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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Amen.

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 I want to confess something to you all as we get started this morning.

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 I don't sing like that.

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 Nor do I play the piano like that.

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 But you knew both of those things.

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 I want to confess something else, which is that I oftentimes will walk around this building in the middle of the week.

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 It's dark and quiet.

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 And all of a sudden, coming out of the sanctuary will be the sound of this piano coming from a room that's otherwise empty.

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 And I'll stop and listen in to DJ playing beautifully.

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 It's inspiring, isn't it, to sit there and listen in and even to worship.

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 Especially to someone who plays the piano like that.

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 Especially if you are one who does play the piano, but just like a couple of chords with a couple fingers at a time.

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 Imagine for a minute that DJ was your piano teacher.

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 And he'd been telling you how to play this song.

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 Telling you that when you played it right, it was going to be so beautiful.

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 But you just couldn't quite hear it when you sat practicing playing with a couple fingers at a time.

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 It just didn't sound great.

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 And then you walked by here one day and he happened to be playing your song.

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 And you got to listen in and it was incredible and it was wonderful.

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 And as you listened in, you thought, I just want to play like that.

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 It would be beautiful.

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 That's a little bit of what's going on in John 17.

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 It's a little bit of what I want us to experience with Jesus this morning.

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 We're at the end of the upper room discourse.

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 Jesus' final teachings to his disciples before heading to his betrayal and arrest and crucifixion.

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 But here, Jesus stops talking to them.

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 He's not talking to them anymore.

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 He starts talking to his father.

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 And they get and we get this morning to listen in to this amazing prayer,

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 to this intimate time between son and father.

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 Jesus has taught his disciples how to pray, right?

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 We're going to hear some more echoes of that prayer that we prayed earlier this morning in this passage.

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 Jesus has taught them how to love God, how to live in a relationship with him.

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 But now he is enjoying that relationship himself.

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 And he's letting us, if you will, listen in.

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 What a glorious opportunity that is.

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 I tell you that because we're about to spend a few weeks listening in.

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 Looking at this longest prayer of Jesus recorded in the whole Bible.

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 Hearing what's on his heart to talk with his father about as he nears the end of his life on earth.

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 And there is so much here.

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 But it's really important that you're not listening for, you know, three easy things to do to make your life better.

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 Specific instructions for our lives.

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 There will be some practical lessons that we can glean along the way for sure.

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 But mostly that's not the point.

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 Imagine walking back there and hearing the piano music come out.

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 We are listening in to the master playing.

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 Right?

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 To the teacher of prayer praying.

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 We are glimpsing the glory of this divine relationship between father and son.

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 And we'll actually see that part of the glory of this relationship is that you and I are invited into it.

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 So what should happen is our hearts should be inspired to awe, to wonder, to anticipation of enjoying such glory ourselves to playing like that.

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 Our hearts should be comforted by the reality that Jesus prays for us.

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 That gets clearer through this prayer but we'll see it even here at the beginning.

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 Our hearts should be fortified that we don't go on the mission Jesus sends us on without his divine presence and protection.

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 I'd encourage you over the next few weeks, sit down a few times, read all of John 17 at once.

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 Meditate on that.

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 We're going to move slowly to catch some glimpses of glory.

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 Today, just the beginning, John 17 at verse 1, God's holy word.

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 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,

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 Father, the hour has come.

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 Glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you since you have given him authority over all flesh to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

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 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

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 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

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 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

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 Thus far, God's word.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, even reading these few words, such knowledge of who you are is too wonderful, too lofty for me to attain.

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 How high above us, we confess, are your thoughts and your ways.

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 And so, Holy Spirit, we ask humbly and boldly that you would lift us to see a glimpse of your glory.

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 And we ask in Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 Before we dig into what Jesus prays for, let's not miss, as we've been talking this morning, the one to whom Jesus prays.

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 Jesus says, Father.

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 Now, maybe we're used to that.

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 It's not surprising because Jesus teaches us to pray, our Father.

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 But that was not at all the way good Jews addressed Yahweh in prayer in these days.

