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 Never before have we had access to so much information.

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 And yet I don't think there's been a time in history where people were more hungry, more starved for truth.

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 You know, never before have we had access to so much knowledge.

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 Have we had the ability to generate so much in the way of knowledge?

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 And yet there are so many people who feel like they cannot know anything for certain.

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 Who remain perplexed about the deepest questions.

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 What is life all about?

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 Who are we?

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 Why are we here?

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 What is all this for?

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 We have access to all of this information and knowledge.

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 It's all at our fingertips.

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 It's a click away.

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 And yet people are longing to know what is real.

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 And I think this is in part what we see when we look at the Sadducees as they are described in Luke chapter 20.

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 These were the intellectual elites of the day.

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 They were incredibly knowledgeable.

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 They were powerful.

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 They were very well read.

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 They were very well read.

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 They were very well educated.

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 They were extremely confident in their access to knowledge.

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 They ran the temple.

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 They shaped public theology.

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 They thought they knew God and how God worked.

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 And yet as we're going to see, when they had the opportunity to stand face to face before the Son of God, they failed to recognize it.

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 So how could they know so much about God and yet not recognize God when they stood face to face?

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 That's a question that we're going to explore this morning.

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 What we're going to see is that faith and belief are not just about having access to the right information.

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 It's not just about having enough evidence.

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 It's not about being intellectually convinced.

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 There are actually obstacles to faith that unless they are removed will prevent us from ever actually knowing and having a relationship with God, no matter how much information about God we might have.

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 So this is what we're going to be looking at in more depth this morning as we look at Luke chapter 20.

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 Let's pray and then we will open God's word together.

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 Our Lord, Heavenly Father, thank you for this morning.

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 Thank you for this time.

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 Thank you for your word.

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 We now pray and ask that in your mercy, through your grace, and the power of your spirit, you would enable us not only to understand your word but to encounter you in your word.

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 Because you are the one we need to see, you're the one we need to hear.

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 And it's in the name of your son, Jesus Christ, the living word, that we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So first of all, I want to look at these obstacles.

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 What are these obstacles to faith?

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 Where do we see them in the text?

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 This requires giving a little more background about the situation.

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 As I said, the Sadducees were the religious elites of the day.

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 However, even though they were religious leaders, they weren't very religious.

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 They were in some ways the equivalent of modern people in the way they thought about God and the supernatural.

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 They believed in God, yes, but beyond their belief in God, they didn't really believe that there was much outside of what we can see and hear and touch.

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 In some ways they were more close to a kind of materialism, scientific or philosophical materialism, as we might call it today.

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 They didn't really believe much in the supernatural.

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 They didn't believe in angels.

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 They didn't believe in divine providence.

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 And they very clearly, as the text says, didn't believe in a resurrection life that follows death.

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 And we know from history that they would come up with these kind of absurd scenarios to illustrate the absurdity of the idea of the resurrection, which is what happens here in Luke chapter 20.

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 They're in a group of people.

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 They're rivals.

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 The Pharisees are present.

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 And so the Pharisees did believe in the resurrection.

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 And so the Sadducees see this as an opportunity to trap Jesus with one of these absurd scenarios.

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 And so they present a scenario that has to do with an ancient custom from ancient Israel called the Leveret marriage.

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 And this is originally a custom that is then regulated in Deuteronomy 25 by Moses.

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 And this is a practice that essentially says that if a man marries a woman and that man dies and they don't have any children, that it falls to the brother of that man to marry the widow.

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 And that sounds very odd by today's standards.

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 But we need to understand that in this ancient world, this was really all about maintaining justice.

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 It was designed to protect widows from poverty and isolation.

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 It was designed to keep the land and the inheritance in the family where it belonged.

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 And so it was meant to be about justice and mercy.

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 The Sadducees, though, take this situation and they turn it into a kind of trap.

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 So they say, well, Jesus, how about this scenario?

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 What if you have seven brothers and the first gets married and then he dies and the second then does his duty and marries the wife and then he dies and they all get married to the same woman and die and nobody has any kids?

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 Later in the resurrection world, if they're all going to come back, what happens when that woman's walking along and she encounters all seven of these brothers alive and well?

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 Whose wife is she going to be?

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 And they're not really looking for an answer.

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 They're trying to trap Jesus.

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 Either he has to deny Moses and the practice of the leverant marriage or he has to deny the resurrection.

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 And ultimately, their goal is to mock the idea that anybody would believe in something like the resurrection, to just mock that as being absurd.

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 And here is where we really begin to see the obstacles that prevent the Sadducees from truly knowing and understanding and having a relationship with the living God.

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 The first obstacle we see is the obstacle of arrogance.

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 They're extremely arrogant.

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 Mocking people who don't share your beliefs, mocking people who disagree with you is, among other things, a sign of arrogance.

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 We see that all over the place in our culture.

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 We see it in religion, which is our focus this morning.

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 You also see it a lot in politics.

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 You know, not just I disagree with you, not just I see things differently or I support different policies, but a kind of mocking of people who don't agree with us on the big questions.

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 You see it in all kinds of places.

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 Because when you mock somebody who disagrees with you, what you're really saying is, not only do I disagree with you and think your views are wrong, but I actually think that you're so wrong and so off base that you're not even worthy of basic dignity and respect, right?

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 That's arrogant.

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 But I would suggest that's not the only way arrogance shows up in our lives.

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 Because any time human beings assume that if something falls outside our ability to understand it, it must therefore not be true, there's an inherent arrogance to that.

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 Because what we're really saying is that things that are real, we should be able to understand them and comprehend them.

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 And if my mind can't understand and comprehend it, it can't possibly be real.

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 We're making ourselves into the kind of arbiters of what is not only true, but what is possible.

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 That's a pretty grandiose view of yourself.

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 So that's arrogant.

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 Anytime we assume that our worldview is the only possible way to see things, that's arrogant.

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 So Charles Taylor, the philosopher, talks about the way we hold our beliefs, the difference between a spin and a take.

