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 Just bow our heads in prayer for a moment. Father, we like to have you do things in a way that suits us, that deals with our sort of unrecognized emotional neediness and our unrecognized self-centeredness.

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 And Father, we like it when you act in a way that fits with us and pleases us. But Father, you're God, not us.

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 And so Father, you are a God who bestows grace, that gives grace to sinners and to unredeemed sinners and to redeem sinners.

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 And you continue to give us grace. And we are here today to be in your presence, to receive grace from your hands.

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 And we ask, Lord, that you grant us open and hungry hearts to receive the grace from you this morning that we desperately need and to respond in a worthy manner.

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 And Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit would help us to do that.

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 And we ask and thank all these things in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Hope you don't mind me insulting you that you all, you and I all have unrecognized self-centeredness and neediness.

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 But there, there you go.

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 I've never been to a mosque.

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 I mean, I've been outside of mosques, but I've never been to a mosque.

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 Never gone inside it for, for one of their prayer services.

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 I've been to a Buddhist wedding ceremony, but that Buddhist wedding ceremony was in a, was in a house, not a Buddhist temple.

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 I've been to an anthroposophical dedication service in an anthroposophical church.

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 And none of you have heard of anthroposophical, I'm going to get mixed up.

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 Anyway, most of you have probably never heard of it.

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 But the fact is, I haven't been to most of these places.

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 I sort of know, or I think I know, what Muslims do in terms of the different prayers that they say.

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 And they might gather for prayers.

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 I don't know if it's one of those things, if I talk to a very devout Muslim watching something on TV,

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 they'd say, no, no, that's not right, or that's not right.

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 Or, you know, they're doing the morning prayer in the afternoon or something like that.

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 I know that often television and movies get things about the Christian services not right.

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 It's very common.

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 And if anybody from Hollywood's listening, our congregation will release me to be a technical advisor periodically at good Hollywood rates,

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 which will go to the church, Mission Fund, not to me, to help you get those things straight.

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 Anyway, one of the things that if you're not that familiar with the Christian faith that you might know about Christians

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 is that they do something, and some people call it the Mass, and some call it Holy Communion,

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 and some call it the Eucharist, and some call it the Lord's Supper.

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 And if you're like a Muslim or just a secular Canadian tuning in, or a Buddhist, or somebody with a bespoke spirituality,

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 you might know those things.

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 And, of course, Christians know that, and we're familiar with it.

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 So this is actually a very different type of a sermon today, because what I read just a couple of minutes ago is where that comes from.

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 It's where it comes from and sort of why it is that Christians do this, this thing called the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion.

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 And so let's look at it.

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 If you're just from an outsider trying to sort of figure out what we're all about, this is like a brilliant time.

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 One of the main things that Christians do, we get the origin story, so to speak.

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 And for us who are Christians, we don't talk about this enough.

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 I probably don't talk about it enough, about what is the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion,

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 and why it's significant, and what happens, and how we should do it.

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 And so let's look.

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 And if you were to take my preaching class, I would tell you never have seven points.

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 I have seven points.

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 So I'm going to flunk myself.

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 But they're all very simple.

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 And, in fact, actually, if you sort of want to hear them, here's the first thing.

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 That what you're actually going to be surprised is that it's simple.

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 It is simple.

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 It is very simple.

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 So let's turn in our Bibles to Mark chapter 14, verses 22 to 31.

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 There's sort of two stories there.

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 The part that we're interested initially with is 22 to 25.

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 Mark chapter 14, verses 22 to 25.

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 And what's just happened in the flow of this ancient eyewitness biography of Jesus is that just before this,

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 we've had a bit of the fact that we've had Jesus and his disciples as observant Jews.

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 They have been celebrating the Passover Supper.

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 And at a key point in the third part of the Passover Supper, Jesus says to Judas that one of you will,

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 not to all of them, one of you will betray me.

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 And he never outs Judas.

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 But he does say, woe to that man who betrays me.

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 It would be better if he was never born.

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 It was a very, very sobering moment.

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 And that's what happens just before this.

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 I talked about it last week if you're curious.

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 It's a very sobering moment.

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 And now this story happens.

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 And here's how it goes.

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 Verse 22.

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 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and after blessing it, broke it and gave it to them and said,

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 Take, this is my body.

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 And Jesus took a cup and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them and they all drank of it.

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 And he said to them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

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 Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

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 Now, some of you, maybe who are seekers, you go, Is that all?

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 Like, isn't there more?

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 And some of you might actually think it seems a bit lame.

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 And some of you might think it seems a bit gross.

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 This is my blood that you have to drink.

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 It sounds like a vampire.

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 And I'm going to return to that.

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 The outside, how some people from the outside, it sounds, well, way too simple.

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 It sounds a bit lame and it sounds a bit gross.

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 But some of you who watch, and this might be for some of you, you heard me read this and you go,

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 George, that's not what we say when we do a communion service.

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 We say something different.

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 Like, why did Jesus say this one thing here, but why do we say something different when we do,

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 like in a few, later on we're going to do a communion service.

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 Why is there this difference?

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 And some of you who, you know, listen to some of the different YouTube things and TikTok things of ex-evangelicals

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 and people who love the Christian faith and skeptics, they'll jump on this and go,

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 aha, aha, you see that?

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 This is why you can't trust the Bible, because it says different things.

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 Like, they don't get it right.

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 And a lot of times we don't know how to handle that when people say it.

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 And actually, there's going to be an announcement about that that will help you later on.

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 But what I'd like to say right now is something, just, it's a very important bit of a sidebar

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 to help you understand what's, why it's different here than the other places

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 and why you don't have to worry about it, but in fact should rejoice in it.

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 There's a book that came out, I think within the last 12 months.

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 I think at least two of you have read it, and it's about the founding of the denomination that we're in.

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 And it's early days and bringing us sort of up to about the year 2021 or 2022.

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 And what you might not know is that I actually got asked to write one of the chapters in the book as a memoir.

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 And what I did is I covered the years 1994, a particular thing at the end of June 1994,

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 to the end of August in 2004.

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 And the reason they asked me, the editors and the compilers asked me to write this,

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 is because our denomination was founded out of an organization called Essentials.

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 And I was the chair of that organization from 1999 to 2004, to 1994 to 2004,

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 when in 2004 it was announced that we had started this entity called the Anglican Network in Canada.

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 I was the chair for that, for those 10 years.

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 My wife, if you talk to her afterwards, she can say about all of the different scars I got from that process.

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 But for that 11 years, I was at every single meeting, including the planning meetings.

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 I was at every event.

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 I didn't miss anything.

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 And I was the chair and the organizer of many of those events.

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 So they asked me to write a memoir about it.

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 Now, and I wrote it.

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 I did it because, and I didn't consult a whole pile of documents.

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 It had been a very, very important time in my life.

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 If I was writing, I guess, a very academic thing, I would have done a bit of research.

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 But I didn't have to do research.

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 I was there.

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 I lived it all.

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 And if I had to do some more research, if they wanted something more academic,

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 I'd get on the phone.

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 I'd call up Klaus.

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 I'd get on the phone and call up Roger.

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 I'd get on the phone and call up Cheryl and David and a couple of the other people

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 who were at a lot of those things, not all of the things, but a lot of them.

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 And we would compare notes to make it even more accurate.

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 Now, I was just able to do this just out of my memory because I was actually there.

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 Now, imagine, though, now somebody said,

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 George, could you do a paper on those 10 years leading up to the start of the Anglican Church of Canada?

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 Well, the Anglican Church of Canada, the first general synod, took place in 1893.

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 I couldn't do that.

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 I mean, I could do it, but I'd have to do what most of you would do.

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 There's no obviously people left who were there.

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 I'd have to look at written documents.

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 And I'd have to try to compare the written documents.

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 And when I wrote my piece, afterwards, people who were scholars of Canadian history,

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 they might look and say, oh, George got this bit from here.

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 And, oh, he didn't give a footnote there like he should have.

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 And I'd never heard of this.

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 I think George just made that up.

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 And other scholars also looking at the other documents, they would be able to critique it.

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 Now, why am I saying all of this?

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 Because it's very, very important.

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 Up until the later part of the 1800s,

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 if you went back in a time machine and you asked an early church father

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 or you asked somebody in the year 1500 or 1800, all smart people,

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 they would just tell you that the Gospels are what is claimed,

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 if you read the original documents, that they were eyewitness documents.

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 And the eyewitnesses just report on what eyewitnesses had seen and talked about.

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 In other words, they would have just said that when you were reading the Gospels,

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 it's like reading my chapter in the book.

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 You're hearing an eyewitness speak.

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 But in the late 1800s, under the influence of a guy by the name of Hegel,

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 a group of German scholars believed that they understood

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 how religious movements developed according to Hegelian principles

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 and how it took all of this long time and all of these steps.

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 And they believed, because they were good Hegelians,

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 that they understood how that worked.

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 And, of course, if that model was going to work,

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 then the New Testament couldn't be written by eyewitnesses.

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 It had to be written 150, 200 years later,

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 so that their Hegelian theory could work.

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 Now, nobody dates the book as late as those German scholars in the late 1800s.

