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 Alright, and please take out your copy of God's Word.

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 Turn to the Gospel according to Mark, chapter 2.

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 I am thankful that I read the lyrics of the song, In the Beloved.

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 I actually had forgotten I had done that.

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 And when He returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that He was at home.

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 And many were gathered together so that there was no more room, not even at the door.

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 And He was preaching the word to them.

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 And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic carried by four men.

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 And when they could not get near Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him.

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 When they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

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 And when Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic,

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 Son, your sins are forgiven.

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 Now some of the scribes were sitting there questioning in their hearts,

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 Why does this man speak like that?

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 He is blaspheming.

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 Who can forgive sins but God alone?

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 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in His Spirit that they thus questioned within themselves,

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 said to them,

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 Why do you question these things in your hearts?

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 Which is easier to say to the paralytic,

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 Your sins are forgiven?

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 Or to say, Rise, take up your bed, and walk.

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 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.

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 He said to the paralytic,

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 I say to you, Rise, pick up your bed, and go home.

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 And He rose and immediately picked up His bed and went out before them all,

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 so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying,

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 We never saw anything like this.

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 Join me in prayer.

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 Father, certainly this day we can praise You for Your mercy to us.

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 We were once dead, imprisoned by sin.

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 But because of Your loving kindness,

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 You bestowed such a great mercy that we might have the redemption of our souls in Christ.

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 And now You have given to us abounding grace.

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 We have been set adrift and float effortlessly on a sea of grace.

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 You have given us this church.

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 And I praise You for every precious soul in this room coming together to encourage and build up one another in love.

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 You have given us Your word that we might look at, behold, the One, the Son of Man, Jesus Christ, our Lord and our Savior.

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 And You have granted to us part of Yourself, Your Trinitarian Self, the Spirit that abides within us,

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 that we might understand and apply these truths to our hearts.

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 I pray, Father, You will accomplish much with us this day.

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 We pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So we come to a rather well-known story here at the beginning of chapter 2.

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 Before we get to that, I want to, by way of reminder, kind of bring us where we've been so far.

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 We come to this pretty intense place.

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 And in the next chapter, we're going to see Jesus actually confront the religious culture in a number of ways.

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 The next five stories specifically are aimed right at that.

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 He's flying in the face of religious culture in His day.

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 Up to this point, though, He's been working on establishing His authority.

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 That's what His ministry has been about.

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 And that is the way in which Mark has recorded this for us.

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 That we can see that He has authority over Satan.

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 That we see that He has authority over demons and over sicknesses.

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 Right?

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 That He teaches as one with authority.

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 But this is the first time in the Gospel of Mark that Christ proclaims His own deity.

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 That Christ says, I am God.

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 I and the Father are one.

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 Now to be sure, Mark has already said that.

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 He started the book out that way.

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 He wanted us to be very sure that we understood that this is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 The Son of God.

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 We see that right there at the very beginning.

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 Right?

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 But here we see Jesus for the very first time doing this.

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 Proclaiming His deity.

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 And we find Him back in the city of Capernaum.

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 Right?

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 Verse 1, chapter 2 says,

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 And when He returned to Capernaum after some days.

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 Now Capernaum was a city located on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee.

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 Recall in verse 16 of chapter 1, He was passing alongside the Sea of Galilee where He calls Simon, which most of us know as Peter, as well as His brother Andrew.

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 And following that, verse 21, and they went into Capernaum.

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 So they were fishing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee.

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 And they went into the city located there on the coastline called Capernaum.

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 Here He heals a demon-possessed man.

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 Then in verse 29, He immediately, Mark's favorite word, leaves the synagogue and enters the house of Simon, Peter, and Andrew there in Capernaum where He heals all who were sick and oppressed that were brought to Him.

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 That's what happens there in verse 29.

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 In verse 38 and 39, He says to them, the disciples,

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 Let us go on to the next towns that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.

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 So they leave Capernaum to go to other towns, verse 39,

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 And He went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

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 We don't know where He goes exactly from there, but He goes and He travels around Galilee.

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 Luke chapter 5, verse 12, speaking of this activity of Jesus cleansing the leper, which we studied last week in verses 40 through 45,

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 Luke chapter 5, verse 12 says, while He was in one of the cities.

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 So we're not really sure which city He was in, but while He was in one of the cities.

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 We talked about last week how He healed a leper.

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 And in so doing, traded places with that leper.

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 The leper was welcomed once again back into the community of faith, could dwell amongst people.

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 And as a result, Jesus had to go out to desolate places and minister.

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 But when we get to chapter 2, verse 1, it's been some time, after some days, which in Greek just means some time.

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 We don't know exactly how long.

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 But it would seem that maybe the hubbub has died down.

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 That the fervency, these people were following Him around because He was doing healing, has died down a bit.

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 And He could enter back into a city.

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 And so He's back in Capernaum.

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 Now, you'll note that He is in a home.

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 And it's said He was at home.

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 But Jesus wasn't from Capernaum, was He?

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 Jesus was from Nazareth.

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 We know that's where He came out of.

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 He came out of Nazareth, of Galilee, to begin His ministry.

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 So it's believed that when He said He's at home, that He's at His home base in the area.

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 When He's in Capernaum, He stayed at, more than likely, Peter and Andrew's house.

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 This is the proposition I put before you, that when He's at home, this means He's at His home in Capernaum,

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 which would have been with Simon Peter and with Andrew.

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 And we see, once again, a great crowd gathering around Him.

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 A crowd so large, they're packing into the house and filling the doorway so that this paralytic cannot be brought in.

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 And they try. They try to get Him in, but it's such a packed audience that cannot be brought in.

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 But what is Jesus doing?

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 Let's look once again.

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 What is it that He's doing?

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 And He was preaching the Word to them.

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 There it is, at the end of verse 2.

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 And He was preaching the Word to them.

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 And remember last week, we talked about Jesus' activity as a healer, as a miracle worker.

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 And that this was simply meant to validate His message.

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 Jesus' primary purpose, His major goal as He traveled around during this time, was to preach the truth.

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 We see it recorded in chapter 1, verse 15.

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 He says,

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 The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand.

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 Repent and believe in the gospel.

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 He came to preach the coming of the kingdom.

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 We get to delve into so many wonderful parables in the Gospel of Mark.

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 I was flipping through them this week and just getting really excited about the coming chapters.

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 I can't wait to get to chapter 4.

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 We'll take our time to get there.

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 But I'm going to be really excited when we get to chapter 4.

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 We get to start talking about the parables of the kingdom.

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 This is the language that Jesus Christ used all the time.

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 And so I think it's important that we just pause for a moment to think about what is the kingdom of God.

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 A contemporary Old Testament scholar by the name of Graham Goldsworthy, which I would commend to you.

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 He wrote a wonderful book called According to Plan.

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 Said,

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 The kingdom of God is God's people in God's place under God's rule.

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 God's people in God's place under God's rule.

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 And I think that's a beautifully simple picture of what the kingdom of God is.

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 And this was what Jesus Christ came to preach.

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 The coming of the kingdom of God.

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 There's this massive crowd that's gathered around and he's preaching to them.

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 But a side note that I think is important to mention about crowds.

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 Numbers are not necessarily the measure of a successful ministry.

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 Numbers are not necessarily the measure of a successful ministry.

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 In fact, I would argue the largest church in America right now is led by a heretic.

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 Numbers are not necessarily the measure of a successful ministry.

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 In fact, in Acts chapter 1, after Christ has been crucified, we see together gathered 120 disciples.

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 120 disciples gathered together after the crucifixion of Christ.

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 This was the fruit in the flesh, in those days, measurable fruit of the work of Christ.

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 Not the 5,000 and the 4,000 that he fed.

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 Not the crowds that followed him everywhere, even into desolate places.

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 These are the folks that were disciples of Christ.

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 That had committed their lives to him.

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 Look around this room.

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 There are over 120 people in this room.

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 I'm going to take just a stab at 150.

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 I don't really know that.

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 I know there are more than 120 people because I counted.

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 I got to 120 and stopped.

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 Right?

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 This was the measure of his physical ministry.

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 Now we know that the ministry of Christ has expanded far beyond that.

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 That the ministry of Christ supersedes, stands over any ministry of any man.

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 Everything belongs to him.

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 Right?

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 His ministry is infinite in measure.

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 Right?

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 But the measurable impact of this.