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 It is, however, the way Jesus almost always addresses his prayers.

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 There's a personal warmth and intimacy there in the term of address.

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 Later on in this prayer, Jesus will add Holy Father and Righteous Father.

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 But six times Father because, see, his Father is not some vague idea, some mystical force,

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 but rather the unique personal king of all who's totally in control.

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 He is the only true God, verse 3, who therefore always hears.

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 He's the judge who will unfailingly do what is right.

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 And so into the chambers of this glorious ruler, the Son comes boldly and personally.

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 We're listening in, right?

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 And what we hear is Jesus is talking to someone he knows, to someone he trusts, to someone he honors, his Father.

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 And perhaps the greatness of the Father makes what the Son prays for even more remarkable.

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 What's on Jesus' heart in this moment of all moments is glory.

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 Actually, it's shared glory.

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 Notice verse 1.

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 Glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you.

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 Again, verse 5.

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 Now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

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 This may be the 396th time in the Gospel of John where we've seen evidence Jesus understood himself to be God,

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 that he was aware of his own deity.

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 I'm going to point it out again.

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 No other good person, good teacher would ask to share God's glory.

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 In fact, by definition, the God of the Hebrew Bible will not give his glory to another, Isaiah 42.

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 Jesus knows something significant.

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 He's already told us.

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 He and the Father are one.

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 That therefore praying for the Father to give him glory doesn't subtract from the Father's glory because they are one and the same.

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 In fact, they have hatched this eternal plan of salvation together that as the Son accomplishes it,

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 here shortly will bring glory to both Father and Son,

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 who like the only true God says, he gives eternal life.

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 No one else does that.

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 But eternal life, that's where we're going to be next week.

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 I can't wait to peer into the glory of that eternal life.

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 We'll come back.

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 But for now, just notice that to pray for God's glory doesn't mean that we're not also praying for ourselves.

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 God's glory is inextricably connected to our good.

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 Sometimes we forget that.

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 Jesus is praying for us by praying for God's glory

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 because he knows that they're tied together.

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 Boy, if I really grasped that reality, how my prayers might change.

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 Jesus starts here the way he taught us, right?

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 He taught us, Father, hallowed be thy name.

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 Holy, set apart, glorious.

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 Remember, glory is weighty, that it matters,

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 that he's worthy, that he carries ultimate significance.

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 Jesus is saying, Father, show me to be worthy

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 so that in so doing, it will show you as worthy,

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 and in so doing, it will bless these people I love with life, eternal life.

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 They're good in my glory.

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 At the same time, when you come to pray for yourself or for someone you love,

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 do you start by praying for God's glory?

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 I'll be honest, I've prayed a lot more prayers for my own comfort or success or fame

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 than I have for God's glory.

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 I was praying recently for a vacation to go just the way I wanted, right?

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 It was good.

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 There were good desires that I had, and I wanted it all to go that way.

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 The problem was it wasn't going that way.

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 And as I prayed, God helped me realize that he knew better what we really needed.

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 I could pray for us to see him as glorious together

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 rather than for the weather and my health and my schedule being controlled my way.

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 That was actually okay for me.

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 It was good.

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 Father, forgive me for my short-sightedness.

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 Father, help us remember you are so good.

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 You love us so much that praying for your glory is praying for our good,

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 for our heart to be directed toward the highest good,

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 for our eyes to be fixed on what really matters,

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 for our lives to be lived with true purpose.

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 Father, help us.

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 But when you pray that way,

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 it doesn't mean that it will immediately involve your success and comfort,

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 that kind of it being good for us.

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 It's not what Jesus is experiencing.

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 He clearly has in mind glory for himself

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 that is shared with his Father in two different ways here.

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 The first is in the first verse.

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 It appears to be actually,

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 if we think about what we think about his glory,

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 it appears to be the opposite of that.

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 It's the glory of the cross.

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 Where instead of being lifted up,

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 it appears he'll be beaten down.

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 Where instead of being crowned with worthy jewels,

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 it appears he'll be crowned with shameful thorns.

