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 and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus said to two of his disciples, saying to them,

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 go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there,

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 which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, why are you doing

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 this? Tell them, the Lord needs it, and he will send it back here shortly. They went and found

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 a colt outside the street, and tied it at the doorway. As they untied it, some people standing

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 there asked, what are you doing untying that colt? They answered as Jesus had told them to,

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 and the people let them go. When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it,

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 he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had

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 caught in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, Hosanna! Blessed is he

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 who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the

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 highest. Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. He looked around at everything, but since

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 it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. The next day, as they were leaving

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 Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing the distance, a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any

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 fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

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 Then he said to the tree, may no one ever eat fruit from you again, and his disciples heard him say it.

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 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and

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 selling there. He overturned the tables of money changers and the benches of those selling doves,

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 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise to the temple courts. As he taught them, he said,

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 Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den

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 of robbers. Chief priests and teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him,

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 for they feared him, because the whole crowd were amazed at his teaching. When evening came,

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 they went out of the city. In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from

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 the roots. Peter remembered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, look, the fig tree you cursed has withered.

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 Have faith in God, Jesus said. I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain,

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 go throw yourself into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will

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 happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer,

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 believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying,

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 if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.

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 Please keep your Bibles open there, and we'll look at that in just a sec.

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 Well, let's pray and ask for God's help as we look at his word together. Let's pray.

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 Father God, we thank you so much for your word. We thank you for having a gospel, the gospel of Mark,

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 which has been written down, recorded for us, so that we can learn about who Jesus is,

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 and all that he has done for us. We pray now, Father, that you would speak to us through your word.

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 Help us to listen well, and help us to be people who see Jesus for who he is,

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 and that we may be encouraged and built up. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Our present government are now halfway through their five-year term.

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 But with another tough budget proposed next month, the support is most definitely dwindling.

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 Recent polls show that they have lost points, while the opposition have all gained points.

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 Now, how different that is to the early days.

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 They were welcomed into office with enthusiastic cheers, the saviors of our land.

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 But great expectations have come crashing down.

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 One moment, they are the hope of the nation.

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 The next, they are public enemy number one.

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 Well, the crowds that were following Jesus towards Jerusalem were expecting great things.

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 They had lived under foreign rule for the best part of 600 years, most recently under the might of the Romans.

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 But now Jesus had come displaying his supreme power and absolute authority.

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 He had raised the dead.

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 He had controlled nature.

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 He had fed the hungry with just a few loaves and a couple of fish.

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 Expectations were high.

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 Look at verse 9, chapter 11.

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 Those who followed, or those who went ahead of Jesus and those who followed shouted,

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 Hosanna!

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 Which means save!

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 The saviour of their nation had come.

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 But within a day, those expectations had crashed.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him.

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 In fact, very soon, everyone would be on the side of the chief priests.

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 One moment, they were the hope of the nation.

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 The next, he was public enemy number one.

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 Was Jesus the king as he claimed?

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 Or was he some political failure?

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 Well, as Jesus arrives into Jerusalem, the final week before his death,

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 we see that he is a king, but not the kind of king we expect.

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 In fact, what he offers is greater than any of our expectations.

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 So first, the king has come.

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 Jesus has been slowly making his way towards Jerusalem.

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 And as he travelled, so his band of supporters grew.

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 So if you go back to chapter 10, verse 1.

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 Chapter 10, verse 1.

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 Jesus then left that place, that's Capernaum,

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 and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan.

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 So he's making his step slowly towards Jerusalem.

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 Again, crowds of people came to him.

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 Now look at verse 46.

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 Then they came to Jericho, a step closer,

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 as Jesus and his disciples together with a large crowd were leaving the city.

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 So people were anticipating or expecting great things.

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 The crowds began to follow him.

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 What miracles was he going to do now?

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 How was he going to overthrow the occupying force of the Romans?

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 Well, to help us gauge the excitement,

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 Mark highlights three actions of great significance.

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 First, Jesus had come to the Mount of Olives.

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 Look at verse 1 of chapter 11.

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 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethpage and Bethany,

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 at the Mount of Olives.

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 You say, what's so interesting about the Mount of Olives?

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 Well, listen to this from one of the prophets.

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 The prophet Zechariah.

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 It's on the screen.

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 This is what he says.

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 The Lord will go out and fight against those nations

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 as he fights in the day of battle.

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 On that day, his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,

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 east of Jerusalem.