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 And people who have a take on things understand that their view is legitimate, but it's not the only way to see things, and that there are other ways of seeing things.

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 That even if they're not true, they're valid.

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 You understand how that person arrived at that set of conclusions.

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 But a spin view, and ignore, he's really fond of odd labels that don't always make sense.

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 But the spin way of holding your views is to hold your views in such a way where you say,

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 this is the only legitimate way to see things, and anybody who disagrees is either crazy or an idiot.

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 Right?

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 There's only one way this could possibly be made sense of.

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 Right?

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 And when you hold your views that way, there's an arrogance to that.

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 Because you're essentially saying, I am, again, the only reasonable perception rests with me.

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 And we see this emerging in different contexts, in different ways, in different kinds of people.

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 There are non-religious versions of this arrogance, and there are more religious versions of this.

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 It's arrogance.

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 There's a certain kind of arrogance to committed atheism.

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 So we're not just talking about agnostics or people not sure what they believe,

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 but people who will go all the way as to say, I am fully convinced that there is no God,

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 and I'm not open to the possibility of there being a God.

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 Or if you encounter non-religious people who would sort of mock and see religious people

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 as being intellectually weak for believing in things that cannot be proven.

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 Because ultimately, that's ignoring a very stubborn fact, and that is that atheism requires

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 every bit as much faith as theism.

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 You're committing yourself to believing something about the world and about the non-existence of God

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 that can't ultimately be proven.

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 So either way, you have a faith commitment that you're making.

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 But to hold that view and to say, I'm not even open to the possibility of there being a God,

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 there's an arrogance to that.

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 But I would also say that I think that there's an enormous amount of this kind of arrogance

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 that is very prevalent among religious people.

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 You know, the fact is, we can have biblically sound doctrines,

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 biblically sound beliefs.

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 But the question is, how do we hold those beliefs?

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 And how do we view people who hold to different beliefs?

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 You know, and I know this is true everywhere.

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 Speaking for myself and the circles that I travel in,

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 because I am a, generally speaking, theologically conservative Orthodox Christian,

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 most of the circles I travel in, most of those people are theological conservatives.

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 And I can speak for my own tribe here and just admit that within that community,

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 it's not uncommon to encounter a fair amount of smugness,

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 a fair amount of contempt toward people who are viewed as being too progressive

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 or people who hold to very different views

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 or people who come out of different traditions or denominations.

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 And if I'm really honest, you know, you see this popping up in the same church from time to time.

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 You'll have people who, there's a kind of smugness or contempt

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 toward people who you may disagree with even over secondary issues.

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 And it's very easy, and I've seen this in my own heart,

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 it's very easy when you're looking at another denomination or another tradition.

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 It's very easy for that smugness to start out as a kind of humor,

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 but then it very quickly can kind of go off the rails and escalate into full-on contempt.

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 And by that, I mean just kind of devaluing people who come out of another faith tradition.

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 So it's no longer about let's look at the Bible and figure out what is actually true

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 and what we actually believe.

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 It's more of a kind of judgment or perception of the people who hold those views, right?

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 A devaluing of them, right?

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 And it's so easy for that to happen.

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 You see it all the time.

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 That's arrogance.

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 The point of that is that it's possible to have biblically sound doctrine,

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 but at the same time, your heart is very far away from God.

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 And this is something that if we're here and you're a Christian,

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 we really should pay attention to this.

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 You can have all the right doctrines.

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 You can be able to point to all of the texts in the Scripture that justify everything you believe,

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 and you can be on the money in your beliefs,

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 and yet your heart can be very far from God

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 because this kind of arrogance is like a wedge between us and the heart of God.

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 It's a wedge.

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 So this is an issue that we see in the Sadducees.

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 The second obstacle comes right along beside the first.

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 So the first is arrogance.

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 The second is ignorance.

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 And arrogance and ignorance, that is a deadly combination.

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 Jesus' response to them is essentially this.

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 Even though you spent all your time studying Scripture,

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 and by the way, they really only focused on the first five books of the Bible,

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 Moses, they considered themselves to be experts in Moses,

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 and they had a kind of wooden literalistic way of interpreting the books of Moses.

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 And so Jesus, it's no coincidence that Jesus brings up the example of Moses, right?

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 Because what he's essentially saying is,

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 you guys go around talking like you're experts in Moses,

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 and that you know everything about Moses,

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 and you've studied these books, and that's your whole deal.

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 And yet, at the end of the day, you have no idea what this text actually means.

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 You're missing what's right in front of your face.

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 And he's exposing their ignorance.

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 And based on everything we know about the Sadducees,

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 they didn't study Scripture in order to ultimately know and have a relationship

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 and be close to God.

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 They studied Scripture because they wanted to be the smartest people in the room.

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 Their mastery and expertise on these texts

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 was one of the ways they maintained status and superiority in their culture.

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 And their focus was primarily around maintaining status and power.

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 And maybe you've been in a church or a culture like this

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 where your knowledge of the Bible is its own kind of status symbol.

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 Imagine that on steroids.

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 So that's what it was like for the Sadducees.

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 They were the experts.

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 They were the final word on Moses.

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 And they really did a lot.

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 Pretty much anything and everything they did was connected to their desire for power,

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 including the fact that, as you may know,

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 Rome was the occupying force.

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 Rome occupied Israel.

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 They were the bad guys.

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 Well, the Sadducees had sided with the Romans.

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 So people hated them.

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 That's why there's not monuments that celebrate the legacy of the Sadducees.

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 Nobody liked them.

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 Because they did this naked power grab

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 and sided with the occupying force.

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 So their study of Scripture was about maintaining status.

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 And so the point is this.

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 Just as it is possible to have biblically sound doctrine

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 and yet have a heart that's far from God,

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 so it is possible to spend all of your time studying the Scriptures

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 and to be ignorant of their meaning at the same time.

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 You can be an expert in the Scripture,

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 be able to quote it off the top of your head

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 and to be fully ignorant of its meaning.

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 And a lot of that comes down to motive.

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 Right?

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 A lot of times in church you hear sermons and say,

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 we should study Scripture more.

