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 Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah.

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 It is wonderful that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah,

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 either by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all,

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 would you pray for us that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people like

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 yourself? The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian,

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 we really, I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the

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 Bible, they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We

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 will do what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're

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 a non-Christian checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't

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 hesitate to send us questions. It helps me actually to know, as I'm preaching, how to deal with the

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 types of things that you're really struggling with. So God bless.

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 Father, sometimes, Father, we have to be sort of un-Canadian as we read your Word. Father, we don't

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 like being un-Canadian, but we confess before you that unless we sort of are un-Canadian, we can't

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 sometimes really hear what your Word is saying to us. And we thank you, Father, that your Word reveals

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 us as we really are in the real world, as it reveals your Son, the real Savior, who has come to die for

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 the real us, each of us. So we ask, Father, that the Holy Spirit would come into our hearts gently but

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 deeply so that your Word might come gently but deeply into our hearts and that you might speak and

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 rule in the very center of who we are. And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen. Please be seated.

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 So if, I think this is going to have a sermon title and you will see if you go online later on. I think

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 the title is going to be Heaven, Demons, and Jesus. Heaven, Demons, and Jesus. It's one story and two parts.

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 And as I begin this sermon, I'm going to, you might have picked up something in the prayer, those of you

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 who were, you know, listening to the words rather than just praying your own prayers, which is

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 perfectly good. I'm about to do something which is very un-Canadian and most Canadians would say is rude.

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 And so I guess I'm just going to ask that you give me a little bit of grace. And for those of you watching online,

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 that within the next minute or two, you don't turn it off in anger. And those of you who are here who are maybe

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 offended by what I'm about to say, that you don't just tune me out, but just give me some grace.

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 And the reason I'm going to do something which is a little bit un-Canadian, which is, and sort of generally Canadians would view,

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 is just sort of not right, a bit rude, is because the problem that we have when we come to the Bible

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 is that we basically think that our own views are better. And it's not necessarily, I mean,

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 sometimes it's because we've thought very deeply about it, but in many cases, it's just,

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 these are my views and my views are better. This is my truth and my truth is better. I mean,

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 your truth is fine, but frankly, I like my truth better. And that sort of can end up being a bit of a

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 barrier for us to actually hear what the Bible has to say. But the other thing about it is,

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 as we all know, one of the ways to insult a Canadian is to say that they're thoughtless.

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 Like, if you say to anybody, you're thoughtless, you never think, you just follow the crowd,

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 like they'll be offended. It doesn't matter if that's actually what they're like, or if that's

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 how you are, but we'll be offended. So just in giving me some grace, let's just walk towards

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 something which we Canadians generally say to each other all the time at funerals. And when we've met

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 somebody who's just lost a loved one, they've lost their husband or their wife, one of their children

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 or their best friends, what is it that they say? They've gone to a better place.

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 They've gone to a better place.

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 If your loved one, maybe they've had a sister or a very good friend who's died before them,

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 we'll say they've gone to a better place, and now they're with Sue.

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 That's who they are. And then we might add that they're looking down on us or that they're with us

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 or some type of thing like that. But that's a very, very common thing.

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 You know, Bob has died. He's gone to a better place, and now he's with Sue.

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 And now he's also with Fred and a couple of other of his buddies.

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 And then we might make a joke, you know, they're up there having a beer or a good laugh or whatever,

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 but they've gone to a better place, and then they're usually with some loved one.

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 Now, it's rude for Canadians to question this, and that's what I'm going to do.

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 So first of all, so Bob dies, and he goes to a better place,

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 and he goes to be with Sue and Fred and some of his drinking buddies.

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 We also know that Bob had two ex-wives, and they've both died.

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 Are his ex-wives with him?

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 His ex-wives despised him, and he hated them.

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 So is Bob with his ex-wives and with Sue?

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 And would Bob think it was a better place to be stuck forever with his two ex-wives and Sue?

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 And what about the fact that Bob was really mean to his youngest sister,

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 like really, really mean, which you don't bring up at the funeral,

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 but his younger sister's also died, so is he with the younger sister?

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 And would that be a better place for any of them?

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 Would the younger sister say, oh, goody, here comes Bob.

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 I get to spend eternity with Bob in a better place.

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 So if they're not in a better place, like if that younger sister and the two ex-wives

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 aren't in a better place, where are you saying that they are?

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 See why this is a very rude thing to say to Canadians.

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 Where are those other people?

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 Where did the two ex-wives go?

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 Like, are they in hell?

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 Well, now here some wags might be tempted to say yes,

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 but that would be very un-Canadian as well.

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 Are they just in non-existence?

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 You see, here's the problem.

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 Our conception, this is a separate thing from just how it is that we think that,

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 given that, you know, evolution is, naturalistic evolution is true

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 and all of that type of stuff,

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 that there could be some type of a spiritual place that,

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 like, apart from all of that,

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 here's the thing.

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 Your better place is made up of people you like and approve of.

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 The better place is made up of people that you like and approve of.

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 To which I have to say,

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 who made you the center of the universe

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 and the determiner of who goes to heaven and hell?

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 Who made you the center of the universe

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 and the determiner of who goes to heaven and hell?

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 Who made you the center of the universe?

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 In fact, doesn't that sound narcissistic and arrogant?

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 Now, I've really offended you, some of you,

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 because, of course, none of you intend this.

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 Like, none of you intend this.

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 You see, in fact,

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 and here, by the way,

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 I'm not pointing a finger.

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 I love the analogy that when you point a finger at somebody,

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 there's three fingers pointing back at you.

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 And, you see, what the thing reveals

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 is a little bit of just about the way we naturally think.

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 And part of the thing it reveals

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 is that we just naturally think

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 in self-centered terms.

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 It's just natural to us.

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 It's so natural to us

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 that we're not often even aware of the fact that...

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 But, really, like, every person at the funeral

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 has just said,

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 I am the center of the universe.

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 I get to determine who goes to heaven and hell

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 and non-existence.

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 That's what they've just said.

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 But we don't...

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 No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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 I don't mean that.

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 But then, well, there's nothing that we mean.

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 That's the problem.

