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 Over the last few weeks, we've been looking at the book of Hebrews.

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 And if you remember from week one, when we were talking about Hebrews,

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 we mentioned the fact that William Barclay said there was many difficulties that we can experience when looking at the book of Hebrews.

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 There's many things that that are difficult for us to understand, possibly from our cultural standpoint of not having a Jewish background in different things.

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 And there's so many things that it could be difficult to understand at times.

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 And if I'm honest, this week was one of those weeks for me as I was studying and diving into this passage.

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 I was just wrestling with the kind of the outline of of what I wanted to use for this this week.

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 And so just wrestling through those things, it was challenging at times.

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 However, after finally arriving at an outline that I was excited about and comfortable with,

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 it was like God just just opened the open the gate.

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 And it was just so easy to see what it is that that he was wanting to speak to me this week.

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 And so I hope and I pray that that is something that comes across to you today.

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 But also say that as an encouragement to you.

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 I think all of us at times have had those moments where we read God's word and we struggle with understanding it,

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 where one day it seems like the words just jump off the page at us.

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 And other times it feels like we have to dig a little deeper.

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 And so I just want to encourage you when those times happen to dig deeper.

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 Many times I can say from personal experience,

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 some of the most meaningful times alone with God and spending that time with him

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 are digging in and diving into his word in a deeper way.

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 And so I want to encourage you with that.

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 Today we're going to be looking at the book of Hebrews chapter 2.

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 We're going to spend our time focusing on verses 5 through 18.

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 And so if you have a copy of God's word with you,

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 I invite you to open with me to Hebrews chapter 2.

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 And we're going to start reading in verse number 5.

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 This is what the word of the Lord says.

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 It says,

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 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come,

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 of which we are speaking.

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 It has been testified somewhere,

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 What is man that you are mindful of him?

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 Or the son of man that you care for him?

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 You made him a little lower than the angels.

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 You have crowned him with glory and honor,

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 putting everything in subjection under his feet.

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 Now in putting everything in subjection to him,

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 he left nothing outside his control.

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 At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him,

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 but we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels,

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 namely Jesus,

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 crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death,

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 so that by the grace of God,

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 he might taste death for everyone.

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 For it was fitting that he,

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 for whom and by whom all things exist,

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 is bringing many sons to glory,

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 should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.

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 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source.

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 That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

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 saying,

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 I will tell of your name to my brothers.

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 In the midst of the congregation,

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 I sing your praise.

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 And again,

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 I will put my trust in him.

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 And again,

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 behold,

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 I and the children God has given me.

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 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood,

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 he himself likewise partook of the same things,

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 that through death,

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 he might destroy the one who has the power of death,

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 that is the devil,

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 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

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 For surely it is not angels that he helps,

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 but he helps the offspring of Abraham.

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 Therefore,

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 he had to be made like his brothers in every respect,

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 so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God,

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 to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

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 For because he himself has suffered when tempted,

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 he is able to help those who are being tempted.

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 In this passage this morning,

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 there's three takeaways that I want us to be able to see clearly.

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 And it's my hope and prayer that by the end of this morning,

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 we will see each of these clearly.

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 Those three things that I want us to be able to see today are,

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 first of all,

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 I want us to be able to see God's plan from this passage.

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 Also,

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 I want us to clearly see how God accomplishes his plan,

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 and finally,

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 what this means for us today.

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 And so to begin with,

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 I want us to take a look at God's plan.

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 What does this passage tell us about God's plan for us?

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 And we see part of this in verses 5 through 8,

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 where it says,

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 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come,

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 of which we are speaking.

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 It has been testified somewhere.

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 What is man that you are mindful of him?

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 Or the son of man that you care for him?

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 You made him a little lower.

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 You made him for a little while lower than the angels.

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 You have crowned him with glory and honor,

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 putting everything in subjection under his feet.

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 Now in putting everything in subjection to him,

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 he left nothing outside his control.

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 At present,

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 we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.

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 We spent some time a couple of weeks ago

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 talking about the significance of angels

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 and the significance of the author declaring

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 that Jesus is superior to the angels

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 when we were looking at chapter 1.

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 In fact,

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 much of chapter 1,

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 when you take a look at it,

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 is spent,

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 there's a lot of real estate that is given to the fact

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 that Jesus is superior,

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 he's greater,

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 he's better than the angels.

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 And this was significant for the audience

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 that he was writing to.

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 They were often seen as,

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 and rightly so,

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 as co-ministers under God's direction.

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 In fact,

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 Kent Hughes talking about the angels,

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 he says,

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 this is what Jacob's vision of the ladder was all about.

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 Because as he looked at the ladder,

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 he saw angels going up to heaven and coming down.

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 The message was clear.

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 There is an angelic commerce between heaven and earth

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 on behalf of God's people.

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 And now the author is going to shake things up

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 a little bit for them.

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 He's going to kind of rattle them a little bit,

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 but when he says,

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 it was not to angels

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 that God subjected the world to come

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 of which we are speaking.

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 Angels are not going to rule the world to come.

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 If God does not use angels to rule the world to come,

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 then who will he use?

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 The answer may come to a,

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 as a surprise to many of us today.

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 And I can promise you

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 that the answer would have greatly surprised

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 this first audience of believers

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 that he was writing to.

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 And the fact is,

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 he's going to use us,

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 his children to rule.

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 God's ultimate intention

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 is to have his kingdom ruled

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 by redeemed men and women.

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 Hughes again notes the significance

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 of this realization

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 when he says,

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 those insignificant people

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 in that Harried House church,

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 a minuscule dot in the Roman Empire,

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 were going to rule everything.