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 Where instead of being praised for his victory,

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 it appears he'll be scorned for his defeat.

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 Somehow that's glory?

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 How do we know that Jesus is talking about the cross here at first

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 other than Jeremy told us earlier and we believe him?

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 Well, we've been reading John long enough

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 to recognize that that word hour, right?

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 We've seen it so many times now, haven't we?

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 The hour has come.

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 On so many occasions, it was not yet Jesus' hour.

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 His hour had not yet come, but now it has.

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 Remember back to chapter 12,

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 just a few days ago in Jesus' life

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 where we'll see Jesus' hour and his glory connected again.

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 John 12 at verse 23,

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 Jesus says to him,

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 the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 And he explains that for that to happen,

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 he's actually going to have to die.

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 For the hour of his glory to come,

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 it's gonna mean death.

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 He's gonna lose his life.

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 And as troubling as the thought of that is to Jesus,

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 he reaffirms his commitment to his Father's purpose

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 in sending him for this very hour.

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 It's why he's here.

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 What does he say?

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 Father, glorify your name.

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 Right?

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 All the way through this upside down idea

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 of the cross being the way to glory

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 is repeated from the lips of Jesus.

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 It's so important to him.

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 It is at the heart of Christianity.

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 So I just want us to glimpse the glory of the cross

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 for just a couple minutes.

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 We can't see it all,

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 but just a few ways we see glory

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 in the cross of Jesus.

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 For instance, glory in that on the cross,

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 God's sacrificial love is on display.

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 There is no other deity

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 in any other religion

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 that offers to humanity life

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 from his own death,

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 blessing through his own cursing.

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 And notice how that costly sacrifice

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 is shared glory for Father and Son.

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 The Son endures the excruciating agony.

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 He's the one who suffers death itself.

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 What a sacrifice.

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 While the Father endures the grief

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 of sending his Son to suffer,

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 of turning his face away

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 from the one he has always loved

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 and most longs to rescue.

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 What a sacrifice.

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 Most of us can't even imagine

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 making either of those sacrifices.

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 And yet in the moment,

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 when he is lifted up,

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 when the eyes of the world

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 are on the King of creation,

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 he sacrifices himself

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 to stand in their place.

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 It is glorious

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 because he is so far beyond us

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 that somehow he's not too good for us.

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 It boggles our minds.

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 It is God's glory.

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 It makes him wonderfully worthy

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 of all honor and praise.

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 Love, so amazing, so divine,

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 demands my soul, my life, my all.

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 It makes us want to sing,

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 not just think about it.

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 And at the very same time,

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 the cross also displays the glory

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 of God's justice, doesn't it?

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 Sin must be punished.

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 Evil, oppression, and abuse

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 will be dealt with, not overlooked.

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 Anyone who can guarantee that for me

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 is surely glorious, right?

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 Do you feel that?

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 But again, it's shared.

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 The Son sees sin

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 as so requiring just punishment

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 that he becomes sin for us on the cross,

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 that he bears our sin in his body

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 on the tree.

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 It would seem so much easier

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 to just make light of sin, right?

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 But no way, says Jesus.

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 And the Father,

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 I mean, come on,

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 certainly there is some other way,

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 a way that would spare your Son,

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 the agony.

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 But we see his perfect justice

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 gloriously displayed,

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 even as it's his Son

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 who takes the sin on himself.

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 It is the Father's will

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 to crush him,

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 to put him to grief

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 for our iniquities,

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 for my sin,

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 for your sin.

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 No way.

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 If the Son's not getting out of that,

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 will you or me

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 or the one who has mistreated us

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 get away with it

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 before this just God.

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 But when the Son

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 takes our punishment,

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:41.019
 justice smiles

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:43.319
 and asks no more.

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 He has brought us home

00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:47.099
 to God

00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:48.960
 and we could just keep going

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 without even leaving the cross,

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 the glorious wisdom of God

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 to plan this way

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:55.500
 of restoring our relationship, right?

00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:57.940
 The glorious presence of God

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.940
 that he's right there

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 in the midst of the brokenness

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.480
 of his people.

