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 I'll read our sermon passage, which is verse 1 of John 14.

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! I read this trusting that it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, powerful word for you and for me.

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 John 14, 1.

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 The words of Jesus Christ.

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 Let not your heart be troubled.

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 You believe in God.

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 Believe also in me.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God. Please be seated.

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 O living God, three in one, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise you for your faithfulness, Lord, for your covenant kindness to your people.

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 We thank you for how you have spoken.

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 You've revealed yourself through Jesus Christ for how all of the scriptures testify of him and for how your Holy Spirit ministers Christ to your people.

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 Every single one from every nation, tribe, people, and tongue.

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 Lord, that you give the gift of faith to see Christ.

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 Lord, that you give the gift of God.

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 To hear the good news.

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 To hear the good news.

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 To respond to the voice of the chief shepherd of our souls.

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 We pray, Lord, that your Holy Spirit will help Pastor Chris Ewell as he ministers Christ to us today.

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 We pray that your Holy Spirit will also help us, Lord, to receive Christ.

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 To pay attention to the words that we're receiving, Lord, as they're words from you.

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 We pray that your word, Lord, will burn in our hearts.

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 And that we'll be able to grow and be sustained in our faith because you are the one who purchased your people.

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 You're the one who made us right.

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 And you are the one who has committed yourself to sanctifying us until you present us complete and perfect in Christ at the great day when he comes again.

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 We long for this day, Lord.

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 And until then, we trust that even receiving this sermon today is one of the means you will use to fulfill your promises.

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 Please do this, Lord.

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 For Christ's sake we pray.

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 Amen.

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 It is a rich blessing to be with you this morning to minister God's word to you.

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 A rich blessing from the one who tenderly loves his sheep.

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 And so may our eyes be fixed upon the great and glorious shepherd of our souls this morning, our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So if you would fix your eyes upon our text this morning.

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 John 14, verse 1.

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 If you don't mind, I'd like to pray again.

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 Father, our glorious God.

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 God, you are merciful.

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 You are gracious.

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 God, our hearts tremble before your holiness.

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 And Father, let us consider your holiness this morning.

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 We would consider your great and glorious nature.

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 That we would consider your sovereign providences.

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 That the trials and tribulations that you have given us in our life, we want to thank you for them.

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 For they have grown us.

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 They have matured us.

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 And they have allowed us to fix our eyes upon you.

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 The author and perfecter of our faith.

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 So I just pray for us this morning, O God.

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 That your word would cut us like a two-edged sword.

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 Going down to the very bone and marrow of who we are.

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 That you would teach us and rebuke us and correct us.

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 And convict us and convict us and train us in righteousness.

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 Oh, Father, we thank you, God, for this divinely appointed means of grace that you have given us.

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 The preaching of your word.

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 The listening of your word.

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 And all of us engaged together in unified spirit.

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 To learn and grow in the gospel of grace.

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 And we say this in the name of Christ.

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 Amen.

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 In our text this morning in John 14, verse 1.

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 It says,

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 Do not let your heart be troubled.

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 Believe in God.

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 Believe also in me.

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 The word of God also reads in Psalms 27, verse 5.

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 For in the day of trouble,

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 He will conceal me in His tabernacle.

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 In the secret place of His tent,

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 He will hide me.

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 He will lift me up on a rock.

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 And we are welcomed into the Holy of Holies this morning.

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 In our passage.

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 To gaze upon the glorious love of our Savior toward His covenant children.

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 Even reminding us in John 13, verse 1.

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 Jesus, knowing that His hour had come,

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 that He would depart out of this world to the Father,

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 having loved His own who were in the world.

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 He loved them to the end.

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 So at this family tuck,

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 Christ is gathering in this upper room.

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 His eleven.

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 Judas has already left.

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 And He's loving those that are His.

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 He's loving them all the way to the end.

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 So whatever we read in chapters 14, 15, and 16,

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 from this point forward,

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 in the upper room discourse,

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 you must come through the archway,

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 through the gate,

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 through this door.

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 that everything is part of Christ loving His own.

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 And loving them all the way to the end.

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 I mean, there are dark hours on the horizon for the eleven who love the Lord.

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 He has just revealed this at the end of chapter 13.

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 Three shocking realities.

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 First, He has told them that one of them will betray Him.

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 Chapter 13, verse 21.

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 Truly, truly, truly, I say to you,

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 that one of you will betray Me.

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 Second, He has equated glory with the suffering of His cross.

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 In verse 31.

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 Now is the Son of Man glorified,

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 and God is glorified in Him.

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 For our Lord Jesus,

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 the unimaginable sufferings of the cross

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 are but a few short hours away.

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 Remember, they are to Him unimaginable trials and sufferings.

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 He has told them that He was going away

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 and that He could not follow at the present moment.

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 And third, He's just told Peter

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 that He would deny Him three times.

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 Verse 38.

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 Will you lay down your life for Me?

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.

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 And so He knows that all the other disciples

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 will even desert Him in His final hours.

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 For if you strike the shepherd,

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 the sheep will scatter.

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 Added to the emotional turmoil

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 that the disciples felt,

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 they had been shamed.

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 Just a few moments later,

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 walking to the upper room,

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 they were having a discussion about

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 who would be the greatest.

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 Pride was filling their heart.

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 They were even shamed by their prideful refusal

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 to wash each other's feet,

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 which prompted our loving Savior

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 to stoop down to the servant position.

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 So what will He do now?

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 Well, He does what He always has done.

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 And He will always do for you and I.

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 He begins to minister the grace of God

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 to their deeply troubled and deeply confused hearts.

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 And if there is ever one thing

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 that we need to understand

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 and grasp regarding this farewell discourse,

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 it is this,

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 that as our Lord Jesus analyzes the needs

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 of His little children,

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 His covenant children,

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 as you will see at the end of chapter 13,

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 as He, as the covenant head of His family,

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 seeks to minister to them

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 and understand what is pressing their need,

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 what is it do you think that He does

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 in the last hour before His death?

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 What He does is He does

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 in the following chapters,

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 chapters 14, 15, and 16,

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 and a closing prayer for them in 17,

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 He sees the depth of their troubled heart.

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 He sees the pressing need

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 that is consuming them.

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 And what does our Lord Jesus Christ now do?

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 He does something very remarkable.

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 It's in this really dark hour

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 that He gives to them really the clearest light.

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 And all that He now says,

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 in essence, He is saying this,

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 sink your lives into the Holy Trinity

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 as you trust in the grace of the triune God,

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 into the glory of the triune God.

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 Fix your eyes upon the glory of Christ.

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 It is the glory of the triune God

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 into the mystery of the triune God.

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 For your great need this morning

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 is to discover who God is.

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 To be reminded of who God is.

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 Now that would become increasingly clear

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 as you are reminded of the Upper Room Discourse.

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 I'm sure most of you have read it.

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 But the principle lying behind our Lord's teaching

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 is a principle that we greatly need

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 to understand for our own spiritual good.

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 and its significance of grasping

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 the importance of the doctrine of God.

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 Knowing God will do more for your troubles

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 in your life as a Christian

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 than anything else.

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 Knowing the will of God

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 will do more for your life

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 and the tribulations

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 than anything else will.

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 Knowing God will do more

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 for the mortification of your sin

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 than anything else.

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 exploring the height

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 and the breadth

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 and the depth

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 of the grandeur

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 of God's ontological nature.

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 The glory of God.

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 The attributes of God.

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 The incarnation of Christ.

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 Knowing and understanding

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 from Genesis 3, 15 onward

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 is the work of the covenant of grace

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 on your behalf.

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 Knowing God

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 and His redemptive covenant

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 will do more for impacting

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 how you live in this world

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 than anything else.

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 And that is Jesus' significant ministry

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 to His disciples

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 really at this critical time

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 in their lives.

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 It is as if He's taking them

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 by the hand in these chapters

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 and saying,

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 let me take you

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 and explore with you

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 the depths of the triunity of God.

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 Now these opening words

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 of John chapter 14

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 as you know

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 have brought untold comfort

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 and help to Christians

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 throughout the ages

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 especially Christians

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 going through hard

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 and distressing times.

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 Actually,

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 the Puritan John Owen

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 says this about verse 1.

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 He says,

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 quote,

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 no other verse

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 has helped me more

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 to understand

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 that a sense of God's presence

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 and love

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 is sufficient

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 to rebuke all anxiety

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 and fears

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 and to calm the troubles

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 and to give me

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 in the midst of turmoil

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 a solid consolation

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 and joy.

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 And so Jesus' disciples

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 are troubled.

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 And Jesus is going

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 to give them a remedy

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 for a troubled heart

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 as well as ours.

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 He's going to tell them

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 that they have

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 a prescribed proportion

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 given to them.

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 And what is true for them

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 is true for all believers

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 today.

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 And we're going to note

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 three things

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 as we consider together

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 this singular verse

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 as our focus

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 is upon this portion

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 of the upper room.

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 The words of our Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 to His weary saints.

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 And the first

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 is the sovereign appointment

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 of sorrows

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 in the saints.

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 And the second

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 we will go to the solemn

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 command of Christ

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 towards struggling saints.

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 And then third

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 we will strengthen

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 our gaze

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 toward the triune God

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 for you the saint.

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 So we see first

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 the sovereign appointment

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 of sorrows

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 in the saints.

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 Look at verse 1

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 with me beloved.

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 Do not let your heart

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 be troubled.

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 Believe in God

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 and believe also

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 in me.

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 And let us remind ourselves

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 that we need to be careful

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 with a passage

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 like this

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 because it's just

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 this kind of passage

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 that we're so familiar with.

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 Often spoken at funerals

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 especially verses 2 and 3.

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 And rightly so

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 but often with familiar passages

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 we can read over them

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 carelessly.

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 And in the type of passage

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 that really requires

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 for us to place

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 our tent here

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 and to really ask ourselves

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 what is Christ

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 commanding us

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 to do?

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 What is He supplying

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 to obey the command?

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 I mean Christ

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 not only commands us

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 to obey

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 but He also gives us

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 all the things necessary

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 to be obedient.

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 And yet before we can

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 understand Christ's command

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 we must

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 understand

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 our condition.

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 There is the certainty

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 of trouble

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 and it is sovereignly

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 appointed

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 for the saints.

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 Verse 1 says

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 do not let your heart

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 be troubled.

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 And the world

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 in which we

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 are called

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 as Christians

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 is not a

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 sanctuary of ease

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 but it is full of

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 tribulation.

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 Isn't it beloved?

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 I mean Scripture

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 has always reminded us

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 of this.

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 Job 14 verse 1

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 man who is born

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 of woman

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 is short lived

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 and full of turmoil.

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 Job 5 verse 7

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 for a man

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 is born for trouble

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 as sparks fly upward.

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 I mean the fall

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 has left

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 no corner

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 of our life

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 untouched.

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 And therefore

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 trouble meets us

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 from every side

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 and every angle.

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 I mean let us

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 recognize this.

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 And not be blind

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 to the reality

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 of a fallen world.

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 The fallen condition

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 of men.

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 I mean the weight

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 within our homes.

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 There are

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 maritable troubles.

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 I mean the closeness

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 of earthly bonds

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 often feel strained

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 because sin

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 so still

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 clings

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 closely to us.

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 Raising our children

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 in the Lord

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 comes with

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 tribulent times.

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 We have trouble

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 with sin

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 within our homes

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 and patient

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 pride,

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 harsh words,

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 cold affections.

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 Sanctification

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 is real

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 but it's not yet

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 complete

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 and so we struggle.

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 Even Paul cried

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 for the good

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 that I want

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 I do not do.

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 Romans 7

00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.179
 19

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 so the Christian

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 home is not

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 exempt from

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 spiritual warfare.

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 Indeed

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 it's a

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 primary ground.

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 And then we have

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 the war within.

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 We have the

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 daily trouble

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 of bringing

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 our own sins

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 under submission

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 to Christ.

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 Put death

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 therefore what is

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 earthly in you

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 Paul says

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 to the Colossians.

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 So mortification

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 is not an easy

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 work.

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 It's a continual

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 work of the saint.

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 I mean the Puritans

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 spoke of it as a

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 lifelong combat.

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 The flesh

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 resistant.

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 The old man

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 lingers.

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 And though sin's

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 dominion is broken

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 as Romans 6

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 14 tells us

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 its presence

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 remains

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 therefore

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 we groan

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 wretched man

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 that I am

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 who will set

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 me free.

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 We also carry

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 the burden

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 as I know

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 many of you

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 do

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 of non-believing

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 family members.

