.879
 our pain,

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.539
 our suffering

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:15.859
 and our

00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.319
 punishment?

00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:18.659
 to be

00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.240
 numbered with

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.379
 the

00:19:19.379 --> 00:19:20.359
 transgressors

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:22.399
 doesn't

00:19:22.399 --> 00:19:22.980
 mean that

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.859
 he became

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:25.119
 a transgressor.

00:19:25.419 --> 00:19:26.220
 It means

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.579
 that he

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.500
 was counted,

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:29.000
 treated as

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.839
 if he was

00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:30.919
 a transgressor.

00:19:33.919 --> 00:19:34.779
 And just

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.579
 hours later

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.339
 he was hung

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.960
 on a cross

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.740
 between two

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:39.079
 other transgressors

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:40.779
 as if

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.299
 he himself

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.859
 was one.

00:19:43.899 --> 00:19:44.819
 This is the

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:46.000
 surprising thing

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.740
 about his

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.199
 suffering.

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.559
 He takes

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.339
 on what

00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:49.899
 should be

00:19:49.899 --> 00:19:50.299
 our

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.799
 suffering

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.980
 for our

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.919
 transgressing.

00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.640
 He is

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.420
 treated as

00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.700
 if he

00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.200
 has done

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.880
 every

00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:56.360
 single

00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:56.640
 thing

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.039
 that we

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.240
 have

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.580
 done.

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.240
 What's

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.800
 even more

00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:04.400
 surprising

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:05.820
 is that it

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:06.180
 says in

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.800
 verse 11

00:20:06.800 --> 00:20:07.259
 that my

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 righteous

00:20:07.800 --> 00:20:08.380
 servant

00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:09.120
 will justify

00:20:09.120 --> 00:20:09.620
 many.

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 So put

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 verses 10

00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:12.320
 and 11

00:20:12.320 --> 00:20:12.759
 together

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 and it's

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.940
 an amazing

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.519
 section.

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.580
 Verse 10

00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:16.140
 said it

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.660
 was God's

00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:16.960
 will to

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 crush him

00:20:17.600 --> 00:20:18.279
 to cause

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 him to

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 suffer

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:20.160
 and through

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.660
 the Lord

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 make his

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.720
 life an

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.400
 offering for

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 sin

00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.340
 he will

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 see his

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.720
 offspring

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 which simply

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 means he

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 through his

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 suffering

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 through his

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 death

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 will see

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 the results

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 of his

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 suffering.

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 And then

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:35.940
 in verse

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 11 we

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 read after

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 he had

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 suffered

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 he will

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 see the

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.780
 light of

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 life

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 and be

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 satisfied

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 by his

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 knowledge

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 my righteous

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 servant

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 will justify

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 many.

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 To justify

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 someone is

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 to make

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 them

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 righteous

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 it's a

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 legal term

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 to declare

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 them to

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 be right.

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 It is

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 the idea

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 once again

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 I was up

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 here I

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.539
 talked about

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 the idea

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.519
 of double

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 blessing.

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 He had

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 the peace

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 but got

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 the punishment

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 so that we

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 who deserve

00:21:13.699 --> 00:21:14.480
 the punishment

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 get the

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 peace.

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 Sin is

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 forgiven

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 but peace.

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 Jesus

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 Christ is

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 treated by

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 God as

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 he has

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 done

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 everything

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 all of

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 humanity

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 has done

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 throughout

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 the history

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 of humanity

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 so that

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 when we

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 put our

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 trust in

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 him we

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 are treated

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 as if we

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 have done

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 everything

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 that he

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 has done.

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 Righteousness

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.059
 of life

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 constant

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 obedience

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 to the

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 father.

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 That is

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 the surprise

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.740
 that is

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 the center

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.179
 that is

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 the power

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 that is

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 the wonder

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:48.920
 of the

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.180
 Christian

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.640
 faith.

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 And there

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.240
 is nothing

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.779
 like it

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.060
 in all

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 of humanity.

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 It is

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 radically

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 different from

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 every other

00:21:58.580 --> 00:21:59.080
 religion.

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 Every other

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.000
 religion in

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.580
 this world

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 is from

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:03.860
 the strong

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.300
 to the

00:22:04.300 --> 00:22:04.759
 strong.