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 Absolutely.

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 But it's also important to ask, why?

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 What is the point of studying Scripture?

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 Because there are people who spend a lot of time studying Scripture,

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 but for different reasons.

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 Like there are some people like the Sadducees

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 who study Scripture simply because they want to be

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 the smartest people in the room.

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 You know, you're the person who,

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 whenever there's a question in Sunday school,

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 whenever there's a debate, right,

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 when you're at your small group

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 and somebody's trying to lead a Bible study,

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 and you're the person who,

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 you have to have all the answers.

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 And you're studying Scripture is kind of like,

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 you know, loading up bullets

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 so that you can be fully loaded,

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 locked and loaded, ready to go,

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 so that when that opportunity comes,

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 bam, see, I'm the smartest person in the room.

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 Some people study Scripture purely

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 out of a desire to accumulate knowledge.

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 You see that a lot in academia.

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 People have no relationship with the Lord at all,

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 but they spend a lot of time studying Scripture

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 because in the world of academia,

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 in the world of scholarship,

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 that could be a means of personal advancement.

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 You know, we used to call,

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 we used to jokingly call seminary, cemetery

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 because it's very easy

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 when you're studying Bible and theology

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 on an academic level,

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 it's very easy for your faith to dry up

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 because it starts to not be about

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 having a relationship with the Lord.

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 It starts to be about that paper

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 that you have to write

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 or that test that you have to take.

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 Or you begin to go down

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 these esoteric rabbit holes

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 of people debating

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 how many angels can dance

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 on the head of a pen kind of issues, right?

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 So it can very quickly become

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 a kind of cemetery experience

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 if you're not careful

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 and if you don't keep the focus in mind,

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 what's it really about,

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 having a relationship with the Lord?

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 Some people study Scripture

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 because they already have in mind

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 the conclusions they want to draw.

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 And so the Bible is really just a means

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 to justify that preconceived,

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 predetermined end.

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 One word for that is eisegesis.

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 You're reading your own ideas

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 and preferences and agendas

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 into the text.

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 Right, so these are ways

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 that we can spend a lot of time

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 and energy studying the Bible

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 and yet our hearts can be very far from God.

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 It's what's going on with the Sadducees.

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 The central aim of Scripture, friends,

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 is to bring us into relationship

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 with the living God.

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 That is why we have this gift of the Bible.

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 And if we're not reading Scripture

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 with a desire to know

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 and be in relationship with God,

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 if we're not sitting down

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 and opening up this text

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 and saying, God,

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 I want to hear you through your word.

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 I want you to speak to me.

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 Just as I might sit down with my wife

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 and say, I want to know you better.

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 I want to understand

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 what makes you tick.

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 I want to understand

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 what's going on in your heart

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 and what you love

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 and what you care about.

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 Right, if that's not the way

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 we approach the Scripture,

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 then we're missing something

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 very central to why

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 God has entrusted them to us.

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 Don't forget how Satan

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 tempts Jesus in the wilderness.

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 He quotes Scripture.

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 Knew it by heart.

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 These are the two obstacles

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 preventing the Sadducees

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 from knowing and having

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 a relationship with God.

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 It's a deadly combination

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 of arrogance and ignorance.

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 And what you see again and again

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 in the Scripture

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 is that arrogance plus ignorance

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 equals spiritual blindness.

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 Arrogance plus ignorance

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 equals spiritual blindness.

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 You can have all the right doctrines.

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 You can have the whole Bible memorized.

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 And yet, if arrogance and ignorance

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 are issues in your heart,

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 you're not going to have

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 any real relationship

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 with the Lord.

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 So for all of us,

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 as I said earlier,

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 who are Christians,

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 to the extent that either

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 of these things is true of us,

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 we need to be on guard.

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 If we are inclined

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 to hold our beliefs

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 in ways that engender smugness

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 toward people who disagree,

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 or if our goal in studying the Bible

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 is anything other than knowing

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 and having a relationship with God,

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 we need to be very careful with that.

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 Now, how does Jesus respond?

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 Here's Jesus' response.

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 You know, we don't see this

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 in Luke's Gospel,

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 but if you compare,

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 the same story shows up

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 in Matthew and Mark.

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 And in their versions of the story,

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 Jesus responds to the Sadducees,

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 and he says,

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 you are in error

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 because you do not know

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 the Scriptures

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 or the power of God.

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 He's diagnosing the problem.

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 He's saying, in other words,

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 in order to remove

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 these heart obstacles

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 and have a relationship with God,

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 you need two things.

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 Number one,

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 you need to be humbled

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 by God's power.

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 You need to be humbled

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 by God's power.

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 And number two,

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 you need to rightly understand

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 God's Word.

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 Don't just know what it says,

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 but understand what it really means,

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 what it's really pointing to.

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 So I want to look at

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 each of those in turn.

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 First of all,

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 you need to be humbled

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 by God's power.

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 In order to have

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 a relationship with God,

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 you have to be humbled.

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 In their arrogance,

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 the Sadducees assumed

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 that the resurrection life

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 would be just like this life,

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 right?

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 Because they're imagining

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 that reality has to conform

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 to our expectations.

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 Otherwise, it can't be true.

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 And so that's why

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 they come up

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 with this absurd scenario

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 of all these resurrected

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 husbands, brothers,

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 kind of walking around

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 trying to figure out

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 who's married to whom.

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 And Jesus essentially exposes

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 how small-minded that is.

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 He's essentially saying,

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 you vastly underestimate

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 who God is.

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 And you vastly

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 and tragically underestimate

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 how big this world is.

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 And you vastly underestimate

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 the life that is to come.

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 It's a failure of imagination.

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 In your arrogance,

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 you don't realize

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 how profoundly small-minded

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 you actually are.

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 And he goes on

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 to give us this glimpse

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 of the fact

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 that the resurrection life

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 is going to be so much more

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 than any human being

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 can possibly fathom.

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 He says there's no longer

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 going to need to be marriage.

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 There's no longer going to be

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 a need for childbearing

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 because there's no longer

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 going to be any death.

