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 Well, please have a seat and let's pray together.

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 Father God, we're so conscious that blessed is the one whose delight is in the law of the Lord

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 and who meditates on this law day and night.

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 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water which yields its fruit in season

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 and whose leaf does not wither.

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 Whatever they do prospers.

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 Father God, we long so much to be those kind of people.

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 So Lord, as we take time together to meditate and think about your words,

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 Father, would you use it to do your work and send your spirit that it might be alive,

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 that it might be dynamic and that it might bring about transformation in our lives for your glory alone.

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 Amen.

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 This morning we're just looking at five verses in Luke's Gospel.

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 I called it the Diverse Dozen and I love that photo until I realised this morning that there's only 11 people sitting on the ledge.

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 I thought I might get away with it by saying the 12th was taking the photo.

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 But we'll just go with it.

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 The 20th of October 1968 was a day that the world changed.

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 After the 20th of October, that is 48 years ago last Thursday, nothing would ever be the same again.

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 It was a day that the world changed.

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 That is, the world of high jumping.

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 It was on the 20th of October 1968 in Mexico City at the Olympics that Richard Douglas Fosbury, the American athlete,

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 jumped over the high jump in a way that no one had ever jumped before.

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 Up until that moment, everyone had used the technique called the barrel roll,

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 where you'd run up to the bar forwards, you would then push off with your main foot and you would roll over it like this,

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 with a bit more grace and a bit more height.

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 Richard Douglas Fosbury, however, during his time at university, had developed a new technique,

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 famously called the Fosbury flop, where you would run up in the same manner,

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 except at a slight angle you would push off from your dominant foot,

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 and you would arch your back and go off over backwards.

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 Richard Fosbury changed the game.

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 He laid a fresh foundation for the way that high jump would be done from that moment on.

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 No one looked back.

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 And what goes on in these seemingly five innocuous verses,

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 in the middle of Luke chapter 6,

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 is an absolute game changer.

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 After this moment, nothing would be the same again.

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 It would be a fresh foundation, a defining moment.

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 What happens in these verses is almost a miracle that no one notices.

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 So I've greatly enjoyed looking at it, and if you would turn to Luke chapter 6,

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 and verse 12, I'll read it.

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 One of those days, Luke writes, Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray,

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 and spent the night praying to God.

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 When morning came, he called his twelve disciples to him,

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 whom he also designated apostles.

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 Simon, whom he named Peter.

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 Simon's brother Andrew.

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 James, John.

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 Philip, Bartholomew.

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 Matthew, Thomas.

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 James, son of Alphaeus.

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 Simon, who was called the Zealot.

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 Judas, son of James.

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 And Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

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 Wonderful verses.

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 And the first thing I want us to see is that this is a radical move.

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 This is a radical move in Jesus' ministry and in world history.

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 What happens in these five verses?

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 You have to say Jesus has done some pretty remarkable things so far in Luke's gospel.

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 He has declared himself to be the spirit-anointed preacher that Isaiah foresaw

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 800 years before Jesus turned up.

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 When in the synagogue at Nazareth, he says,

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 Jesus has driven out demons and they have submitted to his authority.

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 Jesus has taught with authority and everyone has been amazed.

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 We have never heard teaching like this before.

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 Jesus has healed many people of all sorts of diseases,

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 even that most stigmatized of disorders, leprosy.

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 Jesus has blown fishermen's minds by orchestrating a miraculous catch of fish.

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 It takes quite a lot to blow fishermen's minds with catching fish.

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 And yet Jesus has done it.

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 Jesus has read people's thoughts.

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 He's claimed to have authority to forgive sins.

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 And just to prove the point, he's told a paralyzed man to get up and walk.

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 Jesus has clashed with religious leaders over their interpretation of the law

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 and his claim to be Lord of the Sabbath

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 and the Son of Man who has authority to forgive sins.

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 All this has been radical, never before seen and never to be seen again

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 through the ministry and life of one man.

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 And yet what goes on here in Luke chapter 6 is more radical than all of that put together.

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 As Jesus goes up on a mountainside to pray,

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 he spends the whole night praying to God.

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 That phrase, the whole night, has already been used in Luke's gospel

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 for how Peter toiled all night fishing.

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 It's the same phrase.

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 Jesus has been toiling all night in prayer.

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 The incarnate Son communing with the Eternal Father on a mountainside in Galilee.

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 And he does that because this is a seismic shift,

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 a change moment,

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 a watershed episode in redemptive history.

