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 Great if you could open up your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 2, page 1002 if you're using one of those black church Bibles.

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 I wonder what Christmas means to you.

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 I mean for many of us it means a time of busyness, a time of spending money, a time of remembering the last things we haven't done, a time of wishing we could get some rest when we can't.

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 And yet actually underneath all that there is something very very big going on isn't there?

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 We're not celebrating as the world celebrates, we're celebrating something deeper, something bigger than we could ever imagine.

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 There's a great line in the last battle, the last of the Narnia Chronicles, where Lisi the Valiant says that once on our earth a stable held something bigger than the whole world.

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 That's true isn't it?

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 And yet we can be so occupied with children's nativities and stables and donkeys and all that stuff, not to mind presents and turkeys,

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 that we actually forget what the incarnation is all about, what the Son of God taking on human flesh, what God contracted to a span, incomprehensibly made man, means for us.

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 That's why these two weeks we've been looking at Hebrews chapter 2, last week, and picking up again in verse 10 this week.

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 And these verses we get three pictures of what the Lord Jesus was able to do for us, what the Son of God incarnate in flesh was able to do for us.

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 Three pictures of his work on our behalf.

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 We're going to look at them briefly this morning.

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 He is the champion who rescues us, verse 10 and verses 14 to 16.

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 He is the brother who identifies with us, verses 11 to 13.

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 And he's the priest who represents us, verses 17 to 18.

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 So we can look at those briefly.

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 We see the idea of Jesus being our champion there in verse 10.

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 The word used actually is founder.

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 We'll see that in a second.

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 Verse 10.

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 It was fitting that he, that is God, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.

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 That word founder is translated in many different ways in English versions of the Bible.

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 It can mean author.

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 It can mean founder, like the one who establishes a city or a school.

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 Leader.

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 Let's use that way in Acts chapter 5, 31.

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 Or pioneer.

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 Or captain.

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 But as we read through what Jesus does as our founder, we see he's really our champion.

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 The one who fights for us.

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 The one who swings into action to rescue us.

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 He does it in two ways.

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 He leads us to glory.

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 And he liberates us from slavery.

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 He leads us to glory.

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 That's actually what the writer has been talking about in the previous verses.

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 He talks about Jesus as the one who the father uses to bring many sons to glory.

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 First 10.

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 So Jesus is the one who leads us there.

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 Like the pioneer who establishes a way.

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 He goes first so that others can join him.

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 And where's he leading us to?

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 It's to the restored humanity.

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 It's been described in verses 5 to 9.

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 To the glory God originally intended.

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 But from which Adam and Eve fell by rebelling against God.

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 Jesus is already there.

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 He's now crowned with glory and honour.

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 He has risen again.

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 He is the beginning of the new creation.

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 And he's leading us there.

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 He's the one who leads us.

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 But as we look at verse 10, aren't there a couple of questions that come to our minds straight away?

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 How is it fitting that Jesus should be made perfect through suffering?

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 And hang on.

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 How can Jesus be made perfect?

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 Isn't that what the author is saying there?

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 It's fitting that he, God, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory,

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 should make the founder of their salvation, Jesus, perfect through suffering.

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 Now does that bring a question to you?

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 How can the eternal Son of God be made perfect?

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 There is no sin in him.

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 In fact, the writer will say later on over the page there, chapter 4, verse 15, that Jesus, as a man, had no sin.

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 Tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin.

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 He was perfect.

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 So what does this mean?

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 That Jesus was made perfect.

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 It cannot mean moral perfection.

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 So what does it mean?

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 I'm sure many of us have been to job interviews in our lives where, in a sense, we had perfect qualifications,

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 and yet didn't get the job.

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 Why?

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 Oh, you don't have the experience, they say.

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 Well, think of a young person applying to go to veterinary school for university.

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 They've got straight A's all the way through their school life, straight A's predicted for their A-levels,

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 really good report on the UCAS form from their teachers,

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 and yet they don't get the offer.

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 Why not?

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 They haven't got the experience, they haven't spent their holidays going lambing in the Easter holidays,

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 working in a vet practice during the summers,

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 looking after animals wherever they could.

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 They don't have the experience to be the complete candidate.

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 And that's the sense of the word perfect here, the sense of being complete.

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 That Jesus, through the physical experience of being a human being,

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 of obeying his Father in every situation,

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 becomes the complete saviour, the one who is equipped in every way,

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 who has the experience to come alongside us,

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 to rescue us, to liberate us.

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 If you look over to, just across the page there,

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 chapter 5, verses 8 and 9,

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 the writer says a similar thing there that helps us to understand,

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 I think.

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 Although he was a son, chapter 5, verse 8,

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 he learned obedience through what he suffered.

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 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation,

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 to all who obey him.

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 So Jesus had to learn obedience, not just as a theory,

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 but in practice, as a human being.

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 Of course, as the eternal son of God, he always obeyed his Father.

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 The very incarnation shows that.

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 His coming into the world was in obedience to the Father's plan.

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 But then as a man, he had to learn obedience too.

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 As a human being like you and I,

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 he had to learn obedience from the inside.

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 He had to learn it from the weakness of being human.

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 He had to learn to obey when it was costly,

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 even when it meant going to the cross.

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 He had to learn to obey when it required faith,

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 trusting that his Father would do what he had promised.

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 He had to learn to obey the same way you and I have to learn to obey.

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 In all the weakness of our flesh,

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 in tiredness,

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 in hunger,

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 with pressure on us.

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 He had to learn to obey when it was costly,

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 when it meant trusting.

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 And so he's the complete saviour,

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 the perfect saviour for us.

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 Because he's been a man like us.

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 So that's what it means when he was made perfect through suffering.

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 Of course, his obedience cost him his life.

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 So how is it fitting,

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 going back to chapter 2, verse 10 for a moment,

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 how is it fitting for God to make Jesus perfect,

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 complete through suffering?

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 See, some people will say it's not fitting, is it?

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 Some people will say,

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 I don't like the idea of a God,

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 who has to require someone else to die,

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 to forgive other people.

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 That's not very loving.

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 That's just cruel.