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 Like, it sort of sucks to say that John was written in the year 200,

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 then you find a document, a piece, a manuscript that shows

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 that was written at least 80 years earlier.

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 Like, that's sort of a defeater for the theory.

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 But it's carried on and it's dragged on.

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 And so often what happens is many scholars still basically think

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 that what's happening is they're comparing documents.

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 And so if the documents don't say the exact same thing,

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 they say, well, that's been invented or something like that.

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 But let's just take it that there's actually no evidence

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 that it was written so late.

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 And, in fact, I think there's very, very good evidence.

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 And increasingly over time, they've been doing these remarkable studies

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 about names and places and the frequency of names

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 and how the customs are.

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 Like, when they have very, very common names,

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 you add an extra bit to it.

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 Judas was a very, very common name, so they add a bit to it.

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 Like, and it's amazing.

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 The more they know about the past,

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 the more accurate the New Testament is

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 and the more accurate the Gospels are,

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 the more likely it is that it had to be written by eyewitnesses

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 and checked by eyewitnesses very close to the time.

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 And that's just, like, as archaeologists and scholars

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 learn more about the past,

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 that just becomes increasingly the direction of modern knowledge.

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 And so what we're seeing here is eyewitnesses.

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 Now, how does that affect it being worded differently?

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 Well, some of you have taken classes from Steve Griffin.

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 And I bet you if you've taken some classes from Steve Griffin,

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 he said some things the same in different lectures.

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 Right?

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 And if even in the same lecture,

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 he probably just doesn't say it once, like he's a robot,

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 but human beings often repeat things.

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 And in this sermon, for instance,

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 you might hear me say, for instance,

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 that it is simple,

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 or you might later on hear me say it's surprisingly simple,

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 or it's unexpectedly simple.

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 Those aren't contradictions.

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 If one of you later on was saying,

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 George's first point was, it is simple.

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 Another person wrote down, it is surprisingly simple.

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 Another person writes down, it is unexpectedly simple.

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 And then later on, somebody said, you're all contradicting.

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 No, you're not contradicting.

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 George said all three of those things.

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 So it's not as if it's just, you know,

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 Jesus, like a robot,

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 this is my body,

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 and he's programmed to only say,

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 this is my body.

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 No.

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 If you've received communion from me over the years,

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 I've said a variety of different things.

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 And in a talk,

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 I might express the same idea several different ways,

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 and they write it down that.

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 That's all you're seeing.

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 In fact, actually then,

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 rather, it's actually a sign

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 that it's more realistic about what actually human beings,

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 what human beings actually do,

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 and the differences are showing you

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 a more realistic picture of how human beings actually function.

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 that rather than being a defeater about the text,

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 it's a reason to be more confident in the text.

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 And there is absolutely no reason to think

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 that the text is written as late

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 as some scholars want to put it.

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 And so if you look at the four different original accounts,

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 three of them in the eyewitness biographies,

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 one in Matthew,

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 one in Mark,

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 one in Luke,

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 and then one written in an early letter,

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 you'll see slightly different wordings,

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 and that's reflected in how we do our liturgy.

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 But what you can trust

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 is that this goes right back to Jesus,

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 and he institutes it.

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 And it is surprisingly simple,

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 but if you take in its very basic simplicity,

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 it is profoundly beautiful.

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 And part of the beauty is this.

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 You know,

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 let's look at it again.

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 Verse 22,

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 And as they were eating,

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 he took bread,

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 and after blessing it,

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 broke it,

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 and gave it to them,

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 and said,

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 Take, this is my body.

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 In other places it says,

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 Take and eat, this is my body.

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 Or take and eat,

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 this is my body given for you.

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 And he took a cup,

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 and when he had given thanks,

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 he gave it to them,

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 and they all drank it.

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 And he said to them,

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 This is my blood of the covenant,

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 which is poured out for many.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine

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 until that day when I drink it new

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 You see,

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 part of what's so beautiful about that

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 is not only the words beautiful,

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 which we're going to look at more in a moment.

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 These very, very simple words

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 can be said by Christian believers

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 in Tehran or Shanghai,

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 meeting in a room behind closed doors

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 because of persecution.

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 If you go to visit the missionaries

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 you support in Angola

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 and go to one of their church plants,

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 these very simple words

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 can be said under a tree

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 in a village

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 that in many ways

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 still uses the farming techniques

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 of 150 years ago.

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 You can go to an ancient cathedral

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 in Paris or England

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 and you can hear these same words.

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 Or you can be in the Ottawa Little Theatre

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 on a Sunday morning

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 and hear these same words.

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 They are beautiful

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 and they are profound

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 and they are something

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 that Christians

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 in all sorts and conditions of life

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 can partake of the Lord's Supper,

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 the Holy Communion.

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 Now, it's important to remember

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 not just that it's simple

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 but that it is in a story.

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 These words of Jesus

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 are in a story

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 or an eyewitness biography.

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 Listen to the words again.

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 And as they were eating

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 he took bread

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 and after blessing it

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 broke it

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 and gave it to them

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 and said,

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 take, this is my body.

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 And he took a cup

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 and when he had given thanks

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 he gave it to them

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 and they all drank of it

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 and he said to them,

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 this is my blood of the covenant

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 which is poured out for many.

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 Truly I say to you

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 I will not drink again

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 of the fruit of the vine

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 until that day

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 when I drink it new

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 Now, I've talked to you

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 you know, before

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 I like watching movies

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 by and large.

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 I mean, a lot of movies

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 are not very good

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 but if I find a good movie

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 I really like it.

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 And one of the things

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 that characterizes bad movies

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 is they just stick things in randomly

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 to try to make the movie

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 more exciting

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 or more titillating

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 or create tension

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 and it has nothing to do

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 with the story.

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 They just throw in a

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 I don't know

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 for some random reason

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 the woman walking around

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 in her underwear

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 or they throw in

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 an explosion

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 or they throw in

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 a hostile police examination

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 but as the story goes on

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 it has nothing to do

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 with the story.

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 You know, it was just simply

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 put that somebody

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 in Hollywood said

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 oh, I don't want the people

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 to fall asleep

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 let's have the woman

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 take her top off.

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 Okay, oh, let's just

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 have the police

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 have a hostile investigation

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 which we never follow up on

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 and it has nothing to do

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 with the story.

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 Those are just crappy, right?

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 They're crappy movies

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 crappy stories.

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 That's what they are.

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 But in a good one

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 in a well done one

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 the different parts

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 of the story

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 help make the whole story work.

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 And afterwards

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 you know, you can ask

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 when I mention a movie

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 by the way

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 I'm not recommending

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 necessarily that you watch it

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 but like if you watch

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 the third season of Fargo

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 and there's this

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 random type of thing

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 at the beginning

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 that sets the whole thing off

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 but if you look at it

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 and you talk to other people

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 who watch it

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 they say, no, no

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 that's really interesting

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 because what they're doing

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 is they're prefiguring this

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 and prefiguring that

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 and you go, oh yeah

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 that's what they're doing.

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 You actually have a discussion

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 around it

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 and see how it all fits together.

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 So one of the things

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 we can say for a fact

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 is that people

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 wouldn't read these stories

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 continue to be reading

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 these stories

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 if they didn't have

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 if they weren't

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 well put together.

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 If they were just

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 crappy.

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 And so we can ask

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 not just

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 you see

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 and often when Christians

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 disagree about communion

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 what happens is

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 they get caught up

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 arguing about

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 tradition

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 or theology

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 or philosophy

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 and they forget

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 that the words

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 of institution

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 that's what it's called

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 are in a story

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 and they don't go back

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 to look at the story.

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 Like

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 why is it in this story?

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 Like

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 what's it doing

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 in this story?

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 And that's

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 what we need to do.

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 So you say

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 okay well George

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 what's going on?

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 Why is this story here?

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 Well let's listen

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 to it again

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 and as they were eating

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 and he took bread

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 and after blessing it

00:20:58.199 --> 00:20:58.659
 broke it

00:20:58.659 --> 00:20:59.459
 and gave it to them

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 and said

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 take this is my body

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 or take and eat

00:21:01.739 --> 00:21:02.500
 this is my body

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 and he took a cup

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 and when he had given thanks

00:21:05.399 --> 00:21:06.219
 he gave it to them

00:21:06.219 --> 00:21:07.239
 and they all drank of it

00:21:07.239 --> 00:21:08.039
 and he said to them

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:09.139
 this is my blood

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.759
 of the covenant

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.720
 which is poured out

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.160
 for many

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.359
 truly I say to you

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.920
 I will not drink again

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.779
 of the fruit of the vine

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.660
 until that day

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.660
 when I drink it new

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:18.140
 in the kingdom of God.

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 This

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 is Jesus

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 explaining

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 and Mark

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.440
 recording it.

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 Why does Mark

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.500
 record it?

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 Because Mark

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 understands afterwards

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:28.900
 that Jesus

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 explains the story

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 that you're reading

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:34.460
 and not only

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 does he explain

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:36.200
 the story you're reading

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 you see the story

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.940
 you're reading

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:39.019
 Mark

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:40.639
 explains the big story

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.259
 of the Bible

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:44.240
 and that's what Jesus

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.059
 is doing here.

