WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.700 And so at the end of Matthew chapter 21 we're in the last week of our Lord's life. 00:00:07.700 --> 00:00:16.780 He's in Jerusalem and as we've gone through our Matthew chapter 20 we've got to the point where Jesus has been speaking very directly to the Jewish leaders. 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:26.060 The religious leaders and the civil leaders together and he has been reproving them for their unbelief. Spoken very very clearly. 00:00:26.059 --> 00:00:34.039 And he's still speaking to them. So if you look at verse 45 the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables. 00:00:34.379 --> 00:00:47.219 They perceived that he was speaking about them. And so what we have here is a parable about the history and the sin and the ruin of the Jewish people. 00:00:48.140 --> 00:00:52.299 People of God, people of Israel. And so first of all let's look at their privileges. 00:00:52.299 --> 00:00:59.399 And verse 33. The privileges of the Jews and they are represented aren't they here by a vineyard. 00:00:59.919 --> 00:01:03.459 There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard. 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:10.379 There is a landowner and he establishes a vineyard and he lets it out. 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:12.400 He rents it out to find dresses. 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:17.039 And of course God is this landowner. 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:20.540 God is the one who has planted a vineyard. 00:01:21.300 --> 00:01:23.140 And the vineyard it is, is Israel. 00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:26.840 How many of you say, well listen to Psalm 80. 00:01:27.820 --> 00:01:30.180 The psalm is praised in Psalm 80 verse 14. 00:01:30.300 --> 00:01:37.020 He says, turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven and see, have regard for this vine. 00:01:37.019 --> 00:01:41.319 The stock that your right hand planted. 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:44.280 Israel was God's vineyard. 00:01:44.659 --> 00:01:50.280 And the privileges of Israel are represented in this picture of a vineyard. 00:01:51.340 --> 00:01:52.159 Stay in the Old Testament. 00:01:52.340 --> 00:01:55.739 You can go to Isaiah chapter 5 and verse 1. 00:01:55.739 --> 00:02:02.219 And God says, let me sing for my beloved, my love song concerning his vineyard. 00:02:03.140 --> 00:02:06.079 My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.000 He dug it and he cleaned it of stones. 00:02:09.900 --> 00:02:12.219 And he planted it with the choices of vines. 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:13.900 He built a watchtower in the midst of it. 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:16.139 And he hewed out a wine vat in it. 00:02:16.340 --> 00:02:19.199 And he looked for it to yield grapes. 00:02:20.699 --> 00:02:23.139 But the vineyard yielded wild grapes. 00:02:23.139 --> 00:02:28.739 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. 00:02:29.679 --> 00:02:35.079 What more was there for me to do for my vineyard that I've not done it? 00:02:36.099 --> 00:02:42.179 When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield rotten, wild grapes? 00:02:43.359 --> 00:02:47.299 So for a thousand years, before Matthew chapter 21, 00:02:48.099 --> 00:02:52.219 for a thousand years the Jews had known that they were the vineyard of God. 00:02:53.139 --> 00:02:55.159 God had planted them. 00:02:56.500 --> 00:02:57.699 What's the story of the Old Testament? 00:02:57.859 --> 00:02:58.859 God had made them his people. 00:02:59.939 --> 00:03:01.599 God had hedged them around. 00:03:02.959 --> 00:03:07.559 Verse 33, they were living under the protection and the blessing of God. 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:12.279 And so when other nations disappeared in famine, 00:03:13.219 --> 00:03:15.299 Israel went down into Egypt. 00:03:15.300 --> 00:03:19.180 When other nations perished in slavery, do you remember? 00:03:19.480 --> 00:03:21.160 Israel remained attacked in Egypt. 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:23.439 And God steps in, doesn't he? 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:24.760 And he brings them out of Egypt. 00:03:25.100 --> 00:03:26.400 And he brings them to Zion. 00:03:27.380 --> 00:03:30.280 And he renews his glorious covenant with Israel. 00:03:30.380 --> 00:03:32.460 And he says, the theme tune of the Bible, 00:03:32.820 --> 00:03:34.780 I am your God and you will be my people. 00:03:36.220 --> 00:03:37.740 And here are the terms of the covenant. 00:03:37.740 --> 00:03:41.400 In a sort of way, God withdrew. 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:44.219 He never met with them in the same way again. 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:46.600 But they were his people. 00:03:47.820 --> 00:03:49.780 He was their landowner. 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:52.600 And they were his vineyard. 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:54.439 They were the tenants of the vineyard. 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:59.020 The people who were responsible for bringing forth fruit. 00:03:59.020 --> 00:04:01.680 They were to show the world what God was like. 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:04.980 And in all these glorious privileges, 00:04:05.420 --> 00:04:07.140 the privileges of being God's people, 00:04:08.140 --> 00:04:09.780 had been entrusted to Israel. 00:04:11.420 --> 00:04:13.140 Now secondly, let's look at their responsibilities. 00:04:14.379 --> 00:04:17.480 The responsibilities of the Jews and the people of God 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:19.100 were found in verse 34. 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:21.280 Can you look at verse 34? 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:23.840 When the season for fruit drew near, 00:04:24.300 --> 00:04:27.800 he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. 00:04:29.019 --> 00:04:29.719 Can you see that? 00:04:30.379 --> 00:04:31.699 It's really obvious, isn't it? 00:04:31.919 --> 00:04:34.759 That the vineyard owner is looking for... 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:36.019 What's he looking for? 00:04:36.699 --> 00:04:37.180 Fruit. 00:04:38.019 --> 00:04:39.219 It's pretty reasonable, isn't it? 00:04:40.299 --> 00:04:41.819 And the demand isn't high. 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:48.899 He is asking for what grows naturally on his vine. 00:04:50.599 --> 00:04:52.019 And that that should be given to him. 00:04:53.500 --> 00:04:55.659 The rent was paid by the vine dresser. 00:04:56.699 --> 00:04:57.899 He kept part of the crop. 00:04:57.899 --> 00:04:59.939 And he gave part of the crop to the owner. 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:04.539 So what grows naturally on his vine 00:05:04.539 --> 00:05:06.479 is all that the farmer is asking for. 00:05:07.979 --> 00:05:11.000 And so God expects from Israel fruit. 00:05:12.339 --> 00:05:15.479 God, through Moses, particularly, 00:05:15.799 --> 00:05:18.159 has taught Israel what to believe. 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:23.000 And he is asking that what grows on his vine should be his. 00:05:23.100 --> 00:05:24.120 In other words, 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:27.780 that they should believe what they've been taught to believe. 00:05:28.980 --> 00:05:30.480 And God, through Moses particularly, 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:32.100 has taught Israel to behave. 00:05:32.760 --> 00:05:36.360 And God is asking for what grows naturally on his vine 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:38.000 that they should give to him. 00:05:39.140 --> 00:05:40.740 That they should behave 00:05:40.740 --> 00:05:42.879 as he has told them to behave. 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:45.699 It's all that God is asking for. 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.500 It's a reasonable command. 00:05:48.139 --> 00:05:50.100 You are my covenant people. 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:51.939 I am your God. 00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:56.139 And so I ask you to believe what I tell you to believe. 00:05:56.259 --> 00:05:58.740 And I ask you to behave as I have told you to behave. 00:05:59.180 --> 00:06:00.360 That's all I'm asking for. 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:04.319 And those are the responsibilities which you have. 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:06.980 And so those are the privileges. 00:06:07.219 --> 00:06:08.399 And those are the responsibilities. 00:06:08.779 --> 00:06:10.339 And let's come to the body of the parable. 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:12.379 Which tells us about their conduct. 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:14.420 Their conduct. 00:06:17.060 --> 00:06:19.379 The master, in verses 35-39, 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:20.519 the master sends messages. 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:23.300 And so here were these men. 00:06:23.379 --> 00:06:24.439 They came from God. 00:06:24.500 --> 00:06:25.920 And they represented God himself. 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:27.620 And they spoke for God himself. 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:30.079 And remember what they were looking for? 00:06:30.100 --> 00:06:30.779 They were looking for fruit. 00:06:30.779 --> 00:06:34.619 And of course the parable is about the prophets. 00:06:36.539 --> 00:06:38.179 Those people who came 00:06:38.179 --> 00:06:40.539 to teach Israel the truth. 00:06:41.299 --> 00:06:43.299 To speak on behalf of God. 00:06:43.419 --> 00:06:45.879 To bring messages from God. 00:06:48.259 --> 00:06:50.799 That he expected that they would believe. 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:56.259 And he expected that they would bear fruit. 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:57.679 From that message. 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:00.040 When the prophets came. 00:07:00.100 --> 00:07:00.780 What did the prophets say? 00:07:00.840 --> 00:07:02.060 They said this is what God is like. 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:03.800 And they said this is how you ought to behave. 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:06.780 And God demands that. 00:07:08.780 --> 00:07:10.340 And God said to me prophet. 00:07:10.460 --> 00:07:10.960 After prophet. 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:11.600 After prophet. 00:07:12.980 --> 00:07:15.000 And we're going to see that they were dreadfully defeated. 00:07:16.960 --> 00:07:19.379 And you must admire the patience of God. 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:22.579 That when they rejected the first prophet. 00:07:23.660 --> 00:07:24.819 He sent another prophet. 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:26.720 And another prophet. 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:28.720 And another prophet. 