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 And even those who call themselves evangelical Christians,

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 will say that the idea of

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 the Son of God suffering in our place,

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 is nothing more than cosmic child abuse.

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 There's not a fitting way to talk of a God of love.

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 Well, that is not what the scriptures say.

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 The scriptures say it is fitting

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 that God our Father in heaven

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 should make his Son

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 obedient to death,

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 even death on a cross.

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 That was fitting to achieve our salvation.

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 Why?

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 Because it's fitting,

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 in keeping with the very character of God himself.

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 The God who revealed himself on Sinai

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 as being the one who keeps steadfast love for thousands,

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 forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,

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 and yet,

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 in Exodus 34, verse 5,

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 will by no means clear the guilty.

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 It is fitting for a God who is loving and will forgive,

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 and yet holy,

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 and will not just overlook sin.

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 The only fitting way to resolve that tension

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 was for the Son of God

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 to take on human flesh

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 and die to become the perfect rescuer for his people,

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 so that God's justice could be satisfied

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 and God's love gratified.

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 It was fitting for only death could bring forgiveness.

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 It's entirely in keeping with God's character.

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 So here is Jesus,

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 the champion of our salvation,

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 who leads us to glory,

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 because he has suffered for us,

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 because he was a human

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 and tasted death for us,

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 as verse 9 put it.

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 Yeah, that carol we sing every Christmas,

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 once in Royal David's City,

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 has it absolutely right, doesn't he?

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 And he leads his children on

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 to the place where he has gone.

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 Yes, that's right.

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 Jesus is our champion.

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 He leads us.

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 Not just to the place he's gone,

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 but to the state he has attained,

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 to the glory of restored humanity.

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 He's in glory kneels

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 to fix what is torn,

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 as we just sung in that last song.

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 So as our champion,

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 he leads us to glory.

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 But also as our champion,

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 he liberates us from slavery.

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 Look down to verse 14, will you?

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 Since then,

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 the children share in flesh and blood.

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 He, Jesus himself,

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 partook of the same things,

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 the same flesh and blood,

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 like you and I have,

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 that through death,

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 he might destroy the one

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 who has the power of death.

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 That is the devil.

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 Jesus took on flesh,

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 became a human being like us,

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 to die,

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 to destroy the one

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 who has the power of death.

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 Now, does that strike you

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 as a funny name for the devil,

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 a funny title for the devil?

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 The one who has the power of death.

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 Seems strange, doesn't it?

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 We need to understand

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 that the devil does not naturally

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 have the power of death.

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 It's not his by right.

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 It's not his inherent right.

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 Why does death come to the world?

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 Death comes as a result of our sin.

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 Death is God's judgment

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 on human sin.

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 So the devil does not naturally

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 have the power of death,

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 but the basis for his power over us

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 is not his natural authority,

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 but our sin,

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 our guilt.

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 It's like his weapon in blackmail.

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 How do people,

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 he gets gangs who extort money

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 from folk, don't they?

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 Blackmailing them.

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 How do they do it?

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 It's because they entice them

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 into some sort of misdemeanor,

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 or misdoing,

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 or get some photograph,

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 evidence of a politician

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 or a celebrity

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 doing something

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 they shouldn't be doing.

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 And then they exploit that

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 and blackmail them.

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 And so they have this power

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 over the person

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 they're exploiting,

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 not because it's naturally

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 held power,

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 but because of the guilt

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 of the other person.

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 Because they've enticed them

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 to do something

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 they shouldn't do.

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 And that's exactly

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 how the devil works,

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 doesn't it?

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 He seduces humanity

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 into revolt against God.

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 So death enters the world

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 as God's punishment

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 on our sin.

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 And the devil uses that,

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 he exploits it

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 to hold us as slaves.

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 Just as a criminal gang

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 will blackmail people.

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 So the devil exploits us,

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 but it's not his own

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 natural power.

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 He uses that fear then

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 to enslave us.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 Jesus comes to deliver

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 all those who through

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 fear of death

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 are subject to

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 lifelong slavery.

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 Now for the people

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 who read this letter first,

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 they really did live

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 in fear of death

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 for following Jesus.

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 In chapter 10

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 we discover that

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 many of them

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 had been arrested,

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 been thrown into prison,

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 had had their property

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 confiscated,

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 all for following

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And of course

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 they have brothers and

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 sisters around the world

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 for whom that is

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 a reality today.

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 So the fear of death

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 was a reason for them,

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 for thinking about

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 giving up on the

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 Christian faith

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 and just going back

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 to Judaism

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 which was so much

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 simpler as far

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 as they were concerned.

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 Now very few of us

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 in this room

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 experience the fear

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 of death like that,

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 do we?

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 And yet the devil

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 does use the fear

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 of death

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 to get us to do

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 things we shouldn't

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 be doing.

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 It's just a bit more

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 subtle, isn't it?

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 He makes us think,

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 he tempts us to believe

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 that actually we need

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 to live for now.

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 That actually all

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 there is is now.

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 So why hold on

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 to our money

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 and not invest

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 in kingdom work?

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 Well it's because

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 the devil is tempting

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 us to think that

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 actually this life

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 is all there is.

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 Why are we tempted

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 not to stand for Christ

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 now in our schools

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 or in our workplaces?

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 It's because we're

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 tempted to think

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 our reputation now,

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 our friendships now

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 are the most

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 important thing.

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 But actually that's

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 the fear of death,

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 the fear that there

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 is nothing beyond

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 this life.

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 So the devil uses

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 it to enslave us.

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 Well why give in

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 to sexual temptation

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 or seeking pleasure

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 through material gain

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 or just going

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 travelling for the

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 buzz it gives us?

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 It's because we think

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 that this life now

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 is all there is.

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 That's just the other

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 side of the coin

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 from the fear of death,

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 isn't it?

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 The fear there's

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 nothing beyond life now.

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 So the devil uses

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 these things to

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 enslave us.

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 So what do we need?

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 When people are

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 enslaved, what do

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 they need?

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 Those people held

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 hostage in the

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 cafe Lint last

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 Monday in Sydney,

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 what do they need?

