WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.740 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church and it's my joy to bring God's word to you today. 00:00:14.540 --> 00:00:26.219 Special welcome if you're new or visiting with us. We're glad that you're here and we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats, but because we're following Jesus together as one community. 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:34.500 And as we follow Jesus together, we become convinced that there's no one so good. They don't need God's grace and no one so bad. 00:00:35.179 --> 00:00:41.219 They can't have it, which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word. 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:50.019 We're continuing our series in the Gospel of Mark and you'll remember that the Gospels tell the story of Jesus in his life and his death and his resurrection. 00:00:50.020 --> 00:00:56.340 And as we were going through the beginning, chapters 1 through 8, we asked this question, who is Jesus? 00:00:57.080 --> 00:01:02.700 We saw in the middle of chapter 8, Peter answers it definitively for us, that Jesus is the Christ. 00:01:03.140 --> 00:01:08.460 He's the one who's come to be the ultimate prophet, priest, and king for God's people. 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:16.540 And so now we've been on a journey with a slightly different question heading out from that, which is what does it look like to follow after Jesus? 00:01:16.540 --> 00:01:26.320 And over the last few weeks, we have seen, as Jesus literally heads to Jerusalem, that the kingdom operates in a way that is upside down. 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:29.340 It operates in a way that is different from the world. 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:32.360 We've seen that when it came to marriage and sex. 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:41.380 We've seen that when it comes to children, when it comes to money, and then last week when it comes to power and glory and success and fame. 00:01:41.379 --> 00:01:49.119 Now this week, it might appear on the surface that we've turned away from that, that we're simply looking at another healing story. 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:55.579 In fact, this is the last healing that Jesus will perform before Holy Week begins in chapter 11. 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:01.060 But it is actually not just another blind man who's given sight. 00:02:01.939 --> 00:02:09.960 Jesus is using this, Mark is using this, as a conclusion to the upside down nature of the kingdom. 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:16.360 In fact, it in some ways connects all the stories that come before what we've seen over the last month or so, 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:20.980 as Jesus gets right at the issue of desire. 00:02:22.379 --> 00:02:31.520 Because all the things that we've looked at, marriage, children, money, power, get at what it is that our hearts most long for. 00:02:32.260 --> 00:02:38.800 What we dream of, what we want, the results that we look for. 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:43.200 And so it's with that I invite you to turn with me to God's word. 00:02:43.460 --> 00:02:46.439 We're in Mark chapter 10, starting at verse 46. 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:52.140 You can turn in your worship guide, you can turn on your phone, you can turn in your Bible. 00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:55.820 No matter where you turn, remember that this is God's word. 00:02:55.960 --> 00:03:02.320 In Proverbs chapter 30, verse 5 tells us that every word of God proves true. 00:03:03.020 --> 00:03:06.880 He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:10.579 And so that's why we read now, starting at verse 46. 00:03:11.579 --> 00:03:13.400 And they came to Jericho. 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:18.259 And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:24.719 Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:29.599 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:32.759 Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. 00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:34.359 Verse 48. 00:03:34.859 --> 00:03:38.000 And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. 00:03:38.500 --> 00:03:43.319 But he cried out all the more, son of David, have mercy on me. 00:03:44.139 --> 00:03:46.879 And Jesus stopped and said, call him. 00:03:47.979 --> 00:03:51.919 And they called the blind man, saying to him, take heart, get up. 00:03:52.259 --> 00:03:53.419 He is calling you. 00:03:54.340 --> 00:03:55.019 Verse 50. 00:03:55.020 --> 00:03:59.100 And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:04.620 And Jesus said to him, what do you want me to do for you? 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:10.140 And the blind man said to him, Rabbi, let me recover my sight. 00:04:10.939 --> 00:04:13.400 And Jesus said to him, go your way. 00:04:13.700 --> 00:04:15.780 Your faith has made you well. 00:04:15.780 --> 00:04:21.060 And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way. 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:26.339 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word. 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:32.319 Our Father in heaven, we come again to your word. 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:37.560 And we thank you that you promise that it won't return to you empty. 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:39.720 But it will accomplish all of your purposes. 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:42.580 And so we ask that you would honor that promise this morning, 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:48.360 that you would use it to accomplish your purposes in our hearts, in our minds, in our lives. 00:04:48.520 --> 00:04:51.940 That you would do for us what we can't do for ourselves. 00:04:52.660 --> 00:04:55.460 That you'd change hearts of stone into hearts of flesh. 00:04:56.460 --> 00:04:59.960 That you'd show us our need for you and your salvation. 00:05:00.740 --> 00:05:03.220 And you'd also show us your grace. 00:05:03.220 --> 00:05:05.460 Most of all, we ask that you would show us Jesus, 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:09.360 that we would see exactly how beautiful he is. 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:13.020 And we ask these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:13.940 Amen. 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:19.680 When I was in seminary, 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:24.180 the seminary that I went to also offered a counseling program. 00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:27.340 And there were a variety of men that I came in with 00:05:27.340 --> 00:05:29.960 who came in thinking that they were going to be pastors. 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:33.300 And they left instead being counselors. 00:05:33.420 --> 00:05:35.020 Some of my best friends, in fact. 00:05:35.700 --> 00:05:39.340 And there was an exercise that some of those counselors had to do 00:05:39.339 --> 00:05:43.679 in their very last year of the program together when they were doing their internship. 00:05:44.299 --> 00:05:48.019 Meaning they were practicing with actual clients in real life situations. 