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 We must not look at these crowds and assume that they were all followers of Christ.

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 The more proper thing to assume, and we're going to see it over and over and over again,

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 is that they just wanted what Christ could give them.

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 And that was healing.

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 Right?

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 They just wanted to become and be made better.

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 They wanted to behold something miraculous.

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 Look at what he did.

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 That was incredible.

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 Right?

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 We would do the same thing.

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 Would we not?

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 Anybody like illusions?

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 Pretty fun.

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 Right?

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 We know it's fake.

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 He was doing amazing things for real.

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 And people were gathering to see what he was going to do.

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 So this is the crowd that surrounds him.

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 Right?

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 Chapter 4, verses 10 through 12 says,

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 And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

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 And he said to them,

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 To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God.

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 But for those outside, everything is in parables.

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 And he quotes from Isaiah chapter 6, verses 9 through 10,

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 So that they may indeed see, but not perceive.

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 And may indeed hear, but not understand.

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 Lest they should turn and be forgiven.

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 The very reason that Jesus Christ spoke in parables,

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 So that these amassed crowds wouldn't understand what was being taught,

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 Unless it was revealed to them by the Spirit.

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 The very reason he used such complex languages,

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 And spoke in stories so often,

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 Was this, by his own account.

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 You can hate that all you want to,

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 But these are the words of Christ.

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 This is why he spoke in these ways,

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 To filter the crowds.

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 For those who had the working regeneration of the Spirit in their lives.

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 And so this is the scene that we see painted.

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 He's sitting in, more than likely,

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 Simon Peter and Andrew's home,

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 With a great crowd.

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 And he's preaching the gospel.

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 The coming of the kingdom of God.

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 And verse 3 says,

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 That some men, four men,

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 Brought a paralytic to him.

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 We don't know exactly what degree this man was paralyzed,

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 But certainly paralyzed enough,

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 That he could not walk under his own strength.

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 Right?

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 He could have been a quadriplegic.

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 He could have been paralyzed for the neck down.

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 We do not know.

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 But they carried him in on a pallet,

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 And they could not make headway.

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 Verse 4 says,

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 When they could not get near him because of the crowd,

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 They removed the roof above him.

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 When they made an opening,

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 Let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

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 Now it's really important to understand,

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 That in this day,

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 There was a great association of illness with sin.

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 A great association between the two.

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 This culture,

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 This religious culture of this day,

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 Saw people who were infirmed,

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 And assumed that it was a punishment from God.

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 And God has certainly used illness to judge the world.

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 That is one of the effects of our fallenness.

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 Fallenness.

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 Right?

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 But it does not necessarily follow,

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 That because of sin,

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 We suffer.

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 Great example of this.

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 John chapter 9,

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 Verses 1 through 3,

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 Says,

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 Of Jesus,

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 As he passed by,

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 He saw a man blind from birth.

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 And his disciples asked him,

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 So here's the religious assumption.

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 His disciples asked him,

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 Rabbi,

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 Who sinned,

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 This man or his parents,

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 That he was born blind?

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 Jesus answered,

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 It was not this man who sinned,

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 Or his parents,

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 But that the works of God might be displayed in him.

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 So you have to catch clearly,

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 That the two are not mutually exclusive.

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 Right?

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 That they don't coexist together,

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 But the culture thought they did.

00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:01.440
 Right?

00:15:01.640 --> 00:15:03.340
 So even this paralyzed man

00:15:03.340 --> 00:15:05.340
 Would have believed that to be true of himself.

00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:06.160
 Right?

00:15:06.400 --> 00:15:07.720
 Anyone who was ill,

00:15:08.280 --> 00:15:09.940
 Knew they were sinners.

00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:10.940
 Right?

00:15:11.140 --> 00:15:13.360
 A great benefit of your illnesses,

00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:14.920
 Your suffering,

00:15:15.060 --> 00:15:16.700
 As you get uncomfortable in your chairs,

00:15:16.780 --> 00:15:17.420
 Even today,

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:20.460
 Could be to remember the fallen state of this world,

00:15:20.560 --> 00:15:22.280
 And that you are a sinner.

00:15:22.660 --> 00:15:22.900
 Right?

00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:24.220
 This is evidence of that.

00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:25.360
 I share with you some of the pain

00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:27.960
 I experienced last week in depth.

00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:28.379
 Right?

00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:29.779
 A great reminder to me

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:31.460
 That this world is fallen.

00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.159
 Right?

00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:33.879
 That I am being redeemed out of it.

00:15:33.939 --> 00:15:35.620
 And one day I will have a new glorious body

00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.679
 That will feel no pain.

00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:37.279
 Right?

00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:39.259
 Good thing to work into your mind

00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:41.220
 As you think about illness.

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:43.159
 So this is this man,

00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:44.779
 And this is what people would have thought of him

00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:47.080
 As he was carried by his four friends.

00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.679
 And when they couldn't get in,

00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:50.120
 They went up onto the roof.

00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:50.379
 Now,

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:52.039
 The typical house construction of this day

00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:53.080
 Would have been single story.

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:54.279
 Would have been a very rare thing

00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:55.639
 That a home would ever have been

00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:56.820
 More than one story.

00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:57.580
 But,

00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:59.280
 The second story

00:15:59.280 --> 00:16:01.480
 Was a flat top patio.

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.080
 Right?

00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:03.260
 A roof top place

00:16:03.260 --> 00:16:04.660
 That they could spend time.

00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.720
 Flat roofs,

00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:07.300
 And they spent time up on the roof

00:16:07.300 --> 00:16:08.560
 Would have had an external staircase.

00:16:08.760 --> 00:16:09.140
 So these men

00:16:09.140 --> 00:16:10.960
 Hiked him up the stairs

00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:12.240
 And got on the roof.

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.340
 And the roofs,

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.600
 The houses were built

00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:16.180
 Out of straw and mud.

00:16:16.420 --> 00:16:17.820
 And the roof would have been beamed.

00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:19.080
 Beams running across

00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:20.340
 To give strong structure.

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:22.720
 With sticks running the other way.

00:16:22.860 --> 00:16:24.660
 And then thatch layered with mud.

00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:26.139
 That's the way this would have all taken place.

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:26.899
 There would have been enough

00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:29.559
 Wooden structure to hold mud in place.

00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:31.159
 And then it would have been tiled

00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:31.919
 On top of that.

00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:33.360
 So they could have gone up on the roof

00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:34.699
 And visited,

00:16:35.079 --> 00:16:35.980
 Ate their meals,

00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:36.779
 Etc.

00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:37.939
 Up there on the roof.

00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:38.600
 Right?

00:16:38.719 --> 00:16:41.039
 And this was the structure

00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:43.319
 That they dug through.

00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:44.000
 Right?

00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:45.519
 That they destroyed the roof

00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:46.279
 Of

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:49.100
 Simon Peter and Andrew's house,

00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:49.679
 Presumably,

00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:51.419
 To get this man

00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.419
 Into this room.

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:54.579
 And as I was just musing about this

00:16:54.579 --> 00:16:56.519
 Because we see that Jesus is

00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:57.439
 Preaching.

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:59.240
 He is sitting in the room

00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:01.079
 And he is preaching a message

00:17:01.079 --> 00:17:02.919
 And this is what's going on

00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:03.339
 Above him.

00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:04.940
 This could not have been a quiet thing.

00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:05.519
 Right?

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.839
 It wasn't like they were picking away

00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:08.359
 Quietly at straw

00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:09.799
 And then suddenly there was a hole.

00:17:10.159 --> 00:17:10.319
 Right?

00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:12.200
 Stuff must have been raining down

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.799
 From the mud ceiling

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:15.500
 That would have been in this place.

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.059
 Right?

00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:16.539
 I can't even,

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:17.079
 I just don't even,

00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:18.059
 I wish I had the details.

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:19.480
 Like Mark and his punctuality

00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.819
 Just moves us right through the process.

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:22.059
 They dug a hole

00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:23.139
 And then they lowered him down.

00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:23.740
 Right?

00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.439
 But can you imagine

00:17:24.439 --> 00:17:26.220
 A bunch of years ago

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:28.439
 A young girl

00:17:28.439 --> 00:17:29.679
 Who's not a member of our church

00:17:29.679 --> 00:17:30.200
 Any longer.

00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:30.819
 She's moved.

00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:32.000
 Brought her mother

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.700
 Who's just a little odd.

