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 We're in Matthew chapter 3, verse 13, going all the way to chapter 4, verse 11.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 I praise you that your word is not bound.

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 I praise you that your word does not depend,

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 and the proclamation of your word ultimately does not depend on my authority or credibility,

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 because it rests on your authority.

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 So please, Father, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight.

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 Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

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 And give all of us here in this room ears to hear, to believe, and to obey your word.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Please stand, and if you are able, for the reading of God's word,

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 just to honor God who has spoken to us in his scriptures.

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 Let's read.

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 Starting in Matthew chapter 3, verse 13.

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 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John,

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 to be baptized by him.

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 John would have prevented him, saying,

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 I need to be baptized by you.

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 And do you come to me?

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 But Jesus answered him,

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 Let it be so now,

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 for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.

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 Then he consented.

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 And when Jesus was baptized,

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 immediately he went up from the water.

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 And behold, the heavens were opened to him.

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 And he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

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 And behold, a voice from heaven said,

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 This is my beloved Son,

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 with whom I am well pleased.

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 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness

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 to be tempted by the devil.

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 And after fasting 40 days and 40 nights,

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 he was hungry.

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 And the tempter came and said to him,

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 If you are the Son of God,

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 command these stones to become loaves of bread.

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 But he answered,

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 It is written,

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 Man shall not live by bread alone,

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 but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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 Then the devil took him to the holy city

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 and set him on the pinnacle of the temple

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 and said to him,

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 If you are the Son of God,

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 throw yourself down,

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 for it is written,

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 He will command his angels concerning you.

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 And on their hands they will bear you up,

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 lest you strike your foot against the stone.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Again, it is written,

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 You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.

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 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain

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 and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

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 And he said to him,

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 All these I will give you

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 if you will fall down and worship me.

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 Then Jesus said to him,

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 Be gone, Satan.

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 For it is written,

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 You shall worship the Lord your God,

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 and him only shall you serve.

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 Then the devil left him.

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 And behold, angels came and were ministering to him.

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 It's God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 One of the marks of adulthood,

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 in contrast with childhood,

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 is that we carry regrets.

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 Healthy Christians, of course,

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 learn to deal with regret

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 by receiving God's forgiveness and mercy and grace

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 and also learning to trust in God's sovereignty

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 in and through all of it,

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 even through our mistakes and faults and sins.

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 But if there isn't anything that we wish we had done

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 that we didn't do,

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 or anything that we wish we hadn't done that we did do,

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 we probably just haven't lived for very long.

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 We've all messed up.

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 We have all done things that we should not have done

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 and failed to do things that we should have done.

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 Maybe you didn't take a career opportunity

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 that you should have taken.

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 Maybe you took a career opportunity

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 that you should not have taken,

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 and now your health and your family

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 are suffering as a result.

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 Maybe you were too fearful

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 to ask that person out on a date.

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 Maybe by your stubborn refusal

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 to humble yourself and apologize,

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 you lost a dear friend.

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 Maybe you said something

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 that is deeply hurtful to someone

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 that cut them down.

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 Maybe you didn't intervene

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 in the life of your friend or family member

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 when you should have,

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 and now that person is dead.

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 No matter how deep our regrets,

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 time only flows one way,

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 and there are no do-overs in life.

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 The Bible tells us

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 that we have all failed

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 in a profound and permanent way.

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 We were created to love

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 and to obey and to worship God,

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 but instead we have loved ourselves

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 more than we've loved God.

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 We have sinned against Him,

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 and we have made not God,

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 but other people and other things

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 the center of our allegiance

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 and our affection and our adoration.

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 In other words,

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 we have made idols

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 and have worshipped them

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 instead of God.

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 And this is what the Bible calls sin,

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 has created this impassable rift

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 between God and us,

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 but unfortunately for us,

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 there is no do-over in life.

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 How then can we be forgiven

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 of our sins

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 and reconcile to God?

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 How then can we fulfill

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 the righteous requirements of the law

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 which we have already broken?

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 How can we be saved?

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 That question,

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 and not what's on the news this week,

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 and not the anxieties

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 that you walked into church with this morning,

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 is the most pressing and important question

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 that faces every single one of us.

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 And Matthew 3, 13 to 4, 11

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 gives us a wonderful answer

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 that Jesus is the Son of God

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 who fulfills all righteousness

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 as our substitute.

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 First, we're going to talk about

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 the testimony of the Son of God.

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 Secondly, we'll talk about

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 the temptation of the Son of God.

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 And finally, we'll talk about

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 the triumph of the Son of God.

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 The first thing to note in this passage

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 is the testimony of the Son of God,

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 more specifically,

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 the testimony of God the Father

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 regarding the Son,

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 His Son, Jesus Christ.

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 The baptism of Jesus

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 doesn't get as much attention

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 as the birth narratives,

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 especially during the Christmas season

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 that we just went through.

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 But while the two of the gospel writers,

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 Mark and John,

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 entirely omit the birth narratives of Jesus,

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 all four gospels

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 include some variation

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 of the baptism of Jesus

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 and the testimony

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 that the God the Father bears

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 about who His Son is.

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 And that shows,

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 that fact that all the gospels

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 highlight this event

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 shows what a defining moment it was

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 for first century believers.

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 It was a pivotal moment

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 that confirmed for Christians

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 who Jesus' true identity was,

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 who He really is.

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 It says in chapter 3, verse 13,

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 then Jesus came from Galilee

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 to the Jordan to John

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 to be baptized by Him.

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 What's wrong with this picture?

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 We learned last week

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 from the preceding passage

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 that John's water baptism

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 is a baptism of repentance.

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 Remember how John the Baptist

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 rebuked the Pharisees

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 and the Sadducees

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 who were coming to observe

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 His baptism saying,

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 bear fruit in keeping

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 with repentance.

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 True repentance entails

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 renouncing sin,

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 repenting of sin,

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 turning away from sin.

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 That's the fruit of repentance.

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 That's the fruit of obedience

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 that repentance

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 is supposed to bear.

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 This is why

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 if a so-called Christian

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 lives in unrepentant sin,

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 presuming upon the grace of God

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 and indulging in sin

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 without confession,

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 the Bible commands us

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 to take steps

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 as a local church

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 to declare them

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 an unbeliever

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 and to discontinue

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 Christian fellowship

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 with that person.

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 By their lack of repentance,

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 they have reneged

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 on their baptismal covenant,

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 which is the promise

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 to repent

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 and to believe in Jesus.

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 And that's precisely

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 what is wrong

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 with this picture.

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 Why is Jesus

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 being baptized?

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 What sin

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 did Jesus commit?

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 What sin

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 does Jesus

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 have to confess?

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 What sin

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 does Jesus

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 have to be washed of?

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 Nothing.

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 There is none.

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 Moreover,

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 why is Jesus

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 coming to be baptized

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 by John?

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 Remember what John said

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 in chapter 3, verse 11,

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 in reference to Jesus,

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 He who is coming

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 after me

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 is mightier than I,

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 whose sandals

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 I am not worthy

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 to carry.

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 He will baptize you

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 and fire.

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 I mentioned last week

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 that Jews taught

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 that disciples

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 should be submissive

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 and subservient

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 to their teachers.

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 They taught

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 that disciples

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 should do

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 for their teachers

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 everything that

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 a slave does

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 for his master

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 except

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 carrying their sandals

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 because that's

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 beneath the dignity

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 even of a disciple.

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 That's fitting

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 only for a slave.

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 And John said,

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 I am not

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 worthy

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 to be your disciple.

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 No,

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 not only that,

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 I am not worthy

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 to be your slave.

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 I am not worthy

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 to carry your sandals

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 because that's

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 the surpassing

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 greatness

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 and worth

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 and glory

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 That's why

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 it says in chapter 3,

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 verse 14,

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 John would have

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 prevented him saying,

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 I need to be

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 baptized by you

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 and do you

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 come to me?

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 Jesus,

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 I'm a sinner.

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 You're not.

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 Jesus,

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 you're the king.

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 I'm the servant.

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 I need your spirit

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 and fire baptism.

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 Not you,

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 my water baptism

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 of repentance.

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 There's something

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 profoundly wrong

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 with this picture.

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 But Jesus tells John

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 that it is appropriate

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 for now

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 for him to get

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 baptized by John

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 in verse 15,

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 let it be so now

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 for thus it is fitting

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 for us

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 to fulfill

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 all righteousness.

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 The word fulfill

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 and its variation

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 is used 15 times

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 to speak of Jesus

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 fulfilling something

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 in the gospel

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 of Matthew.

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 Of those 15 instances,

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 only this verse

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 doesn't refer

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 specifically to

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 the fact that

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 Jesus is fulfilling

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 the scriptures.

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 So it's a significant

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 verse.

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 What is it

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 that Jesus

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 is fulfilling?

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 He's fulfilling

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 all righteousness.

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 Righteousness

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 is right living

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 in accordance

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 with God's

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 righteous standards.

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 Righteousness

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 is being in

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 right relationship

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 with God

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 and in and through

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 that relationship

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 with God

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 being in right

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 relationship

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 with everything

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 and everyone else

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 around you.

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 So how does

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 Jesus' baptism

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 fulfill all

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 righteousness?

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 We find the answer

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 to that question

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 in the way

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 Jesus describes

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 his own purpose

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 and mission

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 throughout the gospels.

