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 Let's turn back in our Bibles this morning to Luke's Gospel, 24, where we've read again just one verse just to help us focus our thoughts a bit.

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 Lord, we need your help today. Both I as preacher and we as a congregation of listeners, we need to hear what you are saying to us, and we need your help.

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 Give us, therefore, clarity and certainty, and help us, Lord, with the work of the Holy Spirit today, confirming to us the things of God.

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 And we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 You know, it's funny on an Easter Sunday to start a sermon by talking about how, at times, the world and our lives can feel particularly hopeless.

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 I've been kind of maybe wondering a bit about that over the last wee while, just as you look at the way global conflicts seem to kind of spiral out of control a wee bit,

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 and you end up thinking, what on earth is going on? How do we make sense of the world in which we live?

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 The same can be true almost down to the level of our own lives.

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 There can be times and experiences of confusion and uncertainty.

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 Sometimes it's mundane small things.

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 If you're a visitor today and you manage to get to the island, maybe you're anxious about how you're going to get off because of the ferries.

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 If you're from here and you're wanting to get away still the second week of the school holidays, maybe there's confusion over that.

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 It could equally be that there's profound turmoil in your life because of great sorrow and sadness.

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 This week was a sad and difficult week for many of us in the Free Church, particularly in the Free Church ministry.

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 The last 30 years, Donald MacDonald, Dr. Donald, as we knew him, he was one of our lecturers in the seminary who passed away after a long illness with MS.

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 It seems a profound passing of the seasons and the time that is going on.

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 And yet, we come to the resurrection.

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 We come to this story of the disciples, Cleopas and the other, leaving Jerusalem on this resurrection Sunday.

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 And that feeling of confusion seems to characterize, it's the best word, to characterize what's actually going on in their hearts.

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 Because as we read these verses, the temptation is to think they don't know what happened in the first 12 verses of Luke 24.

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 You're almost tempted to say, well, maybe they didn't know that, you know, some of the women had been to the tomb and the angels had said he's risen.

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 Or that Peter and the other disciples had been to the tomb and seen it was empty.

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 And that Mary Magdalene had actually seen the Lord himself and come with a report of it.

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 And you're thinking, no, no, that's not the case.

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 They were familiar with all of this.

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 They knew the whole story up to this point.

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 And yet, as they're leaving Jerusalem to go out in the opposite direction of Christian fellowship, as we'll see,

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 as they're leaving Jerusalem, Luke uses an interesting word where he says they were discussing this together.

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 The word that's used there for a discussion is a heated discussion.

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 They were arguing about what had happened.

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 And they were confused by all of this.

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 And their confusion, its root is found in one simple idea.

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 It is that they had given up hope.

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 The cross for them had seemed too hopeless.

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 Jesus, who went to the cross, for them, had promised something other than what they had come to realize.

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 And in the midst of all of that, there was absolute confusion in their experience.

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 And so that's where we have to start today, in what seems to be the hopelessness and the confusion of the cross.

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 And perhaps for some people here today, that's where you are.

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 You're familiar with the Christian message.

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 You know that Jesus died.

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 And you know that the Christian teaching is that he rose again.

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 And that our teaching is that he went and resides now in heaven with the Father after his ascension.

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 And that there is a promise that one day he will return.

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 You know that story, that narrative, the point.

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 But at the center of it all, there is the cross.

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 And that is a bit confusing for you.

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 It can be for a lot of people.

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 When Paul spoke about saying he preached Christ and him crucified,

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 he acknowledged that the message of the cross was to the Jews foolishness and hopelessness.

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 And something that was utterly despicable to the Gentiles.

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 The cross is a place of weakness and apparent defeat.

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 A God who dies?

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 What on earth was all of that about?

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 And so, when we think about the cross,

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 we have to begin by understanding what has actually happened in that place.

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 The victory of Jesus in the resurrection

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 is a victory over death.

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 And the cross served as a means of death for Jesus.

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 We need to be absolutely certain about that.

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 The notion that somehow Jesus, as Muslims would teach us,

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 that Jesus didn't really die at the cross.

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 That a holy prophet of God could not possibly experience death.

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 And would be whipped away at the last moment.

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 Whisked away by sovereign power of God.

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 And replaced with some kind of mannequin.

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 It just doesn't bear out the truth.

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 Jesus died there.

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 He experienced the consequences of sin that were promised

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 all the way back in the Garden of Eden when Adam first sinned.

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 And in Adam's first sin, he was told,

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 On the day that you eat of that fruit, you shall surely die.

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 And that day, Adam experienced death.

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 Not the physical death of his body,

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 the separation of body and soul.

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 But he experienced on that day

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 a separation of death

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 from the easy and living fellowship

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 he had with God the Father.

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 On that day, when Adam ate of the forbidden fruit,

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 he didn't even have to wait for God's judgment to be announced.

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 Adam became terrified of God.

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 Fearful of God's judgment.

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 And so Adam, on that day, had hid himself.

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 Concealed himself in the garden

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 when God came looking to meet with him.

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 And the terrifying and awful thing

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 of the cross of Golgotha

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 was that Jesus experienced

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 that breakdown in fellowship with God.

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 He experienced a death of friendship with God.