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 Jesus spends the whole night laboring prayer,

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 in prayer to find the Father's will as to who should be his 12 designated apostles.

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 Jesus then descends the mountain having spent the whole night in prayer.

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 He calls all of his disciples to him,

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 this big group that have been following him,

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 as we have in his journey around Galilee.

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 And then he calls 12.

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 12 particular disciples whom he designates apostles.

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 And you have to say, that doesn't seem that radical

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 until you superimpose it onto Israel's history

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 and realize that the only other person who went up a mountain to commune with God

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 and then descended and called 12 people to himself to teach them God's law was Moses.

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 That the foundation of Israel's covenant relationship with God

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 would be based on the teaching of Moses to these 12 men

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 who were to disseminate it to all of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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 And here Jesus radically changes course

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 and calls 12 new men

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 to redefine the way that the covenant is going to operate.

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 Jesus calls these 12 men to reimagine, reinvent, and redefine

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 how God would commune with his people.

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 He is laying a fresh foundation of the way that things are going to be from now on,

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 now that the King of Glory has come into the world.

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 These 12, these 12 men to be his spokesmen,

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 to declare this life-changing, eternity-securing, sin-forgiving message

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 to the entire world.

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 These people who are going to be his ambassadors.

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 As Jesus lays the fresh foundation,

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 the radical moment in redemptive history.

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 And you have to say it was truly necessary

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 because most of chapter 5 has been taken up with

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 Jesus clashing with the religious leaders.

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 The people whose responsibility has been teaching Old Testament law to the people

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 and defining it in the smallest minutiae possible

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 that the law has become big

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 and God has become small in the equation.

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 We left chapter 11 with the Pharisees

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 and the teachers of the law being furious

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 and beginning to discuss with one another

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 what they might do with Jesus.

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 A similar account in Matthew talks about how they might destroy Jesus.

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 That it seems that there is a no-through road now

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 in the way that things have become

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 in Old Testament law.

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 And now that Messiah has come,

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 the game has changed.

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 And he chooses a new team

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 with a new mission.

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 He chooses them to be the new wineskins

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 into which to pour this new covenant message

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 in order that there might be hope

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 for everyone well beyond

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 the borders of Israel.

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 This is the seismic shift

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 that Paul writes about in the book of Romans.

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 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight

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 by works of the law.

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 That's what the Pharisees thought.

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 Rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

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 But now, apart from the law,

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 the righteousness of God has been made known

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 to which the law and the prophets testify.

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 The righteousness is given through faith

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 in Jesus Christ to all who believe.

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 That is a game changer.

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 That the law now is not a way to be saved,

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 but it's a way to show our necessity of Jesus

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 in order to be saved.

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 This is a game changer,

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 a fresh foundation of the superior covenant

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 that will make the old covenant obsolete and passé.

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 And this is great news for us.

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 This fresh foundation,

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 because let's be clear,

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 not many of us in here are ethnically Jewish.

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 And yet, in choosing these twelve,

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 Jesus is making known

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 that the doors are open.

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 A new and living way is being forged

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 This new covenant is not going to be based on obedience to the law,

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 but on acceptance of the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 It is not going to be about obeying laws written on stone tablets.

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 It's going to be about God working on us to sear that law onto our hearts

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 and help us obey it from the inside out through the indwelling Holy Spirit,

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 which is secured through faith in Jesus Christ.

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 One not secured on our performance,

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 but one that is eternally secure on the performance of another.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 who perfectly obeys the law for us,

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 because we couldn't.

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 And Jesus chooses these twelve apostles

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 to make that known to everyone.

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 Exactly what Paul talks about in Ephesians 2.

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 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers.

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 That's talking about Gentiles, which is us.

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 But fellow citizens with God's people

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 and also members of his household

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 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets

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 with Jesus Christ himself as the chief cornerstone.

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 This is a radical move.

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 This is a watershed moment.

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 This is a seismic shift.

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 As the twelve tribes of Israel

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 are superseded

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 by these twelve new apostles that Jesus chooses

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 and designates to be his spokesmen,

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 his official declarers,

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 these heralds of the way things now are.

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 that God's people will no longer be defined by race.

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 They will be defined by grace.

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 Meaning that the doors are flung open.

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 And everyone who will look on the sun

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 and trust him are welcome.

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 Everyone who will believe their message

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 can be a part of God's people forever.

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 That is a radical move.