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 This

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 is part of those

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 there's several

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.339
 key sayings

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.859
 of Jesus

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 throughout the gospel

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 that explains the story

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.940
 gives you the purpose

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 and the meaning

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.139
 of the story

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 and what you see here

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.660
 is Jesus

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:59.240
 explaining the story

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 which explains

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:02.139
 the big story.

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 How does he do that?

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:03.539
 Well

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.500
 first of all

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 as we went through it

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.299
 and I'm not going to

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.339
 reiterate it

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 is the Jewish people

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:12.099
 they had a celebration

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:13.099
 called the Passover

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:14.619
 which celebrated

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.579
 how God

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.279
 had acted

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.659
 to deliver them

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.659
 from slavery

00:22:18.659 --> 00:22:19.659
 and bondage

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 in Egypt

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 into

00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:22.679
 freedom

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 where he was

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.699
 to be their king

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 the God

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 and part of that

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.539
 is that

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.299
 the shedding

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.220
 of a blood

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.919
 of a lamb

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 and if

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:34.960
 a Jewish family

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.779
 or any family

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.460
 was to shed

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.800
 the blood

00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:37.320
 of a lamb

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 an innocent lamb

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 lay their hands

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.480
 on it

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 the lamb

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.080
 is killed

00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:42.940
 and the blood

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.420
 is taken

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:43.900
 and put in

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.440
 on the entrance

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.880
 of the house

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.480
 and if they stay

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.920
 inside

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.960
 then as God's

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.340
 judgment

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:47.840
 was going

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:48.680
 to pass over

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.600
 the nation

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 of Egypt

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 anybody

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.300
 who was in a sense

00:22:51.300 --> 00:22:51.800
 covered

00:22:51.800 --> 00:22:52.360
 by this

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:53.220
 the blood

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.779
 of the shed

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.259
 lamb

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 and

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:56.500
 they were

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.080
 covered

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:58.039
 by that

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:59.060
 the judgment

00:22:59.060 --> 00:22:59.480
 of God

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.019
 didn't fall

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.360
 on them

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.039
 it fell

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.839
 on the people

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.500
 committed

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.899
 to slavery

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:06.000
 and enslaving

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:07.740
 and believed

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.779
 it was their right

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:10.500
 and that was judged

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:12.099
 and they remembered

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 that

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.079
 they still remember

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.839
 to this day

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.799
 our Jewish friends

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 and so the first thing

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:17.279
 is that what's happening

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.379
 is that the Jewish people

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 when they remembered it

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.199
 they had

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 not just a

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:22.419
 not just a meal

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:24.779
 but they actually

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.339
 had to have

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.319
 certain types

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.919
 of food

00:23:26.919 --> 00:23:27.899
 in the meal

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.699
 and the meal

00:23:28.699 --> 00:23:29.959
 actually had four parts

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:31.059
 because part of it

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.819
 was retelling

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.579
 the story

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:34.000
 so that people

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.779
 would remember

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.840
 what God

00:23:35.840 --> 00:23:36.620
 had done for them

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.319
 and part of it

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.819
 as well

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.480
 if you go back

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.920
 and look at

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.720
 the foundational

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.740
 text in Exodus

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.460
 and Leviticus

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.180
 and Deuteronomy

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:43.180
 they were also

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:44.059
 not just to retell

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.660
 the story

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.200
 of what God

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.480
 has done

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.019
 but to look

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.940
 forward to the day

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.680
 when the Messiah

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.299
 would come

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:50.160
 the final day

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:52.120
 and it's in that meal