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 Where at the cross,

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 he was no longer able to speak of God as his Father,

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 but said,

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 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

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 And that experience of abandonment at the cross,

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 that experience of a death of relationship

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 was part and parcel of the awfulness of that event.

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 And the consequences of that broken relationship

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 is itself physical death.

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 Without God,

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 our bodies just can't keep going.

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 They just won't.

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 And so Jesus,

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 at the cross,

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 experienced then not only

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 the death of that relationship,

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 but he experienced then

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 physical death as well.

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 And in the midst of all of the brutality of the cross,

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 you cannot lose sight of that.

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 Now,

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 for these disciples

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 who are on the way out to Emmaus,

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 for them,

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 part of the confusion is

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 they're thinking,

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 well,

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 they didn't doubt that Jesus was the Messiah.

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 They seem to have placed

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 all of their messianic hope on him

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 because they say in verse 21,

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 when they're explaining to

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 this mysterious stranger

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 who's come alongside them

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 who they don't recognize as Jesus himself,

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 they say,

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 we had thought,

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 we had not just thought,

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 we had hoped

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 that he was the one

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 to redeem Israel.

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 We had thought he was the one

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 who was going to restore

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 the majesty of the kingdom of Israel.

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 He was going to restore

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 the potency of the throne of David.

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 He was going to restore

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 national heritage and pride.

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 He was going to bring everything back

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 to the way we wanted it to be.

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 And now,

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 because he had experienced death,

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 our hope is crushed.

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 For them,

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 things were not

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 as they wanted them to be.

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 It's interesting as well

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 that they don't deny

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 the death of Jesus.

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 They don't even deny

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 the stories of the fact

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 that the grave is empty.

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 They treat them as idle rumor.

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 For them,

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 the resurrection story

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 just cannot be true.

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 It just can't be the case

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 that Jesus is risen.

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 It is so far

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 outside their experience.

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 And so,

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 a providence

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 has come into their path,

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 a situation has come upon them,

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 which they just are unable

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 to reconcile

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 with what they had wanted,

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 with what they had thought

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 ought to be the case.

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 So they had their own

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 conception of what God's

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 work in their lives

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 and in the lives of Israel

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 and their people

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 was going to be

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 and what had actually happened

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 was completely

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 foreign to that.

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 And so today,

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 maybe you're someone

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 who knows the story

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 of Christianity

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 and knows what we believe,

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 but you're confused

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 by what happened

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 at the cross.

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 Maybe that's one group

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 of people who are here today.

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 But equally,

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 there's another group

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 of people who could be here today

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 and who are experiencing

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 in their own lives

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 an experience of God's providence

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 that is disconnected,

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 shall we say,

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 disconnected

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 from what their concept

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 of God is.

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 I mean,

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 isn't God meant to be

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 a loving

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 and powerful God

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 who can deliver us

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 from all manner

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 of problems?

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 Isn't God

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 a wonderful character

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 who doesn't allow suffering

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 or somehow,

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 if he is

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 somehow allowing suffering,

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 then there must be

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 a very temporary reason

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 for it

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 and it can be overcome

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 very quickly and easily.

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 And yet,

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 my experience

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 is one of prolonged suffering.

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 So why is God allowing this?

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 Is that fair of him?

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 Is it good of him?

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 Is that true of a loving God?

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 Is that his character?

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 Is that what God does?

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 Maybe today,

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 your experience

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 or the experience

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 of someone close to you

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 is so far

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 from what you think

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 it ought to be

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 that it's leaving you

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 just like these disciples were.

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 They know the story

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 but they just don't believe it

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 and they've lost confidence

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 in the possibility of hope

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 with such a God.

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 The reason I say that

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 is because I know it's common.

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 It's become common.

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 Some people found,

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 for example,

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 the COVID pandemic

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 far too difficult.

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 It's hard to reconcile

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 the burdens

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 and the hardships

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 of that season of life

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 with what God is really like.

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 Some people have been fed

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 a diet

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 of

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 what I would actually call

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 false hope

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 but in the form of

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 prosperity gospel teaching

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 on YouTube

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 and on the internet.

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 Word of faith teaching

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 that says

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 you just need to name it

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 and claim it

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 and God will give it to you.

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 You just need to hold out

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 for things being

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 the best they can be

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 and believe in it

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 and it will be so.

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 As if somehow

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 Christianity works

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 on the power

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 of positive thinking.

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 And that's so different

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 from the real experience

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 of our lives,

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 isn't it?

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 where so often

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 the real experience

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 we have

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 is one where there's

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 bitterness and sorrow

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 and hard things

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 that come into our path.

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 And we should not be mistaken.

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 The disciples

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 leaving Jerusalem

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 that day

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 were in that place

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 of great

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 and difficult sorrow.

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 So much so,

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 in fact,

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 that they're leaving

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 Jerusalem.

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 This is the thing

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 I find really interesting

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 about the story.

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 The rest of the disciples

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 are still gathered

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 in the upper room.

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 The rest of them

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 are still gathered

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 presumably even

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 where they had been

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 for the Passover

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 with Jesus

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 just a few days before.

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 And yet,

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 these disciples

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 are heading out

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 towards Emmaus.

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 Why are they doing that?

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 Well,

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 I presume they're doing it

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 because for them

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 at that moment,

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 the fellowship

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 of the other disciples

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 had become

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 maybe a bit uncomfortable.

