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 Well, the next four Sundays we'll be making our way through Matthew chapter 3 and Matthew chapter 4.

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 And there are four sermons coming up.

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 And if there was going to be a banner that kind of flown over these four sermons,

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 there would be a phrase over it.

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 And you can find that phrase at the end of Matthew chapter 4 verse 16.

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 A light has dawned.

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 And so over the next four weeks, we're going to work our way through Matthew chapters 3 and 4,

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 and we're going to see the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

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 And so this morning we're going to look at John the Baptist,

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 and the next week we're going to look at the baptism of Jesus,

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 and then we're going to look at the temptation of Jesus,

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 and then we're going to look at the start of the ministry of Jesus at the end of January.

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 It's all about Jesus.

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 It's all about King Jesus.

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 Who He is, what He's done, what He's doing,

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 it's all about Him.

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 It's all about His grace.

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 So would you turn with me now to Matthew chapter 3,

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 verses 1 through 12.

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 And this passage you can just sum up by saying,

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 John the Baptist is preparing the way for King Jesus.

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 He's preparing the way.

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 And we're going to see a few ways in which He prepares the way.

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 But first, have you ever seen a royal procession before?

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 Maybe you've seen it in person.

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 Maybe you've seen it in a movie.

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 Usually what happens, there's a king royalty in some kind of cart.

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 And usually, if your mind works like me,

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 it's kind of you imagine this king in a cart,

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 and he's being kind of carried by these kind of burly slaves.

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 You know, they're a cart with poles on it,

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 and they're kind of walking through a city.

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 And so in front of this cart,

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 there is someone announcing to all in the city

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 who's coming behind him.

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 And usually this one who's making the announcement

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 is not just informing people,

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 but he's calling people to respond.

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 Bow down, the king is coming.

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 The king approaches.

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 The king is in your midst.

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 Make way.

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 Make way.

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 The king has come.

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 And so that man who's preparing the way of the king,

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 he's not drawing attention to himself.

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 He's drawing attention to the one that's coming after him.

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 Because the king that follows him is mightier than he.

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 And so Matthew 3, 1 through 12,

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 is all about John the Baptist

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 proclaiming and making way for this one who's coming after him.

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 Up until this point in Matthew,

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 Matthew has been seeking to convince us

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 that this baby Jesus is Emmanuel,

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 the only one who has a rightful claim to the throne of David.

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 This is the long-anticipated one, the king, King Jesus.

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 And so what you need to realize about Matthew 3, verse 1,

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 is something happens between Matthew 2, 23 and Matthew 3, 1.

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 And so if you look back in your Bibles to Matthew 2, 23,

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 we're talking about Jesus, Joseph, Mary,

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 heading back to Nazareth when Jesus was just a little boy,

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 maybe two.

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 And then in chapter 3, verse 1,

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 all of a sudden we're transported forward a couple decades.

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 And so what we'll see in verse 13 of chapter 3

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 is that Jesus comes on the scene as a man.

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 And so what you need to know from the get-go

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 is there's been a couple decades

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 that have already elapsed between chapter 2 and chapter 3.

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 And John the Baptist seems to come out of nowhere

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 to announce the coming of the long-awaited king.

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 And not just to announce,

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 but to call for a response.

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 2,000 years ago and now.

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 And so he comes to prepare the way of King Jesus,

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 and he's going to call us to respond in three ways.

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 He's going to call us to repent.

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 And then he's going to confront presumption in us.

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 And then he's going to point us to the one mightier

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 than any of us.

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 He's going to point us to Jesus.

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 And so let's just jump right in.

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 Verses 1 through 6.

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 I'm going to walk through kind of three scenes.

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 And then we'll land this plane at the end.

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 What you need to notice first in chapter 3, verse 1,

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 is that John the Baptist came,

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 and he came preaching.

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 He came declaring.

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 He came announcing.

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 He came speaking.

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 The focus is on his voice.

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 Announcing something.

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 And if you look down at verse 4,

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 you quickly realize this is a unique dude

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 based upon what he was wearing.

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 Now John wore a garment of camel's hair

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 and a leather belt around his waist,

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 and his food was locusts and wild honey.

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 You just don't see that too often nowadays.

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 I like ponchos.

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 And I know how to find a cheap poncho.

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 Anybody else use a 30-gallon trash bag as a poncho?

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 It's really simple.

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 I see that hand back there.

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 Cut out the, you know, neck,

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 little holes in the arm.

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 You can bring it down.

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 Looks great.

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 Cheap.

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 Water repellent.

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 John the Baptist is basically wearing a poncho of camel hair.

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 That's what he's doing.

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 It was cheap and available.

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 Camel hair.

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 Wrapped around his waist with a big belt.

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 He's eating locusts, which were a big grasshopper.

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 People still eat them in the region today?

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 Dip them in wild honey?

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 They're delicious, I guess.

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 I would not know.

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 But what you understand is,

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 why is this guy dressed in camel hair?

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 Why is he eating grasshoppers and wild honey?

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 Well, he's living a very basic life,

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 a very simple life,

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 a minimalistic life,

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 because he's all in for the calling on his life.

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 He's declaring.

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 He's announcing.

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 He's preparing the way of the Lord.

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 And what you need to see is,

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 if you flip back in your Bibles to 2 Kings 1.8,

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 do you know who else was wearing a poncho

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 of kind of camel hair?

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 Elijah.

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 Later in Matthew chapter 11,

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 Jesus says that John is the second Elijah who has come.

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 And so what you need to know from the get-go is,

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 John is the baptizer,

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 but what you need to realize is,

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 John is a prophet.

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 And he's declaring a message of repentance,

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 calling God's people back to himself.

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 So he's a prophet.

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 And the next thing you need to see here

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 is that this John the Baptist,

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 he fulfills prophecy.

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 He's a prophet who fulfills prophecy.

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 His ministry is a fulfillment ministry.

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 And so if you look at chapter 3, verse 3,

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 it says,

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 For this is he, John the Baptist,

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 who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah

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 when he said,

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 The voice of one crying in the wilderness,

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 prepare the way of the Lord,

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 make his path straight.

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 The voice of one calling in the wilderness.

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 John is proclaiming the kingdom.

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 And he's in the wilderness,

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 20 miles east of Jerusalem,

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 along the Jordan,

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 in the wilderness of Judea.

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 And so what Matthew is pointing out here is,

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 it's no coincidence that this guy

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 in the camel poncho is preaching

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 what he's preaching.