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 No doubt that this would have floored

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 the early church in hearing this news

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 because surely they felt insignificant.

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 Surely they felt like there wasn't much to them.

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 They were just a small body of believers

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 outnumbered by everybody else around them.

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 And so I want to use this

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 as an encouragement to us today.

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 Those moments when you feel insignificant,

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 those moments when you feel like your circumstances

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 or the happenings in your life

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 are weighing in and pressing down

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 where you don't feel significant

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 in the sense of who God is and who you are.

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 Let me encourage you to do something.

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 I want to encourage you

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 maybe to possibly go outside at night.

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 Take a look up at the stars.

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 Encourage you to maybe drive somewhere

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 where there's not as much light pollution.

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 Just to take a look up at the stars

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 where you can see as many stars

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 as you possibly can with a naked eye.

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 Or maybe go on a drive

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 just to take a look at God's creation.

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 Just take a look at all that He has created,

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 all that He's spoken to existence.

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 The mountains, the beach, lakes, valleys,

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 ponds, trees, whatever the case may be.

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 Take a look at all of those things.

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 Stand in awe of God's creation

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 and then remind yourself

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 of the truth that we find in Scripture.

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 That when Jesus left the glory of heaven,

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 lived a humble yet perfect life

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 and then willingly went to the cross,

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 He didn't do that for those stars in the sky.

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 He didn't do that for the mountains

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 and the oceans and the valleys

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 and the ponds and the trees

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 and the animals, all of those things.

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 He didn't do that for them.

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 He did that for you and me,

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 for those that are created in His image.

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 You know, oftentimes when it comes to the question

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 of what it means to be a human,

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 we will either often overshoot

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 or we're undershoot what that means.

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 Some think of humans as little gods.

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 Everything is measured by what we think, feel,

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 and we think that the world revolves around us

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 and our needs and our wants

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 and we are the center of the universe.

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 Others might say that there is nothing significant

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 or unique about us at all.

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 We are no different than anything else.

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 And then others will try to have one foot in each place,

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 in each location of these categories.

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 On the one hand, they talk about

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 how insignificant humanity is in the universe.

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 And on the other hand,

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 they act like everything revolves around them.

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 Michael Kruger gives a sobering reminder

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 when he says this about this passage.

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 He says,

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 it tells us that humans have glory and dignity and honor

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 because we are made in the image of God.

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 And at the same time, we are not God.

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 We are not the measure of all things.

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 We have messed up the world and we need to be redeemed.

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 Again, in verse five, we're told it was not to angels

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 that God subjected the world to come.

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 In other words, humans stand out in creation.

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 We are greater than the angels.

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 And one day we are going to rule the world.

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 But why is this the case?

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 What is his grounds for making this statement?

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 Well, he goes on to say, he says it like this.

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 It has been testified somewhere.

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 You know, it almost sounds like the author here

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 is having a senior moment, you know,

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 where he's like, you know,

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 I believe that somebody somewhere possibly had said this.

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 But that's not the case at all.

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 Because he actually goes on to then perfectly recite

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 and quote Psalm 8, which says,

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 what is man that you are mindful of him

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 or the son of man that you care for him?

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 You made him for a little while lower than the angels.

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 You have crowned him with glory and honor,

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 putting everything in subjection under his feet.

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 God has made us for a special purpose,

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 to reflect his glory.

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 This is part of what it means to be created in his image,

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 to reflect his glory.

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 God made human beings to be the guardians,

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 protectors, and rulers of his world.

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 He intended it that way for his glory and for our blessing.

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 This is why the angels are not given dominion over the world.

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 In fact, in 1 Corinthians 6,

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 we are told that one day we're going to be the ones

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 who are judging the angels.

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 Do you know what that means?

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 I'm not exactly sure either exactly what that means,

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 but it does tell us

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 that there's something distinctively different about us.

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 There's something distinct about human beings.

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 Kruger says,

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 every person, poor or wealthy,

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 notorious sinner or respected member of the community

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 should be shown dignity and honor.

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 And let that be the thought that comes to mind

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 as we seek to serve,

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 as we seek to minister to,

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 as we seek to interact,

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 and maybe even disagree with those that are around us.

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 May we always remember

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 that we are created in the image of God.

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 But verse 8 also reminds us

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 that things are not as they should be.

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 They are not as they should be

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 and that we need help.

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 We need a rescue.

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 We need a savior.

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 It tells us very clearly that we need Jesus.

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 And so the next thing

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 that I want us to take a look at is this,

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 and that is how God accomplishes this plan.

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 We see his plan,

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 but now we want us to see

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 how God accomplishes this plan.

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 Verses 9 through 11, it says this,

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 But we see him who for a little while

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 was made lower than the angels,

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 namely Jesus,

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 crowned with glory and honor

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 because of the suffering of death,

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 so that by the grace of God

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 he might taste death for everyone.

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 For it was fitting that he,

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 for whom and by whom all things exist,

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 in bringing many sons to glory,

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 should make the founder of their salvation

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 perfect through suffering.

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 For he who sanctifies

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 and those who are sanctified

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 all have one source.

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 Primarily, this section

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 is showing us the necessity

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 of Jesus really being human.

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 This section is trying to show us

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 very clearly

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 and the necessity

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 that Jesus Christ was a human.

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 Now, this isn't something

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 that we typically have to convince people of today.

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 This isn't something

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 that we have to make arguments

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 with people today.

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 In fact, most people,

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 whether they're Christians or not,

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 would believe that Jesus actually existed.

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 That it's pretty hard to argue

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 that when you look at the evidence,

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 both in the biblical

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 and extrabiblical evidence

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 that is out there,

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 that Jesus actually existed.

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 No, very few people are arguing that.