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 He says in Matthew

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 8, 17 to 18

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 that Jesus came

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 to bear our

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 illnesses and diseases.

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 Quoting from

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 Isaiah 53

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 which we read

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 from earlier

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 from the assurance

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 of pardon,

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 it said that Jesus

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 came to be pierced

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 for our transgressions.

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 That he came

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 to be crushed

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 for our iniquities

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 so that by his wounds

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 we are healed

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 and it says

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 a few verses later

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 in that same chapter

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 in Isaiah

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 that the righteous one

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 Jesus

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 will make many

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 to be accounted

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 righteous

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 and he shall bear

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 their iniquities.

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 That's how Jesus

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 fulfills

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 all righteousness.

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 He bears

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 our iniquities

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 and makes us

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 accounted as righteous

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 even though we are

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 sinners.

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 Again,

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 Jesus says in Matthew

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 20 verse 28

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 the son of man

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 came not to be served

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 but to serve

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 and to give his life

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 as a ransom

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 for many.

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 Jesus came

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 to die

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 in the stead

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 of sinners.

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 He came

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 to pour out

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 his blood

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 for the forgiveness

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 of our sins.

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 He came

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 to make

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 the many

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 accounted righteous.

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 So what is Jesus

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 doing by getting

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 baptized by John

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 here?

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 Jesus is identifying

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 with sinners.

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 Walking in solidarity

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 with sinners.

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 Jesus already

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 at the very beginning

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 of his ministry

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 starting to bear

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 our burdens.

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 Setting an example

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 for what sinners

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 ought to do

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 in repenting.

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 So John's question

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 I need to be

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 baptized by you

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 and you

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 come to me

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 is profound.

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 I should be

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 in your place.

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 You should be

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 in my place.

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 That's precisely

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 the point.

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 Jesus is

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 our substitute.

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 We

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 should be

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 hanged

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 on that cross

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 for our sins.

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 But instead

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 Jesus

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 dies

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 on that cross

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 in our place.

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 that's my place.

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 What are you

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 doing there?

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 Come down

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 from there.

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 No,

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 but Jesus says

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 it is right

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 to fulfill

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 all righteousness.

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 So at Jesus'

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 insistence

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 John relents

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 and baptizes

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 Jesus

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 and it says

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 in verses 16

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 and 17

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 immediately

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 he went up

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 from the water

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 and behold

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 the heavens

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 were opened

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 to him

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 and he saw

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 the spirit

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 of God

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 descending

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 like a dove

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 and coming

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 to rest

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 on him

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 and behold

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 a voice

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 from heaven

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 said

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 this is

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 my beloved

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 son

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 with whom

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 I am

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 well pleased.

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 I'm going to

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 digress

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 for a couple

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 minutes

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 because it

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 says in

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 verse 16

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 that Jesus

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 went up

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 from the

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 water

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 which I

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 think is

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 a clear

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 example

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 of immersion

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 baptism.

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 right

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 you guys

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 can laugh

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 that's okay

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 we are

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 baptistic

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 so I do

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 need to

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 point that

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 out.

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 It's funny

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 but in one

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 of the children's

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 Bibles that I

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 read for the

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 kids

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 it's called

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 the big

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 picture story

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 Bible

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 that's the

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 one that we

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 recommend to

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 a lot of

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 our kids

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 in the

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 preschool age

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 in the

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 scene of

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 Jesus'

00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:39.259
 baptism

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 the illustrator

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 decided that

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 he's not

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 going to

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 take a

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 position on

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 it

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 so Jesus

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 is in

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.200
 the water

00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:45.039
 but John

00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:45.340
 the Baptist

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 is sprinkling

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 water on

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 but that's

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 just not the

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 way it

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 happened

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.120
 originally

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:53.079
 to baptize

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 baptizo in

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 Greek means

00:16:54.319 --> 00:16:55.079
 to immerse

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 it's to

00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.019
 dunk in

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 water.

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 The reason

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 why people

00:16:58.199 --> 00:16:59.019
 started sprinkling

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 in the early

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 church as you

00:17:00.199 --> 00:17:00.639
 can see in

00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.159
 the didache

00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:02.740
 which is the

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 teachings of

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 the apostles

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 kind of handed

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 down kind of

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.220
 a how-to

00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:06.059
 practical manual

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:07.000
 it says your

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 first choice in

00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:08.639
 baptism is to

00:17:08.639 --> 00:17:09.139
 use running

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 water or

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.400
 living water

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 out in the

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 ocean or in

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 the river or

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 something.

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 If you don't

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 have that option

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:15.819
 then use still

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 water in a

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 tank like we

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 do here

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.060
 because we

00:17:18.060 --> 00:17:18.380
 don't have

00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:19.400
 that option

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:20.280
 and then it

00:17:20.280 --> 00:17:20.700
 said if you

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 don't have

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 that then

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 just sprinkle

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 them three

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 times in the

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 name of the

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 Father and

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 Son and

00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:24.580
 Holy Spirit.

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 That was

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 the manual

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:26.020
 and so that's

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 kind of how

00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:27.720
 that descended

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.060
 down.

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 So I'm

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 sorry if

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 you're

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 Presbyterian

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 and you're

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 here but

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 that's the

00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:34.300
 digression.

00:17:34.760 --> 00:17:35.360
 Way more

00:17:35.360 --> 00:17:36.020
 important than

00:17:36.020 --> 00:17:37.060
 how Jesus

00:17:37.060 --> 00:17:37.620
 was baptized

00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:38.300
 was what

00:17:38.300 --> 00:17:38.640
 happened

00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.080
 afterward.

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 Three times

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 in this

00:17:42.320 --> 00:17:43.040
 passage we see

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 the word

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 behold and

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:46.940
 each time

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 heaven comes

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:48.799
 down to

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 earth.

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 Look at

00:17:50.380 --> 00:17:51.279
 those situations

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.799
 where it says

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.100
 behold.

00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:52.779
 Verse 16

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:54.559
 behold the

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.299
 heavens were

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.059
 open to him

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:57.019
 and he saw

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.740
 the Spirit of

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.319
 God descending

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.940
 like a dove

00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.460
 and coming to

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.700
 rest on him.

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.860
 This doesn't

00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:02.539
 mean that Jesus

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:03.340
 didn't have the

00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:04.160
 Holy Spirit prior

00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:04.700
 to this point.

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 Remember in

00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.840
 Matthew 1

00:18:05.840 --> 00:18:06.440
 18 to 20

00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:07.200
 Jesus was

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:08.299
 conceived by

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.880
 the Holy Spirit

00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.319
 already.

00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:11.559
 But when

00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.099
 God was

00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.599
 creating the

00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:13.179
 world in

00:18:13.179 --> 00:18:13.899
 Genesis 1

00:18:13.899 --> 00:18:14.460
 verse 2

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:14.939
 it says that

00:18:14.939 --> 00:18:15.419
 the Spirit

00:18:15.419 --> 00:18:15.939
 of God

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 was hovering

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 over the

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 face of

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 the waters

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 like a

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 bird.

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 And similarly

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 when God

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 was in a

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 way recreating

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 the world

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 after the

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 flood judgment

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 in Noah's

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 day in

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 Genesis 8

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 8 to 12

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 Noah sends

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 out what

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 bird?

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 A dove

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 to hover

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 over the

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 waters.

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 Likewise

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 the Spirit

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 of God

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 hovers

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 over the

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 water

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 and rests

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 on Jesus

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 during his

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 baptism

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 because Jesus

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 is the one

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 who ushers

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 in the new

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 creation of

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 God.

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 2 Corinthians

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 5 17

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 says therefore

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 if anyone

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 is in

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 Christ he

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 is a

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 new

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 creation.

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 The old

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 has passed

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 away.

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 Behold

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 the new

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 has come.

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 There's

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 another

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 word.

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 There is

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 another

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 instance of

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 behold in

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 verse 17

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 and behold

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 a voice

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 from heaven

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 said this

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 is my

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 beloved

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 son with

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 whom I

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.659
 am well

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 pleased.

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 And again

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 in chapter

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 4 verse 11

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 then the

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 devil left

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 him and

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 behold angels

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 came and

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 were ministering

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 to him.

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 And where

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 do angels

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 come from?

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 They come

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 from heaven.

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 Three times

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 we are told

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 behold and

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 that means we

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 ought to pay

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 attention and

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 each time the

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 very heavens

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 testify to

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 who Jesus

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 is.

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 All of the

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.339
 heavens testify

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 to who

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 Jesus is.

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 God the

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 father

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 testifies.

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 God the

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 spirit

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 testifies and

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 all their

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 ministering

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 angels,

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 their servants

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:43.740
 testify to

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 what God the

00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:45.480
 father says

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 out loud.

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 Beloved

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 son with

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 whom he

00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.420
 is well,

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 with whom I

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.500
 am well

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 pleased.

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 And in the

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.080
 rest of the

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:53.500
 gospel of

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 Matthew we

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 see people

00:19:55.020 --> 00:19:56.020
 gradually coming

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 to realize and

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.620
 to believe the

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:58.520
 full meaning of

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 the father's

00:19:59.020 --> 00:19:59.700
 declaration that

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 Jesus is

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 God's son.