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 They need someone

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 to come in to

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 disarm the terrorists

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 holding them captive

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 and to lead them

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 out into liberty

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 again.

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 And that's exactly

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 what Jesus does.

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 Look at verses

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 14 to 16

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 describe.

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 Verse 14

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 In his death

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 Jesus defeats

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 the devil.

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 Verse 14

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 He himself likewise

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 partook of the

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 same things that

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 through death

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 he might destroy

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 the one who has

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 the power of death.

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 Through Jesus'

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 death and

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 resurrection

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 Satan is defeated.

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 He no longer

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 has the power

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 of death over us.

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 And Jesus

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 delivers us

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 from slavery.

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 Delivers us

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 from the

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 disarms of the

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 devil.

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 Takes away that

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 fear of death

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 through his

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 resurrection.

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 We cannot be

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 enslaved to that

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 fear anymore.

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 And then he

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 leads us to

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 safety.

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 Verse 16

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 For surely

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 it is not

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 angels that he

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 helps

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 but he

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 helps

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 literally

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 takes hold

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 of to help

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 the offspring

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 of Abraham.

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 For that word

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 is used in the

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 Greek version

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 of the Old

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 Testament

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 in Isaiah

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 41.

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 It's for God

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 taking hold

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 of his people

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 who are in

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 exile around

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 the nations

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 taking hold

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 of them

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 to bring them

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 back into

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 liberty and

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 salvation.

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 And that's

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 what Jesus

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 does.

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 He takes hold

00:15:23.579 --> 00:15:24.000
 of us

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 to lead us

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 to liberty.

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 Like a

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 superhero

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 sweeping in

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 to get the

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 damsel in

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 distress.

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 Defeating

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 the baddie

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 leading her

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 out

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 taking hold

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 of her.

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 Superman

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 swinging

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 him

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 taking hold

00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.059
 of her

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 to fly

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 her away

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 to safety.

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 It's what

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 Jesus does

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 as our

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 champion

00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:41.799
 come to

00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:42.559
 liberate us.

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 He leads

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 us to

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 safety.

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 And who

00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:45.299
 are these

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 offspring of

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 Abraham?

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 That's not

00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:50.360
 the Israelites

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 not those

00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:52.120
 genetically

00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.820
 descended from

00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.120
 Abraham.

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 But it's

00:15:54.340 --> 00:15:54.679
 those who

00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:55.500
 share the

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 same faith

00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:56.899
 as Abraham.

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 That's what

00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:57.759
 Paul tells

00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.500
 us in

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 Galatians 3

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 verse 7.

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 It is those

00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:01.659
 of faith

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:02.360
 who are the

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:02.860
 sons of

00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.240
 Abraham.

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 If we

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 trust these

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.779
 great promises

00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:08.179
 we're the

00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:08.620
 ones who

00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.159
 know Jesus

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.559
 is our

00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:10.080
 champion.

00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:11.320
 The one

00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:11.860
 who leads

00:16:11.860 --> 00:16:12.179
 us to

00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:13.200
 glory and

00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:13.899
 who liberates

00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.679
 us from

00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.340
 slavery.

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 And that's

00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:16.620
 why he

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.159
 became a

00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:17.460
 man.

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 So he

00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:18.500
 could do

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:18.820
 that.

00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.340
 And isn't

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.100
 glory what

00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:21.860
 everybody really

00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:22.159
 wants?

00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:22.720
 We don't use

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.399
 those words.

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 But isn't

00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.080
 it the

00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:25.379
 ache of

00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:26.060
 every human

00:16:26.060 --> 00:16:27.000
 heart to

00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.480
 get rid of

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.019
 the pain?

00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.259
 To live in

00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:29.759
 a world where

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.200
 our teenage

00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:31.500
 sons don't

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.259
 suffer sickle

00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:32.840
 cell and end

00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.080
 up in

00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:33.700
 hospital so

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:35.019
 suddenly?

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.680
 To live in a

00:16:36.680 --> 00:16:37.060
 world where

00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.480
 there is no

00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:37.980
 more death,

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.420
 mourning,

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.259
 crying or

00:16:39.259 --> 00:16:39.600
 pain?

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.580
 Isn't that

00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:41.240
 the glory we

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.800
 all want?

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 It will not

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:43.980
 come through

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.639
 politics.

00:16:44.800 --> 00:16:45.200
 It will not

00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:46.660
 come through

00:16:46.660 --> 00:16:49.620
 our hard work

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:49.860
 as we

00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:50.279
 accumulate

00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:51.000
 enough money

00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:52.179
 to comfort

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:52.560
 us and

00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:52.960
 to soften

00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.460
 the blows

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:54.060
 of life.

00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:55.080
 It will

00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:55.700
 only come

00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:56.100
 through the

00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:56.679
 saviour who

00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:57.440
 leads us

00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:58.560
 to glory.

00:16:59.539 --> 00:16:59.820
 Isn't

00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:00.440
 freedom what

00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:00.779
 we all

00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.120
 want?

00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:03.580
 Isn't

00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:04.079
 freedom what

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.359
 we all

00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:04.599
 want?

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.539
 You may

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:07.980
 not have a

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.480
 six-year-old

00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:08.960
 daughter so

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.380
 you may not

00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:09.740
 have watched

00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.099
 the film

00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:10.500
 Frozen.

00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:11.880
 Some of us

00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:12.200
 have done

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.019
 many times.

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:14.940
 But it's

00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:15.420
 actually a great

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:15.940
 film in many

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.279
 ways.

00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.000
 And yet the

00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.079
 big song,

00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:19.420
 the song that

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:19.960
 is so popular

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.599
 in that film,

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.640
 Let It Go,

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.440
 sings the

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.220
 heroine Elsa.

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.339
 And it

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:25.160
 is this great

00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:25.579
 line,

00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:26.539
 no right,

00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.079
 no right,

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.680
 no wrong,

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.119
 no more

00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:28.779
 rules for me,

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.660
 I'm free.

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 And that's

00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:31.359
 what people

00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:31.640
 want,

00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.039
 they want to

00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:32.500
 be free.

