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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you guys so much.

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 I love Christmas a lot.

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 Some of the gifts that God has given to this church are people like this who serve us.

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 Yeah, you can thank them.

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 There's others who do things like this with flowers and Christmas trees that I don't do.

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 And they use their gifts on Saturday so you don't actually see them and get to thank them for that.

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 But it's not just to have fun and just to make something look nice or sound good.

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 But because we're celebrating something we believe to be worthy of this kind of joy and excitement, right?

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 It's not just the spirit of a season but the reality of God becoming man that deserves for us to have that kind of joy.

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 And it's just a gift to see all of you use your gifts in that way, especially to serve this body.

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 So thank you for the many ways that you do that.

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 As we enter this Christmas season, we're starting a new sermon series as well and looking at who Jesus is.

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 Back about 15 years ago as we approached the turn of the millennium in late 1999,

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 Time magazine ran a cover story that was written by novelist Reynolds Price.

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 He wrote this,

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 It would require much exotic calculation to deny that the single most powerful figure,

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 not merely in these two millenniums but in all human history, has been Jesus of Nazareth.

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 Not only is the prevalent system of denoting the years based on an erroneous 6th century calculation of the date of his birth,

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 but a serious argument can be made that no one else's life has proved remotely as powerful and enduring as that of Jesus.

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 It's an astonishing conclusion in light of the fact that Jesus was a man who lived a short life

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 in a rural backwater of the Roman Empire,

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 who died in agony as a convicted criminal,

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 and who may never have intended so much as a small portion of the effects worked in his name.

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 Who was Jesus then?

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 That's the question, isn't it?

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 Who was Jesus then?

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 What child is this?

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 Who was Jesus?

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 Price gives some of his answer in the rest of that article that he wrote,

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 but for hundreds of years,

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 individuals and world religions have been giving answers to that question, haven't they?

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 A variety of different answers,

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 and it's a question that's well worth our time to consider.

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 Jesus is near the top of every reputable, most influential people of all time list.

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 He's changed the world in many ways.

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 His birth is going to be celebrated in a variety of ways the world over later this month, right?

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 By people who believe a wide range of different things about who he is,

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 who have broadly different answers to that question,

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 who is Jesus?

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 Almost everyone these days agrees that there was indeed a baby

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 who grew up and was a man who lived in the Middle East,

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 and was called Jesus.

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 Very few people dispute that anymore.

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 But they don't agree on who Jesus really was.

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 And the different answers that they give about his identity

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 lead to radically different life paths, don't they?

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 C.S. Lewis has famously said that Jesus was either a liar,

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 or a lunatic,

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 or the Lord of all.

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 That was his famous trilemma.

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 Who is Jesus?

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 Either a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord of all.

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 Now, that may seem like three simple choices,

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 but those are very different options, aren't they?

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 Very different answers to the question of who Jesus is.

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 So it's a very important issue for all of us.

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 We want to look this Christmas season at the identity of Jesus.

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 See what the Bible declares about this unique child.

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 We're going to do that by looking at four titles

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 that he was given even before his birth,

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 and ask what they tell us about the child born that first Christmas,

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 how we see those titles expressed in Jesus' life as he grows up.

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 So what child is this is the question.

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 Let's read the context of these titles in Isaiah 9.

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 We're going to start reading at verse 1.

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 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish.

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 In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun

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 and the land of Naphtali.

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 But in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea,

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 the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

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 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.

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 Those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,

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 on them has light shined.

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 You've multiplied the nation.

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 You have increased its joy.

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 They rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest,

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 as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

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 For the yoke of his burden and the staff for his shoulder,

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 the rod of his oppressor,

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 you have broken as on the day of Midian.

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 For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult

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 and every garment rolled in blood

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 will be burned as fuel for the fire.

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 For to us a child is born,

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 to us a son is given,

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 and the government shall be upon his shoulder,

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 and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor,

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 Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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 Of the increase of his government and of peace,

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 there will be no end.

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 On the throne of David and over his kingdom,

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 to establish it and to uphold it with justice

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 and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore,

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 the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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 Thus far God's holy,

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 inerrant, infallible word.

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 Will you pray with me?

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 Father, these are words we've heard before

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 in different contexts.

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 But they're not our words.

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 They're not words we say or words we sing.

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 They are indeed your words.

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 And so we ask that you would teach us.

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 That you, Holy Spirit,

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 would be the one who shows us

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 not just what they mean,

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 but what they mean for our hearts

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 and in our lives.

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 Would you take hearts that are easily distracted,

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 hearts that are easily self-reliant,

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 and would you make them

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 desirous of hearing from you?

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 That you might teach us

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 and that you might change us

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 and that we might know Jesus more

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 as a result of looking at your word together.

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 We ask it in his name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I remember holding each of my girls

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 in the hospital room

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 on the day that they were born

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 and, you know,

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 looking at them.