00:07:30.140 --> 00:07:31.880 But the reaction was always the same. 00:07:31.960 --> 00:07:32.820 It was resistance. 00:07:34.340 --> 00:07:35.540 And we see in this passage. 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:36.520 It was more than resistance. 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:37.280 It was hate. 00:07:37.440 --> 00:07:38.600 Verse 35 and 36. 00:07:40.540 --> 00:07:41.680 The prophets who came. 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:43.740 They were treated like the worst criminals. 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:46.440 They spoke the truth. 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:49.020 And they only demanded righteousness. 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:50.800 But some of them were treated like rogues. 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:53.240 Some of them were beaten. 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:54.920 Like Jeremiah. 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:58.360 Some of them were killed. 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:00.520 Isaiah was one of those. 00:08:00.660 --> 00:08:02.040 Some of those were stoned. 00:08:02.379 --> 00:08:03.620 Zachariah the son of Jehoiada. 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:08.220 He was stoned in the temple we read in 2 Chronicles 24. 00:08:09.640 --> 00:08:13.100 And Israel refused the messengers of God. 00:08:13.100 --> 00:08:16.640 The people who had these privileges. 00:08:17.420 --> 00:08:19.500 They were named as the covenant people of God. 00:08:19.580 --> 00:08:21.060 They were stamped with his name. 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:23.660 They were the only people in the world. 00:08:23.660 --> 00:08:30.220 And they belonged to the living God. 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:35.060 And we are the people of the only God. 00:08:35.580 --> 00:08:36.200 That there is. 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:40.460 When he sent the messengers in his name. 00:08:40.540 --> 00:08:41.020 They treated. 00:08:43.700 --> 00:08:44.020 Him. 00:08:44.280 --> 00:08:45.800 They treated them like they had come to do harm. 00:08:45.860 --> 00:08:46.379 But not to do good. 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:46.960 Look at verse 37. 00:08:49.460 --> 00:08:50.300 And so finally. 00:08:50.500 --> 00:08:51.560 He sent his son to them. 00:08:51.680 --> 00:08:52.780 Saying they will respect. 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:53.780 My son. 00:08:56.460 --> 00:08:56.780 Here. 00:08:56.900 --> 00:08:57.440 It is very obvious. 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:58.280 It is very plain. 00:08:58.360 --> 00:08:59.400 That our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:08:59.400 --> 00:09:00.060 Is telling us. 00:09:00.180 --> 00:09:01.580 That he is the son of the father. 00:09:01.580 --> 00:09:05.000 And Muslims object. 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:05.740 They say. 00:09:05.800 --> 00:09:06.820 Well how can God have a son. 00:09:08.460 --> 00:09:10.580 But the Bible uses this homely language. 00:09:11.520 --> 00:09:14.960 To try and get across to your or my feeble mind. 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:17.980 Tells us something of the wonder. 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:19.180 That exists. 00:09:20.060 --> 00:09:21.160 In the relationships. 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:23.600 Between the persons of the deity. 00:09:25.040 --> 00:09:28.220 There is one who has life in himself. 00:09:29.680 --> 00:09:30.960 But who nevertheless. 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:33.019 Owes his life to the father. 00:09:33.920 --> 00:09:34.820 It is a great mystery. 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:37.120 And the only way. 00:09:37.280 --> 00:09:39.019 That this can be conveyed in human language. 00:09:39.540 --> 00:09:41.340 That there is a separate person. 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:42.540 In the Godhead. 00:09:42.900 --> 00:09:44.500 Who owes his life. 00:09:44.900 --> 00:09:45.519 To the father. 00:09:45.660 --> 00:09:47.320 Even though he has life in himself. 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:49.460 The only way. 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:50.460 That that mystery. 00:09:50.700 --> 00:09:51.660 Can be transmitted. 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:53.400 To our human minds. 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:54.180 Is by the word son. 00:09:55.740 --> 00:09:56.759 And so Jesus Christ. 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:57.940 Is here declaring. 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:00.420 That he is the son. 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:03.060 And all the prophets. 00:10:03.139 --> 00:10:03.400 You see. 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:04.780 Were the forerunners of Christ. 00:10:04.860 --> 00:10:05.200 Weren't they? 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:07.060 We know that. 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:08.139 Because when Christ came. 00:10:08.180 --> 00:10:09.400 He spoke with an authority. 00:10:09.700 --> 00:10:10.580 There was no prophet. 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:11.740 Who could speak like him. 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:13.800 Each prophet. 00:10:13.900 --> 00:10:14.400 Had to say. 00:10:14.500 --> 00:10:15.120 They had to say. 00:10:15.280 --> 00:10:16.500 Thus says the Lord. 00:10:17.820 --> 00:10:18.980 This says the Lord. 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:20.160 But he says. 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:21.680 I say unto you. 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:23.799 The prophets. 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:24.359 Have to say. 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:25.779 God is like this. 00:10:26.699 --> 00:10:27.979 And God is like this. 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:29.500 And God is like that. 00:10:30.339 --> 00:10:31.839 But the son comes. 00:10:31.959 --> 00:10:33.059 And the son says. 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:34.679 He who has seen me. 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:35.939 Has seen the father. 00:10:35.940 --> 00:10:40.660 And if they hadn't respected. 00:10:40.660 --> 00:10:41.540 The prophets. 00:10:41.760 --> 00:10:42.420 Which they hadn't. 00:10:42.680 --> 00:10:43.480 At least. 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:44.840 They should have respected. 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:45.460 The son. 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:48.220 Because there was an authority. 00:10:48.220 --> 00:10:48.780 About him. 00:10:48.820 --> 00:10:49.140 Wasn't there? 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:49.660 There was. 00:10:50.300 --> 00:10:51.040 A revelation. 00:10:51.420 --> 00:10:52.060 From God. 00:10:52.740 --> 00:10:53.620 Which he was giving. 00:10:54.140 --> 00:10:55.020 Which had surpassed. 00:10:55.060 --> 00:10:55.920 Everything before. 00:10:58.520 --> 00:10:59.920 But instead of respecting him. 00:10:59.960 --> 00:11:00.420 Look what they did. 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:01.140 Look at verse 37. 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:02.139 Finally. 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:06.059 He sent his son to them. 00:11:06.199 --> 00:11:06.439 Saying. 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:07.580 They will respect my son. 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:08.319 But when the tenants. 00:11:08.319 --> 00:11:09.039 Saw the son. 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:10.580 They said to themselves. 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:11.139 This is. 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:12.000 This is the air. 00:11:13.379 --> 00:11:14.319 This is the air. 00:11:14.439 --> 00:11:14.679 Come. 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:15.179 Let us. 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:16.100 Kill him. 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:18.580 And have his inheritance. 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:20.939 It's a remarkable. 00:11:20.939 --> 00:11:21.639 Piece of scripture. 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:26.480 Because this is the last week. 00:11:26.500 --> 00:11:27.139 Of the Lord's life. 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:27.500 Remember. 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:29.659 The cross. 00:11:29.899 --> 00:11:30.740 Will take place. 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:31.120 Later. 00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:31.879 In this week. 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:33.240 But it hasn't taken place yet. 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:36.220 And here is our Lord. 00:11:36.340 --> 00:11:37.720 Predicting his own death. 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:38.779 Several days before. 00:11:40.699 --> 00:11:41.819 It takes place. 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:43.759 And he predicts. 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:44.460 Precisely. 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:45.360 Who will be responsible. 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:46.059 For his death. 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:49.139 And so we see the man. 00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:50.139 Who is God. 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:52.080 He's a man. 00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:53.019 Because he's standing there. 00:11:53.059 --> 00:11:53.480 Teaching them. 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:54.639 But he is God. 00:11:55.299 --> 00:11:56.659 He's predicting his own death. 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:57.759 And he looks down. 00:11:57.860 --> 00:11:58.500 At their hearts. 00:11:58.620 --> 00:11:59.480 And he can see. 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:00.639 What the Jewish. 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:01.740 And civil. 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:02.860 And religious leaders. 00:12:02.860 --> 00:12:03.299 Of the Jews. 00:12:03.299 --> 00:12:03.799 Are plotting. 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:04.819 Here is. 00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:05.899 Omniscience. 00:12:06.899 --> 00:12:07.539 Here is. 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:08.879 The all-seeing. 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:09.480 Eye. 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:10.439 Of God. 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:11.539 And there is. 00:12:11.659 --> 00:12:12.600 The mouth of a man. 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:13.720 And that is the wonder. 