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 Well, while you're standing, please take your Bible.

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 We'll read the Word of God standing up here together,

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 and you can turn to the Gospel of John.

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 We're in John chapter 12 this week.

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 While you're turning there, let me kind of give you an overview

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 of the structure of the book of John,

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 because in this chapter we have a shift.

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 So John chapter 1 is the prologue,

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 and then the conclusion of the whole Gospel according to John

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 is John chapter 21.

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 So you've got a prologue at the beginning, a conclusion at the end.

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 And in the middle, there are two books, you know, we could say.

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 So the first one is the book of the signs,

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 the book of the seven signs that are pointing to the final work of Christ,

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 and then the second book is called the book of His hour,

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 and it's the passion of Christ.

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 So you're going to see some language as we read this,

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 John chapter 12, that's indicating a shift into the second half of the book.

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 And just so you know too, just mapping it out,

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 my plan is that at least this summer,

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 in my mind we could do this for 30 years,

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 every summer at least,

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 but at least this summer we're going to be going through one psalm,

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 you know, the great book of psalms.

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 These were the songbook of Jesus, it was His hymnal.

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 We're going to go through one psalm every Lord's Day.

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 So my plan is to get up until somewhere around John 13,

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 somewhere in there,

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 and then we'll pause and we'll go through psalms for about eight weeks or so,

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 and then we'll pick up in the Gospel of John in the fall,

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 and we'll probably finish the book of John around December.

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 So just so you know, that's where we're headed.

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 All right.

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 And while you've got it there now,

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 so John chapter 12,

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 go ahead and look at verse 23.

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 So John chapter 12, verse 23,

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 see what Jesus says?

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 He says,

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 The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 So our Lord Jesus Himself is indicating a shift,

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 because up until this point He said,

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 it's not my time, it's not my hour.

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 Now in John 12, the hour is here.

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 One of our older kids asked me earlier this week,

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 where are we at?

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 What's the sermon about?

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 Like, what's the story?

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 And I said, well, you remember last week it was the raising of Lazarus.

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 This week is the effect that that had.

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 Like, how did that change everything?

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 And that's what we're going to see today.

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 It's the effect of Lazarus coming back to life.

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 And what I want you to listen to in these first 26 verses,

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 Lazarus' name still comes up four different times here.

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 All right.

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 So John chapter 12,

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 beginning of verse 1 through verse 26.

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 And as you hear this, remember,

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 this is the inspired, inerrant, infallible,

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 clear and sufficient Word of God.

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 Six days before the Passover,

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 Jesus therefore came to Bethany,

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 where Lazarus was,

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 whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

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 So they gave a dinner for Him there.

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 Martha served,

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 and Lazarus was one of those reclining with Him at table.

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 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment,

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 made from pure nard,

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 and anointed the feet of Jesus,

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 and wiped His feet with her hair.

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 The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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 Verse 4,

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 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples,

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 he who was about to betray Him, said,

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 Why was this ointment not sold for 300 denarii

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 and given to the poor?

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 He said this not because He cared about the poor,

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 but because He was a thief.

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 And having charge of the money bag,

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 He used to help Himself to what was put into it.

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 Jesus said,

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 Leave her alone,

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 so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.

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 For the poor you always have with you,

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 but you do not always have me.

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 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there,

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 they came, not only on account of Him,

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 but also to see Lazarus,

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 whom He had raised from the dead.

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 So the chief priests made plans

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 to put Lazarus to death as well,

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 because on account of Him,

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 many of the Jews were going away

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 and believing in Jesus.

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 Verse 12,

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 The next day,

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 the large crowd that had come to the feast

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 heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

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 So they took branches of palm trees

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 and went out to meet Him,

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 crying out,

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 Hosanna!

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 Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord,

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 even the King of Israel!

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 And Jesus found a young donkey

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 and sat on it,

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 just as it is written,

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 Fear not, daughter of Zion,

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 behold, your King is coming,

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 sitting on a donkey's colt.

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 His disciples did not understand these things at first,

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 but when Jesus was glorified,

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 then they remembered

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 that these things had been written about Him

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 and had been done to Him.

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 The crowd that had been with Him

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 when He called Lazarus out of the tomb

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 and raised Him from the dead

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 continued to bear witness.

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 The reason why the crowd went to meet Him

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 was that they had heard He had done this sign.

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 So the Pharisees said to one another,

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 You see that you are gaining nothing.

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 Look, the world has gone after Him.

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 Verse 20,

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 Now some,

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 now those,

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 I'm sorry, excuse me,

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 now among those who went up

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 to worship at the feast

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 were some Greeks.

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 So these came to Philip,

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 who was from Bethsaida in Galilee,

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 and asked Him,

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 Sir, we wish to see Jesus.

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 Philip went and told Andrew,

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 Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus,

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 and Jesus answered them,

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 The hour has come

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 for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 Truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 unless a grain of wheat

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 falls into the earth

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 and dies,

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 it remains alone.

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 But if it dies,

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 it bears much fruit.

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 Whoever loves his life

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 loses it,

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 and whoever hates his life

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 in this world

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 will keep it

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 for eternal life.

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 If anyone serves me,

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 he must follow me,

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 and where I am,

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 there will my servant be also.

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 If anyone serves me,

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 the Father will honor him.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 You may be seated.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Father, I ask that

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 by the power of your Holy Spirit,

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 you will cause us

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 in our minds

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 and in our hearts

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 to see Jesus,

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 to behold you,

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 Lord God,

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 in the flesh,

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 as the hour

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 of your great work

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 to be glorified

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 has arrived.

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 Please speak to us,

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 Lord.

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 Help us to not only understand,

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 but to receive your word.

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 And I pray, Lord,

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 that by the power of your Spirit,

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 you will change us.

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 You will make us

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 prepared for the gospel.

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 And that when you work

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 in our hearts,

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 the gospel,

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 it will change everything

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 in our lives.

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 For your glory we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, beloved congregation

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the question I invite you

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 to ponder today is this.

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 Which life

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 do you love most?

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 Which life do you love most?

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 See, at the end of our text,

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 we just read this.

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 Jesus says,

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 if you love your life

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 in this world,

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 it will perish.

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 But if you lay down

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 your life in this world

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 through union with Christ,

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 He will preserve your soul

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 for eternity.

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 There is this life

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 and there is the life

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 to come.

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 I think Lazarus

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 is one man,

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 one illustration

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 of this great truth.

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 There is a spiritual kingdom

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 to come.

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 And the soul of Lazarus,

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 he had died.

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 His soul had left his body.

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 The soul of Lazarus

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 was put back into his body.

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 He got new life

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 in this world.

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 If we ask Lazarus

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 that question,

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 I think his answer

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 would be pretty easy.

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 Do you prefer this life

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 in this fallen sinful world?

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 Or do you prefer

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 the life that your soul

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 will enjoy for eternity

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 in Christ,

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 the kingdom of heaven?

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 Now, we're going to walk

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 through verse by verse,

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 but I was even thinking

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 about this, you know,

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 for myself.

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 Think of all that we have

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 to do to take care

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 of our body.

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 And we should take care

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 of our body.

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 We brush our teeth,

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 we get our hair cut,

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 we trim our nails.

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 We do a lot.

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 We feed, we exercise,

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 you know.

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 But think about your soul.

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 And when you think

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 of who you are,

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 do you think first

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 of your body

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 when you stand in the mirror,

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 that's who I am?

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 Or do you think first

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 of your soul?

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 We have a body,

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 we have a soul.

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 That picture that we got

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 with Lazarus

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 getting a new life,

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 it's really to teach us

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 you have a new life.

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 When God breathes life

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 and gives,

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 regenerates your heart,

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 He breathes a new soul

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 into you.

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 That's how Paul explains it

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 in 2 Corinthians 5, 17.

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 If anyone is in Christ,

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 he is a new creation.

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 The old has passed away.

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 Behold, the new has come.

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 So if your soul

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 is united to Christ,

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 the new creation

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 has already begun

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 in you,

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 in your soul.

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 So chapter 11,

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 we saw how Lazarus

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 was raised from the dead.

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 Life conquered death.

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 Light conquered darkness.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 is conquering

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 the domain

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 of the kingdom

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 of the earth.

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 It was the free gift

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 of God's grace,

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 life in Christ

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 that conquered

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 the wages

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 of Adam's sin,

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 which is death.

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 Well, in chapter 11,

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 it was about God

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 giving one man

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 new life.

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 And here in chapter 12,

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 I believe it's like

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 the ripple effects

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 of a new life.

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 So picture yourself

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 in one of those

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 beautiful lakes

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 here in Colorado

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 and you're down

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 almost on the level

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 of the water

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 and it's perfectly still,

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 no wind.

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 You could take

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 the tiniest little pebble

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 and drop it

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 and you'll see

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 a ripple effect,

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 won't you?

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 And that's how it is.

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 When God breathes life

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 into one soul,

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 just one person

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 who will believe in him,

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 it causes a ripple effect.

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 I believe that's what

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 we will see

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 in this chapter.

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 Jesus said,

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 whoever loves

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 his life

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 loses it.

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 Whoever hates

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 his life in this world

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 will keep it

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 for eternal life.

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 So the Bible teaches,

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 our Lord Jesus Christ

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 teaches that there

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 are two lives.

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 There's the life

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 of the flesh

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 and there's the life

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 of the spirit.

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 There's a life

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 that's enslaved

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 in darkness

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 and there's a life

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 that's received

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 the light

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 of the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 There is a life

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 that's perishing

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 but there is a life

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 for your soul

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 that is imperishable.

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 There is the earthly life

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 and there is the heavenly life.

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 Which life

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 do you love most?

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 Now look at verse 1.

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 We read that

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 Jesus

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 six days

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 before the Passover.

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 Now this is the first time

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 that the Apostle John

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 in this gospel

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 does not call this

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 the feast of the Jews.

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 So he's already

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 indicating a shift.

