WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 Good morning, everyone. 00:00:02.940 --> 00:00:03.580 Good morning. 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:07.160 Why don't we bow our heads and pray for God's help. 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:12.080 ! Our gracious Lord, we thank you for your word. 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:21.660 ! And this morning we ask, Lord, that as we have listened to your word read and as we listen to it being expounded, 00:00:21.660 --> 00:00:28.120 so, Father, we pray that your Holy Spirit would infect our minds. 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:39.939 And, Lord, we thank you that your written word always brings us to your living word, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 00:00:39.939 --> 00:00:40.000 Amen. 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:40.679 Amen. 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:50.799 So, Matthew's Gospel in verse 10, we read this important question. 00:00:51.859 --> 00:00:58.299 Jesus entered Jerusalem, we're told, the whole city was stirred and asked, who is this? 00:00:58.299 --> 00:01:13.140 I suppose one of the things that you really need to learn as you navigate your way through life is how to deal with disappointment. 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:24.000 I don't think there would be a soul in this church who, at some point, doesn't experience disappointment. 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.180 Some of it is relatively superficial stuff. 00:01:28.260 --> 00:01:32.579 I'm very disappointed when my football team doesn't win. 00:01:35.460 --> 00:01:45.819 Maybe there was a present you wanted for your birthday or at Christmas and it never arrived and you feel disappointed. 00:01:47.819 --> 00:01:53.920 Sometimes that disappointment can feel really deep. 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:55.280 inside of you. 00:01:56.340 --> 00:02:05.019 I remember when I was a 16-year-old boy, I had played football at District and had trials with a couple of teams 00:02:05.019 --> 00:02:16.060 and finally ended up playing in a trials match for Manchester City, which, truthfully, I hate, but that's another story. 00:02:16.060 --> 00:02:19.460 And I thought I played really well. 00:02:19.460 --> 00:02:25.140 And then I was given the news, you will never play in what we used to call the first division. 00:02:25.139 --> 00:02:38.339 And even now, as I recall that, I can feel the sense of disappointment in the pit of my stomach. 00:02:38.419 --> 00:02:41.479 All I ever wanted to be was a professional footballer. 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:54.120 Then there's that really hard issue of disappointment when we feel that other people have let us down. 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:57.840 And it's truly disappointing, isn't it? 00:03:00.259 --> 00:03:07.360 In the Scottish version of the Daily Mail, on the 19th of March, 00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:10.540 and let me explain, I was in Scotland, 00:03:10.539 --> 00:03:15.179 there was an article in the middle of it. 00:03:15.239 --> 00:03:18.579 There's a little section in the middle which is aimed at women. 00:03:19.099 --> 00:03:23.019 It's called female, M-A-I-L. 00:03:23.819 --> 00:03:25.079 And the heading was, 00:03:25.219 --> 00:03:27.680 Why do so many middle-aged women 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:30.139 find their husbands repulsive? 00:03:32.139 --> 00:03:33.439 Don't put your hands up. 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:43.539 Apparently, this is based on some data that somebody got together. 00:03:44.699 --> 00:03:47.979 And you can imagine what that tells you. 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:50.840 There must be a lot of women who are quite disappointed 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:53.400 with the way things ended up. 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:57.579 And then, just this last week, 00:03:57.659 --> 00:03:59.400 Anthony and I were away together. 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:05.680 And I had no idea this person was showing up on the trip we were on. 00:04:06.620 --> 00:04:09.340 He was a man who used to be a teacher of theology 00:04:09.340 --> 00:04:14.300 and then became a very effective minister of a church. 00:04:14.460 --> 00:04:16.639 Had thousands of people. 00:04:16.860 --> 00:04:18.120 He's got a lovely wife. 00:04:19.500 --> 00:04:21.819 And when I met him, 00:04:21.899 --> 00:04:23.819 I used to really look up to him 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:26.360 when I was a young clergy person. 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:29.720 And when I met him, 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:32.020 I could tell he was just a little guarded with me 00:04:32.020 --> 00:04:33.500 and I didn't understand it. 00:04:33.740 --> 00:04:36.480 And I got close to saying to him, 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.220 You know, have I disappointed you in some way in the past? 00:04:39.400 --> 00:04:42.259 You know, I couldn't quite get this. 00:04:42.340 --> 00:04:44.160 Anyway, as I told him, 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:45.460 it slowly came out 00:04:45.460 --> 00:04:50.660 that he doesn't do any ministry anymore. 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:52.800 He gave up many years ago. 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:57.300 I then discovered he goes nowhere near a church 00:04:57.300 --> 00:04:58.520 and nor does his wife. 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.220 And I took a little service on this trip we were on 00:05:01.220 --> 00:05:02.319 on Sunday morning. 00:05:03.400 --> 00:05:04.980 And I noticed that he, 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:06.220 it would be the equivalent 00:05:06.220 --> 00:05:09.040 of sitting at the back of the church 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:10.220 with your back to me. 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:12.300 That was his body language. 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:15.300 And I was really disappointed. 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:18.199 This is a man who was, 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:19.519 if you like, 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:22.500 a kind of spiritual hero in my mind. 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:26.120 And his faith was nowhere now. 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:28.079 I was disappointed. 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:31.500 One of the things that, 00:05:32.620 --> 00:05:34.220 if you've not learned it, 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:36.240 you really do need to learn it. 00:05:36.339 --> 00:05:39.300 And that is to navigate your way through this life. 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:43.939 You need to learn to process disappointment 00:05:43.939 --> 00:05:47.579 in a way that doesn't damage you for life. 00:05:47.579 --> 00:05:51.000 You know, 00:05:51.099 --> 00:05:52.159 there are a lot of people 00:05:52.159 --> 00:05:53.859 who are made very bitter 00:05:53.859 --> 00:05:55.240 by disappointment. 00:05:55.699 --> 00:05:56.159 And you know, 00:05:56.219 --> 00:05:58.159 the problem with bitterness is this. 00:05:59.740 --> 00:06:01.379 That when somebody meets you 00:06:01.379 --> 00:06:02.860 who's never met you before, 00:06:03.039 --> 00:06:04.620 they will work out you are bitter 00:06:04.620 --> 00:06:06.339 within two minutes of meeting you. 00:06:08.719 --> 00:06:09.159 Bitterness, 00:06:09.159 --> 00:06:09.879 I think, 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:12.079 is one of the hardest things to hide. 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:16.000 So we come to this passage. 00:06:16.300 --> 00:06:18.039 It's Palm Sunday today. 00:06:18.740 --> 00:06:20.079 We come to this passage 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:22.699 where Jesus entered Jerusalem. 00:06:24.039 --> 00:06:24.659 Clearly, 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:27.680 it was a moment of exaltation. 00:06:29.299 --> 00:06:31.899 The crowds threw their cloaks on the ground. 00:06:32.019 --> 00:06:35.759 They cut down branches from palm trees 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:37.319 and threw them on the ground. 00:06:37.579 --> 00:06:38.980 This symbolized 00:06:38.980 --> 00:06:41.000 the importance, 00:06:41.259 --> 00:06:42.420 in secular terms, 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:44.379 of somebody of high rank 00:06:44.379 --> 00:06:45.920 or royalty. 00:06:48.139 --> 00:06:48.759 And yet, 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:51.519 just a few days later, 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:55.519 the same crowd shouted, 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:56.439 crucify. 00:06:59.500 --> 00:07:01.620 And we can judge their fickleness. 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:02.599 Of course we can. 00:07:02.659 --> 00:07:03.079 But then, 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:04.539 we have to ask ourselves, 00:07:04.540 --> 00:07:06.860 is that fickleness 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:08.580 something that's in me? 00:07:09.100 --> 00:07:09.120 And, 00:07:10.340 --> 00:07:11.560 sometimes I wonder 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:13.020 if it is in me. 00:07:14.980 --> 00:07:16.600 Just a few days later, 00:07:17.939 --> 00:07:18.980 they shouted, 00:07:19.180 --> 00:07:19.660 crucify. 00:07:19.780 --> 00:07:20.500 Why did 00:07:20.500 --> 00:07:22.379 a potential coronation 00:07:22.379 --> 00:07:24.379 become a crucifixion? 00:07:25.640 --> 00:07:27.080 That's a great question. 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:31.100 Dorothy L. Sayers 00:07:31.100 --> 00:07:32.360 wrote a 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:34.020 piece for 00:07:34.019 --> 00:07:34.579 radio. 