00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:32.859
 And people

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.640
 think that

00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.059
 the way to

00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.440
 freedom is

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:35.160
 no more

00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:35.480
 rules,

00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:35.819
 no more

00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.579
 responsibilities,

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:37.539
 no more

00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:37.960
 right or

00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:38.319
 wrong.

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:39.700
 And yet

00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:40.119
 that's not

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:40.480
 true.

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:41.940
 In fact

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.440
 another song

00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:42.799
 in the film,

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.700
 Elsa then

00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:44.000
 sings,

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.700
 I'm such a

00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:44.880
 fool,

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.460
 I cannot

00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:46.000
 be free.

00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:47.279
 And it's

00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:47.539
 true,

00:17:47.539 --> 00:17:48.139
 the only

00:17:48.139 --> 00:17:48.500
 one who

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:48.980
 liberates

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:51.159
 us is

00:17:51.159 --> 00:17:51.539
 Jesus,

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 who liberates

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 us from

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 the ultimate

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 slavery,

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 which is

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:55.819
 not the

00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.920
 rules that

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 help us

00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:57.539
 to find

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 him,

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 but the

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 sin and

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 the devil

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.299
 and death

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:02.180
 which ensnare

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 us all.

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 So Jesus

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 is the

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 champion,

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 becomes a

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 man to

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 lead us

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.420
 and to

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 liberate

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 us.

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 So that's

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 the first

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 picture we

00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:09.579
 get of

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:09.819
 what he

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 does.

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 But there's

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 another

00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:11.920
 surprising

00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.220
 picture,

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 I think,

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 down in

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 verses 11

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 to 13.

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 What words

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 do we

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:16.779
 normally use

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.279
 to describe

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.639
 Jesus?

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 We think

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 of him as

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 our saviour,

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 don't we?

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 Perhaps we

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 think of him as

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 our priest,

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 our shepherd,

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 our king,

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 our Lord.

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 He is all

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 those things.

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 How does

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 he speak of

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 us?

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.379
 Look at the

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 end of

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 verse 11

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 there.

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 He who

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 sanctifies,

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 that is

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.399
 Jesus,

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 who sets

00:18:36.899 --> 00:18:37.399
 us apart.

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 Those who

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 are sanctified,

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 that's us,

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 who have been

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 set apart for

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 God's purposes,

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 all have one

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 source,

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 God the

00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:44.420
 Father,

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 whose plan of

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 salvation,

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 all this is,

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 that the

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 Son executes,

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 and that

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 is why

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 he,

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 Jesus,

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 is not ashamed

00:18:52.659 --> 00:18:53.519
 to call them

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 brothers.

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 He calls us

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 brothers.

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 Isn't that

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 amazing?

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 I give

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 Jesus

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 countless

00:19:02.159 --> 00:19:02.639
 reasons

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.739
 every day

00:19:03.739 --> 00:19:04.839
 to be ashamed

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.299
 of me.

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 Don't you?

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 And yet

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 he is not

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 ashamed

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.559
 to call us

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 brothers

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 to his

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 heavenly

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 Father and

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 to one

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 another.

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 Did you

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 ever have

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 an elder

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 brother at

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 school?

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 I don't

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 know if

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 you did.

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 I didn't.

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 My brothers

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 are so much

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 older,

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 they both

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 left school

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 by the time

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 I got

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 there.

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 So actually

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 all I

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 got was

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 the,

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 ah,

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 you're

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 John

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 Cashman's

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 brother,

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 and trouble

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 as a result.

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 But I

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 can imagine

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 it could be

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 either really

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 good or

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 really terrible

00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:33.080
 to have a

00:19:33.080 --> 00:19:33.520
 big brother

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 at school.

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 It could

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 be really

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 good if

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 he's the

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 sort of

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:37.580
 big brother

00:19:37.580 --> 00:19:38.680
 who helps

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.020
 you out

00:19:39.020 --> 00:19:39.280
 when you're

00:19:39.280 --> 00:19:39.660
 stuck,

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 who helps

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 you understand

00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.720
 how the

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:41.940
 different

00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.380
 teachers

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:43.320
 work,

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 and how

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 you can

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 learn well

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 from them.

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 The sort

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.240
 of brother

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.820
 who will

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 defend you

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 if others

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 want to

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 bully you,

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 and he's

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.460
 so big

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:50.940
 they wouldn't

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.480
 dare to

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.980
 do that.

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 It would

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.400
 be great

00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:53.660
 to have a

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 big brother

00:19:54.060 --> 00:19:54.280
 who,

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 when you're

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.680
 confused about

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:55.940
 things,

00:19:56.020 --> 00:19:56.180
 can say,

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 don't worry,

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 I've been

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 there too,

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 let me show

00:19:59.420 --> 00:19:59.540
 you,

00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.120
 let me help

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:00.360
 you.

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.260
 That would

00:20:01.260 --> 00:20:01.660
 be a great

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.060
 big brother

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 to have,

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:02.780
 wouldn't it?

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 On the

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:04.460
 other hand,

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:04.859
 your school

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.259
 life could

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.859
 be miserable

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.200
 if you had

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.440
 this sort

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.700
 of big

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.619
 brother who

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:07.980
 was just

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.759
 too cool,

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:10.000
 too trendy,

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:10.920
 to want to

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.299
 have a little

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.019
 brother lower

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.379
 down the

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:13.139
 school who

00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.639
 would damage

00:20:13.639 --> 00:20:14.859
 his credibility

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.680
 and his

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.200
 reputation,

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:16.980
 and who

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.460
 therefore was

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.319
 ashamed of

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.480
 you.

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.619
 You see

00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:20.899
 what sort

00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:21.180
 of big

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.740
 brother Jesus

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.160
 is?

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.059
 He's not

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.480
 the latter,

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.160
 but the

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.500
 former.

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.480
 And that's

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:26.819
 our big

00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:27.079
 brother,

00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.359
 what does

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:27.660
 he do?

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.759
 He sings

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.299
 with us,

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.059
 and he

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.680
 stands with

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:30.779
 us.

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.019
 Look at

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:32.119
 verse 12,

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.559
 he sings

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:32.819
 with us.