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:53.200
 at the third part

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.720
 of the meal

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:55.059
 that Jesus

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.079
 interrupts the meal

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.900
 to do something

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:58.600
 and he takes

00:23:58.600 --> 00:23:59.040
 the bread

00:23:59.040 --> 00:23:59.519
 that they were

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.000
 using

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.560
 and they would

00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:00.960
 have already

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.300
 eaten

00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:01.800
 maybe it's

00:24:01.800 --> 00:24:02.380
 towards the end

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.640
 of it

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:02.980
 and it would

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.280
 have been

00:24:03.280 --> 00:24:04.240
 bread without

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.980
 leaven

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.519
 that's why

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:05.940
 we use

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.660
 wafers that

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:06.980
 have no

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.600
 leaven in them

00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.800
 when we receive it

00:24:08.800 --> 00:24:09.300
 and the cup

00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:09.580
 would have been

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.320
 a cup of wine

00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:11.660
 because that's

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.040
 what they would

00:24:12.040 --> 00:24:12.440
 have drunk

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:14.400
 and so on one

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:14.880
 hand it's very

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.740
 significant that

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.940
 he's connecting

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.320
 me

00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:20.400
 what's about

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.920
 to happen

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.600
 to this very

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.519
 ancient event

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.400
 and this ancient

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.420
 event that promises

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.060
 that sometime

00:24:25.060 --> 00:24:26.039
 in the future

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.560
 the Messiah

00:24:26.560 --> 00:24:27.140
 will come

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:28.440
 and the other

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.980
 thing that he's

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.519
 doing is

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.720
 as I tried

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.140
 to explain

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.759
 last week

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.720
 the Jewish

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.340
 people

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:34.120
 they begin

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.560
 their day

00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:35.259
 at sundown

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.820
 we sort of

00:24:35.820 --> 00:24:36.500
 begin our day

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.980
 technically

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.640
 at midnight

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:39.600
 or psychologically

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:40.560
 we think our day

00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:41.240
 begins when we

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.840
 wake up in the

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.140
 morning

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:43.480
 but for the

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.180
 Jewish people

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:45.160
 still to this

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.440
 day

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.360
 the day

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:47.080
 begins

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:48.019
 when the night

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.120
 when sundown

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.720
 happens

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.360
 and the day

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.759
 ends

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.960
 with sundown

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.320
 and so

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.179
 what we're

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:54.919
 seeing here

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.399
 is we're

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.919
 seeing this

00:24:55.919 --> 00:24:57.039
 unbelievably

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.859
 chaotic

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.720
 and packed

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.799
 24 hour

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.299
 period

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.960
 that's all

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.399
 the very

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:02.240
 first day

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.939
 of the

00:25:02.939 --> 00:25:03.379
 Passover

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:04.439
 and the

00:25:04.439 --> 00:25:05.139
 story of

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.679
 the exodus

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.000
 and the

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.559
 promise of

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.139
 the Messiah

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.619
 and the

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.339
 remembering

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.759
 of the

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.079
 lamb

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.500
 that's been

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.019
 slain

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.359
 and how

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.579
 they're

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:10.939
 covered

00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:11.639
 that's

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:11.980
 fully

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.379
 in their

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.740
 mind

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.279
 and in

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.919
 that 24

00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:14.279
 hour

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.799
 period

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.159
 Jesus

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.980
 sacrifices

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.359
 a

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.980
 celebrates

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.559
 a Passover

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.919
 supper

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.500
 because he's

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.220
 an observant

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.559
 Jew

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.779
 he institutes

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.399
 the Lord's

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.639
 supper

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.400
 he's going

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.780
 to go to

00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:24.200
 the garden

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:25.040
 of Gethsemane

00:25:25.040 --> 00:25:25.480
 he's going

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:25.960
 to pray

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.540
 that God

00:25:26.540 --> 00:25:27.440
 would take

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.100
 spare him

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.540
 from this

00:25:28.540 --> 00:25:28.960
 hour

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.880
 but he's

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.460
 offering to

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.880
 drink the

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.120
 cup

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:31.400
 and we'll

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.660
 look at

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.140
 that next

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.380
 week

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.640
 we're going

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.040
 to see

00:25:33.040 --> 00:25:33.580
 Judas

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.400
 betray him

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.600
 and he's

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:34.740
 going to

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.360
 be captured

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.080
 we're going

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.600
 to see him

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.200
 being taken

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.520
 to the

00:25:37.520 --> 00:25:37.860
 different

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.900
 Jewish

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.820
 and all

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.060
 of the

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:40.320
 different

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:40.860
 authorities

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.960
 and how

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.740
 they ultimately

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.460
 just hand

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:43.800
 him over

00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:44.320
 to death

00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.840
 and we're

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.060
 going to

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.420
 see him

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.240
 stripped

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.720
 and we're

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:46.880
 going to

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.160
 see him

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.500
 whipped

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.740
 and humiliated

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.220
 and we're

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.400
 going to

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.640
 see him

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.280
 drag his

00:25:50.280 --> 00:25:50.700
 cross

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.120
 through the

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.520
 streets

00:25:51.520 --> 00:25:52.100
 we're going

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.340
 to see

00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:52.920
 all of the

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.720
 apostles have

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.160
 fled

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.820
 and we're

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.060
 going to

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:55.480
 see him

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.259
 die on

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:58.160
 his arms

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.520
 and his

00:25:58.520 --> 00:25:59.120
 feet nailed

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.920
 to a cross

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.540
 and we're

00:26:00.540 --> 00:26:00.740
 going to

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.060
 see him

00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:01.580
 die

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.180
 and we're

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.340
 going to

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:02.800
 see him

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.380
 say things

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.680
 from the

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:03.940
 cross

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.400
 before he

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.780
 dies

00:26:04.780 --> 00:26:05.080
 and we're

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.259
 going to

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.580
 see that

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:05.980
 make sure

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.560
 that he's

00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:07.220
 really dead

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.759
 we're going

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.160
 to see a

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.060
 spear piercing

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:09.720
 his side

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.160
 and blood

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.620
 and water

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.340
 flowing out

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.940
 and we're

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.320
 going to

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:12.880
 see before

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.640
 this 24

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.400
 hour period

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:14.960
 is over

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.840
 some men

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.539
 take him

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.160
 and they

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:18.140
 embalm him

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.640
 and they

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.059
 put him

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.340
 in a

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:19.579
 tomb

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.000
 and that's

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.319
 all going

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.640
 to happen

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.160
 in 24

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.759
 hours

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.220
 the first

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.559
 day of

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.039
 Passover

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:27.319
 and the

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.700
 people are

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.400
 running around

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.799
 and they're

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.299
 afraid

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.680
 and they're

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:29.799
 going to

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.299
 be hiding

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.700
 for a

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.079
 couple of

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.440
 days

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.759
 and then

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:31.940
 there's

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.160
 going to

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.559
 be this

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:34.240
 crazy

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.940
 crazy

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.460
 crazy

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.880
 thing

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.100
 where

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.519
 women

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.220
 good grief

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.579
 women

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.160
 in those

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.600
 days

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:40.500
 they say

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.720
 he's

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.120
 actually

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.539
 that the

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:41.740
 tomb

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.180
 is empty

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.480
 and that

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.640
 he's

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.079
 alive

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.400
 and he

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.000
 saw him

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.960
 and they're

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.099
 going to

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.400
 see that

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.779
 the tomb

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.200
 is empty

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.460
 and then

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.640
 later

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:46.839
 they're

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.119
 all going

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.400
 to see

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.519
 it

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.720
 but in

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.259
 that 24

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.539
 hour

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.940
 period

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.299
 what is

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.599
 Jesus

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.059
 doing

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:52.259
 he's

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.680
 giving them

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.559
 a 5,000

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.059
 feet in the

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.480
 air view

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.920
 of what's

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.279
 happening

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:58.339
 he's

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.640
 saying

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.880
 you see

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.440
 the Passover

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.940
 supper

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:02.559
 you see

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.779
 what's

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.000
 going to

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.279
 happen

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.519
 in the

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.880
 garden

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:05.099
 you see

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.339
 what's

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.599
 going to

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:05.859
 happen

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.140
 with the

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.519
 betrayal

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.099
 you see

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.740
 the trial

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.140
 you see

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:09.000
 my humiliation

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.559
 you see

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.000
 my being

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.339
 stripped

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.700
 naked

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.839
 you see

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.640
 the beatings

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:12.900
 you see

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.420
 my death

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.660
 you're going

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:13.839
 to be

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.240
 seeing all

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.599
 of these

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:14.919
 things

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:15.319
 and what's

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.579
 really

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.079
 happening

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.619
 what you

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:16.899
 need to

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.339
 understand

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.799
 is really

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.159
 happening

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.740
 is this

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:21.019
 I'm going

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.319
 to have

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.879
 my body

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.359
 broken

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.579
 for you

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:25.439
 I'm going

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:25.720
 to have

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.259
 my blood

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.720
 shed

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.879
 for you

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:30.379
 what does

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.740
 that mean

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.279
 is I'm

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.539
 going to

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.879
 take

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.419
 into

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:32.959
 myself

00:27:32.959 --> 00:27:33.299
 that

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.899
 punishment

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:36.119
 I'm going

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.579
 to stand

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:36.899
 in your

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.459
 place

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.860
 I'm going

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.299
 to stand

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.640
 in your

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.140
 place

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:42.720
 and the

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.160
 judgment

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.819
 of God

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.160
 that should

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.700
 fall on

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:44.860
 you

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.380
 will fall

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.980
 on me

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:48.440
 and it's

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.140
 not just

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.900
 that I

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:51.440
 am going

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.940
 to die

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.460
 in your

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.100
 place

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:55.100
 but you

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:55.400
 know how

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.700
 there was

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.279
 that whole

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.900
 thing about

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.579
 me taking

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.019
 God

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.539
 taking the

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.039
 people for

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.340
 himself

00:27:59.340 --> 00:28:00.000
 this is a

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.640
 new covenant

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.380
 a brand new

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.200
 start for the

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.799
 human race

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.159
 and it's

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:03.500
 not going

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.680
 to be

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.059
 just for

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.339
 Jewish

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.740
 people

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.500
 it's

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.680
 going to

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:05.980
 be for

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.500
 people in

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.899
 Singapore

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.700
 and people

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.339
 in Uganda

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.919
 and people

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:09.539
 in Nigeria

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.200
 and people

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.819
 in Venezuela

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.359
 and it's

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:11.659
 going to be

00:28:11.659 --> 00:28:12.159
 for people

00:28:12.159 --> 00:28:12.859
 in Manhattan

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.879
 and people

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.480
 in Ottawa

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:16.019
 it's going

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.399
 to be for

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.980
 people in

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.460
 Israel

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:19.159
 and I'm

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.460
 creating a

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.879
 brand new

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.279
 covenant

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:22.180
 and a

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.480
 covenant

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.139
 is

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:24.899
 like a

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.220
 marriage

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.720
 is like a

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.519
 pale reflection

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.879
 of a

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.159
 covenant

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.740
 and marriage

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.119
 isn't as

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.399
 good an

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:28.799
 example

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.259
 nowadays

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.700
 because we

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.079
 Canadians

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.599
 think of

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.220
 marriage as a

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.579
 contract

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.759
 which you

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.359
 enter into

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:33.619
 and then

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.140
 you break

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:35.019
 when the

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.500
 terms of

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.940
 the business

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.519
 arrangement

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.059
 no longer

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.619
 work for

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:38.839
 you

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.960
 but this

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.660
 is God

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.579
 pledging

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.240
 that he

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.900
 will be

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.940
 your God

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.519
 in an

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.900
 intimate

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.519
 connection

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.259
 of love

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:48.400
 and affection

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:50.240
 and protection

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:52.099
 and blessing

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:53.879
 and when he

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.319
 has entered

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.799
 into this

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.339
 new covenant

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.819
 with you

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.200
 he will

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.819
 never let

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.339
 you go

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.700
 and he

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.200
 will deal

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.680
 that's all

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.200
 that's wrong

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.640
 with you

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.000
 and this

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.319
 covenant

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.859
 will begin

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.240
 on this

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.539
 side of

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.119
 the grave

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:04.059
 and it

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.480
 will carry

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.920
 you through

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.599
 the grave

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.839
 through death

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.279
 and it

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.599
 will be

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.039
 for all

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.460
 eternity

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.259
 and it

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.500
 is a

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.859
 hope of

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.259
 glory

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.519
 and it

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.819
 is a

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.139
 covenant

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.559
 that will

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.180
 end up

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.039
 with you

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.519
 being able

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.139
 to stand

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:15.579
 naked

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.440
 and unashamed

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:18.000
 in the

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.659
 very presence

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:19.000
 of the

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.379
 triune

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.759
 God

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.019
 and the

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.399
 new heaven

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:20.659
 and the

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.159
 new earth

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:22.839
 and that's

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.480
 what I am

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.159
 that's what

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:24.339
 I am

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.920
 accomplishing

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.259
 on the

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.659
 cross

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.079
 and that's

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.399
 what I'm

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.000
 instituting

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.420
 and that's

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.799
 what's going

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.139
 on

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:32.320
 despite the

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.900
 appearances

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.640
 that's what's

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.460
 going on

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:38.620
 and unlike

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.340
 the kingdoms

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:40.840
 where the emperor

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:42.060
 sends out the troops