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 Very few people are arguing

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 that Jesus actually existed

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 and that he was a human.

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 Today, most people were having

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 to make the argument

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 that he was truly divine,

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 that he actually was God as well.

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 But this wasn't the case,

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 always the case in the first century.

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 In fact, there was a group,

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 there were a number of groups,

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 but most prominently the Gnostics

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 who struggled to believe

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 that Jesus could both be human

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 and God at the same time.

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 For them, since Jesus was divine,

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 they couldn't understand

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 how he could also be a human,

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 how the divine could humble himself

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 in that kind of way to be a human.

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 And let's be honest,

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 this is a difficult concept

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 for us to understand as well,

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 this incarnation,

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 this hypostatic union

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 of both being fully God

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 and fully man all at the same time.

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 It's a difficult thing

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 for us to understand.

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 But it is necessary

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 for us to believe.

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 It's necessary for this to be true

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 because this is exactly

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 what makes it possible

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 for God to accomplish his plan.

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 You see, Jesus is uniquely qualified

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 to pay for our sins

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 because he is both God and man.

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 This is why the incarnation

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 is such a big deal.

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 This is not a doctrine

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 we can waver on.

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 This isn't something

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 that we can agree to disagree with.

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 The qualifications needed to pay

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 for the sins of the world

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 would require him to be God.

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 In order to bridge the infinite chasm

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 between us and God,

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 it would require an infinite sacrifice.

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 We also see that this person

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 would have to be human,

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 like us and familiar with our weaknesses.

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 If he was going to represent us

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 then he had to be one of us.

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 But finally we see that this person

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 would have to be perfect.

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 If that person had ever sinned,

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 then all of a sudden

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 they would need somebody

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 to make a sacrifice on their behalf.

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 And so what we see

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 as far as the qualifications

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 are to make atonement for the world

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 is they have to be like man,

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 like God,

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 and perfect.

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 There is only one person

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 that has ever lived

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 that meets these requirements

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 and his name is Jesus.

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 That is why there is no other name

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 on which we can be saved

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 other than calling on the name of Jesus.

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 There is no one else

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 with these qualifications.

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 And I often feel like

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 this is a doctrine

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 that we take for granted

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 or at least I find myself

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 taking it for granted.

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 Especially the part

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 about how significant it was

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 for Jesus to take on flesh.

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 This week I was

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 spent some time

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 reading Martin Lloyd-Jones'

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 reflection on this

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 as he reflected on the incarnation.

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 He at length

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 detailed the significance of this.

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 Noting at different points

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 in Jesus' life

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 what this humbling meant.

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 He went through

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 the whole life of Jesus

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 showing at different moments

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 what it meant

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 for him to take on flesh

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 and how in each

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 of these situations

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 it was him

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 humbling himself.

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 And he started

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 by saying this.

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 He says,

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 we're trying to look

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 at something

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 that is quite inconceivable.

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 Our minds are overwhelmed

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 with the very thought of it.

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 But this is the essence

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 of the New Testament message.

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 That helpless baby

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 lying in the manger

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 is none other than

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 the eternal Son of God.

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 He has deliberately

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 come down

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 to this level

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 within these limits.

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 He is making himself

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 subject to suffering

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 and mortality

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 and death.

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 And he did it

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 all so that you

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 and I

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 could be redeemed.

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 Lloyd-Jones goes on

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 to look at

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 how Jesus humbled himself

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 all throughout his life.

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 Looking at

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 how he was born

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 in a humble manger

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 and how he came

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 in a very humble way.

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 But other than that

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 he also lived this life

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 all the way through

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 up until his death

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 where he put himself

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 under his parents' teaching.

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 Where he allowed himself

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 to be questioned

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 by the Pharisees.

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 Where he was hurt

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 by his friends

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 who didn't believe.

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 Who pushed him away.

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 Even family members.

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 And he humbled himself

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 over and over again.

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 The challenges he received

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 from the Pharisees.

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 He humbled himself

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 to death on the cross.

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 Separation from the Father.

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 Noting example

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 after example

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 after example

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 of what it meant

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 for Jesus

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 to take on flesh.

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 Finally stating

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 of all of this

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 Lloyd-Jones said

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 what is meant

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 for him

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 was this.

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 He who was

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 co-equal

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 and co-eternal

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 with God

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 and in the bosom

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 of the Father

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 for all eternity.

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 He who had never

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 been separated

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 from God

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 he whose supreme

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 delight

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 had forever

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 been to have

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 fellowship with God

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 came to a terrible

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 moment

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 when he could not

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 see the face

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 of God.

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 He felt forsaken

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 and cried out

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 my God

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 my God

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 why hast thou

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 forsaken me?

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 That was the thing

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 he was speaking

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 about back in the

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 garden of Gethsemane.

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 Where he prayed

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 in essence

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 is this the only way?

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 If this is possible

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 let this cup

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 pass from me

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 he asked three times

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 but that was

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 but that was

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 the only way

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 whereby man

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 could be forgiven

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 and he submitted

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 himself

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 to it.

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 Hopefully we can

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 clearly see

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 the necessity

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 of Jesus

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 to be both

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 fully God

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 and fully man.

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 But verse 10

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 also provides

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 some helpful

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 understanding

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 about this

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 necessity

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 when it says

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 this

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 it says

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 for it was

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 fitting

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 that he

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 for whom

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 and by whom

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 all things

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 exist

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 is bringing

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 many sons

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 to glory

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 should make

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 the founder

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 of their salvation

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 perfect

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 through suffering.

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 When it says

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 that Jesus

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 was made

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 perfect

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 through suffering

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 what does he

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 mean?