00:05:48.019 --> 00:05:52.879 And then they would meet together to be coached and mentored and to discuss these things. 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:57.079 And some of them in their coaching groups were required to do an exercise 00:05:57.079 --> 00:05:59.699 that they referred to as goaling. 00:06:00.659 --> 00:06:02.739 Goaling, going along with the word goal. 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:04.479 Something that you want or desire. 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:07.580 And that was, in fact, the purpose of the exercise. 00:06:07.580 --> 00:06:10.060 It was for them to answer this question. 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:13.319 What is it that you really want? 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:18.540 What is it deep down that your heart longs for 00:06:18.540 --> 00:06:21.960 that maybe you've not been willing to say out loud before, 00:06:21.960 --> 00:06:27.759 but now you need to say something you've not been willing to admit to anyone? 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:33.939 And it turned out to be a much harder exercise than it sounds like on the surface 00:06:33.939 --> 00:06:38.379 because it involves grappling with what it is we want most of all. 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:45.800 The person who presents a public image of having this carefree existence that they love, 00:06:45.899 --> 00:06:47.480 full of trips and experiences, 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:52.680 has to wrestle with whether they actually are deeply lonely 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:57.100 and want to find someone to settle down with. 00:06:57.740 --> 00:07:01.519 The person who presents as a family man has to ask himself 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:06.240 if deep down he wants professional success more than anything else. 00:07:06.900 --> 00:07:09.699 Maybe someone works for a company nine to five 00:07:09.699 --> 00:07:11.600 and what they're afraid to say out loud 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.519 is that they wish that they could work for themselves. 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:20.079 Maybe it's something as simple as being comfortable financially. 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:23.019 Maybe you just want to have friends who you can trust, 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:26.779 who enjoy you, and whom you enjoy. 00:07:29.180 --> 00:07:30.879 Desire is a funny thing, 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:38.099 and often we haven't slowed down enough to know what it is we actually want. 00:07:38.180 --> 00:07:41.120 We can be caught off guard by them when they appear. 00:07:42.099 --> 00:07:44.500 Now, when these counselors were given this exercise, 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:47.139 the story that I heard they were told at the very beginning, 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:49.740 a sobering one was of a man who did the goaling, 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:51.860 and he decided at the end of it 00:07:51.860 --> 00:07:54.699 that what he wanted more than anything else, 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:56.839 his desire, what he was going to head for, 00:07:57.279 --> 00:08:00.039 was he had a number in his head of his annual salary. 00:08:00.159 --> 00:08:04.219 This man wanted to make $500,000 a year. 00:08:06.939 --> 00:08:08.479 And at the end of the year, 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:10.979 after he had completed his goaling exercise, 00:08:10.980 --> 00:08:13.620 he had accomplished what he set out to do. 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:17.439 He was making $500,000 a year, 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:20.080 except that there was a catch. 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:25.580 In that year, he had also lost his family. 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:31.280 Desire is a dangerous thing. 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:34.560 The heart is a risky thing. 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:36.399 And as they say, 00:08:36.500 --> 00:08:38.119 we have to be careful what we wish for 00:08:38.119 --> 00:08:42.959 because we might have the misfortune of actually getting it. 00:08:45.219 --> 00:08:46.519 I told you on the surface, 00:08:46.719 --> 00:08:50.679 this might look like just another healing story for Jesus, 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:54.599 but actually it's deeply connected to our passage from last week. 00:08:54.739 --> 00:08:56.639 It's so connected, in fact, 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.339 that I almost preached last week's passage 00:08:59.339 --> 00:09:03.159 and this week's passage as one sermon rather than two, 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:06.799 and it's because there's this phrase that appears in both stories. 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:10.139 There's this connection that ties them intimately together. 00:09:10.299 --> 00:09:14.639 It's Jesus' question that he asked last week in verse 36. 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:17.740 Remember, James and John come to him and they say, 00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:20.579 we want you to give us whatever it is that we ask for. 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:23.000 And Jesus responds by saying this, 00:09:23.579 --> 00:09:27.240 what do you want me to do for you? 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:35.080 It's not a coincidence that that same exact question appears in this passage. 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:37.539 This blind man is crying out to Jesus. 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:39.659 Those around him are trying to silence him. 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:41.440 Jesus calls him to come. 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:43.259 And what is it that Jesus says to him? 00:09:43.379 --> 00:09:45.379 The exact same words. 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:49.899 What do you want me to do for you? 00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:55.360 Mark has placed these two stories together 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:58.919 because he wants us to put them side by side. 00:09:59.139 --> 00:10:03.779 He wants us to see this same question asked of two different people 00:10:03.779 --> 00:10:08.279 and for us to realize how radically different the answers are. 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:11.919 One answers that they want power, honor, and glory. 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:18.960 The other one answers that he just wants to be able to see. 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:21.139 Verse 51, 00:10:21.460 --> 00:10:25.460 Rabbi, let me recover my sight. 00:10:26.680 --> 00:10:30.300 I've told you before that repetition in the Bible matters. 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:34.540 And this repetition here is not just meant to tie these two stories together. 00:10:34.780 --> 00:10:39.019 It is to turn the barrel of the story straight at us, the readers, 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:42.600 because the question that Jesus asks of James and John, 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:45.259 the question that he asks of this blind man, 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:49.700 is the same question Mark means for his readers to answer. 