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 And it's a way of saying

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 that even the best relationships

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 that we experience now

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 in this life,

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 the best friendship,

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 the best marriage,

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 right,

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 the best family

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 with the best kids,

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 even that is just

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 the tiniest glimmer

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 of the life

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 that will one day be

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 and of that

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 which will be true

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 for all people.

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 Even the best marriage

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 in this life

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 pales in comparison

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 to the average

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 normal relationship

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 that will exist

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 between you

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 and every other human being

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 as well as with God

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 which is profoundly comforting

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 to those of us

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 who aren't married

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 or who find ourselves

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 in hard, difficult marriages

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 or who struggle

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 with loneliness.

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 Jesus is saying

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 the norm

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 in the life to come,

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 the norm

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 will be so much greater

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 that when we look back

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 marriage will look like

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 the tiniest little preview.

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 It'll be just

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 the tiniest glimmer

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 of normative daily life

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 for people

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 in the age to come.

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 And he says

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 we need to be humbled

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 by that reality.

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 It's beyond our ability

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 to imagine.

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 This reminds me

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 of this wonderful parable

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.059
 from Henry Nowen.

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 If you've ever read the book

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 Our Greatest Gift

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 and Henry Nowen

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 he sort of imagines

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 in this parable

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 twins

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 a brother and a sister

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 who are in the womb.

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 So they're waiting

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 to be born

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 and they're talking

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 to one another

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 because there's no one else

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 and they're having

00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:37.299
 a debate

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 about whether or not

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 there is such a thing

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 as life after birth.

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 So here's where it starts.

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 The sister said

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 to the brother

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 I believe there is

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 life after birth.

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 Her brother

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 protested vehemently.

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 No, no

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 this is all there is.

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 This is a dark

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.740
 and cozy place

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 and we have nothing

00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.839
 else to do

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 but cling to the cord

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 that feeds us.

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 The little girl

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 insisted

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 there must be something

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 more than this dark place.

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 There must be

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 something else

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 a place with light

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 where there's freedom

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.440
 to move.

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 Still she could not

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.599
 convince her

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.279
 twin brother.

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 After some silence

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 the sister says

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.860
 hesitantly

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 I have something

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 else to say

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 and I'm afraid

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 you won't believe

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:27.860
 that either

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 but I think

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 there's a mother.

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 Her brother

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 became furious.

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 A mother?

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 He shouted.

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 What are you

00:25:39.020 --> 00:25:39.640
 talking about?

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 I've never seen

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:41.960
 a mother.

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 You've never seen

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 a mother.

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 Who put that idea

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 into your head?

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 As I told you

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 this place

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 is all we have

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 why do you

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.740
 always want more?

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 This is not

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.679
 such a bad place

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.240
 after all.

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 We have all

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.879
 we need

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 so let's just

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 be content.

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 The sister

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.720
 was quite overwhelmed

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.559
 by her brother's

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.960
 response

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.679
 and for a while

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:06.039
 didn't dare

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.839
 say another word

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:08.839
 but she couldn't

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.279
 let go

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.079
 of her thoughts

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:11.659
 and since she

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:12.399
 had only her

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:12.879
 twin brother

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.539
 to speak to

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.779
 she finally said

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:17.039
 don't you feel

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.559
 these little

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.559
 squeezes?

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:20.359
 every once

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.839
 in a while

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 they're quite

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.079
 unpleasant

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.659
 and sometimes

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.299
 even painful?

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.279
 Yes

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.879
 he answered

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.659
 what's so special

00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.220
 about that?

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.879
 Well

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.939
 the sister said

00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:32.099
 I think

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:33.980
 those squeezes

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.500
 are there

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:36.159
 to get us

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.819
 ready for

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.819
 another place

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:39.439
 much more

00:26:39.439 --> 00:26:39.879
 beautiful

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:41.099
 than this place

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:42.419
 where we'll

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.299
 see our mother

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.279
 face to face

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:46.259
 don't you think

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.919
 that's exciting?

