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 Today's scripture reading is found in Isaiah 52, 13 through 53, 12.

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 Please follow along as we read.

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 Behold, my servant shall act wisely.

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 He shall be high and lifted up and shall be exalted.

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 As many were astonished at you.

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 His appearance was so marked beyond human semblings

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 and his form beyond that of the children of mankind.

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 So shall he sprinkle many nations.

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 Kings shall shut their mouths because of him.

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 For that which has not been told them, they see.

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 And that which they have not heard, they understand.

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 Who has believed what he has heard from us?

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 And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

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 For he grew up before him like a young plant

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 and like a root out of dry ground.

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 He had no form or majesty that we should look at him

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 and no beauty that we should design him.

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 He was despised and rejected by men.

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 A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief,

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 and as one from whom men hide their faces,

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 he was despised and we esteemed him not.

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 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.

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 Yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

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 But he was pierced for our transgressions.

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 He was crushed for our iniquities.

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 Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace.

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 And with his wounds we are healed.

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 All we, like sheep, have gone astray.

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 We have turned everyone to his own way.

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 And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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 He was oppressed and he was afflicted.

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 Yet he opened not his mouth.

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 Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,

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 and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,

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 so he opened not his mouth.

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 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.

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 And as for his generation who conceded,

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 that he was cut off out of the land of the living,

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 stricken for the transgression of my people.

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 And they made his grave with the wicked,

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 and with a rich man in his death.

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 Although he had done no violence,

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 and there was no deceit in his mouth.

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 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him.

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 He has put him to grief.

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 When his soul makes an offering for guilt,

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 he shall see his offspring.

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 He shall prolong his days.

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 The will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

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 Out of the anguish of his soul,

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 he shall see and be satisfied.

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 By his knowledge shall the righteous one,

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 my servant,

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 make many to be accounted righteous,

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 and he shall bear their iniquities.

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 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,

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 and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,

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 because he poured out his soul to death,

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 and was numbered with the transgressors.

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 Yet he bore the sin of many,

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 and makes intercession for the transgressors.

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 This is the reading of God's work.

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 Hi.

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 How are you all?

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 That's good.

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 Merry Christmas to all of you.

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 It is Christmas time,

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 and the time of Advent,

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 where we remember the coming of Jesus,

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 our Lord and Saviour, to this earth.

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 And as we've been going through this series of Advent,

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 we've been considering how Jesus came,

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 how his arrival was unexpected,

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 that it wasn't what God,

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 or what God was doing,

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 wasn't what people would expect.

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 And today we'll look a little bit closer,

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 at what God is doing in this world.

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 How Jesus came to bring forgiveness,

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 to bring reconciliation,

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 to accomplish these things by his life,

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 as we'll see,

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 and his death.

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 And in this passage that was just read out for us,

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 in Isaiah chapter 53,

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 we'll see that this is one of the key passages

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 in the Old Testament

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 that speaks of the one who was to come back for them.

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 And it's the key passage to unlock and to understand

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 what it is that Jesus came to do.

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 And so this theme that's in there

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 is one of forgiveness and reconciliation.

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 And one person who is known in the world today

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 for forgiveness and reconciliation,

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 for practicing forgiveness and reconciliation,

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 is the late Nelson Mandela,

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 who passed away maybe 10 days ago.

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 And some words were written,

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 many words were written about him.

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 And these words were written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu,

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 who was a friend of his and an ally

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 in the work of reconciliation in South Africa.

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 He says,

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 that emerging from prison in January 1990,

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 he, that is Nelson Mandela,

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 proclaimed the message of forgiveness and reconciliation.

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 And he embodied what he proclaimed.

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 He walked the talk.

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 He invited his former jailer

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 to attend his presidential inauguration

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 as a VIP guest.

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 And he invited the man

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 who led the state's case against him

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 at the Rivonia trial,

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 calling for the imposition of the death penalty

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 to lunch at his presidential office.

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 He visited the widow of the high priest of apartheid

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 in the white, Afrikaner-only enclave of Irania.

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 Can you imagine what would have happened to South Africa

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 had Mandela emerged from prison in 1990,

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 bristling with resentment

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 at the gross miscarriage of justice

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 that had occurred in the Rivonia trial?

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 Can you imagine where South Africa would be today

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 had he been consumed by a lust for revenge

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 to want to pay back for all the humiliations

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 and all the agony that he and his people

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 had suffered at the hands of their white oppressors?

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 Instead, the world was amazed,

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 indeed awed,

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 by the unexpectedly peaceful transition of 1994,

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 followed not by an orgy of revenge and retribution,

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 but by the wonder of forgiveness and reconciliation.

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 From where comes this story of the wonder

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 of forgiveness and reconciliation?

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 Many writers and thinkers

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 and even secular philosophers will say

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 that it came through one man, Jesus Christ.

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 And indeed, Nelson Mandela was also one

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 one who sought inspiration from the example of Jesus.

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 This passage in Isaiah talks about

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 the forgiveness and the reconciliation

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 that comes through the work,

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 not just the work, but the suffering of Jesus.

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 The book of Isaiah contains five songs

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 about the servant of the Lord,

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 and this one here in chapter 52 and 53

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 is the most famous.

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 So please have it open in front of you.

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 And we'll be referring to it.

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 Jesus himself quoted these songs

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 in his ministry,

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 seeing himself as the servant.

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 And the first thing we learn about the servant

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 from this passage

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 is that Jesus was rejected

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 as one who suffers.

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 And we'll see that the second thing

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 that we learn

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 is that Jesus suffered

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 for others,

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 for many.

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 And the third thing that we'll learn

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 is that it was not in vain.

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 It was not in vain.

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 But first,

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 we see that Jesus

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 was rejected

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 as one who suffered.

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 We see in this passage

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 a depiction

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 of people's reaction

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 to the servant.

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 And their reaction

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 is blind.

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 They can't see

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 what it is

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 the servant has come to do

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 or why he's here.

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 All they can see

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 is this pitiful,

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 wretched figure

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 who is struck down,

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 so they think,

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 by God

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 and despised and rejected.

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 Have a look at

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 verse 3

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 of chapter 53 there.

