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 For the next two weeks, there's a two-week gap between us ending John's Gospel, just chapter 6, and Advent.

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 So get excited for that. But in these two weeks, this week and next week, we'll be doing a parables miniseries.

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 So part one is me, that's this week, and next week is Alex Kohler doing part two.

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 And if you look at Matthew chapter 13 with me, you see it's the parable of the sower.

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 And so the parable of the sower, part one and part two. And Alex is going to actually take the first nine verses.

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 And then he's going to take the parable of the sower explained, which is after our text this morning, from verses 18 to 23.

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 But, so it's going to be a sandwich, and you get the meat of the sandwich today. You'll get the bread next week.

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 So our verses will be 10 through 17.

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 But before we jump into this, I want you, let's trace some of the points in this text back through scripture.

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 And so, as an intro, keep your finger here, but turn with me to Deuteronomy.

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 Deuteronomy 29.

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 Do that for me.

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 So here we're looking at Moses.

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 This is the law, the Torah.

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 And in here, there's a very significant verse here for our text today.

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 So if you're looking at Deuteronomy 29, verse 4, Moses writes to Israel,

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 But to this day, the Lord has not given you a heart to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.

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 This is somewhat of a curse to Israel here.

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 And notice there's three organs.

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 You have the heart.

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 You have the eyes.

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 And then you have the ears.

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 So just keep that in mind as we spend our time this morning in Matthew 13.

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 Now, one more text, and then we'll jump into the Gospels.

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 Isaiah 6.

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 Turn with me there.

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 Isaiah chapter 6.

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 If you have heard a sermon on Isaiah 6, you probably have heard it from the first half of that chapter,

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 because it is the great Isaiah's vision of the Lord.

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 Remember, there's seraphim.

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 There's the angels flying around.

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 There's the throne of God.

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 And there's the holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.

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 The whole earth is full of his glory.

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 That text.

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 It's glorious.

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 It preaches.

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 But you probably have not heard a sermon on the last half of the chapter.

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 So from verse 8 on, it says, it's the call of Isaiah.

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 And I heard the voice of the Lord.

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 This is verse 8 of Isaiah 6.

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 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send?

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 And who will go for us?

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 Then I said, here am I.

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 Send me.

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 And he said, go and say to this people, keep on hearing, but do not understand.

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 Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.

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 Make the heart of this people dull and their ears heavy and blind eyes.

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 Blind their eyes.

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 Lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn and be healed.

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 And he goes on.

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 Now, what's significant about this?

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 Keep this in mind too.

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 So you can flip back and you can stay.

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 Don't worry.

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 In Matthew chapter 13.

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 Notice the three organs show up again.

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 And with the New Testament writers, this text of Isaiah, the second portion of Isaiah 6 is quoted three times in the New Testament.

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 So for the New Testament authors, it was a very important text.

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 The call of Isaiah and what he is to, was Isaiah to say to Israel.

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 And if you look in your cross references, there's no quoted text in the first half of chapter 6 of Isaiah.

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 The one that's most famous.

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 But it is here in the parable of the sower explained.

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 The purpose of the parables in chapter 13 of Matthew and at the very end of Acts.

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 And throughout portions of that show up throughout the New Testament.

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 So it's very important, this message.

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 So we have seen Moses.

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 We have seen Isaiah.

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 And now we are to Jesus in what Jesus says.

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 So there's four parts to this message today.

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 And I say four parts to this text.

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 And one is a question.

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 The disciples ask a question.

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 And then Jesus answers it in three different parts.

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 So I'll read our text.

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 Verse 10 of chapter 13 of Matthew.

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 Then the disciples came and said to him,

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 Why do you speak to them in parables?

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 And he answered them,

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 To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

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 But to them it has not been given.

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 For to the one who has, more will be given.

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 And he will have an abundance.

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 But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

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 This is why I speak to them in parables.

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 Because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear.

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 Nor do they understand.

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 Indeed, in their case, the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says,

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 You will indeed hear, but never understand.

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 And you will indeed see, but never perceive.

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 For this people's heart has grown dull.

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 And with their eyes they can barely hear.

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 And with their eyes they have closed.

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 Lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears.

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 And understand with their heart.

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 And turn, and I would heal them.

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 But blessed are your eyes, for they see.

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 And your ears, for they hear.

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 For truly I say to you,

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 Many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see,

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 and did not see it.

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 And to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

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 Pray with me as we begin to dig into this text.

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 Father, thank you for giving us this text for us this morning.

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 And I ask that you would help me to make the text clear.

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 Make that meaning clear to all those who hear.

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 And I ask that you would give us ears to hear,

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 eyes to see, and hearts to understand your message.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, why this text, I talked a little bit more about it,

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 it's important to the New Testament.

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 Hearts, eyes, ears.

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 You'll see even more.

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 It's an important theme throughout Scripture.

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 And it's pointing to faith, belief, wholehearted trust.

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 That's what this wholeheartedness, hearts, eyes, ears is pointing to.

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 You see it from Moses, we've seen, to Isaiah and the prophets,

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 to Jesus and the Gospels.

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 So, it's important for us to stop before we take a closer look

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 at one of Jesus' most famous parables,

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 the parable of the sower that you probably know,

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 and pause and take a closer look at what he does in the middle of that parable.

