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 In case we are guilty of, as they say, losing sight of the forest for the trees,

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 it might be helpful for us before we dig too far into Sabbath issues

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 to kind of take a step back and just be reminded of the purpose

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 and what's actually happening here in the Gospel of Mark.

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 You remember that the Gospel, the singular purpose of it,

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 is to proclaim the good news, as we see in chapter 1, verse 1,

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 to proclaim the good news that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah and the Son of God.

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 And then by extension of that, understand that Jesus' death paid for the sins of His people

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 and His resurrection secured eternal life for all that belong to Him.

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 So when we come to these Gospels, and we've talked about this so often,

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 they're not biographies, they're Gospels, they're proclamations.

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 They're not for entertaining us, they are for persuading us.

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 And as Mark is going through, and Matthew and Luke and John as well,

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 and they're presenting the identity of Christ,

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 they're presenting the identity of Christ for a purpose.

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 We can't just stop at who He is, which is where a lot of people get stuck.

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 They're happy to admit even that intellectually speaking,

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 Jesus was unique, that He was from God, that He possessed the power of God.

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 They may not have very many qualms with His identity, but then they stop there.

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 And instead of allowing His identity to persuade them into what He taught, into what He did,

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 they just kind of give intellectual scent to Him, conform to some religious ritual,

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 claim to be a Christian or whatever, and kind of move on from there.

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 But we can't stop there, right?

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 The purpose in identifying Christ is to actually show us what His purpose was, why He came.

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 And so the issue when we're studying about the life of Christ,

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 and we understand that, and we see all of these claims of divinity,

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 and we see all these demonstrations of deity and His healings,

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 and all of these other things,

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 the issue is as we continue to read through the Gospels,

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 we find out that there's a big problem.

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 And that's the fact that He died.

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 This Savior died.

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 That wasn't supposed to happen, right?

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 At least in the minds of the Jews,

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 their idea of Messiah was not that the Messiah would die,

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 but that He would live, He would reign,

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 that He would establish His kingdom.

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 And so the issue is that as Jesus comes along,

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 and He shows all these things, and people begin to follow Him,

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 and then the problem is He died.

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 But that's not supposed to be what happened.

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 Well, what was the purpose of that?

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 Well, the purpose of that death was to take our place,

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 to pay for our sin.

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 And fortunately, gratefully, it didn't stop with His death.

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 He resurrected from the dead.

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 He secured life, giving proof that all of His claims were true,

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 that He is indeed the Messiah.

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 Therefore, the issue was not with what happened to Jesus.

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 The issue was with how we, as mankind,

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 were interpreting what the Messiah was supposed to be to begin with.

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 And so as Mark is going through this,

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 he's identifying who Jesus is,

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 and all of that is for the purpose of the Gospel.

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 And the truth is, He is indeed the Messiah.

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 He is the Son of God.

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 And there's been overwhelmingly compelling evidence,

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 even in the first two chapters,

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 that that is indeed the case.

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 It is hard to argue against it.

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 The only way that you can argue against this fact

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 is just to say that every bit of this is just a lie.

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 It's made up.

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 But there's just too much evidence to say to the contrary of that.

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 He is Messiah.

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 He is Son of God.

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 And if that's true, His death had a purpose,

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 and His resurrection is fantastic and even expected.

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 Well, such immensely good news,

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 you would expect,

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 would be universally celebrated and accepted, right?

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 But it wasn't.

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 It wasn't.

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 Over and over in chapter 2 and chapter 3,

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 in the first part of chapter 3 at least,

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 where we get to today,

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 this is actually Mark's purpose in writing these events.

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 He's bringing out the fact that

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 though Jesus is good news,

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 though He is Messiah,

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 not everyone believed that.

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 Not everyone wanted to accept that.

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 In fact,

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 the very people that should have,

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 the very people that should have recognized who He was,

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 actually denied Him and rejected Him

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 and even went so far as to oppose Him,

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 to seek His own destruction.

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 And that's really what's unfolding here.

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 We see all of these various conflicts

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 that Mark is bringing together.

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 And the issue here,

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 in each one of them,

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 really the link between them all,

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 is this issue of authority.

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 The Pharisees and the scribes,

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 and even to an extent,

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 as we saw last week,

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 the disciples of John the Baptist,

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 had placed themselves

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 in a position of authority,

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 religious authority.

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 And now,

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 here comes Jesus,

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 naturally as the Son of God,

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 teaching with tremendous authority,

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 demonstrating that authority

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 and that power in healing.

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 In fact,

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 there's a Greek word that's used over and over,

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 even up to this point in Mark,

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 excusia.

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 It means authority or power.

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 If you remember in chapter one,

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 Jesus went to the synagogue,

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 and all the people were astonished

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 because he didn't teach them

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 like the scribes taught,

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 but he taught as one with authority.

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 It's that word,

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 excusia,

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 authority,

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 power.

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 There was significance

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 to his person

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 in his teaching.

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 Okay?

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 And then immediately,

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 that excusia,

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 that power is demonstrated

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 as the demon-possessed man

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 in the synagogue

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 is freed from that bondage

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 simply by Jesus' word.

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 When we get to the story

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 of the paralytic,

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 the word is used again.

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 Jesus looks at the Pharisees,

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 and he says,

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 I'm going to do this

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 in order that you may know

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 that the Son of Man

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 has authority,

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 excusia,

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 to forgive sins.

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 And we see this.

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 The issue is the Pharisees

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 believed themselves

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 to be the authoritative power.

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 And then here comes Jesus

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 showing that that's actually not true.

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 He is the one with the power.

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 He is the one with the authority.

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 And what happens?

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 They're threatened.

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 They didn't like that very much.

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 There's this struggle now.

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 The gospel of grace

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 versus the gospel

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 of religious observance.

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 The gospel of works.

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 And now they're fighting

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 against one another.

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 Who's right?

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 Who has the real authority?

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 Who has the real power?

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 And that's what's really unfolding

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 here in these stories.

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 When we get to the final two

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 that we just read about,

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 the issue is elevated.

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 And it all has to do

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 with Sabbath observance.

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 It was one thing for them

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 to see Jesus not fasting,

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 following their traditions of fasting.

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 It was completely intolerable for them

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 to see that he didn't conform

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 to their traditions

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 of Sabbath observance.

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 And that's the issue

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 coming to the surface here.

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 So much so that this is the thing

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 that pushes them to the edge.

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 And when we get to the very end of it,

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 all of this is kind of building.

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 Here he is, Jesus is forgiving sins.

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 And now he's hanging out with sinners.

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 And now he's not fasting.

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 And now he's not doing the Sabbath thing.

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 And what's the result?

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 We're going to go find our enemies,

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 political enemies,

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 and we're going to find a way together

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 to destroy this man.

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 Why?

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 Because he didn't conform to their rules.

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 It's this battle of authority.

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 The first thing we're going to look at

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 is Jesus confronting religious perversion

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 or religious distortion,

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 however you would prefer to say it.

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 Look with me again at verse 23.

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 And it came to pass

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 that he went through the fields of grain

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 on the Sabbath day,

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 and his disciples began as they went

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 to pluck the ears of grain.