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 Now, Jesus has just arrived, this self-proclaimed king,

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 and he's come to the Mount of Olives.

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 Second, Jesus tells his disciples to go and get a colt,

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 or which could be translated also as a donkey.

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 Verse 2.

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 He says to the disciples,

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 Go to the village ahead of you,

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 and just as you enter it,

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 you will find a colt tied there,

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 which no one has ever ridden.

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 Untie it and bring it here.

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 Verse 4.

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 They went and found a colt outside in the street,

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 tied at a doorway.

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 Verse 7.

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 When they brought the colt to Jesus,

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 they threw their cloaks over it,

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 and he sat on it.

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 Well, you think,

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 well, what's so interesting about that?

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 Well, again, listen to the same prophets.

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 Look at what it says on the screen.

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 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion.

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 Shout, daughter of Jerusalem.

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 See, your king comes to you,

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 righteous and having salvation,

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 gentle and riding on a donkey,

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 on a colt,

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 the foal of a donkey.

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 Do you see what Jesus is beginning to say

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 to all the crowds of people?

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 And then there was the shouts of the crowd.

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 Verse 8.

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 Many people spread their cloaks on the road,

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 while others spread branches

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 they had cut in the fields.

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 And those who went ahead

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 and those who followed shouted,

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 Hosanna!

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 Which means, save!

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 Blessed is the coming kingdom

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 of our father David.

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 Hosanna!

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 Salvation!

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 In the highest!

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 Now, verse 9,

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 this Hosanna,

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 is actually a quote

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 from Psalm 118.

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 And if you were to read that psalm,

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 it's all about being surrounded by an enemy

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 and looking forward to a king

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 who's going to save.

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 Look at what some of that psalm says

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 on the screen.

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 Shouts of joy and victory

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 resound in the tents of the righteous.

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 The Lord's hand has done mighty things.

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 O Lord, save us.

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 O Lord, grant us success.

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 Now, can you feel the expectation building?

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 The Mount of Olives.

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 Jesus riding on a colt.

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 Shouting, Hosanna!

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 Save the rescuer!

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 The long-awaited king

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 has finally come.

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 The great deliverer.

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 The mighty warrior.

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 All the crowds are gathering around him.

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 He's ready for battle.

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 The saving king has come

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 to overthrow the might of the Romans.

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 The stage is set.

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 And look what he does.

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 Verse 11.

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 Jesus entered Jerusalem.

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 If you're going to have a revolution,

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 it might as well be in the capital

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 where everybody knows.

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 Jesus entered Jerusalem

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 and went to the temple.

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 He looked around at everything,

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 but since it was already late,

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 he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

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 Sorry, did we miss something there?

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 Is that it?

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 Is that it?

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 He just wanders around the temple.

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 He says nothing.

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 He does nothing.

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 He just walks around.

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 And then he just heads out of town.

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 The king has come.

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 But not as we expect.

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 You see, we too have our expectations

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 of Jesus, don't we?

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 I guarantee if we were just to ask everybody now

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 what you expect Jesus to do for you,

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 there'd be a whole list of things.

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 And like the crowd,

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 our concern is very usually physical

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 and it's temporal.

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 It's all about me in the here and now.

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 We want Jesus to heal us now.

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 We want Jesus to give us a better job now.

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 If Jesus is king,

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 well then surely he'll listen to my wants

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 and my demands and do what I say.

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 Well, Jesus is concerned about the physical.

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 He is concerned about the temporal.

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 But he offers us so much more.

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 So much more.

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 For Jesus had come to establish a kingdom.

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 But an eternal kingdom.

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 A kingdom of peace and justice,

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 beauty and joy.

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 Where we live in perfect relationship with God

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 for all eternity.

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 And Jesus had come as a warrior king

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 to fight a battle.

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 But he came to fight not a physical one,

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 a spiritual one.

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 For he came to fight our greatest enemy,

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 destroying sin and death

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 and defeating Satan as he would die on a cross

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 so that we could be forgiven

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 and welcomed into his kingdom.

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 The king has come.

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 But he's not always the king that we expect.

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 The problem is not that our expectations of Jesus

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 are too high.

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 Our expectations of Jesus are too low.

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 We're focused on the here and the now

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 when he's offering us something far greater

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 for all eternity.

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 What Jesus offers is greater

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 than we could ever dream or imagine.

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 So the king has come.