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:56.439 What is it that you want Jesus to do for you? 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:02.700 When we come into this story, verse 46, 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.020 they're crossing the Jordan River, 00:11:05.340 --> 00:11:08.460 which means that they're heading from the west towards the east. 00:11:08.540 --> 00:11:13.420 This is to remind us that Jesus is getting closer and closer to Jerusalem. 00:11:13.760 --> 00:11:15.800 And so as he's nearing the cross, 00:11:16.180 --> 00:11:18.920 things are coming into greater and greater focus. 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:23.440 Next week, chapter 11 is going to start out with his triumphal entry into Jerusalem 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:26.760 when he rides a donkey as a conquering king. 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:30.540 I've told you before that as the gospel of Mark continues, 00:11:30.540 --> 00:11:34.100 we're going to see three groups of people merge into two. 00:11:34.420 --> 00:11:37.220 It's been pointed out that as we begin in the gospel, 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:39.060 there are folks who love Jesus, 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:40.980 folks who are opposed to Jesus, 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:42.940 and folks who are ambivalent to Jesus. 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:45.240 As we continue in the gospel, 00:11:45.380 --> 00:11:46.920 that middle category disappears, 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:48.459 and we only have two. 00:11:48.839 --> 00:11:51.599 Either we love Jesus and want to follow him, 00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:54.419 or we're opposed to him and reject him. 00:11:54.979 --> 00:11:57.019 It's in that that we see this man, 00:11:57.139 --> 00:11:57.979 verse 47, 00:11:58.159 --> 00:11:59.679 he's crying out. 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:02.120 Maybe he's ashamed, 00:12:02.319 --> 00:12:03.439 maybe he's embarrassed, 00:12:04.179 --> 00:12:07.519 but he is too desperate to care. 00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:10.740 He does something else that's interesting. 00:12:10.959 --> 00:12:11.839 In verse 47, 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:13.919 he hears that it's Jesus of Nazareth, 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:16.379 but he doesn't cry that out. 00:12:16.439 --> 00:12:17.459 What does he say instead? 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:19.139 Did you notice it? 00:12:20.620 --> 00:12:21.319 He says, 00:12:21.459 --> 00:12:21.779 Jesus, 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.000 son of David. 00:12:24.959 --> 00:12:29.419 That son of David is language that refers to Jesus as the king, 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:33.679 because remember that David was the quintessential king of Israel, 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:38.039 and it was from David's line that the greater king was meant to come. 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:39.179 And so this blind man, 00:12:39.459 --> 00:12:40.839 at least at some level, 00:12:41.019 --> 00:12:42.740 understands Jesus' identity. 00:12:42.740 --> 00:12:46.820 He knows something about the fact that Jesus is the king. 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:50.879 But unlike the disciples, 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:52.740 unlike James and John, 00:12:52.820 --> 00:12:56.720 he also understands something about himself. 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:00.060 Verses 47 and 48, 00:13:00.139 --> 00:13:01.080 we hear twice, 00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:04.039 have mercy on me. 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:07.379 Verse 48, 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:08.559 they try to silence him, 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:13.039 but it doesn't matter because his need is too great. 00:13:16.939 --> 00:13:17.919 Brothers and sisters, 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:19.079 the point is this. 00:13:21.439 --> 00:13:24.980 Jesus is not going to be beautiful to us 00:13:24.980 --> 00:13:28.120 unless we know, 00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:30.580 until we know, 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:33.940 that we need his mercy. 00:13:33.940 --> 00:13:38.400 Jesus is not going to be beautiful to us. 00:13:38.400 --> 00:13:39.660 Until we know, 00:13:39.780 --> 00:13:41.020 unless we know, 00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:43.020 how much we need him. 00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:45.400 If Jesus is boring and unattractive, 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:47.240 if he seems irrelevant, 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:51.800 if you are wondering why it is that you're plotting along in the Christian life, 00:13:51.800 --> 00:13:54.480 I can tell you there's at least one reason, 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:55.420 and it's this. 00:13:56.300 --> 00:14:00.060 You don't think your situation is that bad. 00:14:01.560 --> 00:14:02.820 Maybe you need some tweaks, 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:03.980 some life hacks, 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:06.440 but you don't need something as radical 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:08.159 as going from death to life, 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.279 from a heart of stone 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:11.379 into a heart of flesh. 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:14.100 This man, though, 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:15.279 this blind man, 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:16.500 has a physical problem 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:18.899 meant to teach us a spiritual lesson. 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.039 His need is so great. 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:22.720 He is so desperate 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:24.519 that he doesn't care 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:26.080 who tells him to shut up. 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:28.500 He doesn't care 00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:30.120 how awkward or embarrassing 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:31.659 the situation is. 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:34.759 He needs the son of David 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:36.139 to heal him. 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.059 And glory and power 00:14:41.059 --> 00:14:42.039 and honor 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:43.599 which are at the front 00:14:43.599 --> 00:14:46.000 of James and John's mind 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.659 are irrelevant to him. 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:51.799 Because there is something 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:54.939 much, much more important. 