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 The glorious grace of God

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 and the forgiveness and life

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.740
 that are purchased

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:08.180
 through Jesus' death.

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 On and on.

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 This is what Jesus is praying for.

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:14.620
 It is the first thing on his heart

00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:15.880
 when he prays,

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:18.900
 Father, glorify your Son

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:22.380
 that the Son may glorify you.

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 To paraphrase it,

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.779
 he's saying,

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:29.259
 Father, sustain me too

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.839
 and strengthen me

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 through the cross.

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 Can you believe this?

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 Are you getting a glimpse

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.740
 into the glory?

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 This is what's coming

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 out of Jesus' heart.

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.220
 Father, help me

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:43.900
 go to that cross

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:45.539
 where I'll be lifted up

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.640
 to show the wonder

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 of our love

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 even as I bear

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.980
 the weight of sin

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 and lay down my life

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:53.379
 to give life to others.

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 That's what he's praying.

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 Do you glory in that?

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 My sin held him there

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:06.120
 but his dying breath

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:08.180
 has brought me life.

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:10.160
 I won't boast in anything else

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 except the cross of Jesus Christ.

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 And when I think

00:21:15.080 --> 00:21:16.660
 that God,

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:18.800
 his Son not sparing,

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:21.259
 sent him to die,

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 how do you feel?

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 I scarce

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:26.619
 can take it in.

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 How great

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 thou art.

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 Does that well up

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.500
 in your heart?

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 God, how great you are.

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 I want you to know

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 if you came here

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.980
 wondering this morning,

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.099
 does God love me?

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 And maybe some of you did.

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.140
 If you came here

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.879
 wondering if God

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.720
 was worthy

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.539
 of your worship,

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.579
 if you came here

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.720
 wondering if he was able

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.740
 to meet you

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 in the mess of your life

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:48.059
 and love you

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 and change your life,

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 look no further

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.319
 than the cross.

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 How great he is.

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:54.079
 His glory is there.

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.039
 His love

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 and justice meet.

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 He comes to meet you

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 in the cross

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 and he wants you

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 to see his glory

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:02.200
 and feel his embrace there.

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 He loves you.

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 That wasn't in the notes.

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 I got lost.

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 Since we've seen

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 the Father gloriously answer

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:21.860
 that prayer of his Son,

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:23.019
 we can trust

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.539
 that he answers

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 this next one too.

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 Jesus says in verse 4,

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.579
 I am finishing

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:30.120
 all that you sent me

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.880
 here to do.

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.900
 Verse 5,

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:34.420
 and now Father,

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.680
 glorify me

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:38.019
 in your own presence

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.460
 with the glory

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 that I had with you

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:43.400
 before the world existed.

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:46.720
 There's that shared glory again,

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.200
 isn't it?

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.960
 You see it there?

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.680
 Let me paraphrase

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.519
 this prayer too

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:52.019
 because it's a little bit different

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.539
 even though

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.140
 some of the words

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.720
 are the same.

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.799
 Father,

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:56.240
 all I have done

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.799
 and said

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:59.140
 has put your majestic greatness

00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:01.460
 and your pure goodness

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.579
 on display.

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:05.840
 So now bring me home

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:08.059
 to the perfect life

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.500
 with you

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.559
 that I have known

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:11.359
 since eternity past.

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.799
 Now I think we can all

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:16.079
 understand Jesus' longing

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.639
 for that,

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:17.099
 can't we?

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.419
 Doesn't it sound

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:20.559
 much more comfortable

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:23.000
 than the cross

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:25.000
 to wear the crown?

00:23:26.699 --> 00:23:28.720
 This that he's talking about

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.899
 is his resurrection,

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.619
 his ascension,

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.919
 his return

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:34.720
 to the glory of heaven

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:36.400
 as the prince of heaven

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.519
 is crowned

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.440
 in glory

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.480
 for all time

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 over all things

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 and that is all true

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:43.200
 but let me make sure

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.680
 we catch

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:45.440
 what part of that

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.259
 is especially

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:47.300
 on Jesus' heart

00:23:47.300 --> 00:23:48.300
 here in verse 5.