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 It says,

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 He was despised

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 and rejected by men,

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 pitied

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 by everybody.

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 It says that he was

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 a man of sorrows

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 and acquainted with grief.

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 In the people's eyes,

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 he was just another victim.

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 Cast down,

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 downtrodden,

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 beaten up.

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 It says that he was one

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 from whom men

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 hide their faces.

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 No one wanted to be like

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 this person,

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 this figure.

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 No one wanted

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 to trade places

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 with him.

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 Instead,

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 people shunned him,

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 hid their faces from him,

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 turned away from him.

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 And as it says,

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 he was despised

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 and we esteemed him not.

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 Nobody,

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 nobody at all

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 thought

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 that

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 this figure

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 was successful

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 or victorious

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 as he stood there

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 surrounded by

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 his accusers,

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 his attackers,

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 and as he was

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 ultimately

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 put to death.

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 No,

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 what people saw

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 was one

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 who was hated

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 and rejected

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 and cursed

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 and struck down.

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 Surely not

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 a servant of God.

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 Surely not

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 one who would be

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 the Messiah.

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 This is the way

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 that people saw it.

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 And as chapter,

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 as chapter 53,

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 verse 1 says,

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 who has believed

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 what he might have

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 heard from us?

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 Nobody believed

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 this message

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 that the servant

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 would come

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 and suffer like this.

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 And so it was

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 with Jesus.

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 As he was standing

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 there in the courtyard,

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 all his friends

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 had deserted him,

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 had run away.

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 His closest ally

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 denied him,

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 denied he knew him.

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 As he was standing

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 in there

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 in the trial room,

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 he was alone.

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 Not one of his

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 allies or compatriots

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 stood by him.

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 And he died

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 alone,

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 without his friends,

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 surrounded only

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 by strangers,

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 criminals.

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 And the people

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 saw this

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 and despised him

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 and esteemed him not,

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 as it says.

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 That is,

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 they did not count

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 this figure,

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 this wretched figure

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 as someone

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 worthy,

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 as someone

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 worthwhile to follow,

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 as someone

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 who had achieved

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 anything

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 in his life.

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 By

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 people's account,

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 he was

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 a failure,

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 just another victim,

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 one who was

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 to be discarded.

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 God.

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 And yet,

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 the second point

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 in this passage

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 that we see

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 is that this blindness

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 is only overcome

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 when people see

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 and realize

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 what God is doing

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 through the servant.

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 As it says

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 in verse 4,

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 surely he has borne

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 our griefs

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 and carried

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 our sorrows,

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 yet we esteemed

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 him stricken,

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 spidden by God,

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 and afflicted.

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 Yes,

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 the servant

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 was indeed

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 characterized

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 by griefs

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 and sorrows,

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 but they were

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 not his own.

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 Yes,

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 the servant

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 was indeed

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 struck down

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 by God.

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 But that didn't

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 mean that

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 he was not

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 the servant.

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 Rather,

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 it was the servant's

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 role to come

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 and be struck

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 down by God.

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 And that's

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 what the second

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 part of the passage

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 tells.

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 It explains

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 this paradox,

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 this blindness,

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 the reason why

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 it is that the servant

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 had to suffer

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 in this way.

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 There's a story

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 I heard once

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 about a school teacher

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 who went into

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 a school in Ireland

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 and this school

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 was in the roughest

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 areas in Ireland.

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 Very poor,

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 kind of urban

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 area.

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 And this teacher

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 was supposed to go in

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 and be a scripture

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 teacher to teach

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 the kids about

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 Jesus.

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 And when they

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 walked into the

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 classroom,

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 everything was

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 everywhere.

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 Kids were

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 throwing stuff

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 at each other,

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 they were standing

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 on the tables,

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 they were swearing

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 at one another,

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 at the teacher,

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 and so on.

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 And she thought,

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 how am I going

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 to bring order

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 to this classroom,

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 let alone actually

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 teach anything?

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 Anyone who's

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 actually taught

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 scripture in school,

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 I sympathize with you

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 because I've done

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 it as well.

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 In my first year

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 of teaching,

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 at the end of the

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 year,

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 one kid stood up

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 and said,

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 this year,

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 none of us have

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 learned a single

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 thing from Mr. Chu.

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 We need to do

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 better next year,

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 as she rebukes

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 the class.

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 That was my first

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 year of teaching,

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 I got better

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 after that.

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 But as this

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 teacher was thinking,

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 how do I control

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 this classroom,

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 which would have

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 been much worse

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 than anything

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 I'd faced,

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 she came to

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 a plan.

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 Instead of

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 kind of sitting

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 down and opening

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 up lessons

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 and getting

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 them to read

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 things or

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 anything like that,

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 she got them

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 boxes,

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 fish tanks

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 actually,

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 and a whole

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 bunch of

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 different materials,

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 soils and

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 plants and

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 different things

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 and they were

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 to decorate

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 their fish tank.

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 That's what they

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 did.

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 They got in and

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 put stuff in and

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 then they were

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 to make a

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 creature,

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 anything they

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 wanted to place

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 in.

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 Some people

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 made human-like

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 figures or animals

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 that they would

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 place in their

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 tank.

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 some of the

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 rowdier boys

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 made kind of

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 misshapen ugly

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 looking monsters

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 which they could

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 fit in and

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 they would craft

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 them and create

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 them and this

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 went on for some

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 weeks and they

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 had to create an

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 environment for

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 them and there

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 was some water

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 there and some

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 sand and trees

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 and all these

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 different things.

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 And then after

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 that she got

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 them to make

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 some rules for

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 the creatures so

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 that they would

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 be able to live

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 well in this

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 environment.

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 And some of

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 the kids they

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 made a rule like

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 you must obey

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 everything that I

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 say.

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 And some of the

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 other ones would

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 make up different

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 kinds of rules like

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 don't go in the

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 water or you'll get

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 wet and then fall

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 apart and things

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 like that.

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 As the creatures

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 are made of clay.

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 And so this

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 continued on for a

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 few more weeks.

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 And then one day

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 the teacher kind of

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 walked in and

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 they were all

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 looking after and

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 and creating

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 something new for

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 their creature in

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 the box.