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 But then see also,

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 it is a random mix of people.

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 Twelve.

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 Three sets of brothers.

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 At least four fishermen.

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 And whenever they're listed,

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 they're always listed in four groups.

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 The first four are always

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 Simon, Peter, Andrew, James and John.

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 These are seemingly the inner circle

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 who are privy to more of Jesus

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 than maybe the rest.

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 It'll be these four

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 that go into Jairus' daughter

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 when she's dead.

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 It'll be these four

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 that are up the mountain

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 on the day that Jesus is transfigured.

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 These four always appear first.

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 Simon, Peter, is always number one.

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 But in the different list,

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 the other three kind of switch around a bit

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 for a bit of variety.

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 The next four are always

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 Philip, Bartholomew,

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 who some people call Nathaniel,

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 Matthew, who's also called Levi,

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 and Thomas.

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 They make fleeting appearances

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 in the Gospels.

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 They play like little cameo roles.

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 And then we get another three.

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 James, the lesser son of Alphaeus.

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 Simon, the zealot.

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 Judas, son of James,

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 sometimes called Thaddeus

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 so he doesn't get confused

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 with other Judas.

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 These three we know

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 next to nothing about.

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 And then finally,

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 Judas Iscariot.

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 Iscariot either because

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 he comes from the region of Judah

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 called Kerioth,

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 or maybe Judas Iscariot,

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 meaning he's the dagger man

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 who is thought to be

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 part of the same religious sect,

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 the same nationalist sect

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 as Simon the zealot.

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 It's a very diverse group.

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 It needs to be a very diverse group

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 if this universal message

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 is going to get to everyone.

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 It's going to take all sorts of people

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 to reach all sorts of people.

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 It's quite an awkward group as well.

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 You have got Levi,

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 or Matthew,

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 the tax collector.

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 That means

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 he is a Roman sympathizer.

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 He's in cahoots with the Romans

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 and actually working for them

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 to exhort money

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 from his own people.

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 Matthew, the tax collector,

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 in Jesus' top team

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 with Simon the zealot,

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 who is a nationalist,

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 who's part of a radical guerrilla movement

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 who wants to do anything

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 and everything

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 to throw the Romans out.

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 That must have been quite awkward

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 around the dinner table,

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 do you not think?

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 Matthew, the sympathizer

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 with Simon,

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 the hardcore nationalist.

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 Or what about Thomas,

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 who's famous for being

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 a little bit sceptical,

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 a little bit cynical,

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 a little bit slow on the uptake.

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 And then Peter,

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 who's famous for jumping in

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 with both feet,

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 one kind of slow and reticent,

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 the other speaking

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 before he's even thought.

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 Or what about James and John,

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 whose nickname is Boanerges,

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 which means sons of thunder

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 because they've got a bit

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 of a bad temper.

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 On their school report,

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 it would say they don't play well

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 with others.

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 Or you've got Nathaniel,

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 who is the deep-thinking Israelite,

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 the one Jesus says,

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 there is an Israelite

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 in whom there's no deceit.

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 And you've got Philip,

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 who's seemingly a bit slow,

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 having spent three years

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 with Jesus and says,

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 right, what is it all about?

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 When are we going to see God?

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 Such an odd group of people,

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 a random group.

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 And yet Jesus doesn't choose them

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 because of what they are.

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 He chooses them

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 because of what they will be made into

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 all by his grace.

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 So you have Simon Peter,

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 whose life is radically transformed.

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 The only time he doesn't speak

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 before he's thought

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 is when Jesus dies.

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 When he's being tried

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 and a little girl comes up to him

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 and says,

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 you're one of Jesus' followers.

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 And he says,

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 no, I'm not.

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 I swear I'm not.

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 I'm not.

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 Oh, why is the cock growing?

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 And yet we see

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 somebody who was so reticent

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 about being associated with Jesus

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 writes a letter in the New Testament

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 at the end of his life saying,

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 this is why you should stick out

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 like a sore thumb for Jesus Christ.

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 He's worried about that association

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 and at the end of his life says,

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 oh, you can crucify me

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 because of Jesus,

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 but can you do it upside down

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 because I'm not worthy

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 to die in the same way?

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 Or what about Thomas

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 who's seemingly cynical

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 and slow to believe,

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 runs all over Persia

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 and down into India

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 where he'll eventually die,

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 convincing people

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 that Jesus is worth

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 all of your life

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 and your eventual death.