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 Second, the king has spoken.

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 Verse 12.

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 The next day as they were leaving Bethany,

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 Jesus was hungry.

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 Didn't have time for his porridge that morning.

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 Seeing in the distance a fig tree and leaf,

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 he went to find out if it had any fruit.

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 When he reached it,

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 he found nothing but leaves

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 because it was not the season for figs.

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 Then he said to the tree,

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 May no one ever eat fruit from you again.

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 And his disciples heard him say it.

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 Now it seems like Jesus got out

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 on the wrong side of the bed, didn't it?

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 He's a bit upset.

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 What did the tree ever do to him?

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 You're not having fruit anymore.

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 Well, as we've seen,

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 every action of Jesus in this event

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 is loaded with significance.

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 And what Jesus says to the fig tree,

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 May no one ever eat fruit from you again,

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 becomes a visible image.

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 It's like a mini parable

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 for what Jesus is about to say

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 to the temple and its leaders.

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 You have become fruitless

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 and I am going to put an end

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 to your practices.

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 Look what Jesus does

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 in verse 15.

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 It's really radical.

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 On reaching Jerusalem,

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 Jesus entered the temple area

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 and began driving out those

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 who were buying and selling there.

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 Instead of starting a revolution,

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 he begins a demolition.

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 He overturned the tables

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 of the money changers

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 and the benches of those selling doves

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 and he wouldn't allow anyone

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 to carry merchandise

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 through the temple courts.

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 Now, in our minds here,

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 we've got to picture

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 hundreds upon hundreds,

00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:54.579
 even thousands of people

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 all coming into this

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:58.319
 outer court area of the temple.

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 It's a bit like a farmer's market

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 with all kinds of livestock

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 being sold for sacrifices

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 and people selling it

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 and people buying it.

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 It's noisy.

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 It's crazy.

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 And Jesus just bursts

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 into the middle of it

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.159
 and starts kicking them out

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 all over the place.

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 Pandemonium.

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 Now, this outer court

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.439
 where Jesus goes

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 and starts throwing things about,

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 was actually designed

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 to keep certain people out

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 and only let certain people in.

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 Foreigners and outsiders.

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 So if you weren't a Jew,

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 you weren't allowed past that area.

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 The only people allowed in

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 were the Jews who came to buy

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 an animal for sacrifice

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 or sell an animal for sacrifice.

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 In fact,

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.619
 all around that area

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 where Jesus was kicking people out

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 or upsetting all their tables,

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 there were these signs

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 that were read

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 in all kinds of different languages

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 for all the foreigners

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 who ever came near.

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 This is what it said.

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 No foreigner may enter

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 within the railing

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 and enclosure

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 that surrounded the temple.

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 Anyone apprehended

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 shall have himself to blame

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:16.679
 for his consequent death.

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 The temple

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 was meant to be the place

00:19:23.939 --> 00:19:25.099
 where people could come

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 and meet God.

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 This was the place

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 where you could come in

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 and talk and pray to God.

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 But if you were a foreigner,

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 if you weren't one of the special people,

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 then you were shut out

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 and if you even tried to get in

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 and you were caught,

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 you'd be killed.

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 It begins to explain

00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:49.439
 why Jesus got

00:19:49.439 --> 00:19:51.679
 understatement of the year

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 a little bit upset.

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 He came to confront it,

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.799
 to put an end

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 to all their practices.

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 Verse 17.

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 As he taught them,

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 he said,

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 is it not written

00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:08.799
 my house will be called

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:10.399
 a house of prayer

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 for all nations?

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 for all people?

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:18.740
 Rather than welcoming people,

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:20.240
 a sign of fruitfulness,

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.059
 he's saying,

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.759
 you are barring people,

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 a sign of being fruitless.

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 The prophets

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 had anticipated a time

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 when all nations,

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 when all peoples

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 would be welcomed.

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 Go back with me

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:41.439
 to Isaiah chapter 56.

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 It's about the middle

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.820
 of your Bible,

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.539
 thereabouts.

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.940
 Isaiah chapter 56.

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 If somebody's got a page number

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:53.680
 using a red Bible,

00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:54.559
 they could tell me

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 and I'll shout it out.

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 Isaiah 56.

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 743.

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 743.

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 Look at what was anticipated.

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 Look what people

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.700
 were looking forward to.

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:13.000
 Isaiah 56.

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.220
 And we'll pick it up

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:15.059
 in verse 3.

