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 Good morning, Watermark.

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 My name is Alfie, and I help out with the university ministry here.

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 And this message today is going to be coming as the 11th part, I think,

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 of a series that we're doing called God's Story, Our Story.

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 And what we're trying to figure out is, what is God's story?

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 Because the Bible calls us to live in and be a part of God's story,

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 but a lot of the time we find ourselves being either drifting into

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 or being attracted by other stories around us.

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 If you're like me, your story the past couple of weeks has revolved around ice cream.

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 You wake up in the morning, you think, after breakfast I will have ice cream.

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 When you're at work, all you can think about is ice cream.

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 And at the end of the day, you take all your friends to your favorite ice cream shop,

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 and you hope that they will like you because you're taking them to ice cream,

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 and the ice cream shop owner will like you because you're bringing all these customers,

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 and everything will be great, and everyone will love Alfie.

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 And I lied. The story isn't about ice cream. It's actually about me.

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 I want everyone to like me and to love me.

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 But there are many other stories.

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 There's a story of your typical expat.

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 You've come to Hong Kong, and Hong Kong isn't your home.

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 You don't really want it to be your home.

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 But while you're here, you think you're going to make the best of it.

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 You're going to seek out all the entertainment and the pleasure that you can get.

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 And so your schedule is run by which happy hour is happening at which bar,

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 and when ladies' night is, and you're going to go and forget the world you've come from,

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 enjoy some drinks, maybe some drugs, and, you know, maybe some casual encounters.

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 And you know what? It doesn't matter because none of this is going to follow you back home.

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 Because when you go home, you're going to be rewarded

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 because you went overseas, and you worked in a tough economic climate.

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 And, you know, you're going to get a promotion,

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 or if you're a student, you get special recognition on your degree,

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 and it's all great.

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 Or you can be living in the Disney story.

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 The Disney story that Eric talked about right at the beginning,

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 that, you know, if you just follow your heart, everything will be okay.

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 Or, you know, maybe it's the Hong Kong story

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 where the objective in life is to become as rich and as wealthy as possible.

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 And when you have children, from the moment you're two years old,

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 you do everything for them so they can become just as rich,

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 if not richer, than you have been.

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 Now, the object of this series isn't to kind of shame you out of these stories,

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 but we want to show you that God's story is beautiful.

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 God's story is good.

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 And we want you to live as a part of this gospel,

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 to live in God's story.

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 So what have we talked about so far?

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 In the beginning, we had creation.

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 And we see God putting together the heavens and the earth,

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 and he creates man specifically to be in his image

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 and to be his representatives,

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 that these people are going to be there,

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 and they're going to rule over the earth in God's place.

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 But then the first man and woman, Adam and Eve,

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 they do something that we all do.

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 They reject God's rule over their lives.

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 And they say that, actually, we're going to do things our way.

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 And the result of that is a curse,

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 a curse that brings pain and childbearing,

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 a curse that means that work becomes unfruitful.

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 But God doesn't leave us to wallow in our misery and our suffering.

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 He calls a man called Abraham,

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 and he tells Abraham,

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 I'm going to take you to this special place,

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 and I'm going to give you descendants,

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 I'm going to give you children,

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 and they're going to have a land, a country to call their own.

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 But most importantly, I'm going to give them a blessing.

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 And this blessing is going to be for you, for your family.

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 It's going to be for their descendants.

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 It's going to be for this nation.

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 This is a blessing that is going to be for the whole world.

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 Abraham believes God,

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 and God says that this makes him righteous.

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 Through Exodus, we saw God rescuing his people,

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 taking his nation out of slavery in Egypt,

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 and he puts them into the promised land,

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 and he gives them a law,

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 and he says, this law is good.

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 It shows you about me.

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 It shows you about what I want you to do,

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 but it also shows you that you need a savior.

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 It shows you that you need someone to come and rescue you.

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 We see God then putting his nation into Israel

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 and giving them kings.

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 We see great kings like David.

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 We see kings like Solomon who went and built God's temple,

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 and it all looks well for Israel,

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 but it falls apart.

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 The kingdom is split in two,

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 and they each have their bad kings

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 and their worst kings,

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 and God sends prophet after prophet

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 to call his people back to them

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 to say, stop chasing after the ways of the world.

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 Come back to me.

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 Last week, we saw how Hosea was a picture of God

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 coming back to rescue his people.

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 We saw Hosea going to the slave market

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 to rescue his adulterous wife,

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 and in that, we see this amazing love

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 that God has for us.

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 Today, we're going to be looking at Jesus,

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 and it's not the pictures and the images

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 and the illustrations of Jesus

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 that we've had the past couple of weeks,

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 but we're going to look at who Jesus is.

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 As much as I would like to look

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 at the entirety of Jesus' life,

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 I'm sure you guys don't want to be here for five hours.

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 So we're going to look at one part,

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 and in this one part,

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 I'm going to try and answer three questions.

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 Let me know how I do on that.

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 The first one is, who is Jesus?

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 Second, what does he do?

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 And lastly, why is it important?

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 What does it mean for us?

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 Who Jesus is matters,

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 because the way we view someone

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 shapes the way that we respond to them.

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 When I was about seven or eight years old,

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 my family, money was a little bit tight,

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 so we didn't go away for the summer holidays.

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 We got on a bus towards Tun Mun,

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 and we got off the Gold Coast,

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 and we stayed at the hotel there for a week.

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 It was great because we had the beach and the sun,

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 and there was like a games room,

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 and my dad could take the bus to work and come back,

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 and as a family, we spent about a week there.

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 Now, on one of these days,

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 I was out at the back of the hotel with my mother,

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 and we were playing chess.

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 They had this giant chess set,

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 about 10 meters by 10 meters.

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 It was huge.

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 I loved it.

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 But at some point in this game,

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 I realized something was going wrong.

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 I was losing.

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 And I was convinced that my mom was cheating.

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 And I got very angry.

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 I was really frustrated.

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 I said, Mom, that's not how you move the night.

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 That's not how it works.

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 And I got really frustrated.

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 I didn't know what to do

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 because Mom kept insisting she was right.

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 And I reached up,

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 and I slapped my mother.

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 Now, in that moment,

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 when I looked at my mother,

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 I didn't see the mother who carried me for nine months

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 and cared for me all these years.

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 I saw a traitor

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 who was cheating me out of my victory in this chess game.

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 And so I went away,

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 and my dad came home from work that evening,

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 and he pulled me aside,

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 and he looked at me.

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 Now, when I used to get in trouble as a kid,

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 my dad would always say,

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 you know, you have to love your mother.

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 Your mother is very nice.

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 She cares for you.

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 She cooks for you.

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 But he didn't say that today.

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 He said, my wife.

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 You did what to my wife?