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:49.180
 the brother

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.779
 didn't answer

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:51.560
 he was fed

00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:52.000
 up

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.660
 with the foolish

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.380
 talk of his

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.680
 sister

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.580
 and felt

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:56.100
 that the best

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.460
 thing

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.180
 would be

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.740
 simply to

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.400
 ignore her

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.180
 and hope

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.500
 that she

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.900
 would leave

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.539
 him alone

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:04.019
 a child

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.619
 in a womb

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.079
 cannot

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.879
 possibly

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.519
 fathom

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:08.879
 cannot

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.480
 possibly

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.259
 imagine

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.500
 that there

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.759
 would be

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.279
 any such

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.579
 thing

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.079
 as life

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.740
 after birth

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.879
 a child

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.279
 in a womb

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.180
 cannot imagine

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.879
 what it would

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.259
 be like

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.779
 to run

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.279
 through a

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.579
 field

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:21.099
 cannot

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.740
 imagine

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.180
 what it

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.440
 would be

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.740
 like

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:24.500
 to dance

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:24.980
 under the

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.460
 stars

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:27.180
 a child

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.600
 in a womb

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:27.960
 cannot

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.620
 fathom

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:28.920
 what it

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.140
 would be

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.380
 like

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:30.019
 to taste

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:31.220
 chocolate

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:33.680
 or to

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.200
 see

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:35.120
 the Alps

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.420
 for the

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.000
 first time

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:38.640
 or to

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.180
 listen to

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.720
 a symphony

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:42.559
 or to

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.779
 swim

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.000
 in the

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.319
 ocean

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:45.660
 a child

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:45.960
 cannot

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.579
 fathom

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:50.559
 in the

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.200
 same way

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:53.319
 we cannot

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.940
 possibly

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.460
 fathom

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.980
 the resurrection

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.420
 life

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:57.759
 we simply

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.059
 know

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.299
 that it

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.559
 will be

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:58.960
 orders

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.200
 of

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.860
 magnitude

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.660
 greater

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:00.900
 than

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.079
 this

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.360
 life

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:03.900
 a child

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.120
 in the

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.279
 womb

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.599
 cannot

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.380
 fathom

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:05.579
 the

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.160
 concept

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.519
 of a

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.759
 mother

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:09.120
 right

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:09.380
 because

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.620
 their

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:09.920
 mother

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.400
 is all

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.700
 around

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:10.940
 them

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:13.380
 you might

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.779
 say

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.460
 in her

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.180
 they live

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.740
 and move

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.120
 and have

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.640
 their being

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:19.819
 cannot

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.420
 fathom

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.700
 what it

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:20.880
 would be

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.079
 like

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.440
 to meet

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.660
 that

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.900
 mother

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.220
 face

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.380
 to

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.740
 face

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.740
 and so

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.099
 it is

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.539
 friends

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.120
 with

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.480
 God

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:28.500
 and the

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.779
 point

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.339
 is this

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.180
 the key

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:31.640
 to faith

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:33.440
 is having

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.279
 the humility

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.180
 to recognize

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.539
 that if we

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.400
 really and truly

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.160
 are dealing

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.640
 with the

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.299
 God of

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.900
 the universe

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:42.039
 if we're

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.599
 dealing with

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.079
 the God

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.799
 who created

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.559
 space

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.359
 and time

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.900
 if we're

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.480
 dealing with

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.200
 the author

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.339
 of existence

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.359
 itself

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.619
 there are

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.079
 going to be

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.859
 many mysteries

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.299
 that go

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.159
 way beyond

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:55.019
 our ability

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.839
 to comprehend

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:58.480
 and you say

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.859
 well does that

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.199
 mean that we

00:28:59.199 --> 00:28:59.539
 can't be

00:28:59.539 --> 00:28:59.859
 certain of

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.099
 anything

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.500
 we can't

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.619
 know

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:00.879
 anything

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.319
 absolutely

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.599
 not

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:01.919
 but here's

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.299
 the point

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:04.779
 faith is

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.279
 not about

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.720
 having

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:07.220
 100%

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.919
 certainty

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:10.559
 on all

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.779
 of your

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.179
 beliefs

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:13.299
 it's not

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.740
 about having

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.240
 100%

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.699
 certainty

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.720
 faith

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.539
 is a

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:17.940
 willingness

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:19.160
 to stake

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.980
 your life

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:21.960
 on what

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.580
 you believe

00:29:22.580 --> 00:29:23.400
 being true

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:25.460
 it's not

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.920
 about having

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.360
 100%

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.680
 certainty

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.019
 that it's

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.180
 true

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.580
 it's about

00:29:27.580 --> 00:29:28.080
 a willingness

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:28.620
 to stake

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.180
 your life

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.960
 on it

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.500
 being true

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.920
 and that

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.140
 is a

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:31.340
 very

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.620
 different

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:31.920
 thing

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.299
 because

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.720
 you can

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.340
 do that

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:33.840
 while

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.140
 having

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.640
 doubts

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.900
 right

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.200
 you say

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.539
 where do

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:36.700
 you see

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:36.880
 that

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.360
 well look

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:37.600
 at the

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.000
 father

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.900
 whose son

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.259
 is demon

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.559
 possessed

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:39.880
 and he

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.600
 cries out

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:41.860
 to Jesus

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.140
 and he

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.620
 says I

00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:42.980
 believe

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.420
 help my

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.980
 unbelief

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:45.900
 he's

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.200
 filled

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.380
 with

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:46.700
 doubt

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:48.900
 no

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.460
 certainty

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:49.880
 there

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:51.640
 but based

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.220
 on everything

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.839
 he knows

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.240
 he's willing

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.660
 to throw

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.059
 himself

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.319
 at the

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.460
 feet

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.599
 of

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.000
 Jesus

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.759
 right

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.539
 the

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.799
 point

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.240
 is this

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.700
 it's

00:29:59.700 --> 00:29:59.880
 not

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.079
 the

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.620
 quantity

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:01.180
 of our

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.480
 faith

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.759
 that

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.180
 saves

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.519
 us

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:02.819
 it's

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.000
 the

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.440
 object

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.700
 of

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:03.860
 our

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.200
 faith

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:05.579
 and a

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:05.980
 willingness

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.400
 even

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.779
 filled

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:06.960
 with

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.220
 doubt

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.420
 to

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.660
 throw

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.120
 yourself

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.539
 at

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.680
 the

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:08.860
 feet

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.000
 of

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.339
 Jesus

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.860
 is

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.160
 all

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.319
 it

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.779
 requires

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:12.180
 and I

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.319
 think

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.860
 sometimes

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.339
 this

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.039
 desire

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.299
 for

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.839
 100%

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.219
 certainty

00:30:15.219 --> 00:30:15.619
 is really

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.179
 a desire

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.099
 to not

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.519
 have to

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.740
 rely

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.359
 on faith

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.139
 to not

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.579
 have to

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.019
 throw

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.419
 ourselves

00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:20.740
 at the

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:20.979
 feet

00:30:20.979 --> 00:30:22.119
 of someone

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.439
 greater

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:22.639
 than

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.179
 ourselves

00:30:23.179 --> 00:30:24.359
 it's a

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.639
 desire

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.419
 for control

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:26.259
 to manage

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.559
 rather than

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.199
 to surrender

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:32.299
 so we

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.460
 need to

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.000
 be humbled

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.380
 by the

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.700
 power

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:33.860
 of

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.140
 God

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:36.140
 and the

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.400
 second

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.360
 thing we

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.920
 see here

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.420
 in Jesus

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.940
 response

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.759
 is that

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.000
 we need

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.460
 to rightly

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.220
 understand

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.700
 God's

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:41.920
 word

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.180
 even

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.340
 though

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.519
 the

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.940
 Sadducees

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.460
 claim to

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.600
 be

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.019
 experts

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.220
 on

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.580
 Moses

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:45.200
 Jesus

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.480
 says

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.759
 you

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:45.880
 have

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.000
 no

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.180
 idea

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.279
 what

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.380
 you're

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.620
 talking

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:46.940
 about

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.580
 it's

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:48.779
 right

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:48.900
 in

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.039
 front

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.140
 of

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.220
 your

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.420
 face

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:49.920
 I'm

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.120
 right

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.240
 in

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.380
 front

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.480
 of

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.580
 your

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:50.880
 face

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.080
 and

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.200
 you're

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.420
 missing

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:51.680
 it

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.259
 you know

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.680
 when

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.019
 Moses

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.580
 encounters

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:53.920
 God

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.019
 in

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.100
 the

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.299
 burning

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.600
 bush

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.279
 God

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.679
 refers

00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:55.899
 to

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.319
 himself

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.599
 by

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.019
 saying

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.679
 I

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.339
 am

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:59.439
 the

00:30:59.439 --> 00:30:59.659
 God

00:30:59.659 --> 00:30:59.799
 of

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.159
 Abraham

00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:00.439
 and

00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:00.519
 the

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:00.659
 God

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:00.779
 of

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.099
 Isaac

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.299
 and

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.419
 the

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:01.599
 God

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:01.740
 of

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:01.980
 Jacob

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.099
 he

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.279
 doesn't

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.459
 say

00:31:02.459 --> 00:31:02.659
 I

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.059
 was

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.279
 their

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.579
 God

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.799
 when

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:03.939
 they

00:31:03.939 --> 00:31:04.099
 were

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.500
 alive

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.759
 they

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.240
 worshipped

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.439
!