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 This was God's plan.

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 He is the forerunner of the Christ.

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 This was all according to the will of God.

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 And his ministry is one of preparation.

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 We see it in the message itself.

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 And so if you look back at verse 2,

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 you see the message of John the Baptist,

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 what he's declaring.

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 He's saying,

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 Repent!

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 Repent!

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 Repent!

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 Do you know what the word repentance means?

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 The Greek mind would take the word repentance

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 as simple like change of mind.

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 It would have been very just kind of common.

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 It would be like,

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 alright,

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 I pull out my drawer,

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 oh,

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 I'm thinking about wearing my striped socks.

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 Oh no,

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 I repent.

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 I change my mind.

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 I'm going to wear my polka dotted socks.

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 And so for the Greek mind,

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 it was just kind of changing your mind.

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 But for the biblical authors,

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 for the Jewish mind,

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 oh,

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 repentance meant so much more.

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 Repentance,

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 biblically speaking,

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 is a radical reorientation

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 of one's entire life.

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 It's turning away from living life

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 with me at the middle of my life,

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 and it's a turning from that

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 and turning and reorienting

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 all of who I am

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 to living for God and to others.

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 That's what repentance is.

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 John the Baptist is calling people

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 to turn from their sin

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 and turn to living to God

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 and all of who they are.

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 It was a message of repentance.

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 And then notice,

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 he gives the reason why.

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 Repent,

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 for the kingdom of heaven

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 is at hand.

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 He gives the reason.

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 Now,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 is a phrase unique to Matthew.

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 And we show,

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 it's basically the same idea

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 as the other gospel writers

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 who talk about the kingdom of God.

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 And so,

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 what Matthew is saying,

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 that John is saying,

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 is he's repent,

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 for the kingdom of heaven

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 is here.

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 It's arrived.

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 It's present now.

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 There's some speculation

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 of why Matthew uses

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 the phrase kingdom of heaven.

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 He's writing to a Jewish audience,

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 and so,

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 a good idea is that

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 he didn't want to use

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 the name of God

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 in order to offend

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 the Jewish audience.

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 So,

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 he's talking about

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 What you need to be thinking,

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 though,

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 when you hear that phrase,

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 kingdom of heaven,

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 don't be thinking

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 blocks and gates.

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 Don't be thinking that way.

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 Here's what you need to be thinking.

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 When you hear the phrase

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 kingdom of heaven

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 or kingdom of God,

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 you need to be thinking

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 about the active reign

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 of King Jesus.

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 The active,

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 dynamic,

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 reign of King Jesus.

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 His present rule.

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 And so,

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 the king of the kingdom of heaven

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 is King Jesus.

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 And so,

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 the inbreaking of the kingdom,

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 the presence of the kingdom,

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 is the arrival of Jesus.

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 And so,

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 what John is saying is,

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 repent,

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 because

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 God is now reigning

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 on earth in Jesus,

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 and that reign

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 is going to spread.

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 The Messiah has arrived.

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 Another way

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 to say it is,

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 change your living

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 because the king

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 has come.

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 And he's brought

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 with him

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 his rule,

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 his gracious rule,

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 his holy rule.

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 Live in light

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 of who he is.

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 And then in verses 5 and 6,

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 we see the response.

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 All sorts of people

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 are coming out of Jerusalem,

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 Judea,

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 and the surrounding areas,

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 and they're going out to him.

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 And the question is,

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 why are they going out to him?

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 Did they hear about

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 his camel poncho?

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 Did they want to see

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 the latest fashion

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 and prophetic wardrobe?

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 Is that what they wanted to do?

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 No.

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 They got wind

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 that a prophet's in town.

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 There's a prophet

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 in the wilderness

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 declaring repentance.

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 There's been 400 years

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 of silence,

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 and now God is speaking again,

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 calling his people

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 to come back to him.

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 And the people respond

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 to this call to repentance.

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 Those who go out to him,

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 they respond.

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 And they respond

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 by being baptized.

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 They respond

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 by confessing their sins.

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 Real repentance

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 shows up

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 in the real confession

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 of real sin.

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 The recognition

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 that yes,

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 I am a sinner,

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 and I have committed sins,

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 and I confess them,

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 and I'm repenting of them.

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 I'm turning from them.

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 And baptism

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 was simply

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 this demonstration

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 that they were,

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 yes, repenting.

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 Demonstrating publicly

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 that yes,

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 I am saying,

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 no more to that lifestyle.

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 That was what I used to be.

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 This is a tremendous

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 step of humility.

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 One other thing

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 you've got to realize

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 about this baptism

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 going on.

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 John was baptizing Jews.

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 Back in the day,

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 baptism would be something

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 Jews would do

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 to Gentiles

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 in order for them

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 to become

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 Jewish converts.

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 And so,

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 for a Jew

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 to baptize a Jew

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 was unheard of.

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 This is

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 something unique

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 going on.

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 So,

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 it appears

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 that God,

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 we come to the end

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 of this passage

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 or this section

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 in verse 6,

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 it appears God

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 is on the move again.

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 We've had a prophet

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 sighting on the outskirts

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 of the Judean wilderness

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 on the Jordan River.

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 You know,

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 one of the questions

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 we could ask

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 is if you were in Jerusalem,

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 you heard about this guy,

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 what would you have done?

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 Would you have gone

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 to see him?

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 So,

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 John the Baptist

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 was creating

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 quite a stir

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 and the people

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 in Jerusalem

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 were flocking to him

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 and it would have

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 aroused

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 the interest

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 and suspicion

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 of the religious

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 establishment.

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 So,

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 now we move

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 to the second scene

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 in verses 7-10

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 where we see

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 John the Baptist

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 having called people

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 to repentance,

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 now he's going

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 to confront

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 presumption.

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 He's preparing

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 the way

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 of King Jesus

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 and

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 he says

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 some hard things.

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 In verse 7

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 we read,

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 but when he saw

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 many of the Pharisees

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 and Sadducees

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 coming for his baptism

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 and what you need

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 to realize

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 is that these Pharisees

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 and Sadducees,

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 they were a delegation

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 sent from

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 the Sanhedrin

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 which was

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 kind of the religious

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 establishment leadership

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 in Jerusalem,

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 they were sent

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 to go check

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 what's going on

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 on the Jordan

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 with John the Baptist

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 out.