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 And the Pharisees said unto him,

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 Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day

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 that which is not lawful?

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 Now, if you'll remember from your history classes

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 in school,

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 you will know that the Romans

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 were partly known for their road system.

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 Well, even as that is true,

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 their roads weren't quite like our roads.

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 We can literally find a road to go anywhere,

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 can't we?

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 There's roads everywhere.

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 It wasn't exactly like that in Jesus's day.

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 There were some main routes

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 that people could follow,

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 but if Jesus and his disciples

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 were looking to go to the next town over,

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 per se,

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 they might not look for a road.

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 They might just cross through an open field.

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 And in the process of traveling

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 from place to place,

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 they would have crossed people's property.

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 They would have crossed pastures.

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 They would have gone places

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 that were relatively unmarked.

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 But what's happening in this instance

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 is Jesus and his disciples

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 are traveling from place to place

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 and they're doing just that.

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 They're cutting through someone's field.

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 Now, if you're reading along

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 in the King James with me,

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 it says cornfields

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 or they were plucking corn.

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 Okay, well, corn wasn't discovered

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 at least by civilized society

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 until the 1600s.

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 That's not what this means here.

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 This is an old English word for grain.

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 It's probably wheat or barley.

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 And as they're walking

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 through this wheat field,

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 it has ripened probably in the spring

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 or the summer and it's ripened.

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 And they're taking the heads of grain

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 and they are eating them

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 because they're hungry.

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 The issue wasn't that they were taking

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 from someone else's field.

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 In fact, the Bible actually said

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 that that was perfectly fine.

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 The issue isn't with the fact

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 that they were taking

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 from somebody else's field.

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 The issue was timing.

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 They were doing this on the Sabbath day,

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 which is what becomes the issue here.

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 Now, the confrontation arises in verse 24.

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 Look at it with me again.

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 The Pharisee said unto him,

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 look, look at what they're doing.

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 They're angry about this.

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 Why are they doing on the Sabbath day?

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 And then they use this phrase,

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 that which is not lawful.

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 Now, when we first look at that,

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 we think, oh my goodness,

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 that's a good question.

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 How in the world could Jesus

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 allow his disciples to break the law?

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 That doesn't sound right.

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 What the Pharisees meant was not,

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 why are they breaking God's law?

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 What they meant is,

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 why is he breaking our law?

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 The issue for this timing here,

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 as we study,

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 is really is just an extension

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 of this legalism

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 that we looked at last week

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 with the fasting.

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 Yes, God had established the Sabbath.

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 No issue there.

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 He had established circumcision as well.

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 No issue there.

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 God had designated those things

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 for a specific reason.

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 What the Pharisees had done

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 is they had distorted

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 what God had intended to be a blessing.

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 They took the Sabbath laws

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 that God had made

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 and they added all of their extra traditions,

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 all of their extra burdens

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 onto the people.

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 And they were unbelievable.

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 Still are today.

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 There is a Jewish manuscript

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 called the Talmud

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 that is followed religiously by Jews.

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 There are two dozen chapters

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 committed specifically

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 to Sabbath observance.

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 And in those 24 chapters

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 on Sabbath observance,

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 there are 39 categories for work.

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 And under each category for work

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 is a full description

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 on what they believe to be lawful

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 and what they believe to be sinful.

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 If you were a writer,

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 if that was your occupation,

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 it would be unlawful for you

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 on the Sabbath

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 to carry around a pen.

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 Now, it's not a problem

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 for anybody else

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 to carry around a pen on the Sabbath

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 unless it exceeded a certain way.

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 You had to weigh it to make sure.

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 But if you're a writer,

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 just to carry your pen

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 meant that you were

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 in danger of performing work.

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 Therefore, you were breaking the law

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 by doing that.

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 You couldn't sew

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 more than one stitch.

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 I don't know what one stitch would do,

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 but you couldn't sew

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 more than one stitch.

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 You couldn't write

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 more than one letter.

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 All of this is described.

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 Unbelievable.

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 That wasn't God's law.

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 That was the Pharisaical law.

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 That was just rabbinical tradition

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 or burdening the people.

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 That's what these men

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 were accusing Jesus

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 and his disciples of.

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 The bottom line is

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 that the legalists

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 had taken something

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 that God meant for a blessing

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 and they had perverted it

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 into a burden

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 and a method

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 of gaining acceptance

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 from God.

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 Spurgeon wrote this

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 years and years ago.

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 He said,

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 we have some of that sort

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 of folk living now

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 who take the smallest matter,

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 which is altogether insignificant,

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 in which there is neither good

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 nor harm,

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 and magnify and distort it,

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 and then make a person

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 a grave offender

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 all for next to nothing.

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 Well, that's what's

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 happening here.

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 Jesus confronts it.

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 He confronts it in three ways

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 and we'll move quickly

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 through these things.

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 He confronts it first

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 by giving a precedent

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 A precedent of King David.

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 Then he provides

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 some doctrinal clarity

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 and then he proclaims

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 his own divine authority.

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 Let's first look

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 at David's precedent.

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 David's precedent.

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 Look with me again

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 at verse 25.

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 Verse 25.

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 And he said unto them,

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 Have you never read

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 what David did

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 when he had need

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 and was hungry?

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 He and they

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 that were with him?

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 How they went

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 into the house of God

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 in the days of Abiathar

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 the high priest

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 and did eat the showbread,

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 which is not lawful to eat,

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 but for the priest,

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 and gave also unto them

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 which were with him.

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 So the event

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 that Jesus is referring to here

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 is in 1 Samuel chapter 21.

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 You'll be familiar

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 with what happens

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 just before this.

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 You remember

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 who was David's best friend?

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 Jonathan.

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 Who was Jonathan's father?

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 Saul.

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 Who wanted to kill David?

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 Saul.

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 And so Jonathan and David

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 were working together.

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 They had made this deal

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 that if Saul

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 was still intent

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 on killing David,

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 Jonathan was going to

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 signal him

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 by shooting some arrows.

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 And so he comes out

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 and he signals them

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 that yes,

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 dad's trying to kill you.

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 You better run.

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 And so David goes on the run.

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 And he's got just

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 a couple of men with him

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 and that's it.

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 They got nothing.

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 He leaves

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 and he starts running.

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 They go on

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 probably a couple of days

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 journey from Gibeah

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 to a place called Nob.

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 Nob is where

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 the tabernacle was.

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 And when they show up there,

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 they're starving.

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 Like they're starving.

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 They're going to die

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 if they don't eat

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 something soon.

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 And David goes

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 into the tabernacle

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 and he finds the priest

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 who 1 Samuel 21

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 tells us is a himalek

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 at that particular point.

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 And he walks in

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 and a himalek says,

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 what do you need?

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 And he says,

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 we need something to eat.

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 Can we have whatever bread

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 that you have available?

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 Well, the problem is

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 the bread that was there,

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 the bread of presence,

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 the bread of show bread,

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 was not lawful

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 for anybody else to eat

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 in the ceremonial law,

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 the ceremonial law

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 that God had given.