00:12:13.819 --> 00:12:13.980 Isn't it. 00:12:13.980 --> 00:12:14.439 Of the person. 00:12:14.500 --> 00:12:15.439 Of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:16.240 Is that a verse 38. 00:12:20.060 --> 00:12:20.680 But the tenants. 00:12:20.680 --> 00:12:21.460 Saw the son. 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:23.020 They said. 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:24.040 To themselves. 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:24.760 This is the heir. 00:12:24.860 --> 00:12:25.680 Come let us kill him. 00:12:25.740 --> 00:12:26.880 And have his inheritance. 00:12:26.880 --> 00:12:27.800 And they took him. 00:12:28.340 --> 00:12:29.700 And threw him out of the vineyard. 00:12:30.340 --> 00:12:31.440 And killed him. 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:43.340 Do you remember. 00:12:43.340 --> 00:12:43.360 Do you remember. 00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:44.040 Our Lord's ministry. 00:12:45.040 --> 00:12:46.240 It's been three years. 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:46.980 At this point. 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:49.440 The first year. 00:12:49.520 --> 00:12:50.300 Was one of popularity. 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:52.800 But as the year. 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:53.520 Went on. 00:12:54.660 --> 00:12:55.560 Again and again. 00:12:55.780 --> 00:12:56.300 You come to the end. 00:12:56.340 --> 00:12:56.940 Of that first year. 00:12:56.940 --> 00:12:57.900 You see the Jews. 00:12:58.620 --> 00:12:59.400 Coming together. 00:12:59.580 --> 00:13:00.940 Sometimes even surprising. 00:13:01.340 --> 00:13:02.100 Sets of Jews. 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:02.940 Like Pharisees. 00:13:03.020 --> 00:13:03.620 And Herodians. 00:13:04.540 --> 00:13:04.940 Naturally. 00:13:05.060 --> 00:13:06.400 They were sworn enemies. 00:13:06.540 --> 00:13:07.340 And they got together. 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:08.500 To plot the death. 00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:09.460 Of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:12.420 And even while. 00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:13.720 Our Lord has been speaking. 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:16.480 And doing his miracles. 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:16.940 The plotting. 00:13:17.060 --> 00:13:17.720 Had been going on. 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:20.000 They plotted. 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:20.980 How they could arrest him. 00:13:21.100 --> 00:13:21.980 And kill him. 00:13:22.420 --> 00:13:23.020 In the very week. 00:13:23.040 --> 00:13:23.620 Of the Passover. 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:26.160 Now why. 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:27.639 Why. 00:13:27.719 --> 00:13:28.299 Look at verse 38. 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:33.240 Let us kill him. 00:13:33.319 --> 00:13:34.240 And have his. 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:35.279 Inheritance. 00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:39.559 Jews belong to God. 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:41.779 They were the people of God. 00:13:41.839 --> 00:13:42.799 But these people are crooks. 00:13:44.659 --> 00:13:45.139 And they wanted. 00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:46.480 The inheritance for themselves. 00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:49.039 Do you remember. 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:50.659 In addition to the word of God. 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:51.199 They've been given. 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.019 All sorts of laws. 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.620 And regulations. 00:13:52.839 --> 00:13:53.279 And teaching. 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:55.059 In addition to God's. 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:55.759 Doctrines. 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:56.839 Do you remember. 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:58.199 They added their own doctrines. 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:00.740 They added. 00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.959 To God's law. 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:03.240 They imposed their own law. 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:04.279 And they insisted. 00:14:04.419 --> 00:14:05.039 That people believe. 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:05.759 What they believe. 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.819 And taught what they taught. 00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:07.719 And did what they said. 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.779 And along comes Jesus. 00:14:10.059 --> 00:14:11.019 And Jesus said. 00:14:11.079 --> 00:14:11.480 Do you remember. 00:14:11.579 --> 00:14:12.139 You have heard. 00:14:12.219 --> 00:14:12.939 That it was said. 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:14.019 But I say unto you. 00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:16.139 And Jesus demolishes. 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:16.699 And Jesus demolishes. 00:14:16.699 --> 00:14:18.299 Demolishes the Pharisees teaching. 00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:19.059 And tradition. 00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.699 He says. 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:23.059 By your teaching. 00:14:23.199 --> 00:14:24.059 And by your traditions. 00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:25.240 You've made the word of God. 00:14:25.539 --> 00:14:26.100 Void. 00:14:26.299 --> 00:14:26.939 Of null effect. 00:14:28.439 --> 00:14:30.120 And our Lord attacks it. 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:35.860 And he declares war on Phariseeism. 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:36.960 Of being outward. 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:38.899 And respectable outwardly. 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:39.579 But inwardly. 00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:40.419 Being far from God. 00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:43.379 He declares war. 00:14:43.439 --> 00:14:44.419 On obeying man's law. 00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:45.500 Rather than God's. 00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:46.599 On observing tradition. 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.539 Rather than what the Bible. 00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:48.159 Clearly teaches. 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:54.639 Because after all. 00:14:54.719 --> 00:14:56.159 He is looking for the correct fruit. 00:14:56.339 --> 00:14:56.899 On the vine. 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:00.399 And so these Jewish leaders. 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:01.979 They want to seize the inheritance. 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:04.799 They've no place for Jesus. 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.519 In their system. 00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.980 They want to keep hold of the vineyard. 00:15:08.199 --> 00:15:09.639 They don't want to lose their position. 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:11.120 And so they carry out their plot. 00:15:11.199 --> 00:15:12.039 You see in verse 39. 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:14.580 They caught him. 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:17.000 They're going to do that. 00:15:17.819 --> 00:15:19.379 On the very Thursday. 00:15:19.580 --> 00:15:20.139 Of that week. 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:23.000 They're going to cast him. 00:15:23.100 --> 00:15:23.879 Out of the vineyard. 00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:24.460 On Friday. 00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:25.259 He would be taken. 00:15:25.419 --> 00:15:26.319 Outside of Jerusalem. 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:27.419 Outside the city. 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:28.659 And he would be taken. 00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.480 And killed. 00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:32.240 And although it would be. 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.600 Romans who administered. 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:34.600 The crucifixion. 00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:35.500 It would be because. 00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:37.259 Jews had engineered it. 00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:39.899 To the extent. 00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:40.740 When Peter gets up. 00:15:40.819 --> 00:15:41.620 On the day of Pentecost. 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.080 He says. 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:42.460 Doesn't he. 00:15:42.779 --> 00:15:43.179 You. 00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:44.620 By the wicked hands. 00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.700 Have crucified. 00:15:47.059 --> 00:15:47.799 This person. 00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:48.799 Is the glory of Israel. 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:54.899 It was a wonderful thing. 00:15:56.219 --> 00:15:57.240 And for God to come. 00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.219 To Mount Sinai. 00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.379 And speak to Israel. 00:15:59.459 --> 00:16:00.439 No other nation had that. 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:04.219 It was a really wonderful thing. 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:05.799 When the temple of God. 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:06.679 Was built in Jerusalem. 00:16:06.859 --> 00:16:08.639 For the glory of God. 00:16:08.719 --> 00:16:09.639 The Shekinah glory. 00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:10.819 To come into the tabernacle. 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:11.919 And then the temple. 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:15.179 For the most wonderful thing. 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:15.599 Of all. 00:16:15.599 --> 00:16:16.899 Was that the womb. 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:18.500 Of a Jewish girl. 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:20.620 Carried God. 00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:22.000 Manifested in the flesh. 00:16:23.839 --> 00:16:25.519 And when God became a man. 00:16:25.599 --> 00:16:26.379 He became a Jew. 00:16:27.339 --> 00:16:28.899 And he lived among the Jews. 00:16:30.339 --> 00:16:31.079 And he came. 00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:32.179 And to his own. 