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 Or what about James,

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 the church leader,

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 the first bishop of Jerusalem,

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 who was killed by Herod

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 and his brother, John,

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 who were seemingly

00:19:40.419 --> 00:19:41.699
 bad-tempered people,

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 John, at the end of his life,

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 wheeled out into church services

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 where his only sermon would be,

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 love one another.

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 Jesus doesn't choose these people

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 because of what they are in Luke 6.

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 He chooses them what they will be

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 all by his grace

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 through the power of his Holy Spirit.

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 Nobody in Luke 6

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 is thinking,

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 Jesus, you've done a brilliant job.

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 I'm sure as all the other disciples

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 are there going,

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 well, if he's in,

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 why aren't I in?

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 And yet Jesus knows

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 exactly what he's doing.

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 But you can say right here

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 in Luke 6

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 with this random mix,

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 you can say this is kind of

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:26.819
 a microcosm of the people

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 that God chooses,

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:30.339
 who saves by his grace

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 and calls them to be family,

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 to be a team together.

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 I look around this room

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 and I think,

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 what an eclectically weird mix

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 of people.

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 And yet what Jesus does here

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.980
 in Luke 6

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:47.199
 is exactly what Jesus

00:20:47.199 --> 00:20:47.899
 has been doing

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 ever since he laid

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.799
 this fresh foundation

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 of making strangers

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 into family,

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 of making old and young,

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 rich and poor,

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 wise and foolish

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 together as one,

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:05.000
 laid on this fresh foundation

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 in these apostles.

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 Now I don't think we can move on

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 until we've looked at verse 16,

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 the whole Judas Iscariot problem.

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 We read it with chilling effect.

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:20.319
 Judas Iscariot

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:22.859
 who became a traitor.

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 This man Judas

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:26.599
 who has become infamous,

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:28.559
 whose name has become synonymous

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:31.019
 with being a turncoat.

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 And I guess it always prompts

00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:37.279
 the question in our mind,

00:21:37.379 --> 00:21:38.299
 who is responsible

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.819
 for Judas' betrayal?

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:44.399
 Why did Jesus choose Judas

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:46.140
 knowing he would betray him?

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:49.060
 Was Judas set up as a patsy,

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:50.120
 a mere pawn

00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:51.200
 from the very beginning?

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 Who's responsible

00:21:54.120 --> 00:21:55.900
 for Judas' betrayal?

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.940
 Was it divine sovereignty

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:59.460
 or human responsibility?

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 And the answer is yes.

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:09.180
 The Bible is full of this tension.

00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:11.920
 Joseph and his brothers

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:13.000
 in Genesis.

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:16.680
 Where they do what they want to do

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:18.180
 but only actually fulfill

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:20.440
 God's plan in the end.

00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:23.560
 You meant it for evil

00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:25.380
 but God meant it for good.

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:28.200
 Even Jesus' death.

00:22:28.560 --> 00:22:30.280
 Indeed, Herod Pontius Pilate

00:22:30.280 --> 00:22:31.340
 says in Acts 4,

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:33.180
 met together with the Gentiles

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 and the people of Israel

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.900
 in this city

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 to conspire against

00:22:36.040 --> 00:22:37.480
 your holy servant Jesus

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.740
 whom you appointed.

00:22:39.820 --> 00:22:41.240
 They did what your power

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.079
 and will

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:43.700
 had decided beforehand

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.440
 should happen.

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.500
 Gentiles,

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.640
 they did what they wanted

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.079
 to do

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.740
 but because of God's sovereignty

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.880
 only actually did

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.980
 what God

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.079
 had ordained

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.799
 should happen.

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:57.079
 It's kind of like

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:58.259
 the rings in the Olympics.

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 You need both.

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:01.099
 You need to hold on to both

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.920
 at the same time

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.400
 or else you

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:04.019
 flip like this.

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:06.779
 You need to hold both things

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:08.019
 in tension.

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.879
 Great quote is this.

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.259
 The truth does not lie

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.259
 in one extreme

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.680
 or the other

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:16.779
 nor in the middle.

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:20.259
 The truth lies in both extremes

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.460
 held together.

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:26.099
 The truth does not lie

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.839
 in one extreme

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.599
 or the other

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:29.859
 much less does it lie

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.559
 in the middle.

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:32.500
 The truth lies in both extremes

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.740
 held together.

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.940
 Judas betrayed Jesus

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.680
 as a result

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.880
 of his opportunistic

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:39.000
 selfish hatred

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.100
 of Jesus Christ.