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 And she said,

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 what if your

00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:53.139
 creature stood up

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 one day and

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 said to you as

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 the person who

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 had made it,

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 I don't have to

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 listen to you

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 anymore.

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 I'm going to do

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 what I want to

00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:03.939
 do and your

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 rules are worthless.

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 They're stupid.

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 I don't want to

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 follow them.

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 What would you do?

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 And one of the

00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:10.860
 little boys

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.960
 flenched his

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 fists and said,

00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:14.560
 I'd crush him

00:16:14.560 --> 00:16:15.100
 like a bug.

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 And at that

00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:23.139
 point she opened

00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.780
 up Genesis

00:16:23.780 --> 00:16:24.480
 chapter 1 and

00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:26.180
 told them about

00:16:26.180 --> 00:16:26.840
 the God who

00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.460
 created this

00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:29.440
 world and made

00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:30.980
 us and placed

00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:32.500
 us in it and

00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:33.220
 given us this

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:34.580
 fantastic world

00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:36.300
 to live in and

00:16:36.300 --> 00:16:36.720
 the way that we

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.379
 rejected him.

00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:43.960
 What is God

00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.639
 going to do

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.960
 with the people

00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:47.899
 who had rejected

00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:48.200
 him?

00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:52.220
 Would he crush

00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:54.360
 us like bugs?

00:16:57.960 --> 00:16:59.139
 The servant's

00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.980
 role was to be

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.780
 struck down by

00:17:01.780 --> 00:17:02.100
 God.

00:17:03.940 --> 00:17:05.279
 And he bore

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:07.059
 griefs and

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:07.660
 sorrows.

00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:09.339
 in his life

00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:11.019
 that were not

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.619
 his own,

00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:12.959
 but they

00:17:12.959 --> 00:17:13.539
 were ours.

00:17:14.959 --> 00:17:15.699
 It was not

00:17:15.699 --> 00:17:16.139
 his own

00:17:16.139 --> 00:17:17.399
 troubles that

00:17:17.399 --> 00:17:18.119
 Jesus bore

00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:20.159
 that were the

00:17:20.159 --> 00:17:21.139
 reason why he

00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:22.119
 suffered in his

00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:22.299
 way.

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:22.939
 It was not some

00:17:22.939 --> 00:17:23.959
 flaw in himself

00:17:23.959 --> 00:17:26.319
 or some pride

00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.139
 within him,

00:17:27.639 --> 00:17:29.419
 but it was for

00:17:29.419 --> 00:17:30.019
 our sakes.

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:30.079
 peace.

00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:33.920
 The middle part of

00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:35.639
 this passage gets

00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:36.160
 to the heart of

00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:36.559
 this when it

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.000
 says in verse

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.319
 5,

00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:37.779
 he was

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.859
 pierced for

00:17:38.859 --> 00:17:40.619
 our transgressions.

00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:41.940
 He was

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.460
 crushed,

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.000
 yes,

00:17:43.139 --> 00:17:44.759
 but for our

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.639
 iniquities,

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.379
 our sins,

00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.359
 our failings.

00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:50.059
 Upon him

00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:51.379
 was the

00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:51.940
 chastisement,

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.799
 the punishment

00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:54.059
 that brought us

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.420
 peace.

00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:56.039
 And with

00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:56.759
 his wounds,

00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:58.200
 we are

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.460
 healed.

00:17:59.800 --> 00:18:00.080
 You see,

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:01.360
 we are like

00:18:01.360 --> 00:18:02.420
 sheep that

00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:02.820
 have gone

00:18:02.820 --> 00:18:03.259
 astray,

00:18:03.360 --> 00:18:03.620
 that have

00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:04.660
 turned away

00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:05.420
 from the

00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:06.120
 one who

00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:07.400
 created us.

00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.259
 Each one of

00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:09.779
 us has turned

00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.180
 to his own

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:10.460
 way.

00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:12.400
 And so,

00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:13.840
 instead of

00:18:13.840 --> 00:18:14.600
 crushing us,

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.140
 God laid

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.920
 on him,

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.279
 on the

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.600
 servant,

00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:20.879
 all of

00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:21.559
 our sin

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.859
 and our

00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:23.279
 rebellion

00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:24.799
 and our

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.139
 iniquity.

00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:26.740
 Why was

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:28.299
 Jesus despised

00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:29.339
 and rejected

00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:30.459
 and struck

00:18:30.459 --> 00:18:31.399
 down and

00:18:31.399 --> 00:18:32.139
 cut off from

00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:32.559
 the land of

00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:32.859
 the living?

00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:36.139
 For our

00:18:36.139 --> 00:18:36.359
 sakes.

00:18:41.159 --> 00:18:41.719
 People

00:18:41.719 --> 00:18:42.619
 turned away

00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:42.959
 from the

00:18:42.959 --> 00:18:43.379
 horror of

00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:43.759
 what happened

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.119
 to him,

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.559
 gasping in

00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.099
 astonishment

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.219
 at this

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:49.400
 figure that

00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:49.799
 was so

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.360
 disfigured

00:18:50.360 --> 00:18:51.180
 that they

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.640
 even said,

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.299
 is he

00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:52.660
 even a

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:52.900
 human?

00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:55.819
 And yet,

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.100
 the

00:18:57.100 --> 00:18:57.559
 astonishment

00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.120
 of people

00:18:58.120 --> 00:18:59.579
 changes

00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.779
 as they

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.700
 realize the

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.220
 astonishment

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.299
 of the

00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:03.759
 salvation

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:06.259
 that Jesus

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.720
 brings.

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:09.480
 The

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:09.799
 astonishing

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.360
 grace,

00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:11.799
 the

00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.100
 astonishing

00:19:12.100 --> 00:19:12.620
 forgiveness,

00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:14.779
 the

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 salvation

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 and the

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 astonishing

00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:18.200
 cost of

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 that

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 salvation.

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 Sometimes

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.000
 you hear

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.799
 people today

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.259
 think,

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 take

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.640
 offense

00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:28.180
 at the

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:28.700
 things that

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 are said

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:30.700
 about Jesus

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.480
 or the

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:31.860
 things that

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 are written

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 about him

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 or the

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.220
 things that

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 are done

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:33.900
 to him

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 and so

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 on.