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 Isaiah 56.

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 Verse 3.

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 Let no foreigner

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 who has bound himself

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.299
 to the Lord say,

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 the Lord will surely

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:34.119
 exclude me

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 from his people.

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 Verse 5.

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 To them,

00:21:38.919 --> 00:21:39.299
 that is,

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:39.980
 the foreigner,

00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.879
 the outsider,

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 I will give within

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 my temple

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 and its walls

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 a memorial

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 and a name

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 better than

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:50.039
 sons and daughters.

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 I will give them

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 an everlasting name

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:54.319
 that will not be cut off.

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.420
 Verse 7.

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 These,

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:57.240
 these outsiders,

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.100
 these foreigners,

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:59.100
 I will bring

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 to my holy mountain,

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:02.100
 that's to the temple,

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.360
 and give them joy

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.579
 in my house

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.920
 of prayer.

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.240
 Their burnt offerings

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.019
 and sacrifices

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.819
 will be accepted

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.600
 on my altar,

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 for my house

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.819
 will be called

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.879
 a house of prayer

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:16.759
 for all nations.

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 You see,

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.839
 God's plan,

00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:21.899
 his great expansive plan,

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.179
 was that through

00:22:23.179 --> 00:22:24.639
 Jesus Christ,

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.759
 he would make it

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:27.480
 possible for all people

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:29.019
 to be able

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.980
 to come to God

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:31.219
 and to be part

00:22:31.219 --> 00:22:32.579
 of his kingdom.

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.980
 No wonder.

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:37.039
 Look back at Mark

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.919
 chapter 11,

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.959
 verse 18.

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:42.019
 No wonder

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:43.920
 the chief priests

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.700
 and the teachers

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.279
 of the law

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.240
 heard this

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.539
 and began

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.620
 looking for a way

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:50.000
 to kill him.

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.380
 And soon,

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.900
 all the crowds

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:57.500
 would be on their side too.

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.900
 One moment,

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.500
 the hope of the nation,

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:04.180
 the next public enemy,

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.980
 number one.

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.500
 Why?

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.960
 Why would people

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.200
 turn so quickly?

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.380
 Well,

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:11.440
 they wanted a king

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.420
 who would tell

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.900
 the people

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.680
 to get out.

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.900
 They wanted a king

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.619
 who was going to

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.140
 kind of keep

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:17.500
 themselves nice

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.059
 and pure

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:19.460
 and get all the foreigners

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.420
 and the outsiders

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.200
 away

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.640
 and make it all

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.539
 nice and comfortable

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.039
 again.

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:27.019
 But Jesus came

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.839
 to tell people

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.400
 that they could

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.960
 come in,

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.380
 that they were

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:31.160
 welcomed in.

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.880
 They wanted to

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:34.160
 get rid of the outsiders.

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.500
 Jesus is saying,

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.640
 I have come

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:38.540
 for the outsider.

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.140
 The king

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:42.880
 has spoken,

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:45.200
 but not

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.140
 as we

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.160
 expect.

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.580
 Now,

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.740
 like the chief priests,

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:54.620
 I think we too

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.160
 can play

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.220
 temple games,

00:23:56.340 --> 00:23:56.759
 can't we?

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:59.040
 We don't think

00:23:59.040 --> 00:23:59.600
 this much

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:00.220
 of a temple,

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.360
 but we can still

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.139
 play the game.

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:04.979
 We don't like

00:24:04.979 --> 00:24:05.559
 to say it,

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.299
 but we can sure

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.919
 think it.

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.839
 We don't want

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.639
 their kind

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.619
 coming in here.

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:13.079
 We can't let

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.979
 those sorts

00:24:13.979 --> 00:24:15.019
 of people

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.939
 be part of

00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:16.839
 this church,

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.279
 could we?

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.679
 But who are we

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:21.019
 to put restrictions

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.659
 on people?

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:24.579
 The only way

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.740
 any of us

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.939
 can come to God,

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.559
 the only way

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.079
 any of us

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.119
 can enjoy God

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.039
 and know God

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.819
 is through

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.339
 the once

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.899
 and for all

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:33.220
 sacrifice of Jesus.

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.139
 It's the same

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:35.019
 for us all.