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 We see that

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 later with his

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:04.560
 disciples and

00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:05.240
 after Jesus

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.660
 calms the

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:05.960
 storm,

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.640
 Matthew 14

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.019
 33,

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 we see that

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 in Peter's

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.900
 declaration that

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.400
 you are the

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:09.759
 Christ,

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.539
 the son of the

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.100
 living God in

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 Matthew 16

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.100
 16,

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 and finally with

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.440
 the centurion's

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:15.480
 declaration after

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.259
 Jesus' death,

00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:17.100
 Matthew 27

00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:17.600
 54.

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 Truly this was

00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:20.120
 the son of

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 God.

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.360
 This is meant

00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:23.100
 to show us that

00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:24.240
 Jesus is the

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.559
 one mediator between

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.500
 God and man,

00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:27.819
 between heaven and

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.120
 earth.

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 He is the one who

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:30.420
 brings God's

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.340
 kingdom of heaven

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 and does God's

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 will on earth as

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 it is in heaven.

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 He is the

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.439
 coming one,

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.179
 the promised

00:20:37.179 --> 00:20:37.559
 one,

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.399
 Emmanuel,

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 the only

00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:41.359
 beloved son of

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 God,

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 who shares the

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.459
 father's nature.

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 That is the

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:49.559
 testimony of the

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.019
 son of God.

00:20:50.459 --> 00:20:51.159
 Now let's turn to

00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:52.119
 the temptation of

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:52.779
 the son of God in

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.279
 chapter four.

00:20:54.179 --> 00:20:56.799
 Jesus goes right

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.459
 here from the

00:20:57.459 --> 00:20:58.799
 high of his

00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:00.439
 baptism to the

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:01.059
 low of his

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.519
 temptation.

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.619
 salvation.

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.500
 He goes from

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:06.079
 the high of the

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:07.879
 waters of the

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:09.839
 Jordan River to

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.920
 the low of the

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:12.019
 desert wilderness.

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.720
 Jesus goes from

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.839
 the high of hearing

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.920
 the voice of God

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:19.019
 from heaven to the

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:20.839
 low of hearing the

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:22.420
 voice of Satan who

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.079
 roams the earth.

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.599
 Jesus goes from

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:27.920
 hearing this is my

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:30.539
 beloved son to the

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:32.559
 low of hearing if

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:34.440
 you are the son of

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.759
 God.

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.599
 The striking

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.399
 contrasts are

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:40.379
 intentionally laid

00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:41.339
 side by side to

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:41.960
 make a point.

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:44.359
 We see here in the

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.220
 life of Christ that

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.659
 the Christian life does

00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:47.899
 not always go from

00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:49.240
 one spiritual high to

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.700
 the next.

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:49.759
 Christ.

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.960
 But that we often go

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:55.640
 from the water to the

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:57.539
 wilderness and from

00:21:57.539 --> 00:22:00.140
 affirmations to

00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:00.700
 temptations.

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.360
 We sometimes

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.500
 mistakenly think that

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.340
 when trials and

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:06.080
 temptations and

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:07.120
 tribulations come our

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:08.340
 way that we must be

00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:09.759
 doing something wrong.

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:13.940
 God must be punishing

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.279
 me.

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:17.480
 God must not be happy

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:17.940
 with me.

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:20.759
 I must have done

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.579
 something wrong.

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.480
 But look at Jesus.

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.259
 God the Father just

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:29.279
 said to him, this is

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:31.120
 my beloved son with

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.079
 whom I am well

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.579
 pleased.

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:35.480
 And yet Jesus faces

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.180
 the temptations of

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.860
 the devil himself not

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:40.620
 once, not twice, but

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.339
 three times.

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:44.079
 And note what it says

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.579
 in verse one.

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.839
 Then Jesus was led

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:48.119
 up by the spirit into

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:49.480
 the wilderness to be

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.659
 tempted by the devil.

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.679
 The very spirit that

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.839
 just descended upon

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.539
 Jesus in the likeness

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:58.799
 of a dove is the

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.839
 same spirit that now

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:01.119
 leads Jesus into the

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:02.240
 wilderness to be

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.399
 tempted by the devil.

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.899
 It's not because Jesus

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:08.759
 is unfaithful or

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:11.299
 unloved, but precisely

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:12.599
 because he is faithful

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:14.500
 and because he is

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.920
 loved.

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:18.200
 He is now led into

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.740
 that period of

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.079
 testing.

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:23.160
 And this reveals the

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.019
 good and sovereign

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.500
 purposes of God which

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.599
 transcend all of the

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.819
 evil purposes of the

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.039
 devil.

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.539
 The word translated

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:32.019
 tempt here can also be

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.660
 translated test depending

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.359
 on the context.

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.940
 Sometimes when

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:38.119
 translated tempt, it

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:39.500
 means to tempt someone

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:41.480
 in order to make them

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.980
 fail so you can

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:44.019
 disapprove of them.

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:47.500
 Or when it

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.519
 translated test,

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.759
 sometimes it means to

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.759
 test someone to show

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:53.740
 their true worth and

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.920
 approve of them.

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:59.160
 As God tested Abraham

00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.759
 and as he tested the

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.500
 Israelites in the

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.779
 wilderness.

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.740
 Both nuances are

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.460
 relevant here.

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:06.220
 God cannot be tempted

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.400
 with evil and he tempts

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:07.720
 no one.

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.240
 That is true.

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.039
 James 1.13.

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.720
 So here it is the devil

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.599
 who does the tempting,

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.480
 not God.

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:14.880
 God, the devil is

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:16.200
 trying to make Jesus

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.539
 fall and fail and to

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.819
 discredit him.

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.940
 But over and above all

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.960
 of what the devil is

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:23.099
 doing and intending, it

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:25.120
 is God himself who is

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:26.740
 testing Jesus in order to

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:28.980
 accredit him before his

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.880
 ministry begins in

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.240
 earnest.

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.720
 So don't be discouraged

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.599
 if you're in a

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.440
 wilderness season.

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:38.559
 what the enemy means for

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:40.779
 evil, God means it for

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.759
 our good and for his

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.059
 glory.

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:45.240
 In the world, you will

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.860
 have tribulation, Jesus

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:49.120
 said, but take heart, I

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:50.460
 have overcome the world.

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:53.940
 Because Jesus himself in

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.360
 every respect has been

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:57.200
 tempted as we are, yet

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:59.400
 without sin, he is able to

00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:00.380
 sympathize with our

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:00.820
 weaknesses.

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:04.980
 The antagonist of the

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:06.639
 scene, we all know him,

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:08.460
 is the devil, who is

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.339
 called by three different

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.339
 names in this passage.

00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:12.000
 He is called the devil

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:14.980
 four times, Satan once in

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:16.000
 verse 10, and he is

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:17.099
 called the tempter in

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.799
 verse 3.

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:21.399
 This is not referring to

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:23.839
 ordinary demons and evil

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.639
 spirits that you see

00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.579
 throughout the gospels.

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.720
 It's referring to Satan who

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.799
 is the ruler and prince

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 among them all.

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 The head honcho himself

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:34.399
 comes and attempts to go

00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:36.559
 toe-to-toe with Jesus, but

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:38.579
 he is about to be roundly

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.720
 defeated and sent home

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.019
 packing.

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 The devil is the Greek

00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:44.419
 equivalent of the Hebrew

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:47.299
 word Satan, and it means

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:49.220
 accuser or slenderer, because

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:50.220
 that is what he does.

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 He accuses and slanders God's

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:55.000
 people day and night.

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 He shouts condemnation over

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:02.559
 us day and night.

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 If you have a clear

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:08.500
 conscience, that doesn't

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.319
 mean that you haven't

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.720
 sinned.

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 It means that there is no

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.940
 sin you haven't confessed

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:16.380
 and haven't brought to God.

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 You've done that.

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.220
 You've confessed your sins.

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.059
 You've brought those things

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.480
 to God.

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 But you still hear the voice

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:25.579
 of the devil condemning you.

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:29.660
 That's not the voice of the

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:29.839
 Lord.

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:32.680
 It's the voice of the accuser

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 and the slanderer.

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 He's also called a tempter

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.799
 and a liar.

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 He whispers lies to us about

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.420
 God's character, and he

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:44.120
 tempts us to disobey God.

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.799
 The devil is not a literary

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:50.200
 personification of all the evil

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.799
 in the world.

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 He is a real and personal

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.700
 being.

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.360
 And we can see that clearly

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.680
 here.

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.980
 As much as we would like to,

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:02.100
 we cannot explain away all the

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:03.400
 hatred and the evil that is in

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:05.500
 this world simply by the

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.319
 sinfulness of man.

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.720
 Though that sinfulness is very

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.039
 grave.

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:13.220
 There is a real personal evil,

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:16.460
 a spiritual evil, that is at

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:18.700
 work in our world.

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:21.039
 And that's why Ephesians 6, 12

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.340
 reminds us that our spiritual

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:24.480
 battle is not against flesh and

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.779
 blood.

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:27.039
 It's not against other people,

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:30.620
 but it is against the spiritual

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.980
 rulers and the authorities and

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.539
 the powers.

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:35.680
 And against the spiritual forces of

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.799
 evil in the heavenly places.

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:39.880
 It's so easy for us, isn't it, to

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:43.019
 antagonize people who disagree with

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.960
 us or go against our interests, act

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:46.960
 against our interests in the world

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.039
 and in the church.

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.460
 But we must remember that our

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:54.160
 battle is ultimately against a

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.720
 different enemy.

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:56.259
 It's not against flesh and blood.