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 And the

00:22:05.800 --> 00:22:06.539
 basic message

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.800
 is if you

00:22:07.800 --> 00:22:08.720
 want to

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.980
 be great

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.259
 then you

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.940
 summon your

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.620
 strength and

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.220
 you focus

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.080
 your will and

00:22:14.080 --> 00:22:14.700
 you live in a

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.480
 particular way

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.160
 and eventually

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.640
 you'll be

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 great.

00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:19.880
 Jesus

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:21.200
 Christ died

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.580
 rejected and

00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.320
 in utter

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:24.340
 weakness.

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.600
 He was

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:26.820
 despised.

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.440
 He comes

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.240
 in weakness

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.460
 and so his

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.480
 salvation is

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.660
 only ever

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.420
 for the

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.780
 weak.

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:38.080
 Salvation

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.740
 is a

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.100
 gift

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:41.320
 from the

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:41.660
 weak

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.500
 to the

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.860
 weak.

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:47.479
 God's

00:22:47.479 --> 00:22:48.079
 servant

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.439
 in Isaiah

00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:50.359
 is surprising.

00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:51.819
 He is

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.459
 both a

00:22:52.459 --> 00:22:52.839
 servant

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:54.099
 and a

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.459
 king

00:22:54.459 --> 00:22:57.479
 just as

00:22:57.479 --> 00:22:58.139
 God is

00:22:58.139 --> 00:22:58.399
 both

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:58.819
 righteous

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.679
 and loving.

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:01.240
 God

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.039
 substitutes

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.719
 himself for

00:23:02.719 --> 00:23:03.279
 us on the

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.639
 cross.

00:23:04.719 --> 00:23:05.359
 God puts

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:06.259
 himself where

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.199
 we deserve

00:23:07.199 --> 00:23:07.759
 to be

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.980
 so that

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.500
 now we

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.079
 can stand

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.379
 in the

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:10.900
 place of

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.259
 honour

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:13.240
 only he

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.400
 deserves to

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.720
 plead.

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.839
 And it's a

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.420
 place of

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.779
 honour,

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.599
 it's a

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:17.980
 place of

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.579
 love,

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.259
 it's a

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.660
 place of

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.299
 acceptance,

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.099
 it's a

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.539
 place of

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.180
 approval,

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.079
 it's a

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.559
 place

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:26.819
 that's

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.319
 guilt-free,

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.759
 shame-free.

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:28.779
 glory.

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.640
 And that's

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.319
 the surprising

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.940
 glory of

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.599
 this passage.

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.740
 God's

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.440
 servant is

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.119
 surprisingly

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.839
 ordinary,

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.140
 surprisingly

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.019
 suffers in

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.619
 weakness to

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.220
 make us

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.019
 right and

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.579
 strong,

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.660
 and this

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.359
 all points

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.960
 to a

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.519
 surprising

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.319
 glory because

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.720
 it's not

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.140
 how we

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.559
 would do

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:48.740
 it.

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.379
 Have a

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.740
 look again

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.099
 at verse

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.579
 10.

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.220
 It was

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.700
 the Lord's

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.000
 will to

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.440
 crush him

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:55.640
 and to

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:55.980
 cause him

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.440
 to suffer

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.119
 and through

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.720
 the Lord

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.240
 make his

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.640
 life

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.160
 and offering

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.860
 for sin.

00:24:00.780 --> 00:24:01.280
 He will

00:24:01.280 --> 00:24:02.560
 see his

00:24:02.560 --> 00:24:03.259
 offspring

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.920
 and prolong

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:06.240
 his days

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.140
 and the

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.840
 will of

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.259
 the Lord

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.060
 will prosper

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.700
 in his

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.180
 hand.

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:10.960
 And then

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.280
 in verse

00:24:11.280 --> 00:24:11.740
 11 it

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.080
 says,

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:12.800
 he will

00:24:12.800 --> 00:24:14.640
 see the

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.940
 light of

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:17.200
 life and

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.000
 be satisfied.

00:24:19.520 --> 00:24:19.840
 What's

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.300
 happening in

00:24:20.300 --> 00:24:21.780
 verse 11 is

00:24:21.780 --> 00:24:22.060
 that it's

00:24:22.060 --> 00:24:22.820
 completing the

00:24:22.820 --> 00:24:23.560
 full circle

00:24:23.560 --> 00:24:24.120
 of this

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.560
 poem,

00:24:24.820 --> 00:24:25.680
 which began

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.820
 in 52,

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.319
 verse 13,

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.179
 where it

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:31.019
 says about

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.500
 God's

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.240
 servant that

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.819
 he will be

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.659
 raised,

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.500
 he will be

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.500
 lifted up

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.399
 and highly

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.159
 exalted.

