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 Well, welcome to our evening meeting. We're going to be looking at what it means for Christ to be our mediator this evening.

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 And so we're going to pray together. We're going to have a look at God's word together and have a chance for some questions and discussion as well.

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 So let me commit our time to the Lord in prayer. Let me pray for us.

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 Heavenly Father, we do want to pray and ask for your help this evening.

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 We thank you for the joy that it is to meet together.

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 And we ask, Lord, that maybe we're tired. Maybe we've been doing other things today.

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 Maybe we become distracted this evening. We pray, please, Lord, that you just might help us to focus and to think,

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 that you might minister to us from your word, that you might help us to encourage one another.

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 Pray that our time together might do us good and bring you glory, we pray in Jesus name. Amen.

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 So I was trying to think of a passage that would link what we were doing this morning with what we're doing this evening.

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 So we're thinking this morning, if you're with us, that Jesus is the saviour for all nations.

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 And this evening we're thinking about his work as our mediator or our hero, as we're going to think together in a moment.

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 So we're going to have a look at Isaiah 11, which is on page 697 in your church Bible, 697.

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 And I'm going to read it for us.

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 So see whether, as I read it, you can see Christ for all nations and Christ our mediator in these verses.

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 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse.

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 From his roots, a branch will bear fruit.

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 The spirit of the Lord will rest on him.

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 The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and of might.

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 The spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.

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 And he will delight in the fear of the Lord.

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 He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes or decide by what he hears with his ears.

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 But with righteousness, he will judge the needy.

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 With justice, he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.

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 He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth.

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 With the breath of his lips, he will slay the wicked.

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 Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

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 The wolf will live with the lamb.

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 The leopard will lie down with the goat.

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 The calf and the lion and the yearling together.

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 And a little child will lead them.

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 The cow will feed with the bear.

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 Their young will lie down together.

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 And the lion will eat straw like the ox.

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 The infant will play near the cobra's den.

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 And the young child will put his hand into the viper's nest.

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 They will neither harm nor destroy on my holy mountain.

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 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

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 In that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples.

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 The nations will rally to him and his resting place will be glorious.

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 In that day, the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria,

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 from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath, and from the islands of the Mediterranean.

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 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel.

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 He will assemble the scattered people of Judah.

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 But from the four quarters of the earth, Ephraim's jealousy will vanish.

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 And Judah's enemies will be destroyed.

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 Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah nor Judah hostile towards Ephraim.

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 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west.

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 Together they will plunder the people to the east.

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 They will subdue Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

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 The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea.

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 With a scorching wind, he will sweep his hand over the river Euphrates.

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 He will break it up into seven streams so that anyone can cross over in sandals.

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 There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria,

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 as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.

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 Okay, I know there's bits in there that you won't understand.

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 That's fine.

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 But with the person next to you, maybe you can spot how do we see Christ is for all nations,

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 and how do we see Christ is our mediator or our hero in that chapter.

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 I'll have a talk with the person next to you just for a couple of moments,

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 and then I'll get us back together.

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 Go for it.

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 Okay, you've all gone very quiet, so maybe you're all stumped.

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 But maybe not.

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 Anyone want to shout out anything that they found?

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 What about Jesus for the nations?

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 Christ our mediator.

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 Anyone think of anything?

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 Sorry?

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 The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

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 Yeah, end of verse 9.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah, so he will bring, verse 4, he will bring justice and give decisions for the poor of the earth.

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 Yeah, so he's going to, his work is going to extend beyond Israel to the earth,

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 and he's going to gather up the poor.

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 Yeah.

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 Bring justice.

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 Right.

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 Okay, the language of the highway.

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 There will be a highway.

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 He's going to create parts.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah, so he's going to kind of blaze a trail.

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 He's going to be leading us down a path.

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 Yeah.

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 Bringing us to somewhere else.

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 It does seem, doesn't it, like the nations get to join in with what looks a little bit like the exodus again, doesn't it?

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 Because when you look at the highway for the remnant of his people, it seems like everyone's involved in this,

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 and that we can cross over the river in sandals again.

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 I mean, in historical context, I was talking about, like, people think that, like, they lost 10 tribes and that they're sort of separate.

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 Yes.

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 And they're not part of genuine Israel.

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 Yes.

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 And this is showing that when the Messiah returns, people brought to help with these places of exile.

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 Yes.

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 It's really talking to people, it's describing really, I don't think, to Syriac, to places where they were.

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 Yes, yes, yes.

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 Yes. So in Isaiah, the nation's going into exile.

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 So the northern tribes have already gone into exile.

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 The southern tribe is about to go into exile.

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 And here the images are being brought back.

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 And Isaiah keeps telling these stories because these stories are types of the story to come,

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 as well as we're all brought back to the Lord.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Yes.

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 It will be a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel.

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 He will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four waters of the earth.

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 So that's what Mike's saying about how it's immediate.

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 In immediate context, it's bringing the people back from exile.

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 But it is the nations also coming.

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 So this is the chapter that gets quoted in Romans 15 as well.

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 In that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples.

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 The nations will rally to him.

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 Verse 10.

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 Bless you.

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 Don't put the cup on that.

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 Is that stressing me out?

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 It's not.

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 It's not.

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 It's not.

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 Great.

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 Why don't we pray?

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 And let's give thanks that the Lord Jesus is a rescuer for all who will come to him.

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 That the world will be full of the glory of the knowledge of the Lord.