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.920
 Let's look at the temptations in

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.220
 detail.

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:04.840
 The first is found in verses 2 and 3.

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 After fasting 40 days and 40 nights,

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.119
 he was hungry.

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:12.259
 And the tempter came and said to

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:14.459
 him, if you are the son of God,

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:16.359
 command these stones to become

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.119
 loaves of bread.

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:21.419
 The number 40 is symbolically

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:22.559
 significant and it comes up

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.659
 frequently throughout scripture.

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.419
 But the most relevant connections

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:28.299
 here is that Moses fasts for 40

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:31.039
 days and 40 nights before receiving

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:34.339
 the covenant requirements for God's

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.859
 people from God.

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.899
 And even more relevant than that,

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:42.319
 Israel, God's people, wander in the

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:47.279
 wilderness for 40 years prior to

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.299
 entering the promised land.

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:51.920
 And since Jesus uses scriptures from

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:54.500
 Deuteronomy from the period of the

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:56.480
 wilderness wandering of God's people,

00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:00.019
 Jesus is here being portrayed as the

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:02.000
 representative of God's people, the

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:05.379
 new Israel, who is not facing the same

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:07.579
 temptations that his people faced in

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:07.900
 the wilderness.

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.500
 The first temptation is pretty

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.980
 straightforward.

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:12.000
 I think we can all relate.

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:14.839
 Verse 2 tells us that Jesus was hungry.

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:20.539
 And though Jesus is fully God, he's

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:23.059
 also fully man, which means that he

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:25.160
 needed to eat and when he didn't, he

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.700
 got hungry.

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:29.000
 Of course, many of us, including me,

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:30.279
 we exaggerate and say that we're

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:32.700
 starving when dinner is one or two

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.259
 hours late.

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:36.599
 But Jesus is actually starving.

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:41.099
 Forty days and forty nights.

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.299
 Imagine that.

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:45.579
 Jesus' body has long depleted the

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:47.539
 reserves of glucose and the fat.

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:49.240
 Now his body is breaking down his own

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:54.940
 protein, his own muscles, consuming

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.860
 itself for energy.

00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:02.039
 So imagine how hungry Jesus would have

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:06.160
 been and how tempting Satan's

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:08.519
 temptation would have been.

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:11.759
 If you are the son of God, command these

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:13.279
 stones to become loaves of bread.

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:14.960
 There's nothing wrong with the appetite

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.539
 for bread.

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:18.519
 God made us to get hungry and God made

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:18.980
 us to eat.

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.519
 There's nothing wrong with wanting to eat

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.960
 bread.

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:23.799
 But Jesus is here being tempted to doubt

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:26.400
 God's provision for him and to take

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.079
 things into own hands and provide for

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.460
 himself.

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:32.100
 It brings into question the way God is

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:33.920
 leading Jesus because God's the one who

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:35.340
 led Jesus into the wilderness where

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:36.100
 there's no food.

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:41.220
 He's the one who has led Jesus to fasting

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.819
 for those forty days and forty nights.

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:49.679
 We can see how Jesus responds in verse

00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:49.939
 four.

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:52.500
 It is written, man shall not live by bread

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:54.339
 alone, but by every word that comes from

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.259
 the mouth of God.

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:58.279
 Jesus is quoting Deuteronomy 8 verse 3

00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:00.639
 when Moses said to the Israelites, he

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:04.079
 humbled you and let your hunger and let you

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:06.559
 hunger and fed you with manna, which you did

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:09.059
 not know, nor did your fathers know, that he

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:11.359
 might make you know that man does not live by

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:13.599
 bread alone, but man lives by every word that

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:15.059
 comes from the mouth of the Lord.

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.019
 God humbled the Israelites by letting them

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:21.479
 experience hunger and then instead of

00:31:21.479 --> 00:31:23.500
 providing enough food for them to last the

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:25.799
 entire journey in the wilderness, God

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:28.240
 provided just enough to last one day so

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:31.000
 that each day they would have to depend on

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:33.719
 God's fresh provision so that they would

00:31:33.719 --> 00:31:36.059
 be humbled, so that they would know that God

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:37.679
 the Father is their provider.

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:40.899
 They were to learn humility and submission and

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:43.340
 dependence on God through that, but the

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.820
 Israelites failed that test.

00:31:45.820 --> 00:31:48.160
 They grumbled against God and they doubted

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.740
 his provision.

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:54.220
 And so in essence, the devil is asking Jesus

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:57.340
 here, aren't you the son of God?

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:03.300
 Didn't the father just say, you are my

00:32:03.300 --> 00:32:04.920
 beloved son in whom I am well pleased?

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.380
 Aren't you the son of God?

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.960
 And aren't you starving?

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.980
 Where is your father?

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.540
 Doesn't he provide for you?

00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:19.300
 Doesn't he care about you?

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.300
 Here's some rocks.

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:24.260
 Take things into your own hands.

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.820
 Use the power that is within you.

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.940
 Turn it into stone.

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:31.900
 This is a representative temptation that can

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:34.160
 be applied generally to all kinds of

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:36.580
 different temptations of appetite and desire.

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:41.980
 Where in your lives have your appetites

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:43.200
 grown inordinate?

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.380
 Inordinate?

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:50.480
 Maybe it's an inordinate appetite for food,

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:58.120
 for sex, for money, for companionship, for things.

00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:01.299
 The devil tempts us in very similar ways.

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:04.200
 Aren't you a child of God?

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:06.339
 Where is your father?

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.559
 Aren't you lonely?

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.559
 Go.

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.980
 Sleep with that woman at that party.

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.960
 Marry that non-Christian man.

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:20.920
 He will love you.

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.420
 Provide for you.

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:26.900
 Your father is nowhere to be seen.

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:30.340
 Take things into your own hands.

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:32.900
 Don't wait on God or trust in his provision.

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.200
 Aren't you in need?

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.140
 Steal that money.

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:40.039
 Cheat on the taxes.

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.579
 No one will notice.

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:44.000
 Aren't you the son of God?

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:46.440
 Aren't you the daughter of God?

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:48.519
 Where is your father?

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:53.440
 If you are in a season of wilderness hunger,

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:56.259
 don't demand food at your own convenience,

00:33:56.400 --> 00:34:00.360
 but instead wait for God's good and perfect timing.

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.740
 That's the first temptation.

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:08.539
 Yes, we need bread for life,

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:10.800
 but life is not for bread.

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:14.440
 The point, the purpose of our lives is to do the will of God,

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:17.740
 to live by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:19.640
 That's why Jesus says in John 4, 34,

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:23.960
 my food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:27.220
 So Jesus passes the first test.

00:34:28.560 --> 00:34:31.120
 The second temptation is in verses five and six.

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:34.740
 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.579
 and said to him,

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:39.919
 if you are the son of God, throw yourself down for it is written.

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:43.659
 He will command his angels concerning you and on their hands,

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.679
 they will bear you up.

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:47.319
 Lest you strike your foot against a stone.

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:50.959
 Having been rebuked by scripture,

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:58.179
 the devil ups his game and decides that he will try his own hand in using scripture against Jesus.

00:34:58.179 --> 00:35:01.879
 And he quotes Psalm 91 verses 11 to 12.

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:08.699
 It's all too easy to rip scripture out of context and misuse it to suit our own purposes.

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:14.759
 I've quoted this before as many preacher and professors have said,

00:35:14.919 --> 00:35:17.919
 the text without its context is a pretext.

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:21.199
 In its original context,

00:35:21.339 --> 00:35:25.940
 Psalm 91 spoke about how we ought to walk with him and to trust in him

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:30.360
 and that if we take shelter under the shelter of God almighty,

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:32.139
 that we will be protected by him.

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:36.380
 The Psalm called for humble submission to God,

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:39.740
 but the devil is tempting Jesus to presumption,

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:43.960
 to put man and not God at the center.

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:46.360
 Aren't you the son of God?

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:50.019
 May God prove his care and protection for you

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:51.639
 by jumping off this temple.

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:58.319
 Notice the devil takes Jesus to the pinnacle of the temple.

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:01.799
 This is the very house of God in those days.

00:36:02.319 --> 00:36:03.980
 Surely God is in this place.

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:06.940
 Surely he'll not miss you here.

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.279
 You're right at the tip,

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.319
 the pinnacle of the temple.

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:11.639
 Let's do a little trust fall.

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.139
 Jump.

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.239
 Jump.

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:20.259
 But Jesus once again rebuffed Satan with scripture in verse seven,

00:36:20.919 --> 00:36:22.479
 quoting from Deuteronomy 6, 16,

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:25.119
 you shall not put the Lord your God to the test

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:27.079
 as you tested him at Massa.

00:36:27.859 --> 00:36:29.219
 This is an allusion to the time

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:31.259
 when the Israelites quarreled with Moses

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:35.079
 and tested God by angrily demanding water

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:36.679
 because they were thirsty in the wilderness.

00:36:37.939 --> 00:36:38.699
 Exodus 17.

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:42.559
 This incident is described this way in Exodus 17, verse seven.

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:45.059
 And he called the name of the place Massa and Meribah

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:47.420
 because of the quarreling of the people of Israel

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:50.099
 and because they tested the Lord by saying,

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:53.299
 is the Lord among us or not?

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:57.139
 Now that gets to the rub of the temptation here.

00:36:57.920 --> 00:37:03.400
 The nature of this temptation is God with you or not?