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 So, I say that because, you see,

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 if we look at the text,

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 which we're going to start reading in about a minute,

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 if you read the text thinking,

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 well, that's all very interesting,

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 that's all very, you know, religious,

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 but I prefer my way,

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 I just wanted to say

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 there's a problem with your way.

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 And I want to suggest

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 that actually,

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 if you start to realize

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 that there's a problem with your way

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 and you actually start to hear the Bible,

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 you realize

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 that the Bible solves

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 the deep longings of your heart.

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 You see, here's the thing.

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 The good thing about that statement,

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 they've gone to a better place,

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 the good thing about that

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 is despite all philosophy

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 and all science,

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 despite all of the bright people

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 who are in the elites of Canada,

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 you refuse to believe

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 that death is the final thing

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 about a human being.

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 You refuse to accept it,

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 that death wins.

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 That's the good that you're saying.

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 And the Bible is good news

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 to that good longing

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 and that good insight

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 that you have.

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 It's very interesting,

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 but you see,

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 you don't get it until you,

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 you see,

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 I only said this

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 because the Bible's

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 going to talk about it.

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 It's very funny.

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 I was just,

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 I was telling somebody,

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 I think last Sunday,

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 I just finished,

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 I don't read that many

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 Stephen King novels,

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 but I read a Stephen King novel

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 just recently,

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 and you know,

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 he's such a weird,

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 like an odd guy,

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 but in the course of the book,

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 like the hero of the book,

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 says this,

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 the Bible is relentless

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 in puncturing our self-deceptions.

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 Doesn't that sound like something

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 that G.K. Chesterton

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 or C.S. Lewis would say?

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 That's Stephen King.

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 I don't know where it comes from.

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 The Bible is relentless

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 in puncturing our self-deception.

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 So let's look

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 at what the Bible actually says.

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 So it begins like this.

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 If you have your Bibles,

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 turn in them to Mark 9,

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 verse 2.

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 We're beginning the second half

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 of the Gospel of Mark.

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 What's just happened before this

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 has been that Jesus is revealed

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 for the first time

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 that he's going to be going to Jerusalem.

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 He's going to die.

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 He's going to be captured

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 by the authorities.

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 He's going to be put to death

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 on a cross,

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 and he's going to rise from the dead.

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 He's revealed it for the first time.

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 And the disciples,

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 especially Peter,

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 Peter says,

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 no way, Jose,

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 that's not going to happen to you.

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 And Jesus rebukes Peter

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 and says,

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 you're thinking like the devil.

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 You're not thinking

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 the way you should.

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 And then Jesus says,

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 listen,

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 anybody who wants to follow me

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 has to pick up their cross

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 and follow me.

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 And that's sort of where we go.

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 And now it's six days after that.

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 This is how the text goes.

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 In this ancient biography of Jesus,

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 it goes like this,

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 verse 2 of chapter 9,

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 and after six days,

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 Jesus took with him

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 Peter and James and John

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 and led them up a high mountain

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 by themselves,

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 and he was transfigured

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 before them.

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 And I'll explain

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 what that means in a moment.

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 And his clothes became radiant,

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 intensely white,

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 as no one,

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 and actually the word one there

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 in the original language

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 is a technical word

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 for an expert launderer.

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 So it's saying that,

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 and they don't translate it that way,

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 but that's actually a technical word,

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 not one,

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 but expert launderer,

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 that no expert launderer

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 on earth could bleach them.

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 Verse 4,

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 and there appeared to them,

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 that is Peter, James, John, and Jesus,

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 and there appeared to them

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 Elijah with Moses,

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 and they were talking with Jesus.

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 And Peter said to Jesus,

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 Rabbi, it is good that we are here.

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 Let us make three tents,

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 one for you and one for Moses

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 and one for Elijah.

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 For Peter did not know what to say,

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 for he and the other two

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 were terrified.

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 And a cloud overshadowed them,

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 and a voice came out of the cloud,

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 this is my beloved son,

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 listen to him.

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 And suddenly looking around,

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 they no longer saw anyone with them,

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 but Jesus only.

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 So what's happening here a little bit?

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 Those of you who come to the church

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 a few times,

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 you know that I'm always plumbing

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 the depths of the great tradition

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 of history,

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 of the philosophers and literature

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 of the past.

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 And so, you know,

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 out of my deep delving

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 into that great history,

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 the best way to understand

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 the transfiguration

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 is if you've watched

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 Chris Pratt's movie,

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 The Tomorrow War,

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 which of course is part of that great,

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 that was a joke,

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 it really went over flat.

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 If you've watched the movie,

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 The Tomorrow War,

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 this isn't a spoiler

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 because it happens

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 about six minutes into the movie,

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 what happens,

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 and it's just the most recent

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 movie of things like this

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 that happened all the time,

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 people are watching

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 the final of the World Cup

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 in soccer.

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 And right towards the end

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 of the game,

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 all of a sudden,

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 there's all these flashing lights

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 and all of this other type of stuff.

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 And then out of the flashing lights

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 come this group of people

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 and they announce

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 that they've come,

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 I think it's from 37 years

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 in the future.

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 And they've come from 37 years

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 in the future into the past

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 and then that's what gets

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 the rest of the movie.

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 Basically, they're trying to,

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 all the people in the future

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 are dying against aliens

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 and they want to get new people

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 from the past

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 to fight the aliens

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 and that's the rest of the movie.

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 But the point is

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 that that gives you

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 a bit of an insight

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 about what's happening here.

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 It's as if the Christians believe

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 that there will come a day

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 when Jesus will return.

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 And when Jesus returns,

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 he will come with angels

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 and archangels.

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 He will come with the company

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 of heaven.

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 And this created order

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 will come to an end,

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 but we will see Jesus return

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 with the saints

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 so to speak.

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 And what we see

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 is that which is in the future

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 and we don't know

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 if that's 10 minutes from now

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 or a thousand years from now.

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 But that future event

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 for a moment,

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 we see it come into the past

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 and we see Jesus now

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 with Moses

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 and with Elijah.

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 So that's sort of

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 what's happening to it.

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 The other thing is

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 what happens to Jesus

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 is what you really are seeing

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 is that,

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 and the words

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 in the original language

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 are passive.

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 So it's not that Jesus

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 like flicks a switch

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 and does something,

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 but God does something.

