WEBVTT 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:08.240 Well, now we turn to the preaching of God's Word, and we're going to pick up where we left off a few weeks ago when I was with you last, 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:15.500 looking in the letter of Philippians, Paul's letter to the church at Philippi in chapter 2. 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:18.480 We'll be looking at verses 5 through 11 today. 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:23.780 And as we get going, I want to turn back to this book that I talked about earlier, this new directory for public worship. 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:30.500 And it really has been a helpful tool to me in just preparing sermons and being able to lead worship. 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:42.880 I don't know if anyone's familiar with this book, but it really has a whole wonderful list of parts of worship and how to consider it appropriately and what a worship service should look like. 00:00:43.400 --> 00:00:49.960 It includes prayers not only of confession, but prayers of invocation, prayers of petition, prayers of intercession. 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:55.820 It talks about the sacraments, how to go about leading the Lord's Supper and baptism. 00:00:56.439 --> 00:01:02.020 It even speaks of funerals and weddings, how those are to be conducted in a God-honoring way. 00:01:03.260 --> 00:01:07.200 And so, in a way, this book kind of serves as a blueprint for the church. 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:14.060 It wasn't designed in such a manner that it's supposed to be a rigid form of worship that we have to follow every bit of it. 00:01:14.060 --> 00:01:25.799 But it's meant to be a guide for us in such a way that we can worship the Lord with sincerity and in truth while still having great freedom in how we form our worship. 00:01:26.320 --> 00:01:33.120 And so, in thinking about it as a blueprint, that's what we're going to really be seeing today in our passage. 00:01:33.460 --> 00:01:36.560 Paul gives us a blueprint of sorts. 00:01:37.099 --> 00:01:39.900 It's a blueprint that he says is the mind of Christ. 00:01:39.900 --> 00:01:48.380 If you remember from a few weeks ago, we looked at verses 1 through 4, where Paul talks about the need for unity within the church. 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.360 There's some disunity, there's some conflict that's occurred. 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:58.480 We don't really know what that looks like, but we know Paul has been made aware of it and he desires to address it. 00:01:58.960 --> 00:02:05.840 And so, in thinking about promoting unity, he also says this needs to start with the individual through personal humility. 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:09.659 And so, he doesn't end his instruction there. 00:02:09.939 --> 00:02:17.000 He goes on, as we'll see today, by giving us this blueprint, that blueprint which is the mind of Christ himself. 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:20.659 The blueprint of perfect humility. 00:02:21.700 --> 00:02:26.080 And so, let's turn to our passage, though we'll be focusing on verses 5 through 11. 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:29.819 I want to reread verses 1 through 4. 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:32.860 So, turn with me to the reading of God's Word. 00:02:32.860 --> 00:02:37.200 Philippians chapter 1, chapter 2, starting in verse 1. 00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:46.320 And so, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 00:02:47.300 --> 00:02:54.120 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 00:02:54.920 --> 00:03:01.160 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:06.120 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 00:03:07.259 --> 00:03:10.419 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 00:03:11.019 --> 00:03:17.060 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:18.680 but emptied himself. 00:03:19.419 --> 00:03:24.120 By taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men, 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:30.140 and being found in human form, he humbled himself by being obedient to the point of death, 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:32.180 even death on a cross. 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:38.020 Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:41.599 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, 00:03:41.740 --> 00:03:44.420 in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 00:03:44.939 --> 00:03:48.159 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, 00:03:48.379 --> 00:03:50.960 to the glory of God the Father. 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:52.820 Father, this is the word of God. 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:54.240 Pray with me again. 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:00.659 Almighty God, you are the Father of lights. 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:05.159 And so we ask, Lord, that you will shine in our hearts and in our minds, 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:09.060 that we might understand your message that you give to us in these scriptures. 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:13.819 We ask, Lord, that the gospel will come to us not only in word, 00:04:13.939 --> 00:04:15.939 but also through the power of your Holy Spirit. 00:04:15.939 --> 00:04:22.719 And so, Lord, by your Spirit, please guide us in your truth and strengthen us to all obedience, 00:04:23.100 --> 00:04:25.980 that we may desire to glorify your name. 00:04:26.740 --> 00:04:28.139 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:04:28.740 --> 00:04:29.019 Amen. 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:35.180 Now, as I mentioned a few weeks ago, we are looking through verses 1 through 4, 00:04:35.259 --> 00:04:38.240 and Paul gives this plea for unity within the church. 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:46.900 And as I mentioned, this plea is really founded on not only coming together as one mind and one heart with one another, 00:04:46.960 --> 00:04:53.160 but he looks at it more deeply in recognizing the need for personal humility that we must have. 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:56.139 But he doesn't end that instruction just by saying, 00:04:56.280 --> 00:04:57.460 this is what you need to do, church. 00:04:57.540 --> 00:04:59.439 This is how you will be unified with one another. 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:01.860 No, as I mentioned, he gives us this blueprint. 00:05:02.019 --> 00:05:05.019 He turns to the mind of Christ. 00:05:05.019 --> 00:05:09.500 And so we may think, well, this doesn't really sound like really practical advice, just looking to Christ. 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:11.779 We may want to come to the Bible and say, 00:05:12.019 --> 00:05:14.919 God, what are we supposed to do in certain situations? 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:17.680 We may not always think the Bible is very practical. 00:05:17.799 --> 00:05:20.560 Look, I'm struggling with my relationship with my spouse. 