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 They're so small.

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 And as a dad,

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 you start to wonder, don't you?

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 You know,

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 what's she going to be like?

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 What kind of things is she going to love?

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 What will she do?

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 What will she be like?

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 Who will she look like?

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 What will she love?

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 Will she love me?

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 That was one of those questions

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 that was on my mind.

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 Lots of hopes and dreams

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 for what this child will be.

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 As we approach Christmas this year

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 and we see the baby in the manger,

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 we have the privilege of knowing

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 about this baby

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 because we're looking back, aren't we?

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 Who was and is Jesus?

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 What child is this

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 that we look on in the manger?

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 God had more than just hopes and dreams

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 for that child, right?

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 We find out here in Isaiah

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 that even as God looks ahead

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 to the life of His Son

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 in this prophecy,

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 He says here's what He's going to be like.

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 The Son He was giving to His people,

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 the child to be born,

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 the Son to be given,

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 was to be the long-awaited

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 deliverer and King.

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 The Messiah that God had promised to send

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 who would reign on David's throne forever, right?

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 Look at verse 7.

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 This is who He's going to be.

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 On the throne of David

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 over His kingdom,

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 He's going to establish it

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 and uphold it with justice.

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 He's going to be the one

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 who rules justly.

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 The one who's righteous,

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 who does things right.

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 And not just for a little while,

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 but from this time forth

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 and forevermore.

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 That's who He's going to be.

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 Isaiah had prophesied

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 hard days ahead, hadn't he?

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 You know the book of Isaiah.

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 There's a lot of difficult things

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 He says are coming

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 for God's people.

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 But He also holds out hope.

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 The hope promised

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 when Adam and Eve

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 were sent out of the garden

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 but told that God

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 would send rescue for them.

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 The hope promised to Abraham

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 that His people

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 would be a great nation

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 and that all nations

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 would be blessed through them.

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 The hope promised to David

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 that an heir would rule

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 forever even as the Gentiles

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 would stream into His kingdom.

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 And now God is saying what?

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 He's saying He's coming.

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 This is the one.

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 This is that one.

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 The one I've been telling you about.

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 The one I've been saying is coming.

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 That's this one.

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 What will He be like?

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 Verse 6 gives us

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 those four titles

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 that are hard to hear

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 without Handel's Messiah

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 ringing in your head.

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 Right?

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 You know,

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 Wonderful Counselor,

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 the Mighty God.

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 I'm going to stop singing

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 but you've got the general drift.

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 That was from Handel,

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 the Messiah.

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 It's really famous.

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 It just doesn't sound like that.

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 And so we hear those notes

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 in our head

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 when we hear these

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 but stop and just look at them again.

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 We're going to look at them in turn

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 but Wonderful Counselor,

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 the Mighty God,

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 the Everlasting Father,

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 the Prince of Peace.

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 Those are not mere wishes

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 for what His Son might become one day.

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 What He would be like.

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 Those are promises

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 from God the Father

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 of who this child will be.

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 We're going to take just the first one

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 this morning.

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 Wonderful Counselor.

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 Look at that for just a minute.

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 Wonderful Counselor.

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 Literally,

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 the words mean

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 wonder of a counselor.

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 That word counselor

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 in Isaiah's context

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 refers to someone

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 who makes wise plans,

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 who gives helpful guidance.

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 This child is going to be a ruler,

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 a king,

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 who leads his people

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 in the proper direction,

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 on the right path.

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 In fact,

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 for a people described

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 in this chapter here

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 as walking in darkness

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 and dwelling in a land

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 of deep darkness,

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 He will be a light,

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 shining the way forward,

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 directing them in the proper paths

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 for their protection

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 and for their flourishing.

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 But this is going to be more

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 than a politician

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 with a few good ideas, right?

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 I mean,

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 Judah and Israel

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 have known some pretty decent kings,

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 haven't they?

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 Judah especially.

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 They've had some guys

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 with some good ideas,

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 some good plans.

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 And what happens

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 as you read back

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 through the history

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 of God's people

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 to even the best kings

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 they have

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 with the really good ideas

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 and plans

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 for God's people?

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 What's the pattern?

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 Over and over again,

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 even the best ones,

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 and they're not all good

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 at all,

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 fail.

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 They lead the people

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 well momentarily,

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 but then they mislead

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 the people

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 into idolatry,

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 into conflict,

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 even into exile

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 away from God's promised land.

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 And God says,

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 this baby in the manger

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 is more than just

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 an above average counselor.

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 Like somebody who usually

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 has some nice thoughts

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 that are helpful

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 with something.

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 He is a wonderful counselor.

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 He will give,

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 that word actually means

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 supernatural direction.

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 He will have wisdom

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 that is beyond

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 human comprehension.

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 It won't just be

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 the wisest of your friends.

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 He will make

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 divine plans unfold.