00:31:05.439 --> 00:31:05.799
 I

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.119
 am

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:06.319
 their

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.559
 God

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.659
 in

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:06.779
 other

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:06.919
 words

00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.559
 they're

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:07.819
 here

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.119
 with

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.339
 me

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.659
 right

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:08.939
 now

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:09.539
 worshipping

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.959
 and

00:31:09.959 --> 00:31:10.399
 praising

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:10.939
 and

00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.659
 celebrating

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.480
 I

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.039
 continue

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.439
 to be

00:31:13.439 --> 00:31:13.619
 their

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:13.939
 God

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.179
 because

00:31:14.179 --> 00:31:14.419
 they

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:14.959
 continue

00:31:14.959 --> 00:31:17.399
 and

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:17.879
 the

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.500
 Sadducees

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.699
 were

00:31:18.699 --> 00:31:19.079
 ignorant

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.399
 of the

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.619
 fact

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:19.779
 that

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:19.919
 the

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.159
 death

00:31:25.159 --> 00:31:25.240
 is

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.199
 for

00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.599
 eternity

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.459
 from

00:31:26.459 --> 00:31:26.599
 the

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.859
 very

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.299
 beginning

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.399
 and

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:28.579
 that

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:28.939
 death

00:31:28.939 --> 00:31:29.339
 is

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:29.579
 an

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.439
 aberration

00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:31.639
 from

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.079
 that

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.859
 norm

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:34.279
 death

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.559
 is

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.899
 not

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.119
 a

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.359
 part

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.559
 of

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.740
 the

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.259
 plan

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.500
 for

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.759
 all

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.079
 time

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.500
 it's

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.699
 a

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:38.039
 symptom

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.359
 of

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.500
 a

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.740
 world

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.159
 broken

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.399
 by

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:39.699
 human

00:31:39.699 --> 00:31:40.099
 sin

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.779
 and

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.439
 rebellion

00:31:41.439 --> 00:31:42.679
 and

00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:42.799
 of

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.019
 course

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.159
 the

00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:43.500
 Sadducees

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.939
 completely

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:44.319
 missed

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:44.500
 the

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.839
 fact

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:46.299
 that

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.719
 God's

00:31:46.719 --> 00:31:47.019
 plan

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.199
 is

00:31:47.199 --> 00:31:47.539
 ultimately

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.779
 to

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.179
 overcome

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.819
 death

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.299
 once

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.559
 and

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.759
 for

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.039
 all

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.240
 as

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.419
 the

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:50.659
 prophet

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.079
 Isaiah

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.459
 writes

00:31:51.459 --> 00:31:51.679
 in

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:52.279
 chapter

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.719
 25

00:31:52.719 --> 00:31:53.459
 God

00:31:53.459 --> 00:31:53.659
 will

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:54.219
 swallow

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.899
 death

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.279
 forever

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.459
 and

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:56.599
 as

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:56.719
 the

00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:56.899
 Lord

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.139
 God

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.319
 will

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.539
 wipe

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.759
 away

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.139
 tears

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.379
 from

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.639
 all

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:59.099
 faces

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.299
 and

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.419
 of

00:31:59.419 --> 00:31:59.639
 course

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.019
 this

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.139
 is

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.519
 ultimately

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.939
 all

00:32:00.939 --> 00:32:01.599
 pointing

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.059
 to

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:03.719
 and

00:32:03.719 --> 00:32:03.879
 will

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.240
 ultimately

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.519
 be

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.899
 found

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.240
 in

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.559
 Jesus

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:05.919
 Christ

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.459
 himself

00:32:06.459 --> 00:32:07.579
 in

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.719
 the

00:32:07.719 --> 00:32:08.119
 chapters

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.359
 that

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.859
 follow

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.139
 Luke

00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.480
 chapter

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.879
 20

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.519
 Jesus

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:10.759
 is

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:10.899
 going

00:32:10.899 --> 00:32:11.000
 to

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.099
 be

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:11.519
 arrested

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.099
 he's

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.199
 going

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:12.259
 to

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.379
 be

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.740
 mocked

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:12.859
 he's

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:12.959
 going

00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:12.980
 to

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.099
 be

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.459
 tortured

00:32:13.459 --> 00:32:13.899
 he's

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.000
 going

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.039
 to

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.199
 be

00:32:14.199 --> 00:32:14.759
 executed

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.299
 and

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.439
 it

00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:16.759
 seems

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:16.919
 as

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.079
 though

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.379
 death

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.899
 had

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.059
 the

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.379
 final

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:18.679
 say

00:32:18.679 --> 00:32:18.859
 the

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.159
 final

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:19.539
 word

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.159
 until

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:21.919
 some

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.079
 of

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.319
 Jesus

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.579
 his

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.079
 disciples

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.740
 some

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.199
 women

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.839
 go to

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.000
 the

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.259
 tomb

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:27.259
 and

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.379
 the

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:27.979
 unthinkable

00:32:27.979 --> 00:32:28.139
 has

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.399
 happened

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:28.579
 the

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:28.759
 tomb

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:28.899
 is

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.279
 open

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.839
 and

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.119
 it's

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.539
 empty

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.000
 and

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.279
 Jesus

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.519
 is

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.799
 nowhere

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:31.959
 to

00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.099
 be

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.500
 found

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.959
 and

00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:33.099
 they

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.959
 realize

00:32:33.959 --> 00:32:34.599
 that

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.039
 all

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.199
 of

00:32:35.199 --> 00:32:35.359
 this

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.879
 unfolding

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.319
 story

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:36.479
 of

00:32:36.479 --> 00:32:36.759
 scripture

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.019
 was

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.479
 ultimately

00:32:37.479 --> 00:32:37.779
 meant

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:37.979
 to

00:32:37.979 --> 00:32:38.539
 culminate

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.979
 here

00:32:38.979 --> 00:32:39.959
 in

00:32:39.959 --> 00:32:40.119
 the

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.359
 truth

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.500
 that

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.639
 we

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.000
 proclaim

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.339
 every

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.740
 Easter

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.199
 that

00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:42.699
 Christ

00:32:42.699 --> 00:32:43.159
 is

00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:43.819
 risen

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:43.839
!