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 I knew I was in trouble.

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 I was more trouble than I've ever been in my life.

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 But I knew in that moment

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 that the way I looked at my mother changed drastically.

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 You know, when I think that my mother is cheating me

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 out of a victory in chess,

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 I remember that it's not just my mother,

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 but it's my dad's wife,

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 and that changes the way that I respond and react and treat my mother.

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 But it's the same thing with Jesus.

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 I think sometimes we like to put different names on Jesus.

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 We tell him,

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 we say that, you know,

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 he's a good teacher,

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 that he's a social justice pioneer,

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 that he is,

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 somebody once said a couple of weeks ago,

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 I heard,

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 that he was an alien who came.

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 Right?

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 And all these different things,

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 they change the way that we look at who Jesus is

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 and what he does.

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 But who Jesus is is important

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 because that changes the way that we look at

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 the story of the Bible.

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 It changes the way that we look at

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 what the people 2,000 years ago thought of

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 when they saw Jesus.

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 And it changes what our life means

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 as Jesus' people,

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 as Jesus' followers.

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 So how do we figure out who Jesus is?

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 Well, we look at his life.

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 Now, it's not been too long since Christmas.

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 I'm sure you remember the Christmas story.

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 Virgin Mary, Holy Spirit comes,

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 conceives a son inside her.

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 The angels come and they sing,

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 Hallelujah, there's a son.

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 The shepherds go and visit him.

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 The wise men go.

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 And, you know, all these different things,

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 they show different things about who Jesus was,

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 who he was going to be.

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 But what I want to look at today

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 is the beginning of Jesus' ministry.

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 The passage we read was about his baptism

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 and about his temptation in the desert.

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 So picture this.

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 Jesus is about 30 years old.

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 And he's done all the things

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 that good Jewish boys do.

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 So he probably would have had a bar mitzvah

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 or something,

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 you know, celebrate becoming a man.

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 There's that episode where

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 he was in the temple about 12 years old

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 and he, you know, abandoned his parents,

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 let them go off home without him,

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 and he was debating with the temple scholars.

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 At some point, maybe,

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 his mother would have asked him,

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 Jesus, you know,

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 why aren't you interested

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 in any of these nice girls?

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 You know, and he probably

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 would have been very faithful

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 in going to the synagogue

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 and, you know,

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 being part of that Jewish culture

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 and doing the things

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 that good Jewish people do.

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 And he was probably a carpenter

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 like his earthly father, Joseph.

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 But one day, about 30 years old,

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 he goes down to the Jordan River

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 and he sees his cousin there,

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 John the Baptist.

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 And John the Baptist is there

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 wearing clothes made from camel's hair.

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 And he's preaching

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 and he's telling people

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 that they need to repent

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 because the king is coming.

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 And people are listening

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 and they're convicted

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 and John the Baptist is there

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 and he's baptizing them

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 and he sees Jesus coming.

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 He sees Jesus coming

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 and he realized something

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 that perhaps he hadn't thought about before

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 and he looks at Jesus

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 and he says,

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 Behold, look,

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 there is a Lamb of God,

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 the one who takes away

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 the world's sin.

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 And Jesus comes up to him.

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 Presumably, they knew each other,

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 I think, they're cousins.

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 And Jesus says,

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 John, I need you to baptize me.

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 And John says, no.

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 You should be the one baptizing me

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 because you're the one

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 that God's talked about.

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 You're the one that God has said

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 was to come.

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 You're the one that God said

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 would baptize people

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 with the Holy Spirit.

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 You should baptize me.

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 Jesus looks back to him and says,

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 No, you need to baptize me

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 because I need to be obedient.

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 I need to fulfill the righteousness

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 that God has set aside,

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 has set before me.

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 So Jesus is baptized.

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 And in that moment,

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 the Holy Spirit descends

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 in the form of a dove from heaven.

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 The heavens open up.

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 And everyone here gets to hear

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 from God

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 in a very direct

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 and very audible way.

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 It's something that hasn't happened

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 since God gave the law

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 all the way back in Exodus.

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 And this voice from heaven,

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 God says,

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 This is my son

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 in whom I am well pleased.

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 Now, if you're reading the Bible

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 and you think that it's a metaphor,

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 then you say,

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 This is God's son,

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 then, you know,

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 this may not mean a lot to you.

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 But for me,

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 when I look at the Bible,

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 I think,

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 This is God telling me something.

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 This is God telling me

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 something important

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 about who Jesus is.

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 I think that God

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 saying that Jesus is his son

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 is very, very important.

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 So, this son of God,

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 this Jesus,

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 what does he do?

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 Surely,

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 if he's going to start his ministry,

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 he would do something amazing.

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 Start it out with a bang.

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 Maybe he'd do a miracle.

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 You know,

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 there must have been sick people there.

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 He could have healed them.

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 He could have walked in the water.

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 The river is quite convenient.

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 You know,

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 he could have fed everyone there.

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 Or maybe he would have given a sermon.

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 He'd have said,

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 You know,

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 this is what baptism means,

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 you know,

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 just to clear up all the confusion.

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 You know,

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 he could have given a sermon

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 about, you know,

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 what repentance is.

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 He could have told them,

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 you know,

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 this is what I'll be doing

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 over the next couple of years.

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 I'll be in these cities

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 on these days,

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 and I'm going to a cross.

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 And he could have explained

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 everything to the people there,

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 or maybe he could have

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 chosen his disciples.

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 He could have brought

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 his disciples together there,

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 and he said,

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 All right,

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 now we're going to go

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 on a special

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 disciples training camp.

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 We're going to go away

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 for a couple of weeks,

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 and you're going to come back,

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 and you're going to go

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 and spread the gospel.

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 Instead,

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 he goes into the wilderness,

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 and I don't know,

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 when I looked at it

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 the first time,

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 it made me a little bit strange.

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 It was a bit awkward,

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 because it says here,

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 Then Jesus was led up

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 by the Spirit

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 into the wilderness.

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 So the Holy Spirit of God

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 is taking Jesus

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 into the wilderness,

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 but he's taking him

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 to be tempted by Satan.

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 That didn't make sense to me.

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 That doesn't make sense to me.

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 Why would God take his son,

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 you know,

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 who he loves,

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 who he's well pleased with,

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 and put him somewhere

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 where it's not very nice to be.

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 It's a wilderness.

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 It's a desert,

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 and put him there

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 to be tempted by Satan.

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 So he goes there,

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 and he's there for 40 days

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 and 40 nights

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 in the wilderness,

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 under the sun,

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 in the cold at night,

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 and Satan comes.

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 He comes to tempt him,

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 and he says,

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 You know, Jesus,

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 you're hungry,

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 but you're also

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 the son of God.

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 You know,

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 if you're the son of the king,

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 why do you have to starve?