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 Those who seem

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 indifferent to

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 eternity.

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 Those who ignore

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 the warnings

00:16:08.199 --> 00:16:09.459
 of the

00:16:09.459 --> 00:16:09.840
 Scripture.

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 Those who ignore

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 what should wake

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 them up from

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 their slumber.

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 That it is

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 appointed for man

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 to die once

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 and then comes

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 the judgment.

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 And they

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 appeared untroubled

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 by these words.

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 And yet they

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 stand on the

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 brink of

00:16:27.219 --> 00:16:28.159
 everlasting ruin.

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 And for them

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 there is little

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 concern.

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 For us

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 there is much

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 anguish.

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 I mean Paul

00:16:35.319 --> 00:16:35.979
 knew this sorrow.

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 I have great

00:16:36.699 --> 00:16:38.099
 sorrow and

00:16:38.099 --> 00:16:39.620
 unceasing grief

00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.579
 in my heart

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 as Romans 9

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.219
 verse 2 says.

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 We also

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 endure betrayal

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 by those

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 close to us.

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 Those we have

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 walked in

00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.480
 ministry with.

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 Shared

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 fellowship with.

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 Scriptures

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:54.940
 prepare us

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 for this.

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 A man's

00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:56.700
 enemies will

00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.220
 be the members

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 of his

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 household.

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 Matthew 10

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.860
 verse 36.

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 David

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 laminated

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 it is you

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 a man

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 my equal

00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.640
 my companion

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 and my

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 familiar

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 friend.

00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.960
 Psalms 55

00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.779
 verse 13.

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 Even our

00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.099
 Lord was

00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:14.899
 betrayed with

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 a kiss.

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 Then we

00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:18.960
 have those

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.379
 who walk

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 with us

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.139
 for a little

00:17:20.139 --> 00:17:21.079
 while in

00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:21.440
 the church

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:21.799
 only to

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.160
 find out

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.599
 all of our

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 efforts,

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:23.539
 time,

00:17:23.899 --> 00:17:24.379
 and ministry

00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:25.399
 although not

00:17:25.399 --> 00:17:25.879
 in vain

00:17:25.879 --> 00:17:26.440
 does have

00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:27.680
 pain and

00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.660
 troubles and

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.579
 trials attached

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 to it.

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 As the

00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:32.799
 moss, a

00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.019
 close

00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.700
 companion of

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 Paul,

00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.460
 abandoned the

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:36.079
 truth for he

00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:36.759
 was in love

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.579
 with the

00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:38.299
 present world.

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 There are

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.639
 also those

00:17:40.639 --> 00:17:41.419
 times that

00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:41.919
 the ministry

00:17:41.919 --> 00:17:42.940
 especially for

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.539
 the leaders

00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:44.659
 where we are

00:17:44.659 --> 00:17:45.200
 so troubled

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:45.559
 that it's

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.000
 likened to

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.359
 death.

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.299
 2 Corinthians

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:48.419
 1 verse 8

00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:48.759
 For we do

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.480
 not want you

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:49.940
 to be unaware

00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.839
 brethren of

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.700
 our affliction,

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.680
 our troubles

00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:55.519
 which came to

00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:56.200
 us in Asia

00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:56.940
 that we were

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.419
 burdened

00:17:57.419 --> 00:17:58.259
 excessively

00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:59.119
 beyond our

00:17:59.119 --> 00:17:59.980
 strength so

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.259
 that we

00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:01.339
 despaired even

00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:02.639
 of life.

00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.359
 And then we

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:05.859
 just have the

00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.480
 providential

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:06.879
 troubles,

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.359
 don't we?

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:09.200
 The pressures

00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:09.639
 of daily

00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:10.159
 life,

00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.079
 the ordinary

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.680
 pressures,

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.220
 the strain

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.879
 of schedules,

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.899
 responsibilities,

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.500
 the relentless

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.279
 demands of

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:18.240
 daily tasks

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:19.059
 as Martha

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.799
 was distracted

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.319
 with all of

00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:21.419
 her preparations.

00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:25.119
 We also

00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:25.639
 face the

00:18:25.639 --> 00:18:26.460
 trouble of

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:26.819
 sin's

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.559
 consequences

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:28.319
 catching up

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:28.839
 with us.

00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:29.799
 Though

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.240
 forgiven

00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:31.000
 consequences

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:32.119
 often remain,

00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.919
 David was

00:18:32.919 --> 00:18:34.039
 pardoned as

00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.940
 2 Samuel 12

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.859
 verse 13

00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:36.399
 told us,

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:36.960
 yet the

00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:37.419
 sword did

00:18:37.419 --> 00:18:38.079
 not depart

00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:38.720
 from his

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.279
 house.

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.379
 Grace

00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:43.819
 removes

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.220
 eternal

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:45.079
 condemnation,

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:46.039
 but not

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:46.960
 always temporary

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.839
 repercussions.

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.319
 Then we

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.559
 have the

00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:50.919
 hostile

00:18:50.919 --> 00:18:51.480
 trouble,

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.679
 the world

00:18:52.679 --> 00:18:53.139
 that is in

00:18:53.139 --> 00:18:53.919
 opposition to

00:18:53.919 --> 00:18:54.259
 the very

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:55.259
 gospel that

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.720
 you believe

00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.000
 in.

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.859
 Enemies

00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:58.519
 at every

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.359
 territory.

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:00.839
 And we

00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.059
 have the

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.599
 task of

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.240
 proclaiming

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.939
 the message

00:19:02.939 --> 00:19:03.779
 that offends

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.379
 the natural

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.379
 man and all

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:05.619
 of his

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:05.959
 cardinal

00:19:05.959 --> 00:19:06.719
 desires.

00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.599
 Whether it

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:08.779
 be the

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.519
 homosexuals

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.059
 or abortion

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.899
 or the

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:12.239
 misrepresentation

00:19:12.239 --> 00:19:12.879
 of Christ's

00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:13.559
 name with

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.000
 all the

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.299
 false

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:15.019
 gospels

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:16.459
 that use

00:19:16.459 --> 00:19:16.959
 Christ's

00:19:16.959 --> 00:19:17.379
 name to

00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.039
 gain glory,

00:19:18.199 --> 00:19:18.579
 wealth,

00:19:18.899 --> 00:19:19.819
 or reputation.

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.519
 We have

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.059
 all of those

00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:23.459
 troubles,

00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:25.039
 all of those

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.159
 tribulations.

00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.360
 sins.

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 And then we

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 have cults

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 claiming and

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 professing to

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 know our

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 Savior, yet

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 deny His

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 deity.

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 I mean, the

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 spirit of our

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 age resists the

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 truth of

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 Christ, and

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 therefore they

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 will resist

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 His people.

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 Domestic

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 hatred surrounds

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 the true

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 church of the

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 Lord.

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 If the world

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 hates you,

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 you know that

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 it has hated

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 me before it

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 hated you.

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 John 15

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 verse 18.

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 Paul testified

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 afflicted in

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 every way, but

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 not crushed.

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 So troubles

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 from within,

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 troubles from

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 without,

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 troubles from

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 beneath in

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 temptation,

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 from every

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 side and

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 every angle.

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 And the

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 Word of God

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 warns us of

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 the troubles

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 of this

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 world.

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 Christ is

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 going to warn

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 them again

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 even.

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 In the

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 upper room

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 discourse in

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 chapter 16,

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 he says this

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 in verse 33,

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 These things I

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 have spoken to

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 you, so that

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 in me you may

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 have peace, but

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 in the world you

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 have tribulation.

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 But take

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 courage.

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 I have

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 overcome the

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 world.

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 And so the

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 disposition of

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 the heart of

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 the disciple this

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 morning, or the

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 heart of anyone

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 listening to the

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 words of Christ

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 that is in

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 Christ, at this

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 moment in the

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 upper room, is a

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 heart full of

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 trouble.

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 The Christian

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 life is a hard

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 pressing road if

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 you haven't

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 noticed.

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 Our Lord says

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 in Luke 10

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 verse 3,

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 Go behold, I

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 send you out as

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 lambs in the

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 midst of wolves.

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 Paul encourages

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 the church during

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 persecution after

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 being stoned in

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 Antioch and then

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 returning to

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 Antioch.

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 He records this in

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 Acts 14 verse 22,

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 strengthening the

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 souls of the

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 disciples, encouraging

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 them to continue in

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 the faith, saying

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 through many

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 tribulations you

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 must enter the

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 kingdom of God.

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 I mean, consider

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 how Paul strengthened

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 them.

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 He strengthened

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 them not by

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 promising ease, but

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 by preparing them

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 for endurance.

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 He did not say

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 tribulations may

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 come, did he,

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 beloved?

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 No, what does he

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 say?

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 He said tribulations

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 must come.

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 We will enter

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 through them.

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 That word must

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 speaks of divine

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 necessity.

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 And so it's not

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 accidental.

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 It is ordained.

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 The path to the

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 kingdom is appointed

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 by God himself

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 through his

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 sovereign means.

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 And so where do

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 we get the idea

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 that we are supposed

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 to have an easy

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 life in this

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 fallen world?

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 I mean, consider

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 this, beloved, if

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 the Father did not

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 spare his own

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 son, how shall

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 we be spared

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 from troubles?

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 Right?

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 He who did not

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 spare his own

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 son, but delivered

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 him over for

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 us all.

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 I mean, mark the

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 weight of that

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 phrase, he did

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 not spare.

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 The beloved, the

00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:47.019
 eternal son in whom

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 the Father was well

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 pleased, as Matthew

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 3 verse 17 says,

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 was not shielded

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 from suffering.

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 He was appointed

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 to it.

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 Isaiah foresaw it.

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 It pleased the Lord

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 to crush him, that he

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 was put to grief.

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 And so the cross was

00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:03.840
 not accidental.

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 It was ordained.

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 The spotless lamb

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 bore wrath, shame,

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.660
 rejection, and death

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 for us.

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 If ever there was one

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 who might seem

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 deserving of exemption,

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 it was Christ.

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 And yet he learned

00:23:19.300 --> 00:23:20.240
 obedience through what

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 he suffered.

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 And shall you, his

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 servant, expect a

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:26.780
 softer path than the

00:23:26.780 --> 00:23:27.200
 master?

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 In John 15, the

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.800
 word of God reads

00:23:31.800 --> 00:23:32.740
 there, a disciple is

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.400
 not above his

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.780
 teacher.

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 If they persecuted

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.500
 me, they will also

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:38.340
 persecute you.

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 Actually, beloved, the

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.480
 constant counsel of

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.900
 Scripture is quite the

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:45.740
 opposite of the

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.620
 modern evangelical

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:48.640
 churches teaching on

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.259
 the life of a

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.680
 Christian.

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.500
 For the Scripture

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.259
 teaches us God

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.740
 leaves his church in

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.779
 a tribulent world to

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:56.140
 show his amazing

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.700
 sovereign power.

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 The Scripture

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:01.039
 nowhere promises

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.860
 exempt from sorrow.

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:04.400
 Rather, it prepares

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:06.000
 all believers for it

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.059
 by those divinely

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.539
 appointed means of

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.099
 grace.

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.960
 For even Paul says

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:13.240
 later, in 2 Timothy

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.019
 3, verse 12,

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:15.140
 indeed, all who

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.920
 desire to live

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:17.600
 godly in Christ

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:19.400
 Jesus will be

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.460
 persecuted.

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.819
 So God has one

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:26.340
 son without sin,

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.460
 but he never has a

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.579
 son without trials.

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:30.940
 If the Father

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.660
 loved you enough

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.900
 not to spare

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:34.740
 his own son for

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.340
 your redemption,

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.059
 he loves you

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.920
 enough not to

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:38.200
 spare you and I

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.019
 from what will

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.299
 conform you to

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.180
 his son.

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.880
 For this is the

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.519
 purpose we are

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.900
 saved.

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.519
 And even

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.480
 attaching to his

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.980
 covenant of

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.380
 redemption,

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.380
 Romans 8,

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.740
 verse 29 says,

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.539
 for those in

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.220
 whom he foreknew,

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.579
 he also predestined

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:57.259
 become conformed to

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.960
 the image of his

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.860
 son.

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.059
 So there are

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.579
 sorrows.

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.180
 The reality of your

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.660
 life as a Christian

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.799
 will be one of

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:10.120
 full of trials and

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:11.539
 tribulations and

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.959
 troubles that arise

00:25:12.959 --> 00:25:13.979
 from every side of

00:25:13.979 --> 00:25:14.279
 us.