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 And so,

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 what you need

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 to realize

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 is they're not

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 going to be

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 baptized.

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 They're going

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 to check out

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 what's going on.

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 And so,

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 they're being sent

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 and what you also

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 need to know

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 is Pharisees

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 and Sadducees

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 were two very

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 different theological

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 groups.

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 Pharisees,

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 they believed

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 all of the Old Testament,

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 they were committed

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 to the oral law,

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 they were known

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 for making rules

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 upon rules

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 upon rules

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 to apply

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 the oral law

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 to everyday life

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 and they were

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 just known

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 for making

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 so many rules

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 that nobody

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 could fulfill

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 them all,

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 nobody could

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 obey them all.

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 They believed

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 in the resurrection,

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 the Sadducees,

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 good way I learned

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 this,

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 they were sad,

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 you see,

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 because they didn't

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 believe in the

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 resurrection,

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 they maintained,

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 they were committed

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 just to the authority

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 of the first five

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 books of the Bible,

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 they were an

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 aristocratic group,

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 they were a priestly

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 group,

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 so they were tied

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 to the temple

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 and they were

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 just well connected

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 and so you have

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 two very different

00:16:39.659 --> 00:16:40.659
 theological groups

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 but they share

00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:42.039
 a common political

00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:42.480
 mission

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 and that is

00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:44.320
 to stay in power.

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 And so the Sanhedrin

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.980
 sends them out

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:48.240
 to the Jordan

00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:48.820
 to check out

00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:49.860
 what's going on

00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:51.580
 with John the Baptist.

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 And so they

00:16:55.400 --> 00:16:55.759
 weren't there

00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.280
 to repent,

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 they were there

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 to do some

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 recon.

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 And John

00:17:00.780 --> 00:17:01.500
 confronts it.

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.540
 Look at verse

00:17:02.540 --> 00:17:03.100
 seven.

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 I just wouldn't

00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:06.200
 recommend this

00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.720
 approach.

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 If you're going

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 to kind of like

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 a family gathering,

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 I just wouldn't

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.360
 recommend this

00:17:12.360 --> 00:17:12.779
 approach.

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 He starts off

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 by saying,

00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:18.279
 you brood

00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:19.180
 of vipers.

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 A brood

00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:23.819
 is an offspring

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 of vipers.

00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:28.079
 Snakes.

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 You offspring

00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.379
 of snakes.

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 Snakes!

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 You snakes!

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 And then sarcastically

00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:37.259
 he asks this,

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.960
 John the Baptist,

00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:40.220
 who warned you

00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:40.899
 to flee the wrath

00:17:40.899 --> 00:17:41.200
 to come?

00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:44.319
 What are you

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.879
 doing here?

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.059
 Because we know

00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:47.139
 you're not here

00:17:47.139 --> 00:17:47.700
 to repent.

00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:50.379
 What are you

00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:50.920
 doing here,

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.619
 you brood

00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:52.299
 of vipers?

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 And then he

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:55.819
 says,

00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:57.139
 hey,

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:59.059
 bear fruit

00:17:59.059 --> 00:17:59.639
 in keeping

00:17:59.639 --> 00:18:00.379
 with repentance.

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.319
 He calls them

00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:04.920
 to change their

00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:05.200
 ways.

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:06.059
 True repentance

00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:07.099
 of one sin

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.980
 results in a

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.779
 changed life,

00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.619
 a bearing of

00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.220
 a new kind

00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:10.579
 of fruit,

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.440
 of good fruit,

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.619
 godliness,

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.480
 a life lived

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:13.899
 to God

00:18:13.899 --> 00:18:14.279
 and for the

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 good of others.

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 And we all

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.399
 know that can

00:18:16.399 --> 00:18:16.779
 only happen

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.200
 through Jesus.

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.779
 But what I

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 want you to

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.700
 key in here

00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.180
 is in verse

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 nine.

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 In the ESV,

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 he says,

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 and do not

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.639
 presume to

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 say to

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 yourselves,

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 we have

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.940
 Abraham as

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 our father.

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 For I

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:31.940
 tell you,

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 God is

00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:32.839
 able from

00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.460
 these stones

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:33.920
 to raise

00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.460
 up children

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.240
 for Abraham.

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 Do not

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:37.639
 presume.

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 What John

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.039
 is saying

00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.180
 to these

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.740
 Pharisees

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.639
 and Sadducees

00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:43.440
 is that

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:44.600
 you're not

00:18:44.600 --> 00:18:45.740
 saved from

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.400
 the wrath

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.140
 to come

00:18:47.140 --> 00:18:48.980
 because of

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:50.400
 your genetic

00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:51.259
 relationship

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.280
 to Abraham.

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 Don't

00:18:54.280 --> 00:18:55.060
 presume you're

00:18:55.060 --> 00:18:55.720
 saved when

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 you're not.

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 Don't base

00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.860
 your salvation

00:18:59.860 --> 00:19:01.040
 on your

00:19:01.040 --> 00:19:01.759
 relationship

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.960
 to this

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:04.220
 guy or

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.759
 how well

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.200
 you know

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:06.020
 your Bibles.

00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:07.100
 That's not

00:19:07.100 --> 00:19:07.740
 how a sinner

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.900
 is saved

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.620
 from the wrath

00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.699
 of God.

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.899
 He's basically

00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.339
 saying,

00:19:14.879 --> 00:19:15.259
 don't think

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.919
 that you are

00:19:15.919 --> 00:19:16.699
 something when

00:19:16.699 --> 00:19:17.159
 you're not.

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.679
 Don't think

00:19:17.679 --> 00:19:18.059
 that you're

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.519
 saved when

00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:19.159
 actually you're

00:19:19.159 --> 00:19:19.459
 not.

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 It's a hard

00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:22.659
 thing to say

00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:23.099
 to someone.

00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.599
 He brings

00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:26.539
 up Abraham.

00:19:28.219 --> 00:19:28.959
 And we can

00:19:28.959 --> 00:19:29.559
 ask the question,

00:19:29.679 --> 00:19:29.839
 well,

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.459
 how did

00:19:31.459 --> 00:19:32.239
 Abraham get

00:19:32.239 --> 00:19:32.579
 saved?

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:34.959
 I mean,

00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:36.339
 back in

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:37.179
 Genesis 15,

00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:38.399
 was God

00:19:38.399 --> 00:19:39.599
 so impressed

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:41.139
 with Abraham's

00:19:41.139 --> 00:19:42.099
 righteous living

00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:42.819
 that God

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:44.079
 essentially said

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.519
 Abraham,

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.079
 man,

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.259
 you live

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.879
 such a

00:19:46.879 --> 00:19:47.459
 godly life.