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 Why do you have to,

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 you know,

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 to sit around here

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 preparing for your ministry

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 in hunger?

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 Why don't you turn

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 these stones into bread?

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 You can do it.

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 After all,

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 you are God's son,

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 aren't you?

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 And Jesus says,

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 No.

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 He quotes scripture

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 back to Satan

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 and says,

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 The Bible says that

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 I don't live by bread,

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 but I live by the words

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 from God's mouth.

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 You know,

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 the second temptation

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 comes along,

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 and Satan tries another tactic.

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 He realizes that Jesus

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 is using the Bible,

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 so he's going to use

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 the Bible as well.

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 Taking him to the top

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 of the temple,

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 he says,

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 If you jump off,

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 people will see you.

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 You'll become famous.

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 That's a good thing, right?

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 But you'll be totally safe,

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 because I remember

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 the psalm that says

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 that God's going to catch you.

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 He's going to send

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 his angels to protect you,

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 and your feet won't hit a stone.

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 Jesus returns and says,

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 That's not how you look

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 at the Bible.

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 That's not how you use

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 God's word.

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 He says,

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 Do not put the Lord

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 your God to the test.

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 Satan tries again.

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 He takes Jesus

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 to the top of a mountain,

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 and he shows him

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 all the kingdoms of the earth,

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 and he says,

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 These kingdoms are mine.

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 I get to choose

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 who rules them.

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 If you'll bow down to me,

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 I will make you

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 the ruler of these things.

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 And Jesus says,

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 Be gone, Satan.

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 I like that word.

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 Be gone.

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 Get away from here,

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 because I am here

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 to honor my Father,

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 to love my Father,

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 and it's only my Father

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 that I am going

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 to be worshiping.

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 And so,

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 it's a very simple story.

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 Jesus is good.

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 Satan is bad.

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 Satan tempts Jesus.

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 Jesus knows the Bible,

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 so he resists temptation.

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 Yay, Jesus.

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 So now,

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 everyone needs to go away

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 from here,

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 learn your Bibles,

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 so that you can be

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 just like Jesus

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 and resist temptation.

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 Except,

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 it's not really

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 just about that.

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 It's more than just

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 a call for us

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 to know God's word.

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 It's more than just

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 a call for us

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 to know what God says

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 and know what's right

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 and what's wrong.

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 Jesus' actions

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 in the wilderness here

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 have an effect

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 that ripples out

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 and it affects the way

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 that we live our lives.

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 And it goes back

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 and it shows the things

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 about who God is

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 and the promises

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 that he made

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 to his people.

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 I love the Bible

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 because it rarely

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 does anything once.

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 You know,

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 God always uses

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 pictures of small things

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 to show people

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 a bigger thing.

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 You know,

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 he creates man

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 in his image

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 and when we see

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 other people's creativity,

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 we can glorify God

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 who is creative.

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 You know,

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 when we see the picture

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 of marriage,

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 we can look at that

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 and we say,

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 this is a beautiful relationship

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 that God has brought

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 two people together

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 and we can also say

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 that we're looking forward

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 to the marriage

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 of Christ and the church

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 in eternity.

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 I like that the Bible

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 lets us use small things

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 to get a grasp

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 of big heavenly things.

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 For Jesus,

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 this temptation

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 was important

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 because, you know,

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 this wasn't the first time

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 that the Son of Man

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 was tempted by Satan.

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 This wasn't the first time

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 that God's chosen one

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 was wandering

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 in the wilderness.

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 I want to show you

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 and hopefully I can do it,

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 I want to show you

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 that Jesus isn't this add-on

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 to a law that didn't quite work

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 and prophets

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 who weren't really listened to.

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 Hopefully by the end of this,

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 you know,

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 you will see that Jesus

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 is the fulfillment

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 of everything that we've seen.

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 That, you know,

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 when we started in January

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 looking at creation

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 and the story of Abraham

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 and of Exodus

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 and of David

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 and of Solomon,

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 that all these stories

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 are building up to Jesus.

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 That it's not plan B.

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 That Jesus was the plan

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 from the beginning.

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 So let's look again

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 at the scene in the wilderness.

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 In Deuteronomy 8,

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 God talks to his people.

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 He talks to his people

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 after he's brought them

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 through the wilderness

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 and he tells them

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 several things.

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 He says that,

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 you know,

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 those years in the wilderness,

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 you were there for 40 years

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 and I took you there

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 to test you.

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 I took you there

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 to know your hearts,

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 to know that

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 if you would follow

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 my commandments,

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 you know,

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 I let you hunger

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 to see how you would respond

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 but all this time

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 I protected you.

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 I kept you.

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 I made sure

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 that your clothes

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 didn't wear out,

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 that your shoes

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 didn't wear out,

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 that your feet

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 didn't swell

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 in all your wandering.

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 You know,

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 Jesus and Israel

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 are very, very similar

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 because Israel

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 was led into the wilderness

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 by God.

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 The pillar of smoke

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 and fire

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 went before them

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 and they followed,

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 Israel followed God

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:02.940
 in this pillar of smoke

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.920
 into the wilderness,

00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:04.660
 into the desert

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:06.400
 and Jesus follows

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.019
 the Holy Spirit

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:08.080
 into the desert too.

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.060
 But it's not

00:19:10.060 --> 00:19:10.799
 to torture them.

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.880
 God isn't thinking,

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.580
 ha ha,

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.580
 here are my chosen ones,

00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:14.039
 I'm going to give them

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 a terrible time.

00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:16.220
 But it comes out

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:16.680
 of the context

00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.500
 of this pre-existing

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.080
 relationship

00:19:18.080 --> 00:19:20.140
 because in removing

00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:21.940
 Israel from Egypt,

00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:22.680
 God says,

00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:24.220
 this is my people,

00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:25.000
 they're mine

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.920
 and I love them

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.880
 and I want to give them

00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.480
 freedom,

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:28.500
 I want to show them

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.140
 how to live

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:30.100
 and he does the same thing

00:19:30.100 --> 00:19:30.860
 with Jesus.

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.600
 He says when he opens

00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:33.019
 the heavens

00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:34.539
 that this is my son.

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:37.420
 God is taking

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.320
 his children

00:19:38.320 --> 00:19:40.220
 out of one place

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:41.019
 into the wilderness

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:43.080
 because it says

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:43.480
 that he wants

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.180
 to know their hearts.

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 But I don't think

00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:47.340
 God has any trouble

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:48.220
 knowing our hearts.