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 In fact,

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 as we keep reading

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 in Isaiah,

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 we find these same terms

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 for wonderful counselor

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 used for God Himself.

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 The Lord of hosts,

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 God Almighty,

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 described how

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 in Isaiah 28,

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 the Lord of hosts

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 is wonderful in counsel

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 and excellent in wisdom.

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 Wonderful in counsel.

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 God Himself,

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 it's the way God's described

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 in His counsel,

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 in His plans

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 that stand firm

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 and are always accomplished,

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 in His wisdom

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 that surpasses

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 all other wisdom.

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 This child will be divine.

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 He will be the wonderful counselor

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 who surpasses

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 all others.

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 Where do we see

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 that reality

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 in the life of Jesus

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 as this baby

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 in the manger

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 grows into a man?

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 Where do we see it

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 as we look at the Gospels?

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 I think one of the primary

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 places we see it

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 is in the teaching

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 of Jesus

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 as He explains

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 the plans of God,

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 the design for our lives,

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 the direction He gives

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 as to where life

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 is to be found.

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 God,

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 perhaps especially

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 we see it

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 in a place

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 like the Sermon on the Mount

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 which may be

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 Jesus' most famous

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 extended teaching lesson

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 on life, right?

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 Jesus delivering

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 in that sermon

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 remarkable wisdom,

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 sayings,

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 and moral teachings

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 that Christians

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 and non-Christians

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 alike

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 to this day

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 declare as wise,

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 think are helpful.

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 Things like

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 the Golden Rule,

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 the Beatitudes,

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 many others.

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 But I want to notice

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 something particular

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 about this sermon.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 God's prophet Moses

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 is leading His people,

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 right?

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 And God wants

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 to give His law,

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 His plan for His people

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 to Moses

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 and what happens?

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 Where does Moses go?

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 Moses goes up

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 on Mount Sinai, right?

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 Moses meets with God

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 there on Mount Sinai

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 and God sends him

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 back down

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 and what's Moses carrying

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 when he comes down

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 the mountain?

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 Two tablets

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 with some laws

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 written on them.

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 God's laws.

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 We often refer to them

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 as the Ten Commandments.

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 Moses comes back

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 down the mountain

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 and says,

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 this is God's wise plan

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 for our lives.

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 And now in the

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 Sermon on the Mount,

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 what does Jesus do?

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 Jesus goes up

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 on a mountain,

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 but Jesus sits

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 and stays,

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 doesn't He?

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 Jesus stays up

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 on the mountain

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 and He doesn't bring

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 down tablets of stone.

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 He speaks

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 God's law,

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 doesn't He?

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 He actually

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 Himself

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 pronounces

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 God's wise plans.

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 The prophet

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 who Hebrews tells us

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 is greater

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 than Moses,

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 He Himself

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 delivers

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 the counsel.

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 He goes back

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 to commandments

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 like,

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 don't murder,

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 don't commit adultery.

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 Others

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 from the Ten Commandments

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 and says,

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 you've heard

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 one thing about this,

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 but I tell you

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 the truth.

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 This is what God means.

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 This is God's heart

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 when He gives you

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 His law.

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 This is where life

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 is truly found.

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 He Himself

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 provides

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 the counsel,

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 the authoritative,

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 divine,

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 wise plan.

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 And the crowds

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 notice.

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 They hear Him teach

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 in the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Do you remember

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 how they respond

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 at the end of that?

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 Matthew records it

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 this way

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 in His Gospel.

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 When Jesus finished

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 these sayings,

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 the Sermon on the Mount,

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 the crowds were

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 astonished

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 at His teaching.

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 For He was teaching them

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 as one who had authority

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 and not as their scribes.

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 They marveled.

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 They were astonished.

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 They stood open-mouthed,

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 not just at the wisdom

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 of what He said,

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 not just at the sayings,

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 not just that

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 that was cute

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 or that was creative

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 where that might be helpful.

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 But this guy has authority

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 that I've never heard

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 from the best human teachers.

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 From those who've given me

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 the best direction,

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 there's something different.

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 Jesus' teaching

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 has remained

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 highly regarded

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 for centuries

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 since it was

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 first recorded.

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 He communicates

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 everything we need

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 to know for life.

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 He talks about

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 what our priorities

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 are to be,

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 whom we can trust,

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 how we're to deal

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 with difficulty

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 and conflict

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 and suffering

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 and much,

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 much more.

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 And that's what it means

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 among other things

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 to say that Jesus

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 is a wonderful counselor.

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 He unfolds God's wise plans

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 for His people.

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 He gives people direction

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 to where life is found,

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 where true flourishing is.

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 He offers unparalleled leadership

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 in the right paths.

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 That's a pretty big statement

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 to make of a baby

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 in a manger,

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 of a child in this case

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 yet to be born.

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 It's a big deal

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 to be able to identify

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 Jesus in that way.