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:44.279
 That is,

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.379
 it's a

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:45.839
 reference to

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.500
 the cross

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:48.119
 and the

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.679
 resurrection

00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:50.599
 and the

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.259
 ascension of

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.579
 Jesus.

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.639
 He will be

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.659
 raised up on a

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.059
 cross,

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.019
 dying for the

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.379
 sin of

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:55.960
 humanity

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.440
 and he

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.839
 will be

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.480
 highly

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.759
 praised,

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.579
 exalted,

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.319
 honoured.

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.139
 Now we've

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.559
 seen this

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.160
 language before

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.639
 in Isaiah,

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.660
 the idea of

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.700
 being high

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.559
 and exalted.

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.379
 We've seen it

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:08.779
 before.

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.819
 You all

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.259
 remember the

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.660
 very first

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.119
 message in

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.680
 Isaiah chapter

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.240
 6, several

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.759
 months ago,

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.619
 I'm sure.

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.019
 But it's

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.420
 there in

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.359
 Isaiah 6,

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.059
 when Isaiah

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.879
 is commissioned,

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.279
 he gets a

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.879
 glimpse of the

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.639
 throne room of

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.420
 God and he

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.240
 says, I

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.820
 saw the

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:26.140
 Lord high

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:27.039
 and exalted

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:28.039
 seated on

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.620
 a throne.

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.920
 He sees the

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.519
 God of the

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.240
 universe on a

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.120
 throne and

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.620
 it's saying

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.240
 here that this

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.180
 suffering servant

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:36.440
 is the God

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.700
 of the

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.340
 universe,

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.600
 seated on

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.180
 a throne.

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.060
 What's even

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.980
 more remarkable

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:48.200
 is if you

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.640
 read through

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.200
 John chapter

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.820
 12,

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.360
 John says,

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:54.159
 Isaiah was

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:55.199
 gazing on

00:25:55.199 --> 00:25:56.179
 Jesus Christ.

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.779
 Isaiah saw

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.639
 Jesus on the

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.019
 throne.

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.359
 At the

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:03.799
 cross,

00:26:03.939 --> 00:26:04.519
 humanity

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.319
 passed its

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.939
 verdict on

00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:07.299
 Jesus and

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.119
 its verdict was

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:09.019
 rejection and

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.899
 condemnation,

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.919
 but the cross

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.399
 is not the

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:11.799
 end of it.

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.240
 That's what

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.819
 this verse is

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.240
 saying in

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.879
 52 verse

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.359
 13.

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.199
 The cross

00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:16.139
 is not the

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.699
 end.

00:26:17.459 --> 00:26:17.779
 Jesus

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.399
 Christ,

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.379
 the Son of

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.740
 God,

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.879
 became human,

00:26:21.219 --> 00:26:22.000
 lived a

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.380
 perfect life,

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.400
 a perfect

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:25.859
 life,

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:26.960
 but to us

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.640
 humanity,

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.140
 he was

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.660
 ordinary,

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.759
 he was

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.500
 despised,

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.099
 rejected,

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.579
 he was

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.559
 disfigured,

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.440
 beyond

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.299
 recognition,

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.019
 he was

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.839
 placed in

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.599
 a grave.

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.440
 That was

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.160
 our verdict

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.700
 on him

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.299
 and then

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.880
 God's

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.599
 verdict came.

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.759
 And he

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.720
 brings him

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.440
 powerfully

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.259
 from death.

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.940
 Resurrection

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.440
 is God's

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.180
 vindication.

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 This is

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.500
 my

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:53.980
 suffering

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.460
 servant

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.840
 for

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.480
 humanity

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.620
 and he

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.559
 is high

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.259
 and he

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.080
 is exalted

00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:00.779
 and he

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.500
 is honoured

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.120
 and he

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.759
 is lifted

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.259
 up

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:05.180
 at the

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.880
 right hand

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.900
 of the

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.360
 Father in

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:07.600
 heaven.

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.080
 And the

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.640
 world

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.700
 falls

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.799
 silent

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:14.539
 as Jesus

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.620
 is vindicated

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:17.579
 in Isaiah

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.439
 52 verse

00:27:18.439 --> 00:27:19.059
 15.