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 And so the man

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 reminds him of that.

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 Well, this is only lawful

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 for the priest,

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 but since you are

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 in such need,

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 here you go.

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 David and his men ate it.

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 Now, Jesus' argument here

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 is that if God was pleased

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 for David to violate

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 the ceremonial law

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 in order to survive,

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 then it certainly wasn't

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 a problem for the Son of God

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 to allow his disciples

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 to violate the mere tradition

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 of men.

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 That's the whole point.

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 Now, in Matthew's account

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 of this,

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 Jesus adds another precedent

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 in Matthew chapter 12.

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 In this one,

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 he says,

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 have you not considered

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 the priest

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 how on the Sabbath day

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 they still perform

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 all their duties?

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 They're doing work

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 and yet nobody thinks

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 anything about it.

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 In other words,

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 God has provided

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 certain exceptions

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 to ceremonial law.

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 And then he tells the men

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 in Matthew chapter 12,

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 he says,

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 go and learn what this means.

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 And he quotes Hosea.

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 He says,

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 I want mercy,

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 not sacrifice.

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 In other words,

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 God doesn't care

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 about all your externalism

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 if he doesn't have your heart.

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 And that he meant

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 for this ceremonial law

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 to be subordinate

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 to the needs of man.

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 So there was no true violation

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 of God's law

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 taking place here

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 because God wasn't displeased

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 with what David did

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 and Jesus affirmed it here.

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 So if God was okay with that,

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 there was no issue

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 with what these disciples

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 were doing on this day.

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 All right?

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 That's David's precedent.

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 Second,

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 doctrinal clarity.

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 Doctrinal clarity.

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 Now look at verse 27.

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 And he said unto them,

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 the Sabbath

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 was made for man,

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 not man for

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 the Sabbath.

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 Now,

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 the rabbinical traditions

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 had confused

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 the relationship

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 between the Sabbath

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 and human life.

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 And Jesus

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 set this right.

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 In other words,

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 the ceremonial laws

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 were a means

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 to an end.

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 They were not an end

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 in themselves.

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 God did not create us

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 to fulfill the Sabbath.

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 He created the Sabbath

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 to fulfill us.

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 So Jesus then brings

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 some great doctrinal clarity

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 to what these men

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 were saying.

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 Now,

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 let's talk about the Sabbath

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 just for a quick second.

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 And I don't want to

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 bore you to death.

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 We're just going to talk

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 about it for a second

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 because I think this is

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 helpful for us right now.

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 And then we're going

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 to move on, okay?

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 You say,

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 why in the world

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 don't we observe

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 the Sabbath now?

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 Jesus wasn't abolishing

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 the Sabbath in this passage.

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 He wasn't saying

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 that it wasn't necessary.

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 Now,

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 there's going to be a time

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 where it is no longer necessary,

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 but that's not what

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 Jesus is doing here.

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 There's a couple of things

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 we need to understand

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 about the Sabbath

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 and the scriptures.

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 First,

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 the Sabbath

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 is a creation ordinance.

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 It was instituted by God

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 at creation

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 as a Sabbath principle.

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 So you understand?

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 God creates everything

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 there is in six days

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 and then on the seventh day

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 he rested

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 and then he set that day apart.

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 He made it holy,

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 sanctified it

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 for the benefit of mankind.

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 Now,

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 it wasn't that God

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 needed rest.

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 That's not what that meant.

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 He's all powerful.

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 He doesn't get tired.

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 What he was doing

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 was just stopping from work.

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 That's what the word means,

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 to cease from work.

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 He was setting a principle,

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 a patterned example

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 for our benefit.

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 In other words,

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 God was saying,

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 six days,

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 do all your labor,

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 do all your work

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 and then on the seventh day,

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 rest.

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 Stop from your work.

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 Recreate.

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 Reflect.

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 Rest.

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 Rest.

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 It's a principle,

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 an eternal principle,

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 really.

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 Rest.

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 Okay?

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 It wasn't until

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 thousands of years later

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 that this became

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 a part of God's law.

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 That was with Moses

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 in the book of Exodus.

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 God established it

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 as a law

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 for his nation,

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 for Israel,

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 not for the world at large,

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 but for Israel.

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 And it was a part

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 of their ceremonial law.

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 Now,

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 they obeyed that

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 because God said to do it

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 and God was serious about it.

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 Those who broke it

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 were put to death.

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 And we see examples of that

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 in the Old Testament.

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 God cared about it,

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 but it was a law for Israel

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 and it was a part

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 of the ceremonial law,

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 which meant

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 that it was pointing

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 to something

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 more significant.

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 And so now we come

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 to the New Testament.

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 Well,

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 if that was so important,

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 Israel is God's people,

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 the church is God's people,

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 wouldn't that mean

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 that God desires

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 for us to observe the Sabbath?

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 Well,

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 no.

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 That's why Jesus

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 is so significant.

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 These ceremonial laws

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 are all fulfilled

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 in Christ.

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 We don't celebrate

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 or observe the Sabbath

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 in the same way

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 that Israel did

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 for the same reason

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 we don't sacrifice animals

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 for the atonement

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 of our sin.

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 Because Christ

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 has fulfilled that.

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 All of those things

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 were pointing

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 toward something greater.

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 They were pointing

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 toward the gospel

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 of Jesus.

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 And then in Colossians

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 chapter 2,

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 Paul tells us

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 very plainly,

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 Colossians chapter 2,

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 16 to 18.

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 Paul says,

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 don't let anybody

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 judge you.

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 Don't let anybody

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 judge you

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 on the basis

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 of festivals

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 and feasts

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 and religious observance.

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 And then he says,

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 or Sabbath days.

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 He said,

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 all of those things

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 are a shadow

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 of what is to come

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 and their fulfillment

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 is in Christ.

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 So what's the point

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 of that ceremonial law?

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 Every day

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 they were working hard.

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 They were working hard.

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 They needed rest.

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 As spiritually speaking,

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 they were doing

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 the sacrifices

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 over and over

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 and over and over.

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 But it was never enough.

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 This rest was never enough.

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 But there would one day

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 come a real eternal rest

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 and it came through Christ.

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 Now,

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 what has not abolished

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 is the Sabbath principle

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 set forth at creation.

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 I think we need

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 to take that serious

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 as Christians.

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 I think God intends

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 for us

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 to rest,

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 to have time

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 where we cease

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 from our work.

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 And so there's doctrinal clarity

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 Jesus brings here.

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 And then thirdly,

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 he appeals to his own

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 divine authority.

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 Look at verse 28.

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 Therefore,

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 the Son of Man

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 is Lord

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 of the Sabbath.

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 Son of Man,

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 that's a reference

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 to himself.

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 His favorite thing

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 of calling himself

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 in the Gospels

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 is Son of Man.

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 It's a reference

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 to Daniel chapter 7.

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 And he says,

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 I'm Lord of the Sabbath.

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 He appeals to his own identity

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 for his argument.

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.279
 Now,

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.900
 we've seen

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:13.960
 in every single one

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.819
 of these conflicts,

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 Jesus at some point

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:18.019
 has referenced

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:19.359
 his own identity.