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:47.859
 I don't

00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.339
 need to do

00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.859
 anything to

00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:49.240
 save you.

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.599
 Let me

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.559
 just kind

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:50.879
 of rubber

00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:51.619
 stamp it.

00:19:51.699 --> 00:19:51.919
 You're

00:19:51.919 --> 00:19:52.119
 in,

00:19:52.199 --> 00:19:52.339
 buddy.

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:52.819
 You're

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.019
 in.

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:53.980
 Impressive

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.379
 life.

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:54.859
 Very

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.219
 impressive.

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.419
 That's not

00:19:57.419 --> 00:19:58.159
 what saved

00:19:58.159 --> 00:19:59.059
 Abraham.

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 In Genesis

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 15,

00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:00.899
 6,

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.279
 we read

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.579
 this.

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.399
 Abraham

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.099
 believed

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.839
 God and

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.199
 it was

00:20:04.199 --> 00:20:04.740
 credited to

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.379
 him as

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.079
 righteousness.

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:08.819
 God

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.519
 accepted

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.200
 Abraham,

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:10.919
 not on

00:20:10.919 --> 00:20:11.359
 the basis

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.919
 of his

00:20:11.919 --> 00:20:12.599
 works,

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.179
 but on

00:20:14.179 --> 00:20:14.639
 the basis

00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:15.220
 of his

00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:16.039
 faith in

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.299
 God.

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.579
 On the

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.039
 basis of

00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.419
 God's

00:20:19.419 --> 00:20:20.099
 kindness

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.859
 and grace

00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:21.299
 to him.

00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:27.519
 It's all

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.079
 about God's

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.359
 grace.

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.879
 It's always

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.639
 been about

00:20:31.639 --> 00:20:32.299
 God's grace.

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.720
 Trusting

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.700
 in him.

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:37.039
 God's

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.620
 grace is

00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:37.819
 his

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.460
 undeserved

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 favor.

00:20:39.080 --> 00:20:39.580
 I learned

00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:40.340
 early on

00:20:40.340 --> 00:20:41.279
 an acronym.

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.319
 God's

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.039
 riches at

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.740
 Christ's

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.319
 expense.

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.299
 Grace.

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.559
 You don't

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.240
 deserve it.

00:20:47.340 --> 00:20:47.700
 You don't

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.240
 earn it.

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.039
 You can't.

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.700
 God loves

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.100
 us,

00:20:52.580 --> 00:20:53.440
 not because

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:53.660
 we're

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.080
 lovable,

00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:55.539
 but because

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:55.980
 God is

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.420
 loving.

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.620
 It's who

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.279
 he is.

00:20:58.279 --> 00:21:02.379
 he loves

00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:03.259
 us even

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:05.980
 as we

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.379
 are,

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.460
 sinners.

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.559
 And what

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.000
 we see

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.720
 here is

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:13.579
 at least

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.240
 some people

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.639
 are willing

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.139
 to admit

00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:15.559
 that they're

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:15.839
 sinners.

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.299
 Not

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.660
 everybody

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.079
 does.

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.180
 The

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.660
 Pharisees

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.519
 and Sadducees

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.059
 were not

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.680
 willing to

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.259
 admit that.

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.480
 They thought

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.160
 God accepted

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.680
 them because

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.259
 of their

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:28.259
 linkage to

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.259
 Abraham or

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.279
 how clean

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.859
 and separate

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.339
 they were

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:31.759
 from the

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.180
 sinful

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.859
 rabble.

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.339
 That's not

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:35.859
 how God's

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.740
 grace works.

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.039
 We see

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.619
 God's

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.200
 amazing

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.519
 grace.

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:40.839
 We just

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.200
 get a

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.619
 hint of

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:41.940
 it in

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.440
 verse 9.

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.220
 We read

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.420
 it.

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.839
 We have

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.440
 Abraham as

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:50.720
 our father.

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.200
 Do not

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.920
 presume to

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.220
 say to

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.539
 yourself,

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:52.759
 hey,

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.559
 we're

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.220
 saved because

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:55.000
 Abraham is

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.680
 our father.

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.119
 For I

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.519
 tell you,

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.259
 God is

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.819
 able,

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.140
 from these

00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.920
 lifeless

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.579
 stones,

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:01.980
 and John

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.319
 the Baptist

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.839
 is pointing

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.140
 to the

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.539
 stones in

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:03.960
 the Jordan,

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.319
 God is

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:06.920
 able,

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:07.879
 from these

00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.480
 lifeless

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.240
 stones,

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:11.059
 to raise

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:12.799
 up children

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:14.279
 for Abraham.

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.379
 It's all

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:16.000
 about God's

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.319
 grace.

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.740
 God's power

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.640
 to save

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.460
 is not

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.480
 limited to

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.619
 DNA or

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.279
 man-made

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.779
 religious

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.299
 traditions.

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.399
 Christians.

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.299
 It's all

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.720
 by His

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.119
 grace.

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.319
 And so

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:29.579
 what we

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:29.919
 see in

00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:30.119
 these

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:30.740
 Pharisees

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:30.940
 and

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.539
 Sadducees,

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.299
 this delegation

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.819
 that's come

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.279
 out to do

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.759
 some recon,

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:36.460
 there is a

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.099
 presumption.

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.819
 There is

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:40.740
 arrogance that

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.059
 they're in

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.700
 good standing

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.299
 with God

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.980
 because they're

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.559
 related to

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.919
 Abraham.

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.460
 It's like

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.059
 they carry

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:47.899
 an Abraham

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:49.940
 card and

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.740
 they pull it

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.299
 out and

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.099
 there's this

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:53.579
 unfolding of

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.440
 the Abrahamic

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.380
 family tree and

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:55.700
 they're like,

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.279
 there's Abraham,

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.779
 there's me,

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.140
 I'm in.

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.420
 Hey,

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:59.000
 everything's

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.279
 cool.

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.140
 I couldn't

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.480
 be further

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.839
 from the

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.180
 truth.

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.420
 We're not

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:07.339
 saved based

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.759
 upon our

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.539
 relationship to

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.180
 other people,

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.660
 humans.

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.380
 It's all

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.880
 about God

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.720
 and His

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:15.039
 grace and

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.859
 reconciling us

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.420
 to Himself.