00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:33.639
 Paul mentioned

00:20:33.639 --> 00:20:34.019
 this a few

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.519
 weeks ago in

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.019
 our series on

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.319
 worship.

00:20:36.379 --> 00:20:36.619
 This is

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:36.979
 Jesus.

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:37.519
 He is not

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.219
 ashamed to

00:20:38.219 --> 00:20:38.539
 call them

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:38.819
 brothers,

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.339
 saying,

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.079
 I will

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.479
 tell of

00:20:40.479 --> 00:20:41.159
 your names,

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.799
 my brothers,

00:20:42.199 --> 00:20:42.439
 and in

00:20:42.439 --> 00:20:43.839
 the congregation

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.619
 I will

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.079
 sing your

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.619
 praise.

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.699
 This is

00:20:46.699 --> 00:20:47.219
 taken from

00:20:47.219 --> 00:20:48.519
 Psalm 22,

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:49.799
 the psalm

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.599
 Jesus quoted

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.079
 on the

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.519
 cross.

00:20:51.979 --> 00:20:52.339
 The psalm

00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:52.839
 begins,

00:20:52.959 --> 00:20:53.559
 My God,

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.599
 my God,

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.259
 why have

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.939
 you forsaken

00:20:55.939 --> 00:20:56.279
 me?

00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:57.339
 And that

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.259
 psalm ends

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.959
 in triumph.

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:00.779
 So why

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.219
 does Jesus

00:21:01.219 --> 00:21:01.879
 sing this

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.760
 psalm with

00:21:02.760 --> 00:21:03.060
 us?

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.840
 Because that

00:21:06.840 --> 00:21:07.360
 is a pattern

00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:07.640
 of the

00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:08.560
 Christian life.

00:21:09.300 --> 00:21:09.820
 He stands

00:21:09.820 --> 00:21:10.120
 with us,

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.440
 singing this.

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.640
 Jesus is not

00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:12.220
 only singing

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.520
 to us,

00:21:12.540 --> 00:21:13.420
 he's sharing

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.320
 his experience

00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:14.680
 with us,

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.180
 if you like.

00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:16.000
 The first

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.540
 line of

00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:17.120
 verse 12,

00:21:17.520 --> 00:21:17.840
 I will

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.320
 tell your

00:21:18.320 --> 00:21:19.580
 name to

00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:20.160
 my brothers.

00:21:20.520 --> 00:21:20.920
 What is

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.360
 the Lord's

00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:21.780
 name?

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.720
 The name

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.100
 in the

00:21:24.100 --> 00:21:24.460
 Bible is

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.360
 the very

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:26.240
 character of

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.620
 God.

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.619
 God's

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.500
 name to

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.619
 God.

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:30.839
 It's as

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.239
 if Jesus

00:21:31.239 --> 00:21:31.659
 is coming

00:21:31.659 --> 00:21:32.399
 alongside us

00:21:32.399 --> 00:21:32.619
 saying,

00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:33.719
 I know you

00:21:33.719 --> 00:21:34.219
 don't feel

00:21:34.219 --> 00:21:34.799
 like singing

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.339
 this morning.

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.019
 I know you

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.859
 feel like God

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.639
 doesn't care.

00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:40.339
 I know there

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.899
 is sadness

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.799
 in your life,

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:42.319
 your dreams

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.959
 are broken,

00:21:43.439 --> 00:21:43.719
 there are

00:21:43.719 --> 00:21:44.099
 things you

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.399
 don't even

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:44.819
 want to share

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.219
 with people

00:21:45.219 --> 00:21:45.859
 around you.

00:21:46.239 --> 00:21:46.699
 You wonder

00:21:46.699 --> 00:21:47.099
 if God

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.579
 still hears

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.019
 and answers

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.439
 prayers.

00:21:48.879 --> 00:21:49.299
 Let me

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:49.899
 tell you

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:50.560
 our

00:21:50.560 --> 00:21:51.120
 Father's

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:52.700
 name.

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.580
 Let me

00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:56.660
 share with

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:56.980
 you my

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.680
 experience.

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.680
 I hung

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:58.960
 on a

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.440
 cross

00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.900
 forsaken

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.500
 by the

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.900
 Father

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:03.820
 bearing

00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.860
 your sins

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:06.680
 but my

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.100
 Father,

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.460
 our

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.800
 Father

00:22:07.800 --> 00:22:08.480
 raised me

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.840
 to life

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.140
 again

00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:09.860
 because that

00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:10.180
 is what

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.460
 he is

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.880
 like.

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.600
 He is

00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:11.900
 God who

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.519
 is faithful

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.240
 and just

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.240
 and loves

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.860
 his children

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.960
 and he

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.380
 loves you

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.800
 too.

00:22:17.780 --> 00:22:18.240
 Just as

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.720
 he raised

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.200
 me up

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.680
 through

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.200
 suffering,

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:20.980
 he is

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.680
 merciful and

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.319
 full of

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.140
 steadfast love

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.420
 and will

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.900
 raise you

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.279
 up as

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.559
 well.

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:25.960
 Come,

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.640
 sing with

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.480
 me as

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.920
 I sing

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.720
 his praises.

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.980
 And Jesus'

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.240
 perfect praise

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.580
 covers over

00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:33.680
 and encourages

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.920
 our faltering,

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.880
 stumbling

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.580
 praise.

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:37.840
 He's a

00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.620
 brother who

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.279
 sings with

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.400
 us even

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:40.720
 when we

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.080
 do not

00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:41.580
 feel like

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:42.059
 singing.

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.240
 He shares

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.960
 his experience.

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.279
 Not only does

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.759
 he sing with

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.019
 us, he

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.600
 stands with

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:46.700
 us.

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:46.980
 Look at

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.700
 verse 13.

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.160
 And again,

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.420
 I will

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.799
 put my

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.380
 trust in

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:50.660
 him.

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.460
 And again,

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.220
 behold I,

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.779
 the children

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.220
 God has

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.680
 given me.

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:54.940
 These are

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.500
 words quoted

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.059
 from Isaiah

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.819
 chapter 8.

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 In the context

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.580
 there was a

00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:58.960
 time of

00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.100
 darkness for

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.400
 the people

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:00.819
 of Judah.

