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 I'll turn to Matthew chapter 19, Matthew 19, and I want to look at verses 13-15.

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! We've slowed down in this early part of Matthew 19, just so I think it's helpful to look at

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! these things. Matthew 19 and verses 13-15 is on page 824. Jesus loves the little children.

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 I think it's fair to say that children in our culture occupy a position of extremes.

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 My children are catered for unlike any previous generation. So I think for example the massive

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 industry of early education, children's entertainment, all targeted at little people, aren't they?

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 There are lucrative targets for marketing. Food that's targeted at little children. Clothing

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 brands, games. And then on the other hand, many children in our day are overlooked, neglected,

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 and abused. Abortion. And the question that we're going to look at tonight is who will care

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 for the children? Who will cater for their immortal souls? Bishop Jason Ryle says, who even notices

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 that each infant possesses within its little body an undying principle that will outlive the pyramids

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 of Egypt and see the sun and moon quenched on the last day? Who will address their greatest need of all their

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 immortal souls? And the answer to that question is Jesus Christ. Christ, the omnipotent Son of God, and the

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 creator of all things, the sustainer and upholder of the universe, spends down and cuddles little babies.

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 It's a marvellous thought, isn't it? And it is his glory that the slightest of all

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 should get

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 particular attention.

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 The weakest and the most vulnerable and the most overlooked of all,

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 Jesus loves the little children.

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 Let's think about these three verses, three headings.

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 Bringing the little children,

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 forbidding the little children,

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 blessing the little children.

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 Now bring me the little children. Verse 13.

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 Then children were brought to him,

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 that he might lay his hands on them,

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 literally bless them,

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 and pray for them.

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 And the disciples rebuked the people bringing the children,

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 the parents.

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 Remember the context Jesus has been giving us,

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 the really practical teaching on the subject of marriage,

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 and of divorce and of singleness.

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 That's a really fairly obvious place to go next,

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 isn't it, children?

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 And think about who is being brought to

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 Jesus' children.

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 Little children.

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 The word literally here in Matthew

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 can refer to anything from newborn infants

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 to small children,

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 to toddlers,

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 and so on.

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 But Luke is even more explicit in his account.

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 He says, Luke 18, verse 15,

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 they will bring even infants to him

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 that he might touch them.

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 Babies in arms, presumably.

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 Brought by their parents

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 to Jesus.

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 And we have to ask him,

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 why were they brought to Jesus?

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 And we're told,

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 that he might lay his hands on them

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 and pray for them.

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 And we need to recognise

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 this is not like an American politician

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 where the baby is kind of given to the politician.

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 It's not like that.

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 It's not in a kind of,

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 if, let's say,

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 Wales won the World Cup

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 and I take Phoebe to Cardiff

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 for the open top bus parade

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 and I get her to be held

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 by one of the players.

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 That's not going to happen.

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 But that's not what's happening here either.

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 These are not

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 simple, uneducated people

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 coming to some well-known miracle worker,

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 some celebrity,

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 hoping that he's going to give them

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 some magic touch.

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 It's not superstitious.

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 If it was superstitious,

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 what would Jesus have done?

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 Jesus would have stopped them

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 and rebuked them

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 and sent them to write,

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 but these are

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 old covenant believers.

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 They've come to recognise

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 that in Jesus of Nazareth,

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 they've come to see who he is.

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 And they want to seek

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 his priestly benediction.

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 That's the word blessing.

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 And his blessing

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 on their covenant children.

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 So this is more than

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 some kind of baby dedication.

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 Some kind of sentimental,

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 well-wishing ceremony

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 for the kids.

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 What those parents desire

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 is a personal encounter

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 with Jesus Christ.

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 And that will issue forth

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 in them being blessed.

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 Blessed in all the fullness

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 of the blessing of God.

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 Being brought into blessing.

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 Salvation.

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 Now if that is what is happening here,

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 what does this account tell us

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 about their children?

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 what does this little story

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 tell us about little children?

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 Well, shoot,

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 it's really obvious, isn't it?

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 It's really obvious

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 that little children

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 need Jesus.

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 Little children need Jesus.

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 Little children have

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 sinful hearts.

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 They come into the world

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 with the children of Adam.

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 And they bear the guilt

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 of original sin.

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 There are fewer things,

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 aren't there,

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 more glorious in life

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 than the birth of a new baby.

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 A new life.

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 A new life brought

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 into the world.

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 And yet,

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 such babies,

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 the Bible tells us,

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 are born,

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 spiritually speaking,

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 stillborn.

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 And they come into this world

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 and came to them by sin.

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 We find that so hard

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 to accept,

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 don't they?

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 And so,

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 they come to Jesus

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 and they need Jesus.

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 You see,

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 to lay his hands upon them

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 and impart to them

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 spiritual life.

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 Let me read to you

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 from Westminster,

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 the Shorter Catechism.

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 wherein consists

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 the sinfulness

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 of that estate

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 wherein to man fell.

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 Here's the answer.

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 The sinfulness

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 of that estate

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 wherein to man fell.

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 This is where man fell.

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 Consists in the guilt

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 of Adam's first sin,

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 the want of original righteousness,

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 the corruption

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 of his whole nature,

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 which is commonly called

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 original sin,

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 together with all

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 actual transgressions

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 which proceed from it.

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 And many people

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 would read that

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 or you'd hear that

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 and say,

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 well, of course,

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 actual transgressions

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 that proceed from it.

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 There you go.

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 The little baby

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 hasn't committed

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 any transgressions.

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 These little babies

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 can't commit any transgressions

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 on their own.

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 They're so little,

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 beautiful,

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 innocent things,

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 aren't they?

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 To which,

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 of course,

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 we have to say no.

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 Because even little ones

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 have inherited

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 Adam's corrupt nature.

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 And as Paul says

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 in Romans 5,

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 verse 19,

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 by one man's disobedience,

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 the many

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 were made sinners.

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 Do you remember,

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 children,

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 we did it,

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 didn't we,

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 with the dominoes

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 and we did the children's talk

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 on that question

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 and one domino

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 sets off

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 all the other dominoes.

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 And so little children

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 share in the guilt

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 of Adam's sin,

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 but as Paul continues,

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 also by one man's obedience,

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 many will be made righteous.

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 And that's why

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 little children

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 need Jesus.

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 He is the man

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 and by his obedience

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 they too

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 can be made righteous.

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 So little children

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 need Jesus.