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:08.159
 Does your father care for you or not?

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:10.860
 Make him prove it.

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:16.139
 We so often put God to these kinds of tests.

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:19.219
 If you heal my disease,

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.679
 then I will believe in you,

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.980
 that you care for me.

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.940
 If you give me a job,

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:24.159
 then I will follow you

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:25.440
 and believe that you are for me.

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.779
 If you give this to me,

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:28.400
 if you do that for me,

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:30.199
 and if only then will I believe

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.239
 that you really are there

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:32.000
 and that you love me.

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:36.960
 But to do that is to put God to the test.

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:40.619
 To do that is to make God serve us

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:43.340
 rather than us serving God.

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:49.639
 So Jesus refuses the second temptation as well.

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:52.820
 Notice that both of these first two temptations

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:55.559
 are prefaced with the conditional clause,

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:58.159
 if you are the son of God.

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:01.900
 This is directly related to the fact

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:04.119
 that God just said concerning Jesus

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:05.400
 in chapter three, verse 17,

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:08.699
 this is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased.

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:11.299
 Satan calls into question

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:14.099
 Jesus' identity as the son of God,

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:16.039
 not because he doubts it,

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.259
 he knows it,

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:20.840
 but because he wants to cast a shadow over it,

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:23.960
 because he wants to drive a wedge

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.960
 between the father and the son.

00:38:27.520 --> 00:38:28.740
 And not only the devil,

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.880
 but again and again,

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.900
 godless people in the gospel

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:35.040
 will taunt Jesus precisely on this point.

00:38:35.580 --> 00:38:37.320
 In Matthew 27, 39 to 40,

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:38.360
 the passerbys,

00:38:39.060 --> 00:38:39.960
 the passerby,

00:38:40.100 --> 00:38:41.220
 they deride Jesus

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:42.760
 and they wag their heads saying,

00:38:43.580 --> 00:38:45.160
 if you are the son of God,

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:46.660
 come down from the cross.

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:50.220
 In Matthew 27, 43,

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:51.980
 the chief priest with the scribes and the elders,

00:38:52.100 --> 00:38:53.280
 they mocked Jesus saying,

00:38:54.040 --> 00:38:54.940
 he trusts in God,

00:38:55.040 --> 00:38:56.560
 let God deliver him now,

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.980
 if he desires him,

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.360
 for he said,

00:38:59.560 --> 00:39:01.640
 I am the son of God.

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:12.880
 If you are the son of God,

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:15.880
 wouldn't your life be different right now?

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:22.680
 That's the thrust of all the temptations

00:39:22.680 --> 00:39:25.500
 that the devil puts before the people of God.

00:39:27.640 --> 00:39:30.060
 That is why every temptation is serious

00:39:30.060 --> 00:39:32.380
 and every sin is grave.

00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:35.620
 Not only does our sin in and of itself displease God,

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:37.780
 it also impugns God's character.

00:39:38.740 --> 00:39:41.720
 It makes us question the goodness of our heavenly father.

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:45.559
 All Satan needs to do is to drive this narrow sliver

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:47.279
 of the tip of the wedge in.

00:39:49.959 --> 00:39:51.599
 Then he can drive the rest of it in.

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:57.139
 In the third and final temptation,

00:39:57.279 --> 00:39:58.759
 the devil drops all pretense.

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.699
 There is no,

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:02.619
 if you are the son of God,

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:07.359
 Satan is no longer trying to play on Jesus' relationship

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:09.440
 with the father and making it sound like,

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.780
 oh, since you are God's son,

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:12.300
 these things should be happening for you.

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:14.900
 No, he drops the mask

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:16.760
 and outright tempts Jesus

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:19.200
 to renounce his allegiance to God the father.

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:21.220
 He says in verses eight and nine,

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:23.420
 again, the devil took him to a very high mountain

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:25.960
 and showed him all the kingdoms of the world

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.700
 and their glory.

00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:27.919
 And he said to him,

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:29.559
 all these I will give you

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:32.179
 if you will fall down and worship me.

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:37.119
 The devil is described in several instances

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.960
 throughout the New Testament

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:39.359
 as the ruler of this world

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:41.759
 and he does in fact have this authority

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:44.039
 under God's sovereign ultimate rule

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:45.599
 to grant this.

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:50.299
 This world is under the devil's influence

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:52.359
 until it is wrested from his control

00:40:52.359 --> 00:40:53.299
 by our Lord Jesus

00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:56.099
 when he returns to glory to consummate

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:57.460
 his kingdom.

00:40:58.900 --> 00:41:00.880
 The main thrust of the temptation

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:04.019
 is authority and glory in the world.

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:06.679
 Jesus already has been promised

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:07.659
 authority and glory.

00:41:08.779 --> 00:41:10.159
 He is destined to rule

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:12.519
 according to the prophecies of the Old Testament.

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:15.400
 So it is not wrong for the son of God

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.739
 to have these things.

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:18.860
 The problem is in the way

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:20.440
 that the son of God claims

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:21.619
 that authority and glory.

00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:24.039
 God the father had appointed

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:25.940
 that the son would attain glory

00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:28.099
 through the humiliation of the cross.

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:30.639
 God the father has ordained

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:32.700
 that the son would attain his rule

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:34.960
 and his kingship through service

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:38.860
 by giving his life as a ransom for many.

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:42.280
 But this temptation tempts Jesus

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:44.159
 to short circuit that process.

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:48.099
 aren't you the son of God?

00:41:48.859 --> 00:41:50.940
 Isn't all this authority and glory and power

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:52.259
 supposed to be yours anyway?

00:41:52.779 --> 00:41:53.899
 Well then here it is.

00:41:54.339 --> 00:41:54.839
 Take it.

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:56.039
 I offer it to you.

00:41:56.899 --> 00:41:58.940
 Forget proclaiming the kingdom of heaven.

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:01.099
 Here.

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.159
 Here.

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:03.980
 I give you all the kingdoms of the world.

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:07.639
 All you have to do

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:09.699
 is renounce your allegiance to God

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:11.539
 and pledge allegiance to me.

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:14.139
 Bow down and worship me.

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:17.719
 Jesus answers the devil

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:19.779
 by quoting scripture once again in verse 10.

00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:21.159
 Be gone Satan.

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:22.759
 For it is written

00:42:22.759 --> 00:42:24.539
 you shall worship the Lord your God

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:26.420
 and him only shall you serve.

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:29.619
 This is a quotation from Deuteronomy 6.13.14

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:33.259
 and recalls Israel's idolatry in Exodus 32

00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:35.119
 when they made a golden cap

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:37.179
 in the place of the true God

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:39.659
 and worshiped and bowed before it.

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:44.420
 In Moses' absence

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:45.039
 these people,

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:45.980
 the Israelites realized

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:47.259
 they need divine help

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:48.539
 in order to complete the conquest

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:49.960
 and to claim the promised land

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.699
 but they're like

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:51.679
 well Moses is gone

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:52.539
 and where is God?

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.059
 And so they

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:54.099
 pick quickly

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:55.519
 because their quest

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:57.319
 wasn't ultimately about the glory of God

00:42:57.319 --> 00:42:58.480
 but about their own glory.

00:42:59.759 --> 00:43:01.079
 Cut God out of the picture.

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:04.259
 In comes the golden calf.

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:08.559
 Are you willing to

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:12.239
 forsake your allegiance to God

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:14.239
 for your own glory?

00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:19.619
 Are you willing to compromise

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.539
 your principles

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:21.380
 in order to climb

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:22.500
 the ladder of success?

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:26.179
 Yes, you want to do

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:27.519
 great things for God

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:30.099
 but is that great thing

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.960
 really for you

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:32.199
 or for God?

00:43:35.759 --> 00:43:37.019
 There's only one person

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:37.440
 in the world

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:38.380
 who deserves worship.

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:40.279
 and that is the Lord

00:43:40.279 --> 00:43:40.980
 our God.

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.980
 Does your life

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:43.799
 bear witness

00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:44.480
 to this

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:46.219
 exclusive allegiance?

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.940
 In God's economy

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.539
 humility

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:51.840
 always comes

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.519
 before honor

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:54.440
 and pride

00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:55.500
 always comes

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.440
 before fall

00:43:56.440 --> 00:43:59.000
 because Jesus

00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:00.239
 does not take things

00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:01.719
 into his own hands

00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:02.679
 but trusts

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:03.920
 in the Father's will

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:05.559
 after his death

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:06.079
 and resurrection

00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:06.820
 Jesus says

00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:08.239
 in Matthew 28, 18

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:09.399
 all authority

00:44:09.399 --> 00:44:10.039
 in heaven

00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:10.919
 and on earth

00:44:10.919 --> 00:44:11.919
 has been given

00:44:11.919 --> 00:44:12.579
 to me.

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:15.879
 He didn't get that authority

00:44:15.879 --> 00:44:16.479
 from the devil

00:44:16.479 --> 00:44:19.219
 because the devil

00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:20.099
 doesn't have that authority.

00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:21.439
 He got it from God the Father

00:44:21.439 --> 00:44:22.539
 because it's authority

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:23.139
 in heaven

00:44:23.139 --> 00:44:24.439
 and on earth.