00:17:34.439 --> 00:17:37.740
 And her cell phone went off

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.720
 In the middle of preaching

00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:40.099
 One day.

00:17:40.179 --> 00:17:41.159
 And it was hilarious.

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.599
 I can't remember.

00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:42.460
 I wish I could remember what it was now.

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.200
 But it was like a hilarious

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:45.079
 Like classic rock and roll guitar riff.

00:17:45.939 --> 00:17:47.579
 And so it went off the one time

00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.079
 And you're kind of like

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.460
 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:49.059
 Poor person.

00:17:49.179 --> 00:17:49.579
 Oh gosh.

00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:50.460
 They forgot to silence their phone.

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.059
 I think everybody's looking

00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:51.740
 At their phones right now.

00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.240
 Right?

00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:54.000
 But then it went off again.

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:56.539
 And then it went off again.

00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:58.720
 She was clueless.

00:17:59.299 --> 00:17:59.980
 Oblivious to the fact

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.660
 That it was her phone.

00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:02.340
 I don't know where her head was.

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.200
 If she could even hear.

00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:04.920
 I'm not sure

00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:06.319
 Really what was going on.

00:18:06.360 --> 00:18:07.220
 But it went to voicemail.

00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:08.019
 Like it rang

00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.420
 All the way through to voicemail.

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:10.759
 And then the voicemail alert

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:12.140
 Went off too.

00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:13.640
 Were any of you here for that?

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.259
 It was so

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:16.100
 It was not really funny at the time.

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.700
 But after the fact

00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.440
 It was really, really funny.

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.680
 But I just like

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.840
 I had to like really focus.

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.240
 Like I was

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:21.380
 I was like at the edge of going

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:21.960
 Really?

00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:23.039
 Come on.

00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:23.500
 Really?

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:25.299
 Like it's in this area.

00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.140
 Silence the phone.

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:31.480
 I don't know how Jesus did it.

00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:32.380
 I guess he was perfect.

00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:33.940
 And he pressed on through

00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:36.120
 In his preaching.

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.680
 Don't come through our roof.

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.440
 I'll have to stop.

00:18:39.580 --> 00:18:40.200
 I'll have to stop.

00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:42.340
 This is this incredible scene.

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:42.600
 Right?

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:44.220
 And the boldness of these men

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:46.100
 As they found a way.

00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:47.500
 We have a friend

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.759
 Who is infirmed.

00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:50.679
 We desperately want him healed.

00:18:50.879 --> 00:18:51.899
 And they dug a hole

00:18:51.899 --> 00:18:53.019
 In the roof

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:54.839
 In order to let him through

00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.659
 That roof.

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.779
 And in verse 5

00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:58.579
 Jesus sees their faith.

00:18:58.679 --> 00:18:59.339
 Their faith.

00:18:59.439 --> 00:19:00.419
 The faith of these men.

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.759
 And then he says

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.399
 To the paralytic

00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:04.639
 Son, your sins are forgiven.

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.719
 That's a really important thing

00:19:06.719 --> 00:19:08.240
 For us to fix our attention on.

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:09.919
 It's a fascinating verse.

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.219
 And when Jesus saw

00:19:11.219 --> 00:19:12.299
 Their faith

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.719
 He said to the paralytic

00:19:13.719 --> 00:19:15.619
 Son, your sins are forgiven.

00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:16.699
 He goes from this

00:19:16.699 --> 00:19:19.339
 Broad sense of faith

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:20.379
 To a very narrow

00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:22.119
 Forgiveness of sin.

00:19:22.639 --> 00:19:22.739
 Right?

00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:24.239
 What is meant here?

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.699
 And here's what I believe

00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:27.459
 To be the case.

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:29.979
 That he perceives

00:19:29.979 --> 00:19:30.939
 He can observe

00:19:30.939 --> 00:19:32.079
 Their faith.

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.500
 Right?

00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:33.799
 They dug a hole in the ceiling

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:35.299
 To let this man down.

00:19:35.479 --> 00:19:36.639
 But what he's referring to here

00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:38.119
 Is a natural faith.

00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:39.059
 Right?

00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:40.399
 A natural faith.

00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:42.319
 They had seen Jesus.

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.679
 They had heard the telling

00:19:43.679 --> 00:19:44.799
 Of him healing people.

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.980
 And therefore they believed

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.500
 That he could also

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.139
 Heal their friend.

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:47.899
 Right?

00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:49.399
 The paralytic believed

00:19:49.399 --> 00:19:50.799
 That he could be healed.

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:51.799
 Right?

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:53.279
 Just like we trust

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:54.700
 The structure of this floor.

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:57.180
 We trust the structure

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:57.720
 Of this floor.

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:59.000
 If you've been here

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.440
 For a while

00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.119
 You've seen the

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:01.559
 Cattle trough baptismal

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.639
 We've been bringing in.

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:03.720
 Right?

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:05.519
 I didn't have faith

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.019
 In the floor

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:06.779
 On that day.

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:08.480
 I want you to know

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.779
 That as your pastor

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:11.359
 I jumped up and down

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.980
 On the stage

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:13.099
 Really really hard

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.980
 Just to see if maybe

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.660
 It would go through

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.379
 The floor

00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:16.339
 So I would spare you all

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:16.859
 From falling

00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:18.019
 A story

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:19.279
 If the floor gave way.

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.059
 Right?

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.779
 But generally

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.379
 We trust.

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:21.680
 Right?

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.819
 We have faith.

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.639
 Like we've been in plenty

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.500
 Of two story buildings

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.440
 With floors

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:26.319
 That hold up

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:27.480
 That pass code

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.359
 And they therefore

00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:29.519
 Will hold us up.

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:31.059
 We trust the structure

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.660
 Of this ceiling

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.139
 Don't we?

00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:33.240
 We've got all kinds

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:33.879
 Of things in here

00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:35.160
 That would get horribly ruined

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:36.500
 If they got really wet.

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.440
 Right?

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.180
 We trust

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.040
 That the guys

00:20:39.040 --> 00:20:40.320
 Who put the ceiling

00:20:40.320 --> 00:20:40.820
 In place

00:20:40.820 --> 00:20:42.380
 Put the metal roofing on

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:43.120
 Did it right

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:44.420
 And we're not going to get

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.540
 Sopping wet

00:20:45.540 --> 00:20:46.200
 In here.

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:46.960
 We trust those things

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.400
 Naturally.

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:47.820
 Right?

00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:48.640
 It's an easy thing

00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.240
 To do.

00:20:49.800 --> 00:20:50.000
 Right?

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.580
 If you're going to go out

00:20:50.580 --> 00:20:51.400
 To eat this afternoon

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:52.080
 You trust

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.220
 That the people

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.940
 Who prepare your food

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.540
 Are going to do so

00:20:54.540 --> 00:20:55.279
 Appropriately.

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:57.340
 Like none of you

00:20:57.340 --> 00:20:58.040
 At least I don't think

00:20:58.040 --> 00:20:59.380
 Will go and visit the kitchen

00:20:59.380 --> 00:21:00.700
 And inspect its cleanliness

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.240
 Yourself.

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.120
 Right?

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.900
 You might

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:04.440
 If you're a little OCD

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.500
 Look at the rating

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.059
 On the wall

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.900
 Before you eat

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.920
 Most of us don't do that

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.820
 I usually notice the rating

00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.380
 When I'm paying

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.380
 For the food I already ate

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.519
 But you and I go

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.559
 Oh, 88.

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:13.920
 Right?

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.759
 So we trust

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.500
 That our food

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.700
 That's natural faith

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.420
 We can do

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:20.240
 That kind of thing

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.820
 Easily

00:21:20.820 --> 00:21:21.680
 And naturally

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.500
 But that is not

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.220
 The kind of faith

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:24.160
 That saves.

00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:26.740
 So he narrows his focus

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:28.500
 From this general faith

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.740
 He sees their faith

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.380
 And then he says

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.900
 To the paralytic

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.740
 He sees something else

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.259
 In the paralytic

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:33.000
 And he says to him

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.980
 Son, your sins

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.680
 Are forgiven

00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.599
 He sees in him

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:36.619
 A saving faith

00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:38.119
 A supernatural faith

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.960
 Right?

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:40.160
 A faith that cannot be

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:41.200
 His on his own

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.779
 But that must be

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.680
 Birthed in him

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.640
 By the movement

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.720
 Of the Spirit

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.640
 Right?