00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:59.339 I warned you at the beginning 00:14:59.339 --> 00:15:00.439 of the Gospel of Mark 00:15:00.439 --> 00:15:01.659 when we preached chapter 1, 00:15:01.699 --> 00:15:02.759 verses 1 through 8, 00:15:02.839 --> 00:15:04.359 that it was not going to be 00:15:04.359 --> 00:15:05.459 an intellectual. 00:15:05.699 --> 00:15:06.559 We're not here 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:08.659 to have just profound insights 00:15:08.659 --> 00:15:09.579 into God's word, 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:11.019 but we are instead here 00:15:11.019 --> 00:15:12.679 to be saved. 00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:15.879 I told you over and over 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:17.139 that we have to admit 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.919 real need, 00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:18.960 that that's the price 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:19.439 of admission 00:15:19.439 --> 00:15:20.860 when it comes to Jesus 00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:22.019 and his kingdom. 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:23.340 And the Gospel of Mark 00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:24.639 does just that. 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:26.259 If you're reading carefully, 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.100 if you're listening, 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:28.139 if you're feeling it, 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:30.799 the Gospel pushes on you. 00:15:32.439 --> 00:15:34.340 Mark is demanding 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:35.740 a response. 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:38.800 Brothers and sisters, 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:40.540 Jesus himself 00:15:40.540 --> 00:15:42.879 demands a response. 00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:46.360 Either we are for him 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:48.560 or we are against him. 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:50.120 We were meant to answer 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:51.200 at the beginning 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:53.680 who we believe he is. 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:56.300 And now Jesus 00:15:56.300 --> 00:15:57.780 presses us to answer 00:15:57.780 --> 00:15:58.960 what it is 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:01.500 our hearts most long for. 00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:04.220 The reader is meant 00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:05.720 to connect the dots here 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:08.100 and answer this question 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:09.899 for herself. 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:14.240 And so I ask you again, 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:17.600 what is it that you want 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:19.799 Jesus to do for you? 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:24.320 Have you slowed down enough 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:27.180 to know what it is 00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:28.980 your heart craves 00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:30.600 and longs for? 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:37.080 Maybe like James and John, 00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:38.100 you're hoping Jesus 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:39.500 will finally provide 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:41.460 the approval of others. 00:16:42.660 --> 00:16:43.900 That if you can say 00:16:43.900 --> 00:16:44.920 the right things 00:16:44.920 --> 00:16:46.020 at the right time 00:16:46.020 --> 00:16:47.120 in church, 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:48.340 that you'll be significant 00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:49.680 and powerful, 00:16:50.380 --> 00:16:51.580 that your life will matter. 00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:54.300 Maybe you're hoping 00:16:54.300 --> 00:16:55.900 that Jesus is going 00:16:55.900 --> 00:16:57.040 to provide you 00:16:57.040 --> 00:16:57.920 with a simple 00:16:57.920 --> 00:16:59.180 and easy family 00:16:59.180 --> 00:17:01.700 where things 00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:03.320 always go smoothly. 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.900 Maybe you're hoping 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:08.380 he's going to provide you 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:08.960 with a spouse. 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:12.120 Maybe what you want 00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:12.799 from Jesus 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:14.160 is simply to give 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:15.180 those you love 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:16.539 the worldly success 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:18.480 that you want for them. 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:21.460 maybe you just want 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:22.519 to be left alone, 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:25.620 comfortable 00:17:25.620 --> 00:17:26.819 and at ease. 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.299 And it doesn't feel 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:31.000 like you're asking 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.839 for too much. 00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:35.279 It probably didn't feel 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:36.380 like too much 00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:37.279 to James and John. 00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:39.940 And we know that it didn't 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.640 because they did. 00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:45.160 And Jesus is actually 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.240 offering something 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:47.000 far better. 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:50.799 Jesus says here, 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:52.819 I will give you sight 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:55.700 if you're willing 00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.819 to admit you're blind. 00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:00.799 I will give you sight 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:02.599 if you're willing 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:03.700 to admit 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:05.059 that you're blind. 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.539 What is it 00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:09.799 that you actually want? 00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:12.460 What is it 00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:13.539 that you want me 00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:14.660 to do 00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.779 for you? 