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.339
 The cross

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:22.179
 of Christ

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:23.619
 looks like

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.279
 a failed

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.239
 plan or

00:27:25.239 --> 00:27:26.019
 a pointless

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.779
 gesture,

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.939
 but is the

00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:28.939
 power and

00:27:28.939 --> 00:27:29.419
 the wisdom

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:29.939
 of God.

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.619
 As the

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.239
 Apostle Paul

00:27:31.239 --> 00:27:32.159
 writes in

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.799
 1 Corinthians

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.359
 1,

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.659
 Jews demand

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:36.119
 signs for

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.639
 the wisdom,

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.439
 but we

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:38.479
 preach Christ

00:27:38.479 --> 00:27:40.419
 crucify the

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:41.459
 power and

00:27:41.459 --> 00:27:42.199
 the wisdom

00:27:42.199 --> 00:27:43.019
 of God.

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:47.619
 substitutionary

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.559
 sacrifice

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:50.099
 is the

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.859
 surprising

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:53.680
 glory

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.900
 of his

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.460
 work.

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.440
 And it

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.859
 is the

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.420
 surprising

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.940
 glory of

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.539
 the Christian

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.240
 life.

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.059
 In other

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.539
 words,

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.700
 you want

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.000
 to be

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.559
 great

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:08.319
 in life?

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.240
 Why

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.660
 shoot for

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.019
 an Olympic

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.480
 gold?

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.820
 Give up

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.279
 your life

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.800
 for others

00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:20.440
 and you

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.700
 will be

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.060
 great.

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.540
 That's the

00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:23.000
 surprising

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.580
 glory of

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:23.940
 the Christian

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.340
 life.

00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:26.420
 A life

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.620
 of substitutionary

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.720
 sacrifice is

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.160
 the Christian

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.560
 life.

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.660
 And it

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.240
 happens in

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.740
 all of

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.100
 life.

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.600
 It's there

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.120
 right through

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.500
 all of

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.860
 life.

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.460
 Let's

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:35.779
 take the

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.300
 example of

00:28:36.300 --> 00:28:36.580
 parenting.

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.019
 I'm glad

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:38.100
 that James

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.480
 and Sybil

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.019
 rose this

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.240
 one.

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:39.519
 I mean,

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:40.080
 unbeknownst

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.460
 to them.

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.180
 Let's

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.500
 take the

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.960
 example of

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.300
 parenting.

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.820
 A child

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.279
 comes into

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.860
 your life

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:46.040
 and all

00:28:46.040 --> 00:28:46.279
 of a

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.480
 sudden

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.660
 you

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.360
 experience

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:48.960
 how much

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.820
 they hamper

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:51.259
 your

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.759
 personal

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.200
 freedom.

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:53.840
 How much

00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:54.240
 they get

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.500
 in the

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.920
 way of

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.060
 your

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.480
 life.

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.480
 There

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.860
 are all

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.220
 sorts of

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.600
 things you

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:59.060
 used to be

00:28:59.060 --> 00:28:59.400
 able to

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.720
 do but

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.259
 you can't

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.560
 do to

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:01.960
 the same

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.300
 degree.

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.759
 Travel,

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.160
 career

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.620
 advancement,

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.620
 social life.

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:04.699
 life.

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.579
 This is

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.059
 particularly

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.639
 a conflict

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:08.000
 for the

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.419
 Westerner

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:08.959
 who deeply

00:29:08.959 --> 00:29:09.419
 values

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:09.819
 personal

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.199
 and individual

00:29:10.199 --> 00:29:10.619
 freedom,

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.199
 which is

00:29:12.199 --> 00:29:12.579
 why so

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:12.759
 many

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.299
 Westerners

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.019
 are getting

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.659
 a dog

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.179
 rather than

00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:15.679
 a child.

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:19.320
 if you

00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:20.100
 make a

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:20.680
 choice

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:22.080
 to hold

00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.860
 onto your

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.400
 freedom

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.259
 and go

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.060
 down the

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:25.519
 road of

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.460
 selfishness,

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.480
 then that

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.180
 child will

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.720
 grow up

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.299
 with all

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.120
 kinds of

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.880
 insecurities.

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:31.980
 insecurities.

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.000
 All kinds

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.140
 of

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.700
 insecurities.