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.259
 The king

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.000
 was useless.

00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:05.059
 Jerusalem

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.799
 was surrounded

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.680
 by the Syrian

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.340
 army and the

00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.059
 Israelite army

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.680
 come to

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.559
 attack Jerusalem

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.740
 to get rid

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.140
 of the king

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.440
 and put a

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.819
 new king

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.440
 in place.

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.460
 And God

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.120
 had promised

00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.900
 that that

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.340
 attack would

00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:16.640
 not be

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.080
 successful.

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.519
 But most

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.180
 people ignored

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.539
 God's

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:18.840
 promise.

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.620
 They trusted

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.120
 in human

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:20.720
 schemes to

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:20.980
 try and

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.299
 help them

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.759
 instead.

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.039
 They feared

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.680
 the invasion,

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.660
 trusted in

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.299
 human schemes,

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:25.640
 they looked

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.400
 for comfort

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.060
 in bogus

00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:27.900
 spirituality,

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.039
 consulting

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.980
 necromancers

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.900
 and stuff

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.580
 like this.

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:32.960
 But in the

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.460
 midst of that

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.960
 darkness,

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:34.960
 there was this

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.600
 small band

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.100
 of faithful

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.580
 people,

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.740
 Isaiah and

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.320
 his family

00:23:38.320 --> 00:23:39.100
 and those

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.500
 who believed

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.039
 Isaiah's

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.519
 message.

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.060
 And they

00:23:42.060 --> 00:23:42.600
 clung to

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.019
 God's word,

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.220
 they said,

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.779
 I will trust

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.240
 in him.

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.259
 Behold,

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.839
 says Isaiah,

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.339
 I and the

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:46.859
 children God

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.200
 has given

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.460
 me.

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.680
 And we

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:48.940
 live in

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.640
 similar times,

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.059
 don't we?

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.220
 Days when

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.640
 people will

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.120
 go for any

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.480
 kind of

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:52.839
 bogus

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.640
 spirituality.

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:54.980
 Look at

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.779
 the horoscopes,

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.859
 look at the

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:58.000
 spiritual churches

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.420
 around.

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.279
 Or many

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.559
 will just

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.240
 rely on human

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.740
 schemes,

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.740
 look for the

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.240
 government to

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.620
 get to start

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.059
 the economy,

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.500
 look to the

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.220
 NHS to

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.599
 solve all

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:06.980
 our health

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.440
 issues,

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.140
 and not go

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.420
 to the

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.160
 living God.

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:12.540
 It can be

00:24:12.540 --> 00:24:12.920
 easy to

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.580
 feel that

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:13.860
 we're in a

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.380
 very small

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:15.180
 minority as

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.580
 those who

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:16.860
 believe God's

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.259
 promises,

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.840
 can't it?

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.700
 It can be

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.000
 easy to

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.140
 think,

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.620
 is it really

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.259
 worth it?

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.779
 Yet in

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.140
 that,

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:22.860
 as we

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.440
 struggle to

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.000
 trust the

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.560
 living God,

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.320
 Jesus stands

00:24:25.320 --> 00:24:25.820
 with us,

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.340
 says,

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.519
 look,

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.240
 I trusted

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.580
 him.

00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:28.740
 Behold,

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.060
 Heavenly

00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:29.480
 Father,

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:31.000
 I and the

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.540
 children you

00:24:31.540 --> 00:24:31.940
 have given

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.200
 me,

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.900
 we will

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.480
 trust you.

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.720
 He stands

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.279
 with us,

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.320
 he identifies

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:36.980
 with us as

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.460
 a small

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.840
 minority who

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.620
 still trust in

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:39.920
 the living

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.460
 God.

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.860
 He is a

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.720
 brother who

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.560
 identifies with

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:43.800
 us,

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.759
 singing with

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.180
 us in our

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.620
 suffering,

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.720
 standing with

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:48.060
 us as a

00:24:48.060 --> 00:24:48.860
 faithful few.

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.100
 This is

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:53.300
 our

00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:53.800
 Saviour.

00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:55.060
 This is

00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:55.580
 why he took

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.140
 on human

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.700
 flesh,

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.700
 so he can

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:57.960
 be the

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:59.200
 champion who

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.039
 rescues us,

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:00.840
 and the

00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.640
 brother who

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.140
 stands with

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.320
 us,

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:02.940
 and thirdly,

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.019
 and quite

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.400
 briefly,

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.759
 the priest

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.460
 who represents

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.800
 us.

00:25:06.820 --> 00:25:07.080
 Look at

00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:08.800
 verse 17.

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:10.639
 Therefore,

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.139
 he had to

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.460
 be made

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:11.899
 like his

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.339
 brothers in

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.059
 every respect,

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.460
 so that he

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:14.879
 might become

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.480
 a faithful

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.299
 and merciful

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.419
 high priest

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:18.099
 in the

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.599
 service of

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:18.980
 God.

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.059
 He was

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.440
 made like

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.000
 us in

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.099
 every respect,

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:25.299
 in every

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.919
 respect,

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.619
 born of

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.019
 a mother.

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.960
 He had to

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.000
 grow and

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.460
 learn.

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.619
 He had to

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.099
 feed his

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.460
 mother's

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.759
 breast.

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.119
 He had to

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.500
 learn to

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.859
 walk.

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.119
 He had

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.500
 to learn

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.159
 to talk.

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:37.859
 He had

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.159
 to learn

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:38.500
 to make

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.059
 tables.

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.219
 The second

00:25:40.219 --> 00:25:40.719
 person of

00:25:40.719 --> 00:25:41.219
 the Trinity

00:25:41.219 --> 00:25:42.419
 made tables

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:42.719
 for a

00:25:42.719 --> 00:25:42.939
 living.

00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:44.819
 He got

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.299
 tired.

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.879
 He got

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.299
 cold.

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.419
 He got

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:48.839
 hungry.

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.219
 He got

00:25:51.219 --> 00:25:51.619
 ill, I

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:51.879
 presume.

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.519
 Why?