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:21.939 Where's the verse about that? 00:05:22.719 --> 00:05:24.199 My kid is being rebellious. 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:25.719 How am I supposed to respond to this? 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:27.240 I have conflict with a friend. 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:29.199 Where's the verse for that? 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:37.599 But we'll recognize in our passage today the practical nature of these verses. 00:05:38.719 --> 00:05:42.959 How practical it is that we turn to Jesus. 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:47.800 Paul tells us to have the mind of Christ. 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:52.539 And when he says this, it's that we may have an understanding of who Christ is. 00:05:52.540 --> 00:06:01.460 An understanding of and being able to recognize what he has done for us and the implications of Christ's actions in our lives. 00:06:03.460 --> 00:06:07.500 And so the call then is to look to Jesus. 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:12.879 If we want unity in the church, Paul tells us to look to Jesus. 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:19.540 If we want to resolve conflict with a friend or a spouse, we are called to look to Jesus. 00:06:19.540 --> 00:06:30.600 If we see trouble brewing in our home, in our community, the call is to look to Jesus. 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:34.860 And so that's what we're going to spend our time considering today. 00:06:35.260 --> 00:06:37.480 What does it mean to have the mind of Christ? 00:06:37.580 --> 00:06:40.420 It's a very rich, theologically deep passage. 00:06:40.900 --> 00:06:47.879 It's a passage that for me is rather intimidating to preach as we consider the nature and the work of Christ. 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:56.000 But as we consider it, I hope that we are able to get a glimpse of the majesty and the beauty of our Savior. 00:06:56.620 --> 00:07:02.600 And so two points that I really want us to think about today as we consider the mind of Christ. 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:05.060 First, the condensation. 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:07.920 I knew I was going to mess this up. 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:11.759 And I'll blame it on the jet lag of having returned from the States a few days ago. 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:14.399 I knew I was going to say condensation of Christ. 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:16.600 The condescension of Christ. 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:19.800 And if I say it again wrong, just give me grace. 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:22.520 Maybe I should just switch and say the humility of Christ. 00:07:23.460 --> 00:07:28.140 The condescension of Christ and also the exaltation of Christ. 00:07:28.820 --> 00:07:32.980 And so as we consider our first point, the humiliation of Christ. 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:34.720 What does this mean? 00:07:34.780 --> 00:07:39.040 Oftentimes when we think of someone being condescending to someone else, 00:07:39.400 --> 00:07:41.260 we think that as being a negative thing, right? 00:07:41.259 --> 00:07:43.360 You have this mind of superiority. 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:44.959 You look down on someone else. 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:46.039 You want to belittle them. 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:53.000 But when we think of condescending in theological terms, in the terms that is used here in our passage, 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:55.539 it doesn't have a negative connotation. 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:59.560 It really describes the beauty of the gospel to us. 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:06.139 And so as we've done somewhat recently, I mean, I think it's important to be able to look back at catechisms. 00:08:06.280 --> 00:08:10.579 We recognize that catechisms can be important in helping us understand our faith. 00:08:10.660 --> 00:08:12.519 They summarize our faith for us. 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:17.240 And so if we turn to the Westminster Shorter Catechism, a question is posed, 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:20.219 wherein did Christ's humiliation consist? 00:08:21.299 --> 00:08:22.539 And this is the answer. 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:30.319 Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born and that in a low condition made under the law, 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:35.899 undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God and the curse of death on the cross, 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:40.600 in being buried and continuing under the power of death for a time. 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:45.940 And so when we think about the humiliation of Christ, this is what it means. 00:08:46.040 --> 00:08:49.340 The creator became a creature. 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:55.920 The king of glory came off of his throne to live among his creation. 00:08:59.100 --> 00:09:05.480 And so when we think about this act, you may think, well, an illustration for us. 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:08.500 Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon or seen pictures of the Grand Canyon? 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:13.460 Even though I'm from the States, I've not been there myself, but I've had family and friends that have traveled there. 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:18.960 And one of the unique things they say about the Grand Canyon is not only is how just massive it is 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:23.259 and how hard to gauge just how big and how deep it goes, 00:09:23.820 --> 00:09:28.299 but the uniqueness about when you go hiking there, you don't start by hiking up. 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:29.940 You start by hiking down. 00:09:29.940 --> 00:09:35.940 And so you go down from the rim into these valleys, into this canyon. 00:09:35.940 --> 00:09:40.920 And the problem is that it can fool people often because when you hike up, you recognize, 00:09:41.020 --> 00:09:44.180 you can kind of see above you and see how far you have to go and when you've got to turn around. 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:49.100 When you hike down, people don't often recognize how difficult this journey is going to be. 00:09:49.180 --> 00:09:50.760 And so they don't go with enough water. 00:09:51.020 --> 00:09:53.480 They don't go with enough food or the right footwear. 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:57.340 They don't recognize that the further down you go, the hotter it's going to get, 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.279 the worse the conditions are going to become. 00:10:00.420 --> 00:10:03.379 Oftentimes, it can be flash flooding and you're down there stuck at the bottom. 00:10:03.539 --> 00:10:04.800 You're not going to be able to get back up. 