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:22.160
 And you've

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.500
 got to ask

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.859
 the question,

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.920
 why was

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:25.259
 John so

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.759
 ticked?

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.980
 Because

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:29.539
 he's not

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:29.940
 pulling any

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.559
 punches either.

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.480
 Not only

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.000
 are these

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.779
 Pharisees and

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.339
 Sadducees,

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.880
 are they

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.240
 believing

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.859
 something wrong,

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.500
 they're actually

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.259
 teaching other

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.720
 people to

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.079
 believe the

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.460
 same thing.

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.759
 You can see

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.259
 why he would

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.720
 be so

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.660
 confrontational.

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.019
 Jesus will

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.720
 later call the

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.319
 Pharisees

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.960
 whitewashed

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.819
 tombs.

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.500
 who tie up

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.759
 burdens on

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.440
 people that

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.980
 they can't

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.359
 carry.

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.180
 Later in

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.000
 Matthew 23,

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.579
 Jesus drops

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:01.000
 some woe,

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.039
 W-O-E

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:03.599
 bombs on

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.339
 the Pharisees.

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.740
 Woe to

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.420
 you, you

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.019
 hypocrites.

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.839
 So John is

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.819
 confronting these

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:13.279
 arrogant religious

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.700
 leaders.

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.680
 You think you're

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.400
 safe when you're

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:16.980
 really not.

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.559
 You need to

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:17.940
 repent.

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.279
 You need to

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.279
 confront your

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.220
 presumption and

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.480
 you need to

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.099
 turn from it.

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.759
 And in

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.299
 verses 10 and

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:26.539
 11, he goes

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.299
 on to provide a

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.819
 very stern

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.119
 warning of

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.019
 imminent judgment.

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.099
 The axe is at

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:33.099
 the root of

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.599
 the tree.

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.899
 God is lining

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.700
 it up to cut

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.079
 it down.

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.680
 If you don't

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:38.440
 repent, it's

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.059
 going to be cut

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.859
 down and thrown

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.579
 into the fire.

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.619
 It's a reference

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.079
 to hell.

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.000
 Strong, strong

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.399
 words.

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.480
 Strong, strong

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.819
 words.

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:49.639
 Presumption comes

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:51.079
 with serious

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.919
 consequences.

00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:54.240
 So in this

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.980
 section, we see

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.799
 John the Baptist

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.759
 calling these

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.579
 people snakes,

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.919
 saying you are

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.859
 presuming you're

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.619
 saved when you're

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.740
 not, and then

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.740
 warning them of

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.740
 the judgment and

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.839
 impending punishment

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.500
 to gum.

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.700
 Judgment is real.

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.579
 The stakes are

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.059
 high.

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:14.940
 And so we have

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.740
 a confrontation

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.839
 of presumption.

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.720
 He's preparing

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.240
 the way.

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:23.119
 The last scene

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:24.539
 is in verses

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.440
 11 and 12.

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.799
 John continues

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.519
 to prepare the

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:30.159
 way, and now

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:31.440
 he moves from

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.019
 a call to

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.759
 repentance, a

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.659
 confrontation of

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.319
 presumption, and

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.399
 now he moves to

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:38.240
 pointing to the

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:40.259
 one mightier

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.679
 than him.

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:42.720
 pointing to the

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.159
 one who

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:45.359
 follows, preparing

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:47.639
 us for Jesus.

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.220
 When we repent,

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:51.799
 we're called to

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:53.539
 turn from sin and

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:55.359
 turn to God, and

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.000
 John the Baptist

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.279
 has called us from

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.359
 sin, from

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.460
 presumption, and

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.940
 he's now going to

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.679
 aim us at Jesus.

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.179
 And he does so

00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:05.599
 with a few

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.519
 contrasts.

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.000
 The first

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.200
 contrast is

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.579
 this.

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.039
 It's between

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.919
 John himself,

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.720
 and the coming

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.000
 one.

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.619
 He says in

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.200
 verse 11, I

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.980
 baptize you with

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.440
 water for

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.179
 repentance, but

00:26:18.179 --> 00:26:19.240
 he who is

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.399
 coming after me

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:22.379
 is mightier

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:23.579
 than I.

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.480
 John is

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.859
 recognizing this

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.359
 one coming

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.819
 after him is

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:31.279
 mightier than

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.539
 I.

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:35.659
 of course he's

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.139
 talking about

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:36.460
 Jesus.

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.759
 Jesus comes on

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.159
 the scene,

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.960
 verse 13,

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.579
 he's preparing

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.019
 the way.

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.039
 I need to

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.319
 make a

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.940
 connection for

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.079
 you.

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.500
 It's a

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.200
 Christological

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.720
 connection.

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.639
 It's about

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:52.039
 Jesus.

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.819
 Would you

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.339
 look back up

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.000
 to verse 3?

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.859
 That's where

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.539
 John the Baptist

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.839
 is, Matthew's

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.379
 saying John the

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.059
 Baptist fulfills

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.960
 Isaiah 43.

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.359
 He is the

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.119
 voice of one

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.960
 crying in the

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.220
 wilderness.

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.079
 And then it

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.700
 goes on to say

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.679
 prepare the way

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:08.240
 of the Lord.

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.059
 The Lord,

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.819
 in Isaiah 43,

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.059
 is a reference

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.720
 to God

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.339
 himself,

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.679
 Yahweh.

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.839
 This prophet

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.559
 in the wilderness,

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.339
 this voice,

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.579
 is preparing

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.279
 for God's

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.679
 coming.

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.359
 Do you know

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:25.720
 what that means?

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.600
 If we were to

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.400
 run the logic

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.000
 through rightly?

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.819
 What Matthew

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.460
 is saying is

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.779
 this,

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.860
 John the Baptist

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.779
 is the voice

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.400
 in the wilderness.

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:37.180
 Jesus is the

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.559
 God,

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.420
 is God who

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.940
 has come.

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.660
 He's Emmanuel,

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.500
 God with us.

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:43.700
 And so the

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.299
 connection you need

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.200
 to see here is

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.180
 John the Baptist

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.120
 is preparing the

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.819
 way for God

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:49.360
 himself who's

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:49.680
 come,

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.900
 setting up

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.259
 kingdom,

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.880
 setting up his

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.259
 reign.

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.559
 It's subtle

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.839
 but powerful.