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 But we should also

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 see here tonight

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 very, very simply

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 that little children

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 should be brought

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 to Jesus.

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 Little children

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 must be brought

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 to Jesus.

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 It goes without saying,

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 doesn't it,

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 that little babies

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 cannot bring themselves

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 to him.

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 They need Jesus

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 to pray for them

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 because they cannot

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 pray for themselves.

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 Little children,

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 little babies

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 cannot pray

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 the sinner's prayer.

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 The sinner's prayer

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 is not what saves

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 either adults

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 or infants.

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 You see,

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 what actually saves us

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 is the priestly

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 work of the Lord Jesus.

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 Where we confess

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 that we are saved

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 by Christ alone

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 and by his life

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 and his death

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 and his atonement

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 and his intercession.

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 And he gives that

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 salvation

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 sovereignly

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 and graciously

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 to whomever he wills

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 and that includes

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 little children.

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 Notice here

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 that the ignorance

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 and the incapacity

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 of little children

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 is no barrier.

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 It's no barrier

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 to their personally

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 receiving the benefits

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 of the covenant

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 of grace.

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 Any more than

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 an adult

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 who's got a mental

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 disability

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 for them

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 to be eligible

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 for salvation.

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 You just need

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 to be a sinner.

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 A sinner.

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 Salvation is not

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 dependent upon

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 your age.

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 It's not dependent

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 on your earthly status.

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 That's the message

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 of the next passage,

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 isn't it,

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 in Matthew 19,

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 the rich young ruler.

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 What it depends on

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 is your need

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 of salvation

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 as a son

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 or a daughter

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 of Adam.

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 And that's not

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 ignoring

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 justification

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 by faith

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 that we are

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 made right

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 by trusting

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 in Christ

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 and declared

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 right by God.

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 That as little

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 ones come of age

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 in the Christian

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 home,

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 the reality

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 of their

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 inclusion

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 in the covenant

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 that they are

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 part of the covenant

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 people will

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 be seen

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 in them

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 exercising

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 faith and

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 repentance

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 just as

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 adults do.

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 It very well

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 might not be

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 dramatic.

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 But in anticipation

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 of that,

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 children must be

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 brought to Jesus

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 on the arms

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 of their parents'

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 faith.

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 Because if little

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 children are not

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 brought,

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 they never will be.

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 That's what we

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 learn about little

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 children in this text.

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 But what does it

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 say about parents?

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 Well,

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 parents must

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 believe

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 the promises

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 of the covenant

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 of grace.

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 They must

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 believe

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 the promises

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 of the covenant

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 of grace,

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 of God's

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 promise

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 and pledge.

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 These little

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 children are

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 brought to Jesus

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 on the arms

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 of their parents'

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 faith.

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 We've already

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 contended that

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 these people

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 were Old

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 Testament believers

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 who understood

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 that the covenant

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 of grace

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 extends to

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 their children

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 also.

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 Genesis

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 chapter 17

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 and verse 7.

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 Let me read it

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 to you.

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 And I will

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 establish my

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 covenant

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 between me

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 and you

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 and your

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 offspring after

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 you throughout

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 their generations

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 for an

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 everlasting

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 covenant

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 to be

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 God

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 to you

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 and to

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 your offspring

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 after you.

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 So I

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 cross the

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 apostle Paul

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 in 1

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 Corinthians 7

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 verse 14

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 says that the

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 children of

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 unbelievers

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 are unclean.

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 Whereas the

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 children of

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 believers are

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 holy.

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 And so what

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 you have in

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 this passage

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 is excellent

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 parental

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 role models.

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 they have

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 faith in

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 the covenant

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 promise and

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 they act

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 upon that

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 faith.

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 And this

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 faith is not

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 a shrink

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 wrapped

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 compartment

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 of their

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 life.

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 Here's my

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 religious life

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 over here

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 and here is

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 my parenting

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 techniques.

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 Their faith

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 is driving

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 their parenting.

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 And Christian

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 parents they

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 have liberty

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 conscience

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 like we

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 talked about

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 with dating

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 this morning.

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 Our Christian

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 parents have

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 liberty of

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 conscience.

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 We can

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 differ on

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 styles of

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 parenting.

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 That's okay.

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 Methods of

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 education.

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 That's okay.

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 Discipline.

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 How we

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 discipline.

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 But all

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 Christian parents

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 should be

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 united in

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 this.

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 They should

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 be united in

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 this that

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 they are

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 trusting the

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 covenant

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 promises of

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 God.

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 And they're

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 trusting the

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 covenant

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 promises of

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 God for

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 themselves.

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 Yes.

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 But also

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 for their

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 children.

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 And so it

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 follows by way

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 of application

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 parents bring

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 your children

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 to Jesus.

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 And that

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 goes for

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 you that

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 have adult

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 children.

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 I'm sure

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 that you do

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 bring them

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 to Jesus.

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 I know

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 that.

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 You bring

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 them to

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 Jesus in

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 prayer all

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 the time.

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 And maybe

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 tonight you're

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 saying you don't

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 have children

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 but you know

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 children.

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 let's bring

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 the little

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 children to

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 Jesus.

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 They have

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 immortal

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 souls and

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 they need

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 to be

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 saved.

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 And they

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 have a

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 mighty

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 saviour who

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 welcomes the

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 weakest

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 child.

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 So you

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 knew who was

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 coming.

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 Therefore

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 parents present

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 your children

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 for baptism.

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 Recognize

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 their status

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 as children

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 of the

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 covenant and

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 obtain for

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 them the

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 outward sign

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 and seal

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 of that

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 covenant.

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 You claim

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 that promise

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 and then you

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 bring them

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 up in the

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 training and

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 the admonition

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 of the

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 Lord.

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 Ephesians

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 6 verse

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 4.

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 Do you

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 believe that?

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 Do we really

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 believe that our

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 children are

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 covenant

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 children and

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 not pagan

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 children?

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 But they're

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 not strangers

00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:07.360
 to the covenant

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 promise of

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 Ephesians 2

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 verse 12

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 but rather

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 they are

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 recipients

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 of all

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 the means

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 of grace

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 bestowed upon

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 the Christian

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 home and

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 the visible

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 church.

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 This is what

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 the text says

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 about little

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 children and

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 about parents

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 but what does

00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:25.860
 the text say

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 about Jesus?

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 We'll come

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 back to what

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 I just said.