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 And actually,

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 there's a bit of an issue.

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 Nobody knows why

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 Moses and Elijah were chosen.

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 The text doesn't give

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 an answer to that.

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 One group of scholars

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 and thinkers

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 wonder if the reason

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 it was Moses and Elijah

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 was that they are

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 the only two people

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 in the Old Testament,

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 what our Jewish friends

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 call the Tanakh,

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 who actually see

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 the back of God

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 at this opportunity

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 where for a moment,

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 Peter and James and John,

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 it's as if

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 there's a pinprick.

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 God makes a pinprick

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 in the veil

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 that hides

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 the true glory

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 of God,

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 the Son of God,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 from human eyes.

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 and for one brief moment,

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 God makes a bit

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 of a pinprick,

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 just the tiniest pinprick.

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 And even with that

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 tiniest pinprick,

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 you see the glory

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 of Jesus.

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 You see the glory

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 of Jesus.

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 You see,

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 Christians believe

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 that God,

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 the Son of God,

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 without stopping

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 being God,

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 sets aside

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 his glory

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 and his prerogatives

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 and his majesty

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 and his splendor,

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 sets all of those

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 things aside,

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 but remaining fully God,

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 but setting those

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 things aside,

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 takes into himself

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 our human nature

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 and walks amongst us.

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 And he becomes

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 both fully God

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 and fully human,

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 but he's one person.

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 And for this brief moment,

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 God takes away

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 that,

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 in a sense,

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 that setting aside,

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 and Peter and James

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 and John

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 get to see

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 that Jesus

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 is glorified,

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 he's transfigured.

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 And what happens

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 is that not only

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 is that Jesus

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 glorified and transfigured,

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 but it even changes

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 the clothing

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 that he's wearing

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 so that they,

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 that that is glorified.

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 And the other thing

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 it sees here,

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 and this is really important,

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 you see,

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 Peter and James

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 and John,

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 they have been trained

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 their entire life

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 to understand

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 that there's only one God.

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 But when Peter

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 sees Jesus,

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 Moses,

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 and Elijah,

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 and Moses and Elijah

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 are also

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 glorious,

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 and they're so glorious

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 that for a moment

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 Peter forgets

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 that he's a monotheist

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 and wants to build

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 three tents

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 because it looks

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 as if there's three gods

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 who are there.

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 Now,

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 this is very,

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 very,

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 very,

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 very significant

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 to us

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 in several ways.

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 You see,

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 the work,

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 what God intends

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 for his children

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 when they come

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 to faith in Christ

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 is not that you will

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 vanish into the ocean

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 of God,

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 and it's not that you

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 will just become

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 something spiritual

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 and ethereal

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 and a better place,

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 losing your body,

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 but that you will be you

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 in all of who you are,

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 and you will be

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 completely,

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 massively,

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 glorified,

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 so glorified

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 that if some of us

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 were to see you

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 in the new heaven

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.599
 and the new earth,

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 we would think you

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 were a God

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 and feel compelled

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 to worship you.

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 This is the destiny

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 that God has

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.659
 for his children.

00:19:19.419 --> 00:19:19.899
 Now,

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 if you understand

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 that that's the destiny

00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:22.840
 that God has

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 for his children,

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 you realize

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 that that means

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 if I have to get

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 from me

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 to what this is going

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 to be in the future,

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 well,

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 no amount of prayer

00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:34.960
 is going to do that.

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 No amount of giving

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 my money to charity,

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 my generosity,

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 the church,

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:41.340
 is going to do that.

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 No amount of exercise.

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 no amount of reading

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 John Maxwell books

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 on leadership

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 and attitude management.

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 Like,

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 nothing that I can do

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.860
 will accomplish that.

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 And how do I know

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 that empirically?

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 Well,

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 because when I die,

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 I die,

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 I lose it all.

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 Unless God does something,

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 I can never get

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.620
 from here

00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:04.160
 to here.

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 only God

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:07.240
 can do something

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.180
 to get me,

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.460
 this me,

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 to here.

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 You and I

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 are completely

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 and utterly helpless

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 unless God does it.

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 And actually,

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.480
 you see here as well

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.060
 something else

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 which is really

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 important,

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 that

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 if the me

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 who's here

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:34.059
 still has the evil

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:35.279
 that is within me,

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:37.819
 my narcissism,

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:41.119
 my self-centeredness,

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:44.700
 my besetting sins,

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.920
 if that

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 ends up having

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 the glory of this,

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 then this is not

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.399
 something that you

00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:54.019
 would feel like

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 worshiping,

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 but that you

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 would flee from.

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 I would be

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 a great evil.

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 And unless

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 God,

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.759
 in getting me

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.500
 from here

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.799
 to here,

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 also deals

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.379
 with those parts

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.879
 of me

00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.579
 that are far

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.180
 from God

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:13.259
 and narcissistic,

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 I cannot

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 get there.

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 One other thing

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 which is very

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 important about

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 this story,

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 I mean,

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 there's more than one,

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 but just for now.

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 One of the things,

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 the only reason

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.259
 we read this

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:31.099
 ancient biography

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.900
 of Jesus

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 based on either

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.120
 direct eyewitness

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:36.079
 testimony or other

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.039
 eyewitness testimony,

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 and this ancient

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 biography was written

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 when there were

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 literally hundreds

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.799
 and thousands

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.319
 of people

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.400
 who were eyewitnesses.

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 So when we're

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.360
 reading this,

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 I mean,

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 it looks all fancy now,

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 but if you go

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 to some museums,

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 you'll see scrolls

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.640
 and papyrus,

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 and you'll realize

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.920
 that's exactly

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:54.039
 what this was originally,

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 that this fellow

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 by the name of Mark

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 wrote this ancient

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:58.200
 eyewitness biography,

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 and it's been recorded.

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 And the only reason

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 we know this

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 and read this

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 is ultimately

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.420
 because Jesus

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.759
 actually did die

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.840
 as he predicted,

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 and he actually

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.559
 did rise from the dead.

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 And if that hadn't happened,

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 then we wouldn't read

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.759
 about this

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.420
 and know about it

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 because this would just

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.980
 be all make-believe language.