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 They're cutting

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 themselves off

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 as it were.

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 They're going away

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 in a different direction.

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 And so,

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 they're moving away

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 from fellowship

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 rather than

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 into fellowship.

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 That's what the devil

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 tempts us with

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 when times are hard.

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 When times get difficult

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 for us,

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 what the devil does

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 is he says to us,

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 you don't need to be

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 in Christian fellowship

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 just now.

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 That'll just depress you.

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 That'll just be

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 too much for you.

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 That'll just be unhelpful.

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 Keep your own company.

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 They might not understand

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 anyway how sorrowful

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 you are,

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 so stay away from them

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 and have nothing

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 to do with them.

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 And perhaps

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 everything will pass.

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 Yet it doesn't.

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 The old stories

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 of the coals

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 of a fire

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 that are taken away

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 to a separate place

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 that tumble

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 out of the hearth

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 and onto the floor.

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 These coals,

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 they don't stay burning

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 and warm for long.

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 They go out

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 because coals

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 need to be

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 in the presence

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 of other coals

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 for a fire to burn

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 and keep them going.

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 And so,

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 this was a place

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 of real hopelessness.

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 And yet,

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 what is amazing

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 in God's providence

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 is that it's into

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 this most hopeless

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 situation

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 that Jesus comes.

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 In fact,

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 I do wonder,

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 in fact,

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 is this simultaneous

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 to the appearance

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 of Jesus

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 in the upper room

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 or is it very

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 in close proximity

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 to it?

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 When Jesus disappears

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 at the end

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 of this incident,

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 when they're breaking

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 bread together

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 and they then,

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 you know,

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 Jesus then immediately

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 afterwards

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 as they're talking

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 about these things,

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 a short time later

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 Jesus appears

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 in the upper room.

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 I wonder,

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 is it simply the fact

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 that Jesus in this place,

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 in his great grace,

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 goes to perhaps

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 the most needy disciples

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 first

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 and appears to them?

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 It's only afterwards

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 that he appears

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 in the upper room

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 to the rest.

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 And it's out of

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 his great love

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 that Jesus appears.

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 Not

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 a million miles away

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 from where these

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 disciples are.

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 It's not like

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 he sends an angel

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 to them to comfort them

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 and to say something

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 to them.

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 He comes himself

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 in person.

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 That's what verse 15

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 says to us

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 whilst they were

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 talking and discussing

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 together.

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 Luke almost

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 puts attention

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 on this.

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 Jesus himself

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 drew near

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 and went with them.

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 That these disciples

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 who are so dismayed,

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 who are so sorrowful,

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 who are so overwhelmed

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 by this terrible

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 situation

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 that they find

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 themselves in,

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 at this very moment,

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 Jesus himself

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 comes close

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 to them.

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 And he's very

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 patient with them

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 because we remember

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 our doctrine.

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 Jesus is God.

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 God is

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 omnipresent.

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 He is all-knowing.

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 He sees everything

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 so he already knows

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 what's going on

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 in their lives

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 and what's going on

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 in their discussion.

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 He already knows

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 the details of it

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 but it's almost as if

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 he pleads ignorance

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 with them.

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 He wants to hear

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 from them themselves.

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 What's the matter?

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 Are you a stranger

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 in Jerusalem

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 that you haven't

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 heard these things?

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 They're almost incredulous.

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 They can't believe it.

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 And so they start

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 spilling out to Jesus

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 all of the things

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 that have confused them,

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 all of the things

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 that they found

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 so difficult,

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 all of the things

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 that they found

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 impossible to talk to,

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 perhaps to Peter

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 or to the other disciples

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 but they're able to talk

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 about it here

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 amongst themselves,

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 the two of them.

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 And they spill

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 all of this out to Jesus

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 who they assume

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 is actually just a stranger

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 and Jesus listens to them

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 patiently and gently

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 and hears all of

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 their concerns.

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 I would say to you today

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 if you're a Christian

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 going through these

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 perplexing,

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 difficult valleys,

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 excuse me,

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 pour it out to Jesus.

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 Tell him

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 the confusion

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 of your moment.

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 Or today

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 if you're confused

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 as well about the cross,

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 if you haven't come

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 to a place of faith yet

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 and you're still

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 in that place

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 of anxiety

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 and confusion

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 and perplexion

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 about what exactly

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 does the cross even mean?

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 I would say

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 talk to Jesus about it.

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 Pray about it.

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 Pray about that confusion

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 and ask God

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 what it all means.

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 Because he is patient

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 and he is willing

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 to come down

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 to the level

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 of mere humans

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 like us

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 and who will

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 patiently minister to us

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 by coming alongside us

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 and hearing our complaints

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 and moans

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 and understanding

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 what it is

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 that we are really

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 battling through

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 because he will

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 listen to us.

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 And this Jesus

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 comes alongside them,

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 listens to what

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 they're saying

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 and then

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:53.639
 he begins

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 to open things

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 up to them.

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 Verse 25,

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 is it?

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 O foolish ones

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 and slow of hearts

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 to believe

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 all that the prophets

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 have spoken.

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 The idea

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:12.139
 of the foolish ones

00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:12.419
 there

00:20:12.419 --> 00:20:13.980
 is a very

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 gentle rebuke.