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 It says

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 that Jesus

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 has something

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 to give

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 little children.

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 Jesus has

00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:36.060
 something to give

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 to little

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 children that

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 the parents of

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 these children

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 cannot give.

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 You see

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 parents can

00:14:43.040 --> 00:14:43.460
 give life

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 can't you?

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 You can

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 make provision

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 you can

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 materially

00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:46.879
 provide for

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 your children

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 give them

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 sustenance.

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 Parents can

00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:51.980
 even bring

00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.420
 their children

00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:52.779
 to the

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 saviour.

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 Parents can

00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:56.519
 point their

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 children to

00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:57.779
 the saviour

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 by the means

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 of grace

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 as we've

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 just seen

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 but parents

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 cannot give

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 their children

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 new hearts.

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 Can you?

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 There's no

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 doubt that

00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:09.899
 these parents

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 in our

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 story had

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 themselves

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 put their

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 hands upon

00:15:12.920 --> 00:15:13.399
 the children

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 and prayed

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 for them.

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 But it is

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 Jesus' touch

00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:18.000
 that these

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 children need.

00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:21.080
 It is Jesus'

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 blessing.

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 It is Jesus'

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 intercession.

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 That is what

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 these parents

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 can give.

00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:28.639
 John Trapp

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 was a Puritan.

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 He had 12

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 children,

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 four of whom

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 died in

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 childhood.

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 And he

00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:35.560
 commented on

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 this passage.

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 He says,

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 we must

00:15:38.479 --> 00:15:39.159
 present our

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 children to

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 Christ by

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 training them

00:15:42.099 --> 00:15:42.539
 up in

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 God's holy

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 fear,

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 beseeching

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 God to

00:15:46.739 --> 00:15:47.479
 persuade their

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 hearts.

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 For we

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 may speak

00:15:51.359 --> 00:15:52.339
 persuasively,

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 but God

00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:55.699
 only persuades.

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 As Rebecca

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 cooked the

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 meat, but

00:16:00.599 --> 00:16:01.159
 it was Isaac

00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.699
 only who

00:16:01.699 --> 00:16:02.039
 gave the

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 blessing.

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 parents to

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 be unsparingly

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 active and

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 diligent in

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 the use of

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 means.

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 But they

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 must also

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 passively wait

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 in full

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 dependence and

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 trust upon

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 the Lord,

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 the blessing

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 giver, to

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 bestow his

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 salvation on

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 their children

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 in his good

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 time.

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 So much

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 then,

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 after braiding

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 the little

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 children.

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 Secondly,

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 let's move

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 on to

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 forbidding the

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 little children.

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 Let's look at

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 the second part

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 of verses

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 13 and 14.

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 the disciples

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 rebuked the

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 people.

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 But Jesus

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 said, let

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 the little

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 children come

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 to me and

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 do not hinder

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 them, for

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 such belongs

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 the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 And we

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 read, don't

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 we, it's a

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 very strong

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 word at the

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 end of verse

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 13, the

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 disciples

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 rebuked

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 them.

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 That is to

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 say, they

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 rebuked the

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 parents who

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 were bringing

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 the children

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 in verse

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 13.

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 So the

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 amazing thing

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 is that here

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 are Jesus'

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 closest friends

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 and they

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 stand between

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 the parents

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 and the

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 source of

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 blessing for

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 their children.

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 I think it's

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 hard to

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 imagine a

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 more discouraging

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 thing than

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 verse 13.

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 these parents

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 in this

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 situation.

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 They would

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 scratch our

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 heads and

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 say, why

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 the stern

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 rebuke for

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 these loving

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 parents from

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 the disciples?

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 You read the

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 commentators,

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 they're all

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 over the map

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 on this.

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 Maybe the

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 disciples felt

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 that Jesus

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 was too

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 busy, too

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 important for

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 their own

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 children.

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 It's quite

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 possible.

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 That this

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 prejudice is

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 coming in

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 here.

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 There's lots

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 of talk about

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 the culture.

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 But actually

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 we don't have

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 to guess the

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 reason it's

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 given to us

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 in verse 14.

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 Jesus shows

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 us that

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 the disciples

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 have got a

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 theological

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 problem.

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 That's the

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 issue.

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 As well as

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 the prejudicial

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 one.

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 And their

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 issue is not

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 so much with

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 the parents,

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 but it is

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 with their

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 view of the

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 children.

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 And Jesus

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 shows in

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 verse 14

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 that the

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 disciples,

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 when they

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 rebuke the

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 parents,

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 secondly,

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 they forbid

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 the little

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 children.

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 And let

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 me say

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 that again.

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 The

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 disciples are

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 rebuking the

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 parents, but

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 in so doing,

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 what the

00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:30.960
 disciples are

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 doing is

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 they are

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 forbidding the

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 little children.

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 Can you see

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 the connection?

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 Jesus says,

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 don't hit them,

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 hinder them,

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 don't forbid

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 them.

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 That's obviously

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 what they were

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 doing.

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 Look closely at

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 what the text

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 says.

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 It says the

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 disciples rebuked

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 them, that is

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 the parents, but

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 Jesus said,

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 let the little

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 children come to

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 me and do

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 not forbid

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 them.

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 You wouldn't

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 say that unless

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 they were

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 forbidding them.

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 Because the

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 little children

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 of such is the

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.339
 kingdom of

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 heaven.

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 Do you see

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 the implication

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 of what's

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 being said?

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 The disciples

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 are assuming

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 that little

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 children are

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 not of the

00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.000
 kingdom of

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 heaven.

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.959
 They have a

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 theological

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.000
 problem.

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 They have a

00:19:11.439 --> 00:19:12.459
 wrong theology

00:19:12.459 --> 00:19:12.859
 of little

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 children, if

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 you want to

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 put it that

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 way.

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 They assume

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 that these

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 little ones,

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 they are

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 incapable of

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 being subjects

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 of the

00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:18.539
 king.

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 They are

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 too little

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 to understand.

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 For what

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 they did not

00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.279
 understand, and

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.639
 what they did

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 not reckon, is

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 that this

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 king does

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 not overlook

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 even the

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 weakest of

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 his subjects.

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 Even the

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 tiniest.

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 In fact, Jesus

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 has been

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.480
 warning them,

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 chapter 18,

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 about putting

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 stumbling

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 blocks in the

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 way of the

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.159
 most vulnerable

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 and overlooked

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 people.