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 The Son of Man

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 have power on earth

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 to forgive sin.

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 He is the merciful God

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 who befriends sinners.

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 He is the Lord,

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 the groom

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 that has come

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 for his bride

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 at the wedding feast.

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 And now he is Lord

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 of the Sabbath.

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 This matters.

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 What's Jesus saying?

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 Jesus is saying,

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 I have the right

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 to interpret

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 both the reality

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 and the practice

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 of the Sabbath

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 because I am the one

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 who instituted it

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 to begin with.

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 He was saying,

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 I am God.

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 Listen to me.

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 I put this in place.

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 Watch me.

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 Forget about your own rules.

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.700
 Watch me.

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 Listen to me.

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 This was their issue,

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 wasn't it?

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 His purpose was

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 he was trying

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 to get these men

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:14.380
 to see his identity

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 in order that

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.980
 they would recognize

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:18.539
 his authority.

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 And if they would

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:21.000
 just recognize

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.720
 his authority,

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 they would find out

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 that all of this effort,

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:27.399
 all of this work

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 is worthless

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 and unnecessary.

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 That he came

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 to lighten that load.

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 Indeed,

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:40.119
 to get rid of that load.

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.319
 He came to offer

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:44.299
 grace and mercy

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:46.579
 if they would just see

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.960
 who he really was.

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:50.220
 And so he confronts

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:51.379
 this religious distortion

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.960
 or perversion.

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 Secondly,

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:54.360
 we see Jesus confronting

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:56.100
 the hardening of their hearts

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:57.660
 or religious hardening.

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.920
 This one gets a little

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.980
 more practical for us.

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 Look with me again

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.539
 at verse number one

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.259
 of chapter three.

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 And he entered again

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.039
 into the synagogue

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:07.259
 and there was a man there

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:09.640
 with a withered hand.

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.220
 Now the issue

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:13.120
 between these two examples,

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.559
 not only were

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.500
 the Pharisees'

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.680
 externalism

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.220
 leading them

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.000
 to pervert

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.860
 the word of God

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:21.100
 in favor of their own rules,

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:23.599
 but their traditionalism

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:25.199
 was actually hardening

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:26.099
 their hearts

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:27.199
 to the truth

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:28.599
 of the gospel of grace.

00:24:30.219 --> 00:24:31.339
 Their commitment

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.980
 to their own truth

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:34.379
 above God's truth

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:35.799
 was hardening them

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.339
 to everything

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.199
 that was good

00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:38.079
 and logical

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:39.019
 and reasonable

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.959
 and compassionate.

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.759
 And this then becomes

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:44.120
 the theme of this second part.

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.220
 Jesus is confronting

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.799
 this hardness.

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.840
 He's trying to open

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.380
 their eyes

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.940
 to the true condition

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.620
 of their heart.

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.940
 Now the scene here

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.579
 takes place

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.740
 in a synagogue

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:54.059
 on another Sabbath day.

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.900
 Now this is proof here

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:57.299
 that Jesus was not

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.480
 trying to abolish

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.039
 the Sabbath

00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:00.220
 because he's still,

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.279
 he's going to synagogue

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.019
 on the Sabbath.

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.960
 It's not that he was

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.920
 being rebellious.

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.880
 That's not the point.

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.620
 He was correcting

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.720
 their error.

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:08.319
 And when he shows up

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.480
 at the Sabbath this day,

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.940
 there's a man there

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:12.299
 with a withered hand.

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.100
 Now,

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.860
 based on his interaction

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.420
 with Jesus,

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.480
 I assume that his condition

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.579
 was that his hand

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:20.120
 was somehow curled

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:21.000
 or withdrawn.

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.539
 It was possible

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.779
 maybe that he couldn't

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.620
 extend it at all.

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.360
 It was just kind of

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:26.460
 tucked back into his body

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.660
 in this deformity.

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.100
 Luke, I think it is

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.680
 that tells us

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.660
 that it was his right hand.

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:30.960
 Therefore,

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:32.319
 probably was

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:34.640
 even more difficult for him.

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.339
 Not only did he only

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.039
 have one hand,

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.899
 but it might not

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.379
 have even been

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.159
 his dominant hand

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:38.920
 that he could use.

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.240
 It's just a difficult

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.480
 situation for this man.

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.700
 Not life-threatening,

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.759
 but hard,

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.319
 difficult life to live.

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:46.440
 Now,

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.519
 some have suggested

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:49.299
 that the Pharisees

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.519
 had actually arranged,

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.720
 as they did at other times,

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:53.259
 for this man to be there

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.299
 on the day that they knew

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.279
 Jesus to be there.

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.279
 And we think that

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.339
 because in verse 2,

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:00.019
 they're watching him

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:02.759
 to see if he'll heal him.

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.559
 They were wanting

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.720
 to trap him.

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.279
 They wanted to trap

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.880
 Jesus here in this moment.

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.880
 And there's a tremendous

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:11.900
 amount of irony here,

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.319
 isn't there?

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.880
 The Pharisees,

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.779
 on one hand,

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.880
 fully acknowledged

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:19.839
 Jesus' power

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:21.079
 and willingness

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:22.120
 to heal the man.

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.180
 Yet,

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:25.180
 they simultaneously

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:26.720
 desired to have him

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.200
 killed

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.720
 for doing it.

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:30.799
 Now,

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:32.500
 if this doesn't show us

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.079
 how our hearts

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.720
 can be hardened

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.279
 to the point

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.039
 that we just become

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.500
 absurd in our thinking,

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.720
 on one hand,

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.539
 they're realizing

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:41.319
 he has this power

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.640
 that only God has.

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:45.420
 But we're gonna kill him

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.740
 because we don't like that

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.160
 he's doing it

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.980
 on the Sabbath day.

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:50.500
 What?

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.259
 What was happening

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.860
 to these men?

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.740
 They had ignored

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.720
 what God wanted.

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:58.400
 They had left

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.539
 God's word

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.940
 and they had

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:02.019
 dedicated themselves

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.819
 supremely

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.980
 to their own tradition,

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:05.400
 their own form

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.900
 of religion,

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.799
 the own things

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.599
 that they wanted

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.360
 and their hearts

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:08.980
 just kept getting

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.380
 more and more hard

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.880
 and so that

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:12.039
 the son of God

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.339
 is standing before them

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.519
 and they even know it.

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.700
 Intellectually,

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.720
 they know it

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.759
 and yet they still

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.440
 deny him

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.500
 and they still reject him.

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:19.819
 Why?

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.600
 Because they were

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.580
 committed to religion

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.600
 not to the Lord.

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.500
 This was God's issue

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.120
 in Isaiah

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:27.200
 with the nation of Israel

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:28.000
 all together.

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.880
 Remember he said,

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:30.960
 I'm so full of sacrifices

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.620
 and I'm tired

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.500
 of your Sabbaths

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.940
 and I'm tired

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.900
 of all the things

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.400
 that you're doing

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.220
 because your heart

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.120
 is far from me.

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:38.019
 You are wicked people.