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 Well obviously

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 he's not talking

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 about the moral

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 perfection

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 of Jesus

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 after all

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 he was always

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 perfect

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 always will be

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 perfect

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 you can't

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 improve on

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 perfection

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 but this

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 refers to

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 his effectiveness

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 as our

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 representative.

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 Michael Kruger

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 notes he says

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 by suffering

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 as a man

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 he became

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 a more

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 sympathetic

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 more appropriate

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 more fitting

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 high priest

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 for us.

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 Here is where

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 we see

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 how our

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 salvation

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 depends

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 as much

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 on Jesus

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 humanity

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 as it

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 does

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 on his

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 divinity.

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 If he

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 was not

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 really human

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 then he

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 could not

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 really

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 represent us

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 and if he

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 couldn't

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 represent us

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 then he

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 couldn't

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 save us.

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 So as we

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 consider how

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 God

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 accomplishes

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 his plan

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 there's a

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 few aspects

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.060
 of our

00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:32.420
 union

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.000
 with Christ

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 that I

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 want us

00:22:33.520 --> 00:22:33.940
 to quickly

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 bring our

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 attention

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.200
 to.

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 First of

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.059
 all we

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.580
 are united

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.279
 with Christ

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.380
 in death.

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 It says

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.620
 that by

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.180
 the grace

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.539
 of God

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:41.920
 he might

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.480
 taste

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.980
 death

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.120
 for everyone.

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 We're also

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.740
 told in

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.019
 scripture

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.580
 where it

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:46.900
 says for

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.440
 our sake

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.779
 he made

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.360
 him to

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:49.140
 be sin

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.620
 who knew

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:50.340
 no sin.

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 Or in

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.580
 Galatians

00:22:51.580 --> 00:22:51.900
 where it

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.500
 reinforces

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.880
 this by

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.779
 saying Christ

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 redeemed

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:54.779
 us from

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 the curse

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 of the

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.019
 law

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:57.420
 by becoming

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 a curse

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 for us.

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 Jesus

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 tasted

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:01.980
 death

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:03.220
 became our

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 sin

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.340
 became our

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 curse

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 for all

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 those

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:06.940
 who

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.500
 trust

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 in

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 him.

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 But we're

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 also

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.920
 told

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 that we

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 have been

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 crucified

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 with

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.660
 Christ.

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 You see

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.360
 the penalty

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:15.120
 we deserve

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 is death

00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:17.380
 and Jesus

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:18.480
 paid that

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.120
 for us.

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 He took

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 our death

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.500
 on himself

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 and so we

00:23:22.300 --> 00:23:23.040
 are united

00:23:23.040 --> 00:23:23.519
 with him

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:23.820
 in that

00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:24.000
 death

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.320
 but we're

00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:24.900
 also united

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.200
 in him

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 as we

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 put to

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.100
 death

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:28.040
 our old

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 self

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.920
 our old

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.380
 desires

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.759
 and be

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 renewed

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 in his

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 likeness

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.080
 but we also

00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.580
 see that

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.279
 we're united

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.960
 with Christ

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.840
 in glory.

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 The passage

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.640
 tells us

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.059
 that Jesus

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.920
 was crowned

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.500
 with glory

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.079
 and honor

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 and that he

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 brings many

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.600
 sons to

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 glory.

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 We're also

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.100
 told that

00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:45.960
 finally we

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.600
 see here

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.160
 especially in

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.600
 verse 11

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.019
 that we are

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.720
 united

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.980
 with Christ

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:51.140
 in holiness.

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.660
 It tells us

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.279
 that Jesus

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.220
 sanctifies

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.920
 and that we

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 are

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.500
 sanctified

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 because of

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 Jesus

00:23:58.620 --> 00:24:00.059
 when God

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.900
 looks at

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.340
 us

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:02.220
 he doesn't

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.620
 see

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.400
 our sin

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.880
 our shame

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.339
 those things

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.140
 that we

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.740
 regret

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.339
 the most

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.839
 in life

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.079
 but when

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.759
 he looks

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.420
 on us

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.400
 he sees

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.220
 his son's

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.839
 holy and

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.559
 perfect life

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.140
 that was

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.700
 given in

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.400
 our place.

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.740
 We are

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.420
 united

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.079
 with him

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.600
 in this

00:24:16.600 --> 00:24:17.240
 so that

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.579
 God

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:17.860
 when he

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.559
 looks down

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:18.940
 on us

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.819
 he's not

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.660
 disappointed

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.140
 he's not

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:21.660
 ashamed

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:21.960
 of who

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.180
 we are

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.420
 but he

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.059
 looks on

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.279
 us

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.799
 and he

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.380
 sees

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:25.140
 his son's

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.600
 life

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.200
 given

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.339
 for us.

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 This is

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.819
 wonderful

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.279
 news.

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:29.919
 We are

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.559
 united

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.619
 with Christ

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.240
 in death

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.539
 we are

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.079
 united

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.720
 with Christ

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.359
 in glory

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.019
 and we

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.659
 are united

00:24:35.659 --> 00:24:36.319
 with him

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.539
 in holiness.

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:38.899
 In this

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.559
 passage we

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.980
 have seen

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.740
 God's plan

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:42.000
 we understand

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.559
 how he

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.359
 accomplishes

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.980
 his plan

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.980
 and now

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.740
 finally I

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.079
 want us

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.500
 to spend

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.019
 the remainder

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.319
 of our

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.759
 time

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.579
 and think

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.339
 about what

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.379
 this means

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.199
 for us.

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.419
 What does

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.079
 this mean

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.899
 for us?