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 You remember

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 back in

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.959
 18, verses

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 5 and 6,

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 whoever receives

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 one such child,

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 one such little

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 one in my

00:19:50.080 --> 00:19:50.560
 name receives

00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:50.840
 me, but

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 whoever causes

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 one of these

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 little ones

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:52.900
 who believe

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.300
 in me to

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 sin, it

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.340
 would be

00:19:54.340 --> 00:19:54.680
 better for

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:54.860
 him to

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 have a

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 great millstone

00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.060
 fastened

00:19:56.060 --> 00:19:56.300
 around his

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 neck, and

00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.320
 be drowned

00:19:58.320 --> 00:19:58.600
 in the

00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:59.060
 depths of

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 the sea.

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 So take

00:20:04.020 --> 00:20:04.280
 heed.

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 And then

00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:08.000
 verse 10,

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 see to it

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.360
 then that

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 none of you

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:10.800
 despise one

00:20:10.800 --> 00:20:11.040
 of these

00:20:11.040 --> 00:20:11.820
 little ones.

00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:13.980
 And again,

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:15.080
 we shake

00:20:15.080 --> 00:20:15.620
 our heads

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.240
 and say

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.500
 these are

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.280
 short

00:20:17.280 --> 00:20:17.820
 memories,

00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:18.440
 didn't

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:18.680
 they?

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:20.980
 they rebuked

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.600
 the parents

00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:22.080
 and the

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:22.600
 disciples are

00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:23.200
 forbidding the

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.560
 children.

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.500
 And then

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:25.960
 the disciples

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.620
 are rebuked

00:20:26.620 --> 00:20:27.539
 by Jesus.

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.100
 A.B.

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.640
 Bruce says,

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 our Lord did

00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:32.960
 not thank his

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.940
 disciples for

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:34.600
 thus guarding

00:20:34.600 --> 00:20:35.620
 his person from

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.460
 the intrusion

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.920
 like a band of

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.480
 overzealous

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.039
 policemen.

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.120
 Our Lord did

00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:42.779
 not thank them.

00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:44.640
 In fact,

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.220
 Mark 10,

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.820
 verse 14,

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.500
 says that

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.399
 Jesus was

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:48.720
 greatly

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.039
 displeased.

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.159
 In Matthew's

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:53.419
 account,

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.240
 that kind of

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.039
 displeasure is

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.779
 shown by a

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.259
 public

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.919
 contradiction

00:20:56.919 --> 00:20:57.220
 of the

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.559
 disciples'

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.000
 attitude.

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.599
 There they

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:00.980
 are with

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.419
 the multitude.

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 No,

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:01.799
 no,

00:21:01.899 --> 00:21:02.460
 you can't

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:02.819
 bring them

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:04.099
 here and

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.599
 Jesus cuts

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:04.899
 them off.

00:21:04.939 --> 00:21:05.319
 It's very

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.779
 embarrassing

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.119
 for the

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:06.439
 disciples.

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.799
 Jesus is

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.740
 most displeased

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.659
 when we put

00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:10.439
 stumbling blocks

00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:10.939
 in the way of

00:21:10.939 --> 00:21:11.419
 little children

00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:12.039
 coming to him.

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:15.180
 And again,

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.579
 we say,

00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:16.000
 how can the

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.559
 disciples be

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.339
 so mean?

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.940
 In what

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.299
 ways can

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.700
 each of us

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:21.899
 do the

00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:22.319
 same thing?

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.559
 How can

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.899
 the little

00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:26.099
 children be

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.480
 forbidden,

00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:27.159
 even by

00:21:27.159 --> 00:21:28.200
 well-meaning

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.960
 disciples of

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.319
 the day?

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:32.940
 Well,

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.579
 one way it

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:33.920
 can happen

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.399
 is quite

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:34.759
 simple.

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.879
 It's by

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.700
 erecting

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.279
 theological

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.220
 barriers.

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:41.680
 So,

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.220
 it's easy

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.680
 to point

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:42.920
 a Roman

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.180
 Catholic

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.640
 theology.

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.480
 The Roman

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.620
 Catholic

00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:47.180
 catechism

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.600
 says,

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.319
 by baptism

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.000
 all sins

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.500
 are forgiven,

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.140
 original

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.539
 sin,

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.200
 all personal

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.539
 sin,

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:52.400
 as well

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:52.640
 as all

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:52.920
 personal

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.279
 sin.

00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:55.539
 Well,

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.100
 if that

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.700
 happened at

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.259
 baptism,

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.860
 why do you

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.299
 need Jesus?

00:21:59.380 --> 00:21:59.620
 Why would

00:21:59.620 --> 00:21:59.880
 you come

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.259
 to Jesus?

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.220
 I grew

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.019
 up as

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.500
 a

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.819
 Baptist.

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:08.460
 and

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.159
 children

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:09.500
 of

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.879
 believers,

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.480
 if you

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:10.960
 push them

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.139
 out,

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.399
 although

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:11.899
 thankfully

00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:12.559
 their

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:12.980
 practice

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.579
 is a

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:13.659
 lot

00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:13.819
 better

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:13.960
 than

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.119
 their

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.519
 theology,

00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:16.379
 if you

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.779
 push them,

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.259
 children are

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.939
 often regarded

00:22:17.939 --> 00:22:18.460
 as not

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.839
 different

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.759
 from pagans

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.519
 and stators.

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:23.259
 They can't

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.939
 be saved

00:22:23.939 --> 00:22:25.019
 until they

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:26.279
 profess faith

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.619
 and are

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.179
 baptised.

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.059
 There's this

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:29.059
 really mysterious

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:30.019
 age of

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.579
 accountability

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:33.779
 that's been

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.679
 invented and

00:22:34.679 --> 00:22:35.099
 seems to

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.779
 change from

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.259
 author to

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.579
 author.

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 And before

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.220
 which point,

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.740
 before the

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.200
 age of

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.660
 accountability,

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.339
 whatever that

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.740
 is,

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.220
 all children

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.500
 go to

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.680
 heaven.

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:45.700
 And of

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:45.819
 course,

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.299
 Jesus might

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.599
 well have

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:46.899
 sent these

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.160
 children

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.559
 packing,

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:47.940
 mightn't he?

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.119
 And he

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:48.319
 might have

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.440
 said,

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.799
 oh listen,

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.539
 can you

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:49.799
 bring them

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.139
 back to

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:50.379
 me when

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.559
 they've

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:50.720
 reached

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:50.980
 the age

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.079
 of

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.460
 accountability?