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.940 Or you've hiked for such a long time, you don't realize the time it's going to take to get back to the top. 00:10:11.539 --> 00:10:14.940 And so oftentimes, these conditions are not appreciated. 00:10:15.899 --> 00:10:23.139 Well, this condescension of Christ, we recognize in a very familiar manner that Christ begins at the top. 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:26.019 Christ is on his throne in all his glory. 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:31.179 And it's Christ that comes down, down, down to us. 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:39.559 It says in verse 6 that Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped. 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:46.460 And so this language, being in the form of God, it doesn't mean that Jesus was like God or that he was similar to God. 00:10:46.980 --> 00:10:52.259 It means that he possessed the essential nature and attributes of God. 00:10:53.139 --> 00:10:56.019 And so it's just like it says in the Gospel of John at the very beginning. 00:10:56.019 --> 00:11:00.699 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:05.220 Jesus is the visible expression of God himself. 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:08.159 One commentator put it this way I liked. 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:13.879 He said that the form or the essence of Jesus is reality in manifestation. 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:19.879 And so this reality, then, is our starting point as we consider Christ's humiliation. 00:11:20.620 --> 00:11:26.120 Over the course of history, there's been plenty of people who have admired the man of Jesus, 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.919 who have thought he's a wonderful teacher. 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:30.639 He's a wonderful example to us. 00:11:30.700 --> 00:11:31.740 He's a wonderful prophet. 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:37.000 Even some that say he's the Son of God, but yet do not believe that he is the Creator, 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:40.960 that he was created, that he must be still subordinate to God. 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:45.960 But that's not what the Bible says if we look at Jesus' own testimony. 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:51.060 In John 5, verse 18, it says that the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him 00:11:51.060 --> 00:11:55.600 because he was calling God his Father, making himself equal with God. 00:11:56.800 --> 00:12:02.820 If we consider right before Jesus' crucifixion, at his trial when he's brought before Pilate, 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:05.400 and Pilate asks him, are you the Son of God? 00:12:06.540 --> 00:12:07.460 What's his response? 00:12:07.540 --> 00:12:09.879 He responds in the affirmative, you have said so. 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.679 Paul makes this point elsewhere in some of his letters. 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:18.679 In Colossians 1, verse 15, he says that Christ is the image of the invisible God. 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:22.600 In him, the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:27.120 The author of Hebrews says similarly in chapter 1, verse 3, 00:12:27.259 --> 00:12:31.899 Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God, the exact imprint of his nature. 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:37.899 And so yet, we see here that even though Jesus is fully God, 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:42.699 it says he did not account equality with God a thing to be grasped. 00:12:43.819 --> 00:12:46.939 And so this means that even though he was equal with God, 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:51.399 even though he was God, he didn't try to selfishly exploit his position. 00:12:52.579 --> 00:12:55.919 He didn't try to lord over us. 00:12:55.919 --> 00:13:00.419 He didn't try to see how much comfort he could keep for himself as he sat on his throne. 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:03.919 He was using his divine privilege for the good of his creation. 00:13:05.139 --> 00:13:08.719 And so this is why Paul can say in 2 Corinthians 8, verse 9, 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:12.639 that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, 00:13:12.719 --> 00:13:16.159 so that you by his poverty might become rich. 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:24.360 And so Christ used his power and his privilege as a means of service to you and me. 00:13:25.439 --> 00:13:29.480 And so that leads us then to chapter 7, or excuse me, verse 7, 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:32.939 where he says he emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:34.879 being born in the likeness of man. 00:13:36.319 --> 00:13:38.240 Now when we think of emptying something out, 00:13:38.299 --> 00:13:40.319 we think that usually you may think of like a bucket, 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:43.059 being the water inside the bucket being poured out. 00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:46.739 Or if you're in my house, a box of Legos being poured on the floor. 00:13:47.119 --> 00:13:51.379 And you pray that you don't step on those Legos as the kids fail to pick them up, 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:52.679 as it usually happens. 00:13:53.239 --> 00:13:55.179 But when you think about pouring something out, 00:13:55.319 --> 00:13:57.819 the contents of that bucket, you think, is gone. 00:13:58.359 --> 00:14:01.719 And so you wonder, what does it mean here that Christ emptied himself out? 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:04.719 Did Christ lose part of his identity when he became man? 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:05.819 No, that's not what he's saying. 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:08.239 Christ did not lose his identity. 00:14:08.819 --> 00:14:11.979 Yes, he did set aside his comfort and his glory, 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:15.960 but he does not lose his attributes that he has as God. 00:14:17.680 --> 00:14:21.100 Paul says that he was born in the likeness of man. 00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:27.639 And so in his humiliation, Christ adds something to his character. 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.800 The nature of humanity. 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:33.159 But that humanity doesn't diminish his divinity. 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:35.899 He is fully God and fully man. 00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:39.639 He is 100% divine, yet 100% human. 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:44.519 And so this is this divine math that's hard for us to understand. 00:14:44.659 --> 00:14:46.279 It's hard to explain. 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:49.120 But we know it to be true. 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:54.759 It's this divinity and humanity that's a necessary condition for our salvation. 00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:58.559 Because if we turn to Romans 8 and these first few verses, 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:00.819 which are very, very dense theologically, 00:15:00.939 --> 00:15:02.199 this is what Paul says there. 