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 But the idea

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 of the fool

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 in the Old Testament

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 is the one

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:22.859
 who simply

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:24.399
 just denies

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 the work of God.

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 The fool

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 is the one

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 who in his heart

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 has said

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 there is no God.

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 And Jesus is saying

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 you need to remember

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 in all of your confusion

00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:36.919
 at the moment

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 you're forgetting

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 God.

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 And so beginning

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 in Moses

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 and all of the prophets

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 he begins to show them

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 the necessity

00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:47.840
 of Christ

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 suffering these things.

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.940
 He begins to show them

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 the necessity

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.779
 of the cross.

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 Now

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:54.720
 we're not told

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:56.019
 what emphasis

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:58.080
 Jesus drew out

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 from the Old Testament

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 on this occasion.

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 but we can imagine

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 what that would have been.

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 Perhaps it is the fact

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 that there is a necessity

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 for a sacrifice

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 to provide a covering.

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 And so that idea

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 of a sacrifice

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 providing a covering

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 it doesn't begin

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 on the teaching

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 of the law

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 on the Day of Atonement

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 it actually begins

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 on the Day of the Fall

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 in Genesis 3

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 when Adam

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 and his wife Eve

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 are ejected

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 from the garden

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 having tried

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 to make coverings

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 for themselves

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 from fig leaves

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 God provides

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 for them

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 a better covering

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 in the form

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 of an animal skin

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 that he fashions

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 into a garment

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 for them.

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 God clothes them

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 covers them

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 from their nakedness

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 and their shame

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 and their exposure

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 as they're cast out

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 of the harmony

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 and peace

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 of the garden

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 into the wilds

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 of the sinful world

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 that has now

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 unfurled itself

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:54.160
 because of Adam's sin.

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 Perhaps it's that

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 God will provide

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 a lamb

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 a substitute

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 again it's there

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.960
 at the beginning

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 in Genesis

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 where God says

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.700
 that the seed

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 of the woman

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 will one day

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 bruise the head

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 of the serpent

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 and he will

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 bruise his heel

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 there's that sense

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 of God sending

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 a redeemer

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 of some sort

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 but then there's

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 more than that

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 you go into

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 the story of Abraham

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 just a few chapters

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 later in Genesis

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 and God provides

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 a lamb

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 when Abraham

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 goes up the mountain

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 to sacrifice his son

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 perhaps it's that

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 God will provide

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 a remedy for salvation

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 it's there in the story

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 of Noah

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 we were looking at that

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 a couple of weeks ago

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 where God

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 carries Noah

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 through the flood

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 and God remembers

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 his covenant with him

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 and his promises to him

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 but the book of

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 the law

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 the books of Moses

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 just the book of Genesis

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 alone in the first

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 20 odd chapters

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 there's loads

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 of detail there

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 about how the Messiah

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 would have to suffer

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 these things

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 and it's there

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 in its proto-form

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 there at the beginning

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 of the books

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 of the Torah

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 and then the prophets

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 simply expound on that

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 and explain more

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 and more

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 what God's redemption

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 is going to look like

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 and why it is so

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 utterly necessary

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 because we

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 are so

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 utterly sinful

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 we can't save ourselves

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 and so God

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 has to do something

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 to save us

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 and it culminates

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 ultimately

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 in God

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 sending his son

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 to die

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 in the place

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 of sinners

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 the Christ

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 of the anointed

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 Messiah

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 and then

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 he enters

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 his glory

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 and that idea

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 of glory

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 in Luke's gospel

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 it's a wonderful

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 study

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.160
 you can go in

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 and have a look

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 through it yourself

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 today perhaps

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 but the idea

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 of him entering

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 his glory

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 in Luke's gospel

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 is bound up

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 in the cross

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 there is no glory

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 without the cross

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 itself

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 it's a key theme

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.440
 in certainly Luke's

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 theology

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.420
 it grows out of

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 Paul's theology

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.579
 as well

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 it's necessary

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:01.779
 for Christ

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 to suffer

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 in order to

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.359
 enter the glory

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:08.139
 so the path

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.619
 to glory

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.339
 is through

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.959
 the cross

00:24:09.959 --> 00:24:12.399
 not sidestepping

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:12.559
 it

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:12.939
 not getting

00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:13.419
 around it

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:13.799
 not getting

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.539
 away from it

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.740
 but through it

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 it is necessary

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 and these disciples

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.519
 are left

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.219
 in that position

00:24:23.219 --> 00:24:23.559
 where

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.279
 you know

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.839
 their questions

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.359
 the things

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:26.679
 they've been

00:24:26.679 --> 00:24:27.319
 arguing about

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.279
 are being addressed

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.879
 the things

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.199
 that they've

00:24:30.199 --> 00:24:30.899
 been uncertain

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.359
 about

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:32.379
 Jesus has

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:33.119
 very gently

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.740
 taken them

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.299
 to the scripture

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.460
 and shown them

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.279
 very openly

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.839
 on the pages

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.359
 of scripture

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.779
 and said

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.700
 this is how

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.680
 it all fits together

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:42.740
 there's a reasonableness