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.440
 Judas betrayed

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.500
 Jesus

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:45.519
 as an agent

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.120
 to fulfill

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:47.299
 God's eternal plan.

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.299
 It's what theologians

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.380
 call antimony

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:52.400
 holding two things

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:53.559
 seemingly opposed

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.799
 in tension.

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.940
 Spurgeon was asked

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.880
 how do you reconcile

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:59.299
 human responsibility

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.640
 with divine sovereignty

00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:02.059
 to which Spurgeon

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.640
 simply said

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.440
 I don't reconcile

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.019
 friends.

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:08.140
 before we leave

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.920
 Judas though

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:11.940
 the scary thing is

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:13.480
 no one suspects

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.000
 Judas.

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.980
 You read all through

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.019
 the Gospels

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.220
 so when Jesus

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.480
 at the Last Supper

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.460
 says one of you

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.360
 will betray me

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:23.120
 everybody's not pointing

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.860
 and saying

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.740
 there's Judas.

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.920
 Judas has played

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.840
 a blinder.

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.360
 He's hidden

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:33.519
 in plain sight.

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.680
 He has all the

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.259
 right answers.

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.160
 He goes to all

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.099
 the discipleship

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.660
 meetings.

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:39.119
 Everyone thinks

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.980
 he's a good guy.

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.240
 He plays his role.

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:42.440
 He dons the mask.

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:44.180
 He blends in

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.920
 and I think the

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.619
 scariest thing

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.299
 is as a church

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.700
 leader

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:48.759
 is we may not

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.720
 be betrayers

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.299
 like Judas

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.220
 but we can happily

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.980
 play a part.