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.299
 I think what might

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.840
 have been going on

00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:52.399
 is that God wanted

00:19:52.399 --> 00:19:53.139
 to show Israel

00:19:53.139 --> 00:19:54.119
 their own hearts

00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:56.039
 and by testing Jesus

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:57.459
 to show us

00:19:57.459 --> 00:19:58.599
 Jesus' heart

00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:00.500
 that we would see

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.199
 the things

00:20:01.199 --> 00:20:02.980
 that he did

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:05.319
 that we failed to do.

00:20:05.639 --> 00:20:06.220
 See the ways

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:07.439
 that he was obedient

00:20:07.439 --> 00:20:10.379
 that we would not do.

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.639
 In the wilderness,

00:20:12.939 --> 00:20:13.799
 Israel was hungry

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:15.579
 and they grumbled

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.240
 and they said,

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.099
 you know what,

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.019
 this whole redemption

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.759
 thing is useless.

00:20:19.199 --> 00:20:20.119
 Let's go back to Israel

00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:21.279
 to Egypt, sorry.

00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.379
 Let's go back to Egypt

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:23.259
 and we can become

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:24.099
 slaves there again

00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.739
 because there

00:20:24.739 --> 00:20:25.719
 we still have food.

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:28.019
 We still can eat.

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.679
 We're not hungry.

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 The first thing they do

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.019
 when they're hungry

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:32.119
 wasn't to turn to God.

00:20:32.679 --> 00:20:33.599
 It was to turn back

00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.179
 to the slavery

00:20:34.179 --> 00:20:35.239
 that God had brought them from.

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:37.619
 I always wondered,

00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:39.139
 when they were grumbling,

00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:40.099
 didn't they see

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.939
 the pillar of smoke?

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.399
 Didn't they remember

00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:43.179
 the Red Sea

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:44.039
 pulling apart?

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.719
 Why did they grumble

00:20:45.719 --> 00:20:46.279
 like this?

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:48.680
 But Jesus does

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.920
 what Israel could not do

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.839
 in their testing.

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.519
 You know,

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:55.359
 when Jesus is told

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.299
 to turn bread,

00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:57.440
 stones into bread,

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.700
 he says,

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.079
 no,

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.960
 I think that my God

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.339
 is enough,

00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:02.980
 that my Father

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.500
 is enough.

00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:04.859
 I can trust his word

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:06.319
 because his word

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.460
 isn't just the law,

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:09.119
 but his word is love.

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.879
 His word creates.

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:12.619
 His word is the promise

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:14.379
 of a Savior,

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.840
 of a Redeemer.

00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:17.080
 You know,

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:18.380
 where Israel believes

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:20.360
 that God's word

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:21.420
 and being God's people

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.400
 means that they're

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.120
 going to be comfortable

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:24.320
 and satisfied

00:21:24.320 --> 00:21:25.240
 and life is going to be

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.200
 easy all the time,

00:21:27.300 --> 00:21:28.180
 Jesus looks and says

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:29.160
 that maybe

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:30.920
 that isn't so true,

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.140
 that there will be

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.560
 discomfort,

00:21:33.260 --> 00:21:33.960
 but I know

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:35.820
 that my safety

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.940
 is resting

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:38.720
 in being under God's word

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:40.160
 and being connected

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.660
 to him.

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:43.000
 You know,

00:21:43.060 --> 00:21:43.700
 in a moment,

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:45.040
 Jesus is taken up

00:21:45.040 --> 00:21:45.820
 to the temple

00:21:45.820 --> 00:21:48.380
 and, you know,

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.720
 he points back

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.480
 to Israel

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.519
 and he says,

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.580
 don't put the Lord God

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:53.240
 to your test.

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.380
 He says,

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.140
 God's faithfulness

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.600
 is there.

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:56.660
 Yes,

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.680
 God is faithful,

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.980
 but God isn't faithful

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.040
 for us to test him.

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:02.840
 God is faithful

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:04.060
 for us to rely on him.

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:05.600
 You know,

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.500
 God isn't faithful

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.180
 so that we can

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.480
 jump off temples

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.900
 and do amazing things

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:11.620
 and get the fame

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.160
 of the world.

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:14.000
 God's faithfulness

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.839
 is that he's there

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.940
 with us

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:17.440
 when things are going great

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.099
 and when things

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:19.700
 are going badly.

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:21.579
 You know,

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.380
 the last temptation

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:23.940
 that Jesus faces

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:26.059
 is the temptation

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.960
 of the world.

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.500
 He is given

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.860
 the option

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:31.380
 to bow before Satan

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:33.339
 and be the king

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:35.220
 of all the kingdoms

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:37.579
 at a very small cost.

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.360
 All he had to do

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:40.599
 was worship Satan.

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.220
 You know,

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.980
 all he had to do

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.380
 was give his allegiance

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:45.000
 to God.

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.000
 Now,

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.700
 this seems like

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.420
 an easy test.

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.819
 Do you worship God

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.980
 or do you worship Satan?

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:50.779
 Right?

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.099
 Yeah,

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.779
 easy answer.

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.460
 God.

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:53.799
 Right?

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.259
 But,

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:56.140
 I think that

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:57.740
 while we recognize

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.319
 this here,

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.500
 we do this a lot

00:22:59.500 --> 00:22:59.839
 of the time.

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.799
 I think I do.

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:01.819
 You know,

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.720
 I think I give up

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.519
 worshiping God

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:05.440
 for far lesser treasures

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.259
 than the whole world.

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.420
 You know,

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.420
 I think that,

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:10.200
 you know,

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:12.300
 Israel gave up God.

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.820
 They worshipped

00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:14.880
 a golden calf,

00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.620
 something they made

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.620
 with their own hands

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:18.980
 because they wanted

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.640
 something to celebrate.

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.580
 They wanted a feast.

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:23.019
 And we do the same,

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.920
 I think.

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.660
 I think we worship,

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:26.440
 we serve our greed,

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.380
 we worship our money

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:29.000
 because we think

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:30.019
 that will satisfy us.

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.180
 I know that,

00:23:31.300 --> 00:23:31.560
 you know,

00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:33.100
 very often I will give up God

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:34.120
 and I'll worship myself

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:35.420
 because I want more control.

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.779
 I want more control

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:38.500
 over my own life,

00:23:38.580 --> 00:23:39.340
 over my circumstances.

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.060
 I want control

00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:40.560
 over the people

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:41.320
 who are around me.

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:42.860
 You know,

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:44.000
 I think that the times

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.779
 that we are dissatisfied,

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.920
 when we're discontent,

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.740
 when we look and we say,

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.900
 I want that little bit more,

00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:52.740
 we're giving up

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.660
 worshiping God

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:55.440
 to worship something else.

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:58.820
 in the desert

00:23:58.820 --> 00:23:59.740
 for 40 days

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:01.500
 is testing,

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.080
 the hunger,

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:02.660
 you know,

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.600
 all these things,

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.920
 they draw a parallel

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:06.340
 between Jesus

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:07.660
 and the wilderness

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:09.240
 and Israel

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.400
 with their 40 years.