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.500
 Draw your mind

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:49.559
 To John 6, 44a

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:51.559
 No one can come to me

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.440
 Unless the Father

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.660
 Who sent me

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.819
 Draws him

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.180
 Right?

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.900
 This is the work

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.440
 Of the Spirit

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.220
 The great ministry

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.240
 To us in our lives

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.599
 Is to draw us

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.339
 To the Father

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.659
 To work in us

00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.699
 Saving faith

00:22:02.699 --> 00:22:04.079
 To regenerate our hearts

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.379
 So that we can

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.179
 Believe

00:22:06.179 --> 00:22:07.299
 Right?

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.419
 This is altogether

00:22:08.419 --> 00:22:09.219
 A biblical case

00:22:09.219 --> 00:22:10.019
 This is the way

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:11.119
 That God works

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.939
 In our lives

00:22:11.939 --> 00:22:12.859
 And this is what

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.619
 Was happening

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:15.879
 In this man's life

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 And he says to him

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:18.500
 Son, your sins

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:20.219
 Are forgiven

00:22:20.219 --> 00:22:23.259
 It's by faith

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.919
 We're saved

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:25.219
 But it's faith

00:22:25.219 --> 00:22:25.799
 That's worked

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.619
 In us

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:28.599
 Throughout time

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.319
 This has been the case

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:30.079
 Think about the fact

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:31.579
 That what faith

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.379
 Would be birthed

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.039
 In this man

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.539
 What is it

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:33.919
 That he was

00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:34.899
 Believing in

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 If Christ himself

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.480
 Is before him

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:39.619
 Christ is before him

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.859
 Has yet to die

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.839
 Has yet to bear

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.500
 The wrath

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 Of God's punishment

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:44.439
 For his sin

00:22:44.439 --> 00:22:45.419
 What is it

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:46.399
 That he believed?

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.099
 Right?

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.980
 What was it

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:49.559
 That he had faith in?

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.240
 He had faith

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.259
 In the promise

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 Turn to Romans

00:22:52.439 --> 00:22:53.119
 Chapter 4

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 We're going to look

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.519
 At the life

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.199
 Of Abraham

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 How was it

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.400
 That Abraham

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:11.019
 Was justified

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:12.240
 Was found

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.380
 In right standing

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.120
 Before God

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.819
 Right?

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.559
 I hope you're with me

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.019
 On this

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 Abraham

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 In the presence

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.920
 Of God right now

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.299
 Right?

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:20.039
 He's not in hell

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 He's in heaven

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 He's with the father

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 Now

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.680
 Romans 4

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.120
 1-3

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 What then shall we say

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 Was gained by Abraham

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.540
 Our forefather

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 According to the flesh

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.400
 For if Abraham

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.780
 Was justified by works

00:23:30.780 --> 00:23:31.300
 He has something

00:23:31.300 --> 00:23:31.960
 To boast about

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 But not before God

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:35.360
 For what does the scripture say?

00:23:35.780 --> 00:23:37.259
 Abraham believed God

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 And it was counted to him

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:40.140
 As righteousness

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.200
 Right?

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:43.220
 Believed in the promise

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.080
 Right?

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:45.080
 He didn't even know

00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:46.300
 How it was going to work out

00:23:46.300 --> 00:23:46.880
 Exactly

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:48.200
 But believed

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.280
 What God had said

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 To him

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 Hebrews chapter 11

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.920
 I invite you to turn there

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:55.000
 Beginning in verse 8

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 You guys might have to

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.599
 Tab your Bibles

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:06.420
 Hebrews chapter 11

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.059
 Beginning in verse 8

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.740
 By faith

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.660
 Abraham obeyed

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.160
 When he was called

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.740
 To go out

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.519
 To a place

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.059
 That he was

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.799
 To receive

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.519
 As an inheritance

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 And he went out

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.359
 Not knowing

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.140
 Where he was going

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.720
 So here's the

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.839
 Action of his faith

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.420
 By faith

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 He went to live

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.119
 In the land of promise

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 As in a foreign land

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 Living in tents

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.359
 With Isaac and Jacob

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 Heirs with him

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.660
 Of the same promise

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:26.099
 For he was looking forward

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.799
 To the city

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:28.019
 That has foundations

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:29.240
 Whose designer

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.160
 And builder

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.000
 Is God

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.480
 Not talking about

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.700
 Jerusalem in this case

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.579
 An eternal city

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.319
 The new Jerusalem

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.900
 This is what

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:37.059
 The writer of Hebrews

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.740
 Says Abraham

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.700
 Was looking forward to

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.680
 Skip down to verse 13

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.379
 Of chapter 11

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:43.180
 These all died

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:44.160
 Speaking of all these

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.740
 Saints

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.720
 That chapter 11

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.299
 Is referred to

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.980
 In faith

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:48.259
 Not having received

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.099
 The things promised

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:50.500
 But having seen them

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.519
 And greeted them

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.319
 From afar

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.539
 And having acknowledged

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.440
 That they were strangers

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.579
 And exiles on the earth

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:57.299
 For people who speak thus

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.940
 Make it clear

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.700
 That they are seeking

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.420
 A homeland

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.640
 If they had been thinking

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.240
 Of that land

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.220
 From which they had gone out

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.819
 They would have had

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:04.000
 Opportunity to return

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.099
 But as it is

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:06.599
 They desire a better country

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:08.380
 That is a heavenly one

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.779
 Therefore God is not ashamed

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.619
 To be called their God

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.400
 For he has prepared

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.960
 For them a city

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.619
 Right

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:15.299
 They saw the promise

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.660
 From afar off

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.160
 Right

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.319
 Didn't even know

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.480
 How it would be fulfilled

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.000
 In Christ

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.059
 But knew that God

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.980
 Would accomplish

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.440
 The things he said

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.559
 He would accomplish

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.920
 In the Abrahamic covenant

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.819
 Right

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:28.259
 By their faith

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.279
 They were saved

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.660
 A faith that was worked

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.440
 In them

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.940
 By the spirit

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:34.079
 Of God

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.960
 Right

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.700
 So Jesus

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:37.559
 Sees this work

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:39.059
 And says to him

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.680
 Son

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:41.319
 Your sins

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.360
 Are forgiven

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:43.339
 Right

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.819
 And in this action

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:46.299
 This is one of two ways

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.960
 He declares

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.859
 His deity

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.720
 Right

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:50.519
 Because only God

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.419
 Can forgive

00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:52.480
 The offenses

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:54.259
 Committed against him

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.019
 Right

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:56.200
 It would be really silly

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.240
 If you offended me

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.940
 Personally

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.119
 You came up to me

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.659
 And you told me

00:25:59.659 --> 00:26:00.680
 That you did not like

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.460
 My shirt today

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.919
 And I was offended by that

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.919
 And then later on

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.740
 My wife said

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:06.200
 It's okay

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.839
 That you don't like

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.379
 Nathan's shirt

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.419
 It would make no sense

00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:08.879
 Would it

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.180
 Right

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:11.079
 I must forgive the offense

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.180
 That's been given to me

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.879
 Right

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:14.100
 Only God

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:15.120
 Can forgive the offense

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.880
 Of the sin

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.960
 That's committed against him

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.800
 Right

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.840
 Our sin

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.940
 All of it

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:21.220
 Is primarily

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.120
 Vertical

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.840
 In nature

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:25.180
 Sins have horizontal effect

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.980
 Absolutely

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.760
 You tell me

00:26:26.760 --> 00:26:27.600
 You don't like my shirt

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.520
 Right

00:26:28.520 --> 00:26:29.540
 It's going to hurt my feelings

00:26:29.540 --> 00:26:30.780
 This is not a sin

00:26:30.780 --> 00:26:31.280
 By the way

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:32.060
 You can not like my shirt

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.440
 It's okay

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.840
 Right

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.980
 But sin

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.540
 Is primarily

00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.600
 It's firstly

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.920
 Vertical

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.980
 It's an offense

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.340
 Against God

00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:41.440
 Right

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.560
 Let's take a look at

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.319
 The story

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:45.559
 Of David

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.480
 And Bathsheba

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.679
 Remember the story

00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:48.419
 Of David and Bathsheba

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:49.159
 He beholds

00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:50.019
 A woman bathing

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.639
 On a roof

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.279
 A roof

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.139
 A tiled roof

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.440
 Is the way

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.059
 They would have done this