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.359
 They're

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:53.920
 good to

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.339
 go then.

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.139
 Now,

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.440
 what he

00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:00.299
 does is

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.700
 very different

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:00.960
 isn't it?

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 But closer

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.539
 to home,

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:01.920
 I think we

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.460
 can adapt.

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.720
 We can

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.500
 adopt practical

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.879
 barriers.

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.240
 We run

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.580
 the same

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:05.980
 risk.

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.040
 More often

00:23:09.040 --> 00:23:09.260
 than not,

00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:09.620
 we can

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.060
 fail to

00:23:10.060 --> 00:23:10.680
 instruct our

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:10.980
 children.

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.780
 Remember that

00:23:11.780 --> 00:23:12.840
 baptismal vow we

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.620
 ask of parents

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.060
 that they will

00:23:14.060 --> 00:23:14.960
 teach their

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.200
 children?

00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:17.100
 They will set a

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.640
 good example.

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.760
 We may of

00:23:20.760 --> 00:23:21.480
 course fall short

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.220
 by neglecting to

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.640
 teach them at

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:22.820
 all.

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.400
 We may

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:25.080
 forbid the

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.720
 little children

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.700
 by discouraging

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.860
 their involvement

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.359
 in the life

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.619
 of the

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.079
 church.

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.240
 So we

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.539
 believe,

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:35.759
 don't we,

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.159
 that preaching

00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.959
 is a means

00:23:36.959 --> 00:23:37.740
 of grace.

00:23:39.479 --> 00:23:40.179
 It's how

00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:41.319
 God chooses

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.199
 to strengthen

00:23:42.199 --> 00:23:43.359
 our faith.

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.579
 And so,

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.679
 as you know,

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.519
 we are against

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.279
 children being

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.379
 sent out of

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:50.759
 worship.

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:53.119
 because we

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.900
 want children

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.680
 to have

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.680
 access to

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.220
 the means

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.700
 of grace.

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.000
 They want

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.400
 to understand

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.799
 everything.

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.140
 This is

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.940
 children's

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.579
 church.

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.539
 Let the

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:05.960
 little children

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.519
 come to me.

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.359
 They are

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:09.839
 covenant

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.500
 members,

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:10.879
 and as

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.740
 members of

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.299
 the visible

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.119
 church,

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.979
 and how

00:24:13.979 --> 00:24:14.599
 easy it

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:14.879
 is to

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.059
 view

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.359
 children

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:15.679
 as a

00:24:15.679 --> 00:24:16.519
 nuisance.

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.139
 Listen,

00:24:18.239 --> 00:24:18.859
 1 Thessalonians

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.439
 5 verse

00:24:19.439 --> 00:24:19.979
 14,

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:20.759
 Paul says,

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.239
 we urge

00:24:21.239 --> 00:24:21.799
 you brothers,

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:23.059
 admonish the

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.319
 idle,

00:24:23.479 --> 00:24:24.039
 encourage the

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.559
 faint-hearted,

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.159
 help the

00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:25.359
 weak,

00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:25.959
 be patient

00:24:25.959 --> 00:24:26.279
 with them

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.599
 all.

00:24:26.719 --> 00:24:26.899
 And

00:24:26.899 --> 00:24:27.299
 children

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.879
 need

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.359
 patience

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:28.919
 sometimes,

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.219
 don't

00:24:29.219 --> 00:24:29.479
 they?

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:32.939
 Children

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.319
 need

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.819
 patience

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.179
 from

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:34.959
 parents

00:24:34.959 --> 00:24:35.859
 and the

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.239
 church.

00:24:39.239 --> 00:24:39.839
 And so

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.239
 when they're

00:24:40.239 --> 00:24:41.119
 being trained

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:42.039
 for worship

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.839
 and their

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.299
 noisy,

00:24:46.679 --> 00:24:47.099
 we must

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.259
 not

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.859
 harumph.

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.679
 You know,

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.000
 churches,

00:24:49.399 --> 00:24:50.099
 we see that

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.379
 sometimes,

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.939
 when there's

00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:51.379
 a noisy

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:51.879
 child,

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.859
 and the

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.439
 poor

00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:53.939
 parent

00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:54.819
 maybe

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.119
 doesn't

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.379
 take them

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:55.639
 out as

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.079
 quickly as

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.439
 they should,

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.059
 and the

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.399
 person

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.319
 harumphs,

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.980
 or just

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.480
 glances

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.039
 over.

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:01.679
 But we

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.019
 don't want

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.119
 that,

00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:02.759
 be patient,

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:03.439
 chill out,

00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:03.859
 alright?

00:25:06.199 --> 00:25:06.639
 Mums,

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.139
 particularly

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.599
 mums,

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.519
 don't feel,

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.879
 don't pull

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.099
 up with

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.619
 harumphing.

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.159
 We're

00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:13.359
 very

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.679
 grateful

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:13.959
 to have

00:25:13.959 --> 00:25:14.099
 your

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.379
 children

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.720
 here.

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.220
 Children

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.459
 need

00:25:17.459 --> 00:25:17.779
 patience

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:17.959
 from

00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:18.399
 parents,

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.599
 don't

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:18.799
 they?

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.879
 And they

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.079
 need

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.399
 patience

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.599
 from

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:22.740
 the

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.059
 church.

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.139
 I'm

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.359
 probably

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.579
 more

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.179
 like this,

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:28.259
 we can

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.920
 forbid the

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.080
 little

00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:29.460
 children

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.720
 by making

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.060
 the way

00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:31.460
 of Jesus

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.779
 seem

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.259
 unpleasant.

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.160
 By

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:36.140
 making

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.680
 the way

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.200
 of Jesus

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.740
 seem

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.539
 unpleasant.

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.380
 And of

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.539
 course,

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.380
 I know

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.299
 that the

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.900
 way of

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.160
 Jesus

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.519
 is a

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:43.779
 narrow

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.100
 way,

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.360
 and there

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.620
 is a

00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:44.920
 cross

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.920
 which we

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.140
 must

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.860
 take up

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.299
 daily.

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.400
 But we've

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.720
 got to ask,

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.060
 do our

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.620
 lives and

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:52.420
 discipline,

00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:53.299
 display great

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.960
 grace to our

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.240
 children,

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.779
 do we show

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.200
 that following

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.759
 Jesus is

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.299
 the best

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.759
 life?