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 That the Lord Jesus will be lifted up and draw all people to himself.

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 That he will bring us back from exile in the places that we are and bring us to himself,

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 just like he did with the people of Israel.

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 So if you've not been with us for these Sunday evenings, let me tell you what we've been doing.

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 We've been looking at the Baptist 1689 Confession of Faith.

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 So after the English Civil War, the Westminster divines were commissioned by Parliament to write down

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 the core doctrines of what would be the Anglican Church going forwards.

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 And so they wrote those and that became the Westminster Confession of Faith.

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 And then after them, the Savoy Declaration and the Baptist Confession took the Westminster Confession

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 and rewrote parts of it for congregational churches and for Baptist churches.

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 And so this is what you've got in 1689.

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 The Baptist Confession wasn't allowed to be published until 1689 because it wasn't until then

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 that those outside of the state church were allowed to publish books and that kind of stuff.

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 And so the people who wrote this, it cost them dearly to write it.

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 And what we've been realizing and seeing is that many of the questions or the concerns that we have,

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 the sort of thinking through what it means to be a Christian and what that looks like

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 and how that works out in practice, lots of those things have been discussed and answered

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 in years gone by these guys and by others.

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 And so it's good for us to learn from them.

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 And especially, I think it's really good that this is not the Bible, right?

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 So not everything in here demands your attention in the same way as the scriptures do.

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 But it's good to listen to people for whom it cost them something.

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 So the precision with which they write mattered to them because many of them were severely persecuted for it.

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 And so that's been good for us.

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 And we have come to chapter eight and on to Christ the mediator.

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 Whether we'll end up going all the way through all of it, I don't know.

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 If Lola keeps nagging me, we will.

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 But we might not.

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 So let me pray and ask for the Lord's help as we come to it now.

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 Father, we do just want to ask, especially now, for your help and your blessing.

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 We thank you that every time we open your word and we think about it,

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 we're not engaging in just a mental activity, but we're engaging with you.

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 And so we pray that you'd be at work, that you'd help us and speak to us.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Now, I wonder if just to kind of warm you up to the idea

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 and to think about what we're coming to study this evening,

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 whether you could think with me, why do we so like the stories of heroes?

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 Why are heroes so common in the stories that we tell,

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 in the movies that we watch, in the teams that we support?

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 Why do they all have heroes?

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 So talk to the person next to you.

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 Why are hero stories so popular?

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 Why does every story have a hero?

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 You've got about 25, 30 seconds.

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 So talk to the person next to you.

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 Okay.

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 Anyone want to tell us why do we have,

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 why do our stories often have heroes?

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 Why do we love a hero story?

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 Hope.

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 Yes.

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 Yeah, I think that's quarter, isn't it,

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 that we realise the situation we're in is not necessarily one that we want to continue,

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 so we want someone to take us somewhere better.

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 Yeah.

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 And I think in building that is the idea that we know we can't get there on our own,

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 right?

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 And so we need someone to take us there.

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 So Superman shows us what it would be like to fly.

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 Spider-Man shows us what it would be like to be able to stick to stuff.

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 Iron Man shows us what it would be like if we had a power source within us

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 that allowed us to be superhuman.

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 Heroes take us to new worlds that only they can get to.

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 And so we follow them, don't we, to their place.

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 The stories transport us into those places.

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 We go to Never Never Land, a place of eternal youth,

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 or a place of peace and security, the other side of war and conflict,

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 thanks to Die Hard or whatever it is.

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 Now, Herman Bavinck, who is a theologian,

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 was not really that interested in Spider-Man or Superman, I don't imagine.

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 But he does point out that in almost every culture, in every place,

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 there is some kind of religious devotion to a hero or a mediator.

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 Someone who is able by the force of their spiritual or moral prowess

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 to take their followers to a place that they want to be and long to be.

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 And so he concludes this.

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 He says,

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 Or perhaps you could put it a different way.

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 Where have all the good men gone?

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 Where are all the gods?

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 Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?

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 Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?

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 Late at night I toss and turn.

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 I dream of what I need.

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 I need a hero.

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 I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night.

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 He's got to be strong.

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 He's got to be fast.

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 And he's got to be fresh from the fight.

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 Now, I don't think Herman Bavinck and Bonnie Tyler

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 have been quoted together like that before, maybe.

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 But really, they're both saying the same kind of thing.

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 That built into us, into all of us, whoever we are, wherever we're from,

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 is this sense deep within us that we are not where we should be

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 or where we could be if only someone would take us there.

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 And we long to be there.

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 Someone to come alongside us.

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 Now, those desires have been twisted and corrupted by our sin.

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 Yet still, the universal nature of them show you something about the human condition.

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 And so when we get to chapter 8 of the 1689 Confession,

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 when we come to Christ the Mediator,

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 it's this instinctive human desire for a hero to take us to the place that we long to be

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 that has been adjusted and corrected and sanctified in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Robert Strivens, in his book, which I've mentioned a few times,

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 which is this, the 1689 handbook.

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 He's written a companion to the book.

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 And it's excellent.

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 Nathan thinks it looks like the Koran when it's on my desk

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 and keeps looking, why are you studying the Koran, Steve?

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 But anyway, it doesn't, it's not the Koran.

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 It is the book on the 1689 Confession.

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 And he notices here that it's interesting that the guys writing this start with Christ the Mediator.

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 When you and I are thinking about Jesus, we immediately jump to his work of forgiveness, don't we?