00:25:15.479 --> 00:25:16.679
 From a fallen

00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:17.559
 creation,

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.759
 sickness,

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.399
 frailty,

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.439
 death.

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.039
 As Romans 8,

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.099
 verse 22 says,

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:24.039
 for we know that

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.879
 the whole creation

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.959
 groans and

00:25:25.959 --> 00:25:27.459
 suffers the pain of

00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:28.519
 childbirth together

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.419
 until now.

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 And not only this,

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.039
 but also we

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.319
 ourselves having the

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.559
 first fruits of the

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.559
 Spirit, even we

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.719
 ourselves groan

00:25:35.719 --> 00:25:36.979
 within ourselves,

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.899
 waiting eagerly for

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:40.220
 our adoption as

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.200
 sons, the

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:42.540
 redemption of our

00:25:42.540 --> 00:25:42.920
 body.

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.720
 And even Peter

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.680
 addresses this in

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:50.320
 1 Peter 4,

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.040
 verse 4.

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.540
 The Word of God

00:25:53.540 --> 00:25:54.180
 reads there,

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.940
 in all this they

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:58.300
 are surprised that

00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:58.920
 you do not run

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.460
 with them in the

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.300
 same access of

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:01.580
 indulgence and they

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.720
 malign you for it.

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:06.100
 And so this world

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:07.700
 is full of troubles,

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.740
 but it's sovereignly

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:11.019
 ordained by God.

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.740
 And so for the

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.400
 Christian, for the

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.240
 child of God, you're

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.279
 not promised that

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.480
 you'll be freed from

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.120
 hard times.

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:20.039
 Quite the opposite.

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.759
 Christ has explained

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:24.400
 to us, you will have

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.120
 a hard time,

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.900
 tribulations.

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:28.000
 And in the midst of

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.900
 these, the Christian

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.840
 heart can be

00:26:30.840 --> 00:26:31.259
 troubled.

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.680
 And this is why

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:34.380
 Jesus addresses the

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:34.720
 saints'

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:35.559
 tribulance.

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.240
 Hearts here.

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.480
 And He gives

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.039
 them a solemn

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:39.079
 command in the

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:40.039
 midst of their

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.480
 struggles.

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.880
 He gives them a

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.039
 solemn command of

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.960
 Christ toward these

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.759
 struggling saints.

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.420
 I mean, look back

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.380
 at verse 1.

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:48.759
 Do not let your

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:50.440
 heart be troubled.

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.480
 I mean, make no

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.120
 mistake, beloved,

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.180
 this is a command.

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.279
 The command of

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.079
 Christ is clear.

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.960
 What is Christ

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.720
 commanding us?

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.000
 What is Christ

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.539
 commanding the

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.779
 disciples in this

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:04.859
 hour of hardship?

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:06.099
 Do not let your

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:07.479
 heart be troubled.

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.559
 And the word that is

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.139
 used here for

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:10.299
 trouble is the same

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.179
 exact word that He

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:12.199
 used in John

00:27:12.199 --> 00:27:12.839
 chapter 12,

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:14.500
 verse 27 of the

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.019
 Lord Himself.

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.139
 Now my soul has

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.979
 become troubled.

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.759
 And sometimes the

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.419
 English translation,

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.679
 of course, doesn't do

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:23.179
 justice to the actual

00:27:23.179 --> 00:27:24.459
 term that's being used

00:27:24.459 --> 00:27:24.879
 in the Greek.

00:27:24.959 --> 00:27:25.939
 The word here for

00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:27.179
 trouble is terresto.

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.479
 It means agitated.

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.319
 It means to be

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:31.000
 stirred up.

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:33.519
 The same word,

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.000
 for instance,

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.779
 that was used to

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.819
 describe what the

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.859
 angel did to the

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.559
 water at the pool of

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.200
 Bethesda.

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.200
 And so if you turn

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.000
 back to John 5,

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.660
 we get a word

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.339
 picture of it.

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.960
 In John chapter 5,

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:45.420
 verse 7, when Christ

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.400
 is about to minister

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.700
 grace to that lame

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:49.000
 man by the pool,

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.599
 it says,

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.180
 The sick man

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.880
 answered him,

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.440
 Sir, I have no

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.700
 man to put me into

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.839
 the pool when the

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:57.259
 water is stirred up.

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.140
 And so the Lord

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.140
 uses a picture there.

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.040
 And this is so

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.420
 helpful.

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.360
 In other words,

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.220
 the soul, the human

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.340
 soul, according to

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.160
 Christ, is pictured

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:06.600
 as water that is

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.540
 either calm and

00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:08.540
 peaceful and quiet,

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.440
 no movement,

00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.360
 all is at rest,

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.660
 or it's stirred up.

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:14.500
 Emotions going back

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.960
 and forth like waves

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.259
 and tides and

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.180
 splashing and

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:19.460
 slothing everywhere.

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.300
 It's one of the

00:28:21.300 --> 00:28:21.600
 two.

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.640
 And he's saying

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.360
 that this is the

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.040
 case about the

00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:25.540
 disciples.

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.620
 The one who knows

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.420
 their hearts, as

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:30.080
 John 2 tells us.

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.600
 The one who knows

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.759
 every trouble of

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.340
 their soul.

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.240
 He knows every

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.400
 thought of their

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.920
 mind.

00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:38.160
 And so their

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:39.240
 hearts are stirred

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.700
 up to the shocking

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.420
 words about his

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.700
 death and betrayal.

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.180
 And so when you

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.040
 think of this word

00:28:45.040 --> 00:28:45.740
 trouble, when you're

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.660
 looking at this

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.680
 word, think of the

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:49.380
 raging waves of the

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.920
 sea in the midst

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.520
 of a particular

00:28:50.520 --> 00:28:51.800
 violent storm.

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.520
 And then you have a

00:28:52.520 --> 00:28:53.560
 good idea of what

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.080
 is meant by

00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:54.500
 troubled.

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.100
 You have a good

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.600
 idea of what's

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.600
 going on in their

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:58.120
 hearts.

00:28:58.119 --> 00:29:01.359
 And so there's

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:03.099
 confusion, there's

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:04.159
 bewilderment.

00:29:04.979 --> 00:29:05.819
 If nothing else, we

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.939
 can learn from this

00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:07.539
 is that genuine

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.599
 faith is often

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:10.139
 punctuated then with

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:10.699
 these troubles,

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:12.039
 punctuated with the

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:13.579
 times of distress.

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.719
 Now when you begin

00:29:16.719 --> 00:29:17.299
 to look everywhere

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.879
 else in the word of

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.699
 God, it gives you a

00:29:19.699 --> 00:29:20.459
 little handle on what

00:29:20.459 --> 00:29:21.939
 this word also means.

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:23.279
 In Acts chapter 12

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.299
 verse 18, it says

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.919
 this, the word of

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:26.200
 God reads, now when

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.299
 day came, there was

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.419
 no small disturbance

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.919
 among the soldiers as

00:29:29.919 --> 00:29:31.019
 to what could have

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:32.319
 become of Peter.

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.440
 And so they were

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.259
 disturbed by the

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.559
 present circumstances.

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:37.839
 Acts 15 verse 24

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.879
 uses the same word,

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.819
 since we have heard

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.599
 that some of our

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:42.139
 number to whom we

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:43.139
 gave no instruction

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:44.539
 have disturbed you

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.460
 with their words

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.879
 unsettling your

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.299
 souls.

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.480
 And so it could be

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.460
 false doctrine that

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.339
 stirs up a believer.

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:55.819
 And disturbs him,

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.419
 shaking his

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:57.939
 assurance everywhere.

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.879
 Paul uses the same

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.779
 thing in Galatia.

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.179
 Those who are trying

00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:03.859
 to disturb you,

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.759
 trying to distort the

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:06.019
 gospel in Galatians

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:07.299
 1.7, only there are

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.980
 those, some who are

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.959
 disturbing you and

00:30:09.959 --> 00:30:10.759
 want to distort the

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.139
 gospel of Christ.

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.240
 And so it was

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.619
 unsettling for the

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.019
 church.

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:17.639
 It was unsettling for

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.079
 Paul.

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.399
 In John 11 verse

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:20.859
 33, it's used of

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.839
 wakes and funerals

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.939
 like Christ comes

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:24.299
 to Lazarus' tomb

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:25.299
 and he was deeply

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.599
 moved in spirit and

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:26.939
 trouble.

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:29.099
 Peter uses it in

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:30.679
 1 Peter 3 verse 14

00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:32.019
 and do not fear

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:33.199
 their intimidation,

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.319
 do not be troubled.

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:37.480
 And so everywhere

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.379
 we see this.

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.039
 And so here in

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.220
 John 14 he uses it

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.679
 twice.

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:47.819
 And in verse 1

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:49.679
 and verse 27 later

00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:50.779
 on, peace I leave

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.220
 with you.

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.859
 My peace I give to

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.099
 you.

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.379
 Not as the world

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:55.639
 gives to you, do I

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.160
 give to you.

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.420
 Do not let your

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.420
 heart be troubled.

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.139
 Nor let it be

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:01.559
 fearful.

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.119
 So it's described

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.920
 in the same way in

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:06.599
 John 13 verse 21

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.180
 concerning the

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:08.119
 betrayal of a

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.759
 close friend.

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.720
 Where it says,

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.660
 when Jesus had said

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.240
 this, he became

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:13.339
 troubled in spirit.

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.980
 So we are in this

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.160
 immediate context.

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.360
 And yet Jesus is

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:20.060
 commanding his

00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:20.840
 covenant children,

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:23.040
 don't be troubled.

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.720
 There's something

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.680
 else to notice here

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:25.980
 too.

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:28.580
 It's in that, in the

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.320
 tense of this word

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:30.560
 troubled, the verb is

00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:31.660
 a continual tense.

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.980
 So it carries this

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:34.620
 meaning, let not your

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:37.259
 heart continue to be

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.019
 troubled.

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.500
 And that's important

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.680
 because Jesus is not

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:42.060
 saying don't ever be

00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:42.400
 troubled.

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.800
 Because the trouble you

00:31:44.800 --> 00:31:45.560
 are experiencing can be

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.500
 genuine concern.

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.240
 Right?

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.019
 Paul was genuinely

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.279
 concerned for the

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.639
 churches.

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.720
 2 Corinthians 11

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:54.539
 verse 28, apart from

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.539
 such external things,

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.259
 there's a daily

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.819
 pressure on me of

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:59.220
 concern for all the

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.759
 churches.

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:05.000
 Galatians 4 verse 19,

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.359
 my children with whom

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:08.139
 I am again in labor

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:09.700
 until Christ is formed

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.220
 in you.

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.799
 So he's not saying you

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.659
 need to quit being

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.740
 troubled or that genuine

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:15.599
 Christians don't have a

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.559
 troubled heart.

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:19.279
 He's not saying that.

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.500
 He's saying don't allow

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:23.160
 your heart to continue to

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.620
 be troubled.

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.819
 Because you might ask,

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.960
 how does Jesus command me

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.900
 not to be troubled?

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.680
 But yet I know these

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:32.240
 verses say he was

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.620
 troubled.

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.720
 And if it's not a sin for

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.839
 Christ to be troubled,

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:41.519
 or Paul to be concerned

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:43.420
 about how it could possibly

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:45.339
 be a sin for me and my

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.500
 heart to be troubled.

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:51.539
 You have trouble in this

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.160
 world and there are

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.819
 reasons, as we've noted,

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.480
 to be troubled.

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.940
 But Jesus is saying don't

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:59.539
 continue to have a

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.259
 troubled heart.

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:02.940
 Don't dwell in your

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.319
 troubles.

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:07.660
 Since the imperative mood is

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.700
 addressing the emotional

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:10.599
 state, it's best to take this

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.480
 command in this sense

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:13.000
 concerning the disciples.

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.159
 Be self-controlled.

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:22.339
 It's not good for us to let

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:24.519
 our feelings rule our minds

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.619
 and our hearts.

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:28.899
 To let our feelings of fear

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:30.659
 and anxiety or trouble

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:33.559
 wash us again and again

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.759
 without addressing them.

00:33:36.199 --> 00:33:37.539
 It's not good for the

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.439
 Christian to live in the

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.299
 state of trouble.

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:43.220
 I mean, sinless sorrow

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.420
 flows from holy

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:46.160
 affection, godly concerns

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:48.059
 with godly trust, yet

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:49.820
 sinful disorder flows

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.920
 from unbelief or

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:52.400
 neglect of gospel

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.920
 promises.