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 He's anticipating.

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 This is about,

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 this feast of the Passover

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 is about to be transformed.

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 He came to Bethany

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 where Lazarus was

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 which had been raised

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 from the dead

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 whom he raised

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 from the dead.

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 Now

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 Lazarus got a new life

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 and it changed everything.

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 There was a Puritan pastor

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 named Richard Sibbes

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 and it was said of him

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 that he was a wicked man.

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 He was a sinner.

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 But when they looked

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 at his life

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 as an old man,

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 as a man who had been

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 just loving the Lord,

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 serving him within the church

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 for many, many years,

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 they looked at Richard Sibbes,

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 this old pastor,

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 and they said,

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 heaven was in him

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 before he was in heaven.

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 That's probably a great way

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 to describe Lazarus.

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 The new life he got

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 four times mentioned

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 in this passage.

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 You could say

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 heaven was in Christ

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 before Christ's bodily,

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 glorified body

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 was back in heaven.

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 And the same might have been

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 true of Lazarus.

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 We don't get much focus

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 on Lazarus.

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 The focus is on Christ.

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 Brian Voss helped me

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 to see next

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 in verses two and three

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 a great contrast here.

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 We're going to see

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 a contrast between

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 Lazarus and his two sisters

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 versus Judas.

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 And that's the focus

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 of John,

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 how he tells this story.

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 So what I want you

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 to observe is this,

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 that we're told

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 that Martha

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 and Lazarus

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 and Mary,

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 they're each

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 are doing something

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 but they don't say anything.

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 Their actions

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 say it all.

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 There's no dialogue

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 with them.

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 But the life of heaven

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 abounds in grateful service

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 in communion with Christ.

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 See, they see this new life

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 in their brother

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 and look at the result.

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 In verse two,

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 they made a dinner for him.

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 Now, in one week from now,

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 Jesus would be the one

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 preparing a dinner

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 for his disciples.

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 Bethany had been a place

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 of escape for him

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 in the past.

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 Now, the hour has arrived.

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 It's like the king

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 mounting for war,

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 for coming in for battle,

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 the last victory.

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 In chapter two,

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 Martha served

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 and Lazarus was one of them

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 who sat and reclined

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 at the table.

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 So with Martha and Lazarus,

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 we have a picture

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 of serving the Lord

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 out of gratitude

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 and relaxing

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 and reclining

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 and enjoying communion

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 with the Lord.

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 And then with the other sister,

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 we get one more

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 response of gratitude.

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 Look at verse three.

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 Then Mary took

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 a pound of ointment.

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 This is nard,

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 or some translations

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 render it spike nard.

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 And we're told

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 it was very costly.

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 What Judas says

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 gives us a price tag

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 to put on it.

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 And it was equivalent

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 to one year's wages.

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 So before bank accounts

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 and stuff like that,

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 you had to store up

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 all your reserves,

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 all your money

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 in something physical.

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 This was her one year's wages

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 set aside as a savings.

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 Most likely this nard

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 was imported from India.

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 Remember Jerusalem?

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 It's a crisscross

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 for all these major highways

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 connecting all the continents.

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 It was a place of trade

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 and it would be a way

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 to acquire this rare

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 and expensive ointment.

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 We're told that she anointed

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 the feet of Jesus

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 and wiped his feet

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 with her hair.

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 Paul explains to the Corinthians

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 how a woman's hair

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 and their culture

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 was a sign of her honor.

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 So here she is

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 at the feet

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 of this man,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 He is everything to her.

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 Her sister is serving,

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 her brother is reclining

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 and eating

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 and enjoying communion

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 with him.

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 And her way of expressing

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 her gratitude

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 is to lavish

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 everything she has

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 as a way of saying

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 he is all to me.

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 I laid down

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 my life savings.

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 I laid down

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 my honor.

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 Father,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 God,

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 Lord of all,

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 he is everything

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 to me.

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 You see the ripple effect

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 of a new life?

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 It results in

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 grateful service

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 and communion.

00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:02.519
 Mary

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 worshiped him,

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 the creator,

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 in humbleness.

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 We sing,

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 let all things

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 their creator bless

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 and do just that.

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 Worship him

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 in humbleness.

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 If all the creation

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 saw the Lord

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 for who he was,

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 this would be

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 the only natural

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 response.

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 In verse 3,

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 we're told that

00:16:21.439 --> 00:16:22.500
 the whole house

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 was filled

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 with the fragrance

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 of this ointment.

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 When was the last time

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 in this story

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 that we were reminded

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 of a smell?

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 It was the stench

00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.639
 of death,

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 wasn't it?

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 You see how now

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 a new life

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 has replaced

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 the stench of death

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 with a fragrance

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 that fills

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.700
 the whole house.

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 Christ's own death

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 does the exact

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.620
 same thing.

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 The stench

00:16:50.179 --> 00:16:50.740
 of the curse

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.200
 of sin

00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:51.700
 of death

00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.399
 is replaced

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 with the wonderful

00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:54.259
 aroma

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 of new life.

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 So the life

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 of heaven,

00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.519
 it abounds

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:03.000
 in grateful service

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 and communion

00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:04.079
 to Christ.

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 That's one of the

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.099
 effects

00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:06.539
 of a new life.

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 Which life

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 do you love

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.119
 most?

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 Christ.

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 Are you like

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 these siblings

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 here?

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 Mary, Martha

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 and Lazarus?

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 They loved

00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:18.159
 this life

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 of the spirit

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 that they got

00:17:19.219 --> 00:17:19.979
 to enjoy

00:17:19.979 --> 00:17:21.199
 being with Christ,

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 serving him,

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 lavishing

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 everything they

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.779
 have at his feet.

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 They loved

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 the light

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 that he brought

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.199
 to their darkest

00:17:28.199 --> 00:17:29.459
 point of their lives

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 in their world.

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 They loved

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 the newness

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 that they were

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 enjoying.

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 They didn't want

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 anything to do

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 with the old.

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 They loved

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 the imperishable,

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 the value

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 of their souls

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 being united

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 to the king

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 of kings

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 rather than

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 holding on

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 to that which

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 is perishable

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 like this nard.

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 Jesus calls us

00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:53.440
 to bury

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.819
 our earthly life

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.740
 with Christ.

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 Keep

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 him

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 as your all.

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 See,

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 what Mary

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 was also doing

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:07.000
 is that she

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 was anointing

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 Jesus.

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 She was anointing

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 him as king

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 for his triumphal

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 entry as he's

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 going to go

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 into Jerusalem

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 as the king.

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 But she was also

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 preparing his body

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 for burial.

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 And our response

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 is that by laying

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 it all down

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 and saying,

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 Christ,

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 you are the

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 anointed one

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 of heaven.

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 I trust my soul

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 to you alone.

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 You will keep

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 my soul.

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 You will guard it.

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 You will protect it.

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 You're the one

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 who will sanctify

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 and prepare

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 my soul

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 for heaven

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 with you.

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 There's no better

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 place for your

00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:38.940
 soul to be.

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 Well,

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 a second

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:42.319
 contrast here

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 though is that

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 new life,

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 it doesn't change

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 everyone.

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 For those who

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 see the new life,

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 who enjoy and

00:18:48.639 --> 00:18:49.599
 experience new life

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 in Christ,

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 it changes everything.

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 But Christ's new

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 life does not

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 change everyone.

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 And the contrast

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 between these

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 siblings is with

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 Judas.

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 He's their foil.

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 See,

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 they said

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 nothing,

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 but their

00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:04.700
 actions spoke

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 volumes.

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 Now,

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 Judas,

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 he doesn't do

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 anything to show

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.360
 his value of

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 Christ,

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 but he does

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 talk.

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 His words say

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 it all.

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 Look at verse

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 four.

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 Then Judas Iscariot,

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 we're told in

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 others,

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 text that

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 it was Simon's

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 son.

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 He was one of

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 the disciples.

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 So being really

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 precise,

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 this is who I'm

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 talking about.

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 And this is the

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 one who would

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 betray Jesus.

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 So he's letting

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 us know right

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 away.

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 This was a

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.720
 wolf in

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 sheep's

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 clothing.

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 He said in

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 verse five,

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 why was this

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 ointment not

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 sold for 300

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:39.200
 denarii or

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 300 pence in

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.339
 the money given

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 to the poor?

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 Now,

00:19:45.439 --> 00:19:46.099
 we're not

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:47.079
 absolutely certain,

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.319
 but it's possible

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 when we read,

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.460
 you know,

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.139
 one piece of

00:19:50.139 --> 00:19:50.579
 silver that

00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.119
 equals one

00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:51.500
 denarii.

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 It was a

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.500
 common,

00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:52.939
 you know,

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.700
 currency.

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 So however

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.639
 much money an

00:19:55.639 --> 00:19:56.200
 average person

00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.599
 would make in

00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.200
 one day would

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.899
 be one denarii

00:19:57.899 --> 00:19:58.439
 or one piece

00:19:58.439 --> 00:19:58.919
 of silver.

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 And we

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.360
 know that

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 Judas in

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.720
 Matthew 26

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.120
 is going to

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 leave from

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 here and go

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.000
 sell the

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.560
 Lord Jesus

00:20:06.560 --> 00:20:07.759
 to those who

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.259
 want to kill

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:09.840
 him for 30

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.840
 pieces of

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 silver.

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:13.200
 We know from

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.480
 the Old

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.240
 Testament that

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 that price,

00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:15.360
 you know,

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.360
 30 days wages,

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 that's the

00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:17.660
 price that you

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.340
 would buy a

00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:18.740
 slave.

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 Or if your

00:20:19.340 --> 00:20:20.160
 ox killed

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.759
 another man's

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.080
 slave, you

00:20:21.080 --> 00:20:21.420
 would pay

00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:21.820
 him that

00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:23.080
 price, 30

00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:23.960
 pieces of

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.300
 silver.