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 I think it's important for us to do.

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 And we'll take a closer look at it with Alex next week.

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 But, also, there's a connection here I don't want you to miss out on.

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 We had a, I don't know when it was,

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 but we had a summer sermon series,

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 wow, three S's,

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 of the parable,

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 of parables,

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 and I chose the parable of the talents,

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 which is the last parable in Matthew.

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 And the parable of the talents,

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 at the very end of that parable,

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 if you flip there,

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 if you read it this afternoon,

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 I encourage you to do that after we take a closer look at this.

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 He repeats,

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 word by word,

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 what he says in this section we're taking,

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 we're taking a look at this morning.

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 So, the first parable,

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 the parable of the sower,

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 is connected to the last parable in Matthew.

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 So, there's a connection there.

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 And I always thought that was,

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 why is that?

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 And we'll get into it.

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 But what he repeats

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 is verse 12.

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 For to the one who has,

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 more will be given,

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 and he will have an abundance.

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 But from the one who has not,

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 even what he has will be taken away.

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 And that's in the last parable of Matthew.

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 So, there's a connection there.

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 That's on purpose.

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 So, let's dig in.

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 And let's dig in in verse 10.

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 So, the first part,

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 there's a question.

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 Then the disciples came and said to him,

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 why do you speak to them in parables?

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 Genuine question from the disciples.

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 If you look up in the beginning of chapter 13,

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 he said,

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 many parables.

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 So, this is just the first one that Matthew records.

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 And then, after,

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 there's a question that the disciples ask.

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 Why do you speak to them in parables?

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 Parables.

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 So, parables is,

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 parables,

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 parable is a Greek word,

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 and it's parables.

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 That's where we get the word parables in English.

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 And it literally means comparison.

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 And so,

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 the meaning in the New Testament,

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 how parables is worked,

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 is a little elastic here.

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 It could be proverbial,

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 like a proverb,

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 a symbol,

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 symbolic,

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 comparison.

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 But in this text,

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 in this context we're in,

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 it's more of a story embodying some truth.

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 So, there's a story about the sower,

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 and there's some truth in that.

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 That's the context here.

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 And so,

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 they ask this question,

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 why this type of way of answering,

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 or speaking to these people?

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 He says,

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 he uses parables on purpose.

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 And the rest of the text

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 is Jesus' answer to their question.

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 So,

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 second part here,

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 verse 11.

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 And he answered them,

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 and Jesus answered them,

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 to you,

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 it has been given

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 to know

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 the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

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 But to them,

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 it has not been given.

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 I hope you see the contrast here.

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 There's lots of contrasts in this text.

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 It's you and them.

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 To you,

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 it has been given.

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 But to them,

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 it has not been given.

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 So,

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 what is it?

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 Well,

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 it's to know the secrets

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 of the kingdom of heaven.

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 You have a middle here.

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 You have,

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 on the one hand,

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 to you,

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 it has been given.

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 But to them,

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 it has not been given.

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 And in the middle,

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 the content is what the content is.

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 So,

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 let's take that to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven,

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 but let's work backwards.

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 So,

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 let's ask some questions about that line,

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 but backwards.

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 So,

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 first,

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 kingdom of heaven.

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 This kingdom of heaven,

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 close Bible readers,

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 I'm sure you know,

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 this is unique to Matthew.

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 You don't really see it anywhere else.

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 And kingdom of heaven,

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 we kind of can just breeze through that quickly,

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 but it's the heavenly kingdom.

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 It is from heaven,

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 it is also heavenly.

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 Meaning,

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 there's a kingdom,

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 and in a kingdom,

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 someone reigns

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 in every kingdom.

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 But,

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 heavenly kingdom,

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 kingdom of heaven,

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 who reigns?

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 And that is God.

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 God reigns

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 in the heavenly kingdom.

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 So,

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 we could say,

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 of the heavenly kingdom.

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 So,

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 working our way backwards here,

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 secrets.

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 Secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

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 Now,

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 it's interesting,

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 most translations have secrets,

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 but it's the word

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 where we get the word

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 mysteries.

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 So,

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 you could easily say,

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 mysteries.

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 So,

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 this idea of mystery

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 is here.

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 So,

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 you could say,

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 the mysteries of the heavenly kingdom.

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 But,

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 here's something you need to

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 have in mind always.

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 Our modern notion of mystery

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 is not what they

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 intended.

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 Not what Jesus intended here.

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 They meant something different.

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 So,

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 in our modern context,

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 just how it has

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 happened,

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 mystery has

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 evolved into

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 something

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 completely unknown.

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 It's something that

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 close to no one knows

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 the content of.

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 That's the modern use.

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 So,

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 we can't read that into

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 when we see mystery

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 in the New Testament,

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 especially.

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 But,

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 the ancient way,

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 the Greco-Roman

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 context,

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 it was more of,

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 it was once

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 concealed,

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 but is now

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 revealed.

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 That's,

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 that's more of the,

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 the mystery,

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 when you see the word

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 mystery,

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 here in the Bible,

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 think that.

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 Think,

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 once concealed,

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 but now has been

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 revealed.

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 Very important to

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 understand that.

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 So,

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 I'm going to keep the word

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 mysteries here,

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 but have that in mind.