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 But I want us to consider

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.759
 another question this morning.

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 Not just who is Jesus?

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 What child is this?

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 Not just that question,

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 but who is Jesus to me?

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 If there's any other question

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 that would be more important

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 than who is Jesus,

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 it may be the question,

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 who is Jesus to me?

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 And I don't mean by that

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 that each of us gets

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 to identify Jesus

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 any way we please.

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 That we can make Him out

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 to be whoever we'd like Him to be.

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 That would be as ridiculous

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 as walking around

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 the newborn wing

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 of a hospital

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 and naming babies

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 however you wanted them

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 to be named.

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 You know, you walk into a room

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 and the parents say,

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 this is Jimmy

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 and you say,

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 no, you know what?

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 I'm going to go with Mike.

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 You don't get that privilege.

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 We don't get to unilaterally

00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:03.480
 decide His identity

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 and make Him

00:19:04.120 --> 00:19:05.420
 whatever we want Him to be.

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:08.160
 We do, however,

00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.700
 have to decide

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:11.500
 how we personally respond

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 to who Jesus is.

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 That's what I mean

00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:15.360
 by the question,

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 who is Jesus to me?

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 Let me see if I can explain

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:21.799
 the vital difference

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 between those two things

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 this way.

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 It's the difference

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 between knowing the identity

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 of a great chef

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 and actually tasting

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 some of His food.

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 It's the difference

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 between walking down

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 the streets of New Orleans

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 and seeing Emeril Lagasse

00:19:41.479 --> 00:19:43.299
 walking down the other side

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.599
 and saying,

00:19:43.719 --> 00:19:44.779
 oh, I know that guy.

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 I recognize him

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 from the Food Network.

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 He's a great chef.

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 He's that guy

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 that goes bam, bam, bam

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 all the time.

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 I know him.

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.960
 Great chef.

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 It's the difference

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 between that

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 and actually sitting down

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 and savoring

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 Emeril's chicken gumbo

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 one bite at a time

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 and personally feeling

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.859
 bam, bam, bam.

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 wow, I'm actually tasting

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 that this guy

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 is a great chef.

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 It's kind of like

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 the difference

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 in some ways

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 in hearing about

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 this wonderful place

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 called Disney World

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 and looking at all

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 of the happy people

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 in their Facebook pictures

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 as they've gone there

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 and talk about

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 how great it is

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 and then actually going

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 and seeing the magical looks

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 on your daughter's faces

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 as they dance

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 with princesses

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 and ride rides

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 and that sort of thing.

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 It's a very different experience

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 to be there

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 rather than just

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.659
 hear about it

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 or know some facts

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 about it, isn't it?

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 That's actually

00:20:52.879 --> 00:20:54.220
 what we all need.

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 It's what God wants

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 for us

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 with his son

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 not merely

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 to know a set of facts

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 but actually

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.799
 to experience

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:02.799
 Jesus.

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.399
 Jesus.

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.720
 Many of us

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 I know a lot of you

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:08.639
 have known for years

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:11.000
 things about the identity

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.879
 of Jesus

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:14.059
 but have we personally

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:15.460
 experienced them?

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:17.079
 Are we personally

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:18.279
 experiencing him

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.619
 as for example

00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:22.579
 our wonderful counselor?

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:24.599
 Not just a wonderful counselor

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:27.839
 but my wonderful counselor.

00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:30.319
 It's not much good

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:31.159
 to know someone

00:21:31.159 --> 00:21:32.679
 is a wonderful counselor

00:21:32.679 --> 00:21:34.619
 if you never find yourself

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.419
 under his counsel.

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:38.419
 What would that look like

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:39.299
 in your life

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.199
 for Jesus

00:21:40.199 --> 00:21:40.959
 to be your

00:21:40.959 --> 00:21:42.480
 wonderful counselor?

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:44.139
 How would you explain that

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.639
 to someone

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.759
 who didn't understand

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.859
 that Jesus

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.740
 is actively

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:50.079
 your wonderful counselor?

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:53.099
 Think about that.

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.959
 How would you?

00:21:53.959 --> 00:21:55.159
 How is Jesus

00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:57.119
 your wonderful counselor?

00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:01.159
 Let me suggest

00:22:01.159 --> 00:22:01.799
 two areas

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.419
 this morning

00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:04.220
 where we could consider

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.980
 that reality

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.439
 in our own lives.

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.579
 The first is Jesus

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:10.059
 as light

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:11.220
 in our darkness.

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.439
 I don't know

00:22:13.439 --> 00:22:13.839
 if you've ever

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:15.579
 been in a cave

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:17.099
 where you can get

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:18.079
 utter darkness

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:19.199
 where you turn off

00:22:19.199 --> 00:22:19.939
 all the lights

00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:21.319
 and it's completely dark.

00:22:21.939 --> 00:22:22.980
 Not too long ago

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.879
 my family and I

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.839
 went to

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:26.059
 cathedral caverns.