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:29.440
 to Mary,

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.960
 Jesus was

00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.740
 worth all.

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 To Judas,

00:20:34.159 --> 00:20:35.319
 Jesus was a

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:36.539
 common servant

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.339
 or slave.

00:20:39.419 --> 00:20:40.700
 Jesus was

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.680
 anointed by

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.019
 Mary.

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 One week

00:20:44.159 --> 00:20:44.779
 later, Jesus

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.299
 would be the

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.980
 one taking the

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.659
 posture of a

00:20:46.659 --> 00:20:47.240
 servant and

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.819
 washing the

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.619
 feet of his

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 disciples,

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.299
 including

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.859
 Judas.

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 In verse

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 6, Judas

00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.639
 said this not

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 because he

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:57.819
 cared about the

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.179
 poor.

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 Remember what

00:20:59.459 --> 00:21:00.079
 Jesus said in

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.799
 John chapter 10,

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.459
 the hirelings,

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.039
 they don't really

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:03.659
 care, but

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.479
 because he was

00:21:04.479 --> 00:21:05.139
 a thief.

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.659
 Well, that's

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.479
 exactly how the

00:21:06.479 --> 00:21:07.019
 wolves are

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.539
 described.

00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:09.059
 They are thieves.

00:21:09.219 --> 00:21:09.679
 They came to

00:21:09.679 --> 00:21:10.459
 destroy him.

00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:11.799
 Because Judas

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.559
 was the keeper of

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.219
 the money bag and

00:21:13.219 --> 00:21:13.719
 he would carry

00:21:13.719 --> 00:21:14.339
 away what was

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.000
 put into it.

00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:16.919
 Now, Jesus, he

00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:17.939
 knew all of this,

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.299
 didn't he?

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:20.319
 So the shepherd,

00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:21.359
 he delays his

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:23.199
 judgment, he

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:23.879
 delays his

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.139
 judgment.

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.819
 He knew all of

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.419
 this with Judas

00:21:25.419 --> 00:21:26.019
 right there.

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.339
 But the shepherd

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:30.459
 king also defends

00:21:30.459 --> 00:21:31.259
 his lambs.

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:33.740
 So what Judas is

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.519
 doing to Christ,

00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.059
 he allows.

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.639
 But when he went

00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.679
 as a wolf and his

00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.279
 fangs come out

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.599
 against Mary, look

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.419
 at what Jesus says

00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:41.119
 in verse 7,

00:21:41.699 --> 00:21:42.959
 leave her alone.

00:21:44.179 --> 00:21:44.919
 She has kept

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.599
 this for the day

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.319
 of my burial.

00:21:47.479 --> 00:21:48.959
 So Jesus knows

00:21:48.959 --> 00:21:49.779
 where this is all

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.099
 heading.

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:51.500
 It's foreshadowing

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.799
 that his body

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.679
 before it's put

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.339
 into the grave

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.599
 will be anointed

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.599
 and perfumed.

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.539
 In verse 8,

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.779
 Jesus says,

00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:01.480
 the poor,

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.319
 this is important,

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.759
 the poor you

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:05.699
 always have

00:22:05.699 --> 00:22:06.339
 with you.

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.679
 When he's giving

00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:08.259
 them a picture

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.980
 of the church,

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:10.139
 it's a church

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:11.539
 with poor in it.

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.159
 The poor,

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.079
 yes, you are

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.819
 to care for them

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.759
 and you will do

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.759
 that as my church.

00:22:16.939 --> 00:22:17.779
 They are with you.

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.899
 That's my vision

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:20.680
 for my church.

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:23.759
 But you do not

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:25.480
 always have me.

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:27.579
 This is so important

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:28.660
 because our Lord Jesus,

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.819
 he wants to clarify

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:33.019
 that if you are

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.680
 showing care

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.359
 for the poor,

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.399
 it needs to come out

00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:36.200
 of the overflow

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.519
 of worship to him.

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.220
 You worship the Lord

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.720
 Jesus like Mary

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.319
 and Martha

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.200
 and Lazarus

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.440
 and out of that overflow,

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.559
 that love for Christ,

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:46.259
 the poor are with you.

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.200
 You're bringing them

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.960
 along into it.

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.500
 You're not rejecting them.

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.779
 But,

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.940
 care for the poor

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:54.160
 must never

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:55.619
 replace worship.

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:57.039
 Have you ever seen

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.500
 that happen

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.299
 in a church?

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.819
 So this is so important.

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.700
 The poor must be

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.240
 with the church.

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.819
 You must draw them in

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.920
 and serve them

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.859
 by serving me.

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.660
 Take care of the

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.640
 weakest members.

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.940
 But this is never

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.819
 replacement for

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.980
 worshiping Christ.

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.480
 We're doing this together.

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.599
 They are with the church.

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.700
 But it is never

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.180
 becoming a social gospel.

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.299
 Where that's

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.480
 our ultimate purpose.

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.319
 Now,

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.960
 I don't want you

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.460
 to just think

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.160
 this is a story

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.599
 that happened

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.099
 a long ago.

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.720
 It has nothing

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.940
 to do with you

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:28.019
 as you sit here.

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.299
 Judas

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.640
 had to decide,

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.759
 is it this life?

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.680
 This life right now

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.440
 with this money?

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.379
 One year's wages?

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.420
 And I can dip

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.160
 into some of it?

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.319
 Or,

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.160
 is there a life

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.759
 for the soul?

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.779
 A life in the age

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.200
 to come?

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.019
 And you and I

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.660
 are like Judas.

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.460
 We were born

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.240
 enslaved

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.279
 to this world.

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.660
 And on top of that,

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.240
 we added on

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.100
 our own sins.

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:52.380
 We are bound

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.579
 under the chains

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.180
 of sin

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:55.600
 when we are born

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:56.420
 into this world.

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.840
 And our soul,

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.819
 it's being hunted down.

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.180
 Martin Luther

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.759
 felt this

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.539
 so intensely.

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.440
 Martin Luther said

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:06.360
 to one person

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:06.900
 who was trying

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:08.120
 to make an argument

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.720
 that by your own

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.079
 free will,

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.440
 you can save yourself.

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.900
 Martin Luther's point

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.259
 is no,

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:13.820
 your will

00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.600
 is bound

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.640
 under the curse

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.440
 of sin and death.

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.960
 That's what your will

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.759
 is biblically.

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:20.120
 And Martin Luther

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:21.080
 simply said to him,

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.779
 your thoughts

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:23.380
 concerning God

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:25.039
 are too human.

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.880
 We could say

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.820
 the same to Judas here.

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.279
 Judas,

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.980
 you don't value Christ.

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.140
 Your thoughts

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:33.900
 concerning Jesus Christ,

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.940
 the God-man,

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:35.880
 your thoughts

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.360
 about Christ

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.360
 are too human.

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:39.899
 And that's the temptation

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:41.119
 we all can fall into.

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:42.359
 Our thoughts about God

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.979
 are too human.

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:46.359
 Our will is bound.

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:48.000
 Our spirit is dead.

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:50.419
 Our hearts are of stone,

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.279
 the Bible says,

00:24:51.679 --> 00:24:53.839
 until the Holy Spirit

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.839
 by His power

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:56.419
 regenerates you.

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.879
 That's when you believe.

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.039
 And when you believe

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.799
 you behold Christ

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.339
 for who He is,

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.299
 you worship Him.

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:03.759
 You're at His feet.

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:07.200
 Maybe,

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:10.259
 maybe you've been deceived

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.460
 and maybe you're sitting here

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.720
 without having given

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.279
 much thought

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.960
 to the life

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.160
 of the age to come.

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.839
 And you're enslaved

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.059
 to that old life,

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:20.160
 the life of the flesh,

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.980
 of darkness,

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:23.500
 that's perishing,

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.180
 that's bound up

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.879
 in this earth.

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.359
 Is that really the life

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.259
 that you love

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.299
 like Judas?

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:32.000
 Jesus calls you

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.599
 to bury your life

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.219
 with Christ

00:25:34.219 --> 00:25:34.980
 and He promises

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:37.039
 that He will keep,

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.459
 guard, protect,

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.959
 and sanctify your soul

00:25:39.959 --> 00:25:41.899
 for eternal life

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.699
 with Him.

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:46.819
 New life changes everything.

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.439
 The third thing

00:25:49.439 --> 00:25:49.879
 I want to draw

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.639
 your attention to

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:52.259
 is how one person's

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.039
 new life

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:54.399
 leads others

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:56.219
 to worship Christ

00:25:56.219 --> 00:25:57.039
 as King.

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.519
 So, let's focus next

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.240
 on the crowd,

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.119
 this crowd.

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.179
 Look at verse 9.

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.180
 When a large crowd

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:04.259
 of the Jews learned

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.560
 that Jesus was there,

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.900
 they came not for

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.980
 Jesus' sake only,

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.660
 but that they also

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.740
 might see Lazarus,

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.840
 also whom He had

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.660
 raised from the dead.

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:15.340
 Now, look at verse 17.

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.360
 Those people

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:18.660
 that had been with Him

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.960
 when He called Lazarus

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.700
 out of the tomb

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.640
 and raised Him

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.299
 from the dead,

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:24.100
 they gave witness.

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.180
 Verse 8 said,

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:27.200
 Therefore the crowd

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.080
 also met Him

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:29.500
 because they had heard

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.859
 of the sign

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.659
 that He had done.

00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:33.939
 So, let's remember,

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.240
 okay?

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.339
 Lazarus died.

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.240
 These people from Jerusalem

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.220
 came to mourn

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.220
 with this family

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:42.679
 seven days

00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:43.659
 of mourning,

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.919
 and on the fourth day,

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.439
 right in the middle

00:26:45.439 --> 00:26:46.519
 of this week of mourning,

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.579
 the Lord Jesus

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.419
 raised Lazarus

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:48.879
 from the dead.