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 So,

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 last bit here

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 is knowledge.

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 It's to know

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 the secrets of the

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 kingdom of heaven.

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 Knowledge of the

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 mysteries of the

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 king,

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 of the heavenly

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 kingdom,

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 is what separates

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 has been given

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 and has not been given

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 to you,

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 talking to the

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 disciples,

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 and to them,

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 others.

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 That's what

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 differentiates

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 those who have,

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 have,

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 and have not.

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 The next verse

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 makes clear.

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 But let's dwell on

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 the to know.

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 Knowledge

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 is also a tricky one

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 that if you could

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 just read through it

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 to know,

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 but let's,

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 there,

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 if you think about it,

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 there are

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 multiple ways of

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 thinking about

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 knowledge.

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 There,

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 and here,

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 I just want to

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 highlight two I

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 think is important

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 to this text.

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 It's,

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 one,

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 it's a cognitive

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 knowledge,

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 meaning you know

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 of something,

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 you know it exists.

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 Doesn't really have

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 anything bearing on

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 your life.

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 But then,

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 I want to highlight

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 volitional

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 knowledge here.

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 And in the context,

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 and especially if

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 scripture generally

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 and more specifically

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 here,

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 knowledge is just

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 not a flat

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 I know something,

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 like,

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 think cognitive.

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 But there's also

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 volitional.

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 And what I mean by that

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 is that there is a

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 desire there

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 to know,

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 to know something,

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 to want to know

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 someone.

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 one,

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 it's not merely

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 knowing of God,

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 cognitive,

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 but a desire

00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.920
 to commit

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 to God,

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 volitional.

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 And this,

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 we have to be careful

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 to think about

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 every word

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 of the text here.

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 and I think

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 there's a lot

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 here when you

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 think about

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 just knowing

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 about God,

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 but personally

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 knowing and

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 desiring him.

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 This reminds me

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 of a sermon

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 I read in college

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 by Jonathan Edwards.

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 And he was not

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.440
 a Puritan,

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 but he was

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 influenced by Puritans.

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 So,

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.960
 naturally,

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 this sermon

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 that I read

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 in college

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 was called,

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 True Grace

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 Distinguished

00:17:23.159 --> 00:17:24.460
 from the Experience

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 of Devils.

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 We need

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 more of those titles.

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 I don't have a title,

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 I'm sorry.

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 I should have thought

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 about something like that.

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 But his text,

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 I remember

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 where I was,

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 what time of day

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 it was,

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 when I read this sermon.

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 It affected me

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 so greatly.

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 And it's on this

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 idea of this

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 knowledge.

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 And his text

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.980
 was James

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 chapter 2,

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 verse 19.

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 I'll read it

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 to you real quick.

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 His text was

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 the text that says

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 in James,

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 you believe

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 that God is one,

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 you do well.

00:18:01.639 --> 00:18:03.079
 Even the demons

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.899
 believe

00:18:03.899 --> 00:18:05.220
 in Shudder.

00:18:06.679 --> 00:18:07.119
 So,

00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.039
 Jonathan Edwards,

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 he's living

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.519
 right before

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 the revolution,

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 think First

00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:13.599
 Great Awakening

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 in New England,

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 and he asks

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 his congregation

00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:19.119
 a question.

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 what is the difference

00:18:21.439 --> 00:18:22.739
 between man

00:18:22.739 --> 00:18:24.219
 and demons?

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 What is the difference

00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:26.239
 between you

00:18:26.239 --> 00:18:27.219
 and a demon?

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 And I thought

00:18:30.979 --> 00:18:31.379
 to myself,

00:18:31.459 --> 00:18:32.419
 that's a good question.

00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.839
 Because if we're

00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.419
 talking about

00:18:34.419 --> 00:18:35.599
 one type of knowledge,

00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:37.479
 they might know

00:18:37.479 --> 00:18:39.019
 better than I.

00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:42.500
 knowing about God.

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 And he teases

00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:45.259
 this out a little bit,

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:45.859
 and he finally

00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:46.379
 gets to the

00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:47.519
 end,

00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:49.619
 and he says,

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.119
 what demons

00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:50.720
 have

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:52.639
 is a knowledge

00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.240
 of God

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:54.240
 that is

00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:55.079
 cognitive.

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.159
 cognitive.

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.579
 They know

00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.399
 things about

00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:57.639
 God.

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 But,

00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:02.500
 what demons

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.559
 do not have,

00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:05.099
 he says,

00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:06.079
 this is what he says,

00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:06.500
 he says,

00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:07.419
 they do not have

00:19:07.419 --> 00:19:07.659
 a,

00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:08.699
 when looking

00:19:08.699 --> 00:19:09.539
 upon Christ,

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.519
 they do not

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:12.119
 have a sense

00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:13.220
 of divine

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.019
 beauty

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:15.079
 when they look

00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:15.699
 upon Christ.

00:19:17.179 --> 00:19:18.199
 There is no,

00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:19.539
 they do not see

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.220
 beauty

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:21.559
 when they look

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.379
 at Christ.

00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:26.380
 they feel

00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:26.840
 dread,

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.460
 guilt,

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.500
 hopeless fear.

00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:33.600
 It's a point,

00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:34.840
 there are no

00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:36.320
 atheistic demons.