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 And as

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 I'm

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.180
 reflecting on

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.740
 this passage,

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 I think

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:40.059
 that Jesus

00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.559
 just would

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 have laughed

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.319
 at that.

00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:42.519
 He would

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 have despised

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 the shame

00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.240
 of it.

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 he wouldn't

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 have cared

00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.039
 what people

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 said about

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 him.

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 I mean,

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 what more

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.259
 can the

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.720
 world do

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.099
 to him?

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 They

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.039
 already

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.380
 killed

00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:54.599
 him,

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 took away

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 his

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 dignity,

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 humiliated

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 him,

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 crushed

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 him.

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 We know

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 that this

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 is the way

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 that,

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.039
 in fact,

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:05.660
 the way

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.019
 Jesus would

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:06.740
 have acted

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.299
 rather,

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:07.900
 would have

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 been to

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 pray for

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.740
 those people

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.940
 who wanted

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.299
 to mock

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 him,

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 to humiliate

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 him.

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 And he

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.160
 wouldn't have

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 prayed that

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.319
 God would

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 strike them

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:20.299
 down in

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 their sin.

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 He would

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 have prayed,

00:20:23.879 --> 00:20:24.119
 Father,

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 forgive them,

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 for they

00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:26.720
 know not

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.000
 what they

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 do.

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 Father,

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.720
 bless them,

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.700
 cause them

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.559
 to come

00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:31.960
 back to

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 you.

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 He would

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 have been

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.079
 seeking their

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 good,

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 even as

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.660
 they were

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.339
 crucifying him.

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 when it

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:42.839
 says that

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.139
 he was

00:20:43.139 --> 00:20:43.700
 pierced

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 for our

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 transgressions,

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 crushed for

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 our iniquities,

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 what that

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.319
 is saying

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.960
 is that

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 it is

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 our sin

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:54.139
 that brings

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:55.279
 Jesus to

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:55.799
 the cross.

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 It is

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.619
 our sin

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.639
 that brings

00:20:58.639 --> 00:20:59.539
 Jesus to

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.180
 this earth.

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.099
 We are

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.559
 the reason

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.960
 that God

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.839
 came down

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.220
 at all,

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:05.639
 and not

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:07.539
 our goodness

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.359
 or our

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:08.639
 purity

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.100
 or our

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.780
 attractiveness

00:21:09.780 --> 00:21:11.940
 but the

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.320
 fact that

00:21:12.320 --> 00:21:12.920
 we rebelled

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.680
 against God,

00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:14.500
 that we

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.120
 flouted his

00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.500
 laws,

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:15.820
 that we

00:21:15.820 --> 00:21:16.420
 decided not

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:16.780
 to listen

00:21:16.780 --> 00:21:17.220
 to him,

00:21:18.320 --> 00:21:19.420
 to rule

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.160
 our lives

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.540
 our own

00:21:20.540 --> 00:21:20.820
 way,

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.500
 and

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.160
 succeeding

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.740
 only in

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.660
 hurting and

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.220
 destroying one

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.180
 another and

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.500
 this world

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:27.880
 that we live

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.080
 in.

00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:30.540
 It doesn't

00:21:30.540 --> 00:21:31.080
 take much to

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.440
 look around

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.280
 now at

00:21:32.280 --> 00:21:32.700
 the world

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:34.040
 to persuade

00:21:34.040 --> 00:21:34.640
 people that

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.620
 things are

00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:36.120
 not the way

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.380
 that they

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:36.820
 should be

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:38.000
 in this

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.279
 world.

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.359
 And even

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.259
 such a

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.319
 figure as

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.980
 Nelson Mandela

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:46.059
 suffered

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:47.059
 great injustice

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:48.659
 as he was

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.399
 imprisoned for

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:51.019
 many, many

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.500
 decades.

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:54.079
 And that

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:54.919
 kind of

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.740
 injustice is

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.379
 repeated throughout

00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:56.919
 the world

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:58.399
 as we see

00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:59.720
 instead of

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.639
 forgiveness and

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:01.059
 reconciliation,

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:03.359
 hatred and

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:04.039
 ethnic cleansing

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:06.519
 and mutual

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.500
 exclusion.

00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:12.019
 Jesus came

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.879
 to cut

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.240
 through all

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.599
 of that

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.939
 to show

00:22:14.939 --> 00:22:15.559
 that forgiveness

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:17.000
 was the

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.899
 antidote to

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.339
 injustice.

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.859
 There's a few

00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:23.500
 implications we

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.039
 see from this.

00:22:24.939 --> 00:22:25.439
 Firstly,

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.579
 we see God's

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.099
 compassion

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:28.779
 because he

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.299
 did not just,

00:22:29.439 --> 00:22:29.839
 he did not

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.199
 come,

00:22:30.939 --> 00:22:31.359
 Jesus didn't

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.859
 come in order

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.319
 to crush

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.859
 the world

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:34.179
 or to

00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:34.619
 judge the

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:34.879
 world or

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.179
 to point

00:22:35.179 --> 00:22:35.899
 fingers or

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:36.740
 to bring

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.279
 an army or

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.740
 a sword.

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.139
 In fact,

00:22:40.219 --> 00:22:41.799
 when two of

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.259
 his disciples

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.899
 wanted to

00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:43.359
 raise up

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.879
 swords to

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.519
 defend him,

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.119
 he made

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.339
 them put

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:46.799
 them away

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.879
 and said,

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.599
 enough of

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:48.799
 that.

00:22:50.959 --> 00:22:51.500
 God has

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.939
 not crushed

00:22:51.939 --> 00:22:52.439
 the world

00:22:52.439 --> 00:22:53.339
 or us in

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.539
 it.

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.419
 Instead,

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:55.859
 he's had

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.579
 compassion upon

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:56.939
 us.

00:22:58.459 --> 00:22:58.959
 God has

00:22:58.959 --> 00:22:59.299
 not given

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.759
 up on the

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.319
 world either.

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.480
 that's another

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.879
 thing that

00:23:01.879 --> 00:23:02.759
 we might

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:02.980
 have done.