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.960
 And so the big

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.400
 perspective in all of

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:56.140
 this, and that is

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:57.539
 precisely because Jesus

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.980
 was troubled with all

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.759
 the events of his

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:01.799
 crucifixion, to endure

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:03.320
 that it's now possible

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:04.460
 for us not to be

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.779
 troubled.

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:07.480
 To look to him and

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.659
 praise the Lord for that.

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.840
 For his merit of trouble

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:12.500
 is our righteousness, and

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.739
 now we can have peace.

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.739
 So Jesus is telling his

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:22.440
 disciples to not be

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.800
 troubled.

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:26.900
 And the wonderful thing

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:28.000
 about our Lord Jesus

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.140
 Christ is that he knows

00:34:29.140 --> 00:34:30.280
 our frame.

00:34:32.620 --> 00:34:33.980
 Not by the observation

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:36.019
 of omniscience only,

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.440
 but by his common

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.720
 humanity with us.

00:34:40.060 --> 00:34:41.120
 That he is bone of our

00:34:41.120 --> 00:34:43.160
 bone and flesh of our

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.680
 flesh.

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.220
 That by his common

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:47.420
 humanity with us,

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:49.860
 he knows our troubles.

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:53.579
 He said it over and

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.559
 over in the gospel to

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.640
 prepare us for this

00:34:55.640 --> 00:34:56.640
 moment in verse 1,

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.000
 my soul is troubled.

00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:02.420
 So he knows what heart

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.320
 trouble is because he

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.880
 has experienced sinless

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.460
 heart trouble.

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:09.099
 But our heart trouble is

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:10.340
 at times sinful, isn't

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.599
 it?

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.860
 When our troubling

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:14.900
 concerns turn into

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:16.980
 continuous anxious worry,

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.079
 it becomes sinful.

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.880
 His wasn't, right?

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:23.059
 1 Peter 2 verse 3

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:24.240
 speaks of the trouble

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:25.160
 of the Lord, and it

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:25.960
 says, while being

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:27.280
 reviled, he did not

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.480
 what?

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:28.760
 Revile in return.

00:35:29.140 --> 00:35:30.200
 While suffering, he

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:31.820
 uttered no threats, but

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.940
 kept entrusting himself

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:34.440
 to him who judges

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.620
 righteously.

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.360
 And Peter says we will

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.940
 share in this suffering.

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:42.340
 1 Peter 4 verse 12,

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.039
 Beloved, do not be

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:44.260
 surprised at the fire

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:45.500
 ordeal among you,

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.960
 which comes upon you

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.099
 for your testing, as

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.880
 though some strange

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:50.179
 thing were happening

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:51.299
 to you, but to the

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:52.099
 degree that you share

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:53.380
 the suffering of Christ,

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:56.960
 keep on rejoicing, so

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.759
 that also at the

00:35:57.759 --> 00:35:58.579
 revelation of his

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.159
 glory, you may rejoice

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:01.480
 with exultation.

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:06.519
 So he's not oblivious

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.339
 to their need.

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.739
 That's a great thing to

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.579
 know, isn't it, beloved?

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:12.980
 When you come to cast

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.980
 yourself upon the Lord,

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.719
 he's never saying, I

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.739
 didn't realize things

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.879
 were that bad.

00:36:19.839 --> 00:36:20.899
 Neither does Jesus

00:36:20.899 --> 00:36:22.799
 dismiss the trouble of

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.639
 a fallen world.

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:26.119
 He doesn't say things

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:27.539
 here on earth will get

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:29.819
 better either.

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.679
 He doesn't give them

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.899
 some sort of false hope

00:36:33.899 --> 00:36:35.219
 that everything on earth

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:36.159
 is going to get better

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.799
 for them.

00:36:36.859 --> 00:36:38.339
 No, trouble will increase

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:39.719
 for the believer, as

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.939
 Paul said in 2 Timothy

00:36:40.939 --> 00:36:42.679
 3 verse 1.

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:44.000
 But realize this, that in

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.139
 the last days, difficult

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:46.519
 times will come.

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:47.839
 And then verse 13, but

00:36:47.839 --> 00:36:49.500
 evil men and imposters

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:51.159
 will proceed from bad

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:53.779
 to worse, deceiving and

00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:54.799
 being deceived.

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:59.079
 So he doesn't minimize

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.279
 their troubles.

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:02.179
 He said right here what

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:02.839
 we have.

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.839
 So we have a prescribed

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:08.879
 portion that he sets

00:37:08.879 --> 00:37:09.519
 before them.

00:37:10.259 --> 00:37:11.000
 What does he do?

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:14.460
 What does our Lord do?

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:16.260
 In the midst of their

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:18.099
 trouble, do not let your

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:20.179
 heart be troubled.

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:24.059
 Well, our Lord sets their

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.619
 gaze.

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:28.119
 He redirects their gaze.

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:30.820
 He strengthens the troubled

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:32.980
 saints by fixing their eyes

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:34.400
 upon the triune God.

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.980
 Let not your heart be

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:37.159
 troubled, but look at this.

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.539
 Look at the strengthening

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:40.259
 gaze toward that triune God

00:37:40.259 --> 00:37:41.619
 where all of our eyes

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.119
 need to be.

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:44.739
 Verse 1, believe in God

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:47.119
 and believe also in

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.920
 me.

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.920
 And yes, there's a

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:53.039
 realism about troubles.

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.719
 But he directs their

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:56.440
 gaze from the realism

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.579
 of their woes to the

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:59.259
 realism that is found

00:37:59.259 --> 00:38:00.599
 in the triune God.

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.759
 And we ask ourselves,

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:03.460
 why do we get stirred up

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.179
 or troubled?

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:07.440
 What is when we think our

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.960
 resources are not able to

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.579
 meet the need?

00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.819
 Whether that need be

00:38:11.819 --> 00:38:12.739
 spiritual, physical,

00:38:12.879 --> 00:38:14.039
 emotional, whatever the

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.679
 need is.

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:17.059
 And yet there's nothing in

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:18.199
 the text about positive

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:18.679
 thinking.

00:38:19.919 --> 00:38:20.859
 This is not some

00:38:20.859 --> 00:38:22.619
 philosophical self-help

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:24.119
 that our Lord gives to

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:25.059
 His troubled disciples.

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:26.559
 This is not a moral

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:29.000
 therapeutic gospel spoken

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:30.359
 from many pulpits today.

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:34.380
 Here's no worldly

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:35.360
 encouragement, no

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:37.240
 cardinal stratagem of

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:38.720
 self-exhortation.

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:43.140
 No, the peace of Christ

00:38:43.140 --> 00:38:45.420
 gives, that He gives

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:47.460
 here is not fragile fruit

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:49.160
 of self-persuasion,

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:50.300
 but the purchased

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:52.099
 possession of His blood

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:53.200
 and righteousness.

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.559
 I mean, the world

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:59.640
 traffics in slogans

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.259
 and sentiments,

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.619
 but Christ bestows

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:03.019
 Himself before you

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.539
 this morning.

00:39:05.879 --> 00:39:07.659
 So nothing in this text

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:11.500
 where you say to yourself,

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.819
 well, I just hope

00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:14.179
 things will get better.

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:17.400
 Or let me just think

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.159
 for the best.

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:20.799
 Or let me just envision

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.219
 the best.

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:22.579
 Or just fantasize

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.940
 the best outcome.

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:27.199
 Or as our world is

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.920
 telling our children,

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:29.059
 believe in yourself.

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:32.719
 And this will somehow

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.940
 build up your heart

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.639
 and give you some

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.199
 encouragement.

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:36.920
 I mean, you and I

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:38.000
 have been told

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:39.259
 too much in our life

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:39.960
 that we can help

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:41.400
 ourselves if we will

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.839
 just try hard enough.

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.779
 That's nonsense.

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:47.219
 This is no motivational

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:48.139
 pep talk

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:49.839
 that we hear blaring

00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:52.400
 from the mouth of Christ.

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.279
 No, not at all.

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:56.580
 No, to counter the trouble,

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:57.560
 the Lord answers

00:39:57.560 --> 00:39:59.760
 by redirecting

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.760
 our gaze upon

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.519
 the triune God.

00:40:01.600 --> 00:40:02.340
 And He uses the word

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:03.580
 pisto twice,

00:40:03.720 --> 00:40:04.700
 believe, believe.

00:40:06.600 --> 00:40:07.519
 And by believe,

00:40:07.620 --> 00:40:08.220
 the Scripture means

00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:09.760
 relational trust.

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:13.080
 A trust that's founded

00:40:13.080 --> 00:40:14.360
 upon being in a

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.480
 genuine relationship

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.880
 with the Lord.

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:16.980
 God.

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.380
 This is what we

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:19.940
 in the Reformation

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.900
 tradition call

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.599
 sola fidei.

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.660
 Faith alone.

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:23.579
 The rally

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:25.079
 of the Reformation.

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:28.320
 That faith is a gift

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:30.220
 according to Ephesians 2.8.

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.280
 That God gives

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:32.599
 allowing us to respond

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.559
 with our whole being,

00:40:33.820 --> 00:40:34.760
 our whole self

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:36.180
 to God.

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:37.119
 That when the believer

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:38.019
 is faced

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:39.860
 with constant sorrows,

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:41.079
 we must be careful

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:42.200
 to be in the word

00:40:42.200 --> 00:40:42.860
 of God

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:44.720
 so frequently

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:45.940
 that the great facts

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.640
 about God

00:40:46.640 --> 00:40:48.039
 and the great facts

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.620
 about the work

00:40:48.620 --> 00:40:49.140
 of redemption

00:40:49.140 --> 00:40:50.620
 and the great facts

00:40:50.620 --> 00:40:51.780
 about union in Christ,

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:53.099
 they grip us.

00:40:53.660 --> 00:40:54.980
 And I believe them

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:56.620
 and I rely upon them

00:40:56.620 --> 00:40:58.039
 and I'm comforted

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.500
 by them.

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.480
 So again,

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:02.140
 we're not talking

00:41:02.140 --> 00:41:04.099
 about general optimism

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:04.640
 here.

00:41:06.220 --> 00:41:07.340
 People just say,

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.000
 I just believe

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.720
 things have got

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:09.300
 to get better.

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.300
 No.

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:15.300
 We turn our gaze

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:18.260
 into penance

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:19.240
 on knowing God.

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:21.760
 The object of our trust

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:23.300
 that we know Him.

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:24.440
 And we must know

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:25.059
 His character.

00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:26.900
 And that means

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.519
 we must know

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.320
 what He says

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.960
 about Himself

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.740
 in the one place

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.620
 that He reveals

00:41:30.620 --> 00:41:31.700
 His character to us

00:41:31.700 --> 00:41:32.700
 and that's Scripture.

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:35.900
 That all His attributes,

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:37.180
 they are laid out there

00:41:37.180 --> 00:41:38.539
 beautifully for us,

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:40.300
 so lovingly for us.

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:42.860
 And as we know them,

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:44.180
 we know Him.

00:41:46.080 --> 00:41:47.460
 Because Jesus says this

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.880
 in His high priestly prayer

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.860
 in John 17,

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.740
 verse 3,

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.240
 the Word of God

00:41:51.240 --> 00:41:51.680
 reads there,

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:53.000
 this is eternal life

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:54.480
 that they may know you,

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:56.039
 know you,

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:58.740
 the only true God

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.680
 in Jesus Christ

00:41:59.680 --> 00:42:02.400
 whom you have sent.

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.140
 You see,

00:42:05.220 --> 00:42:06.760
 the deeper you go,

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:07.580
 the deeper you go

00:42:07.580 --> 00:42:08.380
 into the study

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:10.220
 of the doctrine of God

00:42:10.220 --> 00:42:10.860
 and His ways

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:12.119
 and the more you meditate

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:13.160
 on His attributes

00:42:13.160 --> 00:42:13.800
 and His ways,

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.660
 then the deeper

00:42:14.660 --> 00:42:15.840
 your trust can be.

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.380
 And therefore,

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:19.160
 the less troubled

00:42:19.160 --> 00:42:20.579
 your heart will be.

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:24.079
 Something else

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:25.460
 about this word believe,

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.440
 it includes the idea

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.820
 of being absolutely

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:29.460
 persuaded about something.

00:42:30.660 --> 00:42:31.180
 In other words,

00:42:31.220 --> 00:42:31.980
 it means to trust,

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:32.880
 it means to place

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:34.099
 your total confidence.