00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:38.540
 There's no

00:19:38.540 --> 00:19:39.420
 agnostic.

00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:40.600
 It is impossible

00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.560
 because they know

00:19:41.560 --> 00:19:42.320
 who God is.

00:19:43.260 --> 00:19:44.620
 But the difference

00:19:44.620 --> 00:19:45.000
 is,

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.680
 this volitional

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:48.100
 knowledge of God,

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.740
 this looking

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.260
 at Christ

00:19:50.260 --> 00:19:51.220
 and seeing beauty,

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:54.380
 and knowing

00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:56.559
 Christ

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:58.299
 and desiring

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:59.600
 to submit

00:19:59.600 --> 00:20:00.740
 and to commit

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.880
 fully to him

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:03.839
 because we see

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.539
 him as good.

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.940
 And he goes on,

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.220
 he says,

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:08.039
 this is,

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:10.539
 this sense

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.059
 of divine

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:11.380
 beauty

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:12.259
 is the first

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.799
 thing

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:14.400
 in the actual

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.039
 change

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.920
 made in the

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.319
 soul

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:17.539
 in true

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.240
 conversion

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.740
 and is

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.579
 the foundation

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:22.559
 of everything

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.460
 else belonging

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.120
 to that

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.599
 change.

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 He's saying,

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.579
 he's talking

00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:26.920
 about what

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.400
 is true

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:27.900
 conversion?

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:30.120
 The foundation

00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:30.759
 of this

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.339
 is this

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:31.839
 sense

00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:32.740
 of divine

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.380
 beauty

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:34.640
 when looking

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.180
 to Christ.

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.140
 So,

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:38.220
 if we ask

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.620
 ourselves

00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.200
 the same

00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:39.500
 question,

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.740
 what do you

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.000
 see

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.700
 when looking

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.160
 at Christ?

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:45.580
 do you

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.300
 have merely

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:46.980
 cognitive

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.779
 knowledge?

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.160
 Think

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.840
 cultural

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.480
 Christianity.

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.080
 That's what

00:20:50.080 --> 00:20:50.480
 I'm really

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.000
 thinking about.

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.680
 That is not

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.759
 saving faith.

00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.620
 That is something

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.259
 that the demons

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.860
 even have.

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:59.500
 But do you

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:01.620
 desire

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:03.240
 to see

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.500
 him?

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.240
 You desire,

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.480
 when you look

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.000
 at Christ,

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.460
 do you see

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.160
 divine

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.480
 beauty

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.779
 in the cross?

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.500
 All good

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:16.819
 questions,

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.180
 I think,

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.319
 from this.

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.940
 And to

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.700
 know the

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.099
 secrets

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.680
 of the

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:21.980
 kingdom

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.539
 of heaven

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:22.900
 is at

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.259
 the center

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.599
 of this,

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.319
 of those

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:24.819
 who have

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.579
 it and

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.980
 those who

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.400
 do not

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:26.860
 have that.

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.279
 And what

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.620
 is it?

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.360
 It's knowledge

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:29.779
 of the

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.380
 mysteries of

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.920
 the heavenly

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.420
 kingdom.

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:32.980
 Remember,

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.339
 once concealed,

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:36.360
 now revealed

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:37.240
 in Christ.

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.420
 Next verse.

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:42.500
 is verse

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.039
 12.

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.779
 It goes

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.620
 further than

00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:47.059
 this here,

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.500
 continues on

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.140
 in the same.

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.680
 So,

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.579
 verse 11 and

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.000
 12 are

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.700
 connected.

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:53.720
 And it

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:53.860
 says,

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.559
 for to the

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.099
 one who

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.720
 has,

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.240
 more will

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.640
 be given,

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.460
 and he

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:58.759
 will have

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.160
 an abundance.

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:01.319
 But from

00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:01.839
 the one

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.400
 who has

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:02.860
 not,

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.259
 even what

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.039
 he has

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:06.079
 will be

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.720
 taken away.

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.640
 This is

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.240
 more of a

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.860
 proverbial,

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.379
 like saying

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:10.639
 here.

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:11.899
 And this

00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:12.979
 is the

00:22:12.979 --> 00:22:13.319
 one that's

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.799
 quoted in

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.699
 Matthew 25,

00:22:14.959 --> 00:22:15.479
 29,

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.240
 the parable

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.459
 of the

00:22:16.459 --> 00:22:16.779
 talents.

00:22:16.919 --> 00:22:17.039
 If you

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.199
 want to

00:22:17.199 --> 00:22:17.439
 write that

00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:17.759
 down and

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.379
 look at

00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:18.819
 that later,

00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:20.319
 Matthew 25,

00:22:20.459 --> 00:22:20.899
 29.

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.699
 And I

00:22:22.699 --> 00:22:23.319
 think he's

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.240
 using this

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.059
 the same

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.559
 way he's

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.000
 using it

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.359
 later.

00:22:26.959 --> 00:22:27.379
 If you

00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:27.679
 remember,

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:29.159
 the parable

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.359
 of the

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.779
 talents is

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.279
 all about

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:31.779
 the end

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.319
 times,

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.699
 eschatology.

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.079
 It's an

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:35.759
 eschatological

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:38.539
 use of

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.619
 this saying

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.119
 in that

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.599
 context.