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:04.399
 If your

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:04.939
 little creatures

00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:05.460
 had rebelled

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.980
 against you,

00:23:06.919 --> 00:23:07.359
 maybe you

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.679
 just would

00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:08.839
 have walked

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.819
 away and

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.119
 left them

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.500
 to rot,

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.259
 to decay,

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.240
 to die

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:15.220
 in that

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.019
 box.

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.659
 But God

00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:17.960
 didn't do

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.319
 that either.

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.480
 He came

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.839
 back.

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.519
 He came

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.980
 into the

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.619
 world to

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.619
 seek and

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.220
 to save

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.259
 those who

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.679
 were lost.

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.680
 God

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:28.120
 is the

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.680
 judge.

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:28.759
 God

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:30.120
 is the

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.360
 judge.

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:30.519
 God

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:33.920
 is the

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.380
 judge.

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.200
 That

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.539
 actually is

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.019
 good news

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:41.340
 in a way

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:42.279
 because it

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.560
 means that

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:42.799
 there is

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:44.140
 meaning in

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.600
 this world

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:46.100
 because without

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.700
 a judge,

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.100
 without someone

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.740
 to whom

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.700
 you and

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.299
 I are

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.660
 accountable,

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.840
 someone to

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:55.199
 whom all

00:23:55.199 --> 00:23:56.779
 of the

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.339
 Pol Potts

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.599
 and

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.500
 Hitler's of

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.819
 this world

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.319
 are accountable

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.639
 to,

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.699
 then this

00:24:00.699 --> 00:24:01.000
 world is

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.359
 meaningless.

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:03.740
 And

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:05.480
 whatever

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.919
 anybody does

00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:08.599
 means nothing.

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.220
 We would

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.659
 have to then

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.220
 succumb to

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.859
 hopelessness.

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.879
 But that

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.359
 God is the

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:17.599
 judge means

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.000
 that there

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.539
 is meaning.

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:20.059
 And it

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.839
 means also

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.699
 that what

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.340
 we do

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.759
 in this

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.920
 life has

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.240
 meaning.

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:25.980
 That what

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.500
 we do

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.620
 in this

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.000
 life,

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.279
 in this

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.880
 world that

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.299
 we have,

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:29.720
 is so

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.480
 important to

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.840
 God that

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.140
 he should

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.559
 send his

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.059
 son to

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:34.460
 die to

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.559
 atone for

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.080
 our sins,

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:38.340
 to save

00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:38.660
 us from

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.120
 our sins.

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.400
 But the

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.559
 third

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.819
 implication is

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.340
 that we do

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:45.660
 in fact need

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.539
 saving from

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.120
 our sins.

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.539
 We need

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.240
 what the

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.880
 Bible calls

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.640
 repentance.

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.780
 In order

00:24:54.780 --> 00:24:56.240
 to be

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.920
 reconciled,

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.780
 to be

00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.180
 reconciled

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.640
 with one

00:24:59.640 --> 00:24:59.960
 who has

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.400
 hurt you,

00:25:01.780 --> 00:25:02.640
 you need

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.000
 to forgive

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.280
 them,

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.180
 but they

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.600
 also need

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.060
 to repent

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:05.980
 and come

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.280
 back to

00:25:06.280 --> 00:25:07.220
 you.

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.060
 Repentance

00:25:10.060 --> 00:25:11.320
 means owning

00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:12.160
 up to

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.560
 what you've

00:25:12.560 --> 00:25:12.800
 done,

00:25:13.320 --> 00:25:13.780
 to who you

00:25:13.780 --> 00:25:14.080
 are.

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:14.960
 It's a little

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.640
 bit like the

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.120
 Truth and

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.600
 Reconciliation

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.080
 Commission

00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:17.860
 that was

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.640
 established in

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.020
 South Africa

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.879
 and in

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.240
 other places

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.639
 around the

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:20.900
 world.

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.099
 That

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:23.019
 reconciliation

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.000
 could only

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.980
 occur between

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:26.139
 victims and

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.720
 perpetrators

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.779
 of injustice

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:29.240
 when the

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.940
 truth was

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.299
 revealed.

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.720
 That is,

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:33.400
 when everything

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.900
 was spelled

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.200
 out,

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.619
 when everything

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.559
 was aired

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:36.900
 out,

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.920
 was opened

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.220
 up,

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:40.680
 and exactly

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.359
 what happened,

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.079
 what occurred,

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.599
 and when

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.980
 was listed

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.779
 out for all

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.059
 to see.

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:47.539
 that is

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.220
 what repentance

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.099
 involves.

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.220
 That is,

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.440
 that we

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.440
 own up to

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.779
 who we

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:53.059
 are and

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.299
 to what

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.519
 we've

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:53.740
 done.

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:55.980
 And we

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.259
 need to

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:58.500
 repent of

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.240
 our own

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.700
 sin, of

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.000
 our own

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.359
 rebellion

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.679
 against God,

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.299
 of our own

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.019
 desire to

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:06.039
 exclude God

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.579
 out of this

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.919
 world and

00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:10.079
 live in a

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.639
 way that

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:12.299
 rejects any

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.039
 authority over

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.960
 us, even

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.859
 the authority

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.279
 of the one

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.719
 who created

00:26:15.719 --> 00:26:16.000
 us.

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.459
 We need

00:26:19.459 --> 00:26:20.059
 to repent

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.000
 as well

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:23.799
 of hatred.

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.819
 Hatred and

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.859
 exclusion is

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:30.039
 to seek to

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.500
 create a

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:32.059
 world without

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.799
 the other.

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:37.659
 And in

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.139
 this world,

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:39.259
 whether it's

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.359
 in the

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:40.879
 killing fields

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.500
 of Sarajevo

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.699
 or just in

00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.099
 your own

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.979
 personal lives

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:47.299
 here in

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.720
 Hong Kong,

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.140
 we see that

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:51.860
 hatred and

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:53.740
 judgment rather

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.380
 than reconciliation

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.000
 and forgiveness

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.779
 is what tends

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:57.500
 to rule the

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.200
 relationships that

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.500
 we live in and

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.920
 that we work

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.160
 through.

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.559
 Instead of

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:01.900
 wanting to

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.299
 forgive,

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:04.140
 instinctively we

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.200
 seek revenge.