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:29.840
 it is unbecoming

00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:30.340
 of us

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:31.220
 brothers and sisters

00:44:31.220 --> 00:44:32.280
 to seek

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:33.119
 positions

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:34.800
 and glory

00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:36.159
 power

00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:37.519
 recognition

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:41.940
 we already have

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:43.059
 the greatest affirmation

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:43.800
 we can have

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:45.980
 in Jesus Christ

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:46.760
 God the Father

00:44:46.760 --> 00:44:48.400
 says of all of us

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:50.059
 this is my beloved

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:50.619
 son

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:51.340
 with whom

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:52.059
 I am

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:53.240
 well pleased.

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:55.260
 Is there

00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:56.559
 more glory

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:58.240
 out there

00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:58.720
 somewhere

00:44:58.720 --> 00:45:00.019
 than being the heir

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.860
 of the king

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:01.420
 of the universe?

00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:05.059
 Is there

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:05.840
 more joy

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.320
 out there

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:06.740
 somewhere

00:45:06.740 --> 00:45:08.380
 than being able

00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:09.360
 to be well

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.900
 pleasing

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.380
 to God

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:10.820
 our Father?

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:14.780
 So Jesus

00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:16.000
 passes all three tests

00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:16.940
 with flying colors

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:18.160
 which is why

00:45:18.160 --> 00:45:18.720
 he's prepared

00:45:18.720 --> 00:45:19.140
 to meet

00:45:19.140 --> 00:45:19.940
 the fiery trials

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:20.580
 of the cross.

00:45:21.820 --> 00:45:22.800
 Later in Matthew

00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:23.580
 26

00:45:23.580 --> 00:45:24.080
 when Jesus

00:45:24.080 --> 00:45:24.980
 is being betrayed

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:26.160
 and arrested

00:45:26.160 --> 00:45:27.420
 his disciples

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:28.340
 try to intervene

00:45:28.340 --> 00:45:29.760
 but Jesus says

00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:30.400
 do you think

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:30.980
 that I cannot

00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:32.000
 appeal to my Father

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.820
 and he will at once

00:45:32.820 --> 00:45:33.500
 send me more

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:34.000
 than twelve

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.820
 legions of angels?

00:45:35.580 --> 00:45:36.380
 But how then

00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:37.039
 should the scriptures

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.840
 be fulfilled

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:39.600
 that it must be so?

00:45:40.820 --> 00:45:41.420
 Once again

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:42.320
 there is a temptation

00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:43.740
 at the end of his life

00:45:43.740 --> 00:45:44.620
 on his way

00:45:44.620 --> 00:45:45.300
 to the cross

00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:46.900
 to call down

00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:47.900
 legions of angels

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:49.160
 to protect him

00:45:49.160 --> 00:45:51.860
 but again

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.840
 Jesus does not

00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:53.680
 take that rock

00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:54.620
 because he says

00:45:54.620 --> 00:45:55.380
 the scriptures

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:56.460
 must be fulfilled

00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:57.900
 and he must die

00:45:57.900 --> 00:46:02.120
 and later in Matthew 16

00:46:02.120 --> 00:46:03.180
 Peter will declare

00:46:03.180 --> 00:46:03.740
 to Jesus

00:46:03.740 --> 00:46:04.940
 you are the Christ

00:46:04.940 --> 00:46:05.519
 the son

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:06.740
 of the living God

00:46:06.740 --> 00:46:07.760
 which is an amazing

00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:08.280
 profession

00:46:08.280 --> 00:46:09.920
 but shortly after that

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:10.460
 we see that

00:46:10.460 --> 00:46:11.059
 Peter still

00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:11.880
 doesn't get it all

00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:12.800
 because when Jesus

00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:13.500
 foretells

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:14.400
 his impending

00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:15.599
 suffering and death

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:16.659
 Peter says

00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:17.980
 oh wait a minute

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.539
 no no no

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.900
 you are the son

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:20.539
 of God

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:23.159
 far be it from you

00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:25.820
 this shall never

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:26.780
 happen to you

00:46:26.780 --> 00:46:29.960
 but Jesus

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:31.300
 hears the voice

00:46:31.300 --> 00:46:32.019
 of the devil

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:33.179
 behind Peter

00:46:33.179 --> 00:46:35.480
 if you are

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:36.380
 the son of God

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:37.460
 you would not

00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:38.280
 have to suffer

00:46:38.280 --> 00:46:38.960
 like this

00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:41.639
 and so Jesus

00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:42.420
 rebukes

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:43.300
 Peter

00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:44.400
 and rebukes

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:44.780
 Satan

00:46:44.780 --> 00:46:46.240
 get behind me

00:46:46.240 --> 00:46:46.679
 Satan

00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:48.800
 you are a hindrance

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:49.119
 to me

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:49.820
 for you are not

00:46:49.820 --> 00:46:50.480
 setting your mind

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:50.920
 on the things

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:51.420
 of God

00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:52.360
 but on the things

00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:52.960
 of man

00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:53.980
 very similar

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.480
 to how Jesus

00:46:54.480 --> 00:46:54.920
 now says

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.780
 be gone

00:46:55.780 --> 00:46:56.480
 Satan

00:46:56.480 --> 00:46:58.179
 in so doing

00:46:58.179 --> 00:46:59.119
 Jesus passes

00:46:59.119 --> 00:47:00.360
 all the tests

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:02.360
 where Israel

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:02.960
 God's people

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:03.420
 failed

00:47:03.420 --> 00:47:05.840
 Israel

00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:06.360
 if you might

00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:06.680
 recall

00:47:06.680 --> 00:47:07.260
 from our series

00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:07.800
 in Exodus

00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:08.920
 is described

00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:09.599
 as God's

00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:10.700
 firstborn son

00:47:10.700 --> 00:47:11.139
 in Exodus

00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:11.840
 4 22

00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:14.079
 and in Jeremiah

00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:14.880
 31 9

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:16.860
 and in their

00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:17.820
 experience in the