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.759
 You're doing everything

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.460
 you're supposed to do

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:40.940
 on the outside

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.180
 but inside you are just

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.840
 wicked

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:45.080
 and you don't love me.

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.380
 And here we see

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.220
 that exemplified

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.000
 in the Pharisees.

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.539
 They were doing

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.299
 all these things

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.160
 everybody thought

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:51.700
 they were just like

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.660
 the most spiritual people

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.140
 in the world

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.980
 but the truth was

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.600
 they were wicked,

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.819
 wicked people.

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:59.000
 And the same thing

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.940
 happens now.

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.559
 And it happens

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.259
 in churches

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:04.380
 when people come in

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.759
 and they've got

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.860
 all the things together

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.740
 and they've really

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.680
 built up this

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:09.420
 externalism in their lives

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.960
 but their hearts

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:11.160
 are far from God.

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:13.779
 Jesus is confronting that.

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.779
 He's confronting

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.740
 these people

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.279
 that have hardened

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.819
 their hearts

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.680
 through this.

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.539
 Let's look how he does it.

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:20.359
 What were they hardened to?

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.819
 First,

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.339
 they were hardened

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.819
 to true worship.

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.379
 They were hardened

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.539
 to true worship.

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.420
 Look at verse 2.

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.000
 And they watched him

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.339
 whether he would

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.160
 heal the man

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.359
 on the Sabbath day

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:35.519
 that they might

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.700
 accuse him.

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.639
 Accused here

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:40.079
 is not just

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.359
 pointing out

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.299
 that he did something

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:43.000
 on the Sabbath day.

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.759
 They were seeking

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:45.200
 to bring formal charges

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.140
 against Jesus

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.960
 which meant

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:48.019
 that he would have been

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:49.980
 a candidate

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.920
 for execution.

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.440
 They were trying

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.519
 to kill him.

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.180
 They were trying

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.059
 to charge him formally.

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.000
 So they're watching him.

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.279
 They're keeping

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.819
 their eyes on him.

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.940
 Well, what's the problem

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.400
 with this?

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.940
 Well, there's a problem

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.380
 that they're trying

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:00.740
 to kill him

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.680
 but there's also

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.460
 a problem that

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:04.720
 they are

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:06.180
 the Sabbath keepers

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:08.400
 and God had said

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.880
 to the nation of Israel

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:11.359
 part of the reason

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.039
 I want you to keep

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.700
 the Sabbath is

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.339
 because I want you

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.639
 to reflect on the fact

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:16.240
 that I delivered you

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.220
 from bondage in Egypt

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.559
 and that I have made

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.599
 my covenant with you.

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:22.059
 Same reason we worship today

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.279
 just from the New Testament

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.079
 perspective, right?

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.839
 God has delivered us

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.519
 from our sin.

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.920
 He has delivered us

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.559
 from death.

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.759
 He has covenanted

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.079
 with us to be his people

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.920
 for all of eternity

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:33.559
 and so we worship him

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.980
 Jesus who is our

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.879
 Sabbath rest, right?

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.839
 So all of it

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.420
 is still there.

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.379
 Worship was a part

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.520
 of this Sabbath observance.

00:29:41.520 --> 00:29:42.940
 Worship was the last thing

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.840
 on these guys' mind.

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.320
 Now listen,

00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:46.500
 they were where

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.480
 they were supposed to be.

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:50.100
 They were in our terms,

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.960
 they were in church

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.400
 on Saturday

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.000
 but we would say

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.320
 on Sunday

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.340
 they're in church.

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.700
 They're doing everything

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.500
 they're supposed to do.

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.320
 They're following

00:29:59.320 --> 00:30:00.000
 all the rules.

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.740
 As far as everybody

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.440
 else can tell,

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:04.260
 they've got it together

00:30:04.260 --> 00:30:05.540
 in ways that nobody

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:06.160
 else does.

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:08.660
 And yet the last thing

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.420
 that they think about

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.519
 doing on this Sabbath day

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.440
 is worshiping the Lord.

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:11.759
 Why?

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.580
 Because they're watching

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.340
 Jesus to see

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:15.380
 if they can trap him

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:17.440
 so that they can charge him

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:19.279
 so that they can kill him.

00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:20.900
 And it's amazing

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.500
 how this happens

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.120
 with us, doesn't it?

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.240
 We start to give

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.000
 into our traditions,

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.820
 we start to give

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.500
 into the things

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.800
 that we have created

00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:27.960
 on top of God's law

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.980
 and those things

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.560
 start to become

00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.500
 more important to us

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.980
 than what God

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.759
 has actually said

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.960
 and it hardens our heart

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.660
 to true worship.

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.980
 So we'll come to church

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.440
 on Sunday,

00:30:35.540 --> 00:30:36.080
 we're there.

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:38.040
 We look the way

00:30:38.040 --> 00:30:38.900
 we're supposed to look

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.740
 however we've determined

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.580
 that's supposed to be.

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.720
 We do the things

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.640
 we're supposed to do

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:45.660
 but our hearts

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.460
 are far from the Lord.

00:30:46.540 --> 00:30:46.940
 The last thing

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.519
 we're thinking about

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.060
 is worship

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.960
 because we're making sure

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.400
 that we've got

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:50.560
 all of our formalism together

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:51.380
 or we're making sure

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.220
 like the Pharisees,

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.840
 everybody else

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:54.240
 has all their formalism together.

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.620
 You ever been around

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.300
 people like that?

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.259
 You ever been a person

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.759
 like that?

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.360
 I have.

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.519
 And what happens

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.200
 is we come into church

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.259
 and we've got all these

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.900
 things in our mind

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.580
 and we're thinking

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:05.860
 okay,

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.100
 this is how we're

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.759
 supposed to dress

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.280
 and this is what

00:31:08.280 --> 00:31:09.040
 the music is supposed

00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:09.700
 to sound like

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.440
 and this is how

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.200
 the songs are supposed

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.759
 to be structured

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.340
 and this is when

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:13.140
 we're supposed to do this

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.500
 and this is when

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.100
 we're supposed to do this

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:15.480
 and all the things,

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:15.759
 right?

00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:17.800
 And then we come in

00:31:17.800 --> 00:31:18.360
 and we make sure

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:19.100
 that all that stuff

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:19.560
 is happening.

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:19.980
 We make sure

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.560
 that everybody else

00:31:20.560 --> 00:31:21.280
 is doing it too

00:31:21.280 --> 00:31:22.300
 and then we come in

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.659
 on Sunday

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.079
 and we leave

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.720
 at 1130

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.319
 or 1230

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.680
 or 130

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.359
 whenever it is

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.559
 we leave the door

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:28.279
 and we haven't given

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.500
 the Lord one ounce

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.359
 of attention that day.

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.879
 We haven't worshipped

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.299
 at all.

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.680
 Why?

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.339
 Because we're just

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:34.339
 consumed with self.

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.839
 We're consumed

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.720
 with what we want.

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.159
 We're consumed

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.960
 with our preferences.