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.740
 It's not far away

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.459
 if you haven't been there

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.240
 you can go actually

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.200
 do this yourself.

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.799
 It's a great place.

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:32.019
 And at the end

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:33.240
 of your journey

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.920
 into the caverns

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:36.100
 you stop

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:38.039
 and you turn out

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.720
 all the lights

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.299
 and there's this

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.680
 moment where you can't

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.360
 see your hand

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:42.319
 in front of your face.

00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:42.840
 You don't even

00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:44.120
 know that it's there.

00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:46.180
 If you turn around

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.220
 even once

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.700
 it's difficult

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:50.400
 to reorient yourself.

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.680
 Which direction

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.299
 am I facing?

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.759
 Which wall

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.399
 is on which

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:55.220
 side of me?

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.119
 It's very

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:58.259
 confusing

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.639
 in many ways.

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.859
 Within a few seconds

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.680
 you have no idea

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.639
 if the people

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.180
 next to you

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.059
 are the same people

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.639
 and who's where.

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.980
 Have you ever felt

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:09.359
 disoriented like that

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.399
 spiritually

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:12.319
 or in your life?

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:14.200
 Without any direction

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.779
 at all?

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:16.019
 Just confused?

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.859
 Feeling in the dark?

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.919
 Not knowing

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:20.019
 where life was

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:21.240
 or which way to head?

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.400
 Maybe you feel

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.300
 that way today.

00:23:25.300 --> 00:23:25.960
 Maybe someone

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.360
 you know

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.300
 feels that way.

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 In the midst

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:31.160
 of that kind

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.120
 of darkness

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:33.380
 in that cave

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:34.560
 our guide

00:23:34.560 --> 00:23:35.120
 brought this

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:36.080
 really powerful

00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:37.300
 LED light.

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:37.860
 Right?

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:39.039
 And you turn off

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.680
 all the lights

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.720
 and then he cuts

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.160
 that powerful light on

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:43.860
 and that one clear light

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.900
 all of a sudden

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.539
 makes the path

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.279
 forward clear.

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:48.060
 You could just

00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:48.700
 follow that

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.480
 one light

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.680
 all the way back.

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.319
 It shines

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.259
 so brightly

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.319
 gives very clear

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.960
 direction

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.960
 and that's the experience

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.819
 God describes

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.480
 for his people

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.420
 in Isaiah 9

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.880
 isn't it?

00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:00.120
 People walking

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:00.880
 in darkness

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:02.340
 seeing a great

00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:03.019
 light.

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.460
 Those who are

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.240
 confused

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.920
 without a plan

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:08.039
 uncertain how

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.840
 to move forward

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:10.259
 perhaps at times

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.759
 fretting

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.740
 was there any

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.860
 hope of moving

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.380
 forward?

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.960
 They receive wisdom

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:17.299
 divine direction

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.140
 a clear

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.740
 and hopeful

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.920
 way forward.

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.620
 If you're

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.280
 disoriented

00:24:23.280 --> 00:24:24.720
 or confused

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.680
 in the dark

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.960
 this morning

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.900
 might you consider

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.820
 experiencing

00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.600
 Jesus

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.620
 as your

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.100
 wonderful

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.660
 counselor?

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:33.259
 Laying hold

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.759
 of him

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.540
 yet again

00:24:34.540 --> 00:24:34.900
 in a way

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.420
 you haven't

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.960
 for a long

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.280
 time

00:24:36.280 --> 00:24:37.080
 or maybe

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:37.759
 for the first

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.200
 time

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:40.540
 open his word

00:24:40.540 --> 00:24:41.700
 and ask him

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.680
 to guide you

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.960
 talk to someone

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.460
 you know

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.520
 who is following

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.599
 him and ask

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.139
 them to help

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.379
 you get

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:48.039
 reoriented

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:50.539
 pray that God

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.180
 would give you

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.819
 light in the

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.359
 midst of your

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:53.920
 darkness

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:56.180
 Christian

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.519
 could you

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.359
 honestly say

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.059
 to a friend

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:59.319
 that Jesus

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.299
 is that light

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.220
 in your moments

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.779
 of darkness?

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:03.180
 Could you cite

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.299
 some specific

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.000
 real life

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.920
 examples where

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:07.059
 he has been

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.900
 and is that

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.539
 for you

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.680
 or is Jesus

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.599
 just theoretical

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:12.839
 in your life?

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:14.839
 Think of things

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.379
 in the past

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:15.779
 think of

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.879
 things in the

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.199
 present

00:25:17.199 --> 00:25:18.740
 how is Jesus

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.839
 that for you

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.299
 now?