00:47:17.820 --> 00:47:18.559
 wilderness of 40

00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:18.880
 years

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:19.680
 they failed all

00:47:19.680 --> 00:47:20.360
 three of these

00:47:20.360 --> 00:47:20.800
 tests

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:23.940
 but Jesus

00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.820
 who is the new

00:47:24.820 --> 00:47:25.320
 Israel

00:47:25.320 --> 00:47:26.180
 who represents

00:47:26.180 --> 00:47:27.039
 all of God's

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:27.800
 people including

00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:28.220
 us

00:47:28.220 --> 00:47:28.900
 succeeds

00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:29.780
 where they

00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:30.240
 failed

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:30.800
 during his

00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:31.680
 40 days

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:32.659
 of temptation

00:47:32.659 --> 00:47:33.839
 and this is

00:47:33.839 --> 00:47:34.319
 why

00:47:34.319 --> 00:47:35.440
 all of Jesus

00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:35.919
 scriptural

00:47:35.919 --> 00:47:36.199
 answers

00:47:36.199 --> 00:47:36.899
 come from

00:47:36.899 --> 00:47:37.519
 Deuteronomy

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:39.859
 because he is

00:47:39.859 --> 00:47:40.559
 functioning as

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:41.319
 our substitute

00:47:41.319 --> 00:47:42.339
 to fulfill

00:47:42.339 --> 00:47:43.199
 all righteousness

00:47:43.199 --> 00:47:45.659
 so think for a

00:47:45.659 --> 00:47:46.159
 moment with me

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:47.339
 of all the sins

00:47:47.339 --> 00:47:48.339
 that you have

00:47:48.339 --> 00:47:48.919
 ever committed

00:47:48.919 --> 00:47:52.460
 maybe some sins

00:47:52.460 --> 00:47:53.079
 that no one

00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:54.000
 no living human

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.500
 being knows

00:47:54.500 --> 00:47:54.879
 but you

00:47:54.879 --> 00:47:59.279
 think of

00:47:59.279 --> 00:48:00.379
 all the

00:48:00.379 --> 00:48:01.480
 evil

00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:02.320
 and sordid

00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:02.760
 places

00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:03.599
 that you

00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:04.340
 have gone

00:48:04.340 --> 00:48:05.240
 with your

00:48:05.240 --> 00:48:05.699
 feet

00:48:05.699 --> 00:48:06.820
 with your

00:48:06.820 --> 00:48:07.300
 eyes

00:48:07.300 --> 00:48:08.679
 and in your

00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:09.079
 mind

00:48:09.079 --> 00:48:09.519
 and in your

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:09.960
 heart

00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:14.280
 Jesus

00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:15.539
 the holy

00:48:15.539 --> 00:48:15.920
 one

00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:17.280
 the son

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:17.880
 of God

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:19.139
 has been

00:48:19.139 --> 00:48:19.460
 there

00:48:19.460 --> 00:48:21.639
 he has

00:48:21.639 --> 00:48:22.260
 been there

00:48:22.260 --> 00:48:26.460
 he has

00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:27.079
 been there

00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:28.079
 and he

00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:29.260
 succeeded

00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:30.400
 exactly

00:48:30.400 --> 00:48:30.420
 exactly

00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:30.900
 where you

00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:31.360
 failed

00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:34.500
 all the

00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:34.880
 places

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:35.440
 where I've

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:35.600
 ever

00:48:35.600 --> 00:48:36.020
 failed

00:48:36.020 --> 00:48:36.780
 Jesus

00:48:36.780 --> 00:48:37.180
 has

00:48:37.180 --> 00:48:37.740
 succeeded

00:48:37.740 --> 00:48:38.100
 there

00:48:38.100 --> 00:48:38.840
 in all

00:48:38.840 --> 00:48:39.340
 the places

00:48:39.340 --> 00:48:39.820
 where you

00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:40.120
 have

00:48:40.120 --> 00:48:40.480
 failed

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:41.160
 Jesus

00:48:41.160 --> 00:48:41.580
 has

00:48:41.580 --> 00:48:42.120
 succeeded

00:48:42.120 --> 00:48:42.460
 there

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:43.040
 in your

00:48:43.040 --> 00:48:44.100
 place

00:48:44.100 --> 00:48:45.240
 so that

00:48:45.240 --> 00:48:45.820
 we say

00:48:45.820 --> 00:48:46.480
 as John

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:46.880
 says

00:48:46.880 --> 00:48:47.540
 I should

00:48:47.540 --> 00:48:48.120
 be there

00:48:48.120 --> 00:48:49.340
 you should

00:48:49.340 --> 00:48:49.860
 be here

00:48:49.860 --> 00:48:52.100
 but Jesus

00:48:52.100 --> 00:48:52.600
 says

00:48:52.600 --> 00:48:53.420
 it is

00:48:53.420 --> 00:48:53.860
 right

00:48:53.860 --> 00:48:56.420
 so that

00:48:56.420 --> 00:48:56.660
 I might

00:48:56.660 --> 00:48:57.059
 fulfill

00:48:57.059 --> 00:48:57.500
 all

00:48:57.500 --> 00:48:58.300
 righteousness

00:48:58.300 --> 00:49:06.360
 and that's

00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:06.700
 why

00:49:06.700 --> 00:49:09.240
 the tender

00:49:09.240 --> 00:49:09.700
 affection

00:49:09.700 --> 00:49:10.220
 and approval

00:49:10.220 --> 00:49:10.579
 of God

00:49:10.579 --> 00:49:10.940
 the father

00:49:10.940 --> 00:49:11.280
 in chapter

00:49:11.280 --> 00:49:11.680
 3 verse

00:49:11.680 --> 00:49:12.180
 17

00:49:12.180 --> 00:49:13.460
 is now

00:49:13.460 --> 00:49:13.960
 pronounced

00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:14.840
 over us

00:49:14.840 --> 00:49:18.120
 don't

00:49:18.120 --> 00:49:18.720
 ever

00:49:18.720 --> 00:49:19.600
 lose

00:49:19.600 --> 00:49:19.880
 sight

00:49:19.880 --> 00:49:20.160
 of the

00:49:20.160 --> 00:49:20.579
 wonder

00:49:20.579 --> 00:49:21.180
 of that

00:49:21.180 --> 00:49:24.300
 brothers

00:49:24.300 --> 00:49:24.860
 and sisters

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:26.039
 family

00:49:26.039 --> 00:49:26.559
 of God

00:49:26.559 --> 00:49:29.420
 do you

00:49:29.420 --> 00:49:29.660
 know where

00:49:29.660 --> 00:49:30.059
 that comes

00:49:30.059 --> 00:49:30.400
 from

00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:33.480
 beloved

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:33.940
 son

00:49:33.940 --> 00:49:34.240
 this is

00:49:34.240 --> 00:49:34.680
 my beloved

00:49:34.680 --> 00:49:34.940
 son

00:49:34.940 --> 00:49:35.240
 with whom

00:49:35.240 --> 00:49:35.460
 I am

00:49:35.460 --> 00:49:35.620
 well

00:49:35.620 --> 00:49:36.000
 please

00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:37.160
 first part

00:49:37.160 --> 00:49:37.340
 of it

00:49:37.340 --> 00:49:37.579
 comes

00:49:37.579 --> 00:49:37.900
 from

00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:38.160
 Isaiah

00:49:38.160 --> 00:49:38.579
 42

00:49:38.579 --> 00:49:38.820
 1

00:49:38.820 --> 00:49:39.120
 which we

00:49:39.120 --> 00:49:39.380
 read

00:49:39.380 --> 00:49:39.780
 as our

00:49:39.780 --> 00:49:39.980
 call

00:49:39.980 --> 00:49:40.400
 to worship

00:49:40.400 --> 00:49:40.820
 speaking

00:49:40.820 --> 00:49:41.300
 of Jesus

00:49:41.300 --> 00:49:41.880
 the servant

00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:42.160
 of the

00:49:42.160 --> 00:49:42.360
 Lord

00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:42.920
 the Messiah

00:49:42.920 --> 00:49:43.280
 who is

00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:43.660
 to come

00:49:43.659 --> 00:49:46.859
 it also

00:49:46.859 --> 00:49:47.339
 comes from

00:49:47.339 --> 00:49:47.619
 Genesis

00:49:47.619 --> 00:49:48.219
 22

00:49:48.219 --> 00:49:48.859
 verse 2

00:49:48.859 --> 00:49:49.739
 when God

00:49:49.739 --> 00:49:50.199
 commands

00:49:50.199 --> 00:49:50.639
 Abraham

00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:52.019
 to sacrifice

00:49:52.019 --> 00:49:52.779
 his only

00:49:52.779 --> 00:49:53.359
 son Isaac

00:49:53.359 --> 00:49:56.500
 and do you

00:49:56.500 --> 00:49:57.059
 remember what

00:49:57.059 --> 00:49:57.819
 God calls

00:49:57.819 --> 00:49:58.199
 Isaac

00:49:58.199 --> 00:49:58.859
 there

00:49:58.859 --> 00:50:00.480
 when he

00:50:00.480 --> 00:50:00.960
 tells Abraham

00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:01.519
 to sacrifice

00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:01.839
 him

00:50:01.839 --> 00:50:02.739
 your son

00:50:02.739 --> 00:50:05.139
 your only

00:50:05.139 --> 00:50:05.579
 son

00:50:05.579 --> 00:50:08.119
 your beloved

00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:09.159
 son

00:50:09.159 --> 00:50:13.980
 and if

00:50:13.980 --> 00:50:14.179
 you know

00:50:14.179 --> 00:50:14.500
 the rest

00:50:14.500 --> 00:50:14.719
 of the

00:50:14.719 --> 00:50:15.059
 story

00:50:15.059 --> 00:50:15.500
 God

00:50:15.500 --> 00:50:16.440
 interrupts

00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:16.879
 Abraham

00:50:16.879 --> 00:50:17.299
 doesn't