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:06.500 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:12.020 For the law of the spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 00:15:12.680 --> 00:15:15.840 For God has done what the law weakened by the flesh could not do. 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:20.280 By sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:26.300 he condemned sin in the flesh in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled. 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:30.059 And so we see that even though Christ was fully man, 00:15:30.199 --> 00:15:32.620 he was still without sin. 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.559 And as a result, he could fulfill the law. 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:39.719 He could pay the penalty for our sins through his perfect sacrifice on the cross. 00:15:40.319 --> 00:15:45.819 And it was because this man was also fully God that he could reconcile man to himself. 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.879 So as 100% God and 100% man, 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:51.899 he becomes 100% our Savior. 00:15:51.899 --> 00:15:55.639 And so this leads us then to verse 8. 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:57.039 And being found in human form, 00:15:57.139 --> 00:16:00.919 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:03.279 even death on a cross. 00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:09.519 So this infinite condescension that's described here, 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:15.179 do we really grasp how severe and how significant this is? 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.039 That God, Jesus, who was fully God, 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:24.740 went down, down, down to earth to such an extent that his divinity was not even recognized. 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:27.120 We remember when he began his ministry, 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.439 he's preaching in the synagogue in his hometown. 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:31.000 And people are like, 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:32.639 isn't that that carpenter guy? 00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:36.519 His identity completely concealed. 00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:41.099 Charles Spurgeon, who is an English minister from the 1800s, 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:48.980 In one of his sermons, he creatively imagines Christ's humiliation from the perspective of angels. 00:16:49.920 --> 00:16:51.600 And this is what he said in one of his sermons. 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:52.000 He says, 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:58.420 Oh, how surprised the angels were when they were first informed that Jesus Christ, 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:01.100 the Prince of light and majesty, 00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:07.220 intended to shroud himself in clay and become a babe and live and die. 00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:11.120 We know not how it was first mentioned to the angels, 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:14.620 but when the rumors first began to get afloat among the sacred hosts, 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:17.519 you may imagine what strange wonderment there was. 00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:18.279 What? 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:25.059 Is it true that he whose crown was all adorned in stars may lay aside that crown? 00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:26.480 What? 00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:28.600 Was it certain that he, 00:17:28.779 --> 00:17:32.319 about whose shoulders was cast the purple of the universe, 00:17:32.860 --> 00:17:35.140 would become a man dressed in a peasant's garments? 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:41.759 Could it be true that he who was everlasting and immortal would one day be nailed to a cross? 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:46.540 Oh, can you conceive the yet increasing wonder of the heavenly hosts 00:17:46.540 --> 00:17:48.320 when the deed was actually done, 00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:50.100 when they saw the tiara taken off, 00:17:50.300 --> 00:17:55.380 when they saw him unbind his girdle of stars and cast away his sandals of gold? 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.620 Can you conceive it? 00:17:57.620 --> 00:17:58.720 And when he said to them, 00:17:58.820 --> 00:18:00.980 I do not disdain the womb of the virgin. 00:18:01.520 --> 00:18:04.220 I'm going down to earth to become a man. 00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:12.620 And so far down does Jesus fall that he is born of a poor virgin in a stable. 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:14.900 He's raised as a child, 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:17.220 as a refugee in Egypt. 00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:20.339 He's raised as a peasant. 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:22.620 He's employed as a carpenter. 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.920 When he begins his ministry, 00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:25.480 he's rejected in his hometown. 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:29.539 He's despised by the religious leaders of his own faith. 00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:32.240 He travels on foot, 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:34.519 often without food or water or shelter. 00:18:35.379 --> 00:18:38.879 And yet it says that his life is marked by total obedience. 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:41.279 Obedience that ultimately leads him to the cross. 00:18:41.659 --> 00:18:43.619 And so Paul makes this point to say, 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:45.539 this is not just Jesus' fate. 00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:49.240 He doesn't just come to earth or not sent to earth by the Father 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:51.519 to be put on this unavoidable, 00:18:51.659 --> 00:18:53.159 irreversible path toward the cross. 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:53.420 No, 00:18:53.800 --> 00:18:56.480 Jesus still had the power of decision. 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:58.640 Jesus had the power to avoid suffering. 00:18:58.800 --> 00:19:03.480 And yet he chose freely and willingly to go to the cross, 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:06.019 to give his life as a ransom for many. 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:10.120 And so this is what the prophet Isaiah talked about. 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:15.180 God speaking through Isaiah in Isaiah 53. 00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.700 Familiar words to us all, 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.080 I'm sure. 