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.480
 to our faith

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.000
 as Christians

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.059
 it carries

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.879
 an internal

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.680
 consistency

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.859
 it makes

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.639
 sense

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:50.960
 when people

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.819
 mock and deride

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.359
 Christianity

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.059
 one of the things

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.500
 they often say

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.359
 is your faith

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.099
 is a blind faith

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.619
 it doesn't believe

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.259
 in anything concrete

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.019
 it is nothing certain

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.879
 except you would

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.220
 turn around

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 and say hang on

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.119
 a minute

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.919
 there are literally

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 hundreds if not

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 thousands of years

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.240
 of written

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 recorded history

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.740
 in the Bible

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.620
 that find

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.359
 their culmination

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.079
 and their climax

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.960
 and their fulfillment

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:08.480
 in the cross

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:12.960
 of course it makes sense

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:16.000
 dozens of writers

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:17.059
 approved by God

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.420
 down through the centuries

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.640
 all pointing us

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:21.019
 towards the same

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.759
 moment

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:24.759
 when God's own son

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 would come

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.960
 and bear

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.240
 the sins of the world

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.839
 at the cross

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:36.819
 and then furthermore

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.519
 they need to grapple

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.179
 with the resurrection

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:38.839
 itself

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:42.459
 death could not

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:42.919
 hold him

00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:45.220
 it has no grip

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.859
 upon him

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:47.399
 because

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:48.740
 he is

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.759
 the perfect

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.819
 sinless one

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.799
 he is the one

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.319
 who emerges

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.000
 triumphant

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.720
 from the dark

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.759
 realm of Sheol

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:57.240
 and who comes

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.259
 back with victory

00:25:58.259 --> 00:26:00.480
 and gifts

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.700
 to share

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.619
 with us

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:05.700
 to pass on

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:07.160
 and one of them

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.599
 is in fact

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.559
 his own presence

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.400
 because the wonderful

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.759
 thing is

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.480
 when these disciples

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:14.099
 they urge

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.539
 Jesus

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.279
 this unknown

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.640
 stranger

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.119
 they urge him

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.539
 to come in

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:16.900
 with them

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.779
 for supper

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.259
 that night

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.700
 and to stay

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.059
 with them

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.339
 because

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.559
 the light's

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.019
 getting on

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.960
 and so Jesus

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.720
 stays with them

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.839
 and what's

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.339
 fascinating

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.779
 is it's in

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.299
 that moment

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.860
 of close

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.299
 intimate

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.819
 personal

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.500
 fellowship

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.420
 that their

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.799
 eyes are

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.079
 opened

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.980
 because Jesus

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.579
 took bread

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.120
 and blessed

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.640
 it and gave

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.100
 it to them

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:32.900
 and their

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.380
 eyes were

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.660
 opened

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:33.920
 and they

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.400
 recognised

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.920
 him in that

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:37.000
 so I

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.339
 find it

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.759
 fascinating

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.620
 their trajectory

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.120
 remember

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.839
 is away

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.460
 from Jerusalem

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.240
 away from

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.579
 fellowship

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.100
 with the rest

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.319
 of the

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.759
 disciples

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.759
 away from

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.140
 probably

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.539
 the upper

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.819
 room

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.259
 where bread

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.519
 had been

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.779
 broken

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.200
 together

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.160
 and these

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.319
 two

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.740
 disciples

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.500
 are now

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.579
 finding

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:49.920
 Jesus

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.160
 in the

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.400
 breaking

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.700
 of bread

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.079
 together

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:56.539
 what they

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:56.980
 discover

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.679
 is

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:59.299
 fellowship

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.960
 restored

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:01.939
 is fellowship

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.339
 entirely

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.819
 renewed

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:04.179
 and

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:05.079
 God

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.439
 is found

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:05.699
 there

00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:08.439
 we can't

00:27:08.439 --> 00:27:08.919
 pause

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:10.599
 or escape

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.919
 rather

00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:11.740
 this reality

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.460
 that the

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.939
 path of

00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:13.419
 real

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.399
 progress

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:15.740
 and maturity

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.139
 in the

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.980
 Christian life

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.960
 is a path

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.759
 of real

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.359
 fellowship

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:19.879
 with other

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.299
 believers

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.599
 in which

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.079
 is found

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.579
 fellowship

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.279
 with Jesus

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:24.159
 and it's

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:24.399
 actually

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.879
 the fellowship

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.680
 with Jesus

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.579
 that spurns

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:26.819
 us on

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.119
 and that

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:28.059
 enlivens

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.319
 and

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.879
 enfreshens

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.240
 us

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.740
 and so

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.399
 when Jesus

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.159
 breaks bread

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.639
 with them

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.700
 they then

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.379
 the consequence

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.940
 of Jesus

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.599
 breaking bread

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:35.859
 with them

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.099
 and them

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.579
 realising

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.480
 Jesus is

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.759
 in this

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.059
 look what

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.339
 he's just

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.819
 told us

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.299
 and we

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.619
 have to

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.299
 what they

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.759
 then realise

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.039
 is we

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.339
 have to

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.779
 share what

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.039
 Jesus

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.440
 has told

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.579
 us

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:42.759
 with

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.200
 others

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.720
 and the

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.039