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.099
 Matthew is saying

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.720
 that Jesus

00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:00.039
 is our Emmanuel

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:02.059
 and that the

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.680
 reign of Jesus

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.400
 is the reign

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.839
 of God

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.819
 in our midst.

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.960
 That's why

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.640
 John is saying

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.259
 the one coming

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.900
 after him

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.420
 is mightier

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.859
 than I.

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.539
 It's God.

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.799
 God in the

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.160
 flesh,

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.740
 Emmanuel.

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.759
 And what we're

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.079
 going to see

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.839
 throughout the

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.799
 Gospel of Matthew

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.619
 is that Jesus

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.259
 does something

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.980
 that only God

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.419
 in the flesh

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.839
 can do.

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.859
 He forgives sin,

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.500
 he raises the

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.879
 dead,

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.579
 he casts out

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:29.940
 demons,

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:31.019
 he speaks

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:32.159
 authoritatively

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.779
 like God

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.659
 speaking because

00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.379
 he's God

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:35.059
 in the flesh.

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.980
 I can't wait

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.500
 to get to the

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.960
 Sermon on the

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.180
 Mount.

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.279
 Jesus is like,

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.960
 let me clarify

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.700
 some things for

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.200
 you because I'm

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.519
 God.

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.559
 And so the

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.899
 contrast is the

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.539
 one mightier

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.159
 than I and

00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.799
 then John,

00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.259
 look what he

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.740
 says about

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.159
 himself.

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.820
 In verse

00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:53.180
 11,

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:55.040
 he's mightier

00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:55.480
 than I

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.220
 whose sandals

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.660
 I'm not

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.279
 worthy to

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.680
 carry.

00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:00.080
 The lowliest

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:01.060
 of all

00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:02.140
 servants in

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.940
 this culture

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.980
 had to deal

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.480
 with feet.

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.860
 It was the

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.920
 nastiest job.

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.279
 Sandals,

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.300
 dust,

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:12.100
 gross

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.759
 stuff.

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:15.240
 It was left

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.500
 for the lowliest

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.100
 of servants.

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.680
 And what John

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.480
 is saying is

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.620
 I'm unworthy.

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.620
 I'm unworthy

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.559
 to even carry

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.339
 his sandals.

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.940
 You see the

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.400
 contrast?

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.779
 The one

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.579
 mightier than I,

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.339
 Jesus,

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.019
 Emmanuel,

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.920
 God in the

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.259
 flesh,

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:33.120
 and John,

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.759
 an unworthy

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.200
 servant.

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.140
 It points to

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.579
 Jesus,

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.799
 how awesome

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.200
 he is,

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.860
 how glorious

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.319
 he is.

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.519
 The second

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.220
 contrast that

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.860
 comes out in

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.220
 this little

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.920
 section is

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.980
 the contrast

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.940
 of baptisms.

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.460
 John,

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.880
 baptism is a

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.560
 baptism of

00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:50.080
 water,

00:29:50.780 --> 00:29:51.320
 and the

00:29:51.320 --> 00:29:52.140
 baptism that

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.980
 Jesus will

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.260
 bring is a

00:29:54.260 --> 00:29:54.940
 baptism of

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.700
 the Holy Spirit

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.260
 and fire.

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.440
 With the

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.860
 coming of

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.180
 Jesus,

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.220
 he brings

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.560
 with him

00:30:00.560 --> 00:30:01.340
 the messianic

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.820
 age,

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.860
 a new age

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.780
 for God's

00:30:04.780 --> 00:30:05.140
 people,

00:30:05.520 --> 00:30:06.140
 a new way

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.800
 of relating

00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:07.340
 to God.

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.300
 It's the

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:08.920
 fulfillment of

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.220
 what was

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.880
 predicted in

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:11.380
 Ezekiel 36

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:12.800
 and Joel

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.780
 chapter 2,

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:15.120
 a new era

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.820
 in which God

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.639
 will dwell

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:18.639
 within his

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:20.319
 people by

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.039
 his Spirit

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.299
 in order to

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.439
 enliven them

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:24.559
 and empower

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.460
 them to live

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.019
 for God.

00:30:29.439 --> 00:30:30.439
 The Spirit of

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:32.559
 God makes

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.279
 us new.

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.079
 He gives us

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.839
 new hearts,

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:36.039
 Ezekiel 36.

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:38.579
 The Holy Spirit

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.519
 enlivens and

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.599
 empowers Christians

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:42.299
 to live obediently

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:43.119
 under the reign

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:44.119
 of King Jesus.

00:30:48.459 --> 00:30:49.079
 John says,

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.799
 I baptize you

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.459
 with water for

00:30:50.459 --> 00:30:50.839
 repentance,

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.399
 but he is

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:52.239
 coming after me,

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.000
 the one mightier

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.299
 than me,

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.939
 whose sandals

00:30:53.939 --> 00:30:54.500
 I'm not worthy

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.699
 to carry.

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.779
 He's going to

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.339
 baptize you

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.899
 with the Holy

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.500
 Spirit and

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.959
 with fire.

00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:00.879
 Very different

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.199
 ministry,

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.599
 folks.

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.119
 John is

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.899
 basically saying,

00:31:05.979 --> 00:31:06.959
 hey, I'm

00:31:06.959 --> 00:31:07.739
 calling you to

00:31:07.739 --> 00:31:08.419
 repent of your

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:09.159
 sin and I

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:10.359
 baptize you as

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.139
 a sign of your

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.779
 repentance, but

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.239
 the one who's

00:31:12.239 --> 00:31:13.099
 coming after me,

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:14.899
 he's going to

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.479
 pour out his

00:31:15.479 --> 00:31:16.439
 Spirit on you.

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.339
 And he's going

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.979
 to pour out his

00:31:18.979 --> 00:31:19.819
 Spirit upon his

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:21.139
 people in a new

00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:22.119
 and glorious way

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:23.179
 so that they can

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:24.439
 walk in obedience

00:31:24.439 --> 00:31:25.539
 to him.

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.139
 Acts 2,

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.859
 Pentecost,

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.939
 the Spirit pours

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:30.519
 out on the early

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.939
 church.

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.799
 It's a game

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.199
 changer.

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.319
 The fulfillment

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.119
 of Joel 2,

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:39.119
 the indwelling,

00:31:40.479 --> 00:31:41.559
 the enlivening,

00:31:41.739 --> 00:31:42.459
 empowering,

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:44.059
 pouring out of

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.660
 the Spirit of

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:44.940
 God.