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:18.000 And so really 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.579 Jesus here 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.720 is pulling together 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:20.700 everything we've seen 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.379 over the last 00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:22.259 four weeks 00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.839 and beyond 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:23.619 because this is 00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:24.839 the upside down 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:26.279 nature of the gospel 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:27.460 all over again. 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:28.339 It is not 00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:29.279 for the strong 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:30.359 but for the weak. 00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:33.399 It's not for those 00:18:33.399 --> 00:18:34.339 who are well 00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:35.660 but for those 00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.879 who are sick. 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:39.559 Remember John the Baptist 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:40.420 at the very beginning 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:41.920 came to prepare 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:43.119 the way for Jesus 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:44.139 and he prepared 00:18:44.139 --> 00:18:45.019 the way for Jesus 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:46.079 in this sense 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:46.739 specifically 00:18:46.739 --> 00:18:47.779 that people had 00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.519 to come to him 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:48.959 and repent 00:18:48.959 --> 00:18:49.979 of their sins. 00:18:49.979 --> 00:18:50.819 That they were 00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:52.599 naming what was wrong 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:54.119 so that the doctor 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:55.439 the great physician 00:18:55.439 --> 00:18:56.259 could come 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.500 and heal them. 00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.779 And that's exactly 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:01.079 what Jesus does here. 00:19:01.219 --> 00:19:01.899 Verse 52 00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:03.459 Go your way 00:19:03.459 --> 00:19:04.539 your faith 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.919 has made you well. 00:19:07.199 --> 00:19:08.799 And what is this man's fate? 00:19:08.899 --> 00:19:09.979 That he knows 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:12.000 how great his need is 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:14.140 and he doesn't give up 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:16.240 until Jesus answers. 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:20.019 That is what we are meant 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:21.559 to want Jesus 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.900 to do for us. 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:25.180 We are meant to see 00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:27.620 our great need of him. 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:30.839 Jesus offers 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:33.680 to heal you too. 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:39.860 if you will let him. 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:44.660 If you will admit 00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:45.620 your need. 00:19:47.080 --> 00:19:48.700 If you can say 00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.880 with the blind man 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:51.940 son of David 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:55.900 have mercy on me. 00:19:55.900 --> 00:20:01.860 as we think 00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.519 and look 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:04.160 at our desires 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:06.680 it may be 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:08.640 sobering 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:09.400 and convicting 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.500 it may be hard 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.460 and challenging 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.440 you may be filled 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.600 with a certain sense 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:15.120 of conviction 00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:16.120 and need 00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:16.980 to change 00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:20.820 and duty 00:20:20.820 --> 00:20:21.620 and guilt 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.480 and shame 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:24.200 will not help you. 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:26.160 In fact 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:27.140 that is what we just sang 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:28.340 in our new song 00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:29.100 this morning. 00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.140 I invite you to look there 00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:31.340 with me on page 6. 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.299 What we sang 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.480 right before the sermon 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.539 is a song 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.700 about what it takes 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.680 for Jesus 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:38.160 to be beautiful to us 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:39.000 for our desires 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.000 to be pointed 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.180 in the right direction 00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:42.559 and we are told this 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.480 in the second verse 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.039 at the end 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:45.279 it is not a sense 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:46.180 of right 00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.960 or duty. 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.700 Duty will not change 00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.440 what our hearts 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.420 long for. 