00:07:34.579 --> 00:07:35.180 Initially, 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:36.579 it was turned into a book 00:07:36.579 --> 00:07:36.919 called, 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:38.740 The Man Born to be King. 00:07:40.139 --> 00:07:41.299 And in that book, 00:07:41.459 --> 00:07:42.000 she gave 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:43.159 quite a plausible 00:07:43.159 --> 00:07:44.199 explanation 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:45.500 of why it was 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.120 that Judas 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:47.459 turned against Jesus. 00:07:47.819 --> 00:07:48.519 She said, 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:50.219 he turned against Jesus 00:07:50.219 --> 00:07:50.719 because 00:07:50.719 --> 00:07:52.279 he was disappointed. 00:07:53.819 --> 00:07:55.279 His expectations 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:56.279 were let down. 00:07:58.060 --> 00:07:58.919 Judas thought, 00:07:59.139 --> 00:08:00.019 with the crowd, 00:08:00.099 --> 00:08:00.899 as we shall see, 00:08:00.899 --> 00:08:02.099 Judas thought, 00:08:02.339 --> 00:08:03.120 that Jesus 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:03.879 had come 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:04.719 to lead 00:08:04.719 --> 00:08:05.439 a political 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:06.179 revolution. 00:08:08.739 --> 00:08:10.039 And he hadn't. 00:08:11.979 --> 00:08:12.579 And Jesus 00:08:12.579 --> 00:08:13.259 gave a few 00:08:13.259 --> 00:08:14.120 signs of this, 00:08:14.179 --> 00:08:14.479 didn't he? 00:08:14.539 --> 00:08:15.279 He came riding 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:16.199 on a donkey. 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:18.379 I mean, 00:08:18.419 --> 00:08:19.439 I can't imagine 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:20.639 what the media 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:21.239 would make 00:08:21.239 --> 00:08:22.120 of the trooping 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:22.719 of the colour 00:08:22.719 --> 00:08:24.099 if all the dignitaries 00:08:24.099 --> 00:08:25.199 were sitting on donkeys. 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:28.060 I don't think 00:08:28.060 --> 00:08:28.740 that would work 00:08:28.740 --> 00:08:29.339 too well. 00:08:30.599 --> 00:08:31.240 Could it be 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:32.080 that the crowd, 00:08:32.379 --> 00:08:33.960 jubilant on Palm Sunday, 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:36.259 became a jeering mob 00:08:36.259 --> 00:08:38.019 on Good Friday? 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:38.439 Why? 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:38.980 Because 00:08:38.980 --> 00:08:41.340 they felt let down. 00:08:43.179 --> 00:08:43.480 Of course, 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:43.879 Jesus 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:45.899 didn't go out 00:08:45.899 --> 00:08:46.220 of his way. 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:46.960 He upset them. 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:49.019 The next story 00:08:49.019 --> 00:08:50.220 in Matthew's Gospel 00:08:50.220 --> 00:08:51.080 is Jesus 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:51.799 goes into 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:52.799 the temple courts 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:53.519 and starts 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:54.740 smashing everything up. 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:57.100 Would this be 00:08:57.100 --> 00:08:57.820 the behaviour 00:08:57.820 --> 00:08:58.840 of a political 00:08:58.840 --> 00:08:59.460 revolution? 00:08:59.700 --> 00:09:00.540 Well, it may be, 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:01.520 but I doubt it. 00:09:03.259 --> 00:09:04.600 No, this 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:07.360 was an ugly scene 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:08.140 that developed 00:09:08.140 --> 00:09:09.360 from a wonderful 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:10.060 moment. 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:12.700 And just by 00:09:12.700 --> 00:09:14.980 way of 00:09:14.980 --> 00:09:16.440 explanation, 00:09:17.500 --> 00:09:18.420 you will remember 00:09:18.420 --> 00:09:19.940 that at this time, 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:23.740 Judah and Israel 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:24.960 were occupied 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:26.340 by the Romans. 00:09:27.220 --> 00:09:28.600 63 BC, 00:09:28.820 --> 00:09:29.200 the Roman 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:29.639 Emperor 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:30.420 Pompey 00:09:30.420 --> 00:09:31.680 attacked 00:09:31.680 --> 00:09:32.540 Jerusalem 00:09:32.540 --> 00:09:34.280 and took it 00:09:34.280 --> 00:09:34.700 over 00:09:34.700 --> 00:09:35.720 and remained 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:36.060 there. 00:09:37.280 --> 00:09:38.400 We know it was 00:09:38.400 --> 00:09:38.980 the run-up 00:09:38.980 --> 00:09:39.920 to the Passover. 00:09:41.060 --> 00:09:41.960 Roland Deveau, 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:43.080 in his brilliant 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:44.900 History of the 00:09:44.900 --> 00:09:45.720 Old Testament, 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:47.019 tells us 00:09:47.019 --> 00:09:48.340 that it's possible 00:09:48.340 --> 00:09:49.200 that there were 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:50.759 two million Jews 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:51.900 in Jerusalem 00:09:51.899 --> 00:09:53.220 in the run-up 00:09:53.220 --> 00:09:54.579 to the Passover. 00:09:56.220 --> 00:09:56.659 And when you 00:09:56.659 --> 00:09:57.659 think about that, 00:09:57.740 --> 00:09:58.840 it's pretty likely 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:00.939 that no more 00:10:00.939 --> 00:10:01.779 than 10% 00:10:01.779 --> 00:10:02.480 of that crowd 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:03.220 had ever heard 00:10:03.220 --> 00:10:03.740 of Jesus. 00:10:05.139 --> 00:10:05.840 They'd be spread 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:06.699 all over the place. 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:07.139 They'd have come 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:08.120 from miles away. 00:10:08.699 --> 00:10:08.959 Maybe, 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:10.500 very likely, 00:10:10.699 --> 00:10:11.779 the Jews in 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:12.259 Jerusalem 00:10:12.259 --> 00:10:13.120 had heard about 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:13.539 Jesus. 00:10:14.059 --> 00:10:14.959 Maybe some of them 00:10:14.959 --> 00:10:15.579 out in the 00:10:15.579 --> 00:10:16.139 diaspora, 00:10:16.259 --> 00:10:17.120 the surrounding 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:17.919 areas. 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:21.500 But many of them 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:22.219 would never have 00:10:22.219 --> 00:10:23.159 heard the name. 00:10:25.219 --> 00:10:25.959 And of course, 00:10:26.479 --> 00:10:27.379 one of the things 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:27.979 we know, 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:28.979 or you know, 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:29.939 if you're a student 00:10:29.939 --> 00:10:31.240 of crowd psychology, 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:32.699 is that if one 00:10:32.699 --> 00:10:33.819 small section 00:10:33.819 --> 00:10:34.339 of a crowd 00:10:34.339 --> 00:10:35.399 starts to behave 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:36.519 in a certain way, 00:10:37.099 --> 00:10:38.219 it catches on, 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:38.939 it's infectious, 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:39.699 and everybody 00:10:39.699 --> 00:10:40.379 does it. 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:42.620 So there were 00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:43.319 people there, 00:10:43.419 --> 00:10:44.059 very lightly, 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:45.039 throwing their coats 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:45.579 on the ground, 00:10:45.699 --> 00:10:46.620 chucking down palms, 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:47.459 who didn't really 00:10:47.460 --> 00:10:48.360 understand what 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:49.080 was happening. 00:10:50.620 --> 00:10:52.040 The kind of thought, 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:54.560 this is political. 00:10:56.420 --> 00:10:58.040 News travels fast 00:10:58.040 --> 00:10:58.960 in a crowd. 00:11:00.920 --> 00:11:01.920 And this promised 00:11:01.920 --> 00:11:03.840 king to fulfill 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:04.500 the prophecy 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:05.519 of Zechariah, 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:07.340 chapter 9 00:11:07.340 --> 00:11:08.340 and verse 9, 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:10.720 comes riding 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:12.019 on a donkey. 00:11:13.900 --> 00:11:14.259 I mean, 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:14.759 in a way, 00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:15.759 you have to laugh, 00:11:15.860 --> 00:11:16.280 don't you? 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:18.659 This was the moment. 