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 And things like that, justification.

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 But the Confession wants to start before that.

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 And it wants you to be really clear on who Christ is and why that matters.

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 Who is Jesus?

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 What exactly does it mean for the second person of the Trinity to be fully divine and fully man and our mediator?

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 And so the Confession, in other words, I think wants you to see Jesus the champion

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 before you see and understand what it is that he is championing.

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 And over the next couple of sessions, we're going to have a break for the Lord's Supper next week.

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 We're going to be looking at what it means for Christ to be the mediator.

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 And this week, we're looking mostly at his qualifications,

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 what qualifies Jesus to be this hero.

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 And next time, we're going to think about what is this hero doing?

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 What is his work?

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 And so I want to show you this evening four things, if I can.

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 His person, his appointment, his equipment, and his willingness.

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 So right, let's start with his person.

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 This is the longest of the four, so don't get stressed if I'm still going on for a little bit

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 and you're thinking, gosh, we're going to be here all night.

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 Right.

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 Paragraph two, chapter eight of the Confession reads this.

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 And if you've not been with us in these, the language of these is quite unusual if you're not used to it.

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 And you kind of get used to it.

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 And I realize that I am used to it.

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 And so that means that I'm sometimes not so good at explaining it.

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 But bear with it and think carefully.

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 The Son of God, the second person of the Holy Trinity, is truly and eternally God.

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 He is the same brightness of the Father's glory, the same in substance and equal with him.

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 He made the world and sustains and governs everything he has made.

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 When the fullness of time came, he took upon himself human nature with all the essential properties and common weaknesses of it, but without sin.

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 He was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary.

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 The Holy Spirit came down upon her and the power of the Most High overshadowed her.

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 Thus, he was born of a woman from the tribe of Judah, a descendant of Abraham and David in fulfillment of the scriptures.

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 Two whole, perfect and distinct natures were inseparably joined together in one person without converting in one into the other or mixing them together to produce a different or blended nature.

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 This person is truly God and truly man, yet one Christ, the only mediator between God and man.

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 Now, you might recognize there are various parts of the Bible which are just directly quoted in there.

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 And then it's synthesized at the end as he's trying to put it together to show the divinity and the humanity of Christ in one person.

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 So let's just deal with that.

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 Two natures, one person.

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 Christ, the mediator, is both fully God and fully man.

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 Let's start with his divinity.

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 Now, notice how careful the confession is to affirm the divinity of Jesus, right?

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 The second person of the Trinity, truly and eternally God.

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 He is the same substance as the Father and is equal with him.

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 Now, when he says substance, it doesn't mean that God is made of a substance, like God is spirit, not stuff.

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 See, he makes everything.

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 He is not made of stuff.

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 It's really, the idea is that Jesus is as much the divine essence as the Father.

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 You know, what it means for God the Father to be God the Father is what it means for God the Son to be God the Son.

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 They are identical in their divinity.

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 The Son is responsible also then for the things that God does.

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 So that the Son creates, the Son sustains, the Son governs.

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 And you'll notice that in the confession.

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 And you can think of passages of the Bible that talk like that, like in Colossians and various other places.

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 But then notice his humanity.

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 So, whilst in eternity past, the Son does not have a human nature, there comes a point in time that the confession calls the fullness of time when he takes upon himself a human nature.

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 So notice he doesn't fuse a divine nature with a human nature to make a human nature as divine as it's possible for a human nature to be, or a divine nature as human as it's possible to be.

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 It's not that.

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 He is taking to himself his full self, if you like, a full human nature.

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 And notice it's not a superhuman nature either.

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 It's got weakness.

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 He has a nature like ours with what the confession calls the essential properties and common weaknesses of it.

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 So he gets tired.

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 He gets hungry.

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 He experiences the human condition, but is without sin.

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 Jesus is conceived by the spirit born of the Virgin Mary, inheriting along with that the lineage of the kings of Judah.

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 So he is fully divine.

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 He is fully man.

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 Next step, really essential step, one person.

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 So God the Son is one person but has two natures.

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 And those two natures can't be separated from one another because they're in the one person, but they also can't be blended into one another.

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 You can talk about the divinity of the Son without implying his humanity and vice versa.

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 So Jesus is hungry in his humanity and not in his divinity.

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 The divine doesn't get hungry or tired, but Jesus does in his humanity.

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 But he does in his humanity in a way that is not entirely separate from his divinity because he is one person at the same time.

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 You might think, oh, this sounds like semantics, Steve.

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 This sounds like the kind of thing that you get excited about, but it's not really that important.

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 But it is really important because for Jesus to be the kind of hero that we need, he must be both of these things at the same time.

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 And they must be united together, but they must be unmixed.

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 If he mixes his divinity and his humanity, the Son becomes some kind of third type of person, right, who's neither fully divine nor fully man.

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 And therefore, he's not able to be a hero, to mediate God's presence to us or to take us to the place that we want to be.

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 Because that third person would be unfit for the presence of God because he'd be less than what it means to be fully God.

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 And he wouldn't be able to identify with our human condition because he would be less than what it is to be human.

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 And so they're not able to be mixed, but nor are they able to be entirely separate from one another.

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 Because then you've got really, I don't know, some kind of four person trinity, if that would work.

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 They are united in the one person.

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 Otherwise, there's no connection for the work of mediation.

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 I was trying to work out on Friday whether this was irreverent, but maybe you could put it this way just to think about heroes, right?