00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:42.800
 to die on his

00:29:42.800 --> 00:29:43.300
 behalf

00:29:43.300 --> 00:29:43.740
 and under

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.740
 unlike all of the

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.580
 gods that you

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.180
 know that

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.540
 have you die

00:29:47.540 --> 00:29:48.120
 for them

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:49.720
 this is the king

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.440
 who dies

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.860
 for his citizens

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:54.080
 this is the god

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:56.319
 who dies

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.099
 for his

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.559
 creatures

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:59.079
 out of love

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:04.659
 so when we

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.079
 read these

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.759
 words we're

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.480
 reading Jesus

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:08.000
 is 5,000

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.419
 feet

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:08.919
 meters

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:09.579
 or feet

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.059
 up in the

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.299
 air

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.980
 explanation

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.599
 of what's

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.179
 going on

00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:17.099
 now some

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.460
 of you might

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.079
 say it still

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.799
 seems gross

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.299
 and it still

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.039
 seems lame

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:22.019
 I haven't

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.579
 lost you

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.319
 my Muslim

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.679
 friend

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.039
 or my

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.420
 secular

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:24.759
 friend

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.019
 or one

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.259
 of you

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.500
 who are

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.799
 here

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.299
 and wonders

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.820
 about it

00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:30.080
 that leads

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.580
 to the next

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:30.920
 point

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.680
 let's read

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.120
 it again

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:33.039
 and as they

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.460
 were eating

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:33.880
 he took

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.200
 bread

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.620
 and after

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.100
 blessing

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:36.060
 it broke

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:36.680
 it and gave

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.080
 it to them

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.580
 and said

00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:38.759
 take this

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.600
 take this

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:39.920
 is my

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.279
 body

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.539
 and he

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.920
 took a

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.140
 cup

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.400
 and when

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.580
 he had

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:41.759
 given

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.160
 thanks

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.560
 he gave

00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:42.799
 it to

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:42.960
 them

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.200
 and they

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.420
 all

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:43.720
 drank

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.019
 of it

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.580
 and he

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:44.799
 said

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.080
 to them

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.460
 this is

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.660
 my

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:45.900
 blood

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.180
 of the

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.500
 covenant

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.799
 which

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.220
 is poured

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.380
 out

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:47.840
 for many

00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:48.759
 truly

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.279
 I say

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.600
 to you

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:49.980
 I will

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.240
 not

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.519
 drink

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.859
 again

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.140
 of the

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.299
 fruit

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.519
 of the

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.759
 vine

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.059
 until

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.339
 that

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:52.579
 day

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.859
 when I

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.099
 drink

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.220
 it

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.380
 new

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.640
 in the

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:53.859
 kingdom

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.339
 of God

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.779
 you notice

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.440
 that prediction

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.779
 of the

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.299
 resurrection

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:59.140
 what we need

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.680
 to understand

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.180
 is it does

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.779
 sound lame

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.200
 and it does

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.599
 sound a bit

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:01.920
 gross

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.460
 but it is

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.059
 a means

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.740
 of grace

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:05.099
 from the

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.579
 triune

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.039
 God

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.180
 for ordinary

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.920
 people like

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.240
 you and

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.539
 me

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:10.400
 what Jesus

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.299
 is instituting

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.279
 is a very

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.980
 significant

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.940
 means of

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.440
 grace

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:16.980
 it comes

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.440
 right from

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.980
 the triune

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.200
 God

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.640
 right from

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.140
 the heart

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.420
 and the

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.820
 power

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.160
 and the

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.580
 mind

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:20.920
 of the

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.500
 triune

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:21.860
 God

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.220
 as a

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.720
 means of

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.019
 grace

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.799
 for ordinary

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.420
 people

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.980
 like you

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.340
 and me

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:29.180
 well

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.200
 why it

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.660
 does seem

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:30.920
 weak

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.200
 but

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:32.460
 you know

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.740
 what

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:34.580
 it's

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.180
 this story

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.700
 is only

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.220
 remembered

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.960
 because

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:40.720
 the men

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.640
 who embalmed

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.460
 the people

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.080
 who saw

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.740
 Jesus

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:45.960
 people in

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.519
 those days

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.019
 knew that

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.640
 nobody

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.339
 survived

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.279
 crucifixion

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.799
 Romans

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.980
 were batting

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.819
 a thousand

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:54.299
 at killing

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.799
 people

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:56.120
 with crucifixion

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.980
 a thousand

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:58.519
 and in a sense

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.359
 their record

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.140
 still stands

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.759
 because they

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.579
 killed Jesus

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:03.039
 they batted

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.620
 a thousand

00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:06.019
 they saw

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.579
 his blood

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.059
 loss

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:08.180
 they saw

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:09.240
 his dehydration

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.279
 they saw

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.700
 the blood

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.160
 come from

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.700
 his side

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.940
 they saw

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.240
 him

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.680
 carried

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.140
 down

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.799
 obviously

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.339
 dead

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.140
 collapsing

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.519
 on the

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.839
 ground

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.079
 any of

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.460
 you who've

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.819
 watched

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:20.079
 the 13

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.460
 hours

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.099
 I have to

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.359
 confess

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.680
 it's one

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:21.940
 of my

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.279
 favorite

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.740
 movies

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.519
 there's a

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.019
 very very

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.559
 terrible

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.059
 scene

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.620
 towards the

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:26.799
 end

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.019
 where

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.519
 one of

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.700
 the

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.839
 people

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.440
 who died

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.039
 is thrown

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.359
 down

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.980
 they can't

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.220
 get him

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.579
 down from

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:31.980
 the building

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.240
 and they

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.799
 just drop

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:32.980
 him

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.779
 and his

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.140
 friend

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.680
 screams

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.299
 no

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:39.460
 and anybody

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.859
 who sees

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.240
 the body

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.500
 drop

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.740
 knows

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:40.859
 that

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:40.980
 the

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.139
 guy

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.399
 is not

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:41.859
 alive

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.539
 and they

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.779
 would have

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:42.960
 seen

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.559
 the Roman

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.839
 guys

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.419
 they're not

00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:44.680
 going to

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.539
 take Jesus

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.859
 down

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.659
 very carefully

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.279
 and reverently

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.639
 no

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.079
 they just

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:49.579
 pull things

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:49.839
 out

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.399
 knock him

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:50.799
 down

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.639
 the thud

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.859
 he's

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.639
 embalmed

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:56.900
 and he's

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.160
 dead

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.540
 the only

00:32:57.540 --> 00:32:57.980
 reason we

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.320
 know this

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:58.900
 story is

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.420
 because he

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.900
 rose from

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.300
 the dead

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:03.200
 and if he

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.759
 rose from

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.240
 the dead

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.000
 that's a

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.680
 game changer

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.980
 no offense

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:08.000
 my Muslim

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.540
 friends

00:33:08.540 --> 00:33:09.780
 but it

00:33:09.780 --> 00:33:10.200
 means

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.440
 that Islam

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.880
 is not

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.160
 true

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:14.020
 no offense

00:33:14.020 --> 00:33:14.500
 my Buddhist

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.080
 friends

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.740
 or my

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.160
 secular

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.759
 friends

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:18.280
 but it

00:33:18.280 --> 00:33:18.780
 means that

00:33:18.780 --> 00:33:19.860
 Jesus

00:33:19.860 --> 00:33:21.820
 is who

00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:22.200
 he said

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.720
 he is

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.940
 and his

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.579
 teaching is

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.059
 trustworthy

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:27.120
 and it

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.600
 comes from

00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:28.059
 a place

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.480
 of great

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.039
 power

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:31.079
 because he

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.759
 has defeated

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.339
 death

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:33.240
 and he has

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.779
 defeated that

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.539
 which causes

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.160
 death

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:36.420
 and he's

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.819
 done this

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.480
 in a public

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.880
 way

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.819
 and he's

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.140
 done it

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.559
 for you

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.000
 and me

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.360
 and that

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.200
 means that

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.880
 this is a

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.480
 mighty act

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.000
 of grace

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.420
 from the

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.180
 triune God

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.759
 for us

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.720
 and if he

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.279
 offers us

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.799
 a means

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.440
 of grace

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.400
 it might

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.039
 not look

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.460
 like what

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.059
 we expect

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.779
 power to

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.059
 do

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.839
 and it

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.500
 might look

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.779
 lame

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.000
 and it

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.519
 might look

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.839
 gross

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.220
 but it

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.879
 comes from

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.299
 the one

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.980
 who looked

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.440
 at you

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.079
 and loved

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.359
 you

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.980
 and died

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.579
 for you

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:01.200
 and has

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.659
 defeated

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:02.220
 death

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:05.720
 well we

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:07.019
 look at

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.500
 it and

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:10.820
 one of the

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.799
 significances

00:34:11.799 --> 00:34:12.219
 of the

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.960
 symbolism

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:15.079
 you know

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.440
 they didn't

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.739
 really

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.639
 nobody sat

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.039
 there and

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.420
 thought oh I

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.860
 just drank

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.199
 Jesus'