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:20.779 For he was despised and rejected by man, 00:19:21.439 --> 00:19:23.960 a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. 00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:27.079 And as one from whom men hide their faces, 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:29.220 he was despised and we esteemed him not. 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:32.720 Surely he bore our griefs and carried our sorrows, 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:34.379 yet we esteemed him stricken, 00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:36.599 smitten by God and afflicted. 00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:39.500 But he was pierced for our transgressions. 00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:42.159 He was crushed for our iniquities. 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:46.220 Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace 00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:47.740 and with his wounds we are healed. 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.559 All we like sheep have gone astray. 00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:52.519 We have turned everyone to his own way. 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:56.199 And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 00:19:57.539 --> 00:20:00.759 This is the mind of Christ. 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:05.019 The Holy Son of God abandoning his power, 00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:06.919 giving up his eternal glory, 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:10.039 taking on the full wrath of God, 00:20:10.199 --> 00:20:14.639 enduring death in order to rescue sinful rebels like you and me. 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:17.420 And so the question is, 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.759 do you know this love? 00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:22.720 Do you recognize the need for the cross? 00:20:22.800 --> 00:20:26.759 For there is no other way for us to live in fellowship with the Father. 00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:29.700 There is no other way for our sins to be forgiven, 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:32.759 except by the blood of Jesus. 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:39.200 And the wonderful thing about this gospel message is that it doesn't end here. 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:42.359 It doesn't end with the humiliation of Christ. 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:46.599 It continues through the exaltation of Christ. 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:49.419 And so that brings us to our second point. 00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:51.279 As we look at the exaltation of Christ, 00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:52.179 look to verse 9. 00:20:52.180 --> 00:21:11.480 So you've probably heard stories of, 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:14.120 they're called rag to riches, right? 00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:15.680 It's a common theme. 00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:16.299 It's a common, 00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:21.840 almost a genre of itself when we think about movies or books or stories of different kinds. 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.959 Rags to riches. 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:25.139 Someone who is poor and destitute, 00:21:25.959 --> 00:21:27.819 and yet through some twist of fate, 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.699 through some effort of their own, 00:21:29.959 --> 00:21:31.159 they achieve success, 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:34.679 whether financially or security to some degree. 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:37.039 And so we may think, 00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:38.759 well, this kind of sounds like what Jesus did. 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:44.819 He pulled himself from the grave to be exalted from rags to riches. 00:21:44.959 --> 00:21:46.679 But we see that this is very different. 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:48.339 What Paul presents for us here, 00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:49.379 the truth of the gospel, 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.759 shows something different here. 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:52.539 Because first of all, 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.079 these characters, 00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:55.279 these stories that experience these rags to riches, 00:21:55.400 --> 00:22:00.220 they haven't placed themselves willingly in shame and ruin. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.500 This is what Christ did here. 00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:03.640 That's what we see in these first few verses. 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:06.660 It is Jesus who brings himself low to begin with. 00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:08.560 But secondly, 00:22:08.560 --> 00:22:09.980 in these rags to riches stories, 00:22:10.040 --> 00:22:21.400 oftentimes it's the character that musters up the courage or has the effort in and of themselves to bring themselves to a place of promise and success. 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:23.320 And so they get the praise. 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.440 They get the adulation. 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:26.240 They get the pat on the back to say, 00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:27.560 look how far you've come. 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.819 But again, 00:22:28.879 --> 00:22:29.919 that's not what we see here. 00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:34.000 Because although these first verses talk about Christ bringing himself low, 00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:35.960 verses 9 through 11, 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:40.240 they focus on the work of God the Father on behalf of the Son. 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:44.720 It is God who highly exalts his Son. 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:47.519 It is God who bestows on the Son every name, 00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:49.599 or that name that is above every name. 00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:52.799 It is Jesus who is exalted by the Father. 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:55.759 And so if you're familiar with this story, 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.680 if you're familiar with the gospel, 00:22:56.799 --> 00:23:00.619 this may not mean much to you because you know the story. 00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:04.819 But think about it to Paul in his context of speaking to this New Testament church, 00:23:04.919 --> 00:23:05.639 what this means, 00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:11.299 how he's connecting the dots between Old Testament prophecy and who this man Jesus is, 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:13.480 and what he means for this New Testament church. 