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.259
 disciples

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.799
 encounter

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.119
 him

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.539
 a little

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:50.679
 bit

00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:51.019
 later

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.199
 in

00:32:51.199 --> 00:32:51.479
 Luke's

00:32:51.479 --> 00:32:51.799
 gospel

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.279
 on

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.419
 the

00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:52.619
 road

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:52.799
 to

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.219
 Emmaus

00:32:53.219 --> 00:32:53.519
 and

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.679
 he

00:32:53.679 --> 00:32:54.059
 sits

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.299
 with

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.500
 them

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.799
 and

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:54.939
 he

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.399
 opens

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:55.599
 the

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:55.859
 scriptures

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.279
 and

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.419
 he

00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:56.740
 shows

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.199
 do

00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.399
 you

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:57.539
 want

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.599
 to

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:57.740
 know

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:57.919
 how

00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:58.059
 to

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.699
 understand

00:32:58.699 --> 00:32:59.179
 scripture

00:32:59.179 --> 00:32:59.339
 and

00:32:59.339 --> 00:32:59.419
 to

00:32:59.419 --> 00:32:59.539
 know

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.619
 what

00:32:59.619 --> 00:32:59.719
 it

00:32:59.719 --> 00:33:00.059
 actually

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.459
 means

00:33:00.459 --> 00:33:00.779
 well

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:00.899
 the

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.079
 key

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.259
 is

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.439
 this

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:01.779
 it

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:01.939
 was

00:33:01.939 --> 00:33:02.500
 always

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:02.779
 and

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.099
 forever

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.500
 about

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.000
 me

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:06.119
 every

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:07.439
 page

00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:07.919
 every

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.659
 sentence

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.079
 every

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.779
 word

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.559
 from

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:10.899
 Genesis

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.159
 to

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.579
 Revelation

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:11.959
 is

00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:12.439
 ultimately

00:33:12.439 --> 00:33:12.959
 about

00:33:12.959 --> 00:33:13.159
 and

00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:13.539
 pointing

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.919
 to

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.319
 and

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.479
 will

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.099
 always

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.359
 about

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.659
 me

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:20.419
 that's

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:20.579
 the

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:20.899
 puzzle

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.299
 piece

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.639
 in

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:21.779
 the

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.019
 middle

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.359
 that

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.579
 makes

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:22.740
 the

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:22.959
 whole

00:33:22.959 --> 00:33:23.199
 thing

00:33:23.199 --> 00:33:23.439
 fit

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:23.859
 together

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:25.639
 so

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:25.799
 in

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.019
 order

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.259
 to

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.539
 rightly

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.139
 understand

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.559
 God's

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.740
 word

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.079
 that's

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.219
 the

00:33:28.219 --> 00:33:28.379
 key

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:28.699
 we have

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:28.839
 to

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.359
 understand

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:31.079
 it

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.279
 was

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.719
 always

00:33:31.719 --> 00:33:32.039
 about

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.399
 Jesus

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:32.759
 all

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.199
 along

00:33:33.199 --> 00:33:34.839
 and

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:34.939
 then

00:33:34.939 --> 00:33:35.099
 we

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.539
 realize

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.859
 that

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.419
 the

00:33:36.419 --> 00:33:37.099
 promise

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.439
 for

00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:37.879
 us

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.579
 is

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:38.740
 that

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.019
 one

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.240
 day

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.579
 just

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:39.759
 as

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.039
 Jesus

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.419
 rose

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:40.639
 from

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:40.879
 death

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.159
 God

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.339
 will

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:41.699
 raise

00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:42.019
 us

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.339
 up

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.279
 and

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.399
 then

00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:43.559
 he

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:43.719
 will

00:33:43.719 --> 00:33:44.059
 renew

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.299
 and

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.779
 restore

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.439
 this

00:33:45.439 --> 00:33:45.719
 world

00:33:45.719 --> 00:33:45.859
 that

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.000
 the

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.419
 resurrection

00:33:46.419 --> 00:33:47.119
 is

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.379
 just

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:47.579
 the

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:47.879
 beginning

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:50.079
 but

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.459
 simply

00:33:50.459 --> 00:33:50.899
 knowing

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.359
 this

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.639
 is

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:51.979
 not

00:33:51.979 --> 00:33:52.439
 enough

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:52.659
 as

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:52.939
 Jesus

00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:53.339
 says

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.519
 in

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.699
 verse

00:33:53.699 --> 00:33:54.259
 35

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:55.099
 only

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.539
 those

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:55.719
 who

00:33:55.719 --> 00:33:55.899
 are

00:33:55.899 --> 00:33:56.519
 considered

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.219
 worthy

00:33:57.219 --> 00:33:59.079
 will

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.359
 take

00:33:59.359 --> 00:33:59.719
 part

00:33:59.719 --> 00:33:59.879
 in

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.000
 the

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.199
 age

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.379
 to

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.699
 come

00:34:00.699 --> 00:34:03.419
 but

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:03.619
 this

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:03.740
 is

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:03.879
 the

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.019
 good

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.199
 news

00:34:04.199 --> 00:34:04.319
 of

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.419
 the

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:04.719
 gospel

00:34:04.719 --> 00:34:04.859
 the

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:04.979
 good

00:34:04.979 --> 00:34:05.119
 news

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.199
 of

00:34:05.199 --> 00:34:05.279
 the

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.559
 gospel

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.959
 is

00:34:05.959 --> 00:34:06.419
 he

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.599
 does

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:06.879
 not

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.279
 say

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.019
 only

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.319
 those

00:34:08.319 --> 00:34:08.460
 who

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.819
 prove

00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:09.239
 themselves

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:09.599
 worthy

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.980
 he

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.239
 says

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.480
 only

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:11.839
 those

00:34:11.839 --> 00:34:12.000
 who

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.199
 are

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.839
 considered

00:34:12.839 --> 00:34:13.859
 worthy

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:16.140
 those

00:34:16.140 --> 00:34:16.320
 who

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:16.660
 are

00:34:16.660 --> 00:34:18.000
 counted