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.799
 Because many of us

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.439
 have had that

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.339
 experience

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.759
 of finding

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:27.000
 light and life

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.679
 in Jesus

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:29.339
 when we didn't

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.939
 know where to

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.240
 look

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.679
 when we were

00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:32.000
 at our wits end

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.579
 when we'd come

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.019
 to the end

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.619
 of ourselves

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.939
 and found

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:36.259
 light and life

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.899
 in him

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:39.380
 but maybe

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.320
 for many of us

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:41.040
 it's been a while

00:25:41.040 --> 00:25:41.880
 since we found

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:43.100
 ourselves actually

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:44.100
 in that position

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:45.380
 of being confused

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.280
 and completely

00:25:46.280 --> 00:25:47.100
 without a plan

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:48.880
 has it been a while

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.620
 for you since you

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.340
 felt that way?

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.860
 When we were there

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:53.019
 in that cave

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.259
 in Cathedral Caverns

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.280
 we were on a tour

00:25:55.280 --> 00:25:56.220
 with a group

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.140
 made up of

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:58.320
 many young people

00:25:58.320 --> 00:26:00.019
 and so there was

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:01.060
 a large group

00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:01.680
 that had gathered

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.400
 around and the

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.920
 guide said

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.680
 alright turn all

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.340
 the lights off

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:05.420
 and every young

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.160
 person in the group

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.600
 did what?

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.740
 Yeah turn the

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.440
 cell phone on

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.759
 Oh yeah I'm gonna

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.080
 be the one

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.580
 with the light

00:26:11.580 --> 00:26:14.140
 and so everyone

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.880
 and they one at a

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.519
 time and he'd tell

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.920
 them to turn it

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.400
 off and somebody

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.880
 else would turn

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.259
 one on

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.920
 little faint

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.440
 screens of light

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:23.340
 that showed up

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:25.740
 little soft lights

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.840
 that distracted

00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:28.380
 from the experience

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.519
 of total darkness

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:31.259
 and one really

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.200
 bright light

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:35.660
 maybe you acknowledge

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.480
 that you need

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.140
 some direction

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.660
 in life

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:39.460
 but you know

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.079
 where to find it

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:41.319
 you've got a phone

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:43.259
 how am I gonna

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.259
 navigate this next

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.180
 season of life?

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.380
 How will I deal

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.160
 with the evils

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.779
 in the world

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.539
 around me?

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.140
 How will I reach

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.680
 a decision

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.500
 in this crucial

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.640
 area of life?

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.640
 You know what

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.339
 I got this

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:56.440
 I got a phone

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:58.039
 I've got my

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.740
 go-to people

00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:00.819
 there's a really

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.940
 wise politician

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:03.480
 that I'm hoping

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.200
 will bail us

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.620
 out

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:06.140
 maybe he's got

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.680
 great ideas

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.600
 like King Ahaz

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.900
 in Isaiah's day

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:11.039
 some really good

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.680
 plans

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.620
 and you think

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.660
 this is where

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.620
 Israel can stake

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.400
 all their hopes

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.019
 this is where

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.820
 God's people

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.759
 are finally gonna

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.500
 find rescue

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:22.120
 but while he seems

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.980
 to have some wisdom

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:24.140
 he's not like

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.880
 the divine

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.799
 wonderful

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:27.000
 counselor

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:29.119
 maybe for you

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.779
 it's a great

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.680
 religious teacher

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.740
 or leader

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:33.019
 you say

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:34.240
 I always read

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.980
 what he or she

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.480
 has to say

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.480
 I trust whatever

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.200
 he said

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:39.460
 maybe it's a blog

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.920
 or a pop celebrity

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.799
 that you say

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.599
 I always follow

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.920
 and after I read

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.579
 her I just

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:46.059
 feel good

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.839
 about the direction

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.819
 of my life again

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.660
 it just kind of

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.660
 re-centers me

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:51.160
 listen

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.240
 we do this

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.859
 if I haven't

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.400
 hit on the way

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:53.920
 you do it

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:55.059
 we do this

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:56.299
 just a few years ago

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.259
 Americans spent

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.339
 in one year

00:27:58.339 --> 00:28:00.859
 eleven billion dollars

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:02.500
 on the self-help

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.079
 industry

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:05.379
 self-improvement

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.799
 books

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.500
 CDs

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.639
 seminars

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.720
 coaching

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.639
 stress management

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.259
 programs

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:12.339
 eleven billion dollars