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 So, Jesus is more like the Hulk than he is like Spider-Man, right?

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 So, Spider-Man is the fusion of spider and humanity, right?

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 So, he gets bitten by the spider and takes on like the properties of a spider and a man.

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 So, he's like a fusion of them.

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 He's neither a spider nor a normal man, right?

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 Okay.

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 The Hulk, right, is both just a regular guy and the Hulk at the same time, in the same person.

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 Now, I'm sure if you pushed it too hard, it would totally unravel.

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 But where you get this idea is that in the person of the sun is both full divinity and full humanity,

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 at the same time, in the one person, and therefore he can be our hero, our mediator, and our champion.

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 And that's just really important.

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 It's really important because we want to know Jesus and we want to love Jesus.

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 And we want to talk about him rightly.

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 And we want to understand why he alone is able to do what we need to be done.

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 Okay.

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 So, that is the person.

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 Next, his appointment.

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 His appointment.

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 Paragraph one of chapter eight.

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 So, we're going backwards in the confession, but that's okay.

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 Paragraph one says this.

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 God was pleased in his eternal purpose to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, his only begotten son,

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 according to the covenant made between them to be the mediator between God and man.

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 God chose him to be prophet, priest, and king, and to be head and savior of the church,

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 the heir of all things, and the judge of the world.

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 From all eternity, God gave to the son a people to be his offspring.

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 In time, this people would be redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified by him.

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 Now, here the confession wants us to notice that the plan for the mediator,

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 the appointment of Christ's role, if you like, was according to a covenant made within the Trinity.

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 The father chooses the son for the mission.

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 The son agrees to the mission, as we'll come on to think of.

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 They make a covenant together.

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 Now, really, this is kind of linking backwards to chapter seven of the confession,

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 which we've skipped over because, really, it's a bridge between the fall and Christ the mediator.

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 And I didn't want to spend too long on all of it.

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 So, chapter seven points out that because the fall, we are unable to obey God.

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 And the distance between the holy God and unholy creatures expands.

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 So, God descends to save, moves towards us, and reveals his plan of salvation in covenants.

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 A covenant that reflects this eternal promise between the father and the son to save,

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 which is then presented to humanity in the covenant of grace,

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 whereby he will save his people through his son.

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 Now, notice then that this appointment means that Jesus is quite unlike any of the heroes

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 that we've been thinking about this evening.

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 I mean, in lots of ways he is, but right?

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 He doesn't swoop down at the last minute to rescue us,

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 like Superman from a car falling from a flyover or something.

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 Rather, in eternity past, God covenants to save a people for himself

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 through Christ, who he's chosen to redeem.

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 And God the father appoints the son to be their prophet, priest, and king.

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 Rolls which get modeled in the Old Testament, but are ultimately fulfilled by Christ.

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 Now, we don't experience it like that, do we?

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 Because we experience salvation in time and immediately, don't we?

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 And we wouldn't know it like this unless it was revealed to us.

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 For us, our salvation feels like we were going in this direction,

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 and then all of a sudden the Lord intervenes,

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 and we then find ourselves going in that direction.

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 And our will is involved, isn't it?

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 We decide to turn and to trust the Lord and to go that way.

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 But what the confession is saying is that behind it all,

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 God's planned appointment of Jesus Christ, the person of the son,

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 to be the mediator of a promise to save.

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 Now, this is the plan all along, right?

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 God the father sees the plan coming together in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 This is what we planned.

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 This is what we promised.

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 God looks at history and sees the appointment of his son

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 and the work that he planned being accomplished in just the manner he decided it.

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 That's his appointment.

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 Okay?

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 Thirdly, his equipment.

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 Paragraph three of the confession.

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 The Lord Jesus, in his human nature,

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 united in this way to the divine in the person of the son,

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 was sanctified, that is, set apart,

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 and anointed with the Holy Spirit beyond measure.

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 He had in himself all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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 The father was pleased to make all fullness dwell in him,

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 so that being holy, harmless, undefiled, and full of grace and truth,

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 he was thoroughly qualified to carry out the office of mediator and guarantor.

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 He did not take this office upon himself,

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 but was called to it by his father,

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 who put all power and judgment in his hand

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 and commanded him to carry them out.

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 Now, what I really want you to notice is this,

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 that according to the confession,

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 which is picking up the language of the New Testament,

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 is that Jesus does his work in the power of the Spirit.

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 So Jesus is anointed by the Spirit in his baptism, yeah?

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 As he goes down into the water and comes up out of the water,

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 the Spirit comes on him like a dove.

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 This is my son whom I love, with him I am well pleased.

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 And it is through the power of the Spirit

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 that the Son is qualified and empowered,

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 or thoroughly furnished,

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 as the original says it, not our modern English translation,

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 thoroughly furnished for the work that God has called him to do.

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 So that the man, Christ Jesus,

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 is empowered to do his ministry,

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 equipped to do it by the Spirit who dwells in him.

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 This is really important.

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 I think when you think about Jesus in the Gospels,

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 I think we often think that when Jesus does stuff,

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 it's just like he is allowing his divinity

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 just to seep through a little bit

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 so that he kind of escapes

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 some of the most difficult parts of the human experience.

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 Know what I mean?

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 So that, ooh, you know,

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 he can just kind of allow that to happen and do that.

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 But that's not how the New Testament talks about Jesus.