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.500
 worthy

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.200
 by

00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:19.599
 God

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.820
 and

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.460
 that's

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.920
 where

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.220
 the

00:34:21.220 --> 00:34:21.599
 gospel

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.079
 begins

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.420
 to

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.260
 emerge

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:24.240
 as

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.559
 our

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.220
 greatest

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.720
 hope

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:25.940
 that

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.160
 the

00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:26.599
 way

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:26.860
 to be

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.200
 found

00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:27.559
 worthy

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.900
 comes

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.140
 not

00:34:28.140 --> 00:34:28.340
 by

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.900
 proving

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.240
 our

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:29.539
 worth

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.760
 to

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:30.140
 God

00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:30.519
 but

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.840
 actually

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.079
 by

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.860
 confessing

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.039
 our

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.800
 unworthiness

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.059
 to

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.340
 God

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.500
 and

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.660
 then

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:35.160
 crying

00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:35.519
 out

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.720
 for

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:35.880
 the

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.240
 mercy

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:37.280
 that

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.559
 God

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.079
 offers

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.440
 through

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.800
 Jesus

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.340
 Christ

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:40.420
 to

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.820
 make

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.099
 us

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.519
 worthy

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.320
 right

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.519
 to

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.940
 cleanse

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.380
 us

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.820
 and

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.420
 restore

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.780
 us

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:44.940
 to

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.099
 what

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.240
 we

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:45.400
 were

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.820
 created

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.039
 to

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.400
 be

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:48.260
 which

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:48.440
 of

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.660
 course

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:49.119
 happens

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.380
 through

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:49.539
 the

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:49.720
 death

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:49.880
 and

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.260
 resurrection

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.519
 of

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.820
 Jesus

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.860
 and

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.019
 the

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.400
 promise

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.559
 of

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.660
 the

00:34:52.660 --> 00:34:53.000
 gospel

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.300
 is

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.460
 that

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.619
 for

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.960
 all

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.280
 people

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.460
 who

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.680
 come

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:54.820
 to

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.079
 Jesus

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.320
 in

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.539
 faith

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.680
 and

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:56.119
 repentance

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:57.680
 they

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:57.840
 will

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.039
 be

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.579
 saved

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:58.780
 and

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.000
 we

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.200
 will

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.660
 dwell

00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:00.539
 forever

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.180
 together

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.700
 in

00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:02.579
 eternity

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:02.860
 because

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.099
 our

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.519
 God

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:03.940
 is

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.180
 not

00:35:04.180 --> 00:35:04.340
 the

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.500
 God

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.619
 of

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:04.740
 the

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.019
 dead

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.599
 he

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.000
 is

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.180
 the

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.519
 God

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:06.860
 of

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.059
 the

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.300
!

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.660
 let's

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:08.920
 pray

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:08.920


00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.660
 Our

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.059
 Father we

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.779
 thank you

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.440
 that you're

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:13.859
 the God

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.099
 of the

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.299
 living

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:14.759
 and that

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.000
 you

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.619
 desire

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.000
 to make

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.259
 us

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.899
 alive

00:35:16.899 --> 00:35:17.539
 spiritually

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.920
 alive

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:19.239
 and that's

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.699
 what we're

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.239
 here for

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.699
 we're here

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.500
 for life

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.519
 we're here

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.099
 to taste

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:24.299
 the

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:24.920
 life

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.299
 that you

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.739
 offer

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:26.400
 to receive

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.500
 it

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.699
 and be

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.039
 nourished

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.500
 by it

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.639
 and even

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.119
 now as we

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.480
 pray these

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.960
 words we

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.539
 ask that you

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.819
 would be

00:35:30.819 --> 00:35:31.460
 preparing our

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.799
 hearts

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.880
 to come

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.339
 and receive

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:33.920
 that life

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:35.199
 through the

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.980
 table

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.519
 Lord

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.019
 that as we

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.839
 receive you

00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:38.900
 we would

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.559
 receive that

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.159
 life Lord

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.440
 that you

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.880
 would make

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.059
 us

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.539
 continue to

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:41.799
 make us

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.319
 more fully

00:35:42.319 --> 00:35:42.699
 alive

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.219
 more fully

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.579
 human

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.980
 in anticipation

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:46.279
 of the

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:46.659
 age to

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:46.839
 come

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.159
 we pray

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.920
 this in

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.420
 Jesus's

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.639
 name

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.059
 Amen