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.319
 Right

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.599
 He sees her

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.480
 And he wants her

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.440
 She's married

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.599
 To a man named Uriah

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.559
 Right

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.259
 And what does he do

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.179
 He sends off Uriah

00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:00.779
 To the front

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.539
 To be killed

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:03.019
 And he has Bathsheba

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:04.579
 Prior to her husband

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.679
 Being killed

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.460
 Right

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:08.759
 This great offense

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:10.099
 Did he sin against Bathsheba

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:11.159
 He certainly did

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:12.519
 Did he sin against Uriah

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.720
 He certainly did

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.200
 Right

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:15.079
 But listen to what he says

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.559
 In Psalm 51

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.440
 Verse 4

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.680
 Against you

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.359
 Speaking to God

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.000
 Against you

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.019
 You only

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.779
 Have I sinned

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.879
 And done what is evil

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.819
 In your sight

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:26.559
 Isn't that phenomenal

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:29.420
 We should reflect upon that

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:31.039
 Great offenses

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.700
 Right

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.799
 I mean I hope

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.539
 I hope that

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.480
 We don't have any

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.940
 Adultering murderers

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.099
 In the room today

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.599
 Maybe

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.519
 Maybe

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.099
 I hope

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.759
 I hope not

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.839
 Right

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:42.219
 But this is a great weight

00:27:42.219 --> 00:27:43.299
 This is a great thing

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.719
 That he did

00:27:43.719 --> 00:27:44.179
 And he says

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.819
 Against you

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.559
 You only

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.359
 Have I sinned

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.759
 Right

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.240
 Is he saying

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.639
 That he didn't

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.240
 Offend them at all

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.919
 Absolutely not

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:50.299
 But in comparison

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.539
 The vertical nature

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.139
 Of his sin

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:53.419
 Vastly outweighs

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.820
 The horizontal nature

00:27:54.820 --> 00:27:55.720
 Of his sin

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.340
 Charles Spurgeon

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:58.060
 In speaking of

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.880
 Psalm 51

00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.840
 Said

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.980
 The virus of sin

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.460
 Lies in its opposition

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.320
 To God

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:05.160
 The psalmist's sense

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:06.320
 Of sin towards others

00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:07.880
 Rather tended to increase

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.880
 The force of his feeling

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.400
 Of sin

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.519
 Against God

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:12.320
 All his wrongdoing

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:13.080
 Centered

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:14.279
 Culminated

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.680
 And came to a climax

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.580
 At the foot

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:18.160
 Of the divine throne

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:20.920
 He put it in proper

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.800
 Perspective

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:23.559
 He saw how really

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.779
 Weighty it was

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:26.500
 How infinite it was

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.399
 As he sinned

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:28.139
 Against

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:29.319
 An infinite

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.379
 God

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:32.339
 He got some

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.259
 Clue of this

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.319
 As the prophet

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.319
 Nathan was sent to him

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.339
 2 Samuel 12

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.599
 Verse 9

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:39.059
 Listen to what

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.940
 The prophet Nathan

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:41.119
 Said to David

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.700
 His friend

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:43.079
 Why have you

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.359
 Despised the word

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.819
 Of the Lord

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.599
 This is in response

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.379
 To the same activity

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.359
 Why have you

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.259
 Despised

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.619
 The word of the Lord

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.799
 To do what is evil

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:52.059
 In his sight

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.379
 You have struck down

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.279
 Uriah the Hittite

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.740
 With a sword

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.680
 And have taken his wife

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.419
 To be your wife

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:57.460
 And have killed him

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.079
 With the sword

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.440
 Of the Ammonites

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:01.220
 Why have you

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.879
 Despised the word

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.220
 Of the Lord

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.740
 To do what is evil

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.119
 In his sight

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:04.039
 Why have you

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:05.379
 Offended God

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:06.559
 In this action

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:09.539
 It's important

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.299
 That we get this

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.019
 Properly

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.680
 That we get this

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.139
 Right

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:13.419
 Jesus declares

00:29:13.419 --> 00:29:14.359
 Himself

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.480
 God

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.220
 As he says

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.639
 Son

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.900
 Your sins

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:19.180
 Are forgiven

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:21.020
 Hebrews 9

00:29:21.020 --> 00:29:22.020
 Verse 22

00:29:22.020 --> 00:29:24.000
 Reads

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.420
 Indeed

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.200
 Under the law

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.100
 Almost everything

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:26.860
 Is purified

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.560
 With blood

00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:28.160
 Some things

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.660
 Were purified

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.220
 By water

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:30.220
 Almost everything

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.820
 Is purified

00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:31.340
 With blood

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:32.220
 And without

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.800
 The shedding

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:33.440
 Of blood

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.580
 There is no

00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.480
 Forgiveness

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:37.120
 Of sins

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:39.700
 You have to see too

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.200
 And you have to

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.320
 Really understand

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:42.200
 Right

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:43.360
 That it's not that

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:44.200
 That God

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.000
 Forgives sin

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.779
 The way we would

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.460
 Forgive an offense

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.059
 Against us

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.519
 Where we just

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.380
 Kind of pass it over

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.839
 We just kind of

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.920
 Say it's fine

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.380
 Right

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.400
 I'll deal

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.660
 It's okay

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:55.380
 But because God

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:57.920
 Is all of who he is

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.019
 At all times

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.960
 It's actually a doctrine

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.819
 Called the simplicity

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.420
 Of God

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.180
 Right

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:03.640
 That he is always

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.460
 Who he is

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.339
 He's not bipolar

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.579
 He's not wrath

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.099
 One moment

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:08.099
 And mercy another

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.940
 But he's always

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:10.460
 All of these things

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.019
 Right

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.980
 Because God

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:13.039
 Is a just God

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:14.619
 He must judge sin

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.339
 And therefore

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:16.599
 Punish it

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.579
 Appropriately

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:19.739
 This is the picture

00:30:19.739 --> 00:30:20.719
 Of our God

00:30:20.719 --> 00:30:21.359
 He must

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:22.299
 Do this

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.739
 And without blood

00:30:23.739 --> 00:30:24.599
 There is

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.899
 No forgiveness

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.779
 Of sins

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:28.439
 He didn't say to you

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.259
 When you placed your faith

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.859
 In Christ

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:31.739
 Yours is good

00:30:31.739 --> 00:30:32.339
 Right

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:33.639
 What he said

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.519
 Is I've already

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.939
 Punished your sin

00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:37.039
 In Christ

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:38.639
 Christ's blood

00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:39.559
 Covered

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.479
 Your sin

00:30:40.479 --> 00:30:41.319
 Right

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:42.279
 Christ's blood

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.239
 Covered the sins

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.660
 Of Abraham

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.819
 Right

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.620
 This work

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.779
 That he completed

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:49.200
 So many years

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.579
 Later

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:51.339
 Was the accomplishment

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.160
 Of the promises

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.599
 Given to Abraham

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.559
 That he might have

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:56.680
 This eternal life

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:59.400
 This is why we believe

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.880
 In Jesus Christ

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:02.500
 He is the lamb

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.359
 That was slain

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.620
 On our behalf

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.980
 Who bore our wrath

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.900
 Who took our punishment

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.940
 Gave us

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:10.740
 His righteousness

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.480
 The chorus

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.160
 Of that song

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.820
 In the beloved

00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:14.920
 In the beloved

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:16.500
 God's marvelous grace

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:18.100
 Calls me to dwell

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:19.820
 In this wonderful place

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:21.500
 God sees my savior

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:23.000
 And then he sees me

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.200
 In the beloved

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:25.540
 Accepted

00:31:25.540 --> 00:31:26.500
 And free

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:28.100
 And I just imagine

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:29.560
 This paralytic

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:29.940
 Right

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.700
 Let's assume

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.700
 He's a quadriplegic

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:33.200
 That he can't move at all

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.480
 And he's laying on a pallet

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.220
 He's been lowered

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.940
 Through the roof

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.759
 And Luke it says

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.920
 Right in front of Jesus too

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.799
 Again the distraction

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.339
 Right here

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.980
 Right

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.740
 He comes down

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.039
 And he's laying on the floor

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.799
 Right

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:44.860
 And Jesus forgives

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.819
 His sins

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.400
 Right

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.700
 That he would want to sing

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.620
 Such a song

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.319
 Still paralyzed

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.860
 Right

00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:51.640
 Receiving the joy