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.500
 That his

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.039
 yoke is

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.420
 easy and

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.980
 his burden

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.960
 is light.

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.819
 What do we

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.279
 harden our

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.779
 hearts against

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.519
 the gospel

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.380
 by legalism?

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.660
 There are

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.160
 little ones

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.460
 out there

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.779
 that have

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.299
 been turned

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.920
 away from

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.580
 Jesus because

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.019
 they've been

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.880
 taught all

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:17.140
 law and

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.680
 they've not

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.180
 been taught

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.720
 as clearly

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.360
 the gospel

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:19.980
 of redeeming

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.360
 grace.

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.240
 It's

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.799
 possible to

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:25.180
 portray

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:26.380
 God more

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.799
 as a

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.279
 threatening

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.100
 judge than

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.440
 as a

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.779
 loving

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.380
 father.

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:29.820
 And if

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 we do

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.500
 that we've

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.759
 got the

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.620
 gospel wrong.

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 Do we

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.660
 model a

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.120
 joyful

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.600
 Christian

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:39.660
 life and

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.180
 show before

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.560
 the little

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:41.120
 ones that

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 the best

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.860
 day of

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.320
 all days

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:42.799
 is Sunday,

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.380
 the best

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.779
 place to

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.000
 be of

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.500
 all places

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.960
 to be,

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.640
 is to be

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.120
 with God's

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.420
 people.

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.299
 And the

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.759
 best life

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.060
 to live

00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:49.299
 is the

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.539
 Christian

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.900
 life.

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.440
 And do

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.820
 we urge

00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.160
 them to be

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:54.039
 participants in

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.840
 church or do

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.099
 we make

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.339
 it a

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.639
 chore?

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:55.980
 Do we

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.419
 encourage

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:56.939
 them simply

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:57.199
 to be

00:26:57.199 --> 00:26:58.079
 spectators in

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.379
 worship?

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.899
 And all

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.299
 of this is

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.799
 forbidding the

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.279
 little children.

00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:03.279
 Jesus loves

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.699
 the little

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.079
 children.

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.039
 So let me

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.359
 speak to the

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.679
 little children

00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:09.939
 if you're

00:27:09.939 --> 00:27:10.199
 awake.

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:13.039
 How can you

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.419
 come to

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:13.819
 Jesus?

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.079
 Come to

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.659
 Jesus by

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.119
 going to

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.539
 the places

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.059
 where he

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.359
 will meet

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:18.799
 with you.

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.480
 Jesus

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.179
 already met

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:22.519
 with you

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.759
 when you

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:22.859
 were

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.179
 baptized.

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.600
 You

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:23.900
 don't

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.180
 remember

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.440
 that.

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.000
 You

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.100
 were

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.279
 little

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.700
 babies.

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.320
 But now

00:27:29.320 --> 00:27:29.680
 you are

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:29.940
 older,

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.299
 you can

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.680
 meet with

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:30.960
 Jesus

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.340
 when you

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.640
 pray.

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.840
 When you

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.160
 pray you

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.660
 find a

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.200
 quiet place

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.539
 to talk

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.759
 to him.

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:35.980
 When you

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.180
 meet

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.560
 Jesus

00:27:36.560 --> 00:27:36.880
 as he

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.240
 reads

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.460
 the

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.799
 Bible.

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.180
 You

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.519
 read the

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.759
 Bible.

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.000
 Mum and

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.220
 Dad,

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.519
 when they

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.940
 read the

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.519
 Bible to

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.740
 you,

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.200
 what about

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.480
 family

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:44.840
 worship?

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.360
 You ask

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:47.840
 questions,

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.160
 what does

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.519
 that mean

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:48.759
 Dad,

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:48.960
 what does

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.340
 that mean

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.620
 Mum?

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:52.639
 read the

00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:53.139
 Bible to

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.379
 you.

00:27:54.459 --> 00:27:54.959
 When you

00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:55.299
 come here

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.779
 to worship

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.099
 in church,

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:56.399
 I hope

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:56.959
 you sing,

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.699
 I hope

00:27:58.699 --> 00:27:59.279
 you pray,

00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.639
 I hope

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.059
 you listen

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.419
 well.

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.219
 Because

00:28:02.219 --> 00:28:02.500
 Jesus

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.779
 says,

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.159
 all of

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:03.439
 us need

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:03.799
 to hear

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.079
 this,

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.839
 let the

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.079
 little

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.599
 children

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.859
 come to

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.179
 me.

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.819
 And

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.239
 this

00:28:10.239 --> 00:28:10.859
 is

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.719
 your

00:28:11.719 --> 00:28:12.799
 church.

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:17.700
 for

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:17.960
 the

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.099
 little

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.279
 children

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.460
 and

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.720
 finally

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.159
 blessing

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.339
 the

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.460
 little

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.700
 children.

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:19.940
 Let's

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.220
 go back

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.319
 to

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.539
 verses

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:20.940
 14

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.099
 and

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.419
 15.

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.819
 But

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.000
 Jesus

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.200
 said,

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.440
 let the

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.599
 little

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:24.859
 children

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.259
 come to

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.460
 me and

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.680
 do not

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:25.859
 hinder

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.139
 them for

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.379
 such

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.539
 for

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.799
 long as

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:26.899
 the

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.079
 kingdom

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.259
 of

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.440
 heaven.

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.599
 And

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:27.680
 he

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:27.899
 laid

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.059
 his

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.339
 hands

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:28.519
 on

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.700
 them.

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.399
 And

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:29.500
 he

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.839
 departed

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.059
 from

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.180
 there.

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.240


00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.379
 ran

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:30.639
 away.

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.039
 And

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.240
 we've

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.419
 seen

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:32.539
 the

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:32.960
 little

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.220
 children

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.460
 have

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.559
 to

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:33.700
 come

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:33.839
 to

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.099
 Jesus

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.299
 on

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.419
 the

00:28:34.419 --> 00:28:34.700
 arms

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:34.859
 of

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.119
 faith.

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.619
 the

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:35.960
 parents

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.319
 disappointed.

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.680
 And

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:45.859
 the

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.079
 son

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.259
 of

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.539
 God

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.139
 bestows

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.480
 on

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.399
 these

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:48.619
 little

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:48.859
 ones

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.019
 his

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.500
 benediction.

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:49.799
 He

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.240
 blesses

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.359
 the

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:50.519
 little

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.819
 children.