00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:11.480
 You know,

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.940
 the desert

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.860
 was the beginning

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:14.380
 of God establishing

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:15.400
 his nation of Israel

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:16.640
 and in this wilderness,

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.820
 God begins

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.680
 the process

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.220
 of building

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.120
 his kingdom

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:22.019
 in Christ.

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.799
 He frees Israel

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.980
 from this bondage

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.839
 of slavery

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.680
 to the Egyptians

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:28.759
 and in Christ

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.359
 he makes a way

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.180
 for our freedom

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.740
 from deadness and sin.

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.259
 Jesus' 40 days

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.879
 in the desert

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:36.500
 were Israel's 40 years

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:39.419
 but where Israel fails,

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.799
 Jesus triumphs.

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:41.940
 You know,

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:44.839
 where Israel

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.700
 kind of goes

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:47.139
 and makes a really feeble

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.839
 and half-hearted

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:49.079
 attempt at taking

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.919
 the promised land,

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.619
 Jesus is victorious.

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.519
 You know,

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.819
 Satan leaves him

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:55.459
 because Satan realizes

00:24:55.459 --> 00:24:56.319
 that he's lost.

00:24:57.239 --> 00:24:57.379
 You know,

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:58.099
 Satan went into

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.539
 this temptation

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.879
 hoping that

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.579
 if I can make

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.259
 the Son of God

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.699
 sin,

00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:04.339
 then I've won.

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.619
 I will have control

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.299
 over the earth

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.779
 and God will destroy

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.399
 in his judgment

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.819
 and I'll have won.

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.500
 What is significant

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.119
 about this temptation

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.000
 is that it isn't new.

00:25:17.719 --> 00:25:18.619
 Jesus is tempted

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.239
 in all the ways

00:25:19.239 --> 00:25:19.719
 that we are.

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:21.279
 You know,

00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:22.160
 to rebelliously

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.539
 test God,

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:25.000
 to look at God's

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.759
 riches and provision

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.839
 and to turn

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.460
 to something else

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.380
 to provide for us.

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:32.440
 To worship God's creation

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.400
 instead of God.

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.860
 To worship God's creation

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:36.839
 instead of the God

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.559
 who created it.

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.700
 Jesus obeys

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:41.700
 and in doing that

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.940
 he identifies

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:44.140
 with Israel

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.700
 and with us.

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.740
 He battles Satan

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.759
 and he wins.

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:48.299
 He trusts in God

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.359
 and not bread

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:50.480
 or angels

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.519
 or power.

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:54.160
 By his obedience,

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.000
 Jesus purchased

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.180
 obedience for us.

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.319
 His perfection

00:25:58.319 --> 00:26:00.480
 makes his children

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.539
 perfect.

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.359
 His strength

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:05.220
 makes us strong.

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.440
 You know,

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.799
 I'm thinking,

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.680
 what does this look like

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.900
 for Israel?

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.700
 What does it look like

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.900
 for these early Christians?

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.060
 Christians.

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:12.920
 You know,

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.960
 I'm imagining

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.800
 Pharisees going around

00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:17.100
 telling people,

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.300
 you're doing that wrong,

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.220
 you're doing this wrong,

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.700
 you walked one mile

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.220
 too many,

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.480
 that's Sabbath breaking,

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.780
 you tied the wrong knot.

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:24.660
 You know,

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.220
 I think

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.840
 Christ's righteousness

00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:28.500
 bought for his people

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.700
 meant

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:31.600
 that this Jewish Christian

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.800
 could celebrate

00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:33.259
 the Sabbath

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.180
 freely,

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.860
 not having to worry

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.400
 if he was tying

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.120
 the wrong knot

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:38.440
 or walking too far

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.400
 because he knows

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.799
 that there's no

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.740
 condemnation for him

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:42.100
 because

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:43.779
 Christ's righteousness

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:45.080
 is his.

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.000
 I think

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.840
 when I look

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.640
 at Christ

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.200
 in the desert

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.940
 and I see

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:51.160
 his obedience,

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.980
 I see that I get

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.440
 to live

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.420
 my life

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.980
 without fear,

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.580
 without worrying

00:26:56.580 --> 00:26:57.860
 about doing it wrong.

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:58.860
 You know,

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.539
 I think I'm a little bit

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.320
 like a Pharisee.

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.920
 My life is built up

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:03.160
 around rules.

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.960
 I have lots and lots

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.360
 of rules

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:05.200
 because rules

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.980
 keep me safe.

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.700
 They keep me

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.259
 out of trouble,

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:07.980
 they keep me

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:09.160
 from doing stupid things

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:11.059
 but the rules

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.500
 don't keep me

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.940
 from sinning

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.400
 all the time.

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.160
 I know

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.480
 that when I mess up

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.440
 and, you know,

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.920
 the story about my mother

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.579
 is funny but,

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.759
 you know,

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.599
 just this past Thursday

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.019
 at dinner,

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.819
 I got really frustrated

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.519
 with my mother again

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.400
 and I was very rude to her.

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.240
 I didn't slap her though

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.279
 but, you know,

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:28.440
 I can go to my mother

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.180
 and ask for forgiveness

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:30.220
 for being really upset

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:33.460
 but I can go to God

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.240
 and I can say,

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.920
 thank you God

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.980
 for Christ's obedience.

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:39.400
 because that is my obedience

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.259
 because when I'm rude

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.740
 to my mother,

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:43.900
 I am still perfect

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:45.200
 in Christ.

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.660
 You know,

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.839
 and when I work

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.559
 at killing sin,

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.720
 when I work at killing lust

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.380
 and pride

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.240
 and laziness,

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.099
 you know,

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.180
 I'm not manufacturing

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.059
 my own righteousness,

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.680
 I'm putting on Christ,

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.059
 I'm putting on the obedience

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:58.819
 that he displayed to us

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.839
 in the wilderness.

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:02.599
 You know,

00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:03.759
 I know that Christ's obedience

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.439
 is mine

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:06.299
 where my body

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.919
 is weak

00:28:07.919 --> 00:28:09.740
 and succumbs to sin often.

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.659
 I know that my soul

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.339
 is alive

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.399
 because it's joined up

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:16.000
 with Jesus Christ.

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.119
 Now,

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.720
 I don't know about you,

00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:21.480
 you could be really worn out,

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:23.959
 feeling powerless.

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.379
 I don't know,

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:26.099
 maybe you're at work

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:27.019
 and there's a lot of pressure

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:28.379
 to conform.

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.559
 You know,

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:29.919
 maybe,

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:32.399
 maybe you just

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:33.019
 fudge the numbers

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.519
 a little bit

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.980
 because everyone else

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.539
 is doing it.