00:25:53.719 --> 00:25:54.419
 So that he

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:54.899
 might become

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.919
 a merciful and

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.779
 faithful high

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.519
 priest in

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.939
 the service

00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:58.339
 of God.

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:58.819
 What does

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.139
 a high

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.659
 priest do?

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.879
 He

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.339
 represents

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.119
 people to

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.439
 God,

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.979
 doesn't he?

00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:03.819
 That was the

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.179
 job of the

00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:04.740
 high priest in

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:04.939
 the Old

00:26:04.939 --> 00:26:05.319
 Testament.

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:07.479
 He does

00:26:07.479 --> 00:26:07.799
 it in two

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.579
 particular ways

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.159
 we see here

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.419
 in verses

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:09.919
 17 and

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.179
 18.

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:10.939
 Firstly,

00:26:11.979 --> 00:26:12.559
 to make

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.379
 propitiation

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:13.759
 for the

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.059
 sins of

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.459
 the people.

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.719
 Then verse

00:26:15.719 --> 00:26:16.039
 18,

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.599
 because he

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.179
 himself has

00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:17.619
 suffered when

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:17.899
 tempted,

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.740
 he's able to

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.399
 help those

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.599
 who have

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.179
 been tempted.

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.399
 So the

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:21.799
 high priest

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.279
 first, he

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.839
 makes

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.699
 propitiation.

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.119
 What does

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.559
 that mean?

00:26:25.479 --> 00:26:25.619
 Well,

00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:26.599
 propitiation is

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.319
 the sacrifice

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.199
 that turns

00:26:28.199 --> 00:26:29.459
 away God's

00:26:29.459 --> 00:26:30.359
 just anger

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.139
 at our sin.

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.839
 It doesn't

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.279
 just cover

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.019
 over our sin,

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:34.240
 but turns

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.579
 the whole

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.359
 anger away.

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:37.279
 So that

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.679
 God will

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.240
 not be

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.879
 angry at

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.579
 your sin

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.119
 or my

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:41.039
 sin again,

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.119
 because it

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.519
 has already

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.199
 been punished.

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.879
 That punishment

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.219
 has been

00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:45.159
 taken by

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.479
 the Lord

00:26:45.479 --> 00:26:45.819
 Jesus.

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.679
 This is

00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:48.439
 precisely why

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:48.799
 he had to

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.179
 become a

00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:49.519
 man,

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.819
 because it

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.439
 is human

00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:52.659
 sin that

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.399
 incurs God's

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.740
 wrath.

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.419
 But it's

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:55.919
 also why he

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.279
 had to be

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.819
 divine, he

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.039
 had to be

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.479
 the eternal

00:26:57.479 --> 00:26:57.979
 son of

00:26:57.979 --> 00:26:58.359
 God,

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.419
 because he

00:26:59.419 --> 00:26:59.699
 had to be

00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:00.479
 big enough,

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.719
 infinite,

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.379
 eternal,

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.600
 to pay

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.360
 for all

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:05.120
 our sin.

00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:06.820
 But that

00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:07.080
 is what

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:07.560
 he's done.

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.840
 Nothing

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:10.420
 less than

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.700
 one who

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.160
 was fully

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.820
 God and

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.580
 fully man

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.500
 could make

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.200
 propitiation

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.700
 for our

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:14.960
 sin.

00:27:16.080 --> 00:27:16.620
 But Jesus

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.960
 was fully

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:19.340
 God, but

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.920
 also fully

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:21.140
 man, fully

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.760
 flesh and

00:27:21.760 --> 00:27:22.920
 blood, so

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.080
 that he

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.520
 could make

00:27:23.520 --> 00:27:24.400
 propitiation,

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.760
 take that

00:27:25.760 --> 00:27:26.640
 sin away

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.100
 from us,

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.860
 take God's

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:29.040
 just punishment

00:27:29.040 --> 00:27:29.720
 for our sin

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.160
 away from

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.440
 us.

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.680
 What's the

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.259
 result now?

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.039
 It means

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.460
 that you

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.759
 and I, as

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.480
 we trust in

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.840
 Jesus, are

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.519
 perfectly

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.000
 forgiven,

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.340
 perfectly

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:41.940
 loved,

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.940
 perfectly

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.759
 adopted as

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.880
 children in

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.600
 God's family.

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.120
 Our sin will

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.860
 not be punished

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:49.240
 again, because

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.920
 it has been

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.980
 punished in

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.840
 Jesus on the

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.259
 cross.

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.620
 So we are

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.080
 safe.

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.340
 Where do you

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:55.880
 think your sins

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.539
 are this morning?

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.400
 We all come

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.019
 here aware of

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.400
 our sin,

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.840
 don't we?

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.460
 Yet we

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.240
 confess it and

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.920
 it is done as

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.360
 we have heard

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.880
 gloriously in

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.480
 those words from

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.420
 1 John earlier.

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.740
 Jesus has

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.140
 offered the

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:10.100
 perfect sacrifice

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.660
 to pay for

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:10.840
 them.

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.080
 Do you think

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.500
 you've done

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.960
 something that

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.680
 is unforgivable?

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.720
 What could

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.400
 you possibly

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.240
 have done that

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.779
 is so big that

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.320
 the eternal

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:20.200
 Son of God

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.720
 could not have

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.340
 paid for it?

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.400
 He has made

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.779
 propitiation for

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.160
 us.

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.779
 As our high

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.279
 priest, he

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.340
 helps us in

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.799
 temptation.

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.320
 Look at verse

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.779
 18.

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.659
 Because he

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.299
 himself has

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.859
 suffered when

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.960
 tempted, he's

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.519
 able to help

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.839
 those who are

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.559
 being tempted.

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.439
 It's worth

00:28:37.439 --> 00:28:38.000
 thinking about,

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.399
 isn't it?

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.079
 Part of

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.679
 temptation is

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.220
 always the

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.480
 false hope of

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.079
 release from

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.759
 suffering, isn't

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:45.960
 there?

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.420
 it?

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:48.059
 Why do we get

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.539
 angry?

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.700
 Because we

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:52.039
 think we'll

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.680
 feel better

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.180
 when we've

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.140
 just let it

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.779
 all go.