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:37.880
 It means to choose

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.679
 completely

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:40.880
 to trust everything

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.880
 about your life

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:43.079
 to entrust your well-being

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:44.099
 to the Lord.

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:45.920
 And so he's talking

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.679
 about a belief here

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.539
 but a certain kind

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:47.900
 of belief.

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.339
 Now this can be

00:42:50.339 --> 00:42:51.219
 a difficult phrase

00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:51.839
 to translate

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:52.920
 at the end of verse 1,

00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:54.480
 not because the words

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:54.940
 are difficult,

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:56.059
 because they can be

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.819
 translated as

00:42:56.819 --> 00:42:57.980
 indicative statements.

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:59.639
 You believe God,

00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:00.839
 you also believe in me.

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:03.260
 Or they can be

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:04.019
 translated as

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.620
 imperatives,

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:05.519
 believe in God,

00:43:05.640 --> 00:43:07.039
 believe also in me.

00:43:07.160 --> 00:43:08.100
 Or they could be

00:43:08.100 --> 00:43:09.600
 indicative and imperative,

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:10.920
 you believe in God,

00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:12.640
 then also believe

00:43:12.640 --> 00:43:13.660
 in me.

00:43:16.240 --> 00:43:16.740
 And it shouldn't be

00:43:16.740 --> 00:43:17.640
 read as an indicative

00:43:17.640 --> 00:43:18.500
 for Jesus is not

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:19.800
 hoping to add belief

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:21.019
 in Him to already

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:22.519
 believing in God,

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.960
 as if belief in God

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.400
 and Jesus

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:25.840
 could ever be separated.

00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:27.780
 Which as you know,

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.140
 beloved,

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:29.100
 and I hope you have

00:43:29.100 --> 00:43:30.720
 learned as you have

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:31.539
 read in the Scripture,

00:43:31.819 --> 00:43:33.000
 that is a foreign thought.

00:43:33.819 --> 00:43:34.519
 It needs to be read

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:35.259
 as an imperative.

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:36.480
 Believe in God,

00:43:36.839 --> 00:43:39.439
 believe also in me.

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:41.579
 So that the meaning

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:43.279
 would be keep believing,

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.739
 grow in your faith.

00:43:45.459 --> 00:43:45.899
 You've already

00:43:45.899 --> 00:43:46.799
 believed in God.

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.159
 God has already

00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:49.619
 called you unto Himself,

00:43:49.739 --> 00:43:51.879
 drawn you to the Son.

00:43:54.939 --> 00:43:56.519
 So now keep believing,

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.980
 keep trusting,

00:43:57.980 --> 00:44:00.760
 keep your eyes fixed

00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:02.719
 on Christ,

00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:03.719
 not on the things

00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:04.760
 of the earth.

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:08.099
 So He gives them

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:10.940
 really two root ways,

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.500
 a remedy,

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:12.639
 you could say,

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:14.940
 for their troubled hearts.

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.320
 And He says,

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:16.240
 trust in the Father,

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:18.159
 believe in God.

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:20.320
 Now notice that Jesus

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:21.240
 does not direct them

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:22.539
 to look within themselves

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:23.619
 to see if they're up

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:24.219
 to the challenge.

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.840
 Jesus does say,

00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:25.099
 well,

00:44:25.099 --> 00:44:26.500
 how much faith do you have

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.360
 and how much faith

00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:28.460
 can you muster up?

00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:29.440
 No,

00:44:29.679 --> 00:44:30.579
 Jesus recognizes

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:31.619
 none of those things

00:44:31.619 --> 00:44:32.759
 typical of modern

00:44:32.759 --> 00:44:33.759
 American religion

00:44:33.759 --> 00:44:34.659
 that is utterly

00:44:34.659 --> 00:44:35.619
 self-centered

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:37.119
 and entirely subjective.

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:39.119
 It is faith in the Lord

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:40.440
 that is set before us.

00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:41.519
 He's saying,

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:42.880
 continue to place

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.579
 your confidence,

00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:46.239
 not into the troubles

00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:46.839
 around you,

00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:48.500
 not into the fluctuations

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.960
 that are unsettling,

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:51.259
 but place your confidence

00:44:51.259 --> 00:44:51.920
 this morning

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.839
 and your trust

00:44:52.839 --> 00:44:53.559
 in God,

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:54.460
 in His wisdom,

00:44:54.739 --> 00:44:55.360
 in His goodness,

00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:56.400
 in His power,

00:44:56.699 --> 00:44:57.340
 in His love,

00:44:57.420 --> 00:44:59.460
 in His unchanging grace.

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:02.119
 So take for example,

00:45:02.279 --> 00:45:03.980
 Abraham in Romans 4,

00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:04.860
 verse 19.

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:06.079
 We read this

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:07.440
 about Abraham's faith,

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:10.119
 which is what he's

00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:10.940
 telling them to do,

00:45:11.139 --> 00:45:12.079
 to have faith,

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.599
 to believe in Him.

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:15.039
 It says,

00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:16.099
 without becoming weak

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:16.679
 in faith,

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:20.440
 he contemplated

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:21.199
 his own body,

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:22.639
 now as good as dead,

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.559
 since he was about

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:24.460
 a hundred years old

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:25.359
 and the deadness

00:45:25.359 --> 00:45:26.420
 of Sarah's womb.

00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:27.679
 And so he didn't

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:28.779
 escape the reality,

00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:29.159
 did he?

00:45:29.219 --> 00:45:30.079
 Abraham didn't.

00:45:30.859 --> 00:45:31.400
 He knew it.

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:31.920
 He saw it.

00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:33.659
 It says in that text

00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:34.759
 in Romans 4, 19

00:45:34.759 --> 00:45:36.420
 that he contemplated it.

00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:38.739
 He thought of it.

00:45:40.799 --> 00:45:41.639
 But he saw it

00:45:41.639 --> 00:45:42.920
 in relationship to what?

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:44.679
 Verse 20,

00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:45.819
 yet with respect

00:45:45.819 --> 00:45:47.119
 to the promise of God.

00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:48.239
 Did you hear that?

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:49.179
 Now respect

00:45:49.179 --> 00:45:51.059
 to the promise of God.

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:51.599
 So let me turn

00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:52.219
 your attention

00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:53.759
 to the promise of God,

00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:55.199
 to the character of God.

00:45:56.779 --> 00:45:58.119
 He did not waver

00:45:58.119 --> 00:45:59.259
 in unbelief,

00:45:59.460 --> 00:46:00.739
 but grew in faith,

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:02.679
 giving glory to God

00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:04.059
 and being fully assured

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.980
 that what God

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:05.659
 had promised,

00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:06.639
 He was able

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:07.759
 to perform.

00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:09.320
 Look upon Him

00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:10.400
 who is worthy

00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:11.299
 of glory

00:46:11.299 --> 00:46:12.500
 and always good,

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:15.039
 who Himself is love

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:16.259
 and who is all-powerful.

00:46:17.279 --> 00:46:18.279
 Fix your gaze here

00:46:18.279 --> 00:46:20.059
 upon the covenant-keeping God.

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.679
 Believe in God.

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:24.559
 And this is the remedy

00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:25.880
 for the troubled disciples

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:27.460
 in this moment.

00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:29.420
 Believe in God.

00:46:35.699 --> 00:46:36.480
 Christ says,

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:37.880
 continue to believe in God.

00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:38.840
 You know Him.

00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:42.119
 Christ doesn't bring

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:43.079
 anything new to them.

00:46:43.539 --> 00:46:46.960
 You know this God.

00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:49.159
 You, 11,

00:46:49.240 --> 00:46:50.659
 have already trusted in Him.

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:52.699
 And so Christ is really saying,

00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:54.099
 consider your God.

00:46:57.240 --> 00:46:58.280
 Let not your hearts

00:46:58.280 --> 00:46:58.780
 be troubled.

00:46:58.900 --> 00:46:59.079
 Why?

00:46:59.179 --> 00:47:00.139
 Because you consider

00:47:00.139 --> 00:47:01.440
 your God

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:01.900
 in the midst

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:03.179
 of those adversities

00:47:03.179 --> 00:47:04.820
 and troubles.

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:11.059
 Now proclaim the faith

00:47:11.059 --> 00:47:12.620
 that you know Him.

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:15.019
 And so the cure

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:15.860
 for the troubled heart

00:47:15.860 --> 00:47:16.320
 is something

00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:17.660
 that has not changed

00:47:17.660 --> 00:47:19.000
 throughout human history.

00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:21.120
 The cure is

00:47:21.120 --> 00:47:21.960
 genuine trust

00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:22.480
 in the Lord.

00:47:23.100 --> 00:47:23.260
 I mean,

00:47:23.300 --> 00:47:24.380
 let's think of the Old Testament

00:47:24.380 --> 00:47:25.120
 for a moment.

00:47:25.220 --> 00:47:25.780
 God's people,

00:47:25.900 --> 00:47:26.660
 they were frequently

00:47:26.660 --> 00:47:27.840
 told to trust

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:29.019
 in the Lord.

00:47:29.200 --> 00:47:30.200
 They were expected

00:47:30.200 --> 00:47:31.220
 to trust

00:47:31.220 --> 00:47:32.140
 in God.

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:33.259
 Let me just give you

00:47:33.259 --> 00:47:34.019
 a few examples

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:34.579
 this morning.

00:47:34.699 --> 00:47:35.900
 Deuteronomy 20,

00:47:36.059 --> 00:47:36.719
 verse 1,

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:37.579
 when you go out

00:47:37.579 --> 00:47:38.039
 to battle

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:38.819
 against your enemies

00:47:38.819 --> 00:47:39.879
 and see horses

00:47:39.879 --> 00:47:40.699
 and chariots

00:47:40.699 --> 00:47:41.559
 and people more

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:42.359
 numerous than you,

00:47:42.579 --> 00:47:43.420
 do not be afraid

00:47:43.420 --> 00:47:43.759
 of them,

00:47:44.019 --> 00:47:45.199
 for the Lord your God

00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:46.480
 who brought you up

00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:47.779
 from the land of Egypt

00:47:47.779 --> 00:47:48.739
 is with you.

00:47:50.539 --> 00:47:51.460
 Jeremiah 17,

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:51.940
 verse 7,

00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:53.099
 blessed is a man

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:53.819
 who trusts

00:47:53.819 --> 00:47:54.639
 in the Lord,

00:47:54.699 --> 00:47:55.420
 who trusts

00:47:55.420 --> 00:47:56.599
 in the Lord,

00:47:56.679 --> 00:47:57.739
 doubly repeated.

00:47:58.699 --> 00:47:59.420
 It's the same thing

00:47:59.420 --> 00:47:59.940
 that the Psalms

00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:00.699
 train us in.

00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:02.460
 Psalms 28,

00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:02.980
 verse 7,

00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:04.419
 the Lord is my strength

00:48:04.419 --> 00:48:05.039
 and my shield,

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:05.579
 my heart,

00:48:05.939 --> 00:48:07.279
 trust in Him

00:48:07.279 --> 00:48:08.799
 and I am helped.

00:48:09.679 --> 00:48:10.559
 Psalms 27,

00:48:10.739 --> 00:48:11.519
 verse 1,

00:48:11.939 --> 00:48:13.319
 the Lord is my light

00:48:13.319 --> 00:48:14.379
 and my salvation,

00:48:14.579 --> 00:48:17.099
 whom shall I fear?

00:48:18.779 --> 00:48:20.099
 The Lord is the defense

00:48:20.099 --> 00:48:20.799
 of my life,

00:48:20.859 --> 00:48:22.399
 whom shall I dread?

00:48:25.719 --> 00:48:26.679
 Psalms 42,

00:48:26.819 --> 00:48:27.379
 verse 11,

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:28.439
 it says there

00:48:28.439 --> 00:48:29.339
 the Word of God reads,

00:48:29.419 --> 00:48:30.480
 why are you in despair?

00:48:30.699 --> 00:48:31.480
 O my soul,

00:48:32.259 --> 00:48:32.819
 and why have you

00:48:32.819 --> 00:48:33.619
 become disturbed

00:48:33.619 --> 00:48:34.259
 within me?

00:48:34.619 --> 00:48:35.439
 Hope in God,

00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:37.960
 for I shall yet

00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:38.559
 praise Him,

00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:39.579
 the help of my

00:48:39.579 --> 00:48:40.279
 countenance

00:48:40.279 --> 00:48:42.480
 and my God.