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 It talks about him being thoroughly human

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 and empowered in his humanity by the Spirit

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 to do the things that the Son is called to do.

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 So it matters, doesn't it,

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 that the Son fully submits to the human experience

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 in order to be a suitable mediator,

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 that he is indwelt by the Spirit

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 so that he's equipped for his ministry.

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 So he's able to heal the sick,

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 raise the dead,

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 feed the crowds,

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 resist the devil,

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 conquer sin,

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 rise from the dead

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 in the power of the Spirit.

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 Now, with the person next to you,

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 answer this.

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 Why is that good news?

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 Why is it good news

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 that God the Son

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 in his humanity

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 works in the power of the Spirit?

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 Okay?

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 Have a little go at answering that question.

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 Why is that important,

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 that Jesus works

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 according to the power of the Spirit?

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 What do we think?

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 To be honest,

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 I've wrestled with this for a long time

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 because it's taken me a long time

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 to get my head around this.

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 And I'm not saying

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 that I have fully gotten my head around this,

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 but I'm sure that I've made mistakes

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 in articulating this in the past.

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 And I'm probably going to make

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 some mistakes tonight.

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 But anyway,

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 so I'm not expecting you

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 to necessarily have all the answers,

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 but why is it important

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 that the person of the Son

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 in his humanity

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 is working according

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 to the power of the Spirit?

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 Charleston.

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 Charleston.

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 I don't know.

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 You thought

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 you were looking at him,

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 but even God

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 telling him to be good

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 and the devil,

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 we need the Spirit.

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 And you think,

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 God,

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 oh God,

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 we need God

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 to be better.

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 Oh God,

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 we need to be empowered by God.

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 Yes.

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 And then it's all about

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 this human side.

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 Yeah.

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 We need to be human as well.

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 And so it shows us

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 that we can have

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 the same experience as him.

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.859
 Yes.

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.879
 So there's a couple of things

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.659
 you said there, Charleston,

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.759
 both of which are really helpful.

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 One is,

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 why would God need God

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 to help him?

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 Well,

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 it's because he is fully human.

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 And so it preserves his humanity.

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 So he is working

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 in the power of the Spirit.

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 It's not that he is

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 just compromising all the time

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.819
 and just letting his divinity

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.399
 sneak through.

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:36.200
 So he is fully human.

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.720
 And that also,

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.759
 and we're going to talk about this

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.539
 a little bit more in a minute,

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:41.980
 but it also gives us hope

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:44.839
 that if Christ in his humanity

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:46.119
 with the power of the Spirit

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:47.220
 is able to do

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.700
 all that he is able to do,

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.579
 then surely also

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.879
 we by the power of the Spirit

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:53.200
 will also be able to live

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.139
 for God and his glory.

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:54.700
 Yeah.

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:58.240
 I think the distinction is

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.460
 that the Spirit

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.680
 is appointing Christ

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:02.119
 to be the mediator

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.879
 of the covenant.

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.139
 So he is exalted

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:05.059
 to a level

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:06.399
 that we are not.

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.799
 And so there's not,

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:09.619
 it's not exactly the same,

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:11.279
 but it is similar.

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.879
 Thank you, Charles.

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.279
 That's brilliant.

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.299
 Anybody else?

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.240
 Ray?

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:18.139
 The Trinity works together.

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:18.779
 Yeah.

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.379
 The Son of the Spirit.

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:23.119
 So he shows the work

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.799
 in the world of Jesus.

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.659
 Brilliant.

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.859
 It's the Trinity, right?

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:29.579
 So the Trinity creates, yeah?

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.259
 So the Father plans,

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:32.220
 the Son creates

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.319
 and the Spirit,

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:35.279
 so the Son is the Word

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.259
 and the Spirit

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.299
 is hovering over the water.

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:38.279
 So, and then

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.680
 it's the same here, isn't it?

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.700
 So that the Father

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.639
 sends the Son

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.859
 who comes in the power

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.379
 of the Spirit.

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.799
 Father, Son, and Spirit

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.680
 are involved

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.579
 in our redemption

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.539
 and our salvation,

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:49.159
 which is brilliant, right?

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:52.220
 So we know God

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:53.519
 to be Father, Son, and Spirit.

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.480
 We worship him

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.359
 as Father, Son, and Spirit

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:56.879
 and we see that he is working

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.960
 Father, Son, and Spirit

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:59.379
 in our salvation.

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.299
 And we're going to come

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:01.220
 a bit more to the

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.559
 fun bits of that

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.960
 in a moment.

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.879
 Anything else?

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.159
 Pesh?

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:05.080
 It's a fulfillment

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:06.100
 of Isaiah 11

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:07.160
 that's a few years

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:08.779
 which is a lot of spirit.

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:11.500
 Yes, yes.

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.360
 It's the fulfillment

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:14.060
 of the Old Testament promises.

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.500
 So it's, yes, Isaiah 11,

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.460
 which is why I read that.

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.660
 And then I realized

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.480
 I've been thinking about it

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.940
 all afternoon

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.580
 and you've not

00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:20.380
 and say, oh,

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.220
 I was trying to expect you

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.860
 to go from zero

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.840
 to 100 miles an hour

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.279
 straight away.

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:23.820
 But yes,

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:25.080
 the Spirit of the Lord

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:25.779
 rests on him,

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.640
 the Spirit of wisdom

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.320
 and understanding,

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.340
 the Spirit of counsel

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:28.759
 and might,

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.660
 the Spirit of knowledge

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.840
 and fear of the Lord

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:31.700
 and he will delight

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.740
 in the fear of the Lord.