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.740
 When Jesus

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.819
 barged into

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.399
 the temple

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:38.899
 and started

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.819
 kicking tables

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.420
 over and

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.359
 chucking the

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.039
 animals all

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.500
 around the

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.960
 place,

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.059
 when he broke

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.680
 up the place

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.259
 for buying

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.819
 and selling

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.700
 sacrifices,

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.839
 he was saying

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.440
 to the people

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.200
 loud and clear,

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:52.440
 I am the

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.980
 sacrifice

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:54.139
 for your

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.639
 sins.

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:57.079
 I am the

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.019
 way into

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.879
 God's

00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.319
 kingdom.

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.019
 You don't

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.759
 need to do

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.160
 this.

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.119
 I am the

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.779
 one who

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.259
 will deal

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.799
 with your

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.759
 sin once

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.700
 and for

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.139
 all.

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.859
 The way

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.279
 is now

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.819
 open for

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.279
 all to

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.480
 come,

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.019
 regardless

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.480
 of your

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.299
 nationality

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.920
 or your

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.420
 background.

00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:13.119
 It doesn't

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.720
 matter what

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.279
 your race

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.839
 is or what

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.400
 your religion

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.680
 is.

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:17.039
 I welcome

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.879
 all who

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.339
 will come

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.240
 to me.

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:24.019
 And here's

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.759
 the challenge.

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:27.279
 how will

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.019
 people ever

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.559
 know they

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.240
 are welcomed

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.960
 if they

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.619
 don't know

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:31.960
 they're

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.379
 welcomed?

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.019
 There's no

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.519
 point in

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.539
 people saying

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.259
 oh they're

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.059
 all welcome.

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.539
 How does

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.160
 people know

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.720
 they are

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.579
 welcomed into

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.180
 his kingdom?

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.099
 Well Jesus

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.579
 came into

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.259
 the world,

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.339
 the saving

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.960
 king.

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.119
 He came in

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.879
 to invite

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.440
 people,

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.279
 to tell

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.660
 people,

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.119
 to show

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.680
 people what

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.140
 the kingdom

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.559
 was all

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.319
 about and

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.660
 to say

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.380
 that through

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.200
 me you

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.019
 can enter.

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.480
 So we

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.040
 too must

00:25:59.040 --> 00:25:59.840
 go into

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.480
 the world

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.259
 within our

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.900
 communities,

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.580
 within our

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:03.220
 families,

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:04.279
 around about

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.600
 us,

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.860
 to welcome

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:07.880
 people to

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.340
 Jesus.

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.100
 So the

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:14.560
 king has

00:26:14.560 --> 00:26:14.960
 come,

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.279
 the king

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.060
 has spoken,

00:26:18.800 --> 00:26:19.320
 and third,

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.759
 the king

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.860
 has commanded.

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.360
 Look at

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.040
 verse 20.

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.600
 in the

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.019
 morning,

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.940
 so he's

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.140
 kind of

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.640
 going in

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:27.960
 and out

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.560
 of Jerusalem

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:29.180
 in this

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.779
 passage here,

00:26:30.840 --> 00:26:31.100
 in the

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:31.660
 morning as

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.060
 they went

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.500
 along,

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.940
 they saw

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.660
 the fig tree

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.360
 withered from

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.880
 the roots,

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.460
 and Peter

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.200
 remembered and

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.519
 said to

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:37.740
 Jesus,

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.080
 Rabbi,

00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:38.700
 look,

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.160
 the fig tree

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.860
 you cursed

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.940
 has withered.

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.180
 So here

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.600
 was this

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.580
 visual reminder

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.140
 to his

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:47.540
 disciples to

00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:47.960
 tell them

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.400
 that look,

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.120
 there is no

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.840
 longer any

00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:50.560
 need for a

00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:50.940
 temple.

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.019
 temple.

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.860
 There is no

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.640
 need for this

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:55.019
 religious ritual,

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.480
 there is no

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.039
 need for all

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.640
 these religious

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:58.039
 rules anymore.

00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.480
 We don't need

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.980
 all these

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.440
 priests wandering

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.160
 around in their

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:04.220
 flowing robes.

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.940
 It is fruitless.

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.940
 It will produce

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:09.259
 nothing in you

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.759
 or for you.

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.880
 It is dead,

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.120
 it is lifeless,

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:14.000
 it gives you

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.480
 nothing.

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.640
 Nothing.

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:18.360
 Jesus says,

00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:18.960
 I am the

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.640
 way to the

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:19.960
 kingdom,

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.940
 I am the

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.800
 sacrifice for

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.300
 your sins,

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.259
 I welcome

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.900
 all people

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.320
 who come

00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:24.780
 to me.