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.340
 It sticks out

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:49.800
 even more

00:23:49.800 --> 00:23:51.000
 in the original Greek

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:53.400
 that the glorifying

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:54.320
 that Jesus

00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:55.420
 is asking for here

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.700
 is all about

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.900
 his relationship

00:23:57.900 --> 00:24:00.180
 with the father himself.

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.700
 The words

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.799
 just pile up.

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.539
 He's saying

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:05.140
 glorify me

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:07.600
 alongside you,

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.980
 with you.

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:11.039
 The glory God,

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.319
 you know,

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.620
 the one before the world

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:14.279
 alongside you,

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:15.360
 with you,

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.380
 he keeps saying.

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 He's not asking

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:19.740
 merely for resumption

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:21.440
 of his divine powers

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.460
 and riches,

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.799
 comforts

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.799
 and control.

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:26.000
 That's not the primary

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.819
 thing on his heart.

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.539
 Rather,

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.940
 it's the most glorious

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:31.259
 of all of heaven's glories.

00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.680
 It is the restoration

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:34.759
 of the eternal relationship

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:36.620
 between father

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.980
 and son.

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:40.120
 It's more about

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:41.019
 that relationship

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.720
 than it is

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.860
 his location.

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.960
 Now talk about

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:49.039
 peeking into something

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.200
 that we can only

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.240
 glimpse.

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:52.860
 I mean,

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.240
 you could

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.700
 daydream on

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.820
 this relationship

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.820
 all afternoon.

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.519
 We're never

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.099
 going to plumb

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.720
 the depths.

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.220
 Martin Lloyd-Jones

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.659
 writes,

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:02.099
 Jesus shared

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:03.039
 in full

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.159
 the ineffable,

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.919
 indescribable glory

00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:07.539
 of the eternal

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.240
 Godhead.

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.579
 As a result,

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.500
 Sinclair Ferguson

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.240
 says that,

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.059
 of course,

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:14.279
 he's homesick

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:16.240
 for his father's

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.779
 house.

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.740
 He misses

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.240
 that perfection

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:22.720
 of relationship.

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.879
 I don't want to

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.819
 pretend that our minds

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:26.319
 can comprehend this,

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.299
 but perhaps if we

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.179
 acknowledge we're just

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:29.519
 scratching the surface,

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.399
 Christy and I

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:33.039
 enjoyed a great

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:34.259
 day together

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.439
 on Friday.

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.319
 Sitting together,

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.159
 hiking together,

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.579
 learning new things

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.399
 about one another

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:42.359
 because after

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:43.299
 20 years,

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:43.919
 there is still

00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:44.559
 so much

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.500
 that we don't know.

00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:47.799
 But even that

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:49.019
 wonderful day,

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.599
 one of the best

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.480
 we've had in a while,

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.279
 there were moments

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.379
 of disagreement,

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:56.379
 misunderstanding,

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:59.259
 even disappointment.

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.299
 And of course,

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:01.759
 the greatest

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.379
 disappointment

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.359
 that after just

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.019
 a few hours,

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.839
 we eventually

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.379
 had to go

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.440
 our separate ways.

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:11.059
 Here, however,

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:13.539
 is a relationship

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:16.440
 of perfect love

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:19.240
 with complete

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.840
 knowledge,

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.620
 fully known,

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.039
 fully loved,

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:23.559
 yet simultaneously,

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.600
 somehow it's

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.580
 infinitely rich

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:27.180
 in things to learn

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.420
 about one another.

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.820
 And all those things

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.880
 are shared together

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:32.460
 with absolute unity

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.360
 of mind

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.320
 and heart,

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.840
 total delight together

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:37.680
 in ultimate goodness.

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.740
 And all of those things

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.779
 without any of the

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.460
 earthly things

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:43.140
 Jesus is experiencing

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.640
 here.

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:45.460
 Can you imagine

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.540
 a relationship

00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:49.220
 with no time limits

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:52.000
 outside of time?