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:53.259 Knowing what is right 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.359 will not change 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:55.279 what it is 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.220 we love 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.879 but instead 00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.779 we are told here 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.500 the sight 00:20:58.500 --> 00:21:00.559 of peerless worth. 00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:02.000 In other words 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.640 the sight 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.339 of knowing 00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.019 and seeing 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.680 that Jesus 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.700 is more beautiful 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.619 and more precious 00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.740 and greater 00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:09.000 than anything else. 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:10.200 And what is it 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.579 that is going 00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.559 to lead us 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.779 to look at Jesus 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:14.619 and see his beauty 00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.480 as more 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.799 than any other beauty. 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.500 It is going 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:18.140 to happen 00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:19.440 when that diamond 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.299 is set 00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:21.779 against the black backdrop. 00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.519 It is going 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.019 to happen 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.759 when we see 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.839 God's grace 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:26.440 and we know 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.319 our need. 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:32.720 Food is beautiful 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:34.920 to a hungry man. 00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.480 Hospitals 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.480 are welcome 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.539 to those 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.299 who need 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:41.119 healing. 00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.660 Guilt 00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.359 won't 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.119 get you 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.740 there. 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.500 Duty 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.359 won't 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:51.220 get you 00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.600 there. 00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.220 It is 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.640 Jesus 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.500 and his 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.100 beauty 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.799 that 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.279 changes 00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.799 our 00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.259 hearts 00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.000 and 00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.400 our 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:00.440 desires. 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.400 And so 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:02.880 this passage 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.380 is calling 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.460 us to ask 00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.759 this question 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.200 that we've 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.640 seen 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.480 already. 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.380 I've mentioned 00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:09.079 many times 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.940 what is it 00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.279 that you 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.660 want me 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:10.960 to do 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.400 for you? 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.360 What is 00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:14.019 the desire 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.420 of your 00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.720 heart? 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.259 What is it 00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:15.539 that you 00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.480 long for 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.279 more than 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.720 anything 00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.220 else? 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.319 Is it 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:19.880 leading you 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.580 to life 00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.580 or to 00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:22.020 death? 00:22:25.060 --> 00:22:25.780 The blind 00:22:25.780 --> 00:22:26.180 man here 00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.780 gives us 00:22:26.780 --> 00:22:27.540 the model 00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:28.380 and the 00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.840 answer. 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.920 What we 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:32.000 need more 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.620 than anything 00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.600 else is to 00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.180 be healed. 00:22:35.540 --> 00:22:36.540 When we 00:22:36.540 --> 00:22:37.240 know that, 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.640 what we 00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.260 will long 00:22:39.260 --> 00:22:40.340 for more 00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:41.200 than anything 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:42.880 else is 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:43.440 for Jesus. 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:45.960 that is 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.620 the sight 00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.400 of 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.059 peerless 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.140 worth. 