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.220
 The language

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.100
 in the original Greek

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.920
 is the language

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:20.200
 of the newspaper,

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.880
 of just recounting facts.

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 It's not the language

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.460
 of mythology

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.240
 or story

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.840
 or parable,

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.580
 but the language

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:27.180
 of the same language

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:28.080
 which is being used

00:22:28.080 --> 00:22:28.660
 to talk about

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 the death of the queen

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 and her funeral

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 and all of that

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.180
 type of stuff.

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 It's the same type

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.840
 of fact language

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:34.380
 which is being used.

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 And so one of the things

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.640
 that the disciples

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.500
 had up until now,

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.100
 they had a problem.

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.580
 If Jesus,

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.680
 they saw Jesus

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:42.279
 stop storms.

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.460
 They saw Jesus

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.299
 raise,

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.920
 they've seen Jesus

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:48.120
 heal the sick.

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 They've seen Jesus

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:51.160
 walk on water.

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 And so the question

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.700
 they would have had

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 is how on earth

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 could somebody

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 who could do that

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 actually die on a cross?

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 Like,

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 a week or two ago,

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 I don't know

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.400
 if it happened downtown,

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 but where I was,

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.740
 there was a storm

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 and there were hail pellets

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.100
 this big.

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 And it was so,

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:10.039
 the hail came down

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.740
 so hard

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:12.420
 that you couldn't

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:13.019
 actually see,

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 like I couldn't see

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 the car

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 just like 40,

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 50 feet away.

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 I could hardly see it.

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 That's how heavy

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.740
 the hail was coming down

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.360
 in waves.

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 And Jesus could

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:24.000
 just stop that.

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 He stopped the story.

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 He just stops it.

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 So you could see

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.759
 and understand,

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.680
 people would say,

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.200
 Jesus,

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:30.880
 Peter would say,

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.220
 Jesus,

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.980
 how on earth

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:33.200
 could you possibly die

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 when you can do

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 things like that?

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.500
 Like that,

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.039
 it just,

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.720
 no way,

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.640
 it's not going to happen.

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 It's impossible.

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 And now they have

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.480
 another reason to think

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.380
 that Jesus isn't going

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.079
 to die because

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.980
 they've seen Jesus

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.660
 in his glory.

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 And here's the thing,

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.440
 and our Muslim friends

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:50.160
 perfectly articulate this,

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.880
 and what they articulate

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:53.740
 is the natural human

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:56.240
 understanding of how

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.620
 the universe works.

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.140
 And in the universe,

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.880
 the way the universe works

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:02.220
 is the glorious,

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.140
 the godlike,

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:05.000
 does not die for schmucks.

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:09.540
 That makes no sense.

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:11.080
 It goes against reason.

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:14.019
 It goes against the natural

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.300
 habits of our imagination.

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:17.100
 It goes against our daydreaming.

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:19.019
 It goes against all of that

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.740
 type of stuff,

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.259
 that some being

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.960
 of great power or glory

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:24.279
 would die for schmucks,

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.680
 that would die for the unworthy.

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.980
 It just is not the way

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.819
 the world works.

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.839
 And so Peter and James and John,

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.859
 they've seen Jesus,

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.740
 and now there's going to be

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.920
 another reason why they believe

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:34.279
 that Jesus can't possibly

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.079
 die on a cross,

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.420
 because it just goes

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.220
 against the way,

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:37.900
 you know,

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.799
 our Muslim friends

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.519
 will say for us,

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.839
 it is inconceivable

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:42.379
 that Allah would die

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:45.259
 for you folks

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:47.339
 and me.

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:49.480
 It is just inconceivable,

00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.879
 it is unimaginable,

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.839
 it is not the way

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:53.019
 the universe works.

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.480
 Therefore,

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:56.019
 your religion is wrong

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.539
 and incorrect,

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.359
 and you must come

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.399
 to the true teaching

00:24:58.399 --> 00:25:00.559
 of Muhammad

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.419
 about Allah.

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:05.220
 But here we see

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:07.679
 something radically

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:08.899
 different

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:11.059
 that goes against

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.200
 natural

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:15.019
 imagination.

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.619
 Now I have,

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.799
 so what we're going

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.399
 to see here

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:21.000
 is the story continues

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.639
 in two different parts.

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.720
 And just as an aside,

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.240
 one of the things

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.039
 which is so important,

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.240
 you know,

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.759
 one of the things

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.519
 which is so beautiful

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.279
 about the Bible

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.779
 is it both gives you stories

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:32.440
 and it gives you ideas.

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.200
 It gives you things

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.279
 which are a bit abstract,

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.899
 but they help each other.

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.560
 The stories form us

00:25:38.560 --> 00:25:39.920
 in a deep,

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:41.380
 unconscious way

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:44.460
 that abstract ideas

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.280
 make sense.

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.800
 And that's what we're

00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:47.780
 going to see right here.

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.300
 If you read

00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:49.420
 Philippians chapter 2

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.600
 verses 5 and 11,

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.660
 5 to 11,

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.680
 it talks about God's

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.400
 inside his glory

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.080
 and coming down

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.320
 and all.

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.120
 It's all abstract,

00:25:55.280 --> 00:25:56.240
 but we see that actually

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.040
 enacted right here

00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:57.460
 in the story.

00:25:57.560 --> 00:25:58.240
 Look what happens

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:59.640
 beginning at verse 9.

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:01.040
 They come down

00:26:01.040 --> 00:26:01.519
 the mountain.

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.720
 Verse 9,

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.380
 And as they were

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.380
 coming down the mountain,

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.059
 Jesus charged them

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.880
 to tell no one

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.640
 what they had seen

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.640
 until the Son of Man

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.700
 had risen from the dead.

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.819
 This is another prediction

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.480
 of his death

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:14.000
 and his rising from the dead.

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.700
 So they kept the matter

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.380
 to themselves,

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.900
 questioning what this

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:19.160
 rising from the dead

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.740
 might mean.

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.200
 And they asked him,

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.200
 Why do the scribes

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.480
 say that first Elijah

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.079
 must come?

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.819
 And Jesus said to them,

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:27.160
 Elijah does come first

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.460
 to restore all things.

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.440
 But then he says,

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.700
 Here's a question.