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.580
 There is a

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.140
 sense where

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.560
 they will

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:39.100
 themselves

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.960
 grow up

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.760
 and be

00:29:40.760 --> 00:29:41.800
 enslaved to

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.380
 their own

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.160
 complex

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:44.160
 brokenness

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:49.120
 if the

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.360
 parents

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.880
 are under

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.080
 their

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.420
 freedom.

00:29:52.020 --> 00:29:52.700
 On the

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.160
 other hand,

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.660
 if you give

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.020
 up your

00:29:54.020 --> 00:29:55.780
 freedom as

00:29:55.780 --> 00:29:56.800
 the way a

00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:57.500
 parent should,

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.600
 then the

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.100
 child will

00:29:59.100 --> 00:29:59.660
 grow up

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.220
 stable,

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.900
 responsible,

00:30:01.260 --> 00:30:01.580
 free.

00:30:02.840 --> 00:30:03.180
 And when

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.780
 they do,

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:05.160
 the parent

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.840
 will discover

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:06.760
 a new

00:30:06.760 --> 00:30:07.300
 kind of

00:30:07.300 --> 00:30:07.640
 freedom.

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.580
 A freedom

00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:09.140
 that comes

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.400
 from a

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.800
 relationship

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.140
 with a

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.600
 child who's

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.040
 grown up

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:11.400
 to become

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.400
 a stable

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:12.980
 contributing

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.580
 adult to

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.140
 society.

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.400
 The freedom

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.920
 that comes

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.260
 from the

00:30:17.260 --> 00:30:17.800
 richness of

00:30:17.800 --> 00:30:18.720
 family life,

00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:20.980
 transparency

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.980
 in relationship.

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:22.980
 See the

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.280
 point?

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.120
 The point

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.720
 is, it's

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.180
 either you

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.620
 or them.

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.380
 Substitutionary

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.900
 sacrifice.

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.320
 It's either

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.679
 you or

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:31.919
 them.

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.919
 All real

00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:36.939
 love, all

00:30:36.939 --> 00:30:37.899
 real love

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.799
 is weakening

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.519
 yourself to

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.159
 strengthen the

00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:41.079
 other, but

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.240
 it results in

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.839
 the giver

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.559
 getting a

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.500
 new strength

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:46.119
 that they

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.599
 could not

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.240
 have otherwise.

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:49.139
 There is a

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:49.839
 freedom in

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.119
 that.

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.679
 Take another

00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:55.079
 example.

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:55.720
 You've got

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.159
 wealth.

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.480
 What I mean

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.980
 is that you've

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.579
 got money and

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.259
 you've got assets

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.160
 that mean

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.500
 that you've

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.000
 got some

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.460
 power to

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.019
 make choices

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.700
 in your

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.119
 life.

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.859
 That's what

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.279
 I mean by

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.700
 wealth.

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.039
 I don't

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.420
 mean whether

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.680
 you're on

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:08.599
 the BRW

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.559
 rich 200

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.000
 list.

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.480
 You've got

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.000
 power to

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.539
 make choices

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.900
 in your

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.180
 life.

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.640
 That's the

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.259
 definition of

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.519
 wealth.

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.099
 And you

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.379
 might not

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:15.720
 feel that

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:15.900
 you're

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.220
 wealthy,

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.619
 but you've

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:16.980
 got power

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.240
 to make

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.500
 choices.

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:17.900
 You have

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.339
 choices.

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.079
 And you

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.500
 can hold

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.059
 on to all

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.299
 of your

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.619
 money,

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.599
 all of your

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.039
 time,

00:31:22.199 --> 00:31:22.579
 and all

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:22.859
 of your

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.319
 power for

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.119
 yourself in

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:24.859
 such a way

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.419
 that you

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:26.439
 become enslaved

00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:26.939
 to it.

00:31:27.959 --> 00:31:28.659
 And you

00:31:28.659 --> 00:31:29.379
 will perish

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:31.039
 with it in

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.480
 poverty.

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.079
 You will

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.699
 perish with

00:31:34.699 --> 00:31:35.039
 it in

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.399
 poverty.

00:31:37.159 --> 00:31:38.039
 Or, on the

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.519
 other hand,

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.119
 you can give

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.480
 up your

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.099
 riches in

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.799
 various ways.