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:54.039
 That is granted to him

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:55.059
 Because of the gospel

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.319
 Of Jesus Christ

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.960
 Right

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.700
 What a picture

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.620
 What a picture

00:31:58.620 --> 00:32:00.480
 Then in verse 6

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:02.640
 We see the scoffers

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:04.579
 Sprinkled amongst the crowd

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.100
 Right

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:06.240
 The scribes

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.139
 They were sitting there

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:08.259
 And they were

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.839
 Questioning in their hearts

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:11.059
 Why does this man

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.759
 Speak like that

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:13.219
 He is blaspheming

00:32:13.219 --> 00:32:14.980
 Or saying he is God

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:16.879
 Who can forgive sins

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.879
 But God alone

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:19.079
 And immediately

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:20.199
 Jesus perceiving in his spirit

00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:21.259
 That they thus questioned

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.879
 Within themselves

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.480
 Said to them

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.559
 Why do you question

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.759
 These things in your hearts

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:26.079
 Which is easier

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.039
 To say to the paralytic

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.000
 Your sins are forgiven

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.639
 Or to say

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.240
 Rise

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.099
 Take up your bed

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:31.039
 And walk

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.679
 But that you may know

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.259
 That the son of man

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.139
 Has authority on earth

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.779
 To forgive sins

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:35.180
 He said to the paralytic

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.859
 I say to you

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.299
 Rise

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.539
 Pick up your bed

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:39.019
 And go home

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:41.220
 So we see scribes

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.740
 And we need to ask the question

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:44.279
 Who were these scribes

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:46.420
 In verse 16 of chapter 2

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.759
 We see it recorded

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:50.099
 The scribes of the Pharisees

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:51.440
 That's a way it was recorded

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:55.079
 So we see a number of sects

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.779
 That exist

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:57.759
 S-E-C-T-S

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:59.240
 Sects that exist

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.519
 In Judaism at this time

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.420
 And Phariseeism

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.779
 Was one of these things

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.900
 Do you know

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.660
 There were probably

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:07.099
 Only about 6,000 Pharisees

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.920
 In existence

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.720
 In Jesus' time

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:10.240
 But boy

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.299
 Do they run rampant

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:13.200
 Around Jerusalem

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.779
 And the neighboring area

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:16.160
 About 6,000 of them

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.660
 And their sect

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.240
 Actually

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:19.039
 Arose during the time

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.620
 Of Ezra

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.519
 Remember we studied

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.339
 Nehemiah together

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:21.900
 Previously

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.859
 At the

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:25.160
 Babylonian return

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:26.259
 When the sect

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.160
 Arose about

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:28.019
 400 years

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.920
 Earlier

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.779
 John MacArthur

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.660
 Said this of them

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.779
 These are the guardians

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:33.279
 Of the populist form

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.639
 Of apostate Judaism

00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.200
 Right

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.160
 Love that sentence

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.460
 These are the guardians

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.940
 Of the populist form

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:40.180
 The popular form

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:41.619
 Of apostate Judaism

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:43.079
 They're the fundamentalists

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.779
 Legalists

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.639
 Architects

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.720
 And promoters of salvation

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.379
 By works

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:47.359
 Salvation

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:49.700
 By self-righteousness

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.960
 That's who these Pharisees were

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:52.660
 They constructed laws

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.759
 To protect people

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:55.180
 From committing laws

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:56.319
 They were called hedge laws

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.299
 So much so

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.399
 That people had lost

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:59.519
 The very point

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.279
 Of the law

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:01.259
 To begin with

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:03.159
 Jesus spends his time

00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:04.000
 In the Sermon on the Mount

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.059
 Re-establishing

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:06.680
 What he was trying to teach

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.579
 To begin with

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.340
 In the giving

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.320
 Of the law

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.039
 Right

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.820
 These Pharisees

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:12.679
 Were tearing down

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.559
 Faith

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:15.199
 Any of you know

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.000
 People like that?

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:18.159
 Any of you been

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.719
 People like that?

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.639
 And here we have

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.440
 Scribes

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.199
 Now the scribes

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.699
 Would have been

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:25.039
 Like the theologians

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.639
 Of the day

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.199
 Right

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:27.259
 They were learned men

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:28.599
 They were often called

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.480
 Rabbis

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.719
 Which means teacher

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:32.920
 Not all scribes

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.719
 Were Pharisees

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:35.460
 And certainly not all

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.059
 Pharisees

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:37.360
 Were scribes

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:37.900
 Right

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.340
 But you get

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:39.320
 There's an intermingling

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.039
 Here of this

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.139
 Self-righteous

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:42.340
 Form of teaching

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:43.000
 And these are the men

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.960
 That we often see

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:45.840
 Confronting Jesus

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:47.199
 Hijacking

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.259
 The conversation

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:49.740
 And here we see him

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.760
 Boldly

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.700
 Confront them

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:53.520
 Even as they haven't

00:34:53.520 --> 00:34:54.280
 Said anything

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:55.240
 Out loud

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.860
 They've simply

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:57.040
 Thought in their hearts

00:34:57.040 --> 00:34:58.140
 This is blasphemy

00:34:58.140 --> 00:34:58.740
 Right

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.940
 How is it that

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.900
 This man

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:02.560
 Can forgive sin

00:35:02.560 --> 00:35:03.600
 Only God

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:04.760
 Can forgive sin

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.920
 And they're right

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.440
 In that

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.000
 Right

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.780
 Aren't they?

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.440
 But they just

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.120
 Didn't understand

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:10.300
 That Jesus himself

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:11.700
 Was in fact

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.340
 God

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.840
 That he

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.700
 Was

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.640
 Deity

00:35:14.640 --> 00:35:16.340
 Leviticus

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:17.200
 Chapter 24

00:35:17.200 --> 00:35:18.080
 Verse 16

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 Says whoever

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.340
 Blasphemes

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.699
 The name of the

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:19.880
 Lord

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.699
 Shall surely

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.480
 Be put to death

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:23.059
 All the congregation

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:24.319
 Shall stone him

00:35:24.319 --> 00:35:25.019
 This was a well

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.699
 Understood

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:28.279
 Jewish tradition

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:29.299
 You did not

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:29.960
 Call yourself

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.420
 God

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.559
 We will kill you

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.239
 If you do

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:33.139
 This is the very

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:34.059
 Accusation that's

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.599
 Brought to Jesus

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.179
 That has him

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:36.340
 Hung on a cross

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:40.619
 And his response

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.139
 To this

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.960
 Is just

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:43.079
 Phenomenal

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.739
 Right

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.519
 He says

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:46.179
 Which is easier

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.039
 To say

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:49.259
 This was puzzling

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:49.519
 To me

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.039
 For a while

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:51.380
 Because it seems

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.559
 That he's actually

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.579
 Saying that it's

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.559
 Easier to say

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.320
 Your sins are forgiven

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.259
 Doesn't it read

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:56.659
 That way

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.179
 To you

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.199
 Which is easier

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.800
 To say to the

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.059
 Paralytic

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.779
 Your sins are forgiven

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.400
 Or to say

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.320
 Rise take up

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.920
 Your bed and walk

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.820
 And then he proves it

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:04.199
 By telling him to

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.679
 Rise take up

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.259
 His bed and walk

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.960
 It seems that he's

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:07.279
 Saying it's harder

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:08.079
 To heal

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.619
 The body

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.300
 Than to heal

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:11.099
 The soul

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:12.400
 Who would disagree

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.820
 Agree with that

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.340
 Would we not

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:14.539
 I hope we would

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.820
 I do

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:18.260
 Interestingly though

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.579
 When you look

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.539
 At the original language

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.240
 If you look at

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:21.639
 The word in Greek

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.400
 For say

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:23.420
 It could also mean

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.340
 To affirm

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.900
 And I think

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.260
 That would be

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:25.980
 A much better

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:27.160
 Translation here

00:36:27.160 --> 00:36:28.160
 Of the text

00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:29.240
 Which is easier

00:36:29.240 --> 00:36:30.660
 To affirm

00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:32.740
 Your sins are forgiven

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:34.840
 Or easier to affirm

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:36.079
 Rise take up your bed

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.820
 And walk

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.260
 Right

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:38.820
 They could visually see

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:40.280
 I say to this man

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.300
 Rise take up your bed

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.880
 Go home

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.660
 And he does it

00:36:42.660 --> 00:36:43.960
 It has been affirmed

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.480
 Or to say

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.600
 Your sins are forgiven