 first place

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.240
 they want

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.419
 to go

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:45.759
 is go back

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:45.960
 to the

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.079
 other

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.440
 disciples

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.720
 that they've

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:46.859
 just

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.200
 left

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.480
 they want

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.680
 to get

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.000
 back

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.460
 into

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.440
 Christian

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.000
 fellowship

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.960
 with these

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.380
 disciples

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.680
 to

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:54.580
 embolden

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:54.860
 them

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:55.480
 to encourage

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.819
 them

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.380
 to bless

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.900
 them

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.880
 just as

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.140
 Jesus

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.600
 has blessed

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:58.920
 them

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.840
 so what

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.140
 Paul

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.000
 writing in the

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.400
 New Testament

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:02.940
 in one of his

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.220
 letters

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.640
 he talks about

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.180
 the importance

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.539
 of us

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.440
 comforting others

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.460
 with the

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.940
 comfort with

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.380
 which we

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.819
 ourselves

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.200
 have been

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.740
 comforted

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.039
 this is

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.279
 what it

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.440
 is

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.839
 to live

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.059
 as a

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.299
 Christian

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.779
 to walk

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.019
 as a

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.240
 Christian

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.940
 to go

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.240
 on as

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.359
 a

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:14.640
 Christian

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.039
 in a

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.940
 discipled

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.480
 way

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.599
 led

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.019
 and taught

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.559
 by Jesus

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.120
 ultimately

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.620
 it is to

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.339
 share that

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:21.259
 blessing

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.839
 with others

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.259
 and to

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.740
 encourage

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.019
 them

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.299
 and to

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.579
 build

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.880
 them

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.220
 up

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.059
 that's

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.220
 why I

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.380
 was saying

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.599
 to the

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:25.779
 kids

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.200
 this morning

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.579
 the hope

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:26.839
 of the

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.299
 resurrection

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.680
 is a

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:27.819
 hope

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.099
 that we

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.400
 dare

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.640
 not

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.039
 share

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:31.000
 Christ

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.220
 is

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.599
 risen

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.900
 and this

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.480
 changes

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.700
 all of the

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.099
 dynamics

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.480
 of the

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.759
 church

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.420
 and everything

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:36.759
 of our

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.240
 experience

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.099
 and everything

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.420
 that we

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.839
 are going

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.120
 through

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.299
 hard and

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.779
 difficult and

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.380
 dark places

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.640
 that we

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:41.960
 have to

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.180
 walk

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.740
 they are

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.079
 all

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.920
 transformed

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.539
 because

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:44.940
 Jesus

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.440
 has come

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.900
 into them

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.740
 with us

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.859
 and because

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.480
 we discover

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.079
 the fellowship

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.599
 of Jesus

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.700
 with us

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.420
 in these

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.200
 dark places

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.660
 that we

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.200
 must therefore

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.880
 be bold

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.740
 and say

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.220
 to others

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.960
 Christ

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.440
 is there

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.720
 to be

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.039
 found

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.819
 and Christ

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.160
 is there

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.700
 to comfort

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.240
 you

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.819
 in the

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.059
 dark

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.359
 places

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.779
 you have

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.039
 to go

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.240
 to

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.220
 particularly

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.099
 the places

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.460
 of your

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.920
 own sin

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:06.339
 particularly

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.120
 the places

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.500
 of your

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.799
 own

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.579
 failing

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.440
 the places

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.820
 of your

00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:10.100
 own

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:11.080
 inadequacy

00:29:11.080 --> 00:29:11.720
 the places

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.240
 where you

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.920
 have stumbled

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.759
 and fallen

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.460
 completely

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.860
 short

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.660
 Christ

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.140
 is there

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.740
 for you

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:18.640
 his cross

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.480
 has paid

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.019
 for that

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.360
 sin

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:22.420
 and now

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:22.820
 we get

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.180
 up

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:25.640
 and we

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.240
 rise

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.880
 with renewed

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.539
 strength

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:30.460
 it might feel

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.940
 like it's on

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.720
 broken wings

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.420
 but you know

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.779
 what

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:35.000
 God has

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.580
 healed you

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:38.299
 he's healed

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.559
 you

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:38.980
 through his

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.220
 son

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.679
 Jesus

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:41.799
 who has

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.220
 come

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:43.179
 and ministered

00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:44.720
 in your

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.159
 experience

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:50.319
 and so

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.859
 the disciples

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.319
 they run

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.720
 back to

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.079
 Jerusalem

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:54.339
 they run

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:57.259
 and when

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.519
 they get

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.919
 back

00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:59.139
 they hear

00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.740
 the stories

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.179
 the Lord

00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:00.599
 has risen

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:00.980
 indeed

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.339
 and has

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.639
 appeared

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.139
 to Simon

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.480
 and then

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.779
 they say

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.039
 well he's

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.319
 appeared

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.699
 to us

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.340
 as well

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:05.400
 and he

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.000
 made himself

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.460
 known to