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:36.939
 And you know what?

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.019
 If you have good numbers,

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.719
 then maybe you'll get

00:28:38.719 --> 00:28:39.159
 a promotion.

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.619
 You get a promotion,

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.579
 you can provide

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.099
 for your family

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.799
 and that's a good thing,

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.039
 right?

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:46.819
 Or maybe you don't care.

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.599
 You know,

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.139
 maybe you're just

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.599
 going to go through

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.339
 all your exams

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.759
 and you're going to cheat

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:53.000
 in all your exams

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.700
 and all your tests

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.460
 and all your coursework.

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.839
 You're going to find

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.599
 every loophole

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.599
 and every way

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:58.299
 to get academic success

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.639
 without putting on the work,

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.960
 without doing it honestly.

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.539
 Or maybe

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:06.579
 you've met someone

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:08.619
 and it seems that

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:10.180
 they're not just happy

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:11.119
 with a little goodnight kiss,

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:12.099
 they want something more.

00:29:12.959 --> 00:29:13.139
 You know,

00:29:13.199 --> 00:29:14.199
 they want to have sex

00:29:14.199 --> 00:29:14.959
 outside of marriage.

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.319
 And you know that

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.699
 as a Christian,

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.339
 you probably shouldn't

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.939
 be doing that.

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:20.819
 That, you know,

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.500
 sex is a good thing

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.179
 for marriage.

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.399
 And you decide in your mind,

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.259
 I'm not going to do that,

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:27.019
 but your heart

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:28.500
 is still longing for sin.

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.139
 You know,

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.839
 how do you wrestle with that?

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.619
 How do you deal with,

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.099
 you know,

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:32.659
 my heart is sinful,

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.779
 but I know I need to do

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:35.119
 this right thing.

00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:38.079
 What do you do

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:39.619
 when your health

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:41.379
 isn't what it used to be?

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.719
 And you need to figure out

00:29:43.719 --> 00:29:44.319
 how you're going to provide

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.859
 for your family.

00:29:47.179 --> 00:29:47.819
 What do you do

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.439
 when your employees

00:29:48.439 --> 00:29:49.539
 are driving you insane?

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.779
 What are you doing

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.299
 when you can't

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.019
 stand your parents?

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.480
 What are you doing

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.139
 when your kids'

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.059
 rebelliousness

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.199
 goes to a whole

00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:57.799
 nother level?

00:29:59.379 --> 00:30:00.179
 What does this story

00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:00.799
 have to say

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.859
 for each of us?

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.279
 What does this story

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.039
 have to say to you?

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.779
 What does this story

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.439
 have to say

00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:07.519
 about your obedience?

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.720
 obedience.

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.160
 The call of the gospel

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.859
 to the Christian

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:15.259
 is obedience

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.599
 and perfection.

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.079
 To be perfect.

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.059
 But not

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:22.980
 to have our own perfection.

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.279
 Because even if our actions

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.839
 are pure,

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.759
 very often our thoughts

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.720
 and our hearts aren't.

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.759
 The call of the gospel

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.420
 is to lay down

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.379
 our efforts at holiness

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.860
 and to cling

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.880
 onto Jesus.

00:30:36.020 --> 00:30:37.400
 To hold onto him.

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.640
 To look at him

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.160
 in the wilderness

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:40.760
 and see his obedience

00:30:40.760 --> 00:30:41.880
 and say,

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.740
 you know,

00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:43.980
 I probably can't be holy

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.500
 like Jesus.

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:47.780
 But Jesus was holy.

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.740
 Jesus was obedient

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:51.580
 so that I could have

00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:53.340
 his obedience.

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:56.000
 Not that we abandon,

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.800
 you know,

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.780
 our pursuit of holiness.

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.760
 Not that we abandon,

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.380
 you know,

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.060
 our efforts

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:01.620
 to love God

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.160
 and his law

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.320
 and to follow those things.

00:31:04.040 --> 00:31:04.960
 Because, you know,

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:05.620
 they're difficult.

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:08.040
 But in that,

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.560
 we can say

00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:09.160
 that our holiness

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.740
 and righteousness

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.600
 isn't built

00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:11.540
 on my ability

00:31:11.540 --> 00:31:12.300
 to be perfect.

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.320
 You know,

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.800
 my holiness

00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:14.300
 and righteousness

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:15.820
 isn't depending

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.640
 on my ability

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.280
 to follow

00:31:17.280 --> 00:31:18.420
 every single rule

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.520
 that I've set for myself.

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.500
 Because I don't.

00:31:23.040 --> 00:31:23.760
 But that my righteousness

00:31:23.760 --> 00:31:25.860
 is based on Jesus.

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.080
 On Jesus,

00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:28.040
 who in the wilderness

00:31:28.040 --> 00:31:29.480
 faced off

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.100
 against Satan.

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.040
 And who said,

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:33.240
 I'm not going

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:34.619
 to worship Satan.

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.119
 I'm not going

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.899
 to worship anything else

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.659
 that is not God.

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.680
 Who said,

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.579
 I'm going to be trusting

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:40.399
 God for my provision,

00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.740
 for my sustenance.

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:45.960
 this means that

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.839
 when we obey,

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.720
 we can thank God

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:50.880
 because our obedience

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.579
 is his.

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:52.900
 It means that

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.519
 when we're struggling

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:53.940
 to obey,

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.880
 when we can't figure out

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.640
 what is right or wrong,

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.420
 when we don't know

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.460
 if we're obeying

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.240
 or if we're sitting,

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.299
 that we can look

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:02.019
 to Christ's obedience.

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.980
 It means that

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:05.079
 when we wake up

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.640
 and we find ourselves

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.620
 waist-deep in sin,

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:09.619
 that we can repent,

00:32:09.739 --> 00:32:10.819
 that we can trust God,

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:12.259
 that we can sing

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.959
 that line from

00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:13.599
 before the throne

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.539
 where, you know,

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.719
 Satan is going

00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:16.239
 to tempt me

00:32:16.239 --> 00:32:17.439
 to despair at my sin,

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.500
 but I'm going to look.

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.479
 I'm going to look up

00:32:19.479 --> 00:32:20.479
 and I'm going to see Christ.

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.779
 I'm going to see Jesus

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:23.799
 who is perfect

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.559
 and holiness,

00:32:25.719 --> 00:32:26.500
 who through

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.619
 his temptation,

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.899
 through his struggles

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:30.379
 in the desert,

00:32:31.219 --> 00:32:32.500
 through his ultimate

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:34.199
 sacrifice on the cross,

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.739
 has made me right

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.200
 with God.

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.519
 Jesus' coming

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.779
 was on an accident.