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.800
 So,

00:27:27.060 --> 00:27:27.920
 verse 22,

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.480
 what's the

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.100
 response?

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.660
 Have

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.480
 faith

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.940
 in God,

00:27:35.540 --> 00:27:35.820
 Jesus

00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:36.420
 answered.

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:38.320
 If Jesus

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:38.820
 is the

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.680
 king who

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.080
 has come

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:40.800
 to establish

00:27:40.800 --> 00:27:41.540
 his kingdom,

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.980
 if Jesus

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.860
 welcomes in

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.679
 all people

00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:45.099
 to come

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.479
 to him,

00:27:45.699 --> 00:27:46.159
 then the

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:47.339
 only response

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.899
 is,

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.819
 have faith

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:51.139
 in God.

00:27:51.959 --> 00:27:52.539
 This is what

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.059
 the king

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:54.079
 commands.

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.419
 Trust me,

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.599
 I can do

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.299
 for you

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.299
 what nobody

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.259
 else can do

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.759
 for you.

00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:01.299
 Look at

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.159
 verse 23.

00:28:03.479 --> 00:28:04.240
 I tell you

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.759
 the truth,

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.500
 Jesus says,

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.639
 if one of

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.059
 you says

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.500
 to this

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.000
 mountain,

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.859
 maybe it

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.119
 was the

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.459
 Mount of

00:28:10.459 --> 00:28:10.859
 Olives he

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.279
 was looking

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.519
 at,

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:11.919
 if one of

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:12.279
 you says

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.639
 to this

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:12.979
 mountain,

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.719
 go through

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.120
 yourself

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.600
 into the

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:14.900
 sea,

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.620
 and does

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.079
 not doubt

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.380
 in his

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:16.620
 heart,

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.319
 but believes

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.160
 that what

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.559
 he says

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.100
 will happen,

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.460
 it will

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.980
 be done

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.559
 for him.

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.620
 Now,

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.120
 is Jesus

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:25.640
 saying that

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:25.900
 we're to

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.380
 go around

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.880
 and command

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.420
 the mountains

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.880
 and tell

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.579
 mountains to

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.079
 jump into

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.559
 the sea?

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.180
 I don't

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.000
 think that's

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.500
 what he's

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.980
 saying.

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.880
 What he is

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.200
 saying,

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.700
 or what he's

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.319
 making clear

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.940
 is that

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:38.319
 he can do

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.299
 for us

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:41.319
 what nobody

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.099
 else can

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.539
 do for

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:42.919
 us.

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.599
 We can

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.079
 go looking

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.859
 to everyone

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.519
 else and

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.319
 everything else

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.659
 and they'll

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.339
 offer all

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.000
 kinds of

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.559
 things,

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.319
 but only

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:51.220
 Jesus can

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:52.079
 offer us

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:53.159
 new life,

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.960
 eternity

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.659
 with him,

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.539
 the gift of

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.059
 his Holy

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.859
 Spirit within

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.099
 us,

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:58.059
 being welcomed

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.740
 into his

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.379
 family,

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.339
 giving forgiveness,

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.759
 peace and joy,

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.419
 transformation of a

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:04.899
 whole life.

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.940
 only Jesus

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.700
 can do that

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.200
 for you.

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.900
 In other

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.220
 words,

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.000
 we should

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.920
 expect from

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.700
 Jesus what

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.200
 we can't

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.860
 expect from

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.620
 anyone else.

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.900
 Our problem

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.519
 is not that

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.340
 our expectations

00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:18.320
 are too high,

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:20.120
 our expectations

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:21.120
 are set too

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.620
 low.

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.759
 Jesus offers

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.680
 to us more

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.180
 than we could

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.840
 ever expect

00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.480
 to imagine.

00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:30.240
 And the way

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.960
 to express

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.640
 our faith

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:34.140
 is simply

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.400
 through prayer.

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.000
 Look at

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.840
 verse 24.

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:39.520
 How do I

00:29:39.520 --> 00:29:40.020
 show my

00:29:40.020 --> 00:29:40.400
 faith?

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.340
 Verse 24.

00:29:42.020 --> 00:29:42.740
 Therefore I

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.580
 tell you,

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.500
 whatever you

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.320
 ask for in

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.840
 prayer,

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.560
 believe that

00:29:47.560 --> 00:29:47.920
 you have

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.740
 received it

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.520
 and it

00:29:49.520 --> 00:29:49.900
 will be

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.480
 yours.