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.900
 No jealousy.

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.240
 No weariness.

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.020
 No storms.

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.880
 No betrayal.

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:02.380
 No separation.

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.480
 Ever.

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.500
 Oh.

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.180
 Can't you feel

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.060
 that must have been

00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:11.160
 the most grievous

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:12.120
 part

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:13.080
 for both

00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:14.460
 father and son

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.080
 about that

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:17.279
 plan of salvation

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.519
 that they hatched

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:18.940
 together

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:20.560
 in eternity past?

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.759
 Can you feel

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:23.440
 what it must have felt like?

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.860
 That separation

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:26.840
 of the inseparable?

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.240
 The break

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.680
 in the unbroken

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.640
 relationship?

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:33.519
 The father

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:35.160
 turns his face

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.720
 away

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:37.560
 from the

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.320
 apple

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:39.440
 of his eye.

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:42.820
 It's what

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:43.460
 Jesus knows

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.000
 he's walking

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.480
 toward

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.759
 at the cross.

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:48.220
 And he longs

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:49.340
 for that return

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:50.120
 home

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.180
 to glory

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:52.160
 to his father.

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.180
 He prays for it

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.340
 here.

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.299
 He is longing

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.880
 to return

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.340
 to the one

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:56.140
 who loves him

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:57.019
 perfectly.

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.820
 To the one

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.460
 who shares

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.920
 with him

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.820
 all glory

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:00.940
 all power

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.080
 all grace

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:03.220
 together with him.

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.480
 To the one

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.039
 who will never

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:06.100
 cease to enjoy

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:06.600
 walking

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.640
 and talking

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.220
 with him

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.240
 upholding

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.799
 creation

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.319
 with him

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.980
 forgiving

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.019
 and redeeming

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.579
 people

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.120
 with him

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.759
 governing

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.279
 the rulers

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.980
 of the earth

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.600
 with him

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.860
 righting

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.400
 wrongs

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:17.759
 with him

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.100
 raising

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.559
 the dead

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.120
 to life

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.579
 with him

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.220
 forming

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.880
 people

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.539
 into his

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.180
 glorious

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.920
 image

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.400
 with him

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.640
 that's

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:23.860
 what they

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.220
 do

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.700
 together

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.319
 I mean

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.600
 as you

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:25.960
 think

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.360
 about that

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.600
 is there

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.120
 any way

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.620
 that Jesus

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.240
 resists

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.079
 this ultimate

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.559
 crown of

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.799
 glory

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.299
 for one

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.519
 more

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:30.940
 moment?

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.940
 It's on

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.299
 his heart

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.720
 it's right

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.259
 there before

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.480
 him

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.180
 won't he

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.779
 just head

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.559
 straight home?

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.759
 Would you

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.420
 blame him

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.200
 if he did?

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.200
 What a glorious

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.200
 relationship

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.380
 awaits him

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.779
 there

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:44.039
 he can have

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.360
 it

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:46.120
 Jesus

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:47.019
 understandably

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.840
 longs and

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.519
 prays for

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.420
 that glory

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:54.080
 but he

00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:54.740
 refuses

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.500
 to return

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.420
 to that glory

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:59.060
 without you

00:28:59.060 --> 00:29:01.840
 did you hear

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.060
 that?