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.719
 blood

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.239
 that's pretty

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.500
 gross

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.780
 they would

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.099
 have found

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.280
 that

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.579
 gross

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.860
 they would

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.119
 have found

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.480
 it actually

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.159
 probably more

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.659
 gross than

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:23.960
 you do

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.519
 because the

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.019
 Jewish law

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.739
 forbids it

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:27.780
 and we have

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.539
 cultures where

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.079
 some of us

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.820
 will eat things

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.380
 which are made

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.780
 of blood

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.139
 but they

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:32.380
 would have been

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.940
 more gross

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.420
 for them

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.880
 but what

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.639
 this is

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.280
 symbolizing

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.239
 is that we

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.920
 remember what

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.519
 Jesus does

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.179
 for us on

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.619
 the cross

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.260
 we remember

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.679
 what our

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.260
 destiny is

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:41.780
 in Christ

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:43.179
 and what

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.639
 we know

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.239
 if we're

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:45.000
 at all

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.400
 honest

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:46.000
 I need

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.900
 the inside

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.300
 of me

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.019
 to change

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:49.800
 I need

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.579
 that place

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.599
 where my

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:53.079
 the choosing

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:54.000
 to do wrong

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.820
 is changed

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.820
 where my

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:57.179
 choosing to be

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:59.079
 proud is changed

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.659
 where my

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.519
 lack of

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.119
 generosity

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.860
 where my

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.360
 lack of

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.880
 forgiveness

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.579
 where my

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.400
 desire for

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.860
 revenge

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:06.000
 where these

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:07.239
 hard things

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:07.940
 from within

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.539
 me where

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.300
 they emerge

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.039
 that's where

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.599
 I need

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.599
 God's grace

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.500
 to come in

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.559
 and we're

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.500
 reminded of it

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.420
 when we feed

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.119
 on him

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:17.559
 it is this

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.579
 powerful way

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:18.880
 to say

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.139
 no no

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.659
 this isn't

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.079
 just sort of

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.460
 like putting

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.980
 something on

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.339
 your hair

00:35:21.339 --> 00:35:21.719
 and doing

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.179
 like some

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:23.139
 lipstick

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:24.039
 to make

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.739
 the externals

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:24.900
 look

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.380
 this is

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.719
 something

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.079
 that's

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.179
 the grace

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.579
 is for

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.279
 all of you

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:29.039
 the redemption

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.500
 is for

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.239
 all of you

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.559
 and we need

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.279
 to be remembered

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:32.960
 that Jesus

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.599
 comes

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.519
 he lives

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.219
 within us

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:36.440
 we are now

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.299
 born again

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.279
 and we need

00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:39.019
 to be reminded

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.859
 that we need

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.799
 to think

00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:41.500
 of get

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.539
 who he is

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.039
 and what he's

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.699
 done for us

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.299
 and his words

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:44.799
 we need to get

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.539
 them inside

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.159
 of us

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:47.099
 because it's

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.880
 on the inside

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.639
 that he changes

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.179
 us and so

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.559
 he's given

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.840
 us this

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:51.480
 powerful means

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.019
 of grace

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.900
 that we remember

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.460
 this and we

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.420
 reenact it

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:57.059
 and we think

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.539
 it's lame

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.179
 because we say

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:59.039
 like I've heard

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.980
 people say

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.199
 you know

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:02.400
 Ramadan

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:03.699
 is way better

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.219
 than anything

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:05.000
 Christians do

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.440
 because we have

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.980
 to fast

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.559
 for all this

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.320
 length of time

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.840
 even when it's

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.500
 really hot

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.440
 and you know

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.880
 we look at

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:11.219
 things like yoga

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.579
 and I'm not

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.980
 putting any

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.719
 things down

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.619
 but from our

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:15.959
 Canadian point

00:36:15.959 --> 00:36:16.219
 of view

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.779
 these things

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:17.639
 they resonate

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.059
 with us

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.480
 they show

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.239
 willpower

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:19.739
 they show

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.639
 losing weight

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.339
 they show

00:36:21.339 --> 00:36:22.239
 mind control

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.839
 they show

00:36:22.839 --> 00:36:23.539
 how to get

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.239
 more flexible

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.699
 and how to

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.299
 get the body

00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:26.159
 in shape

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.480
 and they

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.759
 all speak to

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:27.939
 us

00:36:27.939 --> 00:36:28.299
 and they all

00:36:28.299 --> 00:36:28.639
 look like

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:28.980
 they have

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.459
 power

00:36:29.459 --> 00:36:30.079
 but the fact

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.459
 of the matter

00:36:30.459 --> 00:36:30.899
 is

00:36:30.899 --> 00:36:31.719
 is that you

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.179
 can lose

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.779
 all the weight

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.219
 you want to

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.379
 lose

00:36:33.379 --> 00:36:33.679
 and you get

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.039
 to be the

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.719
 perfect weight

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.179
 and you can

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.980
 get unbelievable

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.879
 mind control

00:36:36.879 --> 00:36:37.659
 and you can

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.459
 have unbelievable

00:36:38.459 --> 00:36:39.500
 flexibility and

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.799
 strength

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.380
 you can have

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:41.460
 fantastic

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.440
 physical

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.100
 discipline

00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:44.100
 but the fact

00:36:44.100 --> 00:36:44.500
 of the matter

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.260
 is it's all

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:46.200
 doomed because

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:47.100
 you will die

00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:52.560
 go to a

00:36:52.560 --> 00:36:53.380
 graveyard and

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:53.780
 you'll see

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:54.300
 where you end

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:55.140
 up

00:36:55.140 --> 00:36:59.580
 it doesn't

00:36:59.580 --> 00:37:00.039
 matter how

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.820
 strong you

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.200
 are how

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:01.700
 fit you

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.080
 are how

00:37:02.080 --> 00:37:02.740
 fantastic

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.519
 your willpower

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.000
 is it all

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.519
 dies

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:08.580
 this is a

00:37:08.580 --> 00:37:08.960
 means of

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.420
 grace what

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.639
 does a

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:09.960
 means of

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.360
 grace mean

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:12.000
 my time's

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.360
 going but

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.440
 like a

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:13.880
 perfect way

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.340
 to understand

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:14.780
 a means of

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.159
 grace is

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.539
 this if

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.059
 you go

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.500
 back and

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.260
 I should

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.519
 have looked

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.860
 it up I

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.200
 think it's

00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:18.700
 2nd Kings

00:37:18.700 --> 00:37:19.940
 18 but I

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.519
 might be wrong

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:21.300
 about it 1st

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.880
 Kings 18 I

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.360
 might be wrong

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:23.420
 about it there's

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.180
 this time when

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.960
 Elijah is going

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.480
 to have a

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.320
 contest with

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.960
 the prophets

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:28.800
 of Baal and

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.960
 they agree

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.300
 they're going

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.559
 to have a

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.340
 contest to see

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:32.280
 which god

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.720
 will send

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.880
 fire and

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.320
 there's like

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.680
 you know

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.320
 hundreds and

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.800
 hundreds of

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.220
 them and

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:37.119
 they set the

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.820
 altar up and

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.260
 they put the

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:38.900
 animal on it

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.720
 and they

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.220
 you know

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:40.599
 they use

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.420
 their willpower

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.079
 and they use

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.639
 their physical

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.480
 power and

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.000
 they use their

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:45.300
 magical incantations

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:45.780
 and they do

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.619
 they cut

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.500
 themselves and

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.160
 they sacrifice

00:37:48.160 --> 00:37:48.940
 themselves and

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.380
 they do everything

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.260
 they possibly can

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.920
 do at the end of

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:52.019
 the day the fire

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.720
 doesn't come

00:37:52.720 --> 00:37:53.880
 and then Elijah

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.539
 comes and he

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.420
 takes some stones

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.980
 and he kills an

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.559
 animal he puts

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.119
 some wood and he

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.960
 pours water on it

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.720
 he pours water on

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.539
 it pours water on

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.480
 it pours water on

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:02.180
 it and just so

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:02.680
 you know I'm not

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.440
 a camper I've said

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:04.240
 this before but I

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:04.780
 sort of do

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.579
 understand that if you

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.500
 want to start a fire

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.000
 you don't pour

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.719
 water on the

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.380
 wood first

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.980
 that's just not

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.579
 how you start

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.599
 fires that's not

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.119
 going to work

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:13.320
 ever and then

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.840
 and then he

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.960
 prays and God

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.800
 sends the fire

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:17.980
 so Elijah acts

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.840
 in obedience to

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.480
 do what God

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.239
 tells him to do

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.800
 even though it

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.519
 looks weak and

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:21.980
 even though it

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.739
 looks foolish and

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.139
 even though it

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.639
 looks like it will

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.340
 never accomplish

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.940
 what it's supposed

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:26.059
 to accomplish but

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.940
 because he does

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.800
 what God asks him

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:29.019
 to do God does

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.840
 what only he can

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.579
 do which is send

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.960
 the fire and

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.440
 that's at the

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.820
 heart of the

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.579
 means of grace

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:35.199
 and by the

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.679
 way if you're

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.259
 watching this

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:37.059
 we Christians

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.199
 often also think

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.679
 it's lame

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.699
 that's why we

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.259
 want to try to

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:40.960
 have something

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.920
 maybe with special

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:43.239
 music or some

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:44.539
 special lighting or

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:46.179
 smoke machines or

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:47.460
 lasers to try to

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:48.460
 create some more

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:50.119
 powerful emotion or

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.719
 why we want to

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.799
 have you know get

00:38:51.799 --> 00:38:52.639
 me dressed up in

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.699
 lots of robes and

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.840
 parade around and

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.719
 have choirs and

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.299
 all of this stuff

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:57.159
 because we sort of

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:58.199
 worry that these

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:59.599
 mere words aren't

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.519
 going to be enough

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.299
 but the fact the

00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:02.599
 matter is is that

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:04.079
 all those things

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:05.099
 just distract

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:07.639
 the means of

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:08.480
 grace aren't if

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.219
 you have lots of

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:09.900
 processions and

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.799
 lots of robes it's

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:12.420
 not if you have a

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:13.279
 way to emotionally

00:39:13.279 --> 00:39:14.440
 manipulate people to

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.279
 feel particular

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:16.619
 emotions it's not

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.719
 connected to any of

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:19.179
 that it's the simple