00:31:37.159 --> 00:31:37.559
 We're consumed

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:40.059
 with these legalistic mindsets

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:41.480
 and it's ironic then

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.960
 how sometimes

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:44.200
 we become hardened

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:46.279
 to the thing

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.259
 that we think

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.099
 we are actually

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:49.399
 trying to preserve

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:51.780
 and we think

00:31:51.780 --> 00:31:52.320
 we've got all

00:31:52.320 --> 00:31:53.040
 of these traditions

00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:54.300
 and these formalities

00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:54.740
 and things

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:56.180
 and in the process

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.560
 of that

00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:58.160
 we are preserving

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.820
 true worship

00:31:58.820 --> 00:32:00.140
 and then in reality

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.120
 we're actually denying

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.700
 true worship.

00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:02.360
 We're not actually

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:03.360
 engaging our hearts.

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.480
 The problem's not

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.040
 with tradition.

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.940
 The problem is

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.600
 with our heart

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:09.160
 and so they had

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.720
 become hardened

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.220
 to that.

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.500
 Weren't thinking

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.320
 anything about the Lord

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.840
 on this day.

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.840
 Secondly,

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.519
 they were hardened

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.300
 to compassion

00:32:15.300 --> 00:32:16.600
 and this is as clear

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:17.560
 as anything in the passage.

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.040
 They were hardened

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.700
 to compassion.

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:20.680
 Look with me

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:22.440
 at verse 3.

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.980
 And he said

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.539
 unto the man

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:27.200
 which had the withered hand

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:29.019
 stand forth

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:30.139
 or stand in the middle

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.480
 of the room.

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.079
 He brings him up

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.799
 in front of everybody

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.299
 like we did

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.159
 with Joseph and Missy.

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.399
 Everybody's looking

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:34.920
 at this man

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.879
 which you know

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.539
 had to have been

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.779
 just like the worst thing

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.680
 for him.

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:40.399
 He probably hated that.

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.960
 We're going to come back

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.440
 to that in a minute.

00:32:42.659 --> 00:32:43.839
 And he said unto them

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:46.259
 to the Pharisees that is,

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:48.119
 is it lawful?

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:48.980
 Is it right?

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.659
 They were meant

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:50.440
 to do good

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.019
 on the Sabbath

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:53.000
 or to do evil

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.859
 on the Sabbath

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:55.879
 to save life

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:57.559
 or to kill it.

00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:00.399
 But they held their peace.

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.200
 They kept silent.

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.159
 The hardness

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:05.399
 of the Pharisees' hearts

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:05.960
 had brought

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:07.980
 two emotions

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.899
 into Jesus

00:33:08.899 --> 00:33:10.000
 that we're going to get to

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.740
 in just a moment.

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:13.299
 But those emotions

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.359
 were produced

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:16.079
 by this response.

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:19.119
 in the grain fields,

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.279
 it was the Pharisees

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.359
 who confronted Jesus.

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.899
 In this case,

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.419
 it's Jesus

00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:24.159
 that confronts

00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:24.819
 the Pharisees.

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.679
 And there's kind of

00:33:25.679 --> 00:33:26.439
 a recall to

00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:27.699
 the healing of the paralytic.

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.699
 He reads their minds.

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.960
 They're not verbalizing this

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.500
 at this point.

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.559
 He just knows

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.240
 what's in their heart

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.339
 and he addresses it.

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.159
 And so Jesus

00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:36.399
 confronts their head plan

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.000
 head on

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.880
 by bringing this man

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.440
 up to the front

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:40.920
 of the room.

00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:42.180
 And then he turns

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.800
 to the Pharisees

00:33:42.800 --> 00:33:43.240
 and he says,

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.600
 listen,

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.820
 is it right

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:46.820
 to do good

00:33:46.820 --> 00:33:47.480
 or evil today?

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.480
 That's a simple question.

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:51.259
 There's only one

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.060
 possible answer

00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:52.720
 to that question,

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.360
 actually.

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.140
 It wasn't tricked.

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.600
 There was one answer.

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.440
 Well,

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.160
 it's right to do good.

00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:00.120
 It's never right

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.620
 to do evil,

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:02.200
 but it's right

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.740
 to do good.

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:05.579
 He was exposing

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.359
 the hypocrisy

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.319
 that was in their hearts.

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.280
 They wanted

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:11.619
 to deny Jesus

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.739
 the right

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.840
 to heal this man

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.679
 on the Sabbath

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:17.079
 while blatantly

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.679
 planning to do evil

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.800
 themselves

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.960
 on the Sabbath.

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:23.380
 There's hypocrisy here.

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.940
 He's also confronting

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:27.239
 their lack of compassion.

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.619
 They didn't care

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.639
 anything about this man.

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.460
 They couldn't have cared

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.179
 less if this man

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:34.039
 was actually healed

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.960
 except for the fact

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.800
 that Jesus healing him

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:39.079
 gave them an opportunity

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:40.860
 to accuse him.

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:41.940
 And again,

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.900
 in Matthew's account,

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.599
 Jesus confronts

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.079
 these men

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.039
 with a different story.

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.740
 And he says,

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.559
 which one of you,

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.980
 if you had a sheep

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.599
 on the Sabbath

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.559
 that fell into a pit,

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.360
 wouldn't get it out?

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.460
 And then he looks

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.099
 at him and he says,

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:57.119
 is not a man

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.360
 better than an animal?

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:01.119
 That depends on

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.460
 who you ask

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.119
 that question to.

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.679
 But they would have

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.440
 certainly answered,

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:06.440
 well, yeah.

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.920
 Man's better than him.

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.179
 He's drawing out

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:11.360
 this lack of compassion,

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:13.000
 this hypocrisy

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.599
 that existed

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.559
 in their hearts.

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.800
 Well, to what end?

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.659
 Their lack of compassion

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:22.440
 had placed them

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.679
 as enemies of God

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.860
 rather than

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.500
 the representatives

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.320
 that they thought

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.699
 they were.

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:29.639
 one of the things

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.059
 that we see

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.619
 over and over

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.139
 in the scripture

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.980
 is that for those

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.919
 who love God,

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:34.279
 those who pursue him,

00:35:34.419 --> 00:35:36.079
 those who follow him

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:37.259
 begin to exhibit

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:38.139
 his heart.

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.759
 And what is clear

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.359
 through the scripture

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:41.859
 is God's compassionate,

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:43.539
 merciful heart.

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:44.659
 So on one end,

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.579
 there's the Pharisees

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.439
 who say that

00:35:46.439 --> 00:35:47.500
 they are following God,

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.259
 yet they are nothing

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:48.899
 like him.

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.679
 And then there's Jesus

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.559
 on the other end

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.879
 in contrast to that,

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:54.539
 who is the very

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:56.000
 nature of God,

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.320
 the very expression

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.140
 of who God is

00:35:58.140 --> 00:35:58.760
 and what's he doing,

00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:00.140
 showing compassion

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:01.420
 to this man.

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:02.539
 It's logical,

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:04.780
 but their commitment

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.680
 to tradition

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:07.579
 had hardened them to it.

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.840
 Now,

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:10.059
 their silence

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.820
 becomes an issue.

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.660
 It wasn't that

00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:13.200
 they didn't know

00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:13.800
 what to say.