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:20.600 This was the moment 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:21.919 that they believed 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:23.779 that Jesus was coming 00:11:23.779 --> 00:11:25.059 to lead a political 00:11:25.059 --> 00:11:25.620 revolution. 00:11:25.779 --> 00:11:26.679 Make no mistake 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:27.319 about this, 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:29.480 this was a political 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:30.399 demonstration. 00:11:31.439 --> 00:11:32.480 How do we know that? 00:11:32.959 --> 00:11:33.360 Save, 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:34.839 Hosanna means 00:11:34.839 --> 00:11:35.699 save now. 00:11:36.419 --> 00:11:37.679 That was a political 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:38.259 slogan. 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:39.339 That was like 00:11:39.339 --> 00:11:40.620 people standing 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:41.659 outside hospitals 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:42.039 saying, 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:43.159 what do we want? 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:44.360 More money, 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:45.259 when do we want it 00:11:45.259 --> 00:11:45.620 now? 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:48.639 Save now. 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:49.720 Save us 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:50.960 from the Roman 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:53.139 oppressors. 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:55.919 And that's not 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:56.519 what Jesus 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:57.740 came to do. 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:00.180 So I want to say 00:12:00.180 --> 00:12:00.639 to you 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:01.759 three things 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.759 about this, 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:04.019 which I hope 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:04.720 will be helpful 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:05.300 for you. 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:07.180 The first thing is, 00:12:07.539 --> 00:12:08.460 never put on 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:09.440 others a role 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:10.159 which is not 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:10.639 theirs. 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.419 political demo. 00:12:14.419 --> 00:12:15.120 They were putting 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:15.919 onto Jesus 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:16.539 the role 00:12:16.539 --> 00:12:17.399 of a political 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:17.919 king, 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:19.679 not a spiritual 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:20.419 messiah. 00:12:22.340 --> 00:12:22.860 Surely, 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:24.000 this is an 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:24.659 indication 00:12:24.659 --> 00:12:25.500 that the crowd's 00:12:25.500 --> 00:12:26.419 expectation 00:12:26.419 --> 00:12:28.340 was that Jesus 00:12:28.340 --> 00:12:29.220 would lead a 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:29.819 revolution 00:12:29.819 --> 00:12:31.080 against the 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:31.379 Romans. 00:12:33.179 --> 00:12:34.519 150 years 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:35.120 earlier, 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:36.340 a Jewish 00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:36.919 man named 00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:38.419 Judas Maccabees 00:12:38.419 --> 00:12:39.579 had tried 00:12:39.579 --> 00:12:40.419 to overthrow 00:12:40.419 --> 00:12:41.319 the Seleucid 00:12:41.319 --> 00:12:42.099 empire which 00:12:42.099 --> 00:12:42.719 held power 00:12:42.719 --> 00:12:43.299 in Jerusalem 00:12:43.299 --> 00:12:44.000 at the time 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:45.019 and failed 00:12:45.019 --> 00:12:46.159 spectacularly. 00:12:47.539 --> 00:12:47.879 People 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:48.799 remembered that. 00:12:52.339 --> 00:12:53.219 Don't put 00:12:53.219 --> 00:12:54.059 onto others 00:12:54.059 --> 00:12:54.839 a role 00:12:54.839 --> 00:12:55.620 that is not 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:56.139 theirs. 00:12:57.439 --> 00:12:57.879 Do you know, 00:12:58.120 --> 00:12:58.740 all through 00:12:58.740 --> 00:12:59.459 my life, 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:00.959 I've met 00:13:00.959 --> 00:13:01.839 young adults 00:13:01.839 --> 00:13:03.159 who've been 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:03.819 messed up 00:13:03.819 --> 00:13:04.519 because of 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:05.579 the expectations 00:13:05.579 --> 00:13:06.559 their parents 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:07.379 put upon them. 00:13:08.419 --> 00:13:09.860 They had a 00:13:09.860 --> 00:13:10.959 very clear 00:13:10.959 --> 00:13:11.839 career route 00:13:11.839 --> 00:13:12.279 for their 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:12.779 child. 00:13:14.819 --> 00:13:15.399 Some of 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:15.639 them would 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:16.199 even say, 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:16.740 God has 00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:17.319 shown us 00:13:17.319 --> 00:13:17.839 this is the 00:13:17.839 --> 00:13:18.500 career route 00:13:18.500 --> 00:13:19.000 for our 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:19.399 child, 00:13:19.579 --> 00:13:20.379 but unfortunately 00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:21.279 God had 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:21.759 never told 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:22.240 the child. 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:29.899 Don't put 00:13:29.899 --> 00:13:30.860 onto others 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:31.939 a role 00:13:31.939 --> 00:13:32.459 that is not 00:13:32.459 --> 00:13:32.719 theirs. 00:13:32.819 --> 00:13:33.419 It's not 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:34.019 uncommon 00:13:34.019 --> 00:13:35.299 in marriage. 00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:39.059 that 00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:40.860 people 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:41.579 who have 00:13:41.579 --> 00:13:42.579 a propensity 00:13:42.579 --> 00:13:43.899 to control 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:46.620 will place 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:47.159 on others 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:48.299 an expectation 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:48.959 which is 00:13:48.959 --> 00:13:49.719 unreasonable 00:13:49.719 --> 00:13:51.159 and unfair. 00:13:53.699 --> 00:13:54.519 And of 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:54.919 course, 00:13:55.459 --> 00:13:58.319 another example 00:13:58.319 --> 00:13:58.959 of this would 00:13:58.959 --> 00:13:59.699 be the 00:13:59.699 --> 00:14:00.079 ruling 00:14:00.079 --> 00:14:00.679 classes. 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:02.799 We all have 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:03.759 an idea of 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:04.179 what they 00:14:04.179 --> 00:14:04.860 should do 00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:05.639 for us 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:08.220 and we 00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:08.700 feel let 00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:09.080 down. 00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:10.460 I mean, 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:10.820 you've only 00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:11.379 got to open 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:12.000 the pages 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:12.500 of the 00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:13.360 printed media 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:13.779 at the 00:14:13.779 --> 00:14:14.379 moment to 00:14:14.379 --> 00:14:14.659 see. 00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:15.659 There is 00:14:15.659 --> 00:14:16.159 huge 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:16.879 frustration 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:17.700 with the 00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:17.980 ruling 00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:18.580 classes. 00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:19.100 Maybe 00:14:19.100 --> 00:14:21.399 you feel 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:21.680 that. 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:25.000 But then 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:25.519 just a little 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:26.180 closer to 00:14:26.180 --> 00:14:26.539 home. 00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:28.379 On the 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:29.159 16th of 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:29.539 April, 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.440 we shall 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:31.899 welcome 00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:32.459 Simon 00:14:32.459 --> 00:14:33.059 and 00:14:33.059 --> 00:14:33.539 Amy 00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:34.059 Durrant 00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:35.959 as our 00:14:35.959 --> 00:14:36.279 new 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:36.759 vicar 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:37.220 and 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:38.079 spouse. 