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.740
 and estimates

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.319
 are that that's

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.899
 increasing

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:16.559
 every year

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:18.759
 we want a plan

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.220
 don't we

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.619
 a wise direction

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.220
 a solution

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.139
 to me

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.559
 to my life

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.460
 hope for moving

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.960
 forward

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:26.620
 and we say

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.299
 things like

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.559
 I'm praying

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.100
 about it

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.500
 I'm just trying

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.240
 to take some time

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.299
 and pray about it

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.640
 but in actuality

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.840
 often we're planning

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:35.319
 strategizing

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.279
 and worrying

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.019
 about it

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:39.319
 in actuality

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.740
 we're pulling

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.700
 our phones out

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.840
 not praying

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.519
 we're saying

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.799
 I'll figure out

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:45.000
 I'll find a light

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.259
 here

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.980
 there's a way

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.360
 forward

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:47.579
 I know there's

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.039
 something

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:49.400
 I've got this

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:51.319
 looking for

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.799
 wisdom

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.779
 in the world

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.240
 when God says

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.740
 he will make

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.220
 foolish

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.279
 the wisdom

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.899
 of the world

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.359
 because

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.940
 Jesus himself

00:28:58.940 --> 00:29:00.460
 becomes our wisdom

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.359
 1st Corinthians

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.240
 chapter 1

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:04.619
 do you know

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:04.980
 Jesus

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.759
 and the wisdom

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.339
 he gives

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.859
 through his

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.960
 word and spirit

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.920
 but you found

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.759
 yourself saying

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.519
 things like

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.839
 I'll follow

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.259
 Jesus

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.980
 I will

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.940
 that's important

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:15.180
 after my plans

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.740
 are achieved

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:19.180
 after my college

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:20.019
 years are fully

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.599
 enjoyed

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:22.159
 or after my

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:23.299
 career is settled

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:24.279
 or after we

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.879
 get through this

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.759
 stage of life

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.500
 with the kids

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:28.059
 Jesus is coming

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.379
 I've got plans

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.959
 for now

00:29:29.959 --> 00:29:30.719
 and I've got to

00:29:30.719 --> 00:29:31.179
 get through them

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:32.000
 and I'll follow

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.899
 Jesus when I get

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.319
 through

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:35.299
 I'll find his

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.059
 plans later

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:38.839
 maybe you've said

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.319
 things like

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.539
 you know

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.539
 my situation

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.559
 is just unique

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.919
 Jesus in his

00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:43.699
 word don't say

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.599
 anything to

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.639
 this decision

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:46.799
 I'm unique

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.480
 I just have to

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.179
 do what's best

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:48.559
 for me

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.059
 he'd never

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:50.059
 understand my

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.819
 situation

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:53.399
 maybe you've

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:53.899
 said you know

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.619
 Jesus and his

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.440
 priorities just

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.279
 don't apply in

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.139
 this area of my

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.619
 life

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.980
 they only have to

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.679
 do with church

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.419
 stuff and it's

00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:01.099
 it's really nice

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.720
 to hear about and

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.500
 talk about then

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.859
 but not with the

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.899
 rest of my life

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:07.940
 Jesus says

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.740
 seek first

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.740
 his kingdom

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.599
 and his

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.139
 righteousness

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:12.240
 and all these

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.919
 other things

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:13.720
 will be added

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:15.240
 to you as well

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.500
 sermon on the

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.720
 mount

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:19.720
 you want wise

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.220
 counsel

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.420
 he says

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.400
 God's kingdom

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.360
 first

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.579
 he says

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.319
 your priorities

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.000
 are out of

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.420
 whack

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.920
 you're looking

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.700
 for direction

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.339
 in the wrong

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.019
 places

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:32.120
 and for Jesus

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:33.380
 to be your

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.700
 wonderful counselor

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.799
 means coming to

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.740
 Jesus first

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:38.160
 means submitting

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.019
 your plans

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:40.039
 to his word

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:41.220
 means laying

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.839
 down what

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.920
 you desire

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.799
 in order to be

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.960
 passionate about

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:46.100
 what he desires

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:48.279
 for your zeal

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.859
 to match

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.759
 his zeal

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.740
 for his

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.419
 kingdom

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:53.159
 he's calling

00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:54.299
 you to experience