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.299
 revenge.

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.620
 The trouble

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.120
 with revenge,

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.140
 however, is

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:10.120
 that it

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:11.000
 enslaves us

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.400
 and it

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.400
 turns into

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.799
 this kind

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.620
 of endless

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.380
 cycle of

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:14.980
 violence and

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.519
 revenge.

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.519
 Violence feeds

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.059
 on revenge,

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.900
 revenge on

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.440
 violence.

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.039
 And so

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.019
 victim and

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.740
 perpetrator are

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:24.360
 locked into

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:24.900
 this prism

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:27.340
 of mutual

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.700
 hate,

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:28.840
 unable to

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.299
 forgive or

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.740
 repent.

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:34.740
 rather than

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:36.539
 seeking

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.259
 revenge,

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.039
 Jesus taught

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.700
 a new way.

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.299
 One writer

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.559
 said,

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.559
 the discoverer

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.079
 of the role

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.539
 of forgiveness

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.440
 in the realm

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.859
 of human

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:46.539
 affairs was

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.160
 Jesus of

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.599
 Nazareth.

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.599
 And it's

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:49.880
 such a

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.200
 different

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:53.480
 climate,

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.880
 kind of like

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.359
 a breath of

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.880
 fresh air that

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.400
 he brings.

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.200
 because the

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.440
 climate in

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.040
 Jesus' day

00:27:59.040 --> 00:27:59.759
 was that of

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.120
 pervasive

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.920
 oppression and

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.680
 the principle

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.060
 was, if

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.460
 anyone hits

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.960
 you, hit

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.300
 back.

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.500
 If anyone

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.900
 takes your

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:06.019
 coat, burn

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.360
 down his

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.660
 house.

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.980
 In the

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.320
 Bible we

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:10.360
 have someone

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:11.519
 called Lamech

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:13.060
 who his

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:13.380
 kind of

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.960
 revenge was

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.920
 to strike

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.720
 back 70

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:17.220
 fold upon

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.000
 those who

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.360
 would strike

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:18.920
 anyone who

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.259
 would dare

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.720
 to strike

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:19.980
 him.

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.160
 This

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.600
 seemed to

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:23.040
 him to be

00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:23.380
 the only

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.140
 way to

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.560
 defeat

00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:25.880
 injustice.

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.960
 But turning

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.640
 that logic

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:28.920
 on his

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.800
 head, Jesus

00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:30.420
 demanded of

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.880
 his followers

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.240
 not that

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.740
 they strike

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.300
 back 70

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:34.360
 times, but

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:35.019
 to forgive

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:36.259
 70 times.

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.540
 The

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:40.060
 injustice of

00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:40.400
 oppression

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.780
 must be

00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:41.360
 fought with

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.040
 the creative

00:28:42.040 --> 00:28:43.220
 injustice, it

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.980
 seems, of

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:45.759
 forgiveness, not

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.640
 with the

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.240
 injustice of

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.660
 revenge.

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.860
 And as

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:51.000
 Jesus hung

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.220
 on the

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:52.280
 cross there

00:28:52.280 --> 00:28:53.019
 where he

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.500
 was sent

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.220
 by an

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.580
 unjust

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:55.000
 judge,

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:57.220
 he became

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.640
 the ultimate

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.559
 example of

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.920
 his own

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.619
 teaching as

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.039
 he prayed,

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:00.859
 Father,

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:02.619
 forgive them

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:04.019
 for they do

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.880
 not know

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.220
 what they

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.460
 do.

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.480
 As I was

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.019
 reading through

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.640
 this passage

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.319
 and reflecting

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.039
 on it and

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.420
 reflecting on

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.740
 my own

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:13.180
 life, I

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.900
 realized that

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.440
 I too

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.220
 needed to

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.460
 repent of

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.779
 this.

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:21.099
 In my

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.559
 own life,

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.879
 I haven't

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:26.659
 bullied

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:28.000
 people or

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.460
 kicked people

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.639
 down, but

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.279
 I've experienced

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.839
 those things

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:33.379
 in myself, in

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:33.639
 my own

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:33.899
 life.

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:37.779
 And that

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:39.339
 hatred that

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.179
 I was talking

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:40.659
 about before,

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.299
 where you seek

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.099
 to create a

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.960
 world that is

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.559
 without the

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:45.259
 other in it,

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.460
 is something

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.539
 that I've

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:47.859
 been guilty

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.099
 of.

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:52.059
 And

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:55.439
 that cycle

00:29:55.439 --> 00:29:56.059
 of revenge

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.639
 that I was

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:56.980
 talking about

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:58.339
 before is

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.399
 something that

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.679
 I've experienced

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.179
 as well.

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:03.000
 Not that I've

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.199
 had the

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:04.059
 opportunity to

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.199
 do anything

00:30:05.199 --> 00:30:05.859
 about it,

00:30:05.939 --> 00:30:07.019
 but there's

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.939
 that hatred,

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.679
 that seeking

00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:11.199
 to want to

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.899
 inflict back

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.259
 onto the

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.599
 one who

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.039
 inflicted

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.699
 upon you

00:30:13.699 --> 00:30:14.379
 hurt,

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:18.200
 to what

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.660
 seems to

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.060
 you at

00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:19.420
 the time

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.860
 like justice,

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.420
 but actually

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.820
 is just

00:30:20.820 --> 00:30:21.160
 revenge,

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.540
 because you

00:30:21.540 --> 00:30:21.800
 want to

00:30:21.800 --> 00:30:22.180
 see them

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.620
 suffer in

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:22.920
 the same

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.480
 way that

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.340
 they made

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.760
 you suffer.

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.600
 And I

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.240
 realized,

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.380
 as I was

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.780
 reading through

00:30:28.780 --> 00:30:29.400
 this passage,

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:31.240
 that I

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.700
 needed to

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.680
 repent of

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.020
 this,

00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:34.940
 just as

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.680
 much as

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.500
 the

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.880
 perpetrator

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.320
 needed to

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:38.860
 repent of

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.160
 what they

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.340
 did.

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.240
 And each

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.680
 one of us

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.000
 is like

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.220
 that.