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.579
 And all those

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.299
 who were barefoot

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.079
 and sackcloth

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.179
 with ashes on their head,

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.299
 they had been fasting,

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.720
 singing these really sad

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.619
 Hebrew dirges,

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.739
 they're now

00:26:56.739 --> 00:26:58.039
 bearing witness.

00:26:58.459 --> 00:26:59.439
 This really happened.

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:00.379
 And they're spreading

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:00.719
 the word.

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.679
 They're telling everyone,

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:04.319
 Jesus Christ gave new life

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.199
 to a dead man.

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:07.019
 They're bearing witness.

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:08.159
 And a crowd

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:09.559
 that had come to Jerusalem

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:11.299
 for the Passover,

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:13.039
 they are now hearing

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.500
 about this.

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.299
 Whoa, hold on.

00:27:14.419 --> 00:27:15.299
 What is going on?

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:20.259
 One person's new life

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.939
 leads others

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:23.559
 to worship Jesus

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.379
 as king.

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:28.199
 Now, picture this crowd.

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.339
 What was on their mind?

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:29.919
 They had come

00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:30.859
 to Jerusalem

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:32.339
 for the Passover.

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.979
 You know what the Passover

00:27:34.979 --> 00:27:36.019
 was for the Jews?

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.779
 It was Independence Day.

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.500
 They're remembering

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.000
 how the Lord

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.019
 brought them out of Egypt.

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.179
 They're remembering

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:44.079
 how they had been enslaved

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.459
 to another nation,

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.839
 and now they got

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.419
 their freedom.

00:27:48.199 --> 00:27:48.559
 And I mean,

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.559
 you picture Americans

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.659
 on Independence Day,

00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:51.519
 you got,

00:27:51.739 --> 00:27:52.379
 I just picture

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.379
 large pickup trucks,

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.859
 fireworks,

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.059
 flags, you know.

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:56.460
 And this is

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:58.099
 a patriotic moment.

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.599
 This crowd is now here.

00:27:59.679 --> 00:28:00.440
 We've got someone

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.899
 in the village next door

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:03.319
 who brought new life

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.899
 to a man.

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:06.059
 And it's Independence time.

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.619
 Let's go gather around.

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.200
 So here comes

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.879
 this big crowd.

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.980
 And what were they singing

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.799
 as they were traveling

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.460
 to Jerusalem

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.599
 for Independence Day,

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.220
 for Passover?

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.460
 They were singing

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.720
 from their songbook,

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.539
 the Psalms.

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.019
 They were singing

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.500
 the Psalms of Ascent.

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:22.539
 And these Psalms of Ascent

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.779
 are putting their minds

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.539
 on a great day

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:26.160
 when the priestly office

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.039
 and the kingly office

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:28.259
 will be joined in Jerusalem,

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.440
 and He will reign over

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.359
 all the earth.

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:33.660
 Like Psalm 118,

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:36.839
 these travelers come weary

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.640
 singing these songs,

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.200
 and they sing,

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.480
 Out of my distress,

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.920
 I called on the Lord,

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.640
 and the Lord answered me

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:45.759
 and set me free.

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.420
 It's Independence Day.

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:50.440
 So that's how the crowd was.

00:28:50.560 --> 00:28:51.779
 But we're told that Jesus,

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.880
 in Matthew 23,

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.340
 Jesus,

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:56.600
 as He was looking out

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.259
 over Jerusalem

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.200
 about to enter,

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.279
 knowing what the crowd

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.779
 was thinking,

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.380
 how they're cheering,

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.700
 how it's a patriotic moment,

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.420
 Jesus weeps.

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:07.539
 He weeps over Jerusalem.

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.720
 And He says,

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:11.360
 How I have longed

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:12.800
 to gather you

00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:14.380
 under my wings.

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.460
 It's the same language

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.840
 that Boaz

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:20.000
 sang over Ruth.

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.500
 You could say that

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.000
 of Boaz,

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:23.480
 couldn't you?

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.720
 Heaven was in Boaz

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.500
 before Boaz

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.120
 was in heaven.

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.140
 Well, now look back

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.980
 at verse 13.

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:31.360
 This crowd took

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.680
 branches of palms.

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:36.400
 They took branches

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.039
 of palms,

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:38.019
 and I don't think

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.380
 it's wrong

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.319
 if churches want to do that,

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.000
 but listen to what

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.220
 this would actually mean.

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.700
 The palm branches

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.620
 were never ordained

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.160
 by Scripture

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:47.320
 as part of the ceremonial law,

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.540
 so we shouldn't read

00:29:48.540 --> 00:29:49.580
 symbolism into that.

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:52.060
 It became a tradition

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:53.120
 of the patriots,

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:54.080
 the national Jews,

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.779
 during the Maccabean revolt

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.320
 that we mentioned

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:57.420
 a little bit ago

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:59.580
 with the Feast of Dedication.

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:00.720
 So then,

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.560
 when they took back

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.040
 the power,

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.880
 they started

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:04.040
 printing coins,

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.880
 minting coins

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:06.600
 with palm branches

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:06.940
 on it

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.500
 as a symbol

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.300
 of independence

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:09.740
 and patriotism.

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:11.559
 And Jesus

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:13.019
 sees all this happening,

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.120
 but His Spirit

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:15.279
 is longing

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.279
 to gather them

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.539
 under His wings.

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:21.539
 Verse 13 says,

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.079
 They went out

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.599
 to meet Him,

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.059
 crying,

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.039
 Hosanna!

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.900
 Blessed is He

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.799
 coming in the name

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.299
 of the Lord,

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:28.059
 even the King of Israel.

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.779
 Now,

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.279
 even though

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.259
 their expectations

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.880
 of Christ

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.579
 were at least mixed,

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.640
 we could say that,

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.460
 they didn't quite

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.279
 have the right picture

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.940
 of how His kingdom

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.480
 was coming.

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.940
 Their words

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.820
 were right.

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:42.860
 Jesus is most blessed.

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:45.299
 And He is coming

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.539
 in the name of the Lord.

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.019
 He says,

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.860
 I am.

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.160
 That's who's coming.

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:50.160
 It's Jesus,

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.000
 God Himself.

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.640
 And He's coming

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.120
 as King

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.299
 not only over Israel,

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:56.880
 not only over Jerusalem.

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.860
 The phrase

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.720
 Daughters of Zion

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.480
 is another name

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.200
 for Jerusalem,

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:01.039
 but He's coming

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:02.620
 as King over all.

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.220
 Now,

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.720
 think about

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.799
 how one person's

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.579
 life has led

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.539
 to many others

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.500
 worshiping Jesus

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.299
 as King.

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.879
 Lazarus,

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.799
 his life,

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.720
 his one life

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.379
 in this world

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:16.000
 was buried

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.139
 like a seed

00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:18.579
 in that cave.

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.740
 And now,

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:23.799
 many are bearing

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.960
 witness of a man

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.700
 who was dead,

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.779
 who got new life

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:29.180
 from the King of Kings.

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.559
 Because of him,

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.379
 large crowds

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.079
 of a harvest

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:33.619
 are now gathering

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:35.279
 around Jesus Christ.

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:38.059
 may this be true

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.799
 of us

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.859
 in your life,

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.399
 in my life,

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.139
 and in our congregation,

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:42.799
 that if there is

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:44.460
 genuine new life,

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:46.139
 it won't just be that one.

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.899
 It will multiply.

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.139
 Here's a soul

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:50.599
 that got drawn

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.319
 into the life

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.119
 of the kingdom

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.599
 of heaven

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.379
 because this life

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:54.319
 is buried with Christ

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:55.059
 in this world,

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.440
 and the harvest

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.059
 follows,

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:58.339
 even if we don't see it.

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.500
 It might take generations.

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:01.839
 So which life

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:03.380
 do you love most?

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.839
 There's the life

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.440
 of the flesh

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.900
 and the life

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.519
 of the Spirit,

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.240
 of darkness

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.279
 or of light,

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.940
 the old

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.460
 or the new,

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:16.339
 the perishing

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:18.039
 or the imperishable,

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.680
 heavenly

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.960
 or earthly.

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.319
 Jesus says,

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:25.279
 bury your earthly life

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.180
 with Christ

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.680
 and He will keep

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.640
 and guard

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.420
 and protect

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.420
 and sanctify

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.460
 your soul

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:33.019
 for eternal life

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.580
 in Him.

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.380
 Well,

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.920
 the fourth thing

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.580
 I want to draw

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:38.279
 your attention to

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.019
 is that only

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.400
 the Holy Spirit

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.580
 can show disciples

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:42.279
 the glory

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:44.000
 of Christ's new kingdom.

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:45.140
 Look at verse 14.

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.360
 Jesus,

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.500
 then Jesus,

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:49.660
 finding a donkey colt,

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.660
 He sat upon it

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:52.180
 even as it had been written.

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.100
 Verse 15,

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.019
 Do not fear,

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.160
 daughter of Zion.

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.680
 Behold,

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.660
 your king comes

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:58.019
 sitting on the full

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.080
 of a donkey.

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:01.660
 This is a scripture

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:03.019
 was written,

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.620
 we're told.

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.519
 Where was this written?

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.660
 It was Zechariah

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.740
 chapter 9,

00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:07.340
 verse 9,

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.400
 which is a prophecy.

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.160
 It's a word of hope

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.460
 to the people in exile

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.080
 and it says,

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.140
 Rejoice greatly,

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.540
 O daughter of Zion.

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.720
 Shout aloud,

00:33:16.800 --> 00:33:17.840
 O daughter of Jerusalem.

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.700
 Behold,

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:20.060
 your king is coming to you

00:33:20.060 --> 00:33:20.800
 righteous

00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:22.460
 and having salvation

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.019
 is He.

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:25.220
 What type of king

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:26.279
 should they be expecting?

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.519
 The next words

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.480
 in Zechariah 9,

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.839
 He will be humble

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:32.720
 and mounted on a donkey,

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.639
 on a colt,

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.920
 the full of a donkey.