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:34.440
 It's how Jesus speaks

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.220
 in John's Gospel,

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.660
 isn't it?

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.620
 He says that he is

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.779
 speaking the words of God

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:39.240
 for the one whom God

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:40.160
 has sent speaks

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.859
 the words of God

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:42.259
 for God gives the Spirit

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.279
 without limit

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.880
 to the Lord Jesus.

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.539
 Yeah.

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:50.900
 Yes.

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.380
 Yes.

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.799
 Yes.

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:54.880
 Yes.

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:55.960
 Yeah.

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:09.079
 Yes.

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.860
 So there's a pattern there,

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.179
 isn't there,

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.460
 that God equips

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.239
 and empowers

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:15.119
 for the jobs

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.300
 that he's called us to do.

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:16.719
 Yeah.

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:18.159
 And the job that he's

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.179
 primarily called us to do

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:20.019
 is to live for him

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.559
 and his glory

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.780
 and grow in our knowledge

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.400
 and love of him

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.059
 and speak of him

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.739
 to others, right?

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.619
 And so,

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.360
 behold,

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.500
 I will be with you always

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.639
 to the very end of the age.

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.780
 God is not sending us out

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.300
 on our own,

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:30.699
 but is with us

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:32.079
 by the Spirit.

00:34:32.919 --> 00:34:33.059
 Yeah.

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.480
 There is a,

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:36.259
 there's a thing that I think

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.879
 this is the bit

00:34:36.879 --> 00:34:37.719
 that I've really struggled with

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.539
 to get my head around

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.799
 is this idea that

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:41.559
 although it is the,

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:43.539
 Jesus in his humanity

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:45.460
 empowered by the Spirit

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.359
 who is doing the works

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:46.939
 of the New Testament,

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:50.000
 because he is one person

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.019
 in those works,

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:52.359
 you also see him

00:34:52.359 --> 00:34:53.719
 to be fully divine

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.839
 at the same time.

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:56.460
 And so we worship him

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.480
 as God

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.439
 and the disciples

00:34:58.439 --> 00:34:59.519
 worship him as God

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:01.960
 because even in his humanity

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.719
 they are seeing

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.880
 the person of the Son

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:05.420
 and worshiping him.

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.539
 Yeah.

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.659
 And these are written

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.400
 that you may believe

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.480
 that Jesus is

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.539
 the Son of God.

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:17.780
 Yeah.

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.679
 Yeah.

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:25.739
 I feel very affirmed.

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.699
 It is difficult for us

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:28.019
 mentally to grasp this.

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.420
 Yes.

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.460
 Yes.

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.340
 That is definitely

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:30.460
 my experience.

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:30.900
 So yeah.

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.840
 It's only because

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.739
 of our fallenness.

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:33.679
 Yeah.

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.920
 And the limits

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:36.000
 of our human understanding.

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:37.519
 So we will never ever

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:39.519
 fully grasp God

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.300
 will we even,

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.800
 even in glory.

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.440
 So in that regard

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:44.739
 he is tangible

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:46.239
 and yet in his mouth.

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.719
 Yes.

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.239
 That's right.

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.920
 Yes.

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:49.599
 We can both understand him

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.639
 and not understand him

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.259
 at the same time.

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.619
 Yeah.

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.119
 Great.

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.500
 Finally then,

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.139
 his willingness.

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.619
 Now,

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.679
 this is a preview

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:57.099
 a little bit of next time

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.659
 so I know that's going

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.139
 to get you excited.

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.599
 But this opening part

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.379
 of paragraph four

00:36:00.379 --> 00:36:01.839
 says this,

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.779
 the Lord Jesus

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:04.099
 most willingly

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:06.059
 undertook this office.

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.960
 In other words,

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.659
 in whatever we've understood

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.199
 so far,

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.579
 we must not think

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.519
 that God the Son

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:13.099
 is sent against his will

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.759
 by the Father.

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.839
 We must not think

00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:15.299
 that the Father

00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:16.219
 bullies the Son

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:17.719
 into coming to

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:19.019
 fulfill this plan

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.480
 of redemption

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.379
 as the hero

00:36:20.379 --> 00:36:21.119
 and mediator

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:22.460
 of the covenant promise.

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.920
 They are working together

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:26.380
 and Jesus is a willing participant.

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.480
 Now,

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.139
 this means that

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:29.380
 the divine Son

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:31.500
 endures the humiliation

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.900
 of the human experience

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:34.280
 and even death

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:36.240
 willingly for you and me.

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:36.760
 Right?

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:38.300
 Which means

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:40.500
 Jesus loves us.

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:40.820
 Right?

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:43.480
 He loves us enough

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.019
 to say,

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:44.860
 yes,

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.920
 I will do that.

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.619
 Again,

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.900
 this doesn't quite translate

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:50.980
 because in the story

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:52.860
 they love us

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.519
 but you can imagine

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.639
 kind of organ donation.

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.019
 So,

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.059
 to give

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:57.320
 your organs

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.760
 to somebody

00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:58.539
 that you don't really

00:36:58.539 --> 00:37:00.079
 know and you never meet

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.920
 is one thing

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.340
 but you

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:02.579
 give them to someone

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.199
 that you love

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.500
 and you go,

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.619
 well,

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:03.719
 yeah,

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.340
 of course.