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.419 But his own. 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:35.399 Received him not. 00:16:37.839 --> 00:16:39.039 It's the wonder of the incarnation. 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:42.439 And Israel's greatest wonder. 00:16:42.579 --> 00:16:43.319 Is that God. 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.659 Became a Jew. 00:16:46.599 --> 00:16:47.779 But they rejected him. 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.799 And so we've seen their privileges. 00:16:51.099 --> 00:16:52.099 We've seen their responsibility. 00:16:52.439 --> 00:16:53.259 We've seen their conduct. 00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:56.120 And now our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:57.120 A Jew himself. 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:58.199 God himself. 00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:59.579 Speaks to them. 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.019 About their ruin. 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:02.419 Look at this 14 and 41. 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.639 He gets to this point. 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.359 In his parable. 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.000 And he asks. 00:17:08.159 --> 00:17:08.759 Those who are listening. 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.339 In a question. 00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.079 He says. 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:11.319 Verse 40. 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:12.839 He says. 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.819 When therefore the owner. 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.640 Of the vineyard comes. 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:15.559 What will he do with those tenants? 00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:18.079 And they said to him. 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:19.119 We will put these wretches. 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:20.140 To a miserable death. 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:21.039 And let out the vineyards. 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.859 To other tenants. 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.559 Tenants. 00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:23.720 Who will give him the fruits. 00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:24.559 In their seasons. 00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:28.059 And there. 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.379 Out of their own mouths. 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.039 They speak their own condemnation. 00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:34.400 And God is the Lord of the vineyard. 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.160 And he will come to it. 00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:36.299 And there will be no more prophets. 00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.359 And there weren't anymore. 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:38.720 Were they? 00:17:40.419 --> 00:17:42.359 We have all the Old Testament prophets. 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.879 And then John the Baptist. 00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:46.339 And then the son of God himself. 00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:47.559 But God has sent no one. 00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:49.259 To the Jew's sins. 00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:51.099 Nor ever will. 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:54.439 The next action of God. 00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.619 In the life of the Jewish nation. 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:57.240 Is the cataclysmic event. 00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:58.000 Of 1870. 00:18:00.139 --> 00:18:01.799 When 40 years after this. 00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.899 God comes to the Jews. 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.659 In fearful horrific judgment. 00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:06.459 When Titus and his armies. 00:18:07.439 --> 00:18:08.399 Came into Palestine. 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.439 They destroyed Jerusalem. 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:11.779 They scattered the Jews. 00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:13.379 And they razed the temple to the ground. 00:18:13.699 --> 00:18:15.299 And thousands and thousands. 00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:16.939 Of those rejecting Jews. 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:18.159 Died and went to judgment. 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:21.320 Where the Jews have scattered. 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.779 To every part of this world. 00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:24.860 And the vineyard is being led out to others. 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.759 They see that. 00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:29.259 Very shortly. 00:18:29.360 --> 00:18:30.360 In a few weeks time. 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:33.539 Because God. 00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:35.539 Had never ever spoken. 00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:38.219 In any language. 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:40.359 Except the Jewish language. 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.879 He'd spoken in Hebrew. 00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:44.039 And he'd spoken in Chaldean. 00:18:44.459 --> 00:18:45.919 And through the lips of Christ. 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:47.399 He'd spoken through Aramaic. 00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:49.119 But on the day of Pentecost. 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.740 Do you remember? 00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:52.759 This great God. 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.699 Will speak. 00:18:54.199 --> 00:18:55.479 In Gentile languages. 00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:58.679 That is the significance. 00:18:58.679 --> 00:18:59.919 Of the gift of tongues. 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:02.199 That's what the gift of tongues. 00:19:02.439 --> 00:19:03.039 Is all about. 00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.379 It is to show. 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.279 That the Jews. 00:19:05.439 --> 00:19:06.000 Have been cast. 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:07.159 Out of the vineyard. 00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.539 What does the Bible say? 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.099 The Bible says. 00:19:09.219 --> 00:19:09.599 That tongues. 00:19:09.679 --> 00:19:11.139 Are assigned to unbelievers. 00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:14.719 And for the first time. 00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:15.359 Ever. 00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.399 God will speak. 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.819 In Gentile languages. 00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:18.699 To show. 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:19.319 That people. 00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:21.199 Who up to now. 00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:22.579 Have been outside. 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.699 The vineyard. 00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:25.359 Are going to enter into the vineyard. 00:19:25.419 --> 00:19:26.139 With all its privileges. 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.679 The gospel. 00:19:26.679 --> 00:19:27.479 Will go global. 00:19:31.159 --> 00:19:31.839 And that explains. 00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:32.099 Does it? 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:33.039 How Paul preached. 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:34.079 To the Gentiles. 00:19:34.179 --> 00:19:34.679 In the New Testament. 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.759 Paul speaks about. 00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:38.459 The mystery. 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:39.119 When he writes. 00:19:39.199 --> 00:19:39.939 To the Ephesians. 00:19:40.379 --> 00:19:40.919 A mystery. 00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.639 In the Bible. 00:19:41.719 --> 00:19:42.019 Is something. 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:43.000 That was hidden. 00:19:43.139 --> 00:19:43.579 But now. 00:19:43.659 --> 00:19:44.839 Has been brought forth. 00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.179 And now. 00:19:45.219 --> 00:19:45.659 Is revealed. 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:49.019 I understand it. 00:19:49.060 --> 00:19:49.480 Says Paul. 00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:51.040 The apostles understand it. 00:19:51.300 --> 00:19:51.940 And those prophets. 00:19:52.060 --> 00:19:53.019 In the New Testament church. 00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:54.000 They understood it. 00:19:55.300 --> 00:19:56.300 That in the Old Testament. 00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:57.060 It was revealed. 00:19:57.060 --> 00:19:57.880 That the Gentiles. 00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:58.779 Would be saved. 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:00.080 But it was never revealed. 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:01.680 That they would become saints. 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.640 And Christians. 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:05.680 On exactly the same basis. 00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.960 And on the same level. 00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:08.500 With all the same privileges. 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.980 As the Jews themselves. 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:13.180 No Old Testament prophet. 00:20:13.300 --> 00:20:14.180 Says the apostle Paul. 00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:15.019 Understood. 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:17.299 That when the Gentiles. 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.120 Came to be saved. 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:19.060 They would be saved. 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:21.039 On exactly the same level. 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.700 As the same Jews. 00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.820 That they would be. 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.500 Just as much. 