00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.820 In the 00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.320 Lord of the 00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:54.600 Rings 00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.320 trilogy, 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:55.900 the very 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.279 beginning, 00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.100 we meet 00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:58.019 this character 00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.559 named 00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.019 Gollum. 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.100 And while 00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.620 he might 00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.440 not appear 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.039 or act 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.420 like it, 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.980 Gollum was 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.580 a hobbit 00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.120 at one 00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:05.120 point who 00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.600 has been 00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:07.039 twisted by 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.640 the years 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:07.940 that he 00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.620 spent with 00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.059 the ring. 00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.539 The thing 00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:09.940 that he 00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.559 loves and 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.600 desires more 00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.180 than anything 00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.259 else, he's 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.820 been with 00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:14.220 it for 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.880 500 years 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:17.340 and it 00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:18.279 still hasn't 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.039 been enough 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.140 to satisfy 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.600 him. 00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.700 And Yegala 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.340 keeps running 00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.039 after it as 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.500 we get to 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.259 the end of 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.759 the third 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.340 book, the 00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:27.019 return of 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.460 the king. 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.400 Frodo and 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.900 Sam have 00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.380 made it near 00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.900 the end of 00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.360 their journey. 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.019 They just 00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.740 need to get 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.460 into Mount 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:32.980 Doom so 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.279 that they 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.860 can drop 00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.380 the ring 00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.080 into the 00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:35.460 lake of 00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.920 fire and 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.620 destroy it 00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.240 forever. 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.080 But as 00:23:38.080 --> 00:23:38.720 they journey, 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.980 Sam notices 00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.759 that someone 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.620 is following 00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.039 them, 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.640 and he 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.759 realizes that 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.519 Gollum is 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.799 still after 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.340 the ring. 00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.680 When they 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.180 sleep at 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.700 night, then 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.360 he and 00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:51.120 Frodo take 00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.860 turns staying 00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:52.600 up, afraid 00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.140 Gollum will 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.640 come to 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.279 steal and 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.640 kill. 00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:55.900 As the 00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.120 journey 00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.660 continues, 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.200 Frodo is 00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.920 so warned 00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.420 that Sam 00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.820 has to 00:23:58.820 --> 00:23:59.500 carry him 00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.000 at points 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.360 to get 00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:00.640 to the 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.160 top of 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.440 Mount 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.779 Doom. 00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.519 And near 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.080 the end, 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.600 it's so 00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.240 hard that 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.920 they crawl 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.799 on hands 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.420 and knees 00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.019 to enter 00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.759 in so 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.019 that they 00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.360 