00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:41.480 I often 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:41.840 think it 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.019 would be 00:14:42.019 --> 00:14:42.539 a good 00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:43.039 thing 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:44.159 to have 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:45.100 a short 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:45.559 seminar 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:46.419 in churches. 00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.539 Clergy are 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:49.139 taught a lot 00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:49.919 about arriving 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:50.439 in a new 00:14:50.439 --> 00:14:50.919 parish. 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.259 But 00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:54.000 congregations 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:54.480 not so 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:54.879 much. 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:57.480 Ought 00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:57.799 we to 00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:58.079 be 00:14:58.079 --> 00:15:01.059 thinking 00:15:01.059 --> 00:15:01.679 about 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:03.059 how we 00:15:03.059 --> 00:15:03.779 receive 00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.079 the 00:15:04.079 --> 00:15:04.619 person 00:15:04.619 --> 00:15:06.000 who we 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:06.379 believe 00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:06.879 God has 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:07.359 appointed 00:15:07.359 --> 00:15:08.659 to be 00:15:08.659 --> 00:15:09.319 our new 00:15:09.319 --> 00:15:10.119 spiritual 00:15:10.119 --> 00:15:10.599 leader. 00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:11.859 This is 00:15:11.859 --> 00:15:12.219 about 00:15:12.219 --> 00:15:13.219 expectations. 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.279 Christ's 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:16.739 church will 00:15:16.739 --> 00:15:17.439 not be 00:15:17.439 --> 00:15:18.019 the same. 00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:21.719 It 00:15:21.719 --> 00:15:22.099 would be 00:15:22.099 --> 00:15:22.739 easy for 00:15:22.739 --> 00:15:24.479 us to 00:15:24.479 --> 00:15:25.000 keep a 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.399 load of 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:26.259 expectations 00:15:26.259 --> 00:15:26.939 upon a 00:15:26.939 --> 00:15:27.159 new 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:27.500 vicar. 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:28.699 That 00:15:28.699 --> 00:15:29.039 would be 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:29.539 unfair. 00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:32.019 And let 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:32.459 me tell 00:15:32.459 --> 00:15:32.639 you, 00:15:32.739 --> 00:15:33.179 I know 00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:33.439 this, 00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:33.679 you know, 00:15:33.719 --> 00:15:33.859 I've 00:15:33.859 --> 00:15:34.019 been 00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.299 one. 00:15:35.959 --> 00:15:36.399 Not 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:36.939 everybody 00:15:36.939 --> 00:15:37.419 likes 00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:37.639 the 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:37.839 new 00:15:37.839 --> 00:15:38.119 vicar. 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:40.699 I went 00:15:40.699 --> 00:15:41.000 to a 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.359 parish, 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:42.000 on the 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.319 whole, 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:43.019 it went 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.799 really well, 00:15:44.119 --> 00:15:44.479 but in 00:15:44.479 --> 00:15:44.839 the early 00:15:44.839 --> 00:15:45.259 days, 00:15:45.699 --> 00:15:46.039 a man 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:46.500 came to 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:46.979 see me. 00:15:48.599 --> 00:15:48.959 And he 00:15:48.959 --> 00:15:49.339 said to 00:15:49.339 --> 00:15:49.539 me, 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:51.639 I'd like 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.039 to put 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.500 myself 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.079 forward to 00:15:53.079 --> 00:15:53.319 be 00:15:53.319 --> 00:15:54.619 church 00:15:54.619 --> 00:15:55.119 warden. 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:55.599 He said, 00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:55.979 I have 00:15:55.979 --> 00:15:56.619 such 00:15:56.619 --> 00:15:57.339 respect for 00:15:57.339 --> 00:15:57.559 your 00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:58.139 authority. 00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:58.240 authority. 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:00.519 And I 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:00.960 thought, 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.600 call me 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.360 cynical if 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:02.799 you like, 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.460 I thought 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:04.179 to myself, 00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.240 if he 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.860 accepts my 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:06.319 authority, 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:06.819 why is he 00:16:06.819 --> 00:16:07.360 banging on 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:07.879 about it? 00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:08.659 I didn't 00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:09.039 just get 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:09.379 on with 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:09.559 it. 00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:12.460 This 00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:12.659 is a 00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:12.960 guy who 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:13.299 wrote to 00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:13.720 the local 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:14.100 paper, 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:14.659 call me a 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.039 liar and 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:15.620 a hypocrite, 00:16:15.699 --> 00:16:16.939 because I 00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:17.319 would not 00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:19.460 agree to 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:20.019 make him a 00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:20.259 church 00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:20.759 warden of 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:20.939 our 00:16:20.939 --> 00:16:21.399 church. 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:24.360 He's 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:24.679 trying to 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:24.939 get a 00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:25.259 load of 00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:25.759 people to 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.399 leave the 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:26.919 church with 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:27.059 him, 00:16:27.179 --> 00:16:27.799 and thank 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:28.099 God 00:16:28.099 --> 00:16:28.579 failed. 00:16:31.479 --> 00:16:32.159 We want 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.719 to welcome 00:16:32.719 --> 00:16:33.479 Simon. 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.459 We want 00:16:34.459 --> 00:16:34.859 to give 00:16:34.859 --> 00:16:35.240 him the 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:36.779 space to 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.159 be the 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:37.759 leader that 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.439 God wants 00:16:38.439 --> 00:16:38.759 him to 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.219 be in 00:16:39.219 --> 00:16:39.419 our 00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:39.759 presence. 00:16:39.959 --> 00:16:40.419 Some of 00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:40.779 us won't 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:41.379 like it. 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.559 Here's my 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:43.019 advice, 00:16:43.359 --> 00:16:44.379 stick with 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:44.599 it. 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.519 Give 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:46.839 him a 00:16:46.839 --> 00:16:47.279 chance. 