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.279 As the people of God. 00:20:26.320 --> 00:20:27.279 As the Jews had ever been. 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.420 That is the mystery. 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.440 Which I proclaim. 00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.340 Paul says. 00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:33.080 And so today. 00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:33.960 In 2020. 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.360 God still has. 00:20:35.560 --> 00:20:36.799 A flourishing vineyard. 00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:38.920 And the prophet. 00:20:39.080 --> 00:20:39.640 Spoke of this. 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.060 And Jesus. 00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.860 Spoke of this. 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:44.000 And so today. 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.900 All over the world. 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.559 Men and women. 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.579 And boys and girls. 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.359 Who are God's own people. 00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:53.380 God has one olive tree. 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:55.180 And he has stripped off. 00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.500 The unbelieving branches. 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:58.240 And he has grafted. 00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.559 Onto that olive tree. 00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.660 Believing Gentiles. 00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.480 He doesn't have. 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.460 A couple of olive trees. 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.660 He has one olive tree. 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:09.500 And so you and I. 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.660 Have been grafted. 00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:12.000 Into the same olive tree. 00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:12.700 As Abraham. 00:21:13.040 --> 00:21:13.440 And Isaac. 00:21:13.600 --> 00:21:14.080 And Moses. 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.759 And David. 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.360 Of course. 00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.700 Any Jew who believes. 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:20.140 Any Jew who believes. 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:21.060 Will be grafted. 00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:21.620 Back in. 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.360 Into the olive tree. 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.540 And we thank God. 00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:24.840 Don't we. 00:21:24.860 --> 00:21:25.880 That there are a minority. 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.259 Of Jews. 00:21:26.300 --> 00:21:26.880 Who do believe. 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.560 In the Lord Jesus. 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.500 And are following him. 00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.380 But how are they saved. 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.940 They are saved. 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:33.339 In exactly the same way. 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.880 You are. 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.740 By being justified. 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.440 By faith. 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.160 In the Lord Jesus. 00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.859 And any Gentile. 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.740 Will be grafted. 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.539 Into the olive tree. 00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.059 That is not. 00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.819 By his own nature. 00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.559 It's not because. 00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:46.019 You are something special. 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.440 It is by faith. 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.240 In Jesus Christ. 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.619 Isn't it? 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:51.339 And we who believe. 00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:51.799 Enter. 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:53.119 Into all the privileges. 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.259 Of the people of God. 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:56.180 So turn with me. 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.660 And wake up. 00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.039 Turn with me. 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.519 To Ephesians. 00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.220 Chapter 2. 00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.579 Turn with me. 00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:00.000 To Ephesians. 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.539 Chapter 2. 00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.000 It's on page. 00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:01.259 9. 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.539 7. 00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:01.860 6. 00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.460 In your Bibles. 00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:04.100 Let's see. 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:05.299 How Paul applies this. 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:08.160 This is what Paul says. 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.440 To you. 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.480 If you've trusted in Christ. 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:09.900 He says. 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.579 Ephesians. 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.000 Chapter 2. 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.360 Page 9. 00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:11.579 7. 00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:11.839 6. 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.519 Verse 11. 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.460 He says. 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.039 Therefore remember. 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.620 That at one time. 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.200 You Gentiles. 00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:15.720 In the flesh. 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.700 Called the uncircumcision. 00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.420 By what is called. 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.140 The circumcision. 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.000 Which is made. 00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.400 In the flesh. 00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:20.980 By hands. 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.299 He says. 00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.299 You Gentiles. 00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.440 Verse 12. 00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:23.880 Remember. 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.400 That you were. 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.940 At that time. 00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:26.039 Separated from Christ. 00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.620 Alienated from the commonwealth. 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.460 The people of Israel. 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:33.559 Strangers to the covenants of promise. 00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.779 Having no hope. 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.400 And without God. 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.360 In the world. 00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.960 But now. 00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.819 In Christ Jesus. 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:46.160 You who were once far off. 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.279 Have been brought near. 00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.740 By the blood of Jesus Christ. 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:53.700 And so you were once far away. 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:57.059 But now you've been brought near. 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:58.339 By Christ. 00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.279 Through the blood of Christ. 00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.759 Once you were far off. 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.940 But now you've been brought near. 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.700 Verse 12. 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:04.419 Once you were without Christ. 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:07.319 But if you are near. 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.639 You have the Messiah. 00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:12.259 Once you were aliens. 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.899 You were far off. 00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:16.940 But now in Christ. 00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:18.480 You are citizens of the people of God. 00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:21.399 Once you were strangers. 00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:22.480 To the covenant. 00:23:23.419 --> 00:23:23.980 But now. 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.419 All those covenant promises. 00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:27.279 Are ours in Christ Jesus. 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:30.480 Once we had no hope. 00:23:30.800 --> 00:23:32.240 But now we have great hope. 00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:35.759 Once we were without God. 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:38.000 But now we have him. 00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:41.560 And if you are a believer this morning. 00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:44.700 Abraham is not the father of the Jews. 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:46.440 He is your father. 00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:49.539 And all the covenants. 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.380 Are yours. 