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.400
 How is it written

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.400
 that the Son of Man

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.519
 that he should suffer

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.180
 many things

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.700
 and be treated

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.440
 with contempt?

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.540
 But I tell you

00:26:40.540 --> 00:26:41.680
 that Elijah has come

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.400
 and they did to him

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.519
 whatever they pleased

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.500
 as it is written of him.

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.500
 And there's three

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:47.100
 different ancient biographies.

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.940
 There's four ancient

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.960
 biographies of Jesus

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.700
 and three of them

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.519
 tell this story.

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.860
 And I think two

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.440
 of the other ones

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.220
 mention that Jesus

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.019
 is referring to

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.660
 John the Baptist.

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.880
 But here's the thing.

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:58.200
 What Jesus is wanting

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.220
 to say to the disciples

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.100
 is when you read

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:01.140
 what our Jewish friends

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.019
 call the Tanakh

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.900
 and what we now

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.880
 called the Old Testament

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.600
 and they would have

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.660
 just known as the Bible.

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:08.780
 You have to understand

00:27:08.780 --> 00:27:10.060
 that you're reading it

00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:10.960
 within the lens

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.980
 of natural human

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:13.340
 imagination and reason.

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.960
 But if you actually

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.740
 go back

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:17.280
 and read

00:27:17.280 --> 00:27:19.120
 the Tanakh,

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.080
 you will see

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:22.500
 that it's telling you

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.980
 of a very,

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.360
 very,

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.860
 very different God,

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.720
 the true God

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:28.160
 that actually exists.

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:29.779
 the God

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.620
 who didn't create

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.340
 human beings

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:32.080
 as slaves

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.900
 or food

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:34.259
 or didn't create

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.960
 human beings

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.740
 for his ego

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.900
 or for his lack,

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.300
 didn't create

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:39.040
 human beings

00:27:39.040 --> 00:27:39.720
 as some type

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:41.940
 of divine tragedy

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.060
 whereby somehow

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.500
 or another

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.580
 beings got created

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:45.040
 when God

00:27:45.040 --> 00:27:46.060
 didn't intend it,

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.320
 but that God

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:48.740
 created human beings

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.420
 to be his friends,

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.700
 to be his children,

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:53.519
 and that human beings

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.740
 turned from God

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:56.160
 and brought evil

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.799
 and death

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.680
 into the world

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.640
 and that even

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.620
 when human beings

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.819
 had turned from God

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.640
 and bringing evil

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.039
 and death

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.799
 into the world,

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.079
 that God made

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.680
 the promise

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.460
 that he would

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.420
 rescue them

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:09.000
 and do for them

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.700
 what they could not

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.579
 do for themselves

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:13.460
 and that you would

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.319
 in fact see

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.079
 at the very heart

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.720
 of reality

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:17.359
 that God

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:18.079
 will die

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:20.180
 to make

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:22.420
 his children

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.819
 right with him

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:25.200
 because they cannot

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.279
 make themselves

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.480
 right with him

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.179
 by themselves.

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.480
 And this gets

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.779
 enacted very powerfully.

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.200
 If you go back

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.500
 earlier in Mark,

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.700
 Jesus is introduced

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.419
 as Emmanuel,

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.439
 God with us.

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:41.339
 And here we see

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:42.519
 breaking down

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:44.119
 the natural habit

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:45.519
 of how our minds work,

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.240
 we see that Jesus

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.740
 revealed in his majesty

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.960
 coming down the mountain

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.779
 and he comes down

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.279
 the mountain

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.679
 to be amongst us.

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.439
 He comes into

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.120
 an argument,

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.960
 he comes into

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.440
 religion,

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.160
 he comes into

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.120
 human powerlessness,

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.200
 he comes to

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.820
 the demonic,

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.960
 he comes to

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.440
 sickness,

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.580
 he comes to

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:02.220
 chaos,

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.960
 he comes amongst us.

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.940
 Look what happens,

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.779
 verse 14.

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.259
 And when they came

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.980
 to the disciples,

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.920
 they saw a great

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.900
 crowd around them

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:12.220
 and the scribes,

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.840
 those are sort of

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.759
 like experts,

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.140
 they'd be like

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.620
 in Canadian terms,

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.460
 they'd be a combination

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.440
 of professors

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:20.080
 professors at elite

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.820
 universities

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:22.620
 and public intellectuals

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.340
 sort of at the same

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.799
 time.

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.360
 And as well as that,

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.160
 they would be sort of

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:27.160
 viewed as an expert

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:28.039
 on spirituality.

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.200
 So if you could sort of

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:31.000
 view Oprah,

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.740
 a public intellectual,

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:35.759
 and a U of T

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.620
 or U of O

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:38.340
 or Carleton prof

00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:40.160
 or Université de Montréal

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.500
 prof,

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.680
 that's sort of

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.900
 what a scribe is,

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.700
 all rolled up

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.160
 into one.

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.559
 So they,

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.799
 verse 14 again,

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.400
 and when they came

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.420
 to the disciples,

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.200
 they saw a great

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.039
 crowd around them

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.680
 and scribes

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.700
 arguing with them

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.880
 and immediately

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.559
 all the crowd,

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.220
 so that's Oprah's

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:57.100
 arguing with them,

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.100
 Jordan Peterson's,

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.400
 you know,

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.779
 Oprah and Jordan Peterson

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.539
 in the same sentence

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.420
 doesn't make any sense,

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.360
 but Oprah's arguing,

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:04.140
 Jordan Peterson's arguing

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.900
 and your favorite,

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.380
 you know,

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.480
 the most elite professor

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.380
 at your university

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.440
 is arguing with them

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.580
 and immediately,

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:11.460
 verse 15,

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.440
 all the crowd,

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.559
 when they saw Jesus,

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.640
 were greatly amazed

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.480
 and ran up

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.440
 and greeted him

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:18.100
 and Jesus asked them,

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.800
 what are you arguing

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:20.620
 about with my disciples?

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.020
 And 17,

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:23.120
 someone from the crowd

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.420
 said,

00:30:23.520 --> 00:30:23.800
 teacher,

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.240
 I brought my son to you

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.120
 for he has a spirit

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:27.140
 that makes him mute

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:29.420
 and whenever the spirit

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:31.740
 seizes my son,

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:33.820
 it throws my son down

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:35.340
 and my son foams

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:36.300
 and grinds his teeth

00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:37.120
 and becomes rigid,

00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:38.300
 so I asked your disciples

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:39.540
 to cast out the demon

00:30:39.540 --> 00:30:41.020
 and they were not able.