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.240
 He

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.700
 responds

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:51.960
 to

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.079
 the

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.299
 faith

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.419
 of

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:52.519
 the

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.940
 parents.

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.639
 And

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:54.740
 he

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:54.940
 lays

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.119
 his

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.399
 hands

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.639
 on

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:55.859
 them.

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.059
 Because

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.259
 he

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.659
 says,

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:57.859
 of

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.159
 such

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.319
 are

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.440
 the

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.680
 kingdom

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:58.879
 of

00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.119
 heaven.

00:28:59.419 --> 00:28:59.599
 He

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.039
 doesn't

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.399
 say,

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.220
 theirs

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.460
 is the

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:01.639
 kingdom

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:01.779
 of

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:01.919
 heaven

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.059
 when

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.159
 they

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:02.399
 reach

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:02.519
 the

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.839
 magical

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.099
 age

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.200
 of

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.539
 accountability.

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.259
 He

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.519
 doesn't

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.720
 say,

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.139
 theirs

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.159
!

00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:06.399
 is the

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:06.539
 kingdom

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:06.700
 when

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:06.799
 they

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.259
 heaven

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.599
 as

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:14.819
 little

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.240
 children.

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.440
 What

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.539
 does

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:16.639
 the

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:16.759
 kingdom

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:16.919
 of

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.059
 heaven

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.460
 mean?

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.379
 It

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.599
 means

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:18.720
 in

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.099
 Matthew's

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.379
 gospel

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.619
 the

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.039
 saving

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.440
 rule

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.619
 of

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:20.899
 heaven

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.480
 through

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.940
 God's

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.299
 appointed

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.599
 King

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:22.859
 Jesus

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.259
 Christ.

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.000
 So

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.500
 to belong

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.819
 to the

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.039
 kingdom

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.440
 is to be

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.000
 a personal

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.519
 subject

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.919
 of

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.359
 King

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.619
 Jesus

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.059
 Christ.

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.139
 And

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.240
 we

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.559
 become

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:30.779
 his

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.159
 subject

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.419
 not

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:31.639
 because

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:31.779
 of

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.019
 something

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.359
 we

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.759
 do,

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.399
 not

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.619
 because

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:33.740
 of

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:33.940
 something

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.159
 we

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.279
 have

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.720
 done,

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.440
 rather

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.839
 because

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.059
 he

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.240
 has

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.599
 done

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.980
 something.

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.579
 He

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.899
 has

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.399
 blessed

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:40.779
 us.

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.440
 Let me

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.659
 read to

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.059
 you again

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.759
 from

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:45.899
 the

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.139
 larger

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.779
 catechism.

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.139
 And let

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.220
 me

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.539
 read to

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.700
 you

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:48.940
 from

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.379
 question

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.200
 62

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:52.139
 about

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.339
 who

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.419
 is

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:52.659
 part

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:52.759
 of

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:52.879
 the

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.200
 church.

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:58.619
 What

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:58.879
 is the

00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.119
 visible

00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.480
 church?

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.940
 The

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.180
 visible

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.759
 church,

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.240
 what you

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.740
 can see

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.440
 in a

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.839
 church is

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.559
 a society

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.339
 made up

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.480
 of all

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.419
 such as

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:07.839
 in all

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.500
 ages

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.599
 and places

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.119
 of the

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.599
 world

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:12.159
 to profess

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.579
 the true

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.059
 religion

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:15.059
 and of

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.240
 their

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.619
 children.

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:18.220
 And I

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.519
 put it

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:18.699
 to you,

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.059
 if Jesus

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.579
 says little

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.059
 children are

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.779
 subjects of

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.359
 his kingdom,

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.240
 then they

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.599
 are to be

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.319
 afforded the

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:24.119
 privileges of

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.519
 the kingdom,

00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.359
 the means of

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.000
 grace to

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.679
 bring them to

00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:27.039
 a full

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.599
 understanding

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:27.839
 of the

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.199
 faith.

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:30.839
 And of

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:30.919
 course,

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.199
 I want to

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:31.500
 argue,

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:31.839
 don't I,

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.539
 that baptism

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.699
 is the

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.519
 means to

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.179
 admittance,

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.699
 that is the

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.359
 entrance point

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.579
 of participating

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:37.980
 in those

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.359
 blessings.

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:40.939
 And at

00:30:40.939 --> 00:30:41.439
 this point,

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.659
 the

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.199
 Baptists

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.980
 will say

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.519
 to me,

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.620
 hang on

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:44.940
 a minute,

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.539
 there's no

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.980
 mention of

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.640
 water baptism.

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.259
 It's not

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.700
 mentioned in

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.120
 this text.

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.900
 Why do you

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.380
 pedo-baptists

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.120
 always bring

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.000
 water baptism

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.480
 into Jesus'

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.000
 blessing with

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.240
 children?

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.640
 And you're

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:55.900
 right.

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.500
 But I

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.620
 don't

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.200
 argue with

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.440
 you that

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.799
 you shouldn't

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.480
 expect it

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.799
 to be

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.160
 mentioned

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.880
 because the

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.340
 sacrament of

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:01.680
 baptism

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.180
 doesn't come

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.740
 until Matthew

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.440
 28 verse

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.960
 19,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.000
 when Jesus

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.799
 institutes it.

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.180
 Jesus

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.079
 and this

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.539
 passage is

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.740
 not

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.419
 illustrative

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:11.099
 of infant

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.619
 baptism,

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.779
 but we

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.259
 have to

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.700
 say it

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.180
 is

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.859
 illustrative

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.919
 of covenant

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.539
 theology

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.119
 that's behind

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.399
 it.

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.899
 The promise

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.419
 of God.

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.119
 We can

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.859
 say and

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.579
 argue that

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.319
 all the

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.899
 component

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:26.379
 parts of

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.740
 infant

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.599
 baptism are

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.180
 here minus

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.680
 the water.

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.919
 Parents

00:31:30.919 --> 00:31:31.740
 bringing their

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.379
 children to

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.980
 Jesus by

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.879
 faith in the

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.559
 promises of

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.919
 the covenant

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.480
 of grace.

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.180
 Jesus

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:37.019
 blessing each

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.500
 child

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.240
 individually,

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.420
 bringing them

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.140
 all the

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.759
 privileges of

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.120
 the visible

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.560
 church.