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.240
 See,

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.920
 when the Romans

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:38.279
 led a procession

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.139
 through these major

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:39.839
 capital cities

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.639
 like Jerusalem,

00:33:41.139 --> 00:33:42.339
 they got to do that

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.039
 every time they had

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.740
 gone to battle

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.879
 and killed

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:46.720
 500 of the enemy.

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:49.500
 they would come

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.180
 on a great war horse

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:53.779
 and it would be gruesome

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:56.799
 and it would be fleshly

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:59.200
 and to the human eye,

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:01.120
 that's what they saw

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:02.140
 as true honor

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:03.420
 and true glory.

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.420
 Now look at verse 16,

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.240
 when His disciples

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.059
 did not know

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:09.280
 these things at first,

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.280
 but when Jesus

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:11.519
 was glorified,

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:14.739
 then they remembered

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.759
 that these things

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.739
 were written of Him

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:18.199
 and that He had done

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.719
 and that they had done

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:21.159
 these things unto Him.

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.559
 See,

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.219
 even they

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:24.759
 with their human eye,

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.400
 they did not see

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.679
 the full glory of God

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.380
 in the moment.

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.320
 Christ had to finish

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.840
 His work,

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:32.500
 rise to the right hand

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.840
 of God

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.500
 and the Spirit

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.420
 descend on them.

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.579
 Then the Spirit

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.420
 showed them back

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.239
 through the Bible

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:39.300
 how all of this

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:40.199
 pointed to Christ.

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:41.619
 It has to be

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.579
 the Holy Spirit

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:44.199
 showing disciples

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:46.339
 the glory of Christ

00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:48.239
 through all of Scripture.

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:50.179
 Only God Himself

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.919
 by the Holy Spirit

00:34:50.919 --> 00:34:52.019
 can open your eyes

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.579
 to behold the glory

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.759
 of this humble,

00:34:55.399 --> 00:34:56.359
 otherworldly King.

00:34:58.899 --> 00:35:00.319
 So how was it

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:01.480
 that these people

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.339
 came to believe

00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:03.559
 that He was the true King?

00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:05.839
 The Spirit

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:07.139
 had to make them

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:08.119
 know that.

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:11.019
 Don't you have

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.539
 a loved one

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:13.019
 that you wish

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:14.259
 they would be able

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:15.500
 to see and understand

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.419
 Christ

00:35:16.419 --> 00:35:17.399
 and His glory?

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:20.179
 Pray for the Spirit

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:21.119
 to show them

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.539
 and He'll do that

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.199
 by His Word.

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:26.179
 I love this line

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.960
 in the hymn we sang

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.079
 that He speaks

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:30.299
 and listening to His voice,

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.000
 that's how,

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:33.659
 new life the dead receive,

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.739
 the mournful,

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:36.480
 broken hearts rejoice,

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:38.019
 the humble,

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:39.719
 poor believe.

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.800
 Have you experienced this?

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:46.539
 Have you heard something

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.599
 about Christ

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.320
 from the Bible,

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.320
 about the Gospel,

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:52.400
 and no matter

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.079
 how many years

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.659
 you've been hearing

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.039
 the Bible

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.539
 and the Gospel,

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.820
 it just comes alive

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.980
 inside of you

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:58.699
 in a way you can't explain?

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:01.719
 If you've experienced that,

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.980
 praise the Lord,

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.619
 that means it's

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.519
 His Holy Spirit

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.280
 teaching you

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:06.200
 and showing you

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:08.100
 what only He can teach you.

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.980
 This is what the disciples

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:11.900
 experienced and bore witness to

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:13.060
 in Luke chapter 24,

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:13.740
 verse 32.

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.280
 They said,

00:36:14.620 --> 00:36:14.860
 listen,

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:17.060
 our hearts burn

00:36:17.060 --> 00:36:18.400
 within us.

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:19.560
 How?

00:36:20.120 --> 00:36:21.600
 While He talked to us

00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:22.280
 on the road,

00:36:22.660 --> 00:36:23.700
 while He opened

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.640
 to us

00:36:24.640 --> 00:36:25.420
 the Scriptures.

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.580
 That's what our Lord Jesus

00:36:27.580 --> 00:36:28.740
 and His glorified buddy

00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:29.740
 loves to do.

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:31.379
 He loves to minister

00:36:31.379 --> 00:36:31.979
 to you

00:36:31.979 --> 00:36:33.239
 by His Word

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:34.500
 and make your heart

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:36.179
 burn within you

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:38.179
 because He's given you

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:39.359
 that new life.

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:42.019
 Ask God

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:43.139
 to make you

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.979
 know Him.

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:45.859
 What a glorious truth.

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:47.699
 You get to know God.

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:50.659
 If someone asks you

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.519
 how you're doing,

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.779
 do you think about

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.879
 your life in this world

00:36:53.879 --> 00:36:54.879
 and all those things?

00:36:54.959 --> 00:36:55.659
 Or do you think about

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.679
 that simple truth?

00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:58.339
 How are you doing?

00:36:58.340 --> 00:37:01.380
 I get to know God.

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.780
 My soul

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:05.820
 gets to know God.

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:09.180
 That's the life

00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:09.820
 of the Spirit.

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.140
 That's the light

00:37:11.140 --> 00:37:11.820
 of life

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:13.220
 and light.

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.240
 It's new.

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.500
 It's imperishable.

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.600
 It's heavenly.

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.780
 And you only experience it

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.760
 when your life

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:21.240
 in this world

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.920
 has been buried

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.620
 with Christ

00:37:22.620 --> 00:37:24.539
 and you're trusting Him.

00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:25.220
 He will

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:26.440
 keep your soul

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.079
 and guard it

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.920
 and protect it

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:29.000
 and sanctify it.

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:29.920
 He will prepare

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.440
 your soul

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.800
 for eternal life

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:33.240
 in His heavenly kingdom.

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.659
 But Jesus says

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.880
 count the cost

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.539
 and that's what

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.180
 I want you to see

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.960
 even with Lazarus'

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.599
 own life.

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.320
 It's that new life

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.720
 in Christ

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:45.059
 makes you a target

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:46.900
 for Christ's enemies.

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.320
 Remember,

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.460
 He's the shepherd king

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:49.680
 and where is He

00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:50.300
 marching to?

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.380
 He's marching

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.220
 the road

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:52.980
 of the cross.

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:55.340
 So I want to focus

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:56.039
 next on how

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:57.000
 Satan used

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:58.000
 the chief priests

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:59.139
 and Pharisees.

00:37:59.260 --> 00:37:59.679
 And I just want

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.400
 to be really clear.

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.000
 The Romans

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.420
 were part

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:03.300
 representing all

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.960
 the rest of the world

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.860
 and the Pharisees,

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.539
 the teachers of the law.

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.420
 They were part of it too.

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.320
 But it's Satan

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:08.019
 working through

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.480
 these people

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.820
 and God saved

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:11.599
 Jews and Greeks

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.199
 and Romans

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:13.400
 as well following this.

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.920
 There were churches

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.059
 planted among all of them.

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.440
 So this is what

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:17.320
 we are all like.

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.920
 But look at verse 10.

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.780
 So the chief priests

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:22.860
 made plans

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:24.539
 to put Lazarus

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:26.119
 to death as well.

00:38:27.200 --> 00:38:27.639
 You see,

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.280
 new life,

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:30.720
 it makes you a target

00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:32.320
 for Christ's enemies.

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:35.519
 Satan distorts

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.220
 the reality

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:37.480
 and he tries to draw

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.000
 people in

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.780
 to be part of that.

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.180
 They said,

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:40.440
 okay,

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.200
 everybody here,

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.820
 everybody,

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.760
 these crowds all know

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:44.420
 Lazarus was the dead man.

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.920
 He had been dead

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.519
 four days.

00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:47.820
 Everybody knows that.

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.780
 So what do we need

00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:49.080
 to do?

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:51.500
 We need to distort reality.

00:38:51.720 --> 00:38:52.920
 We need to kill Lazarus

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:53.960
 because he can't

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.860
 go on like this.

00:38:58.840 --> 00:39:00.340
 They already had plans

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:01.060
 to kill Jesus.

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:02.060
 Now they have plans

00:39:02.060 --> 00:39:03.120
 to kill his church.

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:03.840
 See,

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.860
 the new life of Christ

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.840
 made Christ a target,

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.280
 obviously,

00:39:06.600 --> 00:39:07.400
 but it also makes

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.680
 a target of anyone

00:39:08.680 --> 00:39:09.540
 who belongs to the

00:39:09.540 --> 00:39:10.700
 kingdom of light.

00:39:12.100 --> 00:39:13.000
 Now verse 11 says,

00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:14.560
 because on account of him,

00:39:15.200 --> 00:39:15.900
 this dead man,

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.340
 Lazarus,

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:17.180
 who got new life,

00:39:17.820 --> 00:39:18.720
 many of the Jews

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:20.339
 departed and believed

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:21.539
 in Jesus.

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.439
 See,

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.279
 their religion,

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:26.919
 it was not about truth.

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:28.879
 It was about numbers.

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:31.779
 I feel like I need

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:32.379
 to repeat that

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:33.059
 one more time.

00:39:34.399 --> 00:39:36.059
 The enemies of Christ,

00:39:36.439 --> 00:39:37.279
 their religion

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:38.259
 was not about

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:38.899
 the truth

00:39:38.899 --> 00:39:39.759
 of the reality.

00:39:40.759 --> 00:39:41.699
 Distort the reality

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.719
 because their religion

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:44.659
 was about numbers.

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:44.759
 enemies,

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:47.460
 those are enemies

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.699
 of Christ.

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:51.299
 They're coming after

00:39:51.299 --> 00:39:52.159
 Christ's people.

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:57.579
 In 1 Kings chapter 1,

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:59.420
 we're told

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:01.940
 all these wonderful,

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.719
 glorious promises

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.539
 about David

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.359
 and the son of David,

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:05.019
 the one who would come

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:06.019
 from the line of David.