00:50:17.299 --> 00:50:17.739
 let him

00:50:17.739 --> 00:50:18.460
 sacrifice

00:50:18.460 --> 00:50:19.039
 Isaac

00:50:19.039 --> 00:50:20.019
 and instead

00:50:20.019 --> 00:50:20.899
 of in

00:50:20.899 --> 00:50:21.480
 Isaac's

00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:21.719
 place

00:50:21.719 --> 00:50:22.420
 provides

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:23.259
 a ram

00:50:23.259 --> 00:50:24.399
 a male

00:50:24.399 --> 00:50:25.259
 sheep

00:50:25.259 --> 00:50:26.599
 to take

00:50:26.599 --> 00:50:27.420
 Isaac's

00:50:27.420 --> 00:50:27.739
 place

00:50:27.739 --> 00:50:28.219
 so that

00:50:28.219 --> 00:50:29.299
 that sheep

00:50:29.299 --> 00:50:29.739
 can be

00:50:29.739 --> 00:50:30.199
 offered

00:50:30.199 --> 00:50:30.899
 in the

00:50:30.899 --> 00:50:31.399
 place

00:50:31.399 --> 00:50:32.319
 of his

00:50:32.319 --> 00:50:32.699
 son

00:50:32.699 --> 00:50:33.500
 Isaac

00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:35.339
 and you

00:50:35.339 --> 00:50:35.879
 know why

00:50:35.879 --> 00:50:36.679
 God provides

00:50:36.679 --> 00:50:37.480
 that substitute

00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:40.019
 because it's

00:50:40.019 --> 00:50:40.840
 pointing forward

00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:41.599
 to what God

00:50:41.599 --> 00:50:42.639
 knows he's

00:50:42.639 --> 00:50:43.519
 going to do

00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:44.460
 when his

00:50:44.460 --> 00:50:45.340
 only son

00:50:45.340 --> 00:50:46.659
 his beloved

00:50:46.659 --> 00:50:47.240
 son

00:50:47.240 --> 00:50:48.619
 comes down

00:50:48.619 --> 00:50:49.639
 and climbs

00:50:49.639 --> 00:50:50.639
 up a mountain

00:50:50.639 --> 00:50:51.920
 and dies

00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:53.079
 on behalf

00:50:53.079 --> 00:50:53.900
 of sinners

00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:54.559
 like you

00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:55.119
 and me

00:50:55.119 --> 00:51:07.320
 it's

00:51:07.320 --> 00:51:07.860
 because

00:51:07.860 --> 00:51:08.500
 Jesus

00:51:08.500 --> 00:51:09.300
 has been

00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:09.740
 offered

00:51:09.740 --> 00:51:10.480
 as the

00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:10.820
 lamb

00:51:10.820 --> 00:51:11.539
 of God

00:51:11.539 --> 00:51:12.580
 for the

00:51:12.580 --> 00:51:12.820
 sins

00:51:12.820 --> 00:51:13.059
 of his

00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:13.300
 people

00:51:13.300 --> 00:51:13.680
 and because

00:51:13.680 --> 00:51:13.960
 he has

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:14.400
 died

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:14.760
 there

00:51:14.760 --> 00:51:15.120
 and because

00:51:15.120 --> 00:51:15.340
 he was

00:51:15.340 --> 00:51:15.680
 raised

00:51:15.680 --> 00:51:16.059
 from the

00:51:16.059 --> 00:51:16.320
 dead

00:51:16.320 --> 00:51:17.800
 that we

00:51:17.800 --> 00:51:18.400
 his

00:51:18.400 --> 00:51:19.140
 wayward

00:51:19.140 --> 00:51:19.460
 people

00:51:19.460 --> 00:51:19.680
 are

00:51:19.680 --> 00:51:20.059
 forgiven

00:51:20.059 --> 00:51:22.180
 the

00:51:22.180 --> 00:51:22.660
 wayward

00:51:22.660 --> 00:51:23.059
 son

00:51:23.059 --> 00:51:23.820
 is forgiven

00:51:23.820 --> 00:51:24.380
 because

00:51:24.380 --> 00:51:25.160
 the

00:51:25.160 --> 00:51:25.420
 righteous

00:51:25.420 --> 00:51:25.740
 son

00:51:25.740 --> 00:51:25.900
 is

00:51:25.900 --> 00:51:26.200
 condemned

00:51:26.200 --> 00:51:27.580
 the

00:51:27.580 --> 00:51:28.120
 wayward

00:51:28.120 --> 00:51:28.760
 son

00:51:28.760 --> 00:51:30.080
 is

00:51:30.080 --> 00:51:31.000
 reconciled

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:33.519
 the

00:51:33.519 --> 00:51:33.960
 wayward

00:51:33.960 --> 00:51:34.380
 son

00:51:34.380 --> 00:51:35.420
 lives

00:51:35.420 --> 00:51:35.940
 because

00:51:35.940 --> 00:51:36.240
 the

00:51:36.240 --> 00:51:36.639
 obedient

00:51:36.639 --> 00:51:37.119
 son

00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:38.280
 dies

00:51:38.280 --> 00:51:41.059
 there

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:41.280
 are

00:51:41.280 --> 00:51:41.579
 no

00:51:41.579 --> 00:51:41.800
 do

00:51:41.800 --> 00:51:42.139
 overs

00:51:42.139 --> 00:51:43.059
 for us

00:51:43.059 --> 00:51:43.500
 in life

00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:45.099
 but

00:51:45.099 --> 00:51:45.340
 there

00:51:45.340 --> 00:51:45.820
 was

00:51:45.820 --> 00:51:46.700
 one

00:51:46.700 --> 00:51:48.019
 great

00:51:48.019 --> 00:51:49.300
 ultimate

00:51:49.300 --> 00:51:50.220
 do

00:51:50.220 --> 00:51:50.480
 over

00:51:50.480 --> 00:51:53.720
 and that

00:51:53.720 --> 00:51:54.019
 was in

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:54.460
 the life

00:51:54.460 --> 00:51:55.139
 and death

00:51:55.139 --> 00:51:55.840
 and resurrection

00:51:55.840 --> 00:51:56.360
 of Jesus

00:51:56.360 --> 00:51:56.840
 Christ

00:51:56.840 --> 00:51:57.039
 our

00:51:57.039 --> 00:51:57.480
 substitute

00:51:57.480 --> 00:51:59.280
 let's

00:51:59.280 --> 00:51:59.539
 pray

00:51:59.539 --> 00:52:20.639
 oh

00:52:20.639 --> 00:52:21.099
 Jesus

00:52:21.099 --> 00:52:23.179
 that was

00:52:23.179 --> 00:52:23.420
 our

00:52:23.420 --> 00:52:23.920
 place

00:52:23.920 --> 00:52:25.539
 that was

00:52:25.539 --> 00:52:25.739
 our

00:52:25.739 --> 00:52:26.259
 place

00:52:26.259 --> 00:52:27.440
 that you

00:52:27.440 --> 00:52:27.739
 took

00:52:27.739 --> 00:52:34.119
 thank

00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:34.399
 you

00:52:34.399 --> 00:52:36.919
 thank

00:52:36.919 --> 00:52:37.079
 you

00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:37.559
 Jesus

00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:41.459
 it's

00:52:41.459 --> 00:52:41.679
 because

00:52:41.679 --> 00:52:42.159
 of you

00:52:42.159 --> 00:52:42.919
 we have

00:52:42.919 --> 00:52:43.379
 forgiveness

00:52:43.379 --> 00:52:43.799
 because

00:52:43.799 --> 00:52:44.239
 of you

00:52:44.239 --> 00:52:44.659
 we have

00:52:44.659 --> 00:52:45.079
 life

00:52:45.079 --> 00:52:46.139
 because

00:52:46.139 --> 00:52:46.739
 of you

00:52:46.739 --> 00:52:47.339
 we have

00:52:47.339 --> 00:52:49.099
 the promise

00:52:49.099 --> 00:52:49.439
 of the

00:52:49.439 --> 00:52:49.939
 resurrection

00:52:49.939 --> 00:52:50.759
 and eternity

00:52:50.759 --> 00:52:51.500
 with God

00:52:51.500 --> 00:52:51.699
 our

00:52:51.699 --> 00:52:52.059
 father

00:52:52.059 --> 00:52:52.739
 because

00:52:52.739 --> 00:52:53.199
 of you

00:52:53.199 --> 00:52:53.539
 we have

00:52:53.539 --> 00:52:53.959
 the Holy

00:52:53.959 --> 00:52:54.479
 Spirit

00:52:54.479 --> 00:52:55.019
 who is

00:52:55.019 --> 00:52:55.319
 poured

00:52:55.319 --> 00:52:55.779
 into our

00:52:55.779 --> 00:52:56.099
 hearts

00:52:56.099 --> 00:52:56.599
 the spirit

00:52:56.599 --> 00:52:57.279
 of adoption

00:52:57.280 --> 00:52:58.540
 that spurs

00:52:58.540 --> 00:52:58.980
 us to

00:52:58.980 --> 00:52:59.300
 cry

00:52:59.300 --> 00:52:59.700
 Abba

00:52:59.700 --> 00:53:00.200
 father

00:53:00.200 --> 00:53:02.760
 oh

00:53:02.760 --> 00:53:03.019
 Lord

00:53:03.019 --> 00:53:03.380
 help

00:53:03.380 --> 00:53:03.680
 every

00:53:03.680 --> 00:53:03.960
 single

00:53:03.960 --> 00:53:04.160
 one

00:53:04.160 --> 00:53:04.400
 of my

00:53:04.400 --> 00:53:04.660
 brothers

00:53:04.660 --> 00:53:05.120
 and sisters

00:53:05.120 --> 00:53:05.440
 here

00:53:05.440 --> 00:53:05.740
 in this

00:53:05.740 --> 00:53:05.900
 room

00:53:05.900 --> 00:53:06.380
 right now

00:53:06.380 --> 00:53:07.800
 to know

00:53:07.800 --> 00:53:07.980
 the

00:53:07.980 --> 00:53:08.400
 father's

00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:08.700
 love

00:53:08.700 --> 00:53:17.540
 to be

00:53:17.540 --> 00:53:18.200
 assured

00:53:18.200 --> 00:53:18.760
 without a

00:53:18.760 --> 00:53:19.040
 shadow

00:53:19.040 --> 00:53:19.480
 of doubt

00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:20.680
 that over

00:53:20.680 --> 00:53:21.160
 them is

00:53:21.160 --> 00:53:21.500
 pronounced

00:53:21.500 --> 00:53:21.960
 the same

00:53:21.960 --> 00:53:22.320
 words

00:53:22.320 --> 00:53:22.519
 that you

00:53:22.519 --> 00:53:22.900
 pronounced

00:53:22.900 --> 00:53:23.140
 over

00:53:23.140 --> 00:53:23.500
 Jesus

00:53:23.500 --> 00:53:23.860
 because

00:53:23.860 --> 00:53:24.260
 they

00:53:24.260 --> 00:53:24.500
 have

00:53:24.500 --> 00:53:24.960
 believed

00:53:24.960 --> 00:53:25.320
 in you

00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:25.560
 and they

00:53:25.560 --> 00:53:26.040
 are in

00:53:26.040 --> 00:53:26.660
 Christ

00:53:26.659 --> 00:53:27.719
 this

00:53:27.719 --> 00:53:28.099
 is

00:53:28.099 --> 00:53:28.420
 my

00:53:28.420 --> 00:53:28.859
 beloved

00:53:28.859 --> 00:53:29.339
 son

00:53:29.339 --> 00:53:30.359
 and this

00:53:30.359 --> 00:53:30.719
 is

00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:30.980
 my

00:53:30.980 --> 00:53:31.420
 beloved

00:53:31.420 --> 00:53:32.199
 daughter

00:53:32.199 --> 00:53:33.579
 with whom

00:53:33.579 --> 00:53:34.299
 I am

00:53:34.299 --> 00:53:34.519
 well

00:53:34.519 --> 00:53:34.899
 pleased

00:53:34.899 --> 00:53:38.599
 thank you

00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:38.839
 God

00:53:38.839 --> 00:53:39.899
 in Jesus

00:53:39.899 --> 00:53:40.359
 name we

00:53:40.359 --> 00:53:40.559
 pray

00:53:40.559 --> 00:53:41.619
 amen

00:53:41.619 --> 00:53:42.859
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