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.800
 And verse 19,

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.920
 and Jesus answered them,

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:45.000
 O faithless generation,

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.460
 how long am I to be with you?

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.960
 How long am I to bear with you?

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.759
 Bring him to me.

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:50.680
 And they brought the boy

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.900
 to Jesus

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.360
 and when the spirit,

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.380
 the evil spirit,

00:30:54.560 --> 00:30:55.840
 saw Jesus,

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:58.500
 immediately it convulsed the boy

00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:00.360
 and the boy fell on the ground

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:01.080
 and rolled about

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:02.000
 foaming at the mouth.

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.740
 And Jesus asked his father,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.620
 how long has this been happening

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.200
 to him?

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.779
 And Jesus said,

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:10.039
 from childhood

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:11.980
 and it has often cast him

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.819
 into fire

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.599
 and into water

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.500
 to destroy him.

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:16.099
 But if you can do anything,

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.379
 have compassion on us

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:18.039
 and help us.

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.559
 Just sort of pause there

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.119
 for a second.

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.759
 It's very significant

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.879
 that we read this story

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.940
 on the day of the baptism

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:26.379
 of that young baby

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:27.500
 who's temporarily quiet.

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.940
 There's this really old

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.660
 Christian writer

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.319
 who said,

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.960
 if the devil takes

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:34.139
 an interest in your children

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:35.119
 when they're very young,

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:37.399
 you should teach them

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:38.179
 when they're very young.

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:41.279
 Isn't that just brilliant?

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:43.539
 If the devil seeks out children

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.480
 when they're very young,

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.220
 then you,

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.339
 if you're a Christian parent,

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.200
 should be instructing

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.799
 your child

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:51.259
 at a very young age.

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.679
 That's why ministries

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:54.740
 like our Sunday school

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.839
 is really important.

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:58.179
 Like if you're doing,

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.159
 if you volunteer

00:31:59.159 --> 00:32:00.379
 and become part

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.520
 of the Sunday school roster

00:32:01.520 --> 00:32:02.540
 or help with nursery,

00:32:02.540 --> 00:32:03.560
 you're doing something

00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:04.540
 really precious

00:32:04.540 --> 00:32:07.580
 to help form

00:32:07.580 --> 00:32:09.340
 disciples of Jesus.

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.140
 But let's get back

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.760
 to the story.

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.980
 So he says,

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:17.060
 so the dad says,

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.740
 verse 22,

00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.520
 if you have compassion

00:32:18.520 --> 00:32:19.280
 on us and help us.

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.720
 And Jesus,

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.500
 verse 23,

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.100
 said to him,

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.920
 if you can,

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.560
 all things are possible

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:26.260
 for one who believes.

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:27.000
 And here it means

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.840
 believes in him,

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.440
 in Jesus,

00:32:28.540 --> 00:32:29.480
 not just have some,

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.080
 like,

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:31.500
 belief emotion,

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.660
 but believes in Jesus.

00:32:33.280 --> 00:32:34.300
 And then the dad

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:35.200
 is so brilliant.

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.980
 Look at what he says.

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.580
 The dad is so brilliant

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:43.020
 in verse 24.

00:32:43.260 --> 00:32:43.640
 Immediately,

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:45.220
 when Jesus says,

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:45.400
 you know,

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.160
 if you believe in me,

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.920
 you can do anything.

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.180
 And verse 24,

00:32:48.260 --> 00:32:49.080
 immediately the father

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.580
 of the child

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.500
 cried out and said,

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.420
 I believe,

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:53.280
 help my unbelief.

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:55.740
 that,

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.200
 friends,

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.279
 that,

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.339
 friends,

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.579
 if you pray that prayer,

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.500
 you're praying something

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.940
 the Bible said you can pray.

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.680
 Like,

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.460
 if you're struggling

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.660
 with unbelief,

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.759
 and maybe you don't even

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.519
 want to share it

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:08.960
 with people,

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.180
 like,

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:10.599
 some of you who've heard

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.480
 many of my sermons,

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.279
 I've shared with you

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.019
 the different times

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:14.019
 when I've almost walked away

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:15.019
 from the Christian faith,

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:17.019
 sort of in the first decade

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.559
 or so of my Christian faith.

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.940
 And,

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:21.460
 but here,

00:33:21.659 --> 00:33:22.899
 Jesus gives us permission

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.500
 to pray,

00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:23.859
 Lord,

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.299
 I believe,

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.200
 help my unbelief.

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:27.279
 And here's another takeaway

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.740
 which is really important.

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:31.379
 Often we Christians

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:33.299
 say that what marks you,

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.279
 a Christian,

00:33:34.419 --> 00:33:35.799
 is their peace in Christ.

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:37.179
 And that's true.

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.240
 But it's not all

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.899
 of the story.

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:42.179
 The other part of the story

00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:43.079
 is that what marks

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.700
 a Christian

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:45.039
 is their inner

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.720
 spiritual warfare.

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:50.980
 what marks a Christian

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.539
 is not just

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.839
 their inner peace in Christ,

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.460
 but their inner

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:56.200
 spiritual warfare

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:58.879
 as they struggle

00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.940
 with those ways

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.359
 whereby,

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.639
 you know,

00:34:00.679 --> 00:34:01.679
 there's an old hymn

00:34:01.679 --> 00:34:02.960
 that goes in the,

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:04.899
 the things of earth

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:06.539
 will grow strangely dim.

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.019
 And that's true.

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.139
 But in many ways,

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.920
 the problem for us

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.480
 as Christians

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:12.099
 is that the things of Christ

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:13.380
 grow strangely dim.

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.440
 We have a moment

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.059
 of conviction

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.659
 in the church

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.699
 or listening to music

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.739
 or something like that

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.559
 and then we go away

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.399
 and there's cars

00:34:20.399 --> 00:34:21.159
 and there's buses

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:22.559
 and we're hungry

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:24.539
 and we have bills to pay

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:26.279
 and we're worried

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:27.779
 about the Queen

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.980
 and King Charles

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.719
 and we're worried

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.799
 about Pierre Polivare

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.480
 or whatever it is

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.259
 that we're worried about

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:33.699
 and the things of Christ

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.879
 grow strangely dim.