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.680 And all the privileges. 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.900 Of the people of God. 00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.620 Are yours. 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.980 And all the blessings. 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:56.000 Of the people of God. 00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.880 Are yours. 00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.100 And that's why. 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.400 When Paul comes to describe. 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.840 The church of Jesus Christ. 00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:03.200 In the letter of the Galatians. 00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:04.080 He describes them. 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:05.180 As the Israel of God. 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.900 Jesus taught that. 00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:12.560 We are to believe. 00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.440 What we are told to believe. 00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.860 And we are to behave. 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.920 How we are told to behave. 00:24:18.560 --> 00:24:19.680 And we have the same. 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.620 Responsibilities. 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.140 And we have the same. 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.880 Privileges. 00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:24.740 Of the people of God. 00:24:24.780 --> 00:24:25.220 All of them. 00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.480 And so. 00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:28.360 When you read. 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.240 The Old Testament. 00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.100 Do you think you are reading. 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.920 A Jewish book. 00:24:31.800 --> 00:24:32.400 You are not. 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.560 You are reading. 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.340 Your book. 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:38.500 No Jew. 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.500 And converted. 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.439 Can understand. 00:24:40.699 --> 00:24:41.179 The Old Testament. 00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.859 Paul says that. 00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.399 It's the Corinthians. 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.179 And so. 00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.099 When you read about Abraham. 00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.740 Are you reading about. 00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.779 The Jewish father. 00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.019 No. 00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.500 You are reading about. 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.079 Your father. 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.379 And when you read. 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:52.959 Of David. 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:54.019 You think you are reading. 00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.639 About a kind of. 00:24:54.679 --> 00:24:55.639 Jewish ancestor. 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:55.959 You know. 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.379 You are reading. 00:24:56.459 --> 00:24:57.439 Of your ancestor. 00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.799 You are a fully. 00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.699 Fledged member. 00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.480 Of the people of God. 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:05.900 So we have seen. 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.240 The Jews. 00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.980 Responsibilities. 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:07.620 Their privilege. 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.319 Their conduct. 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.319 Their ruin. 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:09.920 And then lastly. 00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.019 Verses 42. 00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.799 To form 6. 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.039 Their ruin. 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.740 Is underlined. 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.360 Jesus put the question. 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.779 To the people. 00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.339 Listening to him. 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.360 And they have answered. 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.240 They have answered correctly. 00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.440 So Jesus presses home. 00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.200 This great truth. 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.140 That the Jews. 00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.440 And Israel. 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.799 As a people. 00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.339 Are ruined. 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.200 And in verses 42. 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.600 He quotes. 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.660 Psalm 118. 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.319 Can you see that? 00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.340 He says. 00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:35.960 If you've never read. 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.400 In the Bible. 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.200 The stone. 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.720 That the builders. 00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.539 Rejected. 00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.960 Has become. 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.640 The cornerstone. 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.180 And this was. 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.000 The Lord's doing. 00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.860 And it is marvellous. 00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.539 In our eyes. 00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:46.180 And Jesus is saying. 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.940 That psalm. 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.940 Predicts everything. 00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:49.259 That is taking place. 00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.640 And so the illustration. 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.259 Imagine. 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.840 You're on a building site. 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.120 And there's something. 00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.660 And I'm building. 00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.600 A great building. 00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.220 And they come across. 00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.039 A massive stone. 00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.620 But the stone. 00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.380 Has got no place. 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.039 In their plans. 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.960 And it doesn't figure. 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.279 In their thinking. 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.539 So I googled them. 00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.240 Pick it up. 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.359 And they throw it out. 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.240 So they don't use it. 00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.659 And the Jews. 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.819 Came to the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.879 And they had no place. 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.779 In their thinking. 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.460 And he didn't figure. 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.220 In their plans. 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.619 So they threw him out. 00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.240 And that's. 00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.379 Calvary. 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:22.099 But that stone. 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.680 That the builders. 00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.159 Have rejected. 00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.619 Has become. 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.619 The chief cornerstone. 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.279 God. 00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:26.240 In his plans. 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.579 Has made the Lord Jesus. 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.759 The very centre. 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.019 And everything. 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.960 In God's plan. 00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.420 Depends on the Lord Jesus. 00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:35.079 He is. 00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.900 The cornerstone. 00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.359 Which holds. 00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.920 The whole building together. 00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:41.639 And you take that stone away. 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.819 And the whole building collapses. 00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.119 God's plans. 00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.899 God's plans are entirely. 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.579 Built on. 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.339 Jesus Christ. 00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.500 And if. 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.980 Like the Jews. 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.759 You reject. 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.500 The Lord Jesus. 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.819 You are totally. 00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:55.059 Outside of God's vineyard. 