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.660
 It wasn't that

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:16.400
 they felt bad.

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.539
 That's not what's

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.099
 happening here.

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.519
 They just refused

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.360
 to say what they knew

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.860
 to be true.

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.660
 To answer

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.360
 in the affirmative

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:26.680
 to Jesus' question

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:28.079
 meant that they

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.860
 were acknowledging

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.700
 that it was good

00:36:29.700 --> 00:36:30.340
 for him to do

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.900
 what he was doing

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.599
 for this man.

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:33.559
 And they just refused

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:35.200
 to do it.

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.579
 So they kept silent.

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:38.160
 They said nothing.

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:39.200
 They couldn't say

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.800
 that it was right

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.360
 to do evil.

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.720
 There were only two choices

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.380
 in the question,

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.640
 but they refused to say

00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:44.460
 it was right to do good.

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.059
 They prefer that

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.780
 he just do nothing.

00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:47.820
 They would have

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.420
 rather this man

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.559
 continue in this disability

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.400
 the rest of his life

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:51.140
 than for Jesus

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:51.619
 to heal him

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.360
 on the Sabbath day.

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.740
 No compassion.

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.300
 Tradition did that.

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.160
 Harden them.

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.340
 Thirdly,

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.440
 they were hardened

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.920
 to grace.

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.800
 This is the best part.

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:01.780
 Look at verses 5 and 6.

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:04.140
 When he had looked

00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:05.140
 round about on them

00:37:05.140 --> 00:37:05.720
 with anger

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:06.860
 being greed

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.400
 for the hardness

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.180
 of their hearts

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:09.720
 he said unto the man

00:37:09.720 --> 00:37:10.940
 stretch forth

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.519
 thine hand

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:13.460
 and he stretched it out

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.420
 and his hand

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.920
 was restored

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.720
 whole as the other.

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:16.559
 Now,

00:37:16.660 --> 00:37:17.500
 like I said a minute ago

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:19.400
 the Pharisees'

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:20.019
 hardness

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:21.380
 had produced two emotions

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:22.139
 in Jesus here.

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:22.940
 Anger

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:25.239
 and grief.

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.599
 He was angry

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.139
 at the hardness

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.880
 of their hearts

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:30.239
 but he was heartbroken

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:32.199
 by the condition

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:33.739
 of their soul.

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.400
 Can I say

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.480
 this is the wonder

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:39.639
 of God's grace.

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:42.059
 The wonder

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.920
 of God's grace

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.819
 is that he cared

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:45.359
 just as much

00:37:45.359 --> 00:37:46.759
 about the Pharisees'

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.920
 spiritual condition

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.980
 as he did

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:50.059
 about the man's

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:51.440
 physical condition.

00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:52.639
 Yes,

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.199
 he was angry

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.699
 at the hardness

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.279
 of his heart

00:37:54.279 --> 00:37:55.139
 but that anger

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.779
 was produced

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:56.759
 from compassion

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:58.259
 for those men.

00:37:58.260 --> 00:38:00.600
 And we look

00:38:00.600 --> 00:38:01.340
 at people like that

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.920
 and we think

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.220
 man,

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.520
 I just,

00:38:02.620 --> 00:38:03.080
 I don't want

00:38:03.080 --> 00:38:03.600
 anything to do

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:03.940
 with them.

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.500
 I'd just rather

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.920
 them not be

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.660
 anywhere in my life.

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.860
 Jesus didn't do that.

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.800
 He looked at

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.820
 with compassion

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.920
 even on these Pharisees

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.760
 who were denying him

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.340
 who he knew

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:13.240
 would continue

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:14.400
 to deny him

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:16.000
 yet he was grieved.

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.960
 He felt sorrow

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.920
 in his heart

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.780
 for them.

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.120
 Why?

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:21.340
 Because they were

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:22.220
 doing this denial

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:22.880
 to their own

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.900
 destruction.

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.820
 And then this

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.580
 whole episode

00:38:26.580 --> 00:38:27.980
 turns into

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.619
 an expression

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.679
 of God's grace.

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.019
 Now remember

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:32.260
 Jesus' healings

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:33.199
 are never just

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:33.860
 about healing.

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.360
 They're parables

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:36.500
 of a greater healing

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:38.440
 an eternal healing

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.079
 of heart

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:41.139
 and of soul.

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:43.179
 So this is about

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.360
 the gospel of grace.

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:44.860
 Now,

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:46.599
 I think it's interesting

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:49.219
 that Jesus asked

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:50.079
 the man to do

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:51.380
 the one thing

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.119
 that he couldn't do.

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:55.480
 He's got a withered hand.

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.460
 It's curled.

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.059
 It's withdrawn.

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:58.960
 He can't stretch it out.

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:00.079
 And what is it

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.860
 that Jesus tells him

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.219
 to do?

00:39:02.279 --> 00:39:03.400
 Stretch out your hand.

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.539
 We can't do that.

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.679
 He can't do that.

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.880
 It was going to take

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.519
 faith

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:12.380
 on this man's part

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:14.179
 to receive this miracle.

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.179
 Jesus was willing

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:16.000
 to provide it.

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:17.079
 But it was going to

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.639
 take faith

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.299
 on his part.

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.500
 He's going to have

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.360
 to stick his hand out.

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.219
 He could have run

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.759
 out of the room

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:23.739
 embarrassed.

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:25.919
 He could have said,

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.639
 I can't believe

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.039
 you brought me

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.419
 in front of all

00:39:27.419 --> 00:39:27.919
 these people.

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.859
 I'm embarrassed.

00:39:29.259 --> 00:39:29.719
 I don't want to have

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.699
 anything to do with you

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.839
 and I'm going to leave.

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:33.079
 Because what was Jesus

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.799
 really doing

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.619
 bringing this man

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:35.039
 up to the front?

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.299
 We say,

00:39:35.379 --> 00:39:36.159
 this is kind of cruel.

00:39:36.279 --> 00:39:36.519
 No.

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.899
 This is what happens

00:39:37.899 --> 00:39:38.559
 anytime somebody

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.279
 comes to Christ.

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:42.299
 He strips them down

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:44.239
 of anything

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:44.919
 that they're trying

00:39:44.919 --> 00:39:45.539
 to hide.

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.799
 He forces us

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:47.319
 to confront

00:39:47.319 --> 00:39:48.219
 our own condition.

00:39:48.859 --> 00:39:49.839
 In salvation,

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:51.780
 Jesus forces us

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.280
 to confront

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:53.260
 our own condition.

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.800
 It's only then

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:56.140
 that he can change

00:39:56.140 --> 00:39:56.680
 our hearts

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:57.980
 and that we will

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.880
 exhibit that faith

00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:00.700
 and receive his grace.

00:40:01.720 --> 00:40:02.340
 That's what he's

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:03.120
 doing with this man.

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.820
 The man didn't have

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.660
 to stick his hand out.

00:40:05.680 --> 00:40:06.019
 He could have ran

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.400
 out of the room

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:06.900
 and he would have

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.600
 stayed disabled.