00:34:36.419 --> 00:34:37.819
 And what marks a Christian

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.460
 is not just

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.159
 their inner peace

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.759
 but their inner

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.699
 spiritual warfare

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:43.019
 that we believe

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:45.340
 while dealing

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.719
 with those things

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.940
 which encourage unbelief.

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.400
 And when verse 25,

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.259
 and when Jesus saw

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:51.840
 that a crowd

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.860
 came running together,

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.619
 he rebuked

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.719
 the unclean spirit

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.840
 saying to it,

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.219
 you mute

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:58.320
 and deaf spirit,

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.579
 I command you

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.340
 come out of him

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.539
 and never enter him again.

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:04.059
 And after crying out

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.360
 and convulsing him terribly,

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.079
 it came out

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.579
 and the boy

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.559
 was like a corpse

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.960
 so that most of them

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:10.000
 said he is dead.

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:11.900
 But Jesus took him

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.599
 by the hand

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.420
 and lifted him up

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.219
 and he arose.

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.579
 And when he had entered

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.199
 the house,

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.460
 that is Jesus,

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.460
 when Jesus had entered

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.880
 the house,

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:20.119
 the disciples asked him

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.579
 privately,

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.460
 why could we not

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:23.239
 cast it out?

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:25.119
 And Jesus said to them,

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.860
 this kind cannot be

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.300
 driven out

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:28.539
 by anything but prayer.

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.340
 It's the first place

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:31.239
 in Merck's Gospel

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:32.320
 where Jesus tells us

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:32.719
 to pray.

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.579
 Now here's the thing,

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.579
 just wrapping it up.

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:41.280
 You see here perfectly,

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.380
 Peter wants to stay

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.900
 in the mountain

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.460
 and worship.

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:46.480
 Jesus goes right down

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.840
 to where the argument is,

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.739
 the demon is,

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.860
 the demons are,

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:53.099
 where the religious experts are,

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:54.579
 where sickness is,

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:56.639
 and he comes amongst us.

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:58.619
 And he comes amongst us

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.199
 to heal.

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.860
 You know,

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.239
 there's a very,

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.340
 very brief type

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:05.500
 of picture here

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.920
 of what the whole cross

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.320
 is about

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:08.179
 and the Christian life

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.559
 is about.

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:14.239
 And what our human destiny is.

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.519
 You see,

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:18.179
 we all need,

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.980
 at different times

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.400
 in our life,

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:19.799
 healing.

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.880
 And it's beyond the scope

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.480
 of my time

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.099
 of this sermon.

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:25.619
 But I think the Bible

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.619
 teaches that there really

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.159
 are demons

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:29.619
 and that they can affect

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.239
 human beings

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:30.980
 and they do affect

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.739
 human beings.

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:33.559
 They can oppress us

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:35.679
 and we need deliverance.

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:37.839
 just so you know,

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.599
 one of the things

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.679
 I do while I'm singing

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.779
 over there

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.579
 is I take a pause

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.279
 from singing

00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:43.919
 and every Sunday

00:36:43.919 --> 00:36:46.000
 I ask the Lord

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:47.119
 to cast all demons

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.960
 far from us.

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:48.879
 That's what I do.

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.419
 I believe it.

00:36:49.919 --> 00:36:50.659
 I believe that's what

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.399
 the Bible teaches.

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.659
 I'm not embarrassed by it.

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:54.359
 It's what the Bible teaches.

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:56.620
 And Jesus comes

00:36:56.620 --> 00:36:57.660
 to defeat the devil,

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.800
 to defeat death,

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.860
 to defeat sin.

00:37:00.640 --> 00:37:01.640
 He comes to bring

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:02.620
 the true and greater

00:37:02.620 --> 00:37:04.099
 healing of our bodies,

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:06.120
 which will only happen

00:37:06.120 --> 00:37:07.559
 when we see him

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.200
 in the new heaven

00:37:08.200 --> 00:37:09.220
 and the new earth

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:10.340
 and that we are like him.

00:37:11.140 --> 00:37:12.760
 And if our bodies,

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.300
 and if who we are,

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:15.059
 all we are,

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:16.599
 not just the spiritual

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.940
 or emotional part

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.759
 that will go up

00:37:18.759 --> 00:37:20.059
 into some better place,

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:22.279
 but if all of who we are

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:23.440
 matters to God

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:24.500
 and our destiny

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.799
 is to have all

00:37:25.799 --> 00:37:27.460
 of who we are redeemed,

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:29.039
 that means that

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:30.239
 the evil within us,

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:31.019
 not necessarily

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.920
 that there's demons

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.500
 within us,

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.559
 but that there is evil

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.059
 within us,

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.039
 that that has been

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:36.000
 atoned for

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.299
 by Jesus' death

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:38.139
 upon the cross,

00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:39.440
 that it is removed,

00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:40.679
 that we receive

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.579
 new life,

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:42.779
 and the direction,

00:37:43.339 --> 00:37:44.259
 the destiny

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:45.460
 for human beings

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:47.199
 is a new resurrected

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:48.699
 body of glory

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:50.000
 in a new heaven

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.780
 and a new earth,

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:52.320
 and rather than that

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:53.500
 leading us to think

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.659
 that if that's the case,

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:55.579
 the things of earth

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:57.139
 should grow strangely dim,

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.340
 the fact of the matter

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.720
 is is that Jesus said

00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:00.519
 as you're gripped

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.400
 by the gospel,

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.960
 you walk to the mess,

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:07.440
 and you pray deliverance,

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:09.179
 and you pray for healing,

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:11.320
 and you start hospitals,

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:13.400
 and you start schools,

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:16.220
 and you get clean water,

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.960
 and you start businesses

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:19.599
 that can employ people,

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:22.800
 and you dream up songs

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.579
 and dances

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:25.460
 to make life worth living,

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.960
 because that's all

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.619
 in the direction

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:29.079
 of where Christ is going

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:30.420
 when he dies on the cross

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.820
 and rises from the dead,

00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:33.200
 and invites you

00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:34.360
 to be his child

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.700
 by adoption and grace

00:38:35.700 --> 00:38:36.660
 when you put your faith

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:37.519
 and trust in him,

00:38:37.660 --> 00:38:39.480
 and as the gospel grips you,

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.720
 as Christ grips you,

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:42.559
 that's where you walk to,

00:38:44.959 --> 00:38:46.139
 and for those of you,

00:38:46.379 --> 00:38:47.079
 those of us

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.399
 who struggle with feeling

00:38:48.399 --> 00:38:49.339
 like we're in the right,

00:38:49.439 --> 00:38:50.239
 the real body,

00:38:52.399 --> 00:38:53.579
 if they're struggling

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.239
 with feeling like

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:55.119
 we're in the right body,

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:57.699
 Christ will make you

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:58.539
 at home with your body.