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.240 Totally. 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.079 Outside of his kingdom. 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.200 And totally. 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.059 Outside of his plans. 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:03.179 Because everything. 00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.119 Must be built. 00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.059 On Jesus Christ. 00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.460 Everything. 00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:07.919 Must be built. 00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.419 On Christ. 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.059 Crucified. 00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:12.059 God. 00:27:12.179 --> 00:27:12.639 By his. 00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.619 Crucifixion. 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.259 Has made him. 00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.579 The head. 00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.139 Of that corner. 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.319 Where were your sins. 00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:18.700 Forgiven. 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.279 They were forgiven. 00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:19.960 At the cross. 00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.539 Where were you. 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.559 Put right with God. 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.039 At the cross. 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.139 Where did all the privileges. 00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.759 Of the people. 00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.359 Of God. 00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.299 Become yours. 00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:26.179 Through the blood. 00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.759 Of Christ. 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.639 Which brought you near. 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.599 And so. 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.519 Verse 43. 00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.139 Jesus. 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.919 Says. 00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:36.159 To the Jewish people. 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.079 Therefore I tell you. 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.799 The kingdom of God. 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.799 Will be taken away from you. 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.899 And given to a people. 00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.559 Producing. 00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.460 Its fruits. 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.559 Despite all their privileges. 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.220 Despite all their history. 00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:52.500 They have no place. 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.539 In the vineyards of people. 00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.839 Because they reject. 00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.579 Jesus Christ. 00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.299 Again. 00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.779 Let me say. 00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.559 Any. 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.099 Any. 00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:02.059 Individual Jew. 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.259 Who comes back to Christ. 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.079 And puts his faith. 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.559 In Christ. 00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.099 Like we do. 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.200 They are grafted. 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.659 Wonderfully. 00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.740 Back into the olive tree. 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.599 And they will enter. 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.480 Into the vineyards. 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.799 But the Jews. 00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.240 As a people. 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.839 Have rejected. 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.259 Gone. 00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.619 And so. 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.440 Being cast out. 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.359 Therefore I tell you. 00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:18.139 The kingdom of God. 00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.279 Will be taken away from you. 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.460 And given to a people. 00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.279 Producing fruits. 00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.559 What. 00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:23.159 What people. 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.579 What nation. 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.680 Britain. 00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:28.919 No. 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.359 America. 00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.379 No. 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.839 What people. 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:36.699 We know. 00:28:36.699 --> 00:28:36.720 We know. 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:36.720 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:36.740 We know. 00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:36.740 00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:36.839 We know. 00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.279 We know. 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.279 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.480 We know. 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.079 Throughout the Old Testament. 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.679 New Testament. 00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:40.359 We find that each person. 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.939 Who believes. 00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:43.079 Is incorporated. 00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.159 Into a new people. 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:46.139 A new nation. 00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:48.500 That amongst all. 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.539 The nations of the world. 00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:49.899 This morning. 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:51.000 There is a new people. 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.839 Composed of. 00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.459 Men and women. 00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.579 And boys and girls. 00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:56.759 Who depend on the chief cornerstone. 00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.799 Who is the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:02.099 Now it says. 00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:03.039 Jesus verse 44. 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.039 Which is a difficult verse. 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.659 And the one who falls on this stone. 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.339 Will be broken. 00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:08.960 To pieces. 00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.299 And when it falls. 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.799 On anyone. 00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.639 It will crush him. 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.440 Here's the cornerstone. 00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.919 You embrace it. 00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:22.220 You fall upon it. 00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.879 Do you see what it says? 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.480 You will be broken. 00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.919 Those first believers. 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:29.340 In the Lord Jesus. 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.320 There was terrible hurt. 00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:32.300 And there was terrible pain. 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.560 Because they believed in Christ. 00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.100 Wasn't there? 00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:37.440 Especially those first Jewish believers. 00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.960 Those Gentile believers. 00:29:41.060 --> 00:29:42.360 Who first put their trust in Christ. 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.259 There was terrible pain. 00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:43.960 And terrible hurt. 00:29:44.300 --> 00:29:45.140 They were persecuted. 00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.980 By the authorities. 00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:48.800 They were burned alive in Rome. 00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:50.120 Christians were scattered. 00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.940 Throughout the world. 00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.820 And any of you. 00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.320 This morning. 00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.080 Who believe. 00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:55.380 Or who will believe. 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.420 In the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.900 There will be terrible pain. 00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.580 And hurt. 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.840 By believing in Christ. 00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.540 Because we know. 00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:02.800 Don't we? 00:30:02.840 --> 00:30:04.019 And the world rejects. 00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:04.759 The cornerstone. 00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.820 And if you fall on that stone. 00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.800 And you depend on it. 