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.840
 us

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.559
 in the

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:07.819
 breaking

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.279
 of bread

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:12.400
 that simple

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:12.860
 fellowship

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.440
 of Jesus

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.740
 that miracle

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:16.700
 of the

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.220
 life of

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.539
 Jesus

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.920
 now

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.740
 it's revealed

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.519
 I think

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.980
 bizarrely

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.460
 not in

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.600
 grandiose

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.019
 miracles

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.460
 and angels

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.920
 singing in

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.299
 the sky

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:26.620
 but rather

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.200
 it's revealed

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.799
 in the simple

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.360
 things

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:30.559
 these simple

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.380
 places of

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.799
 love

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.640
 and fellowship

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.500
 and companionship

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:35.759
 where Jesus

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.759
 comes alongside

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:38.980
 and encourages

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.160
 us on the

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.359
 way

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.559
 and so

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.059
 today I

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.420
 would ask

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.519
 you

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.960
 whether you

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.220
 are in

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.559
 that place

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.180
 of confusion

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.980
 whether you

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.160
 are in

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.559
 these places

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.339
 of sorrow

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.640
 in the

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.000
 darkness

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.440
 of hard

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.059
 experiences

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:50.039
 I would

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.380
 urge you

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.819
 to find

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.359
 that Jesus

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.779
 is there

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.180
 already

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:53.940
 and that

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.140
 he has

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.779
 come alongside

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.299
 you

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:57.019
 and that

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.299
 he is

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.759
 showing you

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.279
 the truth

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.359
 and he is

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.759
 showing you

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.200
 the way

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.599
 because he

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.279
 is ultimately

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.059
 the life

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:04.440
 of your

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.940
 hope

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:07.879
 see him

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.259
 for who he

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.579
 is

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:10.240
 and love

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.519
 him

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.759
 and worship

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.119
 him

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:13.720
 and follow

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.059
 him

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.619
 and he

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.000
 will lead

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.379
 you to

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.099
 good places

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.000
 let's pray

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:20.240
 heavenly father

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.259
 we thank

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.620
 you today

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.299
 for the

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.680
 presence

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.039
 of your

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.319
 son

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.660
 Jesus

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.220
 we thank

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.319
 you

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.700
 that although

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.120
 he is

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.539
 enthroned

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.980
 in heaven

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.779
 and at

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.180
 your right

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.500
 hand

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.980
 he still

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.559
 sends the

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.120
 holy spirit

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.920
 to convey

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.339
 to us

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.920
 the presence

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.460
 of almighty

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.819
 God

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.380
 that he

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:32.779
 still comes

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.380
 alongside us

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.680
 himself

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:33.960
 in his

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.299
 word

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.680
 and that he

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.220
 speaks to

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.380
 us

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.819
 that we

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.559
 hear from

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:36.920
 him

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.700
 and we

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.380
 hear from

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:38.579
 him

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.200
 words of

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.759
 life

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.620
 and blessing

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.500
 and hope

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.160
 and so

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:43.000
 Lord fill us

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.539
 today with

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.299
 that confidence

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.099
 in who you

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.420
 are

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.380
 who your son

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.880
 is and what

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.380
 he has done

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.240
 and the work

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.660
 of the Holy

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.220
 Spirit as it

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.600
 goes on in

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:49.940
 our lives

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.160
 and we

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.680
 ask these

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.320
 things in

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:52.020
 Jesus name

00:31:52.020 --> 00:31:53.040
 Amen

00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:58.200
 we're going

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.700
 to sing in

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.240
 conclusion

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.500
 in words of

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.400
 Psalm 16

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.180
 this is

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.980
 Sing Psalms

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:05.540
 verses 8

00:32:05.540 --> 00:32:06.320
 to 11

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:06.700
 the last

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.660
 four stanzas

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:12.160
 this is the

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.940
 confidence that

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.640
 David had

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.040
 in knowing

00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:14.500
 the Lord

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.000
 was with

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.220
 him

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.920
 I often

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.600
 suggest this

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:17.900
 as we're

00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.340
 singing the

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:18.700
 Psalms

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.320
 that where

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:19.960
 David uses

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.400
 the word

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.840
 of the

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:21.060
 Lord

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.360
 the name

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.580
 of the

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:21.759
 Lord

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.180
 Yahweh

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:23.340
 we can

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:24.259
 clearly

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.200
 and fairly

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.840
 and with

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.240
 absolute

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.860
 consistency

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.360
 substitute

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.740
 in the

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:27.900
 name

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.060
 of

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.400
 Jesus

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.300
 if that's

00:32:29.300 --> 00:32:29.480
 how we

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.700
 want to

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.120
 understand

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.300
 it

00:32:30.300 --> 00:32:30.759
 before me

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.259
 constantly

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.480
 I

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.840
 set the

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.019
 Lord

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.360
 alone

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:33.039
 because

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.220
 he

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.420
 is

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.759
 at my

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.080
 right

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.420
 hand

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.940
 I'll

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.160
 not

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.340
 be

00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:35.860
 overthrown

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.539
 therefore

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.100
 my heart

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.539
 is glad

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.420
 my tongue

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.019
 with joy

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.519
 will sing

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.460
 my body

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.759
 too

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.320