00:48:44.819 --> 00:48:46.000
 And so the gaze

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:46.779
 of the Christian

00:48:46.779 --> 00:48:48.179
 is to be fixated

00:48:48.179 --> 00:48:49.319
 upon the object

00:48:49.319 --> 00:48:49.799
 of faith

00:48:49.799 --> 00:48:50.500
 that is found

00:48:50.500 --> 00:48:51.559
 in God Himself.

00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:52.819
 And so,

00:48:52.879 --> 00:48:53.519
 beloved saints,

00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:54.239
 these are the words

00:48:54.239 --> 00:48:55.279
 not only to the leaven,

00:48:55.339 --> 00:48:57.099
 but to every single believer.

00:48:57.099 --> 00:48:59.719
 an exhortation

00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:01.440
 which we constantly need

00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:02.699
 to be reminded,

00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:03.779
 believe in God.

00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:08.139
 Believe in God,

00:49:08.299 --> 00:49:08.920
 O Christian,

00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:10.860
 for your Father

00:49:10.860 --> 00:49:11.659
 is possessed

00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:12.980
 with infinite power

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:13.539
 and wisdom

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:14.239
 and goodness

00:49:14.239 --> 00:49:15.779
 that He knows

00:49:15.779 --> 00:49:16.779
 what is best for you.

00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:18.000
 This is why

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:19.039
 in Luke chapter 12,

00:49:19.079 --> 00:49:19.579
 verse 32,

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.019
 Jesus says,

00:49:20.219 --> 00:49:21.019
 do not be afraid,

00:49:21.139 --> 00:49:21.679
 little flock,

00:49:21.839 --> 00:49:22.599
 for your Father

00:49:22.599 --> 00:49:24.119
 has chosen gladly

00:49:24.119 --> 00:49:25.299
 to give you the kingdom.

00:49:28.779 --> 00:49:29.719
 But fear not,

00:49:29.839 --> 00:49:30.079
 beloved,

00:49:30.679 --> 00:49:31.500
 for it is your Father's

00:49:31.500 --> 00:49:32.039
 good pleasure

00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:33.199
 to save you,

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:34.359
 to redeem you,

00:49:34.460 --> 00:49:35.079
 and to one day

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:36.299
 glorify you.

00:49:42.940 --> 00:49:44.460
 So Jesus is constantly

00:49:44.460 --> 00:49:45.319
 reminding us,

00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:46.739
 believe in God

00:49:46.739 --> 00:49:48.539
 and His absolute sovereignty,

00:49:49.219 --> 00:49:50.460
 His infinite wisdom,

00:49:51.420 --> 00:49:52.920
 His unchanging faithfulness,

00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:54.599
 His wondrous love

00:49:54.599 --> 00:49:55.000
 for you,

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:56.599
 for He will love you

00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:57.300
 to the end.

00:49:58.559 --> 00:49:59.680
 That is His promise.

00:50:02.680 --> 00:50:02.880
 I mean,

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:03.740
 think about how God

00:50:03.740 --> 00:50:04.460
 has been described

00:50:04.460 --> 00:50:05.820
 for us in Scripture.

00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:07.720
 And in each of these

00:50:07.720 --> 00:50:08.360
 descriptions,

00:50:08.780 --> 00:50:09.200
 troubled heart,

00:50:09.300 --> 00:50:10.360
 you grabbed hold of this.

00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:12.559
 And you reckon it

00:50:12.559 --> 00:50:13.380
 to be the reality

00:50:13.380 --> 00:50:14.220
 and not fantasy.

00:50:14.500 --> 00:50:15.740
 And you live upon it.

00:50:16.680 --> 00:50:17.599
 And you not be tossed

00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:18.320
 to and fro

00:50:18.320 --> 00:50:19.680
 as so many are.

00:50:19.679 --> 00:50:22.839
 in Psalms 102,

00:50:23.259 --> 00:50:24.259
 verse 25,

00:50:25.259 --> 00:50:26.399
 talks about the

00:50:26.399 --> 00:50:27.199
 unalterable

00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:28.319
 and timelessness

00:50:28.319 --> 00:50:30.500
 of our Lord.

00:50:31.019 --> 00:50:31.279
 It says,

00:50:31.399 --> 00:50:32.179
 of old you have

00:50:32.179 --> 00:50:33.199
 founded the earth

00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:33.739
 and the heavens

00:50:33.739 --> 00:50:34.399
 are the works

00:50:34.399 --> 00:50:35.079
 of your hands.

00:50:35.319 --> 00:50:36.480
 Even they will perish,

00:50:36.779 --> 00:50:37.779
 but you endure.

00:50:39.619 --> 00:50:40.279
 Psalms 103,

00:50:40.419 --> 00:50:41.079
 verse 19,

00:50:41.419 --> 00:50:42.500
 the Lord has established

00:50:42.500 --> 00:50:43.139
 His thrones

00:50:43.139 --> 00:50:44.039
 in the heavens

00:50:44.039 --> 00:50:45.259
 and His sovereignty

00:50:45.259 --> 00:50:47.619
 rules over all.

00:50:47.619 --> 00:50:51.799
 It rules over all places,

00:50:51.940 --> 00:50:52.460
 all events,

00:50:52.739 --> 00:50:53.759
 all circumstances.

00:50:54.119 --> 00:50:54.960
 1 Timothy 6,

00:50:55.019 --> 00:50:55.880
 verse 15,

00:50:56.219 --> 00:50:57.380
 He who is blessed

00:50:57.380 --> 00:50:58.219
 and only sovereign,

00:50:58.319 --> 00:50:59.199
 the King of kings

00:50:59.199 --> 00:51:01.500
 and the Lord of lords.

00:51:04.259 --> 00:51:05.159
 Isaiah says

00:51:05.159 --> 00:51:06.359
 in chapter 25,

00:51:06.599 --> 00:51:07.440
 verse 1,

00:51:07.460 --> 00:51:07.920
 O Lord,

00:51:08.199 --> 00:51:09.119
 You are my God.

00:51:09.319 --> 00:51:10.420
 I will exalt You

00:51:10.420 --> 00:51:11.619
 and I will give thanks

00:51:11.619 --> 00:51:12.279
 to Your name

00:51:12.279 --> 00:51:14.400
 for You have worked wonders.

00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:17.039
 Plans formed long ago

00:51:17.039 --> 00:51:17.599
 with me.

00:51:17.619 --> 00:51:19.599
 perfect faithfulness.

00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:22.259
 So we are not alone.

00:51:23.219 --> 00:51:24.219
 Christ knew of these things

00:51:24.219 --> 00:51:25.059
 with His disciples.

00:51:26.259 --> 00:51:27.380
 He knew of the trouble Himself

00:51:27.380 --> 00:51:28.039
 and He trusted

00:51:28.039 --> 00:51:30.059
 the Father perfectly.

00:51:31.219 --> 00:51:32.079
 That He experienced

00:51:32.079 --> 00:51:33.619
 all that man experienced.

00:51:34.900 --> 00:51:35.699
 And He tells them

00:51:35.699 --> 00:51:36.819
 to fix their eyes

00:51:36.819 --> 00:51:38.519
 to trust in God.

00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:41.779
 But not only does He give them

00:51:41.779 --> 00:51:43.519
 that remedy,

00:51:46.219 --> 00:51:47.480
 believe in God,

00:51:47.619 --> 00:51:50.059
 and yet Jesus also goes on

00:51:50.059 --> 00:51:50.500
 to say,

00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:52.940
 trust in the Son.

00:51:54.579 --> 00:51:55.920
 Did you notice that?

00:51:56.719 --> 00:51:56.980
 It says,

00:51:57.380 --> 00:51:57.980
 believe in God

00:51:57.980 --> 00:52:01.539
 and believe also in Me.

00:52:02.339 --> 00:52:03.219
 In Me.

00:52:03.219 --> 00:52:07.539
 It's not necessarily

00:52:07.539 --> 00:52:09.239
 the presence of faith

00:52:09.239 --> 00:52:10.000
 and it's certainly

00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:10.959
 not the feelings

00:52:10.959 --> 00:52:12.339
 we have of faithfulness,

00:52:12.579 --> 00:52:13.659
 but it's the object

00:52:13.659 --> 00:52:14.339
 of faith

00:52:14.339 --> 00:52:15.779
 which matters.

00:52:16.980 --> 00:52:18.319
 Jesus is pushing Himself

00:52:18.319 --> 00:52:18.959
 as it were

00:52:18.959 --> 00:52:19.819
 to the forefront

00:52:19.819 --> 00:52:21.219
 as the exclusive object

00:52:21.819 --> 00:52:22.839
 of their faith

00:52:22.839 --> 00:52:23.919
 and of our faith.

00:52:25.679 --> 00:52:27.519
 But this is Christ alone.

00:52:29.319 --> 00:52:30.359
 Standing next to

00:52:30.360 --> 00:52:32.300
 faith alone.

00:52:34.620 --> 00:52:35.660
 That if one is weak

00:52:35.660 --> 00:52:36.579
 and the other collapses.

00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:37.860
 If one is misunderstood,

00:52:38.340 --> 00:52:39.660
 the gospel is obscured.

00:52:40.720 --> 00:52:41.700
 To say we are justified

00:52:41.700 --> 00:52:42.500
 by faith alone

00:52:42.500 --> 00:52:43.440
 is to say that we are justified

00:52:43.440 --> 00:52:44.720
 by Christ alone.

00:52:44.800 --> 00:52:45.579
 To say we are saved

00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:46.400
 by Christ alone

00:52:46.400 --> 00:52:47.460
 necessarily means

00:52:47.460 --> 00:52:48.079
 we receive Him

00:52:48.079 --> 00:52:49.160
 by faith alone.

00:52:49.240 --> 00:52:49.640
 These are not

00:52:49.640 --> 00:52:50.680
 competing truths.

00:52:50.760 --> 00:52:52.039
 They are inseparable beams

00:52:52.039 --> 00:52:54.079
 of the same gospel light

00:52:54.079 --> 00:52:54.700
 and that is what

00:52:54.700 --> 00:52:55.700
 He is putting before them.

00:52:55.699 --> 00:52:56.899
 Come to Me.

00:52:59.239 --> 00:53:00.559
 All who are weary

00:53:00.559 --> 00:53:01.699
 and burdened

00:53:03.219 --> 00:53:06.079
 may come to Christ.

00:53:10.579 --> 00:53:12.259
 So Christ is the object

00:53:12.259 --> 00:53:13.699
 of our faith.

00:53:15.699 --> 00:53:17.179
 He's the root of it.

00:53:20.019 --> 00:53:21.279
 And our sanctification

00:53:21.279 --> 00:53:23.500
 is in that same root.

00:53:23.500 --> 00:53:25.559
 The branch does not

00:53:25.559 --> 00:53:26.679
 draw life from itself

00:53:26.679 --> 00:53:27.679
 nor does holiness

00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:29.280
 grow from that native soil.

00:53:29.559 --> 00:53:30.760
 No, all grace flows

00:53:30.760 --> 00:53:32.820
 from union with Christ.

00:53:33.119 --> 00:53:34.619
 The Savior who justifies

00:53:34.619 --> 00:53:36.380
 will also sanctify.

00:53:37.500 --> 00:53:39.019
 1 Corinthians 1 verse 30

00:53:39.019 --> 00:53:40.199
 But by His doing

00:53:40.199 --> 00:53:41.840
 you are in Christ Jesus

00:53:41.840 --> 00:53:44.900
 who became to us

00:53:44.900 --> 00:53:45.880
 wisdom from God

00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:46.820
 and righteousness

00:53:46.820 --> 00:53:47.920
 and sanctification

00:53:47.920 --> 00:53:48.760
 and redemption

00:53:48.760 --> 00:53:49.659
 and yet it's falling

00:53:49.659 --> 00:53:51.000
 on these ears

00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:51.679
 of the disciples

00:53:51.679 --> 00:53:53.139
 and if you've read

00:53:53.139 --> 00:53:53.899
 in John 14

00:53:53.899 --> 00:53:55.099
 you know they don't

00:53:55.099 --> 00:53:56.500
 truly grasp all of this

00:53:56.500 --> 00:53:58.259
 but Christ is building them.

00:53:59.139 --> 00:54:00.500
 He's preparing that soil

00:54:00.500 --> 00:54:03.059
 for them to be strengthened

00:54:03.059 --> 00:54:05.099
 to be sanctified.