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:44.240
 whether we

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.079
 are perpetrator

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.579
 or victim,

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:48.480
 what unites

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.640
 us in

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.759
 humanity is

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.360
 our capacity

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:52.779
 to hate,

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.920
 to despise,

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.319
 to exclude

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.799
 one another.

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.059
 And it's

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.819
 of this that

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.240
 we need to

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.299
 repent and

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.640
 learn to

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.039
 forgive one

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.279
 another.

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.380
 But how

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.740
 can we

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.100
 learn to

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.440
 forgive?

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.019
 It seems

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.440
 such a

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.660
 monumental

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.980
 endeavor to

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.819
 truly

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.980
 forgive when

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.240
 you have

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.919
 been truly

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:16.179
 hurt seems

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.619
 just too

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.899
 much for

00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:18.240
 so many

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.599
 people.

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.859
 Whether it's

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.220
 in the

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.019
 context of

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.460
 a family

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.939
 feud,

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.579
 where years

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.619
 of pent-up

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.579
 anger and

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:28.419
 aggression or

00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:29.059
 passive

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.700
 aggression have

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:32.019
 led to

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.779
 silence and

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.339
 exclusion,

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.619
 or whether

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:37.240
 it's a

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.899
 relationship in

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.839
 your work,

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.259
 or a friend

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.539
 who you

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.000
 feel has

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.339
 betrayed

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.619
 you.

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.819
 Real

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.240
 hurts

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.259
 require

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.180
 real

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.539
 forgiveness

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:49.200
 and real

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.559
 repentance.

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.379
 And the

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.059
 only way

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.440
 that we

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.879
 can begin

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.759
 to understand

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:56.259
 forgiveness

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.579
 is to

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.059
 understand

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.599
 our own

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.339
 need for

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.680
 forgiveness.

00:31:59.680 --> 00:31:59.799
 forgiveness.

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.640
 When we

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.660
 realize that

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:04.039
 we too

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:05.779
 are sinners

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:07.200
 who treated

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:08.120
 God as

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:09.620
 if he

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.220
 didn't exist,

00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:12.620
 as if he

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.140
 didn't create

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.759
 this beautiful

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.360
 world that we

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.840
 live in,

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:16.320
 even if we

00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:17.180
 have messed

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.700
 it up somewhat.

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.100
 If he didn't

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:20.320
 create us

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:21.259
 with bodies

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.259
 that can run

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.080
 and jump

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:24.220
 and leap

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.340
 and sing

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:26.360
 and dance

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:27.400
 and work

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.640
 and play

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.140
 and do

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.480
 all these

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.840
 things.

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:32.759
 If he

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.080
 didn't create

00:32:33.080 --> 00:32:33.440
 the air

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.700
 that we

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.000
 breathe.

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:38.000
 Rather than

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.920
 living as

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.400
 though we

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.780
 owe God

00:32:40.780 --> 00:32:41.140
 everything,

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.560
 we live as

00:32:42.560 --> 00:32:43.300
 though we

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:43.640
 owe God

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.000
 nothing.

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.740
 Or,

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.660
 even worse,

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.120
 we live as

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.519
 though God

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.140
 owes us.

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.640
 Why,

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:48.880
 God,

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.200
 didn't you

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.460
 give me

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.940
 this that

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.300
 I wanted?

00:32:51.820 --> 00:32:52.220
 Or,

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.800
 if you

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.160
 were really

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.440
 God,

00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:54.000
 then what

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.259
 you would

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.860
 do is

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:56.500
 this thing

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.740
 that I

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.060
 want you

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:57.360
 to do.

00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:02.000
 when we

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.540
 realise the

00:33:02.540 --> 00:33:02.780
 way that

00:33:02.780 --> 00:33:02.980
 we've

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.180
 treated

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.540
 God

00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:04.519
 and that

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.820
 we need

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.160
 forgiveness

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:07.540
 and that

00:33:07.540 --> 00:33:08.100
 we have

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:08.700
 received

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.300
 forgiveness

00:33:09.300 --> 00:33:11.120
 or are

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.540
 able to

00:33:11.540 --> 00:33:11.880
 receive

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.400
 forgiveness

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:14.160
 from what

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.660
 Jesus has

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.980
 done by

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.380
 dying on

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:16.860
 the cross

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:18.180
 for our

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.540
 sins,

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:20.740
 only then

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.660
 are we

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.060
 able to

00:33:22.060 --> 00:33:22.360
 turn,

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.380
 as Nelson

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.759
 Mandela

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.100
 understood,

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.740
 to turn

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.079
 and forgive

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.480
 others,

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:29.000
 to not

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.380
 hold

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.460
 against

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.920
 others

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.819
 what

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.039
 they've

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.279
 done

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.779
 to

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.140
 us.

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.460
 Because God

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.279
 does not

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.120
 hold what

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.620
 we've done

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.380
 against him,

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.400
 against us.

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.799
 Instead,

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.660
 he poured it

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.120
 out upon

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.660
 his son,

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.660
 Jesus.

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:46.259
 God

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.140
 will

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.980
 be

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.100
 to

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.220
 us.

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.320
 The third

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:48.580
 thing we

00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.540
 learn from

00:33:49.540 --> 00:33:50.240
 this passage

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:52.000
 here is

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.180
 that it

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.580
 was not

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:53.220
 in vain.

00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:55.420
 That Jesus'

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:56.420
 death on

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:56.880
 the cross

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:58.200
 was not a

00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:00.100
 failure or

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:01.580
 the end as

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.160
 everybody thought

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.940
 it was who

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.340
 was standing

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:03.759
 there that

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.300
 day, even

00:34:04.300 --> 00:34:04.720
 his followers.

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:06.059
 was not

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.900
 others.

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:08.099
 Rather, it

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.300
 was the

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.539
 beginning.

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.699
 The beginning

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.179
 of a new

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:11.559
 people that

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.059
 God would

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:13.139
 bring into

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.860
 being.

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:17.099
 And God

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.780
 exalted

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.460
 Jesus.

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.099
 I don't know

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.260
 if you

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.619
 noticed, but

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.000
 in the very

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.740
 first and

00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:20.980
 the very

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.740
 last lines

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.780
 of this

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:25.139
 song, we

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.639
 see God

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.420
 sing the

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.720
 praises of

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.199
 his servant.