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:43.620
 And you

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.160
 may ask,

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:44.840
 does this

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.380
 make the

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:46.039
 grace of

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:47.039
 baptism an

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.620
 automatic

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.220
 thing?

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:48.519
 And I

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.740
 want to

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:48.940
 say to

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:48.980
 you,

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:49.420
 of course

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.740
 not.

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.380
 Listen

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:54.080
 again to

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.220
 our

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.680
 confession.

00:31:55.800 --> 00:31:56.480
 Baptism is

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.240
 a sacrament

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.880
 of the

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.160
 New

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.620
 Testament.

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.980
 Paragraph

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.340
 6,

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.060
 chapter

00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:03.660
 28.

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:05.040
 The

00:32:05.040 --> 00:32:05.519
 efficacy,

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:05.779
 the

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.140
 efficiency

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.380
 of

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.720
 baptism

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.080
 is not

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:07.720
 tied to

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:07.880
 that

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.340
 moment

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.580
 in

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:08.860
 time

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.019
 where

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.160
 it's

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.580
 administered.

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.000
 Yet

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.279
 not

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.860
 withstanding

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:12.300
 by the

00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:13.100
 right use

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:13.480
 of this

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.940
 ordinance,

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.740
 that grace

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:16.019
 promise is

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.400
 not only

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.800
 offered,

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.660
 but rarely

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:18.800
 exhibited and

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.560
 conferred by

00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:19.840
 the Holy

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:21.220
 Spirit to

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.779
 such whether

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.279
 of age

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.580
 when they're

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:23.140
 adults or

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.580
 infants,

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.080
 as that

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.480
 grace

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.120
 belongs

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:26.820
 according to

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.360
 the counsel

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.120
 of God's

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.660
 own will

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.980
 in his

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.340
 appointed

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:30.720
 time.

00:32:30.800 --> 00:32:31.180
 What that's

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.519
 saying is

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.019
 that baptism

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.820
 doesn't save

00:32:32.820 --> 00:32:33.060
 you.

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:37.180
 And we

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.700
 know all

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.120
 too well

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.500
 don't we

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.300
 that tragically

00:32:39.300 --> 00:32:39.660
 there will

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.140
 be some

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.500
 covenant

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.120
 children that

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.840
 go away

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.220
 and they

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.620
 will become

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:42.980
 covenant

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.640
 breakers.

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.740
 And even

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.420
 so God

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.140
 is sovereign

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:48.060
 in salvation

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:48.600
 and we

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:49.320
 anticipate

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:50.440
 by faith

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.080
 in him

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.560
 and in

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:52.240
 his promise

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.240
 and the

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.620
 diligent

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.600
 use of

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:55.400
 the means

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.540
 of the

00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:57.019
 reality

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.300
 which

00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:57.740
 baptism

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.420
 symbolizes

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.960
 that it

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.400
 will be

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.019
 effective to

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.560
 that child

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:01.220
 in God's

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.779
 good time.

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.480
 Jesus

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.220
 lays his

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.500
 hands

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:03.920
 on them.

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.700
 And that's

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:05.980
 the hope

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.299
 of every

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.599
 Christian

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.079
 parent.

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.240
 As they

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.980
 hold of

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.279
 God's

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.519
 covenant

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.960
 blessing

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.480
 in bringing

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.799
 little

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.139
 children.

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.920
 Forbidding

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.160
 little

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.639
 children and

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:15.920
 blessing

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.200
 little

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.420
 children.

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.799
 As I

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.240
 close let

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.519
 me just

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.779
 give a

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.259
 brief word.

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.660
 How does

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.019
 Jesus

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.779
 obtain the

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.119
 blessing

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.579
 for little

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:20.879
 children?

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:22.980
 There's a

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.500
 little detail

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.000
 isn't there

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.019
 that the

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.660
 passage closes

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.000
 with.

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:28.619
 He laid

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.019
 his hands

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.480
 on them.

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.539
 Verse 15

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.019
 He went

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.400
 away.

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.440
 He departed

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.960
 from there.

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:34.960
 It's a

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.140
 really

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:36.259
 interesting

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.579
 verb

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:36.880
 that

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.500
 Matthew

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.900
 is using.

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.740
 It conveys

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.339
 proceeding.

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.119
 He's going

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.460
 back on

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.859
 his journey.

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.099
 Jesus

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.900
 has paused

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.339
 at the start

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.720
 of Matthew

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.400
 19 and

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:45.839
 he's blessed

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.339
 the children

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.099
 for now

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.380
 he's on

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.640
 his way

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.119
 back to

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.500
 Jerusalem.

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.819
 And why

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.259
 Jerusalem?

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.940
 He's told

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.380
 his disciples

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.019
 twice to me

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.359
 he'll go

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.740
 and he'll

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.279
 suffer many

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:55.240
 things from

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.599
 the elders

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:55.859
 and the

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.439
 chief priests

00:33:56.439 --> 00:33:56.759
 and the

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.139
 scribes

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.419
 and he'll

00:33:57.419 --> 00:33:57.859
 be killed

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.399
 and raised

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:58.679
 on the

00:33:58.679 --> 00:33:59.299
 third day.

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.019
 He laid

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.419
 his hands

00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:02.819
 on them

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:04.579
 and he

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.000
 departed

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.799
 from there

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:07.500
 to the

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.899
 cross.

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.319
 The cross.

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.699
 And as he

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.099
 did throughout

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.400
 the Old

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.960
 Testament he

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.679
 blesses these

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.159
 little ones

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.960
 prospectively

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.819
 and now he

00:34:16.819 --> 00:34:17.319
 must depart

00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:17.759
 from there

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:19.480
 to fetch

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.219
 the blessing

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:20.839
 that he has

00:34:20.839 --> 00:34:21.460
 imparted

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.779
 for them

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:25.139
 upon them.

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.679
 And since

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.559
 Jesus has

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.699
 died to

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.480
 obtain a

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.339
 blessing for

00:34:30.339 --> 00:34:30.799
 such as

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.279
 these let

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:31.739
 us bring

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.259
 our little

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.799
 children to

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.239
 Jesus.

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:35.099
 Let nothing

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.900
 and no one

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.519
 forbid them.

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:38.860
 And if we

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.360
 have no

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.880
 children of

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.500
 our own we

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.179
 all know

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.699
 children.

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.539
 And let us

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.000
 bring them to

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.679
 Jesus and

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.319
 pray for them

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 because Jesus

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 loves our

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 little

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 children.

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