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.500
 Now,

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:07.119
 we tend to love

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:08.199
 the people who love us,

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.539
 right?

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:10.119
 Jesus loved us

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:11.099
 while we were still sinners

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:12.340
 and we were rejecting him

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:14.460
 and he loved us

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:16.320
 enough to give himself up

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:17.920
 for us willingly,

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.800
 joyfully.

00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:22.320
 John 10 says this,

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.080
 for this reason

00:37:23.080 --> 00:37:24.240
 the Father loves me

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:26.100
 because I lay down my life

00:37:26.100 --> 00:37:27.320
 that I may take it up again.

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:29.720
 No one takes it from me

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:31.019
 but I lay it down

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:32.280
 of my own accord.

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.580
 I have authority

00:37:33.580 --> 00:37:34.300
 to lay it down,

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.920
 I have authority

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.880
 to take it up again.

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:37.780
 This charge I've received

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.680
 from my Father.

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:39.680
 You get it there,

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:40.000
 don't you?

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:41.340
 The Father is telling him

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:41.700
 to do it

00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.680
 but he's doing it willingly,

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.400
 he's not doing it

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.180
 against his will.

00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:46.519
 He lays it down for us.

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.220
 That means that

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:49.519
 as the person of the Son

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.720
 in the glories of heaven,

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:52.139
 he loves us

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:53.160
 and continues

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:54.460
 to pray for us

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.420
 as our mediator

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.280
 before the Father

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:57.420
 and we know

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:58.760
 he won't give up on this.

00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:00.400
 He will keep going.

00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:01.099
 It's as if

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:02.940
 the person of the Son

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:04.220
 in the glories of heaven

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:05.840
 is continually saying

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.480
 to his Father,

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:08.480
 showing the wounds

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.940
 of the cross,

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:10.320
 this is how much

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.900
 I love them.

00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:12.340
 Don't leave them.

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:13.460
 This is how much

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.980
 I love them.

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.940
 This is what

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.760
 I have done for them

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.860
 and we know

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.840
 that he will keep going

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.380
 in them.

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.539
 Now just as I finish,

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:22.000
 let's draw these threads together.

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:23.000
 We saw at the beginning

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:24.240
 that we love hero stories

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:26.260
 because we know

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:27.200
 we're not really

00:38:27.200 --> 00:38:28.039
 in the place

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.800
 that we want to be

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.559
 and we know

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.300
 we can't get there

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:31.019
 in our own strength

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:32.400
 and so we need

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.600
 someone to take us there.

00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:34.019
 That's right,

00:38:34.100 --> 00:38:35.120
 that's why we want heroes,

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:35.519
 right?

00:38:36.200 --> 00:38:36.579
 Now then,

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:37.920
 if the person of the Son

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.920
 is the hero

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:40.260
 of all heroes,

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:43.180
 where is he taking us

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:45.200
 and why is that so good?

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.480
 Have a think

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.480
 with the person next to you

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:48.280
 about that.

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.800
 Where is he taking us

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.740
 and why is it so good

00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:51.900
 if Jesus is the hero

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:52.760
 of heroes?

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:58.100
 It's not never,

00:38:58.180 --> 00:38:58.660
 never land.

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.820
 Okay,

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:03.060
 I'm really sorry,

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:03.860
 that is totally

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.460
 not enough time

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:05.220
 to discuss that

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:06.900
 but it is nearly

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.620
 half past seven

00:39:07.620 --> 00:39:08.480
 and I'm on a promise

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.660
 to finish by half past seven.

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.000
 So,

00:39:11.140 --> 00:39:12.480
 let me try

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.060
 and wrap it up.

00:39:13.140 --> 00:39:13.540
 I don't know

00:39:13.540 --> 00:39:14.920
 what you said.

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.740
 I think that

00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:17.380
 the big thing

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.200
 that we need to understand

00:39:18.200 --> 00:39:18.880
 is it means

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.640
 that the hero

00:39:19.640 --> 00:39:20.520
 of all heroes

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:22.000
 is taking us

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:23.360
 where he is

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:25.219
 so that we will be

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.960
 with him

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:27.099
 eternally.

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:29.639
 The good place

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.619
 that we are going

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:32.559
 is to be with

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.259
 the Father,

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.420
 the Son

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:35.579
 and the Spirit.

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:37.440
 Our destiny

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.719
 to,

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.539
 we often think,

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:39.800
 don't we,

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.920
 that heaven is kind of like,

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:41.360
 you know,

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:41.960
 or the new heavens

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.219
 and the new earth

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.980
 is kind of like this world

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.460
 but just with,

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:43.800
 you know,

00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:44.239
 just a bit better,

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.599
 right?

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.300
 The best thing

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.980
 about glory

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:48.380
 is that we are

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:49.440
 with the Lord.

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:50.659
 So,

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.240
 we will,

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:52.320
 it is physical

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:53.280
 and we will experience it

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:55.000
 because there is,

00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:56.199
 you know,

00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:57.300
 human flesh

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:58.300
 is there

00:39:58.300 --> 00:39:58.840
 in the Trinity,

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.079
 right?

00:39:59.099 --> 00:40:00.240
 Because he has a fully

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:01.780
 human nature,

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.740
 the eternal person

00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:03.300
 of the Son.

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.820
 So,

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.519
 it will be a

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:07.420
 physical reality

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.760
 and we will enjoy

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:11.240
 the final fulfillment

00:40:11.240 --> 00:40:12.179
 of all that we've

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:13.000
 glimpsed

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.940
 and grasped now.