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.800
 God delights

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.760
 in his

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:32.000
 servant.

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.539
 Let me read

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.420
 out the

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.960
 first verse

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.179
 here.

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.559
 It says,

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.539
 Behold, my

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.019
 servant shall

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.699
 act wisely.

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.679
 He shall be

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.659
 high and

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:40.039
 lifted up and

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.859
 greatly exalted.

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.559
 God is going

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:46.099
 to raise up

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.539
 Jesus.

00:34:49.839 --> 00:34:50.639
 And Jesus

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.239
 himself

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:53.599
 reflected upon

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.279
 these words.

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:55.119
 And they

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.659
 carried him

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.879
 through as

00:34:56.879 --> 00:34:57.179
 he looked

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.639
 beyond,

00:34:58.339 --> 00:34:59.299
 seeing, as

00:34:59.299 --> 00:34:59.579
 it says,

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.179
 the joy set

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.759
 before him.

00:35:01.359 --> 00:35:01.819
 He endured

00:35:01.819 --> 00:35:02.239
 the shame

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.779
 of the cross

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:04.099
 and now

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.839
 seated at

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.159
 the right

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.519
 hand of

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.920
 the throne

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.380
 of God

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.779
 almighty.

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.500
 God's plan

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:11.239
 of reconciliation,

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:13.339
 of salvation,

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.839
 revolves around

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:18.500
 Jesus and

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.339
 the exaltation

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:19.860
 of Jesus.

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.779
 And so,

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.480
 what are we

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.480
 doing in

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.940
 this world?

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.420
 Are we a

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.019
 part of God's

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.299
 plan?

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.779
 Or are we

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.279
 still standing

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:29.559
 on the

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.019
 sidelines?

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:31.019
 God's

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.300
 grace?

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.320
 Many people

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:33.000
 still hide

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.599
 their face

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.920
 from him

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.460
 in the same

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.780
 way that

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.639
 those did

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.000
 earlier.

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.800
 And yet

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.199
 more and

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.360
 more find

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.340
 true majesty

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.199
 in the face

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.699
 of Jesus,

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:44.360
 even as he

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.759
 was on the

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:45.039
 cross.

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.960
 To have

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.000
 God's great

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:49.380
 servant as

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:49.840
 our saviour

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.980
 is to be

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:52.179
 saved from

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.579
 the wrath

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.360
 that fell

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.719
 on him.

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.500
 To reject

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.679
 him is to

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.199
 face God's

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.039
 justice forever

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:59.119
 by yourself.

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.779
 Each one

00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:02.579
 of us in

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.000
 this room,

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:03.619
 no matter

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.800
 where we

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.360
 stand, we

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.860
 need to

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:07.679
 repent, to

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.179
 come before

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:09.099
 God and

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.699
 to realise

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.779
 that we

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.099
 have not

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.619
 done as

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.019
 we ought

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.860
 or thought

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.219
 as we

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.420
 should,

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.699
 towards

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:17.279
 him or

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:17.800
 towards one

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.059
 another.

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.019
 And so,

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.500
 I urge you

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.440
 all to

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.139
 come before

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.500
 God this

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.400
 very day

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.920
 to confess

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.500
 your sins

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:29.519
 and to

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.079
 receive,

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.179
 once again,

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.639
 the forgiveness

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.579
 that comes

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.719
 through Jesus

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.099
 and to

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.559
 receive the

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.719
 healing and

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.199
 the peace

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:37.079
 that come

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.460
 from his

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.820
 wounds.

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.400
 Let's pray.

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.000
 Father,

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.440
 we know

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:52.840
 that Jesus

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.699
 was pierced

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.639
 for our

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.380
 transgressions,

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:57.059
 that he

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.539
 was crushed

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.160
 for our

00:36:58.160 --> 00:36:58.920
 iniquities.

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.400
 Upon him

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.700
 was the

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.220
 chastisement

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.700
 that brought

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.280
 us peace

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:03.800
 and with

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.280
 his wounds

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:04.700
 we are

00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:05.019
 healed.

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.119
 Father,

00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:06.539
 we ask

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.740
 that you

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:07.059
 would bring

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.440
 us this

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.820
 peace,

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.200
 this

00:37:08.200 --> 00:37:08.539
 shalom.

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.619
 We ask

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.500
 that you

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.780
 would give

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.300
 to us

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:13.039
 healing.

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.579
 We ask

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:17.740
 that you

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.119
 would forgive

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.460
 us,

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.180
 forgive me,

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.619
 Father,

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.340
 for when I

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:22.380
 have failed

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.420
 to love

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.180
 others as

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.559
 I should,

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:25.960
 failed to

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:27.519
 love even

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.140
 those who I

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:28.599
 would consider

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.119
 enemies,

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.660
 in the same

00:37:30.660 --> 00:37:31.000
 way that

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.599
 Jesus loved

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.059
 those who

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.380
 were his

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:32.660
 enemies.

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.720
 Father,

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.800
 help us to

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.280
 be people

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:37.480
 of Jesus,

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.980
 people of

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.400
 the cross,

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:39.000
 people of

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.680
 forgiveness and

00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:40.140
 reconciliation,

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.039
 people who

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.800
 understand and

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:44.559
 know the

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.960
 great cost

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:47.000
 it was to

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:48.599
 you to

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.019
 free us

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.360
 from our

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.860
 sins and

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.280
 to bring us

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.600
 into your

00:37:51.600 --> 00:37:51.840
 kingdom.

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.240
 And we

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.740
 pray that

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.400
 you would

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.960
 help us

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.380
 to extend

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:57.680
 that same

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.060
 love and

00:37:58.060 --> 00:37:59.080
 forgiveness to

00:37:59.080 --> 00:37:59.540
 those around

00:37:59.540 --> 00:38:00.880
 us so that

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.960
 we can be a

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.519
 reflection of

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.060
 Jesus' forgiveness

00:38:03.060 --> 00:38:03.600
 to us.

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:04.820
 So we pray

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.260
 this in Jesus'

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:05.560
 name.

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:06.500
 Amen.