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:18.119 If we go back to the book of Isaiah again, 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:20.839 God speaks frequently through the prophet Isaiah, 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:23.159 talking of his own exaltation. 00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:25.159 Look at just a few of these verses. 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:27.099 Isaiah chapter 1, verses 11. 00:23:27.939 --> 00:23:29.519 The Lord alone will be exalted. 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.220 Isaiah 30, 18. 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:34.139 The Lord exalted himself to show mercy to you. 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.759 Isaiah 33, 10. 00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:37.519 Now I will arise, says the Lord. 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:39.659 Now I will lift myself up. 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.099 Now I will be exalted. 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:43.599 Even in the passage that Blair read for us, 00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.299 Isaiah 45, 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.980 God says, 00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:47.279 There is no other God besides me, 00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:49.099 a righteous God and Savior. 00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:51.240 There is none beside me. 00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:53.279 And so the question then, 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:56.679 if Paul is saying that God exalted his son Jesus, 00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.539 but Isaiah, 00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.339 in this book of Isaiah, 00:23:59.439 --> 00:24:00.859 God says he's exalting himself, 00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:02.839 how do we reconcile those two statements, 00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:06.579 other than to recognize that Jesus is God? 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:11.399 This is what Paul is clearly saying to us here. 00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:15.559 And he's making the point of the significance of Jesus' name. 00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:17.759 We know that the name Jesus, 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:19.199 it's a Hebrew name, Yeshua. 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.319 The meaning of that name, 00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:23.099 the Lord saves. 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.259 And so when Paul says, 00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:27.759 every knee will bow and every tongue confess, 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:30.000 those lines are taken straight from Isaiah 45 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.419 that we read earlier. 00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:35.840 And it's Paul who inserts those words that Jesus is Lord. 00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:39.360 And so if we go back to the Greek too, 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:41.580 we know that the Greek word for Lord is Kyrios. 00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.840 Jesus is Lord. 00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:48.840 The Greek translation of the Old Testament, 00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:50.620 though the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, 00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.840 it was translated in Greek. 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:56.519 We know that the proper name for God in Hebrew is Yahweh. 00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:58.080 When it's translated in Greek, 00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.600 we see this word Kyrios, 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.159 Lord. 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.519 Even in English, 00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.759 when you see the capital L, 00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.480 capital O, 00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.079 capital R, 00:25:04.199 --> 00:25:05.079 capital D in the Old Testament, 00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:07.939 we know that's the proper name for God, 00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:08.519 Yahweh. 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:12.539 And so this play on words that Paul is doing, 00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:14.500 whether it's in the Hebrew or the Greek or the English, 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.679 we see his point here, 00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:17.959 that Jesus is God. 00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:19.980 Jesus is Yahweh. 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:25.699 And so we looked at the Westminster Shorter Catechism 00:25:25.699 --> 00:25:28.500 for what it means when we talk about Christ's humiliation. 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:33.119 What also does it mean then when we talk about Christ's exaltation? 00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.779 Look at this question. 00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:37.139 Wherein consists Christ's exaltation? 00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:42.579 Christ's exaltation consists in his rising again from the dead on the third day 00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:44.599 and ascending up into heaven 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:46.759 and sitting at the right hand of God the Father 00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:49.639 and in coming to judge the world at the last day. 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:52.959 Christ's exaltation is his resurrection, 00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.339 his ascension, 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.539 and his return. 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:58.299 And so this is what Paul is looking forward to. 00:25:58.399 --> 00:26:01.859 He recognizes the resurrection and the ascension has already happened. 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:05.899 We're now in this time of waiting for the return of Christ. 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:08.700 This is what he's already talked about in chapter one of his letter, 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:10.259 the day of the Lord. 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.200 He says, 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:15.420 when every knee will bow in heaven and on earth 00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.779 and under the earth. 00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:23.779 And so we see just how comprehensive this worship is going to be. 