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.779
 You know,

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.740
 when God created

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.180
 the earth,

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.940
 when God gave Israel

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:47.099
 their law,

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.339
 he created it

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:50.480
 knowing that these people

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.940
 would need a savior,

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.960
 that they would need

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:55.099
 a Christ.

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.099
 Christ's coming

00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.960
 wasn't out of the blue.

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.819
 All the things

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.420
 that God does

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.019
 through the Bible,

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.099
 all the things

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:03.359
 that Jesus does

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:04.440
 are intentional.

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.840
 you know,

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.320
 they're there

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:07.059
 to show us

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.960
 about him,

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.660
 about us,

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.539
 about our need

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.380
 of him.

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.220
 They show us

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:13.140
 that he was God's son.

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.580
 They show us

00:33:15.580 --> 00:33:17.039
 that Jesus

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:18.700
 going to meet Satan

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.799
 in the desert

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:21.320
 was not an accident,

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.880
 that God took him there,

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.320
 that Jesus

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:26.039
 followed him there.

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.320
 Jesus

00:33:28.320 --> 00:33:29.860
 was to be

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.980
 the true Israel,

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.440
 to do the things

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.900
 that Israel

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.559
 could not do.

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.740
 Where Israel

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.240
 failed,

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.299
 where Israel

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.860
 rebelled,

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:40.200
 where Israel

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.059
 did not trust

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:42.080
 in God's faithfulness,

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:42.820
 Jesus

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:44.740
 does all those things

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.140
 and Jesus

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.759
 obeys

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.840
 where we

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.259
 cannot.

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.500
 This morning,

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.640
 I got on the MTR

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.680
 and I got on

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.400
 Tin How

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:57.519
 and I got on the train

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.340
 and I went all the way

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:59.320
 to Sian Poon Station

00:33:59.320 --> 00:34:00.220
 which opened this morning

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:01.039
 and it's fantastic.

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.380
 I'm so excited.

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.240
 My commute will be

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.100
 12 minutes shorter.

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.320
 But, you know,

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.380
 Sian Poon Station opened

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:11.579
 but Sian Poon Station

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.460
 is not an afterthought.

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.260
 Yes, you know,

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.059
 Kennedy Town

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:15.800
 and HKU stations,

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.300
 you know,

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:17.420
 they opened back in December

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:20.599
 but Sian Poon Station

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.500
 is not an afterthought.

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.440
 Sian Poon Station

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.480
 is part of a plan

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.780
 all along.

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:27.440
 And I think

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:30.060
 we forget

00:34:30.060 --> 00:34:30.800
 that Jesus

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.519
 is a part of the plan

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.000
 all along.

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.500
 I think sometimes

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.680
 we live

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:36.260
 and we look at the Bible

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:37.400
 as if,

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.080
 you know,

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:39.220
 Jesus was this thing

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:40.160
 that God did

00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:40.880
 at the last minute

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.540
 to save us

00:34:41.540 --> 00:34:42.300
 because we realized

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:43.440
 that everything

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.100
 wasn't going

00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:44.980
 according to plan.

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.960
 You know,

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.540
 I'm convinced

00:34:48.540 --> 00:34:49.300
 when I look at the Bible

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:51.480
 that from creation,

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:53.220
 Jesus was God's plan

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:53.800
 for salvation.

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:56.360
 I think that's why

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:57.300
 John the Baptist,

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.340
 when he saw

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.539
 his cousin Jesus coming,

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.380
 he looked at him

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.740
 and said,

00:35:01.060 --> 00:35:03.000
 behold the Lamb of God

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:04.080
 who takes away

00:35:04.080 --> 00:35:04.800
 the sin of the world.

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:06.140
 He says,

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.539
 look,

00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:08.140
 look at Christ

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:09.519
 because this isn't

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.300
 just,

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:11.080
 you know,

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.740
 a man from Nazareth

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.420
 here today.

00:35:13.660 --> 00:35:14.680
 This is a picture

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:15.680
 of everything

00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:17.200
 that we've been waiting for.

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:19.320
 He is the new

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.240
 Passover Lamb.

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.160
 He is the new

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:22.560
 sacrificial Lamb

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:24.380
 that is going to free us

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:25.519
 from our slavery

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.059
 to sin

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.259
 because this is

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:28.079
 the same God

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:29.159
 who was there

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.219
 in the beginning

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:31.259
 of creation

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:32.799
 because look,

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.940
 this is a man

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.500
 who,

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.539
 unlike Adam,

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.900
 when facing off

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.420
 against Satan,

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.179
 will not sin

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:40.619
 but will obey.

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:43.440
 This is the man

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:45.199
 who is the answer

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.400
 to the promise

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.880
 of Abraham.

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.480
 This is the man

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.360
 who is going to be

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.000
 the blessing

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:51.619
 to the whole world.

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.920
 You know,

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.880
 this is

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:56.679
 a king,

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:58.099
 a king who's

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.779
 better than David

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.500
 because,

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.159
 you know,

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:01.059
 he doesn't just kill

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:02.500
 the giants of our sin

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:05.719
 but he is a king

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.460
 that lives

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.239
 a good

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:08.559
 and perfect legacy

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.759
 for his children,

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.559
 a legacy that means

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:13.579
 that when we're not perfect,

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.579
 we inherit

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.539
 his righteousness.

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:18.079
 This is the one

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:19.039
 who builds

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.900
 a temple

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:21.599
 in the hearts

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.360
 of his people,

00:36:22.839 --> 00:36:23.239
 a temple

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:24.239
 that cannot be destroyed.

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.579
 This

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:28.279
 is Jesus

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:30.559
 like Hosea

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:32.159
 who comes back

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:33.779
 time and time again

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:35.079
 for his people

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:36.059
 who wander

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:37.759
 time and time again

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:38.539
 back

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.839
 into adulterous sin.

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:45.039
 John the Baptist

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.539
 says,

00:36:45.720 --> 00:36:46.220
 behold

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:47.019
 the Lamb

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.640
 of God.

00:36:48.200 --> 00:36:48.640
 Look,

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.640
 this is our

00:36:49.640 --> 00:36:50.160
 obedience

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:51.160
 and our

00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:51.720
 righteousness,

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.340
 not self-made

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.539
 but from God,

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.220
 a gift

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:59.079
 to his people.

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.480
 I think

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.820
 it's far too easy

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.700
 to see

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:04.539
 Christ

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.380
 as something

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.079
 other than

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.660
 the fountain

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:07.620
 from our obedience,

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:09.000
 the fountain

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.359
 from which

00:37:09.359 --> 00:37:09.739
 our obedience

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.259
 comes

00:37:10.259 --> 00:37:12.339
 and the source

00:37:12.339 --> 00:37:14.420
 of our ability

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:16.039
 to be good

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:17.039
 and to obey

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.960
 God's law.