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:56.219
 him as the

00:30:56.219 --> 00:30:57.679
 wonderful counselor

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:59.279
 for you

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:01.199
 as the one

00:31:01.199 --> 00:31:02.159
 who guides you

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:02.839
 perfectly

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:04.199
 who directs

00:31:04.199 --> 00:31:05.139
 your paths

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.919
 straight

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.959
 who always

00:31:06.959 --> 00:31:07.779
 leads you

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.659
 to fullness

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.219
 of life

00:31:09.219 --> 00:31:09.759
 even when it

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.419
 doesn't feel

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:11.000
 like it

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.899
 because your

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.599
 priorities have

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.019
 changed

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.559
 you trust

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:13.839
 him

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:15.720
 that's what

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.019
 it means

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.919
 to experience

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:18.359
 to taste

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.919
 him

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.519
 as it were

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.619
 as your

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.519
 wonderful

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.459
 counselor

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:23.799
 and listen

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.379
 last thing

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.819
 this is the

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.480
 glory of the

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.879
 gospel

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:28.679
 the beauty

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:29.439
 of Jesus

00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:30.319
 as wonderful

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.839
 counselor

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.339
 is this

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:32.079
 when he

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.559
 gives you

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.059
 the wise

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.619
 plan for

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.139
 your life

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:35.139
 he doesn't

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:35.539
 ask you

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:35.959
 to go

00:31:35.959 --> 00:31:36.579
 anywhere

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.179
 he hasn't

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.459
 already

00:31:37.459 --> 00:31:37.779
 gone

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.179
 does he

00:31:38.179 --> 00:31:39.839
 but we

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.099
 think

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.859
 oh no

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.279
 all the

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.220
 self-denial

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.799
 involved

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.319
 in that

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.380
 all the

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:45.100
 sacrifice

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.900
 that's going

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.539
 to demand

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.120
 of me

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:50.500
 when Jesus

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.640
 asks you

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.100
 to lay

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:52.640
 down your

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.019
 way

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:54.779
 or your

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.680
 very life

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.819
 it's because

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.420
 he's already

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.140
 laid his

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.819
 down for

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.160
 you

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.620
 he says

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.259
 over and

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.660
 over in

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.279
 the gospels

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.299
 I've come

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.839
 to do the

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.200
 will of

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.819
 my father

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.700
 not my

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:05.980
 will

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.779
 but his

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.180
 will

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:08.000
 be done

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.980
 I choose

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.600
 to lay

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:10.299
 down my

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.860
 life

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.620
 for the

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.059
 sheep

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:15.099
 because he

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.700
 does that

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:17.440
 Jesus doesn't

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.139
 merely show

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.639
 the way

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.539
 to abundant

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.079
 life

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:21.839
 he actually

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:23.159
 is the

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:23.440
 way

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.419
 the way

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:25.779
 the truth

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.759
 the life

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:28.539
 Jesus doesn't

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.500
 merely point

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.259
 to the door

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.039
 to the father

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.639
 and say

00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:32.879
 over there

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.779
 get to him

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.359
 through that

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:35.339
 he is the

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.700
 door

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:37.200
 to the father

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.139
 Jesus doesn't

00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:39.159
 merely shine

00:32:39.159 --> 00:32:39.899
 light into

00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:40.539
 the darkness

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.259
 like a guide

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.579
 with a

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.119
 flashlight

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:43.400
 he is

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:43.960
 the light

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.879
 the light

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.220
 of the

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.480
 world

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.059
 who gives

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.779
 life to

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.879
 every man

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.420
 whoever

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.660
 follows him

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.559
 will not

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.160
 walk in

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.579
 darkness

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.559
 but have

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.500
 the light

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.480
 of life

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:56.519
 the wonderful

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.339
 counsel you get

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:57.900
 from Jesus

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:59.299
 is not merely

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.900
 all the right

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.660
 things to do

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.160
 in order to

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.720
 get back

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.700
 on the right

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.240
 path

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:05.680
 but he says

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.879
 follow me

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:09.180
 believe in

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.560
 me

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.920
 find your

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.780
 life in

00:33:11.780 --> 00:33:12.420
 me

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:14.100
 I am

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:14.660
 the

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.900
 wonderful

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.980
 counselor

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:19.020
 is he

00:33:19.020 --> 00:33:19.320
 your

00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:20.120
 wonderful

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.640
 counselor

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.160
 today

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:22.300
 let's pray

00:33:22.300 --> 00:33:29.540
 father I

00:33:29.540 --> 00:33:30.360
 confess that

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:31.700
 I would

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.360
 rather feel

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.460
 wise myself

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.900
 than

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:35.200
 trust your

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.580
 wisdom

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:36.100
 I would

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.920
 rather figure

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.960
 out where

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.519
 life is

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.240
 found than

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:40.920
 be told

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:43.280
 I would

00:33:43.280 --> 00:33:43.720
 rather be the

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.180
 one with the

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.860
 solution than

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.360
 the one with

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.180
 the questions

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:50.140
 thank you

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.660
 that you

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:52.060
 come

00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:53.340
 and offer

00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:54.060
 yourself

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:55.580
 as our

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:56.140
 solution

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:57.560
 thank you

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:57.860
 that we

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.680
 don't actually

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.580
 find life

00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:00.240
 in ourselves

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.799
 thank you

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.220
 for the

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.259
 those moments

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.840
 where we've

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.299
 found a

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.900
 dead end

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.299
 and an

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.740
 emptiness

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:06.740
 trying to

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 do things

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 our own

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 way

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 thank you

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 for showing

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 us

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 Jesus

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 as

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 not just

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 one who

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 gives

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 light

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 but one

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 who is

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 light

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 that we

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 don't have

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 to try

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 to figure

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 things out

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 we can

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 just throw

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 ourselves

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 on him

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 would you

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 give us

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 the humility

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 the desperation

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 the sense

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 of our own

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 need enough

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 that we

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 would trust

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 him and

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 that we'd

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 find great

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 joy in

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 following him

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 our wonderful

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 counselor

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 it's in his

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 name we pray

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 amen

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