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.800
 Just pause

00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:53.380
 on that and

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.020
 think about

00:29:54.020 --> 00:29:54.400
 that.

00:29:55.280 --> 00:29:55.920
 God's

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.500
 eternal

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.080
 kingdom,

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.000
 forgiveness

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.860
 of all

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.640
 your sins,

00:30:01.780 --> 00:30:02.120
 welcomed

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:03.000
 into his

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.560
 family,

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.180
 given the

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.640
 gift of

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.100
 the Holy

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.780
 Spirit,

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.900
 peace and

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:10.000
 joy in

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.360
 abundance and

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:12.420
 grace and

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.740
 mercy overflowing

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.440
 to you every

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.300
 single day,

00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:16.880
 his family,

00:30:17.020 --> 00:30:17.740
 the people of

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.720
 believers around

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.080
 you,

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.500
 all of this,

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.240
 how do we

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.759
 get it?

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:25.460
 Ask in

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.860
 prayer,

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.800
 a prayer of

00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:28.200
 faith.

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.319
 prayer.

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:32.039
 That's all

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.620
 we have to

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:32.920
 do.

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.480
 Through

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.160
 prayer we

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.200
 exercise our

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.620
 complete

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.940
 dependence and

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.660
 place all our

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:41.279
 confidence in

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.740
 Jesus.

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:44.140
 We don't have

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.539
 to do

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:44.940
 anything.

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.279
 Just pray

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.980
 and ask

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:50.559
 and you

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.259
 will receive

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.620
 it.

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:54.639
 so let me

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.079
 ask this

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.519
 question,

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.019
 have we

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.299
 obeyed the

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.819
 king's

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.259
 command?

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.059
 Have we

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.939
 put faith

00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:02.299
 in Jesus

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.039
 the king?

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.879
 Well,

00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:05.399
 here's the

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:06.659
 test for

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.339
 each one of

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.759
 us to

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.459
 find out

00:31:08.459 --> 00:31:09.419
 if we

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:10.019
 have faith

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.519
 in Jesus.

00:31:10.739 --> 00:31:11.139
 Here's the

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.619
 test.

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:13.039
 Do I

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.479
 have faith

00:31:13.479 --> 00:31:13.919
 in Jesus?

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.199
 Well,

00:31:15.239 --> 00:31:15.439
 look at

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:16.219
 verse 25.

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:18.420
 And when

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.100
 you stand

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:19.720
 praying,

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:23.440
 when you're

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.200
 asking for

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.660
 the kingdom,

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.360
 when you're

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:26.160
 exercising

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.339
 faith in

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.920
 Jesus,

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.500
 if you

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.319
 hold anything

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.779
 against

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.380
 anyone,

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.120
 forgive him

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:34.779
 so that

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.380
 your Father

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.900
 in heaven

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.559
 may forgive

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.680
 you your

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.339
 sins.

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.600
 Do you

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:40.960
 see what

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.360
 it's saying?

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.360
 The evidence

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.480
 of faith

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.339
 in Jesus

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.680
 is

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.400
 forgiveness

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.980
 of other

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.440
 people.

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.820
 An

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.700
 unforgiving,

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:52.700
 grudge

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.340
 holding,

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.460
 record

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.960
 keeping

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.799
 person

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:58.160
 is a

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.640
 sign that

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.120
 you do

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.820
 not have

00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:00.960
 faith and

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.340
 are not

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:01.660
 in the

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:01.980
 kingdom.

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:03.980
 Look,

00:32:04.060 --> 00:32:04.299
 if you

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.980
 know the

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.340
 forgiveness

00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:06.000
 of Jesus,

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.880
 if you

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.060
 have

00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:08.039
 experienced

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.320
 the

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:08.720
 forgiveness

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.320
 of Jesus

00:32:09.320 --> 00:32:09.920
 in your

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.259
 life,

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.539
 you will

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.120
 forgive

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.900
 others.

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.100
 And

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.500
 nobody's

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.740
 saying

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.099
 it's

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.559
 easy,

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.299
 but if

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.679
 Jesus

00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:18.199
 has given

00:32:18.199 --> 00:32:18.659
 us this

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.139
 welcome

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:20.339
 into his

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.779
 family,

00:32:20.959 --> 00:32:21.519
 into his

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.919
 kingdom,

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.859
 if Jesus

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.579
 has forgiven

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.179
 you,

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.959
 then you

00:32:25.959 --> 00:32:26.359
 will not

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.980
 hold anything

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.759
 against another

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.299
 person.