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:55.079
 We can say

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.940
 all the right things

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.839
 sing all the right

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.240
 things

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.139
 do all the right

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.740
 things

00:24:58.740 --> 00:25:00.099
 use the best

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:01.180
 language we can

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.960
 have so much

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.600
 theological

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:04.840
 knowledge

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:06.000
 it would blow

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.000
 your mind

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:09.240
 but at the end

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.720
 of the day

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.740
 it was all for show

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:12.460
 and not for keeps

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:14.420
 and so I wonder

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.019
 if Judas

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:16.120
 doesn't just

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:17.299
 make us question

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.120
 how does divine

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.620
 sovereignty

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.140
 and human

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.779
 responsibility

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.640
 fit together

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:22.880
 I think it invites

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.360
 us to

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:25.400
 challenge our

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.420
 own hearts

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:29.380
 am I on

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.259
 Jesus team

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.460
 or simply

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.779
 in the

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.220
 Brunsfield

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.700
 club

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:34.460
 because the

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.000
 scary thing

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.539
 is Judas

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.300
 had every

00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:36.900
 opportunity

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.420
 and hung

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.039
 out forever

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.660
 with Jesus

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.060
 and the

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:39.300
 crew

00:25:39.300 --> 00:25:41.100
 but he was

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:41.640
 never really

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.279
 in it

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:44.259
 so easy

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.920
 day after

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.300
 day

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:45.740
 Sunday

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.500
 after Sunday

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.840
 week

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.539
 after week

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.400
 month

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.000
 after month

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.400
 year

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:50.039
 after year

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.680
 decade

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:52.140
 after decade

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:54.259
 just come

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.720
 to church

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.120
 that's what

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.599
 I do

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:58.199
 and let's

00:25:58.199 --> 00:25:58.699
 let Judas

00:25:58.699 --> 00:25:59.819
 challenge us

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:01.119
 but whether

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.699
 this is all

00:26:01.699 --> 00:26:02.219
 for show

00:26:02.219 --> 00:26:03.779
 or whether

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.259
 it's really

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.039
 for keeps

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:06.279
 whether I

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.659
 have a

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.299
 fascination

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.899
 with Jesus

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.319
 and his

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.879
 church

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:11.119
 or whether

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:11.559
 I know

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:11.899
 Jesus

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.359
 and love

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:12.899
 his church

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.500
 because that's

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.839
 a real

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.519
 difference

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:16.939
 finally

00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:17.459
 and with

00:26:17.459 --> 00:26:17.859
 this

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.339
 I come

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.000
 into land

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.979
 it seems

00:26:19.979 --> 00:26:20.359
 like a

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.019
 pretty risky

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.459
 method

00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:23.379
 we've already

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.959
 heard in

00:26:23.959 --> 00:26:24.539
 chapter 6

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.099
 verse 11

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.959
 the cross

00:26:25.959 --> 00:26:26.319
 looming

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.879
 large on

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.539
 the horizon

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.559
 that it's

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:28.879
 not going

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.219
 to end

00:26:29.219 --> 00:26:29.639
 well for

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.039
 Jesus

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:31.759
 that he

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.319
 is going

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.699
 to be

00:26:32.699 --> 00:26:33.000
 killed

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.459
 according

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:33.919
 to the

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.519
 father's

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.099
 will

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.919
 and his

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.399
 work is

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:36.719
 going to

00:26:36.719 --> 00:26:37.099
 have to

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.519
 be left

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.319
 to others

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:40.179
 and he

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.519
 chooses

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.059
 these

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.759
 twelve

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:43.299
 he chooses

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.019
 these people

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.679
 to be his

00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:45.500
 ambassadors

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.579
 his designated

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.379
 official

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.679
 spokesman

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:51.059
 and as we've

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.539
 already said

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.159
 none of these

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.859
 people are on

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.619
 anybody's

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.199
 shortlist

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.039
 to be in

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.600
 the boardroom

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.000
 of any

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.460
 global

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.340
 enterprise

00:26:57.340 --> 00:27:01.299
 if this

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.559
 is

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.000
 Jesus

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.480
 crack

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.920
 team

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.180
 of

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.539
 world

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.160
 dominating

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:05.259
 missionaries

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:07.039
 then at

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.600
 Luke 6

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.019
 it seems

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.539
 the project

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.960
 is a

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.340
 total

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:10.059
 non-starter

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.460
 and a

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.700
 damp

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.220
 squib

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.860
 before

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.680
 anyone's

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.160
 gone

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.779
 anywhere

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:15.180
 when

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.539
 Jesus

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.940
 reads

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.119
 out

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.319
 his

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.599
 team

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:16.799
 sheet

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.259
 everybody

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.519
 is

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:17.779
 thinking

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.440
 really

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.639
 these

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.279
 guys

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.740
 Thaddeus

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:24.259
 he doesn't

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.639
 seem to

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.000
 have a

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.220
 clue

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.859
 Philip

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:27.879
 honestly

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.460
 he seems

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.700
 a bit

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.299
 dim

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:32.500
 John

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.879
 MacArthur

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.220
 writes

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.799
 the propagation

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.339
 of the

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.720
 gospel

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.639
 and the

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:35.960
 founding

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.359
 of the

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.700
 church

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.059
 hinged

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.680
 entirely

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:37.980
 on

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.359
 twelve

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.720
 men

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.619
 whose

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:39.960
 most

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.700
 outstanding

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.500
 characteristic

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.039
 was their

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.920