00:54:07.000 --> 00:54:07.579
 I mean consider it

00:54:07.579 --> 00:54:08.319
 this morning beloved

00:54:08.319 --> 00:54:09.079
 Christ Himself

00:54:09.079 --> 00:54:11.239
 is our sanctification.

00:54:14.039 --> 00:54:15.059
 So He's claiming

00:54:15.059 --> 00:54:16.079
 to not only be

00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:17.699
 the object of justification

00:54:17.699 --> 00:54:19.099
 but of sanctification

00:54:19.099 --> 00:54:20.279
 as well.

00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:22.800
 And in claiming this

00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:23.920
 here in verse 1

00:54:23.920 --> 00:54:25.300
 He's associating Himself

00:54:25.300 --> 00:54:26.540
 with God.

00:54:27.440 --> 00:54:28.019
 Isn't He?

00:54:28.880 --> 00:54:30.260
 He's associating Himself

00:54:30.260 --> 00:54:30.680
 with God

00:54:30.680 --> 00:54:31.780
 as the object of worship.

00:54:33.620 --> 00:54:34.160
 I mean this is

00:54:34.160 --> 00:54:35.200
 high Christology.

00:54:36.500 --> 00:54:37.360
 For Jesus is linking

00:54:37.360 --> 00:54:39.160
 Himself with God.

00:54:41.260 --> 00:54:42.000
 And for you beloved

00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:42.880
 you recognize this

00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:43.560
 because to believe

00:54:43.560 --> 00:54:44.160
 in God's Word

00:54:44.160 --> 00:54:44.820
 is to believe

00:54:44.820 --> 00:54:46.260
 in the Word made flesh.

00:54:46.260 --> 00:54:50.340
 He's saying

00:54:50.340 --> 00:54:51.660
 I'm the object of faith.

00:54:52.840 --> 00:54:53.840
 He's making Himself

00:54:53.840 --> 00:54:54.820
 equal with God.

00:54:55.880 --> 00:54:56.640
 And this yet again

00:54:56.640 --> 00:54:57.600
 as we see everywhere

00:54:57.600 --> 00:54:59.180
 in the Scripture

00:54:59.180 --> 00:54:59.840
 and especially

00:54:59.840 --> 00:55:01.020
 in the Gospel of John

00:55:01.020 --> 00:55:01.600
 the divinity

00:55:01.600 --> 00:55:02.720
 of Christ's glory

00:55:02.720 --> 00:55:04.200
 being set before us.

00:55:05.600 --> 00:55:06.300
 That He's identifying

00:55:06.300 --> 00:55:08.300
 Himself with the Father

00:55:08.300 --> 00:55:09.580
 just like in John 10

00:55:09.580 --> 00:55:10.180
 verse 30

00:55:10.180 --> 00:55:11.660
 surely ringing in our ears

00:55:11.659 --> 00:55:12.659
 I and the Father

00:55:12.659 --> 00:55:13.599
 are one

00:55:13.599 --> 00:55:14.819
 for He is the true Emmanuel

00:55:14.819 --> 00:55:16.659
 who answers within.

00:55:18.779 --> 00:55:19.679
 So this is not

00:55:19.679 --> 00:55:20.399
 someone foreign

00:55:20.399 --> 00:55:21.199
 coming to us

00:55:21.199 --> 00:55:22.420
 saying believe in Me.

00:55:22.559 --> 00:55:23.960
 No this is God Himself.

00:55:28.019 --> 00:55:28.940
 And here's our Lord

00:55:28.940 --> 00:55:30.239
 beginning to sink

00:55:30.239 --> 00:55:30.759
 their mind

00:55:30.759 --> 00:55:31.299
 and their hearts

00:55:31.299 --> 00:55:32.099
 into the doctrine

00:55:32.099 --> 00:55:33.739
 of the Holy Trinity.

00:55:33.739 --> 00:55:36.699
 And Paul says

00:55:36.699 --> 00:55:37.500
 to the Colossians

00:55:37.500 --> 00:55:38.259
 and he says it

00:55:38.259 --> 00:55:39.239
 while he's in jail

00:55:39.239 --> 00:55:40.679
 Colossians 1 verse 19

00:55:40.679 --> 00:55:41.879
 For it was the Father's

00:55:41.879 --> 00:55:42.519
 good pleasure

00:55:42.519 --> 00:55:43.759
 for all the fullness

00:55:43.759 --> 00:55:45.139
 to dwell in Him.

00:55:46.419 --> 00:55:47.679
 And in chapter 2 verse 9

00:55:47.679 --> 00:55:48.419
 he says for in Him

00:55:48.419 --> 00:55:49.419
 all the fullness

00:55:49.419 --> 00:55:50.639
 of deity dwells

00:55:50.639 --> 00:55:52.139
 in bodily form.

00:55:53.879 --> 00:55:55.099
 So all the fullness

00:55:55.099 --> 00:55:56.719
 of God is packed

00:55:56.719 --> 00:55:58.039
 into the human body

00:55:58.039 --> 00:55:59.419
 and soul of Christ.

00:55:59.619 --> 00:56:00.539
 The second person

00:56:00.539 --> 00:56:01.819
 of the triune God

00:56:01.819 --> 00:56:02.799
 the Son of God.

00:56:03.739 --> 00:56:06.059
 So let's be clear

00:56:06.059 --> 00:56:06.779
 then here today

00:56:06.779 --> 00:56:07.959
 what Christ is saying.

00:56:09.319 --> 00:56:10.619
 We cannot consider God

00:56:10.619 --> 00:56:11.939
 without considering Christ.

00:56:13.479 --> 00:56:14.899
 We cannot know God

00:56:14.899 --> 00:56:15.979
 without knowing Christ.

00:56:16.839 --> 00:56:18.659
 We cannot genuinely believe

00:56:18.659 --> 00:56:20.359
 and trust in God

00:56:20.359 --> 00:56:21.299
 without believing

00:56:21.299 --> 00:56:22.439
 in His Son.

00:56:23.319 --> 00:56:24.819
 John 5 verse 23

00:56:24.819 --> 00:56:25.399
 the Word of God

00:56:25.399 --> 00:56:25.799
 reads there

00:56:25.799 --> 00:56:26.539
 so that all

00:56:26.539 --> 00:56:27.679
 will honor the Son

00:56:27.679 --> 00:56:28.799
 even as they honor

00:56:28.799 --> 00:56:29.579
 the Father.

00:56:29.719 --> 00:56:30.779
 He who does not

00:56:30.779 --> 00:56:31.559
 honor the Father

00:56:31.559 --> 00:56:32.679
 who sent Him.

00:56:32.679 --> 00:56:33.919
 And so we cannot

00:56:33.919 --> 00:56:34.839
 see God

00:56:34.839 --> 00:56:35.899
 without first

00:56:35.899 --> 00:56:37.059
 seeing His Son

00:56:37.059 --> 00:56:38.039
 for they are one.

00:56:40.859 --> 00:56:42.299
 And our great mediator

00:56:42.299 --> 00:56:42.960
 in His work

00:56:42.960 --> 00:56:43.960
 is exactly this

00:56:43.960 --> 00:56:44.699
 to bring us

00:56:44.699 --> 00:56:45.500
 close to God.

00:56:47.059 --> 00:56:47.960
 And we can never

00:56:47.960 --> 00:56:48.899
 be close to God

00:56:48.899 --> 00:56:49.500
 if we are not

00:56:49.500 --> 00:56:50.980
 truly close to Christ.

00:56:56.500 --> 00:56:57.799
 So this is primary

00:56:57.799 --> 00:56:58.139
 beloved.

00:56:58.219 --> 00:56:59.179
 This is preeminent.

00:56:59.179 --> 00:57:02.679
 The only right passage

00:57:02.679 --> 00:57:03.559
 to peace with God

00:57:03.559 --> 00:57:04.940
 and peace of God

00:57:04.940 --> 00:57:06.639
 as John 14 verse 6

00:57:06.639 --> 00:57:07.119
 will say

00:57:07.119 --> 00:57:08.519
 is Jesus said to them

00:57:08.519 --> 00:57:09.079
 I am the way

00:57:09.079 --> 00:57:09.599
 the truth

00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:10.299
 and the life

00:57:10.299 --> 00:57:11.039
 and no one comes

00:57:11.039 --> 00:57:11.639
 to the Father

00:57:11.639 --> 00:57:14.379
 but through Me.

00:57:15.859 --> 00:57:16.500
 And so it's through

00:57:16.500 --> 00:57:17.379
 Christ alone

00:57:17.379 --> 00:57:18.379
 that we can believe

00:57:18.379 --> 00:57:18.899
 in God.

00:57:20.559 --> 00:57:21.679
 And in this text

00:57:21.679 --> 00:57:22.259
 we have that

00:57:22.259 --> 00:57:22.779
 proclamation

00:57:22.779 --> 00:57:24.099
 so that we would

00:57:24.099 --> 00:57:24.960
 set our eyes

00:57:24.960 --> 00:57:26.639
 not upon our troubles

00:57:26.639 --> 00:57:28.760
 not upon our circumstances

00:57:28.760 --> 00:57:30.740
 not upon what the world

00:57:30.740 --> 00:57:31.880
 throws at us

00:57:31.880 --> 00:57:32.720
 but that we may

00:57:32.720 --> 00:57:33.619
 continue to look

00:57:33.619 --> 00:57:35.119
 towards Christ.

00:57:35.119 --> 00:57:40.759
 Christ has invited us

00:57:40.759 --> 00:57:43.119
 as His covenant children

00:57:43.119 --> 00:57:45.239
 to partake in Him.

00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:47.839
 And so He says to them

00:57:47.839 --> 00:57:48.719
 believe in God

00:57:48.719 --> 00:57:51.339
 but believe also

00:57:51.339 --> 00:57:52.699
 in Me.

00:57:52.759 --> 00:57:53.940
 And this is the prescribed

00:57:53.940 --> 00:57:54.960
 portion

00:57:54.960 --> 00:57:56.299
 for our troubled hearts.

00:57:56.400 --> 00:57:57.960
 Christ ever placing

00:57:57.960 --> 00:57:59.139
 before you this morning

00:57:59.139 --> 00:58:02.279
 His nature.

00:58:02.280 --> 00:58:04.700
 who He is.

00:58:06.160 --> 00:58:06.780
 But as you look

00:58:06.780 --> 00:58:07.240
 at yourself

00:58:07.240 --> 00:58:07.600
 and you think

00:58:07.600 --> 00:58:08.420
 I'm discouraged

00:58:08.420 --> 00:58:09.460
 with perhaps

00:58:09.460 --> 00:58:10.400
 the circumstances

00:58:10.400 --> 00:58:10.940
 discouraged

00:58:10.940 --> 00:58:11.780
 perhaps

00:58:11.780 --> 00:58:12.580
 with what I find

00:58:12.580 --> 00:58:14.140
 inside my own soul

00:58:14.140 --> 00:58:15.320
 when I go looking

00:58:15.320 --> 00:58:15.980
 as I rehearse

00:58:15.980 --> 00:58:16.720
 my own thoughts

00:58:16.720 --> 00:58:17.700
 and as I rehearse

00:58:17.700 --> 00:58:18.640
 all that is taking

00:58:18.640 --> 00:58:19.600
 place within me.