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:04.460
 he refuses

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.659
 to return

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.579
 to that

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.319
 glory

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.599
 without

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:10.079
 you

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:11.639
 which is

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.559
 why his

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.200
 glory

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.019
 involves

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:15.200
 the cross

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.899
 too

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:18.079
 he indicates

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.539
 this in

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.659
 verses 2 and 3

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:20.119
 we're going to

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.700
 soak in the

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.399
 glory of them

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:21.940
 next week

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:23.200
 but notice

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.819
 how even

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.480
 already

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.039
 as he

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.859
 prays for

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.700
 glory

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:28.319
 he prays

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.099
 for us

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:31.480
 it's how

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.079
 he shares

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.939
 glory with

00:29:32.939 --> 00:29:33.379
 the father

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.339
 at the cross

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:35.279
 as he gives

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.379
 eternal life

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:37.259
 to his

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.980
 people

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.619
 it will come

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.079
 up again

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.639
 at the end

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.199
 of the prayer

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.740
 when he

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.299
 prays for

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.959
 us to be

00:29:41.959 --> 00:29:42.639
 with him

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.500
 and share

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.139
 the glory

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.719
 the father

00:29:44.719 --> 00:29:45.459
 shared with

00:29:45.459 --> 00:29:46.299
 him before

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.000
 the world

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.599
 began

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.959
 that glory

00:29:48.959 --> 00:29:50.059
 I told you

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.339
 all this

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.119
 relationship

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.599
 that we've

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:51.959
 been just

00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.439
 peering

00:29:52.439 --> 00:29:52.919
 into

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.819
 wondering

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.159
 at

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.639
 is a

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.259
 relationship

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.179
 that somehow

00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:57.259
 gloriously

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.039
 we ourselves

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.519
 get caught

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.000
 up in

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.920
 we have

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.099
 to be

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.500
 a part

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.019
 of it

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.220
 we get

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.740
 brought

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.700
 into the

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.160
 family

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:06.019
 to call

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.519
 the God

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.319
 of glory

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.019
 our

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.879
 father

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:12.420
 we get

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.960
 that because

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.599
 of the one

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.319
 time in the

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.000
 whole bible

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.680
 that Jesus

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.539
 prays

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.119
 and does

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.799
 not call

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.240
 God

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.900
 father

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:23.339
 my God

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.460
 my God

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.079
 why

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:26.220
 have you

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.519
 forsaken

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.940
 me

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.740
 Jesus

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.440
 cries

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.299
 on the

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.880
 cross

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:33.140
 as the

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.500
 father

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.319
 turns his

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.380
 face away

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:36.200
 from the

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.700
 sin

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.500
 bearing

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.460
 savior

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:40.319
 and wounds

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.860
 which mar

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.480
 the chosen

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.460
 one bring

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.299
 many

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.680
 sons

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:46.559
 to glory

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:50.100
 to glory

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:51.900
 to a

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.680
 glorious

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.480
 relationship

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.960
 where we

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.700
 are fully

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.100
 known

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.959
 and fully

00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:56.419
 loved

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:57.240
 forever

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:58.199
 because the

00:30:58.199 --> 00:30:58.759
 father

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.939
 glorified

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:00.619
 the son

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.259
 and the

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.879
 son

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:03.259
 glorified

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.219
 the father

00:31:04.219 --> 00:31:05.199
 and they

00:31:05.199 --> 00:31:05.879
 shared

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:07.159
 with us

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:08.179
 their

00:31:08.179 --> 00:31:09.659
 glory

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:09.860
 glory

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:14.120
 this sacrament

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:16.120
 is a

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:17.180
 holy sign

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:18.300
 that Jesus

00:31:18.300 --> 00:31:19.279
 gives to us

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.860
 so that we'll

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:21.360
 taste just a

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.900
 little bit

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:22.279
 of that

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:25.480
 he wants to

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.340
 remind us this

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:27.000
 morning of the

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.400
 glory of the

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.980
 cross

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.300
 that nothing

00:31:30.300 --> 00:31:31.200
 else matters

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:32.440
 more or is

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.340
 more worthy

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:34.440
 of shaping your

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.660
 life today

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.900
 and this week

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.900
 and forever

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:39.560
 than his

00:31:39.560 --> 00:31:40.060
 cross

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:41.420
 Jesus gave

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.840
 it to his

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.560
 followers for

00:31:42.560 --> 00:31:43.300
 that purpose

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:44.519
 the same

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.580
 night that he

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:46.300
 prayed about

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:47.019
 the cross

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:48.800
 he was then

00:31:48.800 --> 00:31:49.759
 betrayed to the

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.280
 cross

00:31:50.280 --> 00:31:51.040
 and he took

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:51.540
 bread

00:31:51.540 --> 00:31:54.160
 and he broke

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.380
 it

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.800
 and he gave it

00:31:55.800 --> 00:31:56.120
 to his