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:09.059
 When David is time

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:10.339
 to hand over the crown

00:40:10.339 --> 00:40:10.940
 and the throne

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.659
 to the next,

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.599
 this is where Israel

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.779
 gets shredded apart.

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:17.019
 But something happens

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.679
 before that.

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:20.279
 We read that David

00:40:20.279 --> 00:40:21.920
 gave his royal mule

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:23.099
 to Solomon

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:24.519
 and paraded Solomon

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:26.139
 into Jerusalem.

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:29.199
 And Solomon was anointed

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:31.119
 and he was enthroned

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:32.039
 in public

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:34.139
 with triumphal celebration.

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:37.199
 So who would be

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.920
 the one who would

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:39.460
 sit on that throne

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.819
 in Jerusalem

00:40:40.819 --> 00:40:41.619
 and rule over

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.239
 all the people?

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:44.599
 Not ultimately Solomon.

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.379
 It was pointing

00:40:46.379 --> 00:40:47.099
 to Christ.

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:49.379
 Of course he's going

00:40:49.379 --> 00:40:50.019
 to be a target

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.839
 to God's enemies.

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.920
 They want the power

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.779
 and the money

00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:55.079
 and the numbers.

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:57.480
 Look at verse 19.

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.259
 The Pharisees

00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:58.940
 therefore said

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.579
 to themselves,

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:01.500
 see how you profit

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.059
 nothing.

00:41:02.319 --> 00:41:02.759
 In other words,

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.960
 you guys are losing.

00:41:05.120 --> 00:41:05.580
 Behold,

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:07.200
 the world,

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.560
 the cosmos

00:41:08.560 --> 00:41:10.840
 has gone after him.

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:13.260
 What they saw

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:14.380
 as their great problem

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:15.180
 that the whole world

00:41:15.180 --> 00:41:16.260
 is going after Christ,

00:41:16.620 --> 00:41:17.740
 it was also a prophecy.

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.500
 Their problem

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.280
 was a prophecy.

00:41:20.660 --> 00:41:21.500
 The world is going

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.500
 after this man

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:23.820
 as though he's the king.

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.500
 Yes,

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:27.140
 and wait till you see him

00:41:27.140 --> 00:41:27.980
 in his glory.

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:28.900
 The world

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.860
 goes after him.

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.980
 Zechariah 9.10

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:34.280
 describes Christ

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:35.340
 that he will speak

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:36.519
 peace to who?

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.699
 To the nations

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:38.900
 and his rule

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:40.139
 shall be from sea

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:41.039
 to sea

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:42.380
 and from the river

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:43.559
 to the ends

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:44.460
 of the earth.

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:46.079
 Everywhere

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:47.240
 that his word

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:48.559
 by the power

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:49.240
 of the spirit

00:41:49.240 --> 00:41:50.119
 flows,

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:50.820
 everywhere,

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:52.920
 it wins.

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.840
 It prevails.

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:56.300
 So picture that

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:58.019
 like a Tucson desert

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:59.360
 in the middle of Arizona,

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.380
 dry as can be.

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:01.800
 And then here comes

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:03.340
 the monsoon river

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:04.900
 just forms out of nothing.

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:06.180
 Nothing can stop it.

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.260
 And you can picture

00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:07.980
 a big boulder,

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:08.800
 you know,

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:10.480
 or like turns in the desert

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:11.059
 and stuff like that.

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.600
 Nothing can stop it.

00:42:12.660 --> 00:42:13.620
 It's going to flow

00:42:13.620 --> 00:42:14.680
 and it's going to cover

00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:16.300
 that entire desert

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:17.220
 like an ocean.

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.900
 That's what the word

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.660
 by the power

00:42:19.660 --> 00:42:20.579
 of the spirit of God

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:21.559
 does.

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:24.480
 Well,

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:24.980
 Martin Luther

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:26.000
 was also targeted

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:27.719
 by the enemies of God

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:29.980
 and he wrote this hymn

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.840
 in a moment

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:32.159
 of great torment

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:34.599
 and it became

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:35.340
 the battle hymn

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:36.139
 of the Reformation.

00:42:36.779 --> 00:42:37.119
 Luther,

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:39.059
 notice how weak

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.840
 he makes himself

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:41.039
 compared to the might

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.559
 of God.

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.460
 Luther wrote,

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.519
 did we

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:45.460
 in our own strength

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:46.059
 confide

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:47.000
 our striving

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:47.739
 would be losing.

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:49.539
 For though this world

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:50.940
 with devils filled

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.920
 should threaten

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:53.019
 to undo us,

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:54.980
 we will not fear

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:55.700
 for God

00:42:55.700 --> 00:42:56.460
 has willed

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:57.119
 his truth

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:58.139
 to triumph

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:59.539
 through us.

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.960
 So if you are

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:03.500
 in the kingdom

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.099
 of heaven

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:05.119
 and he's given you

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:06.079
 new life for the soul,

00:43:06.200 --> 00:43:07.059
 you do not need

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:08.000
 to fear those enemies.

00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:08.840
 Know that you will

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.539
 have a target

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:10.119
 on your back

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:11.860
 but do not fear them.

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.559
 They belong

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.119
 to the kingdom

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:14.840
 of the flesh.

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:16.480
 You are joined

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:17.019
 to Christ

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:18.200
 in the spiritual kingdom.

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:19.939
 The darkness

00:43:19.939 --> 00:43:20.799
 wants to oppose

00:43:20.799 --> 00:43:21.179
 the light

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:21.819
 but you belong

00:43:21.819 --> 00:43:22.399
 to the light.

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.519
 The old

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:24.139
 resists

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:25.039
 the new kingdom,

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:25.939
 the new life.

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.039
 The old

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:27.919
 will perish away.

00:43:28.339 --> 00:43:28.739
 The kingdom

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:29.379
 of Christ

00:43:29.379 --> 00:43:30.339
 will endure

00:43:30.339 --> 00:43:31.139
 forever.

00:43:32.859 --> 00:43:33.359
 Which life

00:43:33.359 --> 00:43:33.939
 do you love

00:43:33.939 --> 00:43:34.559
 most?

00:43:36.879 --> 00:43:37.739
 Why would you

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:39.079
 not bury

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:40.319
 your earthly life?

00:43:41.319 --> 00:43:41.819
 Why would you

00:43:41.819 --> 00:43:42.480
 not trust

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:43.199
 your soul

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:44.579
 to the maker

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:45.079
 of heaven

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:45.519
 and earth

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:46.239
 knowing that

00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:46.920
 he will keep

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.599
 it and guard

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:48.659
 it and protect

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:50.019
 you and sanctify

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.639
 your soul

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.299
 for eternity

00:43:51.299 --> 00:43:52.360
 with him?

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:54.920
 Well the last

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:55.440
 observation

00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:57.360
 is that new

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:57.779
 life

00:43:57.779 --> 00:44:00.219
 new life

00:44:00.219 --> 00:44:01.739
 is reformed

00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:03.299
 by Christ's

00:44:03.299 --> 00:44:03.840
 teaching.

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.779
 When Christ

00:44:05.779 --> 00:44:06.340
 gives you new

00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:06.659
 life,

00:44:06.799 --> 00:44:07.360
 he doesn't just

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:07.960
 leave you there

00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:08.599
 like a little

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:08.960
 baby.

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:10.420
 He teaches

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:10.679
 you,

00:44:10.779 --> 00:44:11.239
 he feeds

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:11.380
 you,

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:11.960
 he grows

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.139
 you,

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:12.799
 he changes

00:44:12.799 --> 00:44:13.119
 you,

00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:13.679
 matures

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:14.039
 you.

00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:15.039
 We're to

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.599
 establish

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.500
 and equip.

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:17.380
 You know,

00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:17.739
 the church

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:18.179
 is not just

00:44:18.179 --> 00:44:19.259
 to be planted

00:44:19.259 --> 00:44:20.039
 with shallow

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:20.320
 roots,

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:20.840
 we're to be

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:21.639
 rooted and

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:22.659
 grounded and

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:23.420
 rising up

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:24.139
 and bearing

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:24.599
 fruit,

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.579
 equipped like

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:26.219
 an army

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:27.360
 taking charge

00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:27.920
 with Christ

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.219
 now,

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:29.460
 going out.

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:30.779
 And how

00:44:30.779 --> 00:44:31.199
 does he do

00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:31.380
 that?

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:31.759
 How does he

00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:32.420
 establish and

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:33.000
 equip us and

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.719
 reform us?

00:44:34.659 --> 00:44:35.300
 He changes

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:35.960
 your view of

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.440
 others,

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.539
 he changes

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:38.159
 your view of

00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:38.880
 success,

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.519
 of purpose,

00:44:40.739 --> 00:44:41.579
 and of honor.

00:44:41.739 --> 00:44:42.099
 Let's walk

00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:42.460
 through those

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:42.679
 four.

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:43.900
 First,

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:44.900
 new life

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:45.340
 in Christ,

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:46.480
 it redefines

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:47.079
 your view

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:47.639
 of others.

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:47.980
 Look at

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.539
 verse 20.

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:49.900
 There were

00:44:49.900 --> 00:44:50.360
 some

00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:51.000
 Greeks.

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.179
 Now,

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:52.519
 Greeks

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:52.980
 represent

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:53.519
 the world.

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:54.259
 You know,

00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:54.820
 to the

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.300
 Jewish mind,

00:44:55.380 --> 00:44:55.699
 you've got

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:56.719
 the Jews

00:44:56.719 --> 00:44:57.099
 and you've

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:57.599
 got everyone

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:57.960
 else.

00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:58.659
 And they're

00:44:58.659 --> 00:44:59.420
 following after

00:44:59.420 --> 00:45:00.019
 Alexander the

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.539
 Great conquered

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:00.900
 the known

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:01.239
 world,

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:02.000
 so everyone

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:02.420
 else is

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:02.699
 Greeks.