 ordinariness

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:45.940
 no one

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.400
 is picking

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.039
 these twelve

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.579
 guys

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:49.140
 no one

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.559
 has them

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:49.920
 on their

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.200
 team

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.440
 sheet

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.000
 except

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.019
 Jesus

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.839
 and let's

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.160
 be honest

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.640
 no one's

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.160
 got us

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.519
 on their

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:55.759
 team

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.079
 sheet

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.380
 to

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.160
 transform

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.720
 Brunsfield

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.220
 or Edinburgh

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.599
 with the

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.079
 message of

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.359
 Jesus

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.839
 Christ

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:01.259
 none of

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.519
 us are

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.720
 getting

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.099
 chosen

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.519
 for that

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:02.839
 correct

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.119
 team

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:03.720
 by human

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.460
 standards

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:07.059
 and yet

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.400
 that is

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.839
 God's

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.579
 absolute

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.460
 modus

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.079
 operandi

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.900
 this is

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.240
 how he

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.920
 always

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.880
 works

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.720
 he always

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.080
 chooses

00:28:14.080 --> 00:28:14.820
 nobodies

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.220
 and by

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.700
 his grace

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.120
 makes them

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.880
 somebodies

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.820
 in order

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.160
 that they

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.500
 might go

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.820
 and tell

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.480
 everybody

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:21.060
 about him

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:22.320
 he reminds

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:23.060
 this prideful

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:23.560
 church in

00:28:23.560 --> 00:28:24.120
 1 Corinthians

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.840
 of that

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:26.700
 brothers and

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.040
 sisters

00:28:27.040 --> 00:28:27.680
 think of

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.120
 what you

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.600
 were when

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:28.940
 you were

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.380
 called

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.340
 not many

00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:30.720
 of you

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.259
 were wise

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.880
 by human

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.480
 standards

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.300
 not many

00:28:33.300 --> 00:28:34.160
 were influential

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.780
 not many

00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:35.160
 were of

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.840
 noble birth

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.680
 but God

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.620
 chose the

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.320
 foolish things

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:38.780
 of the world

00:28:38.780 --> 00:28:39.220
 to shame

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.860
 the wise

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.839
 God chose

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.519
 the weak

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:41.959
 things of

00:28:41.959 --> 00:28:42.319
 the world

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.740
 to shame

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.240
 the strong

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.099
 God chose

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.879
 the lowly

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.379
 things of

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:45.959
 this world

00:28:45.959 --> 00:28:46.719
 and the

00:28:46.719 --> 00:28:47.259
 despised

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.619
 things and

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.039
 the things

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.319
 that are

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.759
 not

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:50.339
 to nullify

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.879
 the things

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.459
 that are

00:28:51.459 --> 00:28:52.599
 so that

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.299
 no one

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.419
 may boast

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.319
 before him

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.899
 let's be honest

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.399
 no one's

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:57.939
 choosing any

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.299
 of us

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.019
 except God

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.879
 and yet

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.299
 the very

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.899
 reason that

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.539
 God chooses

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.139
 us so that

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:02.759
 when we're

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.579
 transformed by

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.279
 his grace

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.139
 and make

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.859
 Jesus known

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.319
 to others

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.019
 only he gets

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.639
 the glory

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:10.099
 which is

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.879
 exactly what

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.480
 he ordains

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.940
 to happen

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.339
 from the

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.960
 very beginning

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.519
 so that

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.980
 no one

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.420
 may boast

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.119
 John MacArthur

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.559
 again

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.779
 the 2000

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.660
 year triumph

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.180
 of the

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.859
 apostolic

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.460
 endeavour

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.500
 is a

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.920
 testimony

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.460
 to the

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.799
 wisdom

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.500
 and power

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.579
 of the

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.139
 divine

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:26.319
 strategy

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:28.940
 if we were

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.440
 choosing this

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.900
 by human

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.359
 standards

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:30.779
 we'd have

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.359
 all been

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.759
 left on

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.339
 the bench

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.740
 and yet

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.480
 Jesus calls

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.919
 us to be

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.259
 a member

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.659
 of his

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:36.019
 team

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:37.779
 to turn

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.259
 the world

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.939
 upside down

00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:39.299
 which is

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.939
 exactly what

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.399
 they comment

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:41.099
 the disciples

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.500
 did

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.959
 in Acts

00:29:42.959 --> 00:29:43.559
 17

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:45.839
 and we

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.299
 know it

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.939
 works

00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:47.720
 the fact

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.240
 we're here

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.839
 today

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:50.599
 sharing this

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.579
 apostolic

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.139
 gospel

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:53.119
 with each

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.559
 other

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.480
 is testimony

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.980
 that it

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.299
 works

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.699
 that this

00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.359
 gospel

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.859
 these 12

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.379
 people would

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.079
 even get

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.519
 the gospel

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.159
 to Scotland

00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:01.300
 and we're

00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:02.060
 here because

00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:02.680
 of it

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:04.519
 and we

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.980
 know that

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.420
 it works

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:05.940
 in the end

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.420
 because in

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.360
 Revelation 21

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.920
 verse 4

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.240
 it says

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.620
 this

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.620
 the walls

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.019
 of the

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.519
 city

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.900
 had 12