can get 00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:08.700 to this 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.299 place to 00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.960 destroy the 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.740 ring once 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.460 and for 00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.779 all. 00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:13.640 Sam thinks 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.660 that they're 00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.259 done with 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.940 Gollum until 00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.600 the very 00:24:16.600 --> 00:24:17.759 last moment 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.480 when he 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.920 comes, 00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.740 knocks Sam 00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.400 aside and 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.240 begins a 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.039 wrestling match 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.620 with Frodo. 00:24:22.820 --> 00:24:23.600 He wants 00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.480 the ring so 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.360 much that he 00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:26.340 bites off 00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:26.920 Frodo's 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:29.320 finger and 00:24:29.320 --> 00:24:30.039 then cries 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:31.019 out in joy 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.420 that he 00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.700 finally has 00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:32.940 it. 00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:37.519 gollum 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.000 and then 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.580 gollum 00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:40.799 falls off 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.559 the ledge 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:43.039 and he 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:44.000 dies because 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.799 he's burned 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.200 in the 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.880 fires of 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.200 Mount 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.600 Doom. 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.360 Gollum 00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:50.080 gets 00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:51.519 what he 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.160 desires 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:55.960 and it 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.759 kills him. 00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:59.519 he burns 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.000 in the 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.359 lake 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:01.579 of fire. 00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.859 What do 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.420 you want 00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.420 Jesus to 00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.559 do for 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.920 you? 00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.099 This 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.900 passage tells 00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.480 us it's a 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.319 matter of 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.779 life and 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.119 death. 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.099 Let's pray. 00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:19.579 our 00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.059 father in 00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.619 heaven we 00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:22.019 thank you 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:23.480 this morning 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.879 that you 00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.500 know that 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.179 we're feeble 00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:26.579 and fragile 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:28.199 people and 00:25:28.199 --> 00:25:28.480 that you 00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.000 meet us at 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.480 that place 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:29.799 with your 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.119 grace. 00:25:30.219 --> 00:25:30.659 We ask 00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:31.039 that you 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.799 would show 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.419 us what 00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:33.980 it is that 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.480 we long 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.119 for and 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.539 love. 00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.299 That you 00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.000 turn us 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.459 to want 00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:40.039 you and 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.500 your grace 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.939 more than 00:25:40.939 --> 00:25:41.579 anything else. 00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.119 You'd show 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.059 us our need 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.459 for your 00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:45.019 mercy and 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.259 that we 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.779 would run 00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.219 to you 00:25:46.219 --> 00:25:46.699 with joy. 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.240 We ask 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.860 these things 00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.140 in the 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.640 mighty name 00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.000 of Jesus 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.480 Christ. 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.319 Amen. 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.960 I invite 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.259 you to 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.759 stand for 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.180 our closing 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.539 hymn.