00:45:03.239 --> 00:45:03.739
 And that's

00:45:03.739 --> 00:45:04.500
 the lingua

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:04.820
 franca,

00:45:04.940 --> 00:45:05.279
 the language

00:45:05.279 --> 00:45:05.779
 they spoke.

00:45:06.820 --> 00:45:07.219
 There were

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:07.699
 some Jews

00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:08.320
 among them

00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:09.340
 that came

00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:10.000
 up to

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.739
 worship at

00:45:10.739 --> 00:45:11.279
 the feast.

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:12.380
 Verse 21

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:12.719
 said,

00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:13.279
 So these

00:45:13.279 --> 00:45:13.679
 came to

00:45:13.679 --> 00:45:13.919
 Philip,

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:14.219
 who was

00:45:14.219 --> 00:45:14.799
 from Bethsaida

00:45:14.799 --> 00:45:15.279
 in Galilee,

00:45:15.359 --> 00:45:15.659
 and asked

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:15.899
 him,

00:45:16.379 --> 00:45:16.639
 Sir,

00:45:16.899 --> 00:45:17.679
 we desire

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:18.159
 to see

00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:18.679
 Jesus.

00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:20.639
 Now,

00:45:20.699 --> 00:45:20.980
 you notice

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:21.559
 what's happening

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:22.019
 is there's

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.559
 no longer

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:24.099
 Christ only

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:24.599
 coming for

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:24.980
 the Jews

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.500
 already.

00:45:25.959 --> 00:45:26.339
 Remember that

00:45:26.339 --> 00:45:26.739
 prophecy?

00:45:26.879 --> 00:45:27.219
 The world

00:45:27.219 --> 00:45:27.519
 has gone

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:27.959
 after him.

00:45:28.319 --> 00:45:28.599
 Yes,

00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:29.059
 and wait

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:29.399
 till you

00:45:29.399 --> 00:45:29.619
 see.

00:45:30.459 --> 00:45:30.739
 Now,

00:45:30.819 --> 00:45:31.379
 in verse 22,

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:31.899
 Philip went

00:45:31.899 --> 00:45:32.179
 and told

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:32.579
 Andrew.

00:45:32.839 --> 00:45:33.239
 Andrew and

00:45:33.239 --> 00:45:33.679
 Philip went

00:45:33.679 --> 00:45:33.959
 and told

00:45:33.959 --> 00:45:34.339
 Jesus.

00:45:34.899 --> 00:45:35.119
 Now,

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:35.639
 here Jesus

00:45:35.639 --> 00:45:36.319
 begins his

00:45:36.319 --> 00:45:36.599
 teaching.

00:45:36.699 --> 00:45:36.899
 We're going

00:45:36.899 --> 00:45:37.379
 to start it

00:45:37.379 --> 00:45:37.619
 here,

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:38.559
 and the next

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:38.959
 time we get

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.760
 to John

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:40.539
 will continue.

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:41.840
 Verse 23,

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:43.800
 Jesus answered

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:44.019
 them,

00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:44.820
 The hour has

00:45:44.820 --> 00:45:45.380
 come for the

00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:45.900
 Son of Man

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:47.639
 to be glorified.

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.300
 When Jesus

00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:50.840
 hears that

00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.800
 the Greeks,

00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:53.139
 these non-Jews,

00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:53.840
 are coming to

00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:54.519
 see him,

00:45:55.360 --> 00:45:56.240
 Jesus knows

00:45:56.240 --> 00:45:57.320
 this is the

00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:57.659
 hour.

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:59.139
 They are being

00:45:59.139 --> 00:45:59.940
 drawn here for

00:45:59.940 --> 00:46:00.820
 this very purpose.

00:46:00.980 --> 00:46:01.619
 They will be

00:46:01.619 --> 00:46:02.800
 at the Passover.

00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:04.260
 They will be

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:04.840
 ones who will

00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:06.019
 watch me die,

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:07.360
 and they will be

00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:07.920
 ones who will

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:08.760
 bear witness with

00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:09.680
 their own eyes

00:46:09.680 --> 00:46:10.780
 that I raised

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:11.460
 from the dead.

00:46:11.580 --> 00:46:12.100
 I laid down

00:46:12.100 --> 00:46:12.740
 my life so I

00:46:12.740 --> 00:46:13.340
 can take it up

00:46:13.340 --> 00:46:13.600
 again,

00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:14.760
 and these Greeks

00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:15.320
 who are coming

00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:16.320
 to see me,

00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:17.560
 they are here

00:46:17.560 --> 00:46:18.500
 for my divine

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:18.860
 purpose.

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.200
 They will be

00:46:19.200 --> 00:46:19.660
 the ones that

00:46:19.660 --> 00:46:20.600
 go back to

00:46:20.600 --> 00:46:21.280
 their own cities,

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:22.000
 to their own

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.280
 people,

00:46:22.380 --> 00:46:22.760
 some of them

00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:23.180
 to their own

00:46:23.180 --> 00:46:23.680
 countries,

00:46:24.180 --> 00:46:25.060
 bearing witness

00:46:25.060 --> 00:46:25.720
 of what they

00:46:25.720 --> 00:46:26.820
 are about to

00:46:26.820 --> 00:46:27.140
 see.

00:46:27.780 --> 00:46:28.200
 And to the

00:46:28.200 --> 00:46:28.640
 disciples,

00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:29.240
 he wants them

00:46:29.240 --> 00:46:29.880
 to be ready.

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:30.520
 See,

00:46:30.620 --> 00:46:31.260
 the new life,

00:46:31.520 --> 00:46:32.020
 this one little

00:46:32.020 --> 00:46:33.220
 life with Lazarus,

00:46:33.520 --> 00:46:34.180
 this is getting

00:46:34.180 --> 00:46:35.180
 all of you ready

00:46:35.180 --> 00:46:35.940
 for the new

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.600
 life that's about

00:46:36.600 --> 00:46:37.060
 to come.

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:39.159
 your view of

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:39.559
 these Greeks

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:40.519
 needs to change.

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:41.400
 These are your

00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:41.840
 family.

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:43.000
 This is the

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:43.279
 church.

00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:43.920
 These are your

00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:45.059
 brothers in the

00:46:45.059 --> 00:46:45.360
 battle.

00:46:46.759 --> 00:46:47.360
 Bring them on.

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:48.579
 Let them hear my

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:48.900
 teaching,

00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:49.559
 Jesus says.

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.699
 Number two,

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:52.420
 new life in

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:52.719
 Christ,

00:46:52.799 --> 00:46:53.880
 it redefines not

00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:54.500
 only your view

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:54.920
 of others,

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.960
 it redefines your

00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:57.639
 view of success.

00:46:57.639 --> 00:46:59.699
 there were

00:46:59.699 --> 00:47:00.420
 these missionaries

00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:01.139
 who left

00:47:01.139 --> 00:47:01.659
 everything,

00:47:02.339 --> 00:47:02.920
 they had worked

00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:03.119
 hard,

00:47:03.199 --> 00:47:03.759
 they were educated,

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.460
 and they felt

00:47:04.460 --> 00:47:05.039
 called to go to

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:05.759
 a mission field

00:47:05.759 --> 00:47:06.559
 in a remote

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:07.480
 part of the

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:07.759
 world.

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.259
 Well,

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:10.299
 believers and

00:47:10.299 --> 00:47:10.719
 friends of theirs

00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:11.179
 from a church

00:47:11.179 --> 00:47:11.779
 went and visited

00:47:11.779 --> 00:47:12.400
 them and just

00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:13.440
 had to travel so

00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:14.460
 long to finally

00:47:14.460 --> 00:47:14.960
 get to where

00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:15.420
 they were.

00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:16.920
 And one of the

00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:17.480
 friends just

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:18.719
 very innocently

00:47:18.719 --> 00:47:19.179
 just said,

00:47:19.279 --> 00:47:19.440
 man,

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:19.920
 you guys are

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:20.679
 really buried

00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:21.719
 way out here,

00:47:21.779 --> 00:47:22.139
 aren't you?

00:47:23.259 --> 00:47:23.759
 And the

00:47:23.759 --> 00:47:24.239
 missionaries

00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:25.019
 paraphrased

00:47:25.019 --> 00:47:26.019
 verse 24.

00:47:26.019 --> 00:47:27.599
 Jesus says,

00:47:27.739 --> 00:47:27.920
 truly,

00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:28.259
 truly,

00:47:28.380 --> 00:47:28.900
 I say to

00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:29.139
 you,

00:47:29.739 --> 00:47:30.320
 unless the

00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:30.820
 grain of

00:47:30.820 --> 00:47:31.480
 wheat falls

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:32.000
 into the

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:32.500
 earth and

00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:32.880
 dies,

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:33.599
 it abides

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:34.099
 alone,

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:35.219
 but if it

00:47:35.219 --> 00:47:35.739
 dies,

00:47:36.199 --> 00:47:36.759
 it brings

00:47:36.759 --> 00:47:38.000
 forth much

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:38.280
 fruit.

00:47:39.179 --> 00:47:39.420
 The

00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:39.840
 missionaries

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:40.059
 said,

00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:40.380
 yes,

00:47:40.940 --> 00:47:41.340
 we are

00:47:41.340 --> 00:47:42.039
 buried way

00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:42.420
 out here.

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:44.639
 And that's

00:47:44.639 --> 00:47:45.119
 how God

00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:45.719
 will bring

00:47:45.719 --> 00:47:46.460
 forth a

00:47:46.460 --> 00:47:46.840
 harvest.

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:48.519
 See how

00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:48.920
 life in

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:49.340
 Christ is

00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:50.179
 life abundant?