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:28.079 Includes everyone, past and present, 00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:30.859 in heaven and on earth and even in hell. 00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:34.460 There will be open acknowledgement that Jesus is the one true God. 00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:36.259 So for those of us who are believers, 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:39.779 we have the opportunity to bow the knee to the one true Savior. 00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:44.200 But recognize that even those who are not believers, 00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:47.779 even those who have never recognized Jesus as Savior, 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:50.220 will bow the knee in terror 00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:53.859 in recognizing how they have rejected the one true God. 00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:59.500 And so what then does Paul say is the ultimate purpose of this exaltation? 00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:02.420 That is to come at the day of Christ. 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:06.940 It is the glory of God the Father. 00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:08.819 This is where all creation points. 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:10.619 This is why Jesus came. 00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:13.079 This is the chief end of man, 00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:15.240 to glorify God. 00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:18.460 And so this is what Paul urges. 00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:20.639 Even when he's thinking about unity within the church, 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.379 this is what he wants to see, 00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:23.960 both now and in the future, 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.579 is the glory of God. 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.839 And so as believers, 00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:29.700 we can be reminded and encouraged 00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:31.779 that Christ is coming again. 00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:34.119 And we can live in such a way 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:36.399 that we can anticipate his return. 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:39.240 And for those who don't know Christ, 00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:42.680 may this serve as an invitation 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:46.480 that you acknowledge Jesus as Lord 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:50.960 because he is your sole means of salvation. 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:53.060 It is through his blood 00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:56.320 that you are healed. 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:59.400 It is his love and grace that is offered to you. 00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:02.980 And so when you think about this marvelous message then 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.660 of who Christ is, 00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.860 this is the gospel message. 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:08.040 What in the world does this do, 00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:09.620 have to do with the unity of the church? 00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.740 How do we bring this back 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.980 to what Paul originally started talking about? 00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:14.380 You may think, 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.840 this is just a little too deep. 00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.920 This is a little too complex. 00:28:17.040 --> 00:28:18.240 All this doctrine and theology, 00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.780 does it really matter to me? 00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.880 Can I just love God? 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:24.300 Can I just appreciate the gospel 00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:26.000 without worrying about all this Christology? 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:30.899 But the precise point of the matter is 00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:34.099 that Jesus Christ is the gospel. 00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:38.079 And if we fail to understand who Jesus is, 00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:41.460 then we fail to comprehend the gospel. 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:45.180 It is the gospel that is central to our lives. 00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:47.180 There is no more practical way 00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:49.039 to learn humility 00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:51.680 than to understand the humility of Christ. 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:53.700 There is no better way 00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:55.580 for us to be of one mind with one another, 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.340 as Paul says, 00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:58.880 if we are not of one mind with Christ. 00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:02.019 It is humility of Christ 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:04.360 that must serve as an impetus for us. 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.200 It is the blueprint, 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.240 as we talked about, 00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.759 for us to follow. 00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:13.680 We understand that this infinite humiliation of Christ 00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:15.740 to save sinners like you and me, 00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.880 when we understand this, 00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:19.080 how in the world can we possibly 00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:21.080 hold a grudge toward one another? 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:26.200 How can we remain conceited and self-important 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:28.380 when we acknowledge that the God of the universe 00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:30.019 subjected himself 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:32.900 to the miseries of this human life 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.880 and to the wrath of God? 00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:38.920 If God can infinitely humble himself 00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:40.460 for our sake, 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:43.900 can we not display humility toward one another? 