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:09.860
 But Jesus says,

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.420
 stretch out your hand.

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.019
 What does the man do?

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:12.320
 He stretches out his hand.

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.400
 Now, his hand

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.300
 doesn't come out

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:15.640
 and then all of a sudden

00:40:15.640 --> 00:40:16.539
 Jesus heals it.

00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:16.860
 No.

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.900
 As it comes out,

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:19.079
 he recognizes it's healed.

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:20.099
 which tells us

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.559
 another thing

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.380
 about God's grace.

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.639
 Yes, it takes our faith.

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:24.420
 We have to exercise

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.980
 that faith

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.759
 but what we realize

00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.420
 is that God's

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:27.059
 already been working

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:28.139
 in his grace

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:29.019
 behind the scenes

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:30.179
 to make all of that happen.

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:31.420
 It's fantastic.

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:33.099
 It's fantastic.

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.840
 What joy

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:36.299
 this man must have

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:36.920
 experienced

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:38.319
 in that moment

00:40:38.319 --> 00:40:39.900
 to see this grace

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:41.500
 and to witness

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:42.360
 what Jesus

00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:43.460
 was doing for him.

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.779
 It stood in contrast

00:40:45.779 --> 00:40:46.759
 to what the Pharisees

00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:47.639
 believed and taught.

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:49.619
 They insisted

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:51.039
 a commitment to law

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:52.679
 is what was necessary

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:54.779
 but Jesus demonstrated

00:40:54.779 --> 00:40:55.379
 this was all

00:40:55.379 --> 00:40:56.119
 of God's grace.

00:40:56.799 --> 00:40:57.599
 This man didn't

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.279
 deserve healing.

00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:01.559
 The fact of his disability

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.339
 didn't make him

00:41:02.339 --> 00:41:02.799
 deserving

00:41:02.799 --> 00:41:03.679
 of any kind of healing.

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:06.559
 That was God's grace.

00:41:07.379 --> 00:41:08.639
 Same thing with our soul.

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:09.920
 Now,

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:11.519
 I love how Jesus

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.559
 did exactly what

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:13.239
 the Pharisees

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:14.379
 hoped that he would do.

00:41:15.379 --> 00:41:16.299
 Did you notice that?

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:19.920
 But he did it

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.280
 in a way

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:21.320
 that they could charge him.

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:23.320
 This is awesome.

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.460
 These men

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:26.320
 are watching Jesus

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:27.039
 meticulously

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:28.140
 to see what he will do

00:41:28.140 --> 00:41:28.560
 because they want

00:41:28.560 --> 00:41:29.160
 to charge him.

00:41:29.200 --> 00:41:29.840
 They want to accuse him.

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.700
 They want to murder him.

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:32.480
 And Jesus heals the man.

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:34.039
 But how does he do it?

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:35.280
 He's standing there.

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:36.240
 If he had pockets

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:36.640
 in his robe,

00:41:36.700 --> 00:41:37.120
 maybe he's sticking

00:41:37.120 --> 00:41:37.960
 his hands in his pockets.

00:41:39.200 --> 00:41:40.140
 And he just says,

00:41:40.200 --> 00:41:40.580
 hey buddy,

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:42.539
 stick your hand out here.

00:41:43.660 --> 00:41:44.400
 And he's healed.

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.559
 The miracle happens.

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:46.519
 But what are they going to say?

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:48.180
 He talked to him.

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.440
 That went against the rules.

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:50.579
 He could talk.

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.940
 What they wanted Jesus

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:53.059
 to do was like touch him

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:54.300
 or do something physical

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:55.220
 so that they could say

00:41:55.220 --> 00:41:56.039
 he did work,

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:56.740
 that this miracle

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:58.380
 was a work on the Sabbath

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:59.280
 and they could charge him

00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:00.380
 and have him put to death.

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:01.840
 But Jesus accomplishes

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:02.400
 this miracle

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:03.619
 all at the same time

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:05.220
 of not doing it

00:42:05.220 --> 00:42:05.619
 in a way

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.519
 where they could actually

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:07.079
 charge him

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.780
 with anything

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.480
 in that moment.

00:42:08.700 --> 00:42:09.720
 It's just fantastic,

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:10.039
 isn't it?

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.720
 I wish I could think

00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:11.559
 like Jesus thinks.

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:14.460
 And it's just awesome to see.

00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:15.840
 And what's the result of it?

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:18.719
 It infuriated them.

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:20.980
 Look at verse six.

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:24.639
 And the Pharisees went forth

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:27.079
 and they bowed to Jesus

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:28.579
 in conviction of heart

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:31.000
 and said,

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:31.900
 Lord, forgive us

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.639
 for our denial.

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:35.460
 What a wonderful demonstration

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.320
 of compassion

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:37.559
 and grace you have given.

00:42:38.699 --> 00:42:39.779
 Please forgive us.

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:42.620
 That's not what they said.

00:42:43.540 --> 00:42:44.660
 That's what they should have said.

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:47.680
 They said,

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:49.240
 we're going to go find

00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:49.900
 the Herodians

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:51.620
 who are our political enemies

00:42:51.620 --> 00:42:53.940
 and we're together

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.340
 going to see

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:55.300
 if we can find a way

00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:56.940
 to destroy them.

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.240
 Why?

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.800
 Because he didn't follow

00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:03.320
 their rules.

00:43:06.120 --> 00:43:07.640
 Their traditionalism,

00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:09.599
 their legalism

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:11.159
 hardened them

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:12.659
 to grace

00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:14.639
 in two ways.

00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:17.299
 They were infuriated

00:43:17.299 --> 00:43:18.940
 that this disabled man

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:20.119
 received grace.

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:21.059
 They probably thought

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.619
 he was disabled

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.739
 because God didn't love him.

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:24.199
 God didn't want anything

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:24.619
 to do with him.

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:25.259
 They was mad at him.

00:43:26.379 --> 00:43:27.159
 They didn't like

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:28.440
 that he received healing.

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:30.219
 But there was a different

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:31.420
 hardening to grace

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:32.219
 and it was the grace

00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:33.019
 that they themselves

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:33.659
 could receive.

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:36.359
 The evidence was there

00:43:36.359 --> 00:43:37.639
 of who Jesus is.

00:43:37.759 --> 00:43:38.299
 It's clear.

00:43:39.839 --> 00:43:40.920
 They knew it.

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:43.859
 They just refused it.

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:47.139
 How many people

00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:48.420
 will there be

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:50.639
 that we meet

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.279
 in this life,

00:43:51.379 --> 00:43:52.299
 especially in

00:43:52.299 --> 00:43:53.079
 our,

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:55.739
 where we live

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:56.619
 in this cultural

00:43:56.619 --> 00:43:56.659
 Christianity,

00:43:57.659 --> 00:44:00.259
 that know the truth,

00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:01.620
 but they still

00:44:01.620 --> 00:44:03.060
 deny that truth.

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:06.840
 They harden

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:07.420
 themselves

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:08.180
 religiously

00:44:08.180 --> 00:44:10.040
 to the very thing

00:44:10.040 --> 00:44:11.960
 that can save them.