00:36:45.600 --> 00:36:47.960
 Can you affirm that

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.820
 With the seeing

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.600
 With the senses

00:36:49.600 --> 00:36:50.920
 You certainly cannot

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.940
 Right

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:53.240
 So he does something

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.680
 For them

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.200
 That they can

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:54.720
 That they can

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.640
 Visually see

00:36:55.640 --> 00:36:56.300
 Right

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.620
 He not only heals

00:36:57.620 --> 00:36:58.780
 The soul of this man

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.640
 But then he heals

00:36:59.640 --> 00:37:00.260
 This body

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:00.740
 Right

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.460
 To display

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.500
 His power

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.700
 Right

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:05.120
 He's affirming

00:37:05.120 --> 00:37:05.740
 His deity

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.900
 In this way

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.840
 He forgives sin

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.640
 To affirm it

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.319
 Right

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:10.059
 Secondly

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.739
 He affirms his deity

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.480
 By searching

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.579
 The hearts

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.739
 Of men

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:15.799
 It's a shame

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.579
 That these scribes

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.239
 Miss this

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.139
 As they

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:19.739
 Think these thoughts

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.739
 Within themselves

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:22.619
 And Jesus calls them out

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.420
 On the very thing

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.599
 Why are you thinking

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.519
 These things

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:27.960
 1 Chronicles 28

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.500
 Verse 9

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.679
 It says

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.379
 The Lord searches

00:37:29.379 --> 00:37:30.139
 All hearts

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.839
 And understands

00:37:30.839 --> 00:37:31.779
 Every plan

00:37:31.779 --> 00:37:32.900
 And thought

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:34.500
 Jeremiah 17

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.059
 10

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.839
 I the Lord

00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:36.779
 Search the heart

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:38.199
 And test the mind

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:39.579
 Ezekiel 11

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.039
 5

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.679
 For I know

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.359
 The things

00:37:41.359 --> 00:37:42.119
 That come into

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:43.359
 Your mind

00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:45.039
 Jesus put on

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.519
 His deity

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.619
 In great display

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.559
 As he draws

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.359
 Out of them

00:37:48.359 --> 00:37:49.259
 The very things

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:50.219
 That they were thinking

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:51.099
 And he does this

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:52.559
 Over and over

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.639
 And over

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.259
 Again

00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:55.460
 Throughout the gospel

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:55.879
 Of Mark

00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:56.819
 And the other accounts

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:58.099
 Of Jesus' life

00:37:58.099 --> 00:38:00.460
 Proclaims his deity

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.980
 To this people

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:03.219
 Right

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.579
 And then we see

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.179
 The response

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.879
 Of the paralytic

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.720
 He rises

00:38:05.720 --> 00:38:06.260
 Immediately

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:07.019
 There's Mark's word

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.380
 Again

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:08.039
 And immediately

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.900
 He picks up his bed

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:10.019
 He goes out

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.980
 Before them all

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.700
 So that they were

00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:12.680
 All amazed

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:13.800
 And glorified God

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.940
 Saying we never

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:16.340
 Saw anything

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:17.500
 Like this

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:20.079
 So the result of it

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.640
 Seems to be

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:22.160
 An amazing turning

00:38:22.160 --> 00:38:22.720
 To Christ

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:23.380
 Does it not?

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:25.380
 What a neat account

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.980
 At the end

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:27.599
 They were all amazed

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.940
 And they glorified God

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.260
 Saying we never

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.059
 Saw anything

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:32.300
 Like this

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:33.080
 But the account

00:38:33.080 --> 00:38:33.620
 In Matthew

00:38:33.620 --> 00:38:34.519
 Chapter 9

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:34.960
 Verse 8

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.820
 Of the same story

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.940
 Says

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.680
 When the crowd

00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:38.100
 Saw it

00:38:38.100 --> 00:38:38.940
 They were afraid

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:40.420
 And they glorified God

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.260
 Who had given

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:42.260
 Such authority

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:43.760
 To men

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:46.940
 You catch the difference there?

00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:49.500
 The crowd glorified God

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.440
 But they missed

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:51.120
 The fact

00:38:51.120 --> 00:38:51.800
 That Jesus

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.720
 Himself

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:54.320
 Was God

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:55.320
 Right

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:56.640
 They were afraid

00:38:56.640 --> 00:38:57.539
 They glorified God

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.860
 For giving such authority

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.820
 To a man

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.780
 But they missed

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:02.060
 That he himself

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:03.719
 Was God

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:05.940
 Philippians

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.739
 Chapter 2

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:07.460
 Verse 9

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.099
 States that

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.619
 God

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.799
 Has exalted

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:11.279
 Jesus Christ

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:12.400
 It's not enough

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:13.259
 For us just to believe

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:14.000
 In God

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.840
 But we must believe

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.779
 In the Son

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:16.579
 Of God

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.179
 The One

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.799
 The Person

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.799
 Jesus Christ

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:19.380
 Has accomplished

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:21.159
 Work on our behalf

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:22.719
 Another text

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.659
 Exalting

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.779
 Christ

00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:25.599
 Revelation

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.500
 Chapter 5

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.059
 Turn there

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.759
 Verse 11

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:40.240
 John's account

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:40.760
 Of his vision

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:41.520
 Beginning in verse 11

00:39:41.520 --> 00:39:42.040
 Then I looked

00:39:42.040 --> 00:39:42.980
 And I heard around the throne

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.640
 The living creatures

00:39:43.640 --> 00:39:44.120
 And the elders

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:45.980
 The voice of many angels

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:47.500
 Numbering myriads

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.280
 And myriads

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:49.100
 And thousands

00:39:49.100 --> 00:39:49.840
 Of thousands

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:51.520
 Saying with a loud voice

00:39:51.520 --> 00:39:52.780
 Worthy is the Lamb

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.440
 Who was slain

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:54.320
 To receive power

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:55.140
 And wealth

00:39:55.140 --> 00:39:55.800
 And wisdom

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.400
 And might

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.000
 And honor

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.660
 And glory

00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:58.539
 And blessing

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.380
 And I heard

00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:00.000
 Every creature

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.300
 In heaven

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.620
 On earth

00:40:00.620 --> 00:40:01.180
 And under the earth

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:01.560
 And the sea

00:40:01.560 --> 00:40:02.420
 And all that is in them

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:03.460
 Saying to him

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.260
 Who sits on the throne

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:04.880
 And to the Lamb

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.560
 Be blessing

00:40:05.560 --> 00:40:06.340
 And honor

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:06.940
 And glory

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.500
 And might

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.539
 Forever and ever

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:10.400
 And the four living creatures

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:10.400


00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:11.219
 Said amen

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:11.940
 And the elders

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.539
 Fell down

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.259
 And worship

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:13.900
 The Lamb

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.480
 You can see

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:15.179
 Is the one

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.980
 Who is exalted

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:17.019
 In heaven

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:19.719
 Ephesians chapter 1

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:21.219
 Beginning in verse 19

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:22.219
 You can try to get there

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:23.119
 I'm going to keep reading though

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:24.980
 Paul prays the Ephesians

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.619
 Will know

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:27.099
 The immeasurable greatness

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:28.840
 Of Jesus' power

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:30.179
 Toward us who believe

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:31.099
 According to the working

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.880
 Of his great might

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:33.099
 That he worked in Christ

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:34.159
 When he raised him

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:34.639
 From the dead

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.619
 And seated him

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:37.039
 At his right hand

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:38.179
 In the heavenly places

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:39.859
 Far above all rule

00:40:39.859 --> 00:40:40.539
 And authority

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:41.179
 And power

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.839
 And dominion

00:40:41.839 --> 00:40:43.099
 And above every name

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.619
 That is named

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:44.519
 Not only in this age

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:45.960
 But also in the one to come

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:47.579
 And he put all things

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:48.500
 Under his feet

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:49.859
 And gave him as head

00:40:49.859 --> 00:40:50.859
 Over all things

00:40:50.859 --> 00:40:51.839
 To the church

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:52.619
 Which is his body

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.579
 The fullness of him

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:55.319
 Who fills all in all

00:40:55.319 --> 00:40:56.319
 We see this picture

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:56.899
 That's repeated

00:40:56.899 --> 00:40:58.179
 Throughout the scriptures

00:40:58.179 --> 00:40:59.719
 Of Jesus now seated

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.859
 At the right hand of the Father