00:38:58.959 --> 00:38:59.759
 That's the direction

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.779
 of which he will move,

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:03.699
 because you're going to

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:05.199
 have a redeemed body

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:06.559
 for all eternity,

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:09.360
 and that is a good thing.

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.860
 That is the deep longing.

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:14.019
 Woody Allen famously said,

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.159
 when I die,

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:16.519
 I don't want to live

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.460
 in somebody's memory.

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.519
 I want to live

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.299
 in my apartment,

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:24.659
 because we don't want

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.519
 to live without a body,

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:27.739
 and only the Christian gospel

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:30.799
 describes how that might happen,

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:33.559
 and gives substance

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.099
 and depth

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:35.279
 to the longings

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:36.099
 of our heart.

00:39:36.839 --> 00:39:37.519
 Please stand.

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:44.579
 Bow our heads in prayer.

00:39:47.839 --> 00:39:48.900
 Father, if there are

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.940
 any of us here

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:51.099
 who, some of us,

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.839
 maybe we've,

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.480
 we wouldn't say

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.099
 that we've ever been

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.639
 a Christian.

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.279
 Father,

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:58.259
 if we ask that

00:39:58.259 --> 00:39:58.980
 your Holy Spirit

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.639
 would speak

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.679
 and move in them,

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.659
 and I ask,

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.940
 now this isn't a prayer,

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.599
 but I'm speaking,

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.639
 Father, to those people,

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:06.039
 if you feel that pressure

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:07.720
 to turn to Christ,

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:09.139
 I just ask that you

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:10.119
 just stop listening

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:10.840
 to my prayer,

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:12.059
 and you just turn to Christ,

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:13.380
 and open the door,

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.240
 and let Christ come

00:40:14.240 --> 00:40:14.780
 into your heart

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:15.900
 to be your Savior and Lord.

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:18.460
 And if you're here,

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:19.619
 and maybe you don't know

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.519
 where you are with Christ,

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:21.139
 but you know you've been

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.880
 away from Him

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:23.119
 for a long time,

00:40:23.220 --> 00:40:25.260
 this is your opportunity

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:27.500
 to know once again

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.240
 that you are His,

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:29.539
 and live like that,

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.960
 because He pardons

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.599
 your offenses

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:33.739
 and gives you new life.

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:35.900
 But for all of us,

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.340
 we pray,

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.599
 Father, thank you so much

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:38.840
 that Jesus is the Savior

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.460
 of the world.

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.380
 Thank you so much

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:40.900
 that He came

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.840
 to defeat the devil

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:44.420
 and all hellish

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:45.739
 and fell powers

00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:47.460
 and principalities

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:48.659
 in this world,

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:50.199
 that He came

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:51.360
 to defeat death

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:52.099
 and sin,

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:53.039
 which is the result,

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.380
 the cause of death,

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:55.759
 that He has accomplished

00:40:55.759 --> 00:40:56.880
 that in His life

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.360
 and death

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:58.019
 and resurrection.

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.940
 And we ask, Lord,

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:01.000
 that you make us disciples

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:02.120
 of Jesus who are gripped

00:41:02.120 --> 00:41:02.940
 by the gospel,

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.620
 longing for that day

00:41:04.620 --> 00:41:05.620
 when He will return.

00:41:06.200 --> 00:41:07.200
 And while we long

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:08.539
 for His return, Lord,

00:41:08.640 --> 00:41:09.900
 that you might equip us

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.800
 and strengthen us

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:12.120
 to walk towards

00:41:12.120 --> 00:41:13.240
 those dark places

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:14.480
 and those empty places

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.360
 and those broken

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:16.820
 and despairing places

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.480
 of the world,

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:20.220
 to be used by you

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:21.220
 to bring light

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.920
 and life

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:23.059
 and love

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:24.240
 and joy

00:41:24.240 --> 00:41:25.280
 and wholeness

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:25.800
 and healing,

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:28.060
 all bearing witness

00:41:28.060 --> 00:41:28.800
 to Jesus,

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:30.380
 the one who brings us

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:31.060
 the true

00:41:31.060 --> 00:41:32.360
 and greater joy

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:33.360
 and true

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.100
 and greater healing.

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.600
 So we ask, Father,

00:41:35.680 --> 00:41:36.300
 that your Holy Spirit

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:37.000
 would do that work

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:38.120
 in through us

00:41:38.120 --> 00:41:39.100
 to your great glory,

00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:39.760
 not to ours.

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:41.140
 And we ask this

00:41:41.140 --> 00:41:41.920
 in the name of Jesus

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:43.160
 and all God's people said,

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.140
 Amen.

00:41:44.140 --> 00:41:44.280
 Amen.

00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:44.340
 Amen.

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:44.360
 Amen.

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:44.400
 Amen.

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.420
 Amen.

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.440
 Amen.

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:44.460
 Amen.

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:46.460
 Amen.

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:46.480
 Amen.

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:48.460
 Amen.

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:48.519
 Amen.

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:48.960
 Amen.

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:50.380
 Amen.

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:50.420
 Amen.

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:52.380
 Amen.

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:52.480
 Amen.

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.500
 Amen.

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.940
 Amen.

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.460
 Amen.

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:54.420
 Amen.

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:54.440
 Amen.

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:54.480
 Amen.

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:54.519
 Amen.

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.780
 Amen.