00:24:54.699 --> 00:24:55.220
 Verses

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.839
 11 through

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.519
 18 it

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.240
 says this

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.759
 that is

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.240
 why he

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.660
 is not

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.079
 ashamed

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.620
 to call

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:00.859
 them

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.299
 brothers

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.779
 saying

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.740
 I will

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.420
 tell of

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.880
 your name

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.200
 to my

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.559
 brothers

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:04.920
 in the

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.160
 midst

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.400
 of the

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.980
 congregation

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.440
 I will

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.799
 sing

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.019
 your

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.519
 praise

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.000
 and again

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.420
 I will

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.799
 put my

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.240
 trust

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.819
 in him

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:11.059
 and again

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.940
 behold

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.740
 I and

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.339
 the children

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:15.099
 God has

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.880
 given me

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.700
 since

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.039
 therefore

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.579
 the children

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.339
 share in

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.920
 flesh and

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.259
 blood

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.960
 he himself

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.640
 likewise

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.720
 partook

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.059
 of the

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.380
 same

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.099
 things

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:24.099
 that through

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.660
 death

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.200
 he might

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.740
 destroy

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.259
 the one

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.660
 who has

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.460
 the power

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.480
 of death

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.960
 that is

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.560
 the devil

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:30.200
 and deliver

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:31.420
 all those

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.120
 who through

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.940
 fear of death

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.620
 were subject

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.620
 to lifelong

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.600
 slavery

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.900
 for surely

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.360
 it is not

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:38.040
 the angels

00:25:38.040 --> 00:25:38.800
 that he helps

00:25:38.800 --> 00:25:39.779
 but he helps

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.400
 the offspring

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.160
 of Adam

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:42.279
 therefore

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.620
 he had to be

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.500
 made like

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.400
 his brothers

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.100
 in every

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:46.660
 respect

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.220
 there it is

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.519
 again

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.640
 the necessity

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.180
 of him

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.800
 to take on

00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:50.180
 flesh

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:51.160
 so that he

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.880
 might become

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.740
 a merciful

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.900
 and faithful

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.759
 high priest

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.559
 in the service

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.220
 of God

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.920
 to make

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.819
 propitiations

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.779
 for the sins

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.859
 of the people

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.920
 for because

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.559
 he himself

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.140
 has suffered

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.879
 when tempted

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:04.539
 he is able

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.079
 to help

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.660
 those

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.779
 who are being

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.440
 tempted

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.700
 now when we

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.220
 look at this

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.680
 passage

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:11.079
 there are so

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.779
 many things

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.160
 that we could

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:13.000
 spend time

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.720
 looking at

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.640
 and reflecting

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.059
 on of

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.259
 what it is

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.460
 to

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.440
 how this

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.799
 benefits us

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.559
 what it means

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:20.099
 for us

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.720
 to trust

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.259
 in Jesus

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.839
 as our

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.180
 savior

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.000
 how it

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.400
 changes

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.759
 and I

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.320
 would encourage

00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.600
 you

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.440
 to spend

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.900
 time

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.360
 reading

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.900
 through this

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.380
 over and

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.920
 over again

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.400
 this week

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.580
 being reminded

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:29.960
 of the

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.620
 difference

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.539
 that Jesus

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.500
 makes in our

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.039
 life

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:34.080
 but there's a few

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:34.920
 things that I want

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.539
 to bring our

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.519
 attention to this

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.000
 morning

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.080
 and to begin

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:38.740
 with I want us

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.840
 to see that we

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.740
 are a part

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.799
 of God's

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.480
 family

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:44.080
 he uses this

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:45.000
 brothers over

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.320
 over again

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:46.019
 he's not ashamed

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.640
 to call us

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.080
 brothers

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:48.000
 the author

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.600
 is clearly

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.279
 wanting us

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.180
 to understand

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.400
 that part

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.860
 of being

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.500
 a follower

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.299
 of Christ

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.200
 means that

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.880
 we are

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.539
 adopted

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.519
 into

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.279
 God's

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.000
 family

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:59.400
 this is

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.220
 significant

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.640
 this is a

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.340
 reality that

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:03.019
 should change

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.400
 the way

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.720
 that we

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.279
 think about

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.940
 everything

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:06.160
 this is

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.700
 significant

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.180
 in our

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:08.799
 daily walk

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:10.080
 and I know

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.580
 that I quote

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.320
 this book a lot

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:11.860
 but if you've

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.080
 read it

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.500
 you've probably

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.160
 quoted a lot

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.360
 too

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:14.100
 but J.I.