00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:46.600 The reality is, 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:46.800 though, 00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:48.759 that we can't. 00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:50.740 On our own strength, 00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.900 we will fail. 00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:53.740 We talk about Christ as a blueprint. 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.820 We are going to fail 00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:56.240 to live up to that blueprint. 00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:58.860 And so while it's good 00:29:58.860 --> 00:30:00.440 to see Christ as our example, 00:30:00.560 --> 00:30:01.200 as we've talked about, 00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.980 Christ is so much more than our example. 00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:04.860 Christ is our Savior 00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:07.580 because we don't measure up. 00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:10.500 We need someone to forgive us. 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:12.199 We need someone to cleanse us. 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:15.839 And so that's my question for you today. 00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:18.500 Where in your life do you need forgiveness? 00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:22.559 Where do we need the light of the gospel 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:25.199 to expose sin in our lives? 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:28.400 Especially related to this topic of unity 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.420 that Paul is talking about. 00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:31.340 Is there someone that you have hurt 00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:33.180 that you need to ask forgiveness for? 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.559 Is there someone who has hurt you 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:36.779 that you are withholding forgiveness from? 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:40.279 Are you seeking your own comforts, 00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.360 your own pleasures, 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.240 your own security, 00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:44.680 rather than caring for those of others? 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:47.220 Are you allowing pride 00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:49.960 to cause disunity within the body? 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:55.480 If so, the answer then is to look to Christ 00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:59.079 as our example and as our Savior. 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:04.720 May we be empowered by the Spirit of Christ 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:07.100 to pursue unity in the church, 00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:09.819 to pursue humility in our own lives. 00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:11.220 And may we look forward 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:13.079 with eagerness to Christ's return 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.700 when Christ will be ultimately exalted 00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:17.120 and when God will receive all the glory. 00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.960 Let's pray. 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:27.019 O Lord, we long for the day 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:29.759 when you will be high and exalted, 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:32.920 when all lips will profess 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:34.960 that you are Lord, 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:37.400 when every knee will bow at your throne. 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:41.079 And so may we live now 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:42.880 in that eager anticipation. 00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:47.539 May we put on the mind of Christ, 00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:52.240 recognizing his infinite humiliation 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.359 for our sake. 00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:58.200 May we live lives of gratitude, Lord. 00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:02.039 God, make us humble like Jesus. 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.859 And where we fail, 00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:07.539 may we rely on the strength of Jesus. 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:09.500 May we rely on your grace 00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:11.559 to forgive us and to cleanse us. 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:14.220 Lord, we desire to see unity within our church 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:16.259 for the glory of God. 00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:18.640 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.640 Amen. 00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.759 Will you stand with me once more 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.779 for our last hymn, 00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:29.160 Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery. 00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:30.220 Amen. 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.480 Amen. 00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:31.660 Amen. 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.380 Amen. 00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.880 Amen. 00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.160 Amen. 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.660 Amen. 00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:34.819 Amen. 00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:34.860 Amen. 00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.240 Amen. 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.259 Amen. 00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.759 Amen. 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:35.960 Amen. 00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.019 Amen. 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.079 Amen. 00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.440 Amen. 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.019 Amen. 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.100 Amen. 00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.500 Amen. 00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.920 Amen. 00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.059 Amen. 00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.940 Amen. 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.380 Amen. 00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.740 Amen. 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.299 Amen. 00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:44.200 Amen.