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.940 And you build upon it. 00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.120 You will get hurt in the process. 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.340 I wish it wasn't the case. 00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.800 But it is. 00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:16.880 And whoever falls on that stone. 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.880 Will be broken. 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:23.440 But the second half of the verse. 00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:25.000 On whoever it falls. 00:30:25.280 --> 00:30:27.020 It will grind him to powder. 00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.860 It will crush him. 00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.140 And so. 00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.180 The truth is this. 00:30:33.300 --> 00:30:33.440 Isn't it? 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.340 There is a cost. 00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:36.400 And there is hurt. 00:30:36.520 --> 00:30:37.500 In following Christ. 00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.500 We mustn't be naive. 00:30:40.260 --> 00:30:42.000 But there is a greater hurt. 00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:43.820 And there is a greater cost. 00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.840 In not following Christ. 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:50.659 Daniel describes the Lord Jesus. 00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:52.000 As a stone cut. 00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.039 Not by hands. 00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:56.079 It is a stone which grows. 00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.039 And becomes a mountain. 00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.919 That fills the earth. 00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.959 That is the kingdom of Christ. 00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.679 This great stone. 00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.480 Which has existed. 00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:04.319 From all eternity. 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.339 Without dimensions. 00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:07.779 And if that stone. 00:31:07.959 --> 00:31:08.819 Should fall on you. 00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.980 It is a horrific. 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.240 Horrific image. 00:31:13.699 --> 00:31:15.000 Your ruin would be total. 00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:18.119 And at the end of the world. 00:31:18.459 --> 00:31:19.339 The Lord Jesus Christ. 00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:20.159 The chief cornerstone. 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.980 Is coming again. 00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:24.179 And will the great stone. 00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.879 Fall on you. 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.059 You see. 00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:29.179 To reject Christ. 00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:30.899 To reject the Messiah. 00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.779 To reject. 00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.819 Not only the prophets. 00:31:34.179 --> 00:31:34.980 But the Son. 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.659 To reject the stone. 00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.619 Which God has made. 00:31:38.699 --> 00:31:39.720 The chief cornerstone. 00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:41.039 To reject the one. 00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:42.519 That God loves the most. 00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.899 And has made the centre. 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.480 Of his plans. 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:44.939 Well. 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:46.059 It is a terrible thing. 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.599 Isn't that? 00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.319 To be at war. 00:31:47.459 --> 00:31:48.319 With Jesus Christ. 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.399 And the present situation. 00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.419 Won't go on as it is. 00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.299 He comes again. 00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.159 And the truth of what. 00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:57.279 Our Lord Jesus was teaching. 00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:57.839 Was confirmed. 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.359 In verses 45 and 46. 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.879 Would the Jews repent? 00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:04.220 They feared this terrible. 00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.880 Terrible warning. 00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:06.100 When the chief priest. 00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.620 From the Pharisees. 00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.300 He feared his parables. 00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.980 They perceived. 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.100 That he was speaking about them. 00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.600 And although they were seeking. 00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.220 To arrest him. 00:32:12.280 --> 00:32:13.120 They feared the crowds. 00:32:13.260 --> 00:32:14.160 Because they held him. 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.760 To be a prophet. 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:17.519 It's incredible. 00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.259 Hardness of heart. 00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.559 Is it? 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.460 All the privileges. 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.220 This clear. 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.119 Stern. 00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.500 Warning. 00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.480 And yet they still want. 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.460 To lay their hands on him. 00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:33.099 They would cast him out. 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.819 And kill him. 00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:36.140 And they would not repent. 00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.140 And they would say. 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.879 Later on in the week. 00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.440 They would say. 00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.299 May his blood. 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.240 Be on our heads. 00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.059 And on our children. 00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.140 It's unimaginable. 00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.579 It's beyond imagination. 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:49.619 It's beyond imagination. 00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.619 That you live in Britain. 00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.900 Where a Bible. 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.039 Can be easily bought. 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.640 And read. 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.539 But you never read it. 00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.619 That you're in a country. 00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.240 Where you can hear. 00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:00.359 The word of God proclaimed. 00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:02.799 But you can't be bothered. 00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.779 To go and listen to it a lot. 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:07.059 That you should be in a place. 00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:08.460 Where there are Christian books. 00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.579 Which will show you. 00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.420 The way of salvation. 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.220 And show you the way. 00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.099 To become like Christ. 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:14.000 But you can't be bothered. 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.500 To read them. 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:17.559 That you should be able to find. 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.480 Christian help. 00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.059 From people. 00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.400 And not give us stuff really. 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.420 About the things of God. 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:26.160 It's the same. 00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.840 And it's the same phenomenon. 00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:31.060 And it will ruin you. 00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.960 It will ruin you. 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.500 And there is only one way of it. 00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:40.880 The only way of it. 00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.460 Is to repent. 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.460 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:45.500 and that is to turn from yourself 00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:47.460 and turn to God 00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:49.340 and to embrace the stone 00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:50.600 that the pillars have rejected 00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:53.660 because that has become 00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.600 the chief cornerstone 00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:57.740 and it is 00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.900 marvellous in our eyes 00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:03.559 the one who falls 00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.759 on the stone will be broken 00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:09.280 but the one on whom the stone falls 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:11.340 it will crush 00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:14.180 let's pray