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.519
 Packer

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:14.920
 in Knowing

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.360
 God

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:16.279
 he says

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.700
 something

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.400
 profound

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.259
 about this

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.259
 he says

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.279
 you sum up

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.519
 the whole

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.940
 of the New

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.299
 Testament

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.839
 teaching

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.599
 in a single

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.140
 phrase

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.940
 if you speak

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.259
 of it

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.660
 as a

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.700
 revelation

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.240
 of the

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.900
 fatherhood

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.180
 of the

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.460
 holy

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.079
 creator

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:30.559
 he says

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.140
 in the same

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:31.359
 way

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.839
 you sum up

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.579
 the whole

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:32.859
 of the

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.379
 New Testament

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.980
 religion

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.400
 if you

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.299
 describe it

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.680
 as the

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.180
 knowledge

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.740
 of God

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.700
 as one's

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.500
 holy father

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.640
 if you want

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.200
 to judge

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.599
 how well

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.059
 a person

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.680
 understands

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.200
 Christianity

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.619
 find out

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.140
 how much

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.700
 he makes

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.420
 of the thought

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.000
 of being

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.599
 God's

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.099
 child

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:47.919
 and having

00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:48.419
 God

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:48.819
 as his

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.219
 father

00:27:49.219 --> 00:27:50.439
 if this

00:27:50.439 --> 00:27:50.959
 is not

00:27:50.959 --> 00:27:51.419
 the thought

00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:52.240
 that prompts

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.959
 and controls

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:53.799
 his worship

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.859
 and prayers

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.500
 and his

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.559
 whole outlook

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.299
 on life

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.259
 it means

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.579
 that he

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.219
 does not

00:27:59.219 --> 00:27:59.879
 understand

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.399
 Christianity

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:01.480
 very well

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.000
 at all

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.279
 for everything

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.959
 that Christ

00:28:03.959 --> 00:28:04.379
 taught

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:05.279
 everything

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.839
 that makes

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.319
 the New

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.799
 Testament

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.240
 new

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.599
 everything

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.079
 that is

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.759
 distinctively

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.439
 Christian

00:28:09.439 --> 00:28:10.319
 as opposed

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.219
 to merely

00:28:11.219 --> 00:28:11.740
 Jewish

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.599
 is summed

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.539
 up in the

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.000
 knowledge

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.379
 of the

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.179
 fatherhood

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.840
 of God

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.880
 father

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.740
 is the

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.279
 Christian

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.019
 name

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.060
 for God

00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:21.019
 when

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.759
 God

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.420
 accomplished

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.080
 his plan

00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:23.440
 on the

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:23.900
 cross

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.799
 what this

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.259
 means

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.820
 for you

00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:26.200
 and me

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.840
 is that

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.620
 we are

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.120
 in the

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.640
 family

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.700
 we're a

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.200
 part of

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.580
 the family

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:30.840
 if you

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.259
 place

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.820
 your faith

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.380
 and your

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.740
 trust

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.320
 in Jesus

00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:34.259
 then you

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.840
 have a

00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:35.180
 heavenly

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.620
 father

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.259
 and there

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.900
 is nothing

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.299
 that can

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.740
 separate

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.180
 you

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.759
 from

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.140
 your

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.980
 father

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:41.440
 next

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.840
 we see

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.160
 we are

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.680
 saved

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.019
 from

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.940
 death

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.560
 and the

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:44.900
 devil

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.380
 look at

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:45.519
 me

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.120
 at the

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.440
 end of

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.200
 verse 14

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.680
 and 15

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.100
 it says

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:48.540
 this

00:28:48.540 --> 00:28:49.700
 that through

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.200
 death

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.720
 he might

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.280
 destroy

00:28:51.280 --> 00:28:51.780
 the one

00:28:51.780 --> 00:28:52.180
 who has

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.840
 the power

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.660
 of death

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.540
 that is

00:28:54.540 --> 00:28:55.180
 the devil

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.300
 and deliver

00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:57.180
 all those

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.780
 who through

00:28:57.780 --> 00:28:58.519
 fear of

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.880
 death

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.860
 were subject

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:01.080
 to lifelong

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:02.500
 slavery

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.920
 Christ not

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.080
 only broke

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.600
 the curse

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.340
 of sin

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:07.560
 that is

00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:08.019
 death

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:09.019
 but he also

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.100
 delivered us

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.480
 from the

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.820
 devil

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:12.380
 who leverages

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.280
 that fear

00:29:13.280 --> 00:29:13.860
 of death

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:15.119
 to enslave

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.679
 us

00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:16.779
 Jesus

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.479
 death

00:29:17.479 --> 00:29:18.059
 sets us

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.319
 free

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.819
 not only

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.339
 from

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.819
 sin

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.740
 but also

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.279
 from the

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.819
 fear of

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.259
 death

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.679
 and this

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:24.439
 should change

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:24.899
 how we

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.719
 live our

00:29:25.719 --> 00:29:26.079
 lives

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.419
 this should

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:26.779
 give us

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.799
 a boldness

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.579
 and a courage

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.359
 like nothing

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:30.199
 else can

00:29:30.199 --> 00:29:31.240
 you can really

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.939
 live for

00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:32.479
 Christ

00:29:32.479 --> 00:29:33.559
 if you know

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.240
 that death

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.240
 has no power

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.039
 over you

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.959
 if you know

00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.559
 that death

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.399
 has no

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.740
 thing

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.219
 if you know

00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:39.779
 that death

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.539
 has no power

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.180
 then you

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:42.000
 can begin

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.740
 to live

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.339
 for Christ

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:44.319
 boldly

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.920
 like never

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.519
 before

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.859
 but what we

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.619
 also see

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.019
 in this

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.460
 passage

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.980
 and I think

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.319
 is one of

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.599
 the most

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.099
 beautiful

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.700
 things

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.659
 is that

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.279
 we have

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.000
 a savior

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:54.579
 who understands

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.079
 us

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:56.460
 we have

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.139
 a savior

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:58.399
 who understands

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:58.960