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.619
 And I

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:41.819
 think he's

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.079
 doing the

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.559
 same thing,

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:42.960
 actually.

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.539
 It's not

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:45.720
 anything

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.059
 different.

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.619
 And notice

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.200
 there's a

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.420
 contrast here.

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.799
 The one

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.339
 who has

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.700
 and the

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:52.960
 one who

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.319
 has not.

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:54.920
 So,

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.920
 has or

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.420
 lacks

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.039
 what,

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.740
 we ask.

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.140
 What is

00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:01.619
 it that

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.819
 some have

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.200
 or have

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.420
 not?

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.100
 So,

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.320
 if we

00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:04.779
 look above,

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.160
 we just,

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.700
 in verse

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.000
 11,

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:07.120
 we saw

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.460
 that it

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:07.620
 was

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.100
 knowledge.

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:08.960
 Verse 13,

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.039
 it is

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.920
 understanding.

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.340
 But,

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.039
 not quite

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.420
 there yet.

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.440
 Let's

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.800
 take a look

00:23:15.800 --> 00:23:16.240
 closer at

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.600
 this verse.

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.080
 For after,

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.539
 he says,

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.120
 for to the

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.580
 one who

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:20.080
 has,

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.940
 more will

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.400
 be given.

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.620
 And he

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:23.800
 says,

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.400
 even further

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:24.800
 than that,

00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:25.279
 and he

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.920
 will have

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.720
 an abundance.

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.860
 And then,

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.680
 but from

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.240
 the one

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.800
 who has

00:23:30.800 --> 00:23:31.279
 not,

00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:32.240
 even what

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.720
 he has

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:32.980
 will be

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.320
 taken

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.679
 away.

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.019
 You see,

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.799
 there's a

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.419
 parallel for

00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:36.779
 the one

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.359
 who has,

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.039
 but from

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.299
 the one

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.559
 who has

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:38.779
 not.

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.000
 And there's

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.519
 comments on

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.799
 both.

00:23:41.419 --> 00:23:41.679
 So,

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.259
 we could

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.039
 summarize this

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.960
 by saying,

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.220
 knowledge

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:48.200
 will beget,

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:50.059
 or begotten,

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.659
 if we're going

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.159
 to use that

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:52.419
 word.

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.500
 Knowledge

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.019
 will beget

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:55.119
 more knowledge,

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.339
 understanding,

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.259
 and end

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.779
 in blessing.

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.619
 And that's

00:23:59.619 --> 00:23:59.879
 why he

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.379
 goes on.

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.279
 More will

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.679
 be given,

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.460
 and he

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.879
 will have

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.560
 an abundance.

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.280
 Knowledge

00:24:05.280 --> 00:24:05.840
 will beget

00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:06.660
 more knowledge.

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.640
 Conversely,

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:10.960
 ignorance

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.480
 will beget

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.300
 more

00:24:13.300 --> 00:24:14.380
 ignorance.

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:15.760
 Folly

00:24:15.760 --> 00:24:16.860
 will beget

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.560
 more

00:24:17.560 --> 00:24:18.220
 folly,

00:24:18.760 --> 00:24:19.360
 and it

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.940
 will end

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.860
 in cursings.

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.600
 And we

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:21.960
 can see

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.340
 this

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:23.760
 looking back

00:24:23.760 --> 00:24:24.420
 to Deuteronomy

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.860
 chapter 29.

00:24:26.560 --> 00:24:27.180
 If you read

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.540
 that and you

00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:27.840
 remember,

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.420
 at the end

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.000
 of the Torah,

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:29.840
 there's

00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.539
 if you

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.060
 do this,

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.539
 this will

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.800
 happen.

00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:32.620
 If you

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:33.100
 don't do

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:33.440
 this,

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.500
 this will

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:34.779
 happen.

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.980
 And he

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.460
 predicts

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.360
 everything else.

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:38.900
 Moses

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.480
 writes at

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.759
 the very

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:39.980
 end of

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.279
 the Torah,

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.480
 and word

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.039
 for word,

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.400
 it is

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.820
 fulfilled

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:44.100
 through

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.620
 the coming

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.160
 of Christ.

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.920
 So,

00:24:49.080 --> 00:24:49.700
 the question

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.019
 we have to

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.400
 ask here,

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.519
 you're probably

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:51.840
 wondering

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:53.220
 if I'm

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.220
 going to

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.159
 tackle

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.500
 this.

00:24:55.939 --> 00:24:56.299
 Why are

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.039
 there some

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.859
 who have

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:59.559
 and others

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.419
 that do

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:00.919
 not have?

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.779
 Why is

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.019
 that the

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.279
 case?

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.980
 Why have

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:06.119
 and have

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.419
 not?

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.419
 It seems

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:09.939
 not fair.

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.699
 And here's

00:25:11.699 --> 00:25:12.539
 a theological

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.720
 tension

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.199
 here,

00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:15.179
 and let's

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.599
 call it

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.879
 divine

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.539
 sovereignty

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:19.579
 and human

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.559
 responsibility.

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.339
 Divine

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.879
 sovereignty

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.779
 and human

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.819
 responsibility.