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.019
 Inaugurating a

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:49.440
 new life,

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.700
 a new day.

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.059
 And so the

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.720
 contrast is

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.819
 between this

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:59.579
 baptism of

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:01.279
 water that

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.640
 leads to

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.059
 repentance

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:04.079
 and the

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.660
 baptism of

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.000
 the Holy

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.319
 Spirit,

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.240
 this outpouring

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.799
 of the Spirit

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.400
 of God that

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:09.700
 radically changes

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.140
 people.

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.640
 It makes them

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.360
 new people.

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.740
 There's that

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.319
 little reference

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.880
 to fire,

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.539
 baptized with the

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.080
 Holy Spirit

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.580
 and fire.

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.559
 It's most likely

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.340
 a reference to

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:27.180
 the purifying

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.900
 work of the

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.420
 Spirit in the

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:28.819
 life of the

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:30.140
 believer from

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.620
 start to

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:30.940
 finish.

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:30.980
 church.

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.700
 It's a

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.580
 different baptism,

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.240
 different pouring

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:39.960
 out, a

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.759
 powerful pouring

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:40.920
 out.

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.340
 The last

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.759
 contrast is

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:48.299
 Jesus as

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.559
 judge.

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:48.820
 It's in

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.400
 verse 12.

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.779
 Again, John

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.400
 the Baptist is

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.380
 pointing us to

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.860
 this one

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.620
 mightier than

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.380
 I.

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.220
 He's God.

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.360
 He's going to

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.880
 pour out his

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.539
 Spirit on his

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.200
 people in a

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.100
 very unique and

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.719
 powerful way.

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.079
 In verse 12

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.599
 he says

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.159
 essentially,

00:33:04.719 --> 00:33:05.079
 he's the

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:06.019
 coming judge.

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.459
 His winnowing

00:33:08.459 --> 00:33:08.959
 fork is in

00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:09.519
 his hand and

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.059
 he will clear

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.579
 his threshing

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.039
 floor and

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.500
 gather his

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.859
 wheat into

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.339
 the barn,

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.519
 but the

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.099
 chaff he

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.539
 will burn

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.299
 with unquenchable

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.699
 fire.

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.259
 It's an

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.740
 agricultural

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.399
 picture that

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:17.939
 everybody would

00:33:17.939 --> 00:33:18.079
 have been

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.519
 aware of.

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.079
 It's a

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.899
 separating out

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:21.480
 the wheat

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.159
 from the

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.619
 chaff.

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.699
 It's a

00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.099
 picture of

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.399
 judgment.

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.000
 It's a

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.519
 picture of

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.099
 separation.

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:28.039
 And it's a

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.539
 picture of

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.000
 punishment.

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.899
 What I want

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.099
 you to

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.599
 notice here

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.019
 is the

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.199
 word

00:33:32.199 --> 00:33:32.599
 his.

00:33:35.659 --> 00:33:36.279
 His

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.839
 winnowing

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.980
 fork is

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.419
 in his

00:33:38.419 --> 00:33:39.139
 hand and

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:39.419
 he will

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:40.219
 clear his

00:33:40.219 --> 00:33:40.719
 threshing

00:33:40.719 --> 00:33:41.659
 floor and

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:42.480
 gather his

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.559
 wheat into

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.019
 the barn.

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.259
 It's his

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.740
 harvest.

00:33:48.219 --> 00:33:49.000
 He's the

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.480
 Lord of the

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.819
 harvest.

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.559
 Jesus comes

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:55.119
 and he's

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:56.079
 establishing his

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:57.480
 kingdom and

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.019
 he's going to

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.259
 separate the

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.859
 wheat from

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.480
 the chaff.

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.740
 The contrast

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:06.779
 emphasizes that

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:08.099
 Jesus, this

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.340
 one mightier

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.940
 than I, he's

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:12.360
 the judge who's

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.619
 come.

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.519
 And so be

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:14.860
 warned.

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.800
 Be warned.

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.800
 There's another

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:19.320
 reference to the

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.400
 unquenchable fire.

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.679
 The chaff will be

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.559
 thrown into the

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.579
 unquenchable fire.

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:26.519
 The unrepentant

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.940
 will be thrown

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.440
 into the

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:30.259
 unquenchable fire.

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.759
 It's a reference

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.199
 to hell.

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.780
 The stakes are

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.099
 high.

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.619
 And it all

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.460
 has to do

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.239
 with your

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:37.280
 relationship to

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.539
 Jesus.

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.699
 Jesus.

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.079
 So this

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.739
 coming one

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:44.079
 is God,

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.659
 Emmanuel.

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.880
 He ushers in

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.340
 the life and

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.860
 the spirit.

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.699
 He's the

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.480
 judge who's

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.699
 going to

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.280
 separate the

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.699
 wheat from

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.259
 the chaff.

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:54.120
 John the

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:54.700
 Baptist is

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:55.660
 pointing us

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:56.700
 to the only

00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:57.160
 one who can

00:34:57.160 --> 00:34:57.800
 save us.

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.900
 Jesus.

00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:03.100
 So here we

00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:04.240
 are looking at

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.960
 some things that

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.920
 happened two

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:07.280
 millennia ago and

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.920
 John the Baptist

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.680
 is still preaching

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.060
 today.

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.320
 He's still calling

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.900
 us to respond to

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.500
 King Jesus.

00:35:15.020 --> 00:35:15.940
 And I just want

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.740
 to point to you

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:18.240
 four areas of

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:19.120
 how we respond.

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.360
 Repent of your

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.660
 sins.

00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:24.740
 Turn away from

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.580
 a life lived

00:35:25.580 --> 00:35:26.360
 opposed to God.

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.360
 Your sin is

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.260
 real and it's

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.860
 against a real

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.240
 God.

00:35:31.040 --> 00:35:31.580
 And let me just

00:35:31.580 --> 00:35:32.180
 urge you not

00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:33.520
 just to turn from

00:35:33.520 --> 00:35:34.220
 some of your

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:34.560
 sins.

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.840
 Turn from all of

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.360
 your sins.

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.500
 Turn from a

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.440
 life lived for

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.380
 yourself and turn

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:40.360
 to the giver of

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.140
 life, the one

00:35:41.140 --> 00:35:42.000
 mightier than you,

00:35:42.100 --> 00:35:43.020
 the one and

00:35:43.020 --> 00:35:43.680
 only one who can

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:44.160
 save you.