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.160
 Let's go back

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.579
 to the frozen

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.000
 thief for a

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.200
 moment.

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.460
 Why do we

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.140
 give in to

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.600
 those temptations?

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.100
 We think we'll

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.400
 be happy.

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.299
 Why do we

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.620
 go to the

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:03.220
 temptation of

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.920
 just spending

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.460
 money on

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.059
 ourselves,

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.799
 buying something

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.360
 ridiculous in

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.759
 the sales?

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.160
 It's sort of

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.940
 comfort shopping,

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.340
 isn't it?

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.779
 It'll make me

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.279
 feel better.

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.960
 Jesus resisted

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.640
 temptation, he

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:15.059
 suffered temptation.

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.679
 Temptation is

00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:16.539
 like a kind of

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.539
 bungee rope,

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.000
 isn't it?

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.599
 The harder you

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.200
 run from it,

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:20.980
 the more it

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.519
 will pull you

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.980
 back.

00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.179
 Yet Jesus

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:23.919
 resisted to

00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:24.899
 the uttermost,

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.339
 even going to

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.799
 the point of

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.319
 death on a

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.579
 cross.

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.619
 He knows what

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.559
 it is to

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.179
 suffer when

00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:31.419
 tempted, and

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:31.799
 so he's able

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:33.259
 to help us in

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.000
 that temptation.

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.799
 Isn't that

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.179
 amazing?

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.440
 He doesn't

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.859
 sit there and

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.619
 go, you know

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.200
 what, I've

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.700
 done it, you

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.179
 should do the

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:40.539
 same.

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.399
 Follow my

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:41.940
 example.

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.460
 Get over your

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.940
 problems.

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.419
 Rather, he

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:46.240
 sympathises, he

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.859
 helps us.

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.139
 Years ago, I

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.440
 used to go

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.019
 climbing with a

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.480
 friend of mine,

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:51.059
 Billy, and I

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.879
 don't have a

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.359
 great head for

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.919
 heights, and I'm

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.319
 a bit of a

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.839
 muppet when it

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.159
 comes to

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.679
 climbing, to be

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:55.819
 honest.

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.200
 I could never

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:57.259
 see the hand

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.679
 holds or the

00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.039
 footholds.

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.740
 Billy was an

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.639
 excellent natural

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:02.200
 climber, but he

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.740
 was incredibly

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.179
 patient.

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.399
 He'd show me the

00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:05.039
 way up, he'd

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.740
 point out where

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.339
 the footholds

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.240
 were, he'd

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.599
 point out where

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:07.960
 the hand

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.379
 holds are.

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.399
 As he was

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:09.960
 waiting on the

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.879
 top with the

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:12.019
 rope pulling me

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:13.379
 up, he wouldn't

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.779
 kind of go,

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.599
 come on, can

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.039
 she get a

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.579
 move on, I'm

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.779
 getting cold up

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.039
 here.

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.359
 He'd encourage

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.660
 me.

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.119
 And when, on

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.599
 one particular

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.119
 occasion in the

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:22.059
 Lake District, I

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.680
 was just tired and

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.259
 exhausted, went

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.639
 for a hand

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.160
 hold and missed

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:25.019
 and slipped and

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:26.660
 fell, he still

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.200
 had the rope.

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.819
 And so he

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.539
 pulled me up.

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.519
 He didn't

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.099
 lecture me.

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.579
 He's pulled me

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.399
 up, made sure I

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:34.539
 was safe, gave

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.000
 me a drink.

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:37.539
 That's the kind

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.160
 of high priest

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.880
 Jesus is.

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:41.160
 He knows our

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.559
 weaknesses.

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.140
 He knows what

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.640
 it is to be

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:45.259
 tired and yet

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.619
 to remain

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.039
 patient.

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.539
 He knows what

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.000
 it is to be

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.559
 under pressure

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.720
 from work.

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.839
 After all, his

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.319
 work was to be

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.859
 the saviour of

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.319
 the world.

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.279
 None of us do

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.779
 that as a day

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.339
 job, do we?

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.740
 And yet he

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.900
 doesn't say, get

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.500
 on with it.

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.980
 He is faithful

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.980
 to help us.

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.059
 So when we're

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.700
 tempted, we can

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.380
 lean on him.

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:05.020
 We can lean

00:31:05.020 --> 00:31:06.360
 on him because

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:08.040
 he is merciful and

00:31:08.040 --> 00:31:08.620
 understands.

00:31:10.020 --> 00:31:10.580
 So what do we

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.300
 celebrate at

00:31:11.300 --> 00:31:11.600
 Christmas?

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.020
 Why is Christmas

00:31:14.020 --> 00:31:14.420
 good?

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.020
 It's because the

00:31:16.020 --> 00:31:17.420
 Son of God took

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:19.260
 on our flesh to

00:31:19.260 --> 00:31:20.600
 be our champion,

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.440
 to liberate us,

00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:23.460
 to lead us to

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.120
 glory, to be

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:26.920
 our brother who

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.020
 stands with us,

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.940
 not ashamed of

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:30.480
 us, sings with

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.100
 us in our

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.680
 suffering.

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:33.860
 stands with

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.299
 us as a

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.840
 minority,

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:36.460
 encouraging us

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.039
 to be faithful

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.380
 to our

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.120
 heavenly father

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:40.759
 and to be our

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.500
 high priest,

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.720
 to make

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:44.019
 propitiation for

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:45.580
 us, to help

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:46.480
 us when tempted.

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.860
 As Athanasius

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.400
 put it back in

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.700
 the fourth

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.799
 century, Christ

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.820
 became what we

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:53.080
 are, that he

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.980
 might make us

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:55.380
 what he is.

00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:56.680
 That is the

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.180
 good news of

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.539
 Christmas.

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.980
 The Son of God

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.900
 took on flesh

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.800
 to be our

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:01.500
 complete

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.080
 saviour.

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.340
 So let us

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:04.220
 lean on him

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.120
 throughout our

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:06.360
 lives, knowing

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:07.080
 that one day

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:08.360
 we will become

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:10.220
 what he is, in

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.000
 the glory he is

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.640
 leading us to.

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.759
 Let's pray.