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.339
 I think

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.839
 this text

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.199
 actually

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.799
 addresses

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.759
 that very

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.259
 tension,

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:28.779
 if we're

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:28.899
 going to

00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.139
 use that

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.299
 word.

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.399
 So,

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.639
 if you

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.179
 look up

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:32.079
 verses

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.879
 11 and

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.339
 12,

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.619
 address

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.459
 divine

00:25:36.459 --> 00:25:37.099
 sovereignty.

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.779
 Verses

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.679
 13 and

00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:41.199
 14,

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:43.059
 notice that

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.480
 they are

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.439
 together,

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.959
 and notice

00:25:46.959 --> 00:25:47.759
 that they

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.619
 are both

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.899
 acknowledged

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:51.699
 and

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.740
 affirmed.

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.700
 They are

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:54.940
 both

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.620
 acknowledged

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.559
 and

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.180
 affirmed.

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.559
 And for

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:58.900
 Jesus,

00:25:59.100 --> 00:25:59.539
 we can say

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.819
 this,

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.900
 for Jesus,

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.500
 it is

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.000
 without

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.900
 contradiction

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:04.440
 that divine

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.980
 sovereignty

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.580
 and human

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:06.160
 responsibility

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:07.420
 can coexist

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.039
 together

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.420
 in this,

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.360
 if we're

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:10.500
 going to

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.779
 say it,

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.259
 mysterious

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.640
 way.

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.340
 And so,

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.080
 more on

00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:14.980
 this below.

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:15.799
 So,

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.600
 verse 13

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:19.299
 says,

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.960
 this is

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.440
 why,

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.559
 Jesus

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.220
 speaking

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.599
 here,

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.139
 as you

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.379
 remember,

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.359
 this is

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:24.819
 why I

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.299
 speak to

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.740
 them in

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.159
 parables,

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:28.099
 because

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:29.559
 seeing

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.000
 they do

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.500
 not see

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:32.480
 and hearing

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.059
 they do

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.639
 not hear,

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.379
 nor do

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.720
 they

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.799
 understand.

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.899
 Notice

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.579
 we have

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.000
 seen

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.740
 Deuteronomy,

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.419
 Isaiah,

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:42.799
 seeing,

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.099
 hearing,

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.419
 understanding.

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:48.960
 but this

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.660
 begins the

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.360
 section on

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.680
 human

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.300
 responsibility,

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.220
 as you

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.560
 remember,

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.019
 and it's

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.500
 on this

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.220
 little word,

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.160
 because.

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.039
 This is why

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.460
 I speak to

00:26:59.460 --> 00:26:59.720
 them in

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.060
 parables,

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.600
 because.

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.840
 This is a

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.200
 little word

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.580
 that we can

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.039
 just read

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.140
 and glance

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.600
 through,

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.080
 but let's

00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:06.840
 camp out

00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:07.000
 here.

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:07.740
 Let's

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.080
 think about

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.360
 this.

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.539
 The word

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:09.900
 because

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:11.720
 points to

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.400
 human

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.160
 responsibility.

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.160
 We've seen

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.160
 divine sovereignty

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.800
 now we see

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:16.120
 human

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.840
 responsibility.

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:18.920
 And it's

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.540
 because.

00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:22.460
 But because

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.340
 seeing they

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:23.820
 do not see

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.880
 and hearing

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.180
 they do

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.540
 not hear,

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.700
 nor do

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.160
 they understand.

00:27:27.820 --> 00:27:28.300
 Think about

00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:29.040
 what's not

00:27:29.040 --> 00:27:29.340
 there.

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.480
 It isn't

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.640
 for,

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.580
 it's not

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.180
 since,

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.200
 it's not

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.700
 the word

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.500
 therefore,

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.980
 nor is it

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.500
 the word

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.180
 so that,

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.620
 but is

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.440
 specifically

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.200
 Matthew

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.160
 through the

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.620
 Holy Spirit

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.960
 specifically

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:46.680
 chose the

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.079
 word

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.160
 because.

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.220
 And this

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.500
 word because

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.860
 places fault

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:53.980
 on man's

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.660
 response.

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.180
 Not on

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.759
 God,

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.759
 but on

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.079
 man's

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.559
 response.

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.039
 One

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.420
 commentator

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.039
 I found

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.579
 this week

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.240
 says,

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.620
 unbelief

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:07.240
 is rooted

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.740
 not in

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:07.940
 Jesus'

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.539
 words,

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.759
 but in

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.200
 hardened

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.000
 hearts.

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.059
 hearts.

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.220
 And here's

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.619
 a challenge

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.920
 that stuck

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.160
 with me

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.400
 when I

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.779
 read it.

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.759
 If few

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.420
 are chosen,

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.339
 it is not

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.180
 because many

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.960
 have not

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.680
 been called.

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.420
 And this

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:24.759
 points us

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.019
 to the

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.359
 missionary

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:27.599
 call that

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.259
 Jesus is

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.980
 pointing to.