00:58:20.220 --> 00:58:20.980
 And as we examine

00:58:20.980 --> 00:58:21.540
 our hearts

00:58:21.540 --> 00:58:22.180
 and we find

00:58:22.180 --> 00:58:23.560
 remaining corruption

00:58:23.560 --> 00:58:24.780
 coldness in prayer

00:58:24.780 --> 00:58:26.140
 wondering thoughts

00:58:26.140 --> 00:58:26.980
 even this morning

00:58:26.980 --> 00:58:28.000
 unbelief

00:58:28.000 --> 00:58:28.440
 fear

00:58:28.440 --> 00:58:29.740
 and spiritual weakness

00:58:29.740 --> 00:58:31.160
 we feel the pressure

00:58:31.160 --> 00:58:32.140
 of that indwelling

00:58:32.139 --> 00:58:32.599
 sin

00:58:32.599 --> 00:58:33.159
 warring

00:58:33.159 --> 00:58:34.000
 against the law

00:58:34.000 --> 00:58:34.359
 of God

00:58:34.359 --> 00:58:34.839
 as Paul

00:58:34.839 --> 00:58:36.339
 describes in Romans 7

00:58:36.339 --> 00:58:37.440
 we feel the hatred

00:58:37.440 --> 00:58:38.039
 of the world

00:58:38.039 --> 00:58:39.119
 the accusations

00:58:39.119 --> 00:58:39.799
 of Satan

00:58:39.799 --> 00:58:40.619
 and the burden

00:58:40.619 --> 00:58:41.699
 of present trials

00:58:41.699 --> 00:58:45.440
 we feel all of that

00:58:45.440 --> 00:58:48.519
 and our Lord

00:58:48.519 --> 00:58:49.460
 comes to us

00:58:49.460 --> 00:58:51.039
 and He interrupts

00:58:51.039 --> 00:58:51.819
 everything else

00:58:51.819 --> 00:58:53.139
 that's going on

00:58:53.139 --> 00:58:53.960
 in our little world

00:58:53.960 --> 00:58:55.039
 and He says

00:58:55.039 --> 00:58:56.579
 believe in Me

00:58:56.579 --> 00:59:00.400
 trust in Me

00:59:00.400 --> 00:59:02.619
 continue to believe

00:59:02.619 --> 00:59:06.900
 continue to be poured out

00:59:06.900 --> 00:59:08.460
 for the sake

00:59:08.460 --> 00:59:09.579
 of Christ

00:59:09.579 --> 00:59:15.119
 and the Trinity

00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:15.940
 is precisely

00:59:15.940 --> 00:59:16.740
 what we need

00:59:16.740 --> 00:59:20.539
 to know God

00:59:20.539 --> 00:59:21.240
 is precisely

00:59:21.240 --> 00:59:21.940
 what we need

00:59:21.940 --> 00:59:23.619
 for every trial

00:59:23.619 --> 00:59:25.099
 on this world

00:59:25.099 --> 00:59:26.019
 that is why Christ

00:59:26.019 --> 00:59:26.660
 gives them that

00:59:26.659 --> 00:59:29.179
 in His final hours

00:59:29.179 --> 00:59:30.980
 to encourage them

00:59:30.980 --> 00:59:35.699
 and to display to them

00:59:35.699 --> 00:59:36.899
 that He will love them

00:59:36.899 --> 00:59:39.500
 to the end

00:59:39.500 --> 00:59:42.119
 to continue to fix

00:59:42.119 --> 00:59:43.139
 and redirect

00:59:43.139 --> 00:59:44.379
 their troubled hearts

00:59:44.379 --> 00:59:46.719
 into fixing their gaze

00:59:46.719 --> 00:59:47.960
 upon Him

00:59:47.960 --> 00:59:50.299
 isn't that what Hebrews 12

00:59:50.299 --> 00:59:51.879
 2 has taught us

00:59:51.880 --> 00:59:53.140
 fix our eyes

00:59:53.140 --> 00:59:53.920
 on Jesus

00:59:53.920 --> 00:59:57.039
 gaze upon Him

00:59:57.039 --> 00:59:57.619
 beloved

00:59:57.619 --> 00:59:59.260
 the author

00:59:59.260 --> 01:00:00.320
 and perfecter

01:00:00.320 --> 01:00:01.119
 of faith

01:00:01.119 --> 01:00:02.240
 who for the joy

01:00:02.240 --> 01:00:03.260
 set before Him

01:00:03.260 --> 01:00:04.880
 He endured the cross

01:00:04.880 --> 01:00:07.220
 despising this shame

01:00:07.220 --> 01:00:08.940
 and He sat down

01:00:08.940 --> 01:00:10.119
 at the right hand

01:00:10.119 --> 01:00:10.960
 of the throne

01:00:10.960 --> 01:00:11.619
 of God

01:00:11.619 --> 01:00:13.059
 return again

01:00:13.059 --> 01:00:13.820
 and again

01:00:13.820 --> 01:00:14.880
 to the cross

01:00:14.880 --> 01:00:17.280
 return again

01:00:17.280 --> 01:00:17.820
 and again

01:00:17.820 --> 01:00:19.099
 to the empty tomb

01:00:19.099 --> 01:00:21.539
 return again

01:00:21.539 --> 01:00:22.000
 and again

01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:22.839
 to the throne

01:00:22.839 --> 01:00:23.539
 of grace

01:00:23.539 --> 01:00:26.480
 and lay your burdens

01:00:26.480 --> 01:00:26.719
 there

01:00:26.719 --> 01:00:27.920
 confess your sins

01:00:27.920 --> 01:00:28.900
 and your troubles

01:00:28.900 --> 01:00:29.199
 there

01:00:29.199 --> 01:00:30.299
 anchor your hope

01:00:30.299 --> 01:00:30.599
 there

01:00:30.599 --> 01:00:31.679
 and though the storms

01:00:31.679 --> 01:00:32.619
 of life will come

01:00:32.619 --> 01:00:33.779
 indeed they will

01:00:33.779 --> 01:00:34.579
 you will find

01:00:34.579 --> 01:00:35.639
 beneath every wave

01:00:35.639 --> 01:00:36.440
 is an everlasting

01:00:36.440 --> 01:00:37.199
 grace

01:00:37.199 --> 01:00:38.319
 and beneath your weary

01:00:38.319 --> 01:00:38.779
 soul

01:00:38.779 --> 01:00:40.259
 are the everlasting arms

01:00:40.259 --> 01:00:41.460
 of the loving Father

01:00:41.460 --> 01:00:42.759
 and the gracious Son

01:00:42.759 --> 01:00:45.839
 trust in God

01:00:45.839 --> 01:00:49.039
 trust also in Christ

01:00:49.039 --> 01:00:51.440
 for in Him

01:00:51.440 --> 01:00:52.440
 and Him alone

01:00:52.440 --> 01:00:54.119
 your troubled hearts

01:00:54.119 --> 01:00:55.139
 finds its place

01:00:55.139 --> 01:00:56.219
 of rest

01:00:56.219 --> 01:00:57.279
 in the place

01:00:57.279 --> 01:00:58.719
 of Christ

01:00:58.719 --> 01:01:01.199
 John 14 1

01:01:01.199 --> 01:01:02.599
 do not let your heart

01:01:02.599 --> 01:01:03.239
 be troubled

01:01:03.239 --> 01:01:05.079
 believe in God

01:01:05.079 --> 01:01:06.900
 and believe also

01:01:06.900 --> 01:01:08.219
 in me

01:01:08.219 --> 01:01:09.880
 let's go to our Lord

01:01:09.880 --> 01:01:12.820
 oh Father

01:01:12.820 --> 01:01:16.420
 you're so gracious

01:01:16.420 --> 01:01:17.019
 oh God

01:01:17.019 --> 01:01:21.320
 you're so gracious

01:01:21.320 --> 01:01:22.000
 to love us

01:01:22.000 --> 01:01:22.659
 to the end

01:01:22.659 --> 01:01:25.719
 we creatures

01:01:25.719 --> 01:01:26.219
 who know

01:01:26.219 --> 01:01:27.539
 who we are

01:01:27.539 --> 01:01:31.420
 we know

01:01:31.420 --> 01:01:32.000
 how sinful

01:01:32.000 --> 01:01:32.460
 we are

01:01:32.460 --> 01:01:32.920
 oh God

01:01:32.920 --> 01:01:36.599
 we know

01:01:36.599 --> 01:01:37.099
 how Lord

01:01:37.099 --> 01:01:37.539
 we can

01:01:37.539 --> 01:01:40.599
 often try

01:01:40.599 --> 01:01:41.179
 to solve

01:01:41.179 --> 01:01:42.980
 our own issues

01:01:42.980 --> 01:01:43.800
 our own troubles

01:01:43.800 --> 01:01:44.340
 ourselves

01:01:44.340 --> 01:01:45.200
 by our own

01:01:45.200 --> 01:01:46.480
 marriage

01:01:46.480 --> 01:01:47.019
 and our own

01:01:47.019 --> 01:01:47.579
 works

01:01:47.579 --> 01:01:47.920
 God

01:01:47.920 --> 01:01:48.340
 but yet

01:01:48.340 --> 01:01:50.680
 you come

01:01:50.680 --> 01:01:52.480
 you come

01:01:52.480 --> 01:01:53.000
 with words

01:01:53.000 --> 01:01:53.579
 of life

01:01:53.579 --> 01:01:55.900
 you come

01:01:55.900 --> 01:01:56.300
 with words

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 of comfort

01:01:56.840 --> 01:01:57.680
 and encouragement

01:01:57.680 --> 01:01:59.220
 but also

01:01:59.220 --> 01:02:00.240
 words of rebuking

01:02:00.240 --> 01:02:01.720
 and you come

01:02:01.720 --> 01:02:02.120
 to us

01:02:02.120 --> 01:02:02.660
 in a command

01:02:02.660 --> 01:02:04.440
 and you say

01:02:04.440 --> 01:02:04.860
 for us

01:02:04.860 --> 01:02:05.740
 to trust in you

01:02:05.740 --> 01:02:08.300
 to believe

01:02:08.300 --> 01:02:08.940
 upon you

01:02:08.940 --> 01:02:11.920
 Father

01:02:11.920 --> 01:02:12.320
 let us

01:02:12.320 --> 01:02:12.840
 do that

01:02:12.840 --> 01:02:14.579
 give us

01:02:14.579 --> 01:02:15.119
 the strength

01:02:15.119 --> 01:02:15.619
 to God

01:02:15.619 --> 01:02:15.920
 because we

01:02:15.920 --> 01:02:16.599
 cannot do it

01:02:16.599 --> 01:02:17.460
 on our own

01:02:17.460 --> 01:02:17.960
 we are quite

01:02:17.960 --> 01:02:18.380
 helpless

01:02:18.380 --> 01:02:20.920
 we pray God

01:02:20.920 --> 01:02:21.300
 that you would

01:02:21.300 --> 01:02:21.619
 give us

01:02:21.619 --> 01:02:22.300
 the strength

01:02:22.300 --> 01:02:24.880
 the strength

01:02:24.880 --> 01:02:25.700
 to trust you

01:02:25.700 --> 01:02:27.079
 the strength

01:02:27.079 --> 01:02:27.539
 to get into

01:02:27.539 --> 01:02:27.980
 our word

01:02:27.980 --> 01:02:28.400
 daily

01:02:28.400 --> 01:02:29.599
 the strength

01:02:29.599 --> 01:02:30.039
 to pray

01:02:30.039 --> 01:02:30.440
 to you

01:02:30.440 --> 01:02:32.200
 the strength

01:02:32.200 --> 01:02:32.599
 to even

01:02:32.599 --> 01:02:33.179
 come before

01:02:33.179 --> 01:02:33.720
 the Lord's

01:02:33.720 --> 01:02:34.159
 table

01:02:34.159 --> 01:02:39.259
 and really

01:02:39.259 --> 01:02:40.000
 reflect upon

01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:40.559
 what Christ

01:02:40.559 --> 01:02:41.099
 has done

01:02:41.099 --> 01:02:44.239
 oh Father

01:02:44.239 --> 01:02:44.960
 let our hearts

01:02:44.960 --> 01:02:45.460
 remember

01:02:45.460 --> 01:02:47.279
 what was spoken

01:02:47.279 --> 01:02:47.739
 to those

01:02:47.739 --> 01:02:48.359
 disciples

01:02:48.359 --> 01:02:50.259
 has spoken

01:02:50.259 --> 01:02:50.920
 to us

01:02:50.920 --> 01:02:52.059
 that we should

01:02:52.059 --> 01:02:52.739
 believe in you

01:02:52.739 --> 01:02:54.359
 and believe

01:02:54.359 --> 01:02:54.940
 in the son

01:02:54.940 --> 01:02:56.359
 that you have

01:02:56.359 --> 01:02:56.799
 sent

01:02:56.799 --> 01:02:58.259
 and let us

01:02:58.259 --> 01:02:58.619
 do that

01:02:58.619 --> 01:02:59.079
 oh God

01:02:59.079 --> 01:03:00.940
 and let us

01:03:00.940 --> 01:03:01.619
 not grow weary

01:03:01.619 --> 01:03:02.319
 in doing it

01:03:02.320 --> 01:03:05.440
 yet let us

01:03:05.440 --> 01:03:06.400
 finish this race

01:03:06.400 --> 01:03:07.380
 clinging

01:03:07.380 --> 01:03:09.039
 to the arms

01:03:09.039 --> 01:03:09.720
 of our Savior

01:03:09.720 --> 01:03:11.360
 and we say

01:03:11.360 --> 01:03:11.700
 this

01:03:11.700 --> 01:03:12.580
 in the name

01:03:12.580 --> 01:03:13.160
 of Christ

01:03:13.160 --> 01:03:14.220
 Amen