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:20.400
 obedient act of

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.380
 repeating the words

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:22.219
 of Jesus and

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:23.179
 receiving the bread

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:24.559
 and the wine in

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:26.299
 obedience to him

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:28.279
 and God brings the

00:39:28.279 --> 00:39:31.759
 fire and he's not

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:33.800
 interested per se in

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.940
 making you richer

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:36.240
 making you slimmer

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:37.120
 making you more

00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:38.620
 muscular having you

00:39:38.620 --> 00:39:39.480
 have better mind

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.940
 control he has a

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:42.300
 way better plan for

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:44.040
 you and that plan is

00:39:44.040 --> 00:39:44.780
 to be in the new

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:45.500
 heaven and the new

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.300
 earth and to stand

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:48.300
 in his presence and

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:49.020
 only he knows how to

00:39:49.020 --> 00:39:51.620
 get there and so we

00:39:51.620 --> 00:39:54.400
 humbly receive it can

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.940
 be in a great

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:56.900
 cathedral nothing wrong

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:58.080
 with processions nothing

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:59.299
 more wrong with robes

00:39:59.299 --> 00:40:02.779
 but you and I today

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.920
 or that church that

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.960
 earlier today met

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:06.639
 under a tree in a

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:08.719
 field still using

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.940
 farming techniques from

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:11.119
 hundreds of years ago

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:13.019
 you and I in

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:15.000
 obedience say the

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:16.599
 words receive the bread

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:18.239
 and the wine and God

00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:20.179
 gives grace

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:27.779
 he fits you for

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.139
 heaven

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:37.579
 I just because of the

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.299
 time I'm just going to

00:40:38.299 --> 00:40:39.259
 say a couple of things

00:40:39.259 --> 00:40:41.199
 I'm going to just very

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.919
 very briefly

00:40:41.919 --> 00:40:45.639
 the story which comes

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:46.419
 right after this

00:40:46.419 --> 00:40:47.940
 actually we'll read it

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:49.000
 I'll be very brief

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:51.360
 it's very important to

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:52.699
 understand communion this

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.780
 story that happens next

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:54.599
 and look at this verse

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:56.699
 26 and when they had

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:57.579
 sung a hymn they went

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.440
 out to the Mount of

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:59.639
 Olives the Passover meal

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:00.780
 is over and Jesus said

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:02.219
 to them you will all fall

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:03.699
 away for it is written I

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:04.820
 will strike the shepherd and

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.440
 the sheep will be

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:07.340
 scattered but after I am

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.420
 raised I will go before

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:09.159
 you to Galilee

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:12.119
 Peter said to him

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:16.739
 even if even though they

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:18.699
 all fall away I will

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:21.839
 not it's a proud and

00:41:21.839 --> 00:41:22.859
 arrogant statement

00:41:22.859 --> 00:41:28.000
 he doesn't say oh

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:30.459
 Jesus I'm going to fall

00:41:30.459 --> 00:41:32.619
 away have mercy on me

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:34.359
 but no no you're wrong

00:41:34.359 --> 00:41:36.219
 Jesus and Jesus said to

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:38.459
 him truly I tell you this

00:41:38.459 --> 00:41:39.500
 very night before the

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:40.579
 rooster crows twice you

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.699
 will deny me three times

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:44.159
 but Peter doubles down he

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:45.699
 says emphatically if I

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:47.199
 must die with you I will

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:48.500
 not deny you and they

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:50.159
 all said the same now

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:51.239
 here's the thing very

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:52.079
 briefly because of the

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:54.739
 time the Lord's Supper is

00:41:54.739 --> 00:41:57.659
 not for the the elite it's

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:58.699
 not for the people who

00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:00.039
 make believe they're worthy

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:02.159
 the Lord's Supper is for

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:05.739
 redeemed sinners the Lord's

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:07.399
 Supper is for a redeemed

00:42:07.399 --> 00:42:08.839
 sinner like you and me

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:12.240
 that's who it's for

00:42:12.240 --> 00:42:19.180
 you want to know something

00:42:19.180 --> 00:42:19.980
 else which is really

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:22.559
 interesting you know on

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.720
 one hand Peter and all

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:25.140
 those disciples were right

00:42:25.140 --> 00:42:29.340
 they they were wrong they

00:42:29.340 --> 00:42:30.660
 would deny Jesus before

00:42:30.660 --> 00:42:31.740
 the night was over but

00:42:31.740 --> 00:42:33.059
 they said they'll die for

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:34.700
 him every single one of

00:42:34.700 --> 00:42:37.200
 those disciples except John

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:39.659
 died a martyr's death

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:45.539
 everyone and John died in

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:46.879
 exile in a place that now

00:42:46.879 --> 00:42:47.739
 we would think of as a

00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:49.019
 holiday place but back then

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:51.859
 was an exile and they all

00:42:51.859 --> 00:42:56.379
 died refusing to say

00:42:56.379 --> 00:42:57.480
 anything other than that

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:58.659
 Jesus had risen from the

00:42:58.659 --> 00:43:01.779
 dead they died for a fact

00:43:01.779 --> 00:43:05.319
 for the good news what's the

00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:09.080
 difference you see the

00:43:09.080 --> 00:43:10.380
 difference is that Peter

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:11.700
 says this and they said

00:43:11.700 --> 00:43:13.680
 this out of their self

00:43:13.680 --> 00:43:14.920
 will out of their mind

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:16.039
 control out of their

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:18.280
 control out of me control

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:21.039
 out of my agenda out of my

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:22.900
 power and part of the

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:24.300
 mystery I I long for the

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:25.500
 day we can have a church

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:26.900
 building where we can kneel

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:28.380
 for communion if you want to

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:30.000
 receive communion by kneeling I

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:31.380
 long for that day to return

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:32.539
 it's part of the Anglican

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:34.500
 tradition to kneel to receive

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:37.099
 communion why what's the

00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:38.360
 difference between now and

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:39.099
 what will happen to them

00:43:39.099 --> 00:43:41.000
 later it's this profound

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:44.019
 truth of the Bible I am

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:46.900
 taller when I kneel before

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:53.460
 him I am taller when I kneel

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:56.039
 before Jesus and receive

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:59.920
 grace from him it is

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:02.019
 completely against what the

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:04.000
 world would say they'd say

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.960
 George you're shorter when

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.860
 you kneel well generally you

00:44:06.860 --> 00:44:08.800
 are and if I kneel to an

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:09.840
 idol I've only become

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 smaller and if I kneel to

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 fears and if I kneel to

00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:15.099
 lies I've only become

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 smaller but if I kneel to

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 him I am taller and I can be

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 by God's grace like

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 I am not going to be

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 I am not going to be

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 I am not going to be

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 burned at the cross

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 burned at a stake he had

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 earlier denied the faith and

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 then he recanted he repented

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 and he wanted he held his

00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:42.259
 hand the story is he held his

00:44:42.259 --> 00:44:43.699
 hands in the flame because he

00:44:43.699 --> 00:44:45.719
 wanted that to die be burned

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 first you are taller when you

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:52.440
 bow when you kneel final

00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:54.420
 thing I have could you put up

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 the two the first of the two

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:57.519
 sentences Claire this is a

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:59.300
 little bit of help just as we

00:44:59.300 --> 00:45:00.700
 bring to a close about how to

00:45:00.700 --> 00:45:02.320
 receive communion the first

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:03.659
 thing is actually I'm just

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:05.519
 going to say a challenge to

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:09.059
 those who are online I

00:45:09.059 --> 00:45:10.159
 understand why there's lots of

00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:10.960
 reasons why you're not

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:12.260
 receiving coming here to

00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:13.519
 receive communion I just want

00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:15.340
 to urge you you are passing up

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:17.800
 a means of grace I want to

00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:20.519
 urge you I mean it might be

00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:21.659
 that you can't come most of

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:23.780
 the time it I know there can

00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:25.000
 be health and other types of

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:26.320
 reasons but I want to urge you

00:45:26.320 --> 00:45:28.080
 that you are passing up a

00:45:28.080 --> 00:45:30.080
 means of grace and for those of

00:45:30.080 --> 00:45:31.180
 you are watching and maybe

00:45:31.180 --> 00:45:32.420
 you're in a city far away

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:33.820
 maybe you're a university

00:45:33.820 --> 00:45:35.860
 student who's can't get up

00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:36.820
 early enough on a Sunday

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.880
 morning you're watching it

00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:39.100
 later on from the University of

00:45:39.100 --> 00:45:41.120
 Ottawa I just like to urge you

00:45:41.120 --> 00:45:45.100
 to consider that maybe God has

00:45:45.100 --> 00:45:46.260
 brought you to watch these

00:45:46.260 --> 00:45:48.040
 services because he wants you

00:45:48.040 --> 00:45:49.740
 to begin that person who begins

00:45:49.740 --> 00:45:51.880
 to pray that a church can be

00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:54.579
 planted in your city I want to

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:55.920
 I want to challenge you that

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:57.740
 this might exactly be while

00:45:57.740 --> 00:45:59.920
 you're watching this that you

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:01.059
 can be if you're a university