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.700
 foundations

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:14.560
 and on them

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:15.160
 were the names

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.800
 of the 12

00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:16.640
 apostles of the

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:16.920
 Lamb

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:18.380
 that this

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.019
 eternal

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.480
 kingdom

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.060
 that Jesus

00:30:20.060 --> 00:30:20.519
 came to

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.019
 inaugurate

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.340
 and will

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.759
 one day

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.360
 be built

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.240
 it worked

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.540
 and this

00:30:23.540 --> 00:30:24.100
 foundation

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:25.040
 was set

00:30:25.040 --> 00:30:25.960
 and their

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.560
 names

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:27.600
 are on the

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.300
 foundations

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:30.399
 no one

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.079
 except God

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.680
 would choose

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.259
 us

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.359
 and yet

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.819
 God's

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.480
 speciality

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.779
 is to

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.500
 use weak

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.279
 scared

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.139
 fragile

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.859
 and timid

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.319
 people

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.919
 to bring

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.399
 his son

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:40.919
 glory

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:42.440
 to make

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:42.919
 his son

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.359
 known

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.079
 to put

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.579
 on display

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.500
 the transformation

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.240
 that his

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.759
 grace

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.940
 brings about

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:49.759
 and so

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.279
 we're not

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.539
 able to do

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.079
 this task

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.659
 but trusting

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.259
 in God

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:55.139
 is more

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.779
 than possible

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:58.200
 it's more

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.460
 than possible

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.240
 because God's

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.660
 power

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:02.200
 is

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:03.240
 and has

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.319
 always been

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.819
 made perfect

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:07.080
 in our

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.620
 weakness

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:09.100
 let's pray

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:12.559
 Father God

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:12.980
 we're here

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.559
 this morning

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.180
 and

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:16.900
 the only

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.480
 thing that

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.000
 we have

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.400
 is our

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.019
 outstanding

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.120
 ordinariness

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:22.480
 and yet

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.720
 Lord

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.059
 we're so

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.420
 conscious

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:23.840
 that you're

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.140
 the God

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.640
 who places

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.180
 the treasure

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.539
 of your

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.900
 gospel

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.380
 in jars

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.900
 of clay

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:28.560
 so that

00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:28.920
 everyone

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.440
 would see

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.800
 that this

00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:30.660
 all-surpassing

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:30.840
 power

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:32.000
 the all-surpassing

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.300
 power

00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:32.640
 of the

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.220
 apostolic

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.620
 gospel

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.680
 handed from

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.019
 Jesus

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.440
 to these

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.740
 twelve

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.100
 men

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:38.180
 that everyone

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.519
 would see

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.900
 that that

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.220
 power

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.800
 comes from

00:31:39.800 --> 00:31:40.300
 you

00:31:40.300 --> 00:31:41.460
 and not

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.220
 from us

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.940
 and so

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.200
 Lord

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.640
 we're conscious

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.080
 of our

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.880
 fragility

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:47.700
 we're conscious

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.280
 of our

00:31:48.280 --> 00:31:49.320
 brittleness

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:50.920
 we're conscious

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.360
 of our

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:52.220
 unimpressiveness

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:54.259
 and yet

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.519
 Lord

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.059
 we're asking

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.420
 that you

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.860
 would send

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.240
 us out

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.640
 from this

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.120
 place

00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:58.360
 to make

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:58.819
 much of

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.140
 Jesus

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.740
 in and

00:31:59.740 --> 00:31:59.960
 through

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.220
 our

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.660
 lives

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.779
 so that

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.059
 people

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.400
 would see

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.720
 that this

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.440
 all-surpassing

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:03.799
 power is

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.180
 from you

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.500
 and not

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.140
 from us

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:06.360
 that we

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.779
 might not

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.460
 boast about

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.079
 what we've

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.400
 done

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.600
 or what we

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:10.100
 can do

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:11.140
 but you

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.620
 would blow

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.279
 our minds

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:13.339
 with all

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.680
 that you

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.059
 are

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:15.079
 and all

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.400
 that you're

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:15.900
 able to

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.140
 do

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.740
 even through

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.200
 us

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.819
 so Lord

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.240
 thank you

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.720
 that you've

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.640
 chosen us

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.680
 to be on

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.180
 your team

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:23.040
 Father God

00:32:23.040 --> 00:32:23.360
 thank you

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:23.700
 that you're

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.620
 still choosing

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:25.900
 people to

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.500
 be on your

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.860
 team

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:28.340
 and so Lord

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:28.759
 we'd ask

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.180
 that if there

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.680
 were any

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.880
 today still

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.600
 in the stands

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:32.680
 as spectators

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.800
 Lord you

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.220
 would call

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.500
 them to

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.040
 yourself

00:32:35.040 --> 00:32:36.400
 and Father

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.759
 that they

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.220
 would enter

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.700
 the fray

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.920
 as members

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.340
 of your

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:39.840
 family

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.759
 who have

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.240
 the eternal

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.780
 hope of

00:32:41.780 --> 00:32:42.160
 being with

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.720
 you forever

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.920
 in the new

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.400
 creation

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.900
 so bless us

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.700
 and help us

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.680
 in Jesus

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.500
 glorious and

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.100
 wise and

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.860
 powerful name

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.819
 Amen