00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:46.080
 Jesus.

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.420
 So repent.

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.040
 Confess your

00:35:51.040 --> 00:35:51.780
 sins to God.

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:54.120
 experience forgiveness

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:55.200
 that's only found in

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.380
 him.

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.720
 Second thing is

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.480
 don't presume.

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:01.520
 Presumption will

00:36:01.520 --> 00:36:02.700
 always minimize

00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:03.760
 sin.

00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:06.120
 And when sin is

00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:07.540
 minimized, there's

00:36:07.540 --> 00:36:08.260
 really not much

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:09.160
 need to repent of

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.480
 anything.

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.620
 Okay.

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:12.400
 Presumption keeps

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.360
 a sinner from

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:14.380
 thinking that they

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.300
 are in desperate

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:16.160
 need of a Savior.

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.299
 you.

00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:20.039
 So don't presume.

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.299
 If you're taking

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:23.119
 notes, write down

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:24.779
 Luke 18, 9-14.

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.599
 Jesus tells a

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:25.940
 parable.

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:28.259
 Parable between

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:32.119
 a presumptuous

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:33.940
 Pharisee and a

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.739
 sinful tax

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.199
 collector.

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.659
 Let me just

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.500
 commend you to you

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.960
 to read.

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.480
 Don't presume.

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:45.519
 Ask God to show

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.119
 you your sin.

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:49.179
 Help Him to see

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.980
 your need for a

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.260
 Savior.

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:53.139
 Don't presume.

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.940
 Third, trust in

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.199
 Jesus.

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.880
 He's God in the

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.240
 flesh.

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.440
 He pours out the

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.760
 Spirit.

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.260
 He's the judge.

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.579
 He alone is the

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.360
 one you can trust.

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.500
 He is able to

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.579
 save you.

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:07.739
 He's able to

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:10.259
 bring children of

00:37:10.259 --> 00:37:11.239
 Abraham out of

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:12.519
 lifeless stones.

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.579
 He's able to

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.539
 change your

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.480
 stony heart

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.599
 into a heart

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.460
 that believes.

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.980
 He's the only

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.699
 one that can do

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:21.920
 that.

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.279
 This is what's

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.920
 amazing about

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.239
 Jesus.

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.360
 He already knows

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.000
 you can't save

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.340
 yourself.

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:27.900
 He already knows

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.099
 that.

00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:30.639
 And so that's

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.219
 why He came.

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:32.199
 He came to

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.960
 give Himself

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:34.259
 as a ransom

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:34.860
 for many.

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.720
 He's the one

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.500
 mightier than I.

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.280
 He's the one

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:39.000
 mightier than you.

00:37:39.540 --> 00:37:40.380
 He's the only one

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:41.140
 that can rescue you

00:37:41.140 --> 00:37:41.760
 from your sin.

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.760
 So trust Him.

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.540
 Cry out to Him.

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.940
 Confess your sins

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.320
 to Him.

00:37:48.080 --> 00:37:48.880
 He is glad to

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:50.100
 forgive you based

00:37:50.100 --> 00:37:50.620
 on the shedding

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:51.240
 of His blood.

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.580
 The last thing is

00:37:53.580 --> 00:37:55.940
 serve the King.

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.780
 When you're brought

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.280
 into the Kingdom

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:59.580
 of Heaven, you come

00:37:59.580 --> 00:38:00.260
 under the act of

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.880
 reign of Jesus,

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.060
 you realize how

00:38:02.060 --> 00:38:02.840
 unworthy you are.

00:38:03.080 --> 00:38:03.740
 I didn't deserve

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.100
 this.

00:38:04.580 --> 00:38:04.960
 There's nothing

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.580
 I can bring to

00:38:05.580 --> 00:38:05.960
 the table.

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.880
 There's nothing

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.620
 I can really give

00:38:07.620 --> 00:38:08.140
 Him and impress

00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:08.500
 Him with.

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.520
 It's all about

00:38:09.520 --> 00:38:09.780
 Him.

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.480
 It's all about

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.040
 His power.

00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:11.660
 It's all about

00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:12.200
 His glory.

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.680
 It's all about

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:13.340
 His purposes.

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.720
 I'm just happy

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:18.360
 to be here.

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:20.980
 So you start

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.660
 to realize how

00:38:21.660 --> 00:38:22.620
 unworthy you are.

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:24.000
 And you start

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.500
 to realize,

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.580
 I'm unworthy

00:38:25.580 --> 00:38:26.300
 to carry His

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:26.840
 sandals.

00:38:27.040 --> 00:38:27.520
 He is so

00:38:27.520 --> 00:38:27.920
 glorious.

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.139
 glorious.

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:30.480
 But we serve

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.780
 Him with

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:31.380
 gladness.

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.460
 We serve Him

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:33.960
 with the joy

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.659
 of salvation.

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:37.220
 Because we know

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:38.760
 it is only by

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:40.659
 His grace that

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.480
 we've been saved.

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.579
 It's His kindness

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:45.200
 to us to include

00:38:45.200 --> 00:38:45.860
 us in the Kingdom.

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:48.619
 And so we serve

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.400
 Him with gladness.

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:50.320
 So whatever

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:51.300
 Jesus has called

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:51.920
 you to do,

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.420
 serve Him

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.099
 with gladness.

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.139
 We're all

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.940
 unworthy servants.

00:38:59.340 --> 00:39:00.059
 We're all saved

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.760
 by grace.

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:02.480
 He is worthy.

00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:03.740
 If you want a

00:39:03.740 --> 00:39:04.320
 place to serve,

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:04.780
 come to the

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.400
 ministry fair,

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.599
 January 31st.

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.920
 Find a place

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.420
 where you can

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.160
 leverage your gift

00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:09.720
 for the glory

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.119
 of Jesus.

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:13.220
 John the Baptist

00:39:13.220 --> 00:39:14.019
 is still speaking

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.340
 today.

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.840
 Still preparing

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:17.500
 the way of

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.139
 King Jesus.

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:20.700
 Let's respond

00:39:20.700 --> 00:39:21.220
 in humility.

00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:22.700
 Let's pray.

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.960
 Jesus,

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 You are the one

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 mightier than I,

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 mightier than us.

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 It's about Your reign

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 and Your kingdom.

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 God, would You

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 have Your way

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 in our lives?

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 Would You save

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 this morning?

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 We pray this

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.