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:02.500
 student the means by which we

00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:03.920
 can get back on the campus to

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:06.440
 share the gospel and I want to

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:08.059
 challenge you to bring it to God

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:10.119
 in prayer and if he's and to

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:11.720
 share it with us so that we can

00:46:11.720 --> 00:46:14.460
 join with you in prayer that God

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:16.160
 will plant a church so that you

00:46:16.160 --> 00:46:18.700
 can go on a Sunday morning and

00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:21.099
 will miss having you watch but

00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:22.439
 that you can receive the means

00:46:22.439 --> 00:46:24.099
 of grace of the Lord's Supper on

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:25.980
 a Sunday morning I want to

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.899
 challenge you

00:46:26.899 --> 00:46:33.079
 and these sentences are going to

00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:36.679
 be very very helpful for us to

00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:38.179
 understand how to receive

00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:39.819
 communion and they come from the

00:46:39.819 --> 00:46:41.399
 Book of Common Prayer it comes

00:46:41.399 --> 00:46:43.679
 from the English Reformation and

00:46:43.679 --> 00:46:45.559
 part of them are yellowed on a

00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:47.839
 purpose notice what we do the

00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:49.140
 first thing is this is

00:46:49.140 --> 00:46:50.440
 traditionally if you were to go

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:51.519
 to a if you had come to my

00:46:51.519 --> 00:46:52.800
 eight o'clock service back in

00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:54.820
 the day with an altar rail and I

00:46:54.820 --> 00:46:55.860
 went along the things you would

00:46:55.860 --> 00:46:57.420
 have heard me say this every

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:58.660
 Sunday as I was giving you

00:46:58.660 --> 00:47:01.340
 communion and it explains what

00:47:01.340 --> 00:47:02.900
 communion is and what you should

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:04.500
 be praying into and if you'd like

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:06.840
 to find these words later on we

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:09.079
 can send them to you it's in the

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:11.240
 the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

00:47:11.240 --> 00:47:12.820
 but notice we don't hide the

00:47:12.820 --> 00:47:14.660
 words we don't try to like we

00:47:14.660 --> 00:47:15.860
 just say the body of our Lord

00:47:15.860 --> 00:47:19.980
 Jesus Christ which was given for

00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:22.539
 you we're being invited to

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:24.480
 remember that his body was given

00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:27.660
 for you and notice this preserve

00:47:27.660 --> 00:47:30.640
 part of the means of grace is not

00:47:30.640 --> 00:47:32.539
 that we become Christians through it

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:34.800
 but those of us who are Christians

00:47:34.800 --> 00:47:37.300
 redeem sinners it's a means by

00:47:37.300 --> 00:47:40.380
 which God preserves us body and soul

00:47:40.380 --> 00:47:43.180
 unto everlasting life

00:47:43.180 --> 00:47:48.340
 unto everlasting life

00:47:48.340 --> 00:47:52.260
 and then I say take and eat this in

00:47:52.260 --> 00:47:55.440
 remembrance that Christ died for you

00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:58.079
 once again remembering that he had

00:47:58.079 --> 00:48:01.059
 died for us and hear this feed on him

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:04.200
 in your heart by faith with

00:48:04.200 --> 00:48:04.900
 thanksgiving

00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:10.099
 as you prepare to receive communion

00:48:10.099 --> 00:48:12.119
 you can think of these words and you

00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:14.139
 say Lord I'm a I'm I'm watching these

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:17.099
 other people receiving and I want you

00:48:17.099 --> 00:48:19.340
 to help me feed on you in my heart

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:20.599
 and you might say I don't know what

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:22.340
 that's going to be like emotionally I

00:48:22.340 --> 00:48:23.280
 don't know what's going to be like

00:48:23.280 --> 00:48:24.300
 emotionally maybe it's going to be

00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:25.760
 very moving maybe it'll be nothing

00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:28.460
 but help me not only now but always to

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:30.079
 feed on you in my heart and feed on

00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:31.880
 you in my heart with thanksgiving for

00:48:31.880 --> 00:48:34.280
 who you are and what you've said and

00:48:34.280 --> 00:48:35.760
 what you've accomplished for me

00:48:35.760 --> 00:48:39.240
 and then after you have received the

00:48:39.240 --> 00:48:40.640
 bread I would come along and I would

00:48:40.640 --> 00:48:42.180
 say the blood of our Lord Jesus

00:48:42.180 --> 00:48:42.720
 Christ

00:48:42.720 --> 00:48:44.900
 once again we're just copying the

00:48:44.900 --> 00:48:45.640
 words of Jesus

00:48:45.640 --> 00:48:47.780
 which was shed for you

00:48:47.780 --> 00:48:51.680
 once again notice this preserve your

00:48:51.680 --> 00:48:53.680
 body and soul unto everlasting life

00:48:53.680 --> 00:48:57.960
 drink this what in remembrance that

00:48:57.960 --> 00:49:01.140
 Christ's blood was shed for you and be

00:49:01.139 --> 00:49:04.539
 thankful and we can say Lord grip me

00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:07.099
 with the gospel I'm not thankful

00:49:07.099 --> 00:49:10.179
 help me to be thankful not necessarily

00:49:10.179 --> 00:49:12.719
 the emotion of thankfulness but the

00:49:12.719 --> 00:49:15.839
 life of thankfulness which is more

00:49:15.839 --> 00:49:17.219
 important than the emotion of

00:49:17.219 --> 00:49:20.019
 thankfulness you see when we have a

00:49:20.019 --> 00:49:23.359
 life of thankfulness it is easier to

00:49:23.359 --> 00:49:27.839
 do hard things it is easier to to be

00:49:27.839 --> 00:49:30.359
 faithful it is easier to read the Bible

00:49:30.360 --> 00:49:32.660
 it is easier to be generous it's easier

00:49:32.660 --> 00:49:35.380
 to forgive and so we can ask God not

00:49:35.380 --> 00:49:37.360
 just for the emotion of thankfulness but

00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:40.480
 the reality the life of thankfulness

00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:43.079
 invite you to stand

00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:51.460
 let's bow our heads in prayer

00:49:51.460 --> 00:50:01.659
 father thank you for the grace of our

00:50:01.659 --> 00:50:03.579
 Lord Jesus Christ for what he did for us

00:50:03.579 --> 00:50:07.139
 on the cross for his life his death his

00:50:07.139 --> 00:50:09.739
 resurrection we thank and praise you

00:50:09.739 --> 00:50:11.099
 father that you have brought us to a

00:50:11.099 --> 00:50:12.860
 faith in Christ for those of us who have

00:50:12.860 --> 00:50:14.860
 come to a faith a personal faith and

00:50:14.860 --> 00:50:16.619
 trust in Jesus as Savior and Lord

00:50:16.619 --> 00:50:19.500
 father if there are any here or any who

00:50:19.500 --> 00:50:21.440
 are watching who have not yet come to a

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:23.719
 faith and trust in Jesus as Savior and

00:50:23.719 --> 00:50:26.139
 Lord we ask father that you help them to

00:50:26.139 --> 00:50:29.219
 put their faith and trust in him we thank

00:50:29.219 --> 00:50:31.079
 you father for Jesus and we thank you

00:50:31.079 --> 00:50:32.880
 father that you have provided this very

00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:34.839
 very simple but very beautiful and

00:50:34.839 --> 00:50:37.759
 profound means of grace whereby you

00:50:37.760 --> 00:50:40.160
 preserve us body and soul unto everlasting

00:50:40.160 --> 00:50:44.080
 life that you fit us for an eternal life

00:50:44.080 --> 00:50:45.400
 with you in the new heaven and the new

00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:48.220
 earth and we ask father that you help us

00:50:48.220 --> 00:50:50.900
 to be thankful for what Christ has

00:50:50.900 --> 00:50:53.380
 accomplished for us not just as an

00:50:53.380 --> 00:50:54.940
 emotion father although we love the

00:50:54.940 --> 00:50:56.800
 emotion of thankfulness and I if you

00:50:56.800 --> 00:50:59.380
 give us that as well that's great but

00:50:59.380 --> 00:51:01.420
 more than the emotion we ask Lord that you

00:51:01.420 --> 00:51:04.140
 grant us the habits and the and the mind

00:51:04.139 --> 00:51:07.900
 and the tone of life and and and and

00:51:07.900 --> 00:51:09.960
 disciplines of life that emerge out of a

00:51:09.960 --> 00:51:11.799
 deep thankfulness for what you have done

00:51:11.799 --> 00:51:15.159
 for us in the person of your son and his

00:51:15.159 --> 00:51:18.859
 death upon the cross on our behalf and we

00:51:18.859 --> 00:51:20.739
 ask these things in the name of Jesus your

00:51:20.739 --> 00:51:22.900
 son and our Savior amen

00:51:22.900 --> 00:51:26.900
 your son and I don't say that in the

00:51:26.900 --> 00:51:29.180
 scriptures for us in the given生

00:51:29.180 --> 00:51:30.960
 which is striking to him

00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:35.139
 He was my son and I think of this

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AH University of of2009

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