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:21.039
 John the Baptist

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.859
 calls the people

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:23.059
 here to look

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:24.119
 to Christ

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.319
 and not at anything

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:25.779
 else.

00:37:27.339 --> 00:37:27.719
 Though when we're

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.400
 trying to figure out

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.880
 how we're going to

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.779
 provide for our family

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:31.319
 or how we're going

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:32.239
 to pass this exam

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:33.420
 or when we're looking

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.119
 for significance

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.960
 or value,

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:38.400
 God wants to show

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.980
 us another way.

00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:40.720
 He wants to show

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.200
 us that

00:37:41.200 --> 00:37:43.860
 we don't have

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.460
 to be the pilots

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.220
 of our own destiny,

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.740
 that our obedience

00:37:46.740 --> 00:37:47.220
 today,

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.820
 that our security

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.460
 in eternity

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:51.320
 is tied up

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.700
 together

00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:52.740
 with Jesus.

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.139
 You know,

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:55.599
 I wish this was

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.119
 something that

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:57.460
 I didn't forget

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.960
 so easily.

00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.800
 You know,

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.420
 I think

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.800
 a lot of the time

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.400
 I think I need

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:02.940
 to make my own

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.320
 righteousness.

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:05.119
 I need to succeed

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.619
 on my own.

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.700
 Sometimes I even

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.900
 forget God's

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.320
 faithfulness

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.700
 altogether

00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:12.940
 and I say,

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.639
 actually,

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.539
 that's going to be

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.000
 a lot easier

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.720
 if I just sin,

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.440
 if I just do

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.400
 things my way.

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.440
 I think God

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.900
 knows this.

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.800
 I think God

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.760
 knows that we

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.340
 forget easily.

00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:29.059
 I think he gives

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.579
 us the Bible.

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.340
 I think he gives

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:31.099
 us the Old Testament.

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.900
 I think he gives

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.500
 us the New Testament.

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.059
 I think he gives

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.980
 us Christ

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:35.400
 to remind us

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:36.780
 of these things,

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.360
 to remind us

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:38.619
 that our obedience

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:40.659
 isn't self-manufactured,

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:42.440
 but it comes

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.780
 from God.

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:47.159
 Today,

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.559
 we're going to be

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.079
 celebrating the

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:48.539
 communion meal

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:48.860
 together.

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:52.039
 And for this

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.460
 communion meal,

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.119
 it does many

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.460
 things.

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.679
 For a Christian,

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.260
 it's a reminder

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:55.940
 of the cross.

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.840
 It's a reminder

00:38:56.840 --> 00:39:00.039
 of Christ's

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.840
 sacrifice for our

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.219
 salvation.

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.719
 Today,

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.639
 I hope it's

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.279
 a reminder that

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:06.420
 Jesus is not

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.639
 our backup plan.

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:10.440
 It isn't the

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.320
 plan B to

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:13.139
 God's righteousness

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.920
 for his people.

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:16.320
 You know,

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:18.200
 in the Passover meal,

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:19.599
 in the communion,

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:21.000
 we see parallels.

00:39:21.200 --> 00:39:22.260
 We see that Jesus

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:23.139
 is the Passover

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.519
 lamb,

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:25.039
 that instead of

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.940
 freedom from slavery,

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:26.740
 he offers us

00:39:26.740 --> 00:39:27.860
 freedom from sin

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.440
 and death.

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.400
 That in communion,

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:33.240
 the bread is his

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:35.380
 body broken for us,

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:37.000
 and that his blood

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:39.420
 pays the price for

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:39.960
 our righteousness,

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.159
 righteousness,

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:42.420
 just like the

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:43.240
 blood protected

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:45.019
 Israel from God's

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.300
 judgment.

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.840
 Passover is about

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.900
 God saving his

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.679
 people from slavery.

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:55.119
 And communion is

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.840
 about what Christ

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:57.840
 does to secure

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:59.500
 our salvation.

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.699
 It's what Christ

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:03.599
 does to enable us

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:05.199
 to be obedient

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:06.500
 and faithful.

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:11.559
 So I'm going to

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:12.840
 ask the communion

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:14.019
 stewards to come

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.720
 forward this morning.

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.679
 I want us to think

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.220
 about a couple of

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.440
 things.

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.179
 I want us to think

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:20.460
 about our obedience.

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.659
 Where does our

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:24.260
 righteousness come

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:24.519
 from?

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:28.639
 How is it that we

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:29.420
 are made right

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.420
 with God?

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:33.800
 Do we earn it by

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:35.579
 being good, by

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.740
 keeping the laws?

00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:40.619
 Or do we wake

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:42.000
 up each day and

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.959
 put on Christ's

00:40:42.959 --> 00:40:43.299
 righteousness?

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:47.379
 Who is our

00:40:47.379 --> 00:40:47.619
 savior?

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:48.419
 Who is our king?

00:40:48.759 --> 00:40:49.000
 You know, like

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.699
 these kids, are we

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:50.839
 saying, Hosanna,

00:40:51.419 --> 00:40:52.339
 Jesus is our king?

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:55.699
 Or are we our

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.199
 own king?

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:58.339
 Is there something

00:40:58.339 --> 00:40:58.839
 else that we're

00:40:58.839 --> 00:40:59.239
 worshiping?

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:02.159
 Now, in this

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:03.139
 communion meal,

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.559
 this is a

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:05.279
 sacrament that as

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:06.619
 Christians, we do

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:08.480
 that says that our

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:10.059
 trust is in God.

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.279
 It's something that

00:41:12.279 --> 00:41:13.039
 we do as a family.

00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:14.039
 And so if you're

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.679
 here today and

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:16.859
 you, and Jesus

00:41:16.859 --> 00:41:19.400
 isn't your king, we

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:21.159
 ask that you don't

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:22.420
 take part in this.

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.639
 But watch and

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:23.960
 observe.

00:41:24.319 --> 00:41:24.779
 Ask the person

00:41:24.779 --> 00:41:25.500
 sitting next to you.

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.299
 Come talk to me

00:41:26.299 --> 00:41:26.659
 afterwards.

00:41:26.779 --> 00:41:27.980
 Ask me or ask

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.480
 Eric what it's

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.779
 about.

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:32.659
 But for those

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 who are Christ's,

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 for those of us

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 who say that we're

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 going to put on

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 Christ's righteousness,

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.960
 we're going to

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 look at Christ's

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 obedience in the

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 desert and say,

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 yes, that is our

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 obedience.

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 I want to invite you

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 guys to, as you

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 feel led, come

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 forward and collect

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 the communion

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 elements.

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 And once you've

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 done that, return

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 to your seats and

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 afterwards we'll

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 take the communion

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 meal together.

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 here.

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 Let's go.