00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:48.500 Somebody 00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:48.819 on the 00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:49.500 radio this 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.079 morning I 00:16:50.079 --> 00:16:52.019 was listening 00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:52.819 to basically 00:16:52.819 --> 00:16:53.099 said, 00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:53.439 we should 00:16:53.439 --> 00:16:54.059 give all 00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:54.659 new leaders 00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.379 a chance. 00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:57.700 don't 00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:58.439 judge 00:16:58.439 --> 00:16:59.600 prematurely. 00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.279 It's a 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:00.580 mistake. 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:01.059 The second 00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.539 thing is, 00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:02.600 don't give 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.340 up when 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:03.600 your 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.519 expectations 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:04.900 are 00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.339 shattered. 00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.440 Historians 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:08.880 tell us 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:09.460 two million 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:10.160 people were 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.819 in Jerusalem 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.240 for the 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.640 Passover. 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:13.640 How about 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.079 this? 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.799 When Jesus 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.920 ascended into 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.319 heaven, 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:19.980 we're told 00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.359 that there 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:21.519 were 120 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.420 disciples 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.680 left in 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.279 Jerusalem. 00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.599 A lot 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:30.139 of people 00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:31.680 obviously 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:33.480 felt so 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:34.119 let down 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:35.539 they just 00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.000 gave up. 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:36.400 We know 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:37.079 this happened 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:37.400 in the 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:37.660 Bible. 00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.099 In John 00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:39.039 chapter 6 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:40.180 we're told 00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:40.920 there that 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.660 the disciples 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:42.420 of Jesus, 00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:43.519 some of 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.039 them muttered 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.039 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.720 together and 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:44.879 said, 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.500 this teaching 00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:45.839 is too 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.299 hard. 00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:47.420 Six verses 00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:49.119 later it 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:49.839 says that 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.599 a lot of 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.259 the disciples 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:52.159 turned back. 00:17:54.399 --> 00:17:54.899 Think of 00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:55.500 my friend, 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:57.599 the spiritual 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:58.859 hero I 00:17:58.859 --> 00:17:59.439 was telling 00:17:59.439 --> 00:17:59.879 you about 00:17:59.879 --> 00:18:00.459 earlier in 00:18:00.459 --> 00:18:01.279 this message. 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:02.879 Don't 00:18:02.879 --> 00:18:03.399 give up. 00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:05.439 Don't 00:18:05.439 --> 00:18:05.939 give up in 00:18:05.939 --> 00:18:06.619 your marriage 00:18:06.619 --> 00:18:07.179 if your 00:18:07.179 --> 00:18:08.199 expectations 00:18:08.199 --> 00:18:08.699 are not 00:18:08.699 --> 00:18:09.139 being met. 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.339 Please 00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:10.859 don't give 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.179 up with 00:18:11.179 --> 00:18:11.859 your children 00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:12.719 if your 00:18:12.719 --> 00:18:13.559 expectations 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.099 are not 00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:14.419 met. 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.740 This is 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.819 critical 00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:20.379 to 00:18:20.379 --> 00:18:20.779 growing 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.200 up. 00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:23.379 See, 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:23.720 I think 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.059 it's an 00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.399 immature 00:18:24.399 --> 00:18:24.879 thing. 00:18:25.939 --> 00:18:26.079 My 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:26.659 father used 00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:26.899 to have 00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:27.419 a phrase, 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.000 you know 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.399 the kind 00:18:28.399 --> 00:18:28.859 of person 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.240 you play 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.460 in a 00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:29.859 game or 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.059 something 00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.439 like that 00:18:30.439 --> 00:18:30.659 and they 00:18:30.659 --> 00:18:30.859 get 00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:31.299 stroppy 00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:31.720 and walk 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.079 off in 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.240 a 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.559 strop. 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.139 My 00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:33.659 father used 00:18:33.659 --> 00:18:34.039 to call 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.700 that 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.220 attitude, 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:35.500 my 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:35.779 back, 00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:36.019 my 00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.240 ball, 00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:36.500 my 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:36.839 stumps, 00:18:36.919 --> 00:18:37.039 I'm 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.259 going 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.599 home. 00:18:40.399 --> 00:18:40.819 That's 00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:41.220 not for 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.579 us. 00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.339 We're the 00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:43.819 people of 00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.099 God. 00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.299 It's not 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.859 meant to be 00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:47.419 like that. 00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:48.240 We're not 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:49.000 meant to 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.480 cause 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.660 division in 00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:51.100 churches 00:18:51.100 --> 00:18:52.100 because we 00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:53.140 put expectations 00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:53.660 on a 00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:53.940 leader. 