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:15.340
 But the best bit

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.340
 is that we will be

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:17.380
 with him

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:19.380
 and,

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.220
 and Jesus

00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:21.280
 can uniquely

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:22.620
 take us there

00:40:22.620 --> 00:40:23.960
 because he has

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:25.300
 come from there

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:26.460
 and has

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:28.420
 joined our human

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:28.960
 experience

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.620
 in order to

00:40:29.620 --> 00:40:30.460
 take us there.

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:32.079
 There's not enough

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.880
 time to talk about that

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.880
 and we did touch on it

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:34.280
 this morning

00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:34.880
 if you were with us

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:36.340
 but John 17

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:37.160
 is this,

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:38.000
 Jesus prays

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.640
 in John 17

00:40:38.640 --> 00:40:39.500
 and he says this,

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.920
 I do not ask

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.539
 for these only,

00:40:41.640 --> 00:40:42.260
 that's the disciples,

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:43.260
 but also for those

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.860
 who will believe

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:44.380
 in me

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.079
 through their word.

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:46.239
 That's you and me.

00:40:46.779 --> 00:40:47.779
 That they may

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:49.079
 all be one

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:50.440
 just as you,

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:50.840
 Father,

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.779
 are in me

00:40:51.779 --> 00:40:52.759
 and I in you

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:55.279
 that they also

00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:57.360
 may be in us

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:58.679
 so that the world

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:59.219
 may believe

00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:00.259
 that you have sent me.

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.500
 The glory

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.860
 that you have given me

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:05.159
 I have given to them

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:06.920
 that they may be one

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:08.119
 even as we are one.

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.799
 I in them

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:11.279
 and you in me

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:12.699
 that they may become

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.799
 perfectly one

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.820
 so that the world

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:15.340
 may know

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.340
 may know

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:16.400
 that you have sent me

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.620
 and love them

00:41:17.620 --> 00:41:19.360
 even as you love me.

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:20.340
 Father,

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.100
 I desire

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:22.140
 that they also

00:41:22.140 --> 00:41:23.480
 whom you have given me

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:25.000
 may be with me

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:26.039
 where I am

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:27.860
 to see my glory

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:29.500
 that you have given me

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:30.940
 because you loved me

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:32.340
 before the foundation

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:33.060
 of the world.

00:41:34.160 --> 00:41:34.700
 Now,

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:36.000
 you will spend

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:36.640
 a lifetime

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:37.480
 trying to understand

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:39.220
 exactly what Jesus means

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:39.860
 in that prayer

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:42.079
 but I guarantee you

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.620
 it's wonderful

00:41:42.620 --> 00:41:45.360
 and this is

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:47.079
 the kind of

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:48.640
 the meditorial end

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:49.460
 that he is working.

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.380
 This is the place

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:51.380
 that he is taking us

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:52.099
 that we might be

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.980
 with God

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:54.500
 and one with him

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.900
 that that eternal

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:57.380
 relationship of joy

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:58.400
 and love

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:59.360
 and satisfaction

00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:00.500
 that the Father,

00:42:00.660 --> 00:42:01.240
 Son and Spirit

00:42:01.240 --> 00:42:01.860
 have enjoyed

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:03.059
 for eternity past

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:04.180
 will be ours

00:42:04.180 --> 00:42:05.680
 to enjoy with him

00:42:05.680 --> 00:42:06.840
 for eternity to come

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:08.180
 and there can be

00:42:08.180 --> 00:42:09.559
 nothing more wonderful

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:11.220
 or brilliant than that.

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:12.640
 No other hero

00:42:12.640 --> 00:42:13.960
 could take you

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.880
 to that place

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:15.800
 only

00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:17.700
 the person of the Son

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:19.200
 who is fully God

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:20.240
 and fully man

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:21.240
 at the same time.

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:23.360
 Let me pray

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.600
 as we close.

00:42:26.680 --> 00:42:27.500
 Heavenly Father,

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.340
 we have touched

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:29.360
 on many things

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:30.519
 that we only really

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:31.960
 understand the beginnings of

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:34.340
 and so please

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:35.059
 we pray

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:36.880
 might you help us

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.559
 just with tender hearts

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:39.239
 to submit

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:40.159
 even to what we don't

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:41.000
 really fully understand

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:43.480
 that we will be with you

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:45.900
 that we will see the Son

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:47.699
 and get to enjoy

00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:48.940
 with him

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:50.079
 what he has enjoyed

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:51.420
 in you for eternity.

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:54.619
 Lord, help us, we pray

00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:55.840
 as we find ourselves

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:56.480
 tomorrow morning

00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:57.239
 in different places

00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:58.799
 doing very different things

00:42:58.799 --> 00:43:00.019
 and these truths

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.799
 will be a long way

00:43:00.799 --> 00:43:01.420
 from our minds.

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:02.139
 Help us

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:03.739
 even in those places

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:05.139
 to know that you are

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:06.519
 with us by your Spirit

00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:08.179
 empowering us

00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:09.000
 to live lives

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.639
 to your praise

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:10.319
 and your glory

00:43:10.319 --> 00:43:11.559
 as we pray

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.339
 in Jesus' name.

00:43:12.879 --> 00:43:13.159
 Amen.

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:13.319
 Amen.

00:43:13.319 --> 00:43:13.379
 Amen.

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