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.299
 So,

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.400
 verses 14

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:30.980
 and 15,

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.680
 they read,

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.539
 indeed,

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.200
 in their

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.620
 case,

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.860
 the prophecy

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.920
 of Isaiah

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:38.320
 is fulfilled,

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.740
 or we could

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.539
 say completely

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.060
 fulfilled,

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:42.080
 that says,

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.580
 and this is

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.299
 Isaiah 6,

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.580
 9,

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:43.960
 and 10,

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.140
 it's word

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.480
 for word

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.820
 from the

00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:46.000
 Greek

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.519
 translation,

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.580
 if you're

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.080
 wondering why

00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:48.259
 there's

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.560
 differences,

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:50.700
 it says,

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.880
 you will

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:53.140
 indeed hear,

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.340
 but never

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:54.960
 understand,

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.080
 and you

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.880
 will indeed

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.299
 see,

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.360
 but never

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:59.340
 perceive.

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.899
 For this

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.319
 people's

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.779
 heart has

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.319
 grown dull,

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.539
 and with

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.000
 their ears

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.399
 they can

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.039
 barely hear,

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.439
 and their

00:29:06.439 --> 00:29:07.059
 eyes they

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.740
 have closed,

00:29:08.199 --> 00:29:08.799
 lest they

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.480
 should see

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.859
 with their

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.339
 eyes,

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:10.919
 and hear

00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:11.279
 with their

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.699
 ears,

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.740
 and understand

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.119
 with their

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:13.439
 heart,

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.079
 and turn,

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:15.980
 and I

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:17.419
 would heal

00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:17.720
 them.

00:29:18.959 --> 00:29:19.399
 Notice,

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:19.980
 this is,

00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:20.639
 we could break

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.659
 this quote,

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.139
 this direct

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.539
 quote from

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:23.980
 Isaiah into

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.740
 three parts.

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.619
 There's a

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.000
 promise,

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.179
 there's the

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.700
 organs we've

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.660
 seen in

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.120
 Deuteronomy,

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.960
 and then

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.600
 there's another

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.120
 promise.

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:35.240
 The last

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.080
 corresponds with

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.420
 the first.

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.539
 So,

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:39.960
 first,

00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:40.600
 the promise.

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:41.920
 Notice,

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.779
 you will

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.779
 indeed hear,

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.779
 but never

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.680
 understand.

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.840
 You will

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.860
 indeed see,

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.060
 but never

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:49.660
 perceive.

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.420
 This is a

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.220
 promise of

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.640
 curse,

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.039
 a promise

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.500
 of curse.

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.880
 He repeats

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.500
 it twice.

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.759
 Here,

00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.680
 you will,

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.420
 but never.

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.440
 You will,

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.400
 but never.

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:05.420
 Second part

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:05.779
 of this,

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:06.480
 three parts

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.060
 in this

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.299
 quote,

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.960
 the seeing,

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.299
 the hearing,

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.560
 the understanding,

00:30:11.840 --> 00:30:12.660
 going back to

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.240
 Deuteronomy,

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.779
 what Moses

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.259
 says to

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.580
 Israel,

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.680
 ends with

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.560
 another promise,

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:18.960
 but a

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.820
 different promise,

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.779
 if you

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.620
 caught it.

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.100
 Turn,

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.400
 and I

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.060
 would heal

00:30:26.060 --> 00:30:26.279
 them.

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:27.700
 this is a

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.639
 promise of

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.000
 hope,

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:31.019
 a promise

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:32.859
 of hope.

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.379
 I

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.000
 would

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.740
 heal them.

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.039
 Turn,

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.339
 and I

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.660
 would heal

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:40.839
 them.

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.660
 The tense

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:43.299
 is future,

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.720
 and that

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.319
 points to a

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.680
 promise,

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.779
 and that

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.099
 points to

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.420
 hope.

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.519
 Let's

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.240
 land this

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.440
 plane.

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:54.700
 last part,

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:57.700
 verses 16

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.299
 and 17

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.660
 here.

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.519
 Turn,

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:02.860
 after

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.980
 calling

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.820
 his

00:31:04.820 --> 00:31:05.360
 heroes to

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.759
 turn,

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.779
 that he

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.320
 would heal

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.500
 them.

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.680
 Blessed,

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:10.759
 we could say

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.400
 happy,

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.420
 or flourishing

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.720
 even,

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.539
 going back

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:15.779
 to the

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.680
 beginning of

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.160
 the Sermon on

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.400
 the Mount,

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.620
 or the

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.140
 Beatitudes,

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:19.100
 but blessed

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:20.720
 are your

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.100
 eyes,

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:22.539
 for they

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.859
 see,

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.359
 and your

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.779
 ears,

00:31:25.219 --> 00:31:26.099
 for they

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.359
 hear.

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.459
 Notice how

00:31:27.459 --> 00:31:28.039
 hope-filled

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.619
 this is.

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.219
 For truly,

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:30.819
 I say to

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:30.959
 you,

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.859
 many prophets

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.859
 and righteous

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:35.139
 people longed

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:36.319
 to see what

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.799
 you see,

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.439
 and did not

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:38.859
 see it,

00:31:39.439 --> 00:31:40.339
 and to hear

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.639
 what you

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.039
 hear,

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.599
 and did not

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.399
 hear it.

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:45.640
 notice

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.019
 again,

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.000
 there is

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.560
 the seeing

00:31:47.560 --> 00:31:48.140
 and there's

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.700
 the hearing.

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.080
 There's no

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.440
 heart,

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.400
 but it

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.920
 goes back

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.580
 and connects

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.400
 this to

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.060
 verse 9

00:31:54.060 --> 00:31:54.940
 of chapter

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.320
 13.