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:41.319
 You can

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:41.799
 start to

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.740
 share your

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.319
 wealth and

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.779
 your power

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.059
 and your

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.099
 choices and

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.639
 invest your

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.099
 time and

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.500
 your money

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.099
 charitably

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:47.980
 towards others

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.500
 and you

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.019
 can use

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.460
 your wealth

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.980
 either to

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.460
 hold on to

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.099
 your power,

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.740
 you will

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.519
 always be

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.960
 weak,

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:53.980
 or to

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.660
 give up

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.180
 your wealth

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.819
 to empower

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.620
 others and

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.339
 you'll start

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.860
 to discover

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.940
 a new and

00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.299
 real wealth,

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.200
 something that

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.079
 liberates and

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.640
 frees.

00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:05.519
 When Jesus

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.420
 gave himself

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.259
 away to

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.039
 win us,

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:10.640
 he then

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.120
 got the

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.519
 name that

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.920
 is above

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.559
 every other

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:12.980
 name.

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.660
 Not

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.039
 before.

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.880
 Not

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.240
 before.

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.960
 He deserves

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.120
 far more

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:20.440
 honor for

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.240
 having lost

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.420
 his honor.

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.120
 In

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.519
 closing,

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:25.799
 at the

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.000
 end of

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.500
 his book,

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.519
 Mere

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.200
 Christianity,

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.200
 C.S.

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.700
 Lewis,

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.299
 sums up the

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.039
 Christian life

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.920
 just beautifully.

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.220
 It's the

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.720
 very last

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.160
 page.

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.779
 Let me

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.220
 quote him.

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.980
 The principle

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.759
 runs through

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.700
 all of life

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.200
 from top

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.640
 to bottom.

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.319
 Give up

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.620
 yourself and

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.519
 you will find

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.779
 your true

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.299
 self.

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.299
 Lose your

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.359
 life and

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.660
 you will

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.160
 save it.

00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:52.839
 Submit to

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.240
 death,

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.039
 death of

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.680
 your ambitions

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.900
 and favorite

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:57.359
 wishes every

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:59.139
 day and

00:32:59.139 --> 00:32:59.539
 death of

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.980
 your whole

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.579
 body in

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.139
 the end.

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.759
 Submit with

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.879
 every fiber

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.359
 of your

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.639
 being and

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.259
 you will

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.619
 find eternal

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.200
 life.

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.400
 Keep back

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.859
 nothing.

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.500
 Nothing that

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.099
 you have not

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.799
 given away will

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.500
 ever really be

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.200
 truly yours.

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:17.000
 Nothing that

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.740
 has not died

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.359
 will ever be

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.000
 raised from

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.460
 the dead.

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.859
 Look for

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.680
 yourself and

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.319
 you will find

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.859
 in the long

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.480
 run only

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.019
 hatred,

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.460
 loneliness,

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.960
 despair,

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.299
 rage,

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.720
 ruin and

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.180
 decay.

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.559
 But look

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.819
 for Jesus

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.799
 Christ and

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.500
 you will find

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.539
 him and

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.160
 with him

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.240
 every other

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.900
 thing thrown

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.619
 in as well.

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.059
 What a way

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.619
 to finish a

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:43.839
 book.

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:44.839
 Mere

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.259
 Christianity

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.839
 by C.S.

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.119
 Lewis.

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.160
 And so

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.440
 I wonder

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.920
 friends,

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:54.700
 can you

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.119
 say

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:58.740
 with Eric

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.220
 Liddell

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.920
 at the

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.299
 point of

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.660
 death,

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.819
 it's

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.160
 complete

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.579
 surrender.

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.300
 It's

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.599
 complete

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.019
 surrender.

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.860
 what might

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.320
 be your

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.920
 next step

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.719
 to

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.119
 weaken

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.759
 yourself

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.960
 that

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.400
 others

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.820
 might

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.000
 be

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.280
 strong.

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.599
 Thank you.

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.159
 Thank you.

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:20.399
 I can't

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.359
 that

00:34:23.359 --> 00:34:24.639
 quartet

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.539
 matter

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.199
 season

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:27.500
 so

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.279
 I he's

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:28.779
 estoy

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.399
 loving

00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:29.879
 away

00:34:29.879 --> 00:34:30.440
 and

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.079
 giving me

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.679
 have many

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:31.920
 them to

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.519
 work

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:32.719
 there's

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.039
 maybe

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.960
 to

00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:35.339
 l

00:34:35.339 --> 00:34:35.579
 has

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.779
 been

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.000
 there's