 will rest

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:41.740
 secure

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.580
 in hope

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.539
 unwavering

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.140
 so although

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.620
 David is

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:44.900
 writing

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.480
 prophetically

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.700
 in the

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:45.860
 Psalm

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.440
 about the

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:46.820
 resurrection

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.320
 ultimately

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.860
 of Jesus

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:49.560
 there is a

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:50.259
 sense in

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.660
 which that

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.040
 is also

00:32:51.040 --> 00:32:51.420
 true of

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.720
 us

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.720
 that our

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.040
 bodies

00:32:53.040 --> 00:32:53.600
 when we

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:53.820
 die

00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:54.320
 will rest

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:54.540
 in the

00:32:54.540 --> 00:32:54.840
 grave

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:56.540
 but not

00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:56.800
 without

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.180
 hope

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:58.220
 because

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.640
 Christ

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.120
 is risen

00:32:59.120 --> 00:33:00.120
 and there

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.540
 is hope

00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:01.160
 for us

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:02.280
 and so

00:33:02.280 --> 00:33:03.100
 death

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.460
 will not

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.840
 have its

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.220
 hold

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.220
 over God's

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.519
 people

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:05.900
 forever

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.800
 but there

00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:07.200
 is hope

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.519
 for the

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.820
 children

00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:08.300
 of God

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:09.000
 who have

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.360
 Christ

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.700
 at their

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.060
 hand

00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:10.640
 at their

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.040
 side

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:11.620
 with them

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.379
 and who

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:12.679
 will lead

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:12.839
 them

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.359
 ultimately

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.799
 through

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:15.239
 death

00:33:15.239 --> 00:33:15.719
 itself

00:33:15.719 --> 00:33:16.399
 and to

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:16.819
 the path

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.379
 of life

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.239
 divine

00:33:18.239 --> 00:33:18.859
 ultimately

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.719
 so we

00:33:19.719 --> 00:33:20.179
 are rooted

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:20.579
 in these

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:20.899
 verses

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.500
 because we

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.899
 are rooted

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.539
 in Christ

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.219
 and that

00:33:23.219 --> 00:33:23.479
 I hope

00:33:23.479 --> 00:33:23.819
 is true

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.059
 of each

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.459
 one of us

00:33:24.459 --> 00:33:24.699
 today

00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.519
 that we

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.819
 would be

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.119
 rooted

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.759
 in Christ

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.139
 Jesus

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:28.239
 and therefore

00:33:28.239 --> 00:33:28.719
 find our

00:33:28.719 --> 00:33:29.119
 hope in

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.319
 him

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.059
 so before

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.239
 me

00:33:30.239 --> 00:33:30.699
 constantly

00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:31.259
 I set

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:32.139
 the Lord

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.679
 alone

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.059
 let's

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.479
 stand to

00:33:33.479 --> 00:33:33.799
 sing to

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.059
 God's

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.279
 praise

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:38.440
 before

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:40.139
 me

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:42.859
 constantly

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:45.680
 I

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:47.500
 set

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.379
 the

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.839
 Lord

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:51.359
 alone

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:53.359
 because

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:55.359
 he

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:57.579
 is

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.399
 at

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:59.779
 my

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.779
 right

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.799
 hand

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:03.220
 I'll

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.559
 not

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.519
 be

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:09.340
 overthrown

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:11.139
 therefore

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:13.460
 my

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.840
 heart

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.800
 is

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:17.699
 glad

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:19.019
 my

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:20.719
 tongue

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.619
 with

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:23.079
 joy

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:24.019
 will

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:25.340
 sing

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:27.559
 my

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:29.340
 body

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.940
 too

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:32.200
 will

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.880
 rest

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:35.340
 secure

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:38.480
 in hope

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:42.840
 unwavering

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:45.280
 for you

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:47.179
 will

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:48.639
 not

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.840
 allow

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:52.559
 my

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.480
 soul

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:55.179
 in

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:56.280
 death

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.280
 to

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:58.280
 stay

00:34:58.280 --> 00:35:01.040
 nor

00:35:01.040 --> 00:35:02.180
 will

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:03.180
 you

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:04.900
 leave

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.519
 your

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:07.580
 holy

00:35:07.580 --> 00:35:08.980
 one

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.980
 to

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:11.220
 see

00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:12.700
 the

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.980
 tombs

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:15.040
 decay

00:35:15.040 --> 00:35:17.980
 you

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.980
 have

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:21.060
 made

00:35:21.060 --> 00:35:22.240
 known

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:22.820
 to

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.980
 me

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.980
 the

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:27.940
 path

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.780
 of

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.920
 life

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:33.199
 divine

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:34.940
 please

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:36.179
 shall

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:37.280
 thy

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:38.179
 know

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:39.639
 at

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.679
 your

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.980
 right

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.920
 hand

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:44.280
 joy

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:45.780
 from

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.599
 your

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.639
 face

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:49.059
 will

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.240
 shine

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:53.240
 now

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.400
 the

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.639
 grace

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:53.920
 of the

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.079
 Lord

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.300
 Jesus

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.679
 Christ

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:54.880
 the

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.099
 love

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.420
 of God

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.579
 the

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:55.860
 Father

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.360
 and

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.480
 the

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.759
 fellowship

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:56.980
 of

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.219
 God

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.380
 the

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.639
 Holy

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.019
 Spirit

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.219
 be

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.380
 with

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:58.539
 each

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:58.699
 one

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:58.799
 of

00:35:58.799 --> 00:35:58.900
 you

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.059
 now

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.199
 and

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.539
 always

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.259
 Amen

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.839
 to

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:25.839


00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:25.839


00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.500
 to

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.500


00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.360
 to

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.559
 to

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.000
 to

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.420
!

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.480
 to

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.139
 to

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.420
 to

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.420


00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.420
!

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.420


00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.420
 to

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.920
 to

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.420
 to

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.800
 to

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:32.800


00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:32.800


00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:32.800