00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:55.039 Don't do 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:55.259 it. 00:18:58.820 --> 00:18:59.560 And the 00:18:59.560 --> 00:19:00.100 disciples 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:01.480 in John 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.100 6 say 00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:02.539 this is 00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.080 hard 00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:03.720 teaching. 00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.480 Surely 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.400 that is 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.240 a question 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:08.800 mark to 00:19:08.800 --> 00:19:09.480 the easy 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.320 believism 00:19:10.320 --> 00:19:12.400 that is 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:13.220 counterfeit 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:13.800 religion 00:19:13.800 --> 00:19:15.000 and runs 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.900 wild in 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.519 our time. 00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:21.100 being a 00:19:21.100 --> 00:19:21.600 disciple 00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:23.200 is a 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:23.500 tough 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:23.900 call. 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:25.860 It's 00:19:25.860 --> 00:19:26.580 not easy 00:19:26.580 --> 00:19:27.160 believism. 00:19:27.320 --> 00:19:27.420 In 00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:27.820 Hebrews 00:19:27.820 --> 00:19:28.820 chapter 10 00:19:28.820 --> 00:19:29.800 and verse 00:19:29.800 --> 00:19:30.560 39, 00:19:31.060 --> 00:19:31.580 the writer 00:19:31.580 --> 00:19:31.860 of the 00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:32.160 epistle 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.600 to the 00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:33.180 Hebrews, 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.259 who I 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.160 remind you 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:36.120 is writing 00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.900 to Jewish 00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:38.240 people who've 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.740 left the 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.440 synagogue to 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:39.800 become 00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:40.440 Christians 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:41.460 and at 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.060 this period 00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:42.620 were thinking 00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.120 of going 00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:44.000 back to 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.580 the synagogue. 00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:49.480 Hebrews 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.299 chapter 10 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.240 says this, 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.199 right? 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:53.019 May this 00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.539 be true of 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.099 us friends 00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.799 this morning. 00:19:55.659 --> 00:19:56.039 But we 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.699 are not of 00:19:56.699 --> 00:19:57.199 those who 00:19:57.199 --> 00:19:58.019 shrink back 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.679 and are 00:19:58.679 --> 00:19:59.359 destroyed, 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.519 but of 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.019 those who 00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:02.480 believe and 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.240 are saved. 00:20:05.899 --> 00:20:06.159 See, 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.720 persistence 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:08.179 is a big 00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:08.919 New Testament 00:20:08.919 --> 00:20:09.240 word. 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.839 Don't give 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.539 up when 00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.659 your expectations 00:20:11.659 --> 00:20:12.339 are shattered. 00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:13.459 And finally, 00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.059 Jesus came 00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.619 to save 00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:15.859 us, 00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:16.659 not from 00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:17.240 the enemy 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.039 out there, 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.559 but from 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.099 the enemy 00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:21.539 within. 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.579 Not from 00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.619 the oppressive 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:26.480 Roman government 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.199 at the time 00:20:27.199 --> 00:20:27.740 of Jesus. 00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:30.099 Not from 00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.639 the things 00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:31.159 that are 00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:32.119 outside us 00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.619 that we 00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:33.399 collude with 00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:34.079 and sometimes 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.819 get addicted 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.240 to. 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:35.659 No, 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.399 Jesus came 00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:36.779 to deal 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.079 with the 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.419 enemy 00:20:37.419 --> 00:20:38.199 inside of 00:20:38.199 --> 00:20:38.319 me. 00:20:38.679 --> 00:20:39.220 My sin, 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:40.059 my wrongdoing, 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.799 all have 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.539 sinned and 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.240 fall short. 00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.720 Of the 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.220 glory of 00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.500 God. 00:20:43.679 --> 00:20:44.000 That's 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.299 you and 00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:44.480 me, 00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:44.919 friends. 00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.599 And we 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.079 might try 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.459 and blame 00:20:47.459 --> 00:20:47.799 others, 00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.199 we might 00:20:48.199 --> 00:20:48.539 try and 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.459 blame anybody, 00:20:49.699 --> 00:20:50.039 but at 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.359 the end 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:50.619 of the 00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:50.879 day, 00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:51.699 it tells 00:20:51.699 --> 00:20:52.019 us in 00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.599 Ezekiel 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.559 chapter 18, 00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.439 when the 00:20:54.439 --> 00:20:55.220 Jews are 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.779 finding an 00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.439 excuse for 00:20:56.439 --> 00:20:57.099 their plight 00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:57.720 in exile, 00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.359 and they're 00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:58.939 going around 00:20:58.939 --> 00:20:59.459 muttering 00:20:59.459 --> 00:20:59.980 together, 00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:00.779 saying, 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.480 the fathers 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.019 have eaten 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.879 sour grapes, 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:05.919 and the 00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:06.599 children's 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.039 teeth are 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.419 set on 00:21:07.419 --> 00:21:07.579 edge. 00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:07.980 In other 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.199 words, 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.000 we're not 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.539 in exile 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.119 because it's 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.639 our fault, 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.599 it's our 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.279 parents. 