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.740
 He who

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.700
 has ears,

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.180
 let him

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.540
 hear.

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:01.600
 Going back,

00:32:02.800 --> 00:32:03.220
 connecting

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.500
 that.

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.060
 So,

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.460
 if we're

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.580
 going to

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:05.840
 ask a

00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:06.060
 question,

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.840
 what is

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.220
 it?

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.200
 You did

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.500
 not,

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.960
 to see what

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.460
 you see,

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:12.200
 and did

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.680
 not see

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:12.980
 it,

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.460
 and to

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.860
 hear what

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.360
 you hear,

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:15.779
 and did

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.259
 not hear

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.579
 it.

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.480
 What is

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.000
 the it?

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.799
 This is

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.340
 the answer

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:21.860
 that Jesus

00:32:21.860 --> 00:32:22.980
 provides to

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.799
 his disciples

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.559
 about why

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.039
 parables.

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.279
 They point,

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:27.900
 the parables

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.380
 point,

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.880
 to the

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.640
 eschatological

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.480
 revelation

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.460
 of God

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.420
 through Christ

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.000
 himself.

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.220
 Remember that

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.039
 word mystery

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.700
 or secret.

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.240
 It was

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.799
 concealed.

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:41.299
 but has

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.839
 been now

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.399
 revealed.

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.240
 And I'm

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.720
 ripping off

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.359
 an Augustine

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.259
 quote that

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.519
 he said,

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:45.779
 the Old

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.319
 Testament was

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.779
 Christ

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.379
 concealed,

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 the New

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 Testament

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 is Christ

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 revealed.

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 And that's

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 what the

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 focus here

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 that Jesus

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 is pointing

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 to is

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 God's

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 gracious

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 gift

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 of this

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 knowledge.

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 It's not

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 only a

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 gift,

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 but it

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 is a

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 call to

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 action.

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 So,

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 if we

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 say,

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 why

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 secret?

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 Why

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 speak in

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 parables?

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 The

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 mission of

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 the

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 disciples,

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 those who

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 have,

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 and indeed,

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 if you can

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 say that you

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 are in

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 Christ,

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 you are

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 in this

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 category,

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 the mission

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 of those

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 who have

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 is to

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 share

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 through

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 proclamation.

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 We are

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 to

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 proclaim

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 this

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 knowledge,

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 true

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 knowledge,

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 cognitive

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 and

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 volitional

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 knowledge

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 of Christ.

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 and this

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 is connected

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 if we

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 turn

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 later in

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 Matthew

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 17,

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 verse 9,

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 I'll read

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 it to

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 you.

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 This is,

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 they're

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 coming down

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 from the

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 mountain

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 from the

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 transfiguration.

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 This is

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 what

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 Jesus said,

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 and as

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 they were

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 coming down

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 the

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 mountain,

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 Jesus

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 commanded

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 them,

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 tell no

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 one the

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 vision of

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 the

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 transfiguration,

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 revealing

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 himself,

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 until the

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 Son of

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 Man is

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 raised from

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 the dead.

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 Tell no

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 one the

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 negative.

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 But,

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 remember,

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 how does

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 Matthew

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 end?

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 before I

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 read that,

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 Jesus uses

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 Isaiah's

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 call to

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 call the

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 nations.

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 Don't miss

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 that.

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 Jesus uses

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 Isaiah's

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 call to

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 Israel to

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 call the

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 nations.

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 Now,

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 no longer

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 only Israel,

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 but now to

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 the ends

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 of the

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 earth.

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 Think

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 Acts chapter

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 1.

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 And,

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 thinking about

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 tell no

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 one the

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 vision,

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 until the

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 Son of

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 Man is

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 raised from

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 the dead.

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 Until the

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 Son of

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 Man is

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 raised from

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 the dead.

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 I'll end

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 how Matthew

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 ends his

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 gospel.

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 The Great

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 Commission.

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 Now,

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 the eleven

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.779
 disciples went

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 to Galilee,

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 to the

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 mountain to

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 which Jesus

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 had directed

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 them.

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 And,

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.920
 when they

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.440
 saw him,

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.039
 they worshipped

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.299
 him.

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 But,

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 some doubted.

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 And,

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 Jesus came

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 and said

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 to them,

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 All authority

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 in heaven,

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 heavenly kingdom,

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:25.840
 and on earth

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.840
 has been given

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 to me.

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 Go,

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.860
 therefore,

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:30.820
 and make

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 disciples of

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.139
 all nations,

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 baptizing them

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 in the name

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 of the Father

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 and of the Son

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.940
 and of the Holy

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.360
 Spirit,

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.579
 teaching them

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.380
 to observe

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.699
 all that I

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.699
 have commanded

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.239
 you.

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 and behold,

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.919
 I am with

00:35:46.919 --> 00:35:47.659
 you always

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:49.399
 to the end

00:35:49.399 --> 00:35:50.659
 of the age.

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 Let us go

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 with joy

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:55.679
 and thankfulness

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:57.000
 and do

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.579
 likewise

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:59.079
 for the glory

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.799
 of God

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 and for the glory

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 of God

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.439
 alone.

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 Pray with me.

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 as

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