00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:52.519
 Life,

00:47:52.820 --> 00:47:53.219
 the new

00:47:53.219 --> 00:47:53.639
 life that

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:54.259
 Christ brings,

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:54.960
 it redefines

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:55.300
 your view

00:47:55.300 --> 00:47:55.780
 of others,

00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:56.920
 it redefines

00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:57.219
 your view

00:47:57.219 --> 00:47:57.860
 of success,

00:47:58.000 --> 00:47:58.239
 and it

00:47:58.239 --> 00:47:58.820
 redefines

00:47:58.820 --> 00:47:59.280
 your view

00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:00.539
 of purpose.

00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:01.940
 In verse

00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:02.539
 25,

00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:03.059
 read that,

00:48:03.519 --> 00:48:04.280
 Jesus said,

00:48:04.739 --> 00:48:05.119
 he that

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:05.739
 loves his

00:48:05.739 --> 00:48:06.980
 soul shall

00:48:06.980 --> 00:48:07.559
 lose it.

00:48:08.259 --> 00:48:08.619
 In the

00:48:08.619 --> 00:48:08.800
 Greek,

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.739
 it's soul.

00:48:11.159 --> 00:48:11.820
 Now think

00:48:11.820 --> 00:48:12.360
 about this

00:48:12.360 --> 00:48:13.019
 in the

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:13.400
 context.

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:13.699
 Remember,

00:48:13.840 --> 00:48:14.780
 Lazarus is

00:48:14.780 --> 00:48:15.259
 mentioned here.

00:48:15.340 --> 00:48:15.659
 He's a little

00:48:15.659 --> 00:48:16.300
 picture of one

00:48:16.300 --> 00:48:16.659
 seed being

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:16.980
 buried,

00:48:17.719 --> 00:48:18.199
 and without

00:48:18.199 --> 00:48:18.739
 the soul,

00:48:18.860 --> 00:48:19.219
 the body

00:48:19.219 --> 00:48:19.679
 is dead.

00:48:20.280 --> 00:48:20.539
 So he

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:21.980
 that loves

00:48:21.980 --> 00:48:22.519
 his soul,

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:23.039
 in other

00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:23.179
 words,

00:48:23.259 --> 00:48:23.699
 loves having

00:48:23.699 --> 00:48:24.079
 your soul

00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:24.320
 and your

00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:25.019
 body in

00:48:25.019 --> 00:48:25.480
 this world,

00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:25.800
 in this

00:48:25.800 --> 00:48:26.099
 life,

00:48:26.199 --> 00:48:26.639
 this earthly

00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:27.099
 life,

00:48:27.099 --> 00:48:29.340
 shall lose

00:48:29.340 --> 00:48:29.599
 it.

00:48:30.639 --> 00:48:30.960
 But he

00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:31.740
 that hates

00:48:31.740 --> 00:48:32.639
 his soul

00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:33.860
 in this

00:48:33.860 --> 00:48:34.400
 world,

00:48:34.780 --> 00:48:36.780
 he that

00:48:36.780 --> 00:48:37.320
 hates his

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:37.880
 soul in

00:48:37.880 --> 00:48:38.539
 this world

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:40.139
 shall keep

00:48:40.139 --> 00:48:40.719
 it to

00:48:40.719 --> 00:48:41.260
 everlasting

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:42.260
 life.

00:48:42.659 --> 00:48:43.340
 That's a

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:43.900
 hard teaching.

00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:45.500
 In the

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:45.659
 Greek,

00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:46.320
 that's exactly

00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:46.940
 how it reads.

00:48:47.179 --> 00:48:47.539
 He that

00:48:47.539 --> 00:48:48.139
 hates his

00:48:48.139 --> 00:48:48.880
 soul in

00:48:48.880 --> 00:48:49.500
 this world

00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:50.820
 shall keep

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.400
 it to

00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:51.980
 everlasting

00:48:51.980 --> 00:48:52.740
 life.

00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:52.779
 life.

00:48:53.419 --> 00:48:53.959
 So notice,

00:48:54.119 --> 00:48:54.539
 the soul

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:55.299
 continues.

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:57.399
 If you're

00:48:57.399 --> 00:48:57.859
 loving your

00:48:57.859 --> 00:48:58.239
 soul in

00:48:58.239 --> 00:48:59.019
 the life

00:48:59.019 --> 00:48:59.339
 it has

00:48:59.339 --> 00:48:59.819
 right now

00:48:59.819 --> 00:49:00.059
 in the

00:49:00.059 --> 00:49:00.359
 body,

00:49:00.459 --> 00:49:00.939
 on this

00:49:00.939 --> 00:49:01.299
 world,

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:02.099
 if that's

00:49:02.099 --> 00:49:02.379
 what you

00:49:02.379 --> 00:49:02.699
 love,

00:49:02.919 --> 00:49:03.259
 you'll

00:49:03.259 --> 00:49:03.639
 lose it.

00:49:04.299 --> 00:49:05.619
 But that

00:49:05.619 --> 00:49:06.359
 same soul

00:49:06.359 --> 00:49:07.739
 for everlasting

00:49:07.739 --> 00:49:09.279
 life will

00:49:09.279 --> 00:49:09.739
 be kept.

00:49:10.699 --> 00:49:11.059
 You will

00:49:11.059 --> 00:49:11.739
 keep it if you

00:49:11.739 --> 00:49:12.219
 bury your

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:13.000
 life in the

00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:13.259
 body,

00:49:13.359 --> 00:49:13.519
 in the

00:49:13.519 --> 00:49:13.799
 flesh,

00:49:13.859 --> 00:49:14.119
 in this

00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:14.639
 earthly world

00:49:14.639 --> 00:49:15.000
 now.

00:49:15.459 --> 00:49:16.399
 That's the

00:49:16.399 --> 00:49:17.079
 hope of your

00:49:17.079 --> 00:49:18.019
 soul for

00:49:18.019 --> 00:49:18.539
 eternity.

00:49:19.139 --> 00:49:19.679
 Bury your

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.059
 soul in

00:49:20.059 --> 00:49:21.119
 Christ if you

00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:21.599
 want to keep

00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:21.779
 it.

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:23.440
 Lay down

00:49:23.440 --> 00:49:24.159
 your earthly

00:49:24.159 --> 00:49:24.900
 life in

00:49:24.900 --> 00:49:25.339
 Christ,

00:49:25.739 --> 00:49:26.480
 identify with

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:27.259
 him in his

00:49:27.259 --> 00:49:27.839
 death and

00:49:27.839 --> 00:49:28.599
 burial in

00:49:28.599 --> 00:49:29.219
 this life,

00:49:29.619 --> 00:49:30.019
 and your

00:49:30.019 --> 00:49:30.460
 soul will

00:49:30.460 --> 00:49:30.779
 have the

00:49:30.779 --> 00:49:31.579
 hope of

00:49:31.579 --> 00:49:32.079
 resurrection

00:49:32.079 --> 00:49:33.119
 for the

00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:33.519
 life to

00:49:33.519 --> 00:49:33.759
 come.

00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:36.079
 Deuteronomy

00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:36.799
 4.9 says,

00:49:36.940 --> 00:49:38.119
 take care and

00:49:38.119 --> 00:49:38.940
 keep your

00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:40.659
 soul diligently

00:49:40.659 --> 00:49:41.900
 lest you

00:49:41.900 --> 00:49:42.440
 forget the

00:49:42.440 --> 00:49:42.880
 things that

00:49:42.880 --> 00:49:43.199
 you have

00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:43.659
 seen,

00:49:44.380 --> 00:49:44.659
 and lest

00:49:44.659 --> 00:49:45.239
 they depart

00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:45.779
 from your

00:49:45.779 --> 00:49:46.279
 heart all

00:49:46.279 --> 00:49:46.679
 the days

00:49:46.679 --> 00:49:46.980
 of your

00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:47.360
 life.

00:49:49.219 --> 00:49:49.940
 So how

00:49:49.940 --> 00:49:50.380
 do you keep

00:49:50.380 --> 00:49:50.839
 your soul?

00:49:51.599 --> 00:49:52.480
 You

00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:53.659
 remember what

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:54.539
 God has

00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:55.000
 shown you.

00:49:56.139 --> 00:49:56.420
 You

00:49:56.420 --> 00:49:57.059
 remember what

00:49:57.059 --> 00:49:57.799
 your eyes

00:49:57.799 --> 00:49:58.500
 have seen

00:49:58.500 --> 00:49:59.339
 of the

00:49:59.339 --> 00:49:59.839
 glory of

00:49:59.839 --> 00:50:00.339
 God through

00:50:00.339 --> 00:50:00.920
 his word

00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:01.920
 by the

00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:02.239
 help of

00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:02.719
 the spirit.

00:50:04.339 --> 00:50:04.960
 And the

00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:05.460
 last one is

00:50:05.460 --> 00:50:05.880
 that new

00:50:05.880 --> 00:50:06.319
 life in

00:50:06.319 --> 00:50:06.619
 Christ,

00:50:06.739 --> 00:50:07.599
 it redefines

00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:08.380
 your view

00:50:08.380 --> 00:50:09.019
 of honor.

00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:10.299
 It

00:50:10.299 --> 00:50:10.799
 redefines

00:50:10.799 --> 00:50:11.159
 your view

00:50:11.159 --> 00:50:11.739
 of honor.

00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:13.639
 Look at

00:50:13.639 --> 00:50:14.360
 verse 26,

00:50:14.460 --> 00:50:14.839
 our last

00:50:14.839 --> 00:50:15.099
 verse.

00:50:15.239 --> 00:50:15.679
 Jesus says,

00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:16.279
 if anyone

00:50:16.279 --> 00:50:16.980
 serves me,

00:50:17.299 --> 00:50:17.719
 let him

00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:18.379
 follow me,

00:50:18.579 --> 00:50:19.119
 and where

00:50:19.119 --> 00:50:19.799
 I am,

00:50:19.899 --> 00:50:20.500
 there also

00:50:20.500 --> 00:50:21.399
 shall my

00:50:21.399 --> 00:50:