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.640
 disciples

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.860
 as I ministering

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.460
 in his name

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.160
 give this bread

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.660
 to you

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.620
 he said

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.320
 take eat

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:02.540
 this is my

00:32:02.540 --> 00:32:02.980
 body

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.280
 given for you

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.279
 do this

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.319
 in remembrance

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:07.200
 of me

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:08.960
 and in the

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.399
 same way

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:10.099
 after supper

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.700
 he took the

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.039
 cup

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:12.039
 and said

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.639
 this cup

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.319
 is the new

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.319
 covenant in my

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.660
 blood

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.660
 shed for many

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.539
 for the forgiveness

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.259
 of sins

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.379
 drink from it

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:19.279
 all of you

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.379
 for as often

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.940
 as you eat

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.500
 this bread

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.220
 and drink

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.960
 this cup

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:24.000
 you proclaim

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:25.379
 the Lord's

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.160
 death

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.660
 until he

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.220
 comes

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:31.740
 proclaiming

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.480
 the Lord's

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.000
 death

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.940
 means that

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.579
 you see

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.119
 God's

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.680
 glory

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.920
 in the

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.460
 cross

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.460
 his

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.160
 unbending

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.720
 justice

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.420
 his

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.519
 sacrificial

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.220
 love

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.000
 for you

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.460
 and you

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.720
 say

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.059
 his

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.640
 glory

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.980
 is my

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.819
 grace

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.460
 Jesus

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.259
 is my

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.519
 only hope

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.900
 of knowing

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.599
 this God

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.539
 and enjoying

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.859
 this glory

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.960
 if that's your

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.940
 profession this

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.180
 morning

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.859
 if you are a

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.920
 baptized member

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:59.319
 of any church

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.200
 that preaches

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.000
 salvation

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.960
 relationship

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.720
 with God

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.720
 by faith

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.180
 alone

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.500
 through grace

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.019
 alone

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:07.120
 in Christ

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.680
 alone

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.700
 then you

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.380
 come

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.600
 and glory

00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:11.519
 in the cross

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.039
 again

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:13.039
 as Jesus

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.839
 invites you

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.960
 to come

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.339
 and eat

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:17.980
 if you don't

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.140
 trust in Jesus

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:20.819
 if you're not

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.480
 yet sure

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.039
 what you

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.779
 believe about

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.259
 Jesus

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:25.160
 if maybe

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:26.279
 you have

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.839
 said what

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.299
 you think

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.160
 about Jesus

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.839
 and you love

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.200
 him but

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.079
 right now

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.680
 you're unwilling

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.420
 to let go

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.960
 of sin

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.320
 in your

00:33:32.320 --> 00:33:32.660
 life

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.019
 or to

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.480
 reconcile

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.080
 with a

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.880
 brother or

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:35.220
 sister

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.320
 for Jesus'

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.200
 sake

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.560
 then

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.740
 don't come

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.340
 take these

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:41.019
 elements

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.920
 this morning

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:44.140
 pray

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:45.420
 where you are

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.100
 come up here

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:46.580
 with us

00:33:46.580 --> 00:33:47.340
 we'd love to

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:48.259
 pray with you

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.720
 consider the

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.740
 gracious offer

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.200
 of Jesus

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:52.200
 consider coming

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.660
 to him

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.460
 for the first

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.700
 time

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.080
 or coming

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:55.100
 back to him

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:56.220
 and sharing

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.700
 his glory

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 he invites you

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 into that

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 through his

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 cross

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 let's pray

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 and we'll

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 celebrate it

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 together

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 holy spirit

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 who meets

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 with us

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 here so

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 that we

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 know

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 the grace

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 of Jesus

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 and the love

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 of our

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 father

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 so use

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 these common

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 elements

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 for a holy

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 purpose in our

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 hearts that we

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 can't

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 manufacture

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 but you do

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 because you

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 love us

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 meet us

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 here that we

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 might know you

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 more and

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 worship you

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 more

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 amen

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