 us

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.259
 and this

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.599
 is one

00:29:59.599 --> 00:29:59.819
 of the

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.119
 things

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.359
 that

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.420
 that honestly

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.180
 comforted me

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.819
 the most

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.339
 this week

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.859
 as I was

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.680
 studying

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.720
 and thinking

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.159
 about this

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.539
 passage

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.339
 is remembering

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.220
 that Jesus

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.299
 understands

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.059
 us

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:11.000
 you see

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.439
 the point

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:11.899
 is not

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.779
 just that

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.099
 Jesus

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.859
 was a real

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.639
 human being

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.779
 it is also

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.220
 that he

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.319
 experienced

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.199
 the life

00:30:18.199 --> 00:30:19.240
 of a real

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.740
 human

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:21.059
 if the point

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.559
 was just

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.079
 that Jesus

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.000
 was a human

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.779
 and then

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.240
 died

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.059
 then this

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.379
 could have

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.799
 happened

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.659
 much faster

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:27.240
 than spending

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.119
 33 years

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.539
 on this

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.099
 life

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:30.119
 if this

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.319
 was

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:30.939
 that was

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.579
 the only

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:31.980
 point

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.459
 was for him

00:30:32.459 --> 00:30:33.199
 to be

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.599
 born

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:33.959
 and then

00:30:33.959 --> 00:30:34.759
 to die

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.459
 then this

00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:35.699
 could have

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.859
 happened

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.459
 much faster

00:30:37.459 --> 00:30:38.219
 or it

00:30:38.219 --> 00:30:38.500
 could have

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.899
 happened

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.819
 in isolation

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.619
 where he

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.199
 was born

00:30:41.199 --> 00:30:41.519
 and then

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.559
 he separated

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.919
 himself

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.699
 and spent

00:30:43.699 --> 00:30:44.839
 only time

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.399
 with God

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:46.059
 and separated

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.559
 himself from

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.019
 this world

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.119
 not experiencing

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.639
 hardships

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.959
 not experiencing

00:30:49.959 --> 00:30:50.559
 disappointment

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:50.939
 or anything

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.500
 like that

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.240
 and then

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.759
 to go

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.179
 to the

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:53.839
 cross

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.959
 but he

00:30:54.959 --> 00:30:55.839
 didn't just

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:57.179
 become a

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:57.539
 human

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.979
 he lived

00:30:58.979 --> 00:30:59.839
 the life

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.639
 of a human

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.759
 he didn't

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.319
 just become

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.559
 a human

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.059
 he lived

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:04.079
 the life

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.759
 of a human

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:06.500
 he experienced

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.660
 the ups

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.220
 and downs

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.700
 that each

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.079
 and every

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.599
 one of us

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.099
 experience

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.579
 in this

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.259
 life

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.519
 Dane

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.900
 Ortlund

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.400
 says it

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:13.640
 well

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:13.940
 when he

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.259
 states

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.660
 he says

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.880
 he came

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.359
 as a

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.700
 normal

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.119
 man

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.339
 to

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.740
 normal

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.220
 men

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.519
 he knows

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.920
 what it

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.380
 is like

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:20.700
 to be

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.279
 thirsty

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:22.400
 hungry

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.740
 despised

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.380
 rejected

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.339
 scorned

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.880
 shamed

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.880
 embarrassed

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.619
 abandoned

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.279
 misunderstood

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.099
 falsely

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.680
 accused

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.660
 suffocated

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.180
 tortured

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.000
 and killed

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:33.200
 he knows

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.539
 what it

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.880
 is to

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.079
 be

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.720
 lonely

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.980
 his friends

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.660
 abandoned

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.120
 him

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.720
 when he

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.180
 needed

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.819
 them

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.920
 the most

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:41.380
 Jesus

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:42.000
 is not

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.539
 just a

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.500
 distant

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.120
 savior

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:45.120
 who wants

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.759
 nothing to

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.279
 do with

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.640
 us

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.360
 he is a

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:48.160
 close friend

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.059
 who understands

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.700
 better than

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.180
 anyone

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:51.220
 what it is

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.519
 that we're

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.100
 going through

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:52.500
 in this

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.079
 life

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:54.360
 he's not

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:54.799
 just one

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.400
 who saves

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.720
 and then

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.319
 leaves us

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.860
 alone

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:58.220
 he's one

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.980
 who saves

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.819
 and draws

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.500
 us closer

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.220
 and closer

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.319
 to him

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.559
 no one

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.319
 is better

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.839
 at mourning

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.419
 with those

00:32:05.419 --> 00:32:06.399
 who mourn

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:07.039
 than Jesus

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.339
 he is a

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.700
 savior

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.220
 who is

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.679
 always

00:32:09.679 --> 00:32:10.200
 close

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.779
 our

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.379
 hardships

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.700
 our

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.460
 difficulties

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.759
 our

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.119
 sin

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:14.059
 does not

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.679
 push him

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.299
 away

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.299
 he is an

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.200
 ever present

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.919
 help

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:19.159
 in trouble

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:21.059
 today

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:22.299
 as we have

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.799
 looked at this

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.099
 passage

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.599
 we've gone

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.039
 over some

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:25.259
 pretty amazing

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.980
 truths

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.259
 truths that

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.099
 we all want

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.759
 to be true

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.639
 of our life

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.240
 truths that

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.980
 are true

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.419
 of every

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.000
 person

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.900
 who places

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.539
 their faith

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:33.820
 and their

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:34.220
 trust

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:35.080
 in Jesus

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:36.340
 but the

00:32:36.340 --> 00:32:36.720
 question

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.200
 that I want

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.560
 us to

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:38.600
 all answer

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.120
 honestly

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.560
 today

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:40.320
 is this

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:41.400
 have you

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.019
 placed your

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.480
 faith and

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.940
 your trust

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.500
 in Jesus

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.880
 have you

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.800
 trusted him

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:46.460