00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.819 You've 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.159 heard that 00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.779 one before. 00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.379 No, 00:21:18.459 --> 00:21:19.019 says God, 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:21.079 the soul 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.919 that sins 00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:23.699 will surely 00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:24.099 die. 00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:27.679 Jesus 00:21:27.679 --> 00:21:28.339 didn't come 00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:28.980 to save us 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.339 from the 00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.639 enemy, 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.259 he came 00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.720 to save 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.019 us from 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.599 the enemy 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:32.279 we're in. 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:35.039 that we 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.720 might become 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.539 inheritors 00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.299 of his 00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.799 promises, 00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.599 that we 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.279 might become 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:40.119 members of 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.579 the kingdom 00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.160 of God. 00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.539 Today, 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.160 you're going 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.420 to be 00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:46.740 given one 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.259 of these. 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.119 I'd like to 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.519 think you 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.079 might put it 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.399 somewhere 00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:52.379 prominently in 00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:53.079 your home to 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:54.299 remind you of 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.139 the cost that 00:21:55.139 --> 00:21:56.039 Jesus paid, 00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.220 that your sin 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.660 could be 00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.079 forgiven, 00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:58.759 and you 00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.180 could be 00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.079 free to be 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.759 a disciple. 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:02.759 a 00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:06.579 cross. 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.980 Why a 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.400 cross? 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.440 And one 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.019 level, a 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.599 symbol of 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.579 huge failure. 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.980 That's why 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.799 when Jesus 00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.539 was arrested, 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.039 that's why 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.319 when he 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.960 smashed up 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.779 the temple, 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.519 that's why 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:22.059 people lost 00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:23.440 confidence that 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.299 this really was 00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.900 the person 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.539 that they 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.059 could put 00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.640 their trust 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:26.879 in. 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:30.280 And you 00:22:30.280 --> 00:22:30.900 might be 00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.420 sitting there 00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:31.700 thinking, 00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.140 well, I've 00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.800 got plenty 00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:34.440 of reasons 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.340 for not 00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.880 putting my 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.480 trust in 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:36.840 Jesus. 00:22:39.540 --> 00:22:40.640 Jesus came 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:42.120 to help 00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.520 you with 00:22:42.520 --> 00:22:43.140 the enemy 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.820 within, 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.900 your wrongdoing, 00:22:47.040 --> 00:22:47.900 your sinfulness. 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.240 How does 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.820 that happen? 00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:53.000 It happens 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.920 on a cross. 00:22:55.280 --> 00:22:56.020 I remember 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.920 that wonderful, 00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:58.099 wonderful 00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.740 old 00:22:58.740 --> 00:23:01.059 Lenten hymn. 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.920 Glory be 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.539 to Jesus, 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.660 who in 00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.559 bitter pains 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.359 poured for 00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:06.039 me the 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.799 lifeblood 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.940 from his 00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.940 sacred veins. 00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.720 Grace and 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.619 life eternal 00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.879 in that 00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.480 blood I 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.000 find. 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.779 Blessed be 00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.079 his 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.779 compassion, 00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.119 infinitely 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.759 kind. 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.240 This may 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.639 be for 00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:24.920 you. 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.700 a day 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:26.859 of 00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.339 decision. 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.539 Maybe 00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.259 you need 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.859 to stop 00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.579 pressing a 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.059 role on 00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.460 somebody 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.059 close to 00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.220 you, 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.639 which is 00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.139 not their 00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.759 role at 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.079 all. 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.480 Maybe 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.900 you need 00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.460 to stop 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.759 that. 00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:40.960 Maybe 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.559 you need 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.099 to learn 00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.539 a little 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.220 persistence. 00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.079 Don't 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.859 stop when 00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.220 your 00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.940 expectations 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.480 are let 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:48.839 down. 