00:41:00.859 --> 00:41:01.500
 Which is the place

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.359
 Of honor

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:04.599
 The Father

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:05.639
 Exalts

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.819
 Christ

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:08.960
 These people

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.820
 Exalted

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.500
 God

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.960
 They missed

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:13.340
 That Christ himself

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:14.880
 Was part of the Trinity

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.660
 Was God

00:41:15.660 --> 00:41:16.840
 In flesh

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:19.820
 Not us

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:21.900
 We exalt

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.820
 Jesus Christ

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:25.180
 This is our faith

00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:26.960
 The one who has power

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:28.039
 To forgive

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:29.200
 Sins

00:41:29.200 --> 00:41:31.620
 The one who by grace

00:41:31.620 --> 00:41:32.820
 Freely bestows

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.380
 Forgiveness

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:35.480
 Of sins

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:37.240
 We don't work

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:38.119
 This is unique

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:39.539
 For the world religions

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:40.220
 Right

00:41:40.220 --> 00:41:41.160
 We don't work

00:41:41.160 --> 00:41:43.480
 Our salvation out

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.340
 We cannot

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:45.940
 We are incapable

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.900
 Of accomplishing this

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.700
 On our own

00:41:47.700 --> 00:41:48.599
 Praise God

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.800
 That he works it in us

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:51.039
 That he gives us

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.720
 This gift

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:52.539
 Of faith

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:55.000
 Fall on your knees

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.720
 And praise him

00:41:55.720 --> 00:41:56.180
 For that

00:41:56.180 --> 00:41:57.760
 You have no

00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:58.800
 Thing good

00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:00.019
 To boast in yourself

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.960
 Paul said

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.420
 Far be it for me

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:02.140
 To boast in anything

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.940
 But the cross

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.960
 Of Christ

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.659
 Right

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.599
 That's what we have

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:06.639
 To boast in

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:08.059
 His work

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:09.940
 On our behalf

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:11.480
 As a church

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:12.940
 We exist

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:15.039
 To exalt Christ

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:16.039
 I don't know if

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:17.019
 Yeah

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.000
 It's up there

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:21.460
 Christ's only church

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:21.980
 Exists

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:23.119
 To glorify God

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:23.599
 Right

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:24.859
 To lift him up

00:42:24.859 --> 00:42:25.940
 By experiencing

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:27.219
 Proclaiming

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:28.039
 And displaying

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:29.239
 The supremacy

00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:30.279
 Of Jesus Christ

00:42:30.279 --> 00:42:31.939
 In all things

00:42:31.939 --> 00:42:33.219
 To all people

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:34.079
 I don't have time

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.379
 This morning

00:42:34.379 --> 00:42:34.879
 To break that

00:42:34.879 --> 00:42:35.759
 All down for you

00:42:35.759 --> 00:42:36.239
 Right

00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:37.339
 Do you see that

00:42:37.339 --> 00:42:38.719
 We as genuine

00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:39.279
 Believers

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:40.059
 Right

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:41.539
 I hope that if

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.199
 We were standing

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:42.839
 In this crowd

00:42:42.839 --> 00:42:43.500
 Right

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:44.219
 We would have

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:44.779
 Seen Jesus

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:45.679
 As the son of God

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.019
 Right

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.659
 We would have

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:47.359
 Experienced

00:42:47.359 --> 00:42:48.179
 His supremacy

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:49.059
 Right

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.659
 Then we would have

00:42:49.659 --> 00:42:50.039
 Spent the rest

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.459
 Of our lives

00:42:50.459 --> 00:42:50.919
 Proclaiming

00:42:50.919 --> 00:42:51.459
 And displaying

00:42:51.459 --> 00:42:52.559
 That very truth

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:54.039
 In all things

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:55.000
 To all

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.899
 Peoples

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:57.039
 That's what we

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.960
 Have been called

00:42:57.960 --> 00:42:58.260
 To

00:42:58.260 --> 00:42:59.599
 To exalt him

00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:00.700
 Amongst

00:43:00.700 --> 00:43:01.579
 The nations

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:04.820
 Jesus Christ

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:06.800
 The son of God

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:08.200
 Who is himself

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:09.079
 God

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:10.519
 Establishes here

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:11.280
 His deity

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:12.579
 His authority

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.559
 Over sin

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:15.619
 I hope this morning

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:16.300
 That you can

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:17.700
 Revel in that

00:43:17.700 --> 00:43:18.079
 With me

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:19.400
 You can rejoice

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:21.360
 In the fact

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:22.320
 That your sins

00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:23.139
 Have been forgiven

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:23.800
 In Christ

00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:25.200
 That you can say

00:43:25.200 --> 00:43:25.880
 With confidence

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.420
 That when he

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:26.980
 Hung on that

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.260
 Cross

00:43:27.260 --> 00:43:27.680
 And bore

00:43:27.680 --> 00:43:27.680


00:43:27.680 --> 00:43:28.079
 The wrath

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.539
 Of God

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:29.880
 That he

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.240
 Was bearing

00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:30.640
 The wrath

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:31.240
 For your

00:43:31.240 --> 00:43:31.579
 Sin

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:33.420
 That you

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:34.000
 Know

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.619
 That it

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:34.720
 Was

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:36.480
 Stricken

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:36.800
 From the

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:37.039
 Record

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.420
 Because

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:38.140
 Of his

00:43:38.140 --> 00:43:38.460
 Work

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:39.079
 That you

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.539
 Know

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:40.059
 That your

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:40.380
 Name

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:40.740
 Was written

00:43:40.740 --> 00:43:40.940
 In the

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:41.160
 Lamb's

00:43:41.160 --> 00:43:41.360
 Book of

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:41.480
 Life

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:41.900
 Before the

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.360
 Foundation

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:42.680
 Of the

00:43:42.680 --> 00:43:42.860
 World

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:43.119
 Because

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.400
 Of this

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.640
 Work

00:43:43.640 --> 00:43:44.019
 That Christ

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:44.160
 Would

00:43:44.160 --> 00:43:44.640
 Accomplish

00:43:44.640 --> 00:43:45.119
 One

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.400
 Day

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:46.420
 That you

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:46.800
 Can say

00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:47.260
 That with

00:43:47.260 --> 00:43:48.260
 Confidence

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:49.680
 That the

00:43:49.680 --> 00:43:50.039
 Spirit of

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.180
 God

00:43:50.180 --> 00:43:50.599
 Has worked

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:50.860
 In you

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:51.160
 A new

00:43:51.160 --> 00:43:51.460
 Heart

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:51.860
 So that

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.380
 You can

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:53.019
 Believe

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.400
 And you

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:53.579
 Have

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:54.220
 Believed

00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:56.679
 And many

00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:57.000
 People get

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.439
 Perplexed

00:43:57.439 --> 00:43:57.659
 At that

00:43:57.659 --> 00:43:57.959
 Point

00:43:57.959 --> 00:43:58.939
 But what

00:43:58.939 --> 00:43:59.139
 If I

00:43:59.139 --> 00:43:59.480
 Don't

00:43:59.480 --> 00:43:59.819
 Know

00:43:59.819 --> 00:44:01.539
 Don't

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:02.239
 Overcomplicate

00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:02.359
 It

00:44:02.359 --> 00:44:03.159
 Just believe

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.819
 Repent

00:44:03.819 --> 00:44:04.379
 And believe

00:44:04.379 --> 00:44:04.980
 It's a

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.259
 Simple

00:44:05.259 --> 00:44:05.639
 Gospel

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:06.119
 Call

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:08.259
 If you

00:44:08.259 --> 00:44:08.399
 Don't

00:44:08.399 --> 00:44:08.719
 Live your

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:09.000
 Life

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.459
 In light

00:44:09.459 --> 00:44:09.739
 Of that

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:09.980
 Truth

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:10.219
 The

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:10.639
 Same

00:44:10.639 --> 00:44:11.119
 Is for

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.339
 You

00:44:11.339 --> 00:44:11.980
 Repent

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:12.939
 And believe

00:44:12.939 --> 00:44:13.339
 Turn

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:13.739
 From your

00:44:13.739 --> 00:44:14.059
 Sin

00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:15.179
 And turn

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:15.960
 To God

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.879
 Let's

00:44:16.879 --> 00:44:17.039
 Pray

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.359
 Together