 as your

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.300
 Lord and

00:32:47.300 --> 00:32:47.700
 Savior

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.940
 we are all

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.400
 sinners

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:50.279
 we are all

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.220
 dead in our

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.640
 sins

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:53.100
 without hope

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:55.140
 but God

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:57.120
 but God

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.940
 sent

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.800
 Jesus

00:32:58.800 --> 00:33:00.519
 fully God

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.720
 fully man

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.480
 to live

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.079
 the life

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.900
 we couldn't

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:05.539
 to experience

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.359
 all the

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.879
 things that

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.639
 we experience

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.119
 to be able

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:09.359
 to identify

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.920
 with us

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.559
 in every

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:10.960
 way

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.879
 to go to

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.339
 the cross

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.879
 and pay

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.420
 the penalty

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.859
 of our

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.299
 sin

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.339
 so that

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.900
 we can

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.539
 experience

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.420
 new life

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.119
 in Christ

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:19.039
 this new

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.599
 life not

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.420
 only changes

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.539
 it not only

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.059
 changes our

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.519
 eternity

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.980
 but it

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.779
 changes our

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.460
 today

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.420
 it changes

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.019
 our life

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.500
 each and

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.440
 every day

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.880
 and the

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.180
 question

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.559
 becomes

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:29.860
 do you

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.259
 believe

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.779
 this

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.940
 have you

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.360
 given

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.200
 your life

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.940
 to Jesus

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:36.140
 if not

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.480
 then I

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.000
 encourage you

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.340
 to do

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:38.019
 that today

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:39.480
 in just a

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:39.860
 moment we're

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.360
 going to sing

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.019
 a song of

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.620
 invitation

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:43.019
 a song

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.340
 of commitment

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.240
 where you'll

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.000
 have a chance

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.920
 to respond

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.600
 and if God

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.259
 is speaking

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.640
 to you

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.180
 this morning

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.380
 if you're

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.960
 wanting to

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.340
 give your

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:50.759
 life to

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.039
 Christ

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.299
 then I

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.779
 encourage you

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.180
 to take

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.620
 a step

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.120
 forward

00:33:53.120 --> 00:33:53.960
 I would

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.580
 love nothing

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:55.059
 more than

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.580
 to talk

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:55.860
 with you

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.500
 and point

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.159
 you to

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.740
 Jesus

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:59.079
 the only

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.719
 one that

00:33:59.719 --> 00:34:00.559
 can save

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.799
 but I

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.639
 also believe

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:02.979
 that we

00:34:02.979 --> 00:34:03.519
 could all

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.139
 benefit

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:06.179
 from spending

00:34:06.179 --> 00:34:06.879
 time

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:08.119
 reflecting

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.880
 on who

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.239
 Jesus

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:09.839
 is

00:34:09.839 --> 00:34:11.339
 so much

00:34:11.339 --> 00:34:11.900
 of Hebrews

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:13.539
 is reminding

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.519
 us of

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.420
 who Christ

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.000
 is

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.380
 and I

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.880
 think each

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.219
 and every

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.859
 one of us

00:34:18.859 --> 00:34:19.619
 no matter

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.239
 if we just

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.719
 placed our

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.159
 faith and

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.539
 trust in

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:21.839
 Jesus

00:34:21.839 --> 00:34:22.299
 or if

00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:22.559
 we've

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.579
 been a

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.139
 follower of

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.400
 Jesus

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.139
 our entire

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.039
 lives

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.279
 I believe

00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:27.539
 we can

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.259
 all benefit

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:28.659
 from

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.980
 understanding

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.819
 and reflecting

00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:31.460
 on who

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.299
 Jesus is

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:32.879
 and so let

00:34:32.879 --> 00:34:33.440
 me encourage

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.500
 all of us

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:36.079
 let who

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.299
 Christ is

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:38.519
 change who

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.440
 you are

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.719
 let who

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:42.019
 Jesus is

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:43.299
 shape and

00:34:43.299 --> 00:34:44.400
 mold who

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.519
 you are

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:47.099
 Father we

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.679
 thank you so

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.099
 much

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:50.359
 we thank you

00:34:50.359 --> 00:34:51.000
 for your word

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.639
 we thank you

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.199
 for what it

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.799
 teaches us

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.339
 about you

00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:53.759
 Lord we

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.299
 thank you

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:54.839
 for Hebrews

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:56.079
 we thank

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.440
 you as

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.079
 difficult as

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.460
 it can

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.760
 be at

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.340
 times to

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.960
 interpret and

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.320
 to think

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.840
 about Lord

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.460
 we thank

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:00.780
 you that

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.400
 it points

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.900
 us to

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:03.120
 you over

00:35:03.120 --> 00:35:03.980
 and over

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.660
 and over

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:06.420
 again reminding

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.400
 us that you

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:08.559
 are so much

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.140
 greater than

00:35:09.140 --> 00:35:09.700
 anything in

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:10.260
 this world

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:11.500
 reminding us

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.800
 that our

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.579
 hope is only

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.220
 found in

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.220
 you and

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.940
 so Lord I

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.559
 pray that if

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.180
 there's someone

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:17.059
 here today

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.559
 that doesn't

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.260
 know you as

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.860
 their Lord and

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.519
 Savior that you

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.120
 would come into

00:35:21.120 --> 00:35:21.800
 their life

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.600
 that you

00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:23.160
 would show

00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:24.400
 them the way

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.880
 to the Father

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.260
 that you

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:26.120
 would give

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:27.120
 them a new

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.560
 eternity

00:35:27.560 --> 00:35:28.360
 set them on

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.960
 a path that

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.760
 spends an

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.519
 eternity with

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.019
 you and not

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.580
 only that but

00:35:31.580 --> 00:35:32.260
 changes our

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:33.039
 life each and

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.720
 every day

00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:35.480
 but Lord I

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.340
 pray also that

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.800
 you be with

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.320
 each and every

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.980
 one of us

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.300
 who may have

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:40.380
 given our life

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.120
 to you many

00:35:41.120 --> 00:35:41.900
 years ago

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:43.400
 may we see

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.960
 you more

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.460
 clearly

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.820
 and may who

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.720
 you are

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:48.160
 change who

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.820
 we are

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.760
 and we ask

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:50.500
 all this in

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.360
 Jesus name

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.280
 Amen