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.940 Try and 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.660 ask yourself 00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.339 this question, 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.819 what is 00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.480 God trying 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:52.980 to teach 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.299 me? 00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:55.819 And 00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.299 finally, 00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.740 remember 00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.700 Jesus came 00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.259 to save 00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.980 the enemy 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.799 within. 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.220 God's 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.720 mercy 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.720 is 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.659 overflowing 00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:07.019 says 00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.480 scripture. 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.680 I am 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.680 so grateful 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.319 for that. 00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.700 St. 00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.399 Paul wrote 00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:16.319 that he 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.700 was the 00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.319 chief of 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.740 sinners. 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:20.079 I think 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.400 I could 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.819 run him 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.200 a pretty 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.559 close 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.019 second. 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.460 Turn 00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.880 your mind 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.299 back 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:31.220 to that 00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.900 hot and 00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.279 dusty 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.740 day. 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.740 On 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.039 that 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.960 Palm 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.539 Sunday, 00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:40.980 what would 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.339 you be 00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.720 shouting? 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.259 What would 00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.579 you be 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:44.980 thinking? 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:47.299 where would 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.620 you be? 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.299 Who is 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.599 this 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.000 Jesus? 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.200 The 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.940 crowd 00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.500 asked. 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.539 That's a 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.759 great 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.319 question. 00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.620 And for 00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.059 those of 00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.400 you who 00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.000 don't know 00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.400 Jesus, 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.400 here's my 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.960 advice. 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.319 Remember 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.960 he loves 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.480 you though 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.000 you don't 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.720 deserve it 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:08.700 and make 00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.259 a decision 00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.839 to follow 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.200 him. 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.920 Ask him 00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.519 to forgive 00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.319 you for 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.919 the enemy 00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:15.659 within which 00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.139 has driven 00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.519 you to 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.220 behaviours 00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.859 that you 00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.579 really ought 00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:18.879 to be 00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.279 ashamed 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.579 of. 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.099 Tell 00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.419 him 00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:26.519 from 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.960 today 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.419 onwards 00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:27.839 you will 00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.259 trust 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.559 him. 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.859 And 00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.200 believe 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.480 me, 00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:32.879 your 00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.359 life 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.480 will 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.879 never 00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.259 ever 00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.899 be the 00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.259 same. 00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.519 Not 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.919 in this 00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.359 life 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.720 and not 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.099 into 00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.700 eternity. 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:44.140 come on 00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.519 Jesus, 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.039 save 00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.440 now. 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.059 Not from 00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.279 our 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.680 government 00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.160 or from 00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.539 anything 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.279 outside of 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.380 us, 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.019 but save 00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.600 us from 00:25:51.600 --> 00:25:51.819 the 00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.519 consequences 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.059 of our 00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.380 sin. 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.340 That one 00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.759 day we 00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.279 shall meet 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.840 you face 00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.360 to face 00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:57.000 in heaven 00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:59.180 and live 00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.360 in eternity 00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:01.000 with you. 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.200 In the name 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.539 of that 00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.420 amazing God, 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:04.840 Father, 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.259 Son, 00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.779 and Holy 00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.200 Spirit. 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.819 And the 00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.279 people who 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.900 agreed said 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.359 together. 00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.920 Amen.