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.839
 In fact,

00:32:30.959 --> 00:32:31.459
 you will do

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:32.099
 all that you

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.919
 can to reach

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:33.740
 out to them

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.939
 and seek

00:32:34.939 --> 00:32:35.879
 reconciliation

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:37.640
 and welcome

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.340
 them just

00:32:38.340 --> 00:32:39.020
 as Jesus

00:32:39.020 --> 00:32:39.860
 has welcomed

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.620
 us.

00:32:42.560 --> 00:32:43.360
 The

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.220
 evidence of

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.100
 faith in

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:47.200
 Jesus is

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.540
 that we

00:32:47.540 --> 00:32:48.280
 are forgiving

00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:50.620
 of others,

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:52.580
 each other.

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.320
 And then

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.820
 lastly,

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.180
 expect great

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.760
 things.

00:32:59.760 --> 00:33:00.020
 The

00:33:00.020 --> 00:33:00.580
 King has

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:01.000
 come.

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:02.480
 He has

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.920
 come to

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.820
 establish his

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.319
 eternal

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.819
 kingdom.

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:05.980
 The King

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.740
 has spoken.

00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:07.899
 He opens

00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.220
 up the

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.659
 way for

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.460
 all people

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.899
 to come

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.439
 to God.

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.460
 The King

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.240
 has commanded.

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.559
 He calls

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.059
 us to put

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.700
 our faith

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.759
 and our

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.299
 trust in

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.579
 him.

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.899
 If we

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.339
 look to

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:19.059
 Jesus and

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.159
 demand the

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:21.119
 King to

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.740
 do things

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.619
 our way,

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:24.059
 we'll

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.819
 always be

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.460
 disappointed.

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.659
 But if we

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.279
 submit to

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.879
 his way,

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.099
 we will

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.819
 discover he

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.179
 will do

00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:31.819
 more than

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.119
 we could

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.359
 ever

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:34.139
 expect or

00:33:34.139 --> 00:33:34.619
 imagine.

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.559
 He is a

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.779
 great saving

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:40.039
 King who

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.619
 does more

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:40.980
 than we

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.319
 could ever

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.480
 expect or

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.919
 imagine.

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.159
 Let's talk

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.639
 to him

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.639
 right now.

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.460
 Let's pray.

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:58.480
 Father, thank

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.240
 you so much

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:01.000
 for your

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.319
 word.

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.920
 Thank you

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.680
 for Jesus,

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.340
 the great

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.660
 King.

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.340
 Please help

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:08.039
 us to

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.420
 understand

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.679
 Jesus as

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:12.260
 you portray

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:13.639
 him and

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.099
 as he

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.780
 comes to

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.220
 us.

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:17.539
 help us

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.899
 to have

00:34:17.899 --> 00:34:18.319
 right

00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:19.379
 expectations

00:34:19.379 --> 00:34:21.719
 but help

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.039
 us to

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.619
 see all

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:22.959
 that he

00:34:22.959 --> 00:34:23.359
 has come

00:34:23.359 --> 00:34:23.839
 to do

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.179
 and to

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.679
 give to

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.119
 us.

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.199
 Thank

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.379
 you,

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.739
 Jesus,

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.480
 that you

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.879
 are our

00:34:30.879 --> 00:34:31.159
 great

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.439
 King.

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.039
 Help

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.379
 us to

00:34:35.379 --> 00:34:35.879
 trust you

00:34:35.879 --> 00:34:36.259
 each and

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.759
 every day.

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.179
 Help

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.500
 us to

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.079
 follow you

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.980
 where you

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:43.839
 go and

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.239
 help us

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.599
 to live

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.039
 for you

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.179
 wherever

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.779
 we are.

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.559
 We pray

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.019
 this in

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.359
 Jesus'

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:49.779
 name.

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:51.199
 Amen.

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.819
 Well, we're

00:34:57.819 --> 00:34:58.199
 going to

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:59.099
 sing our

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.819
 final song

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.519
 in response

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.959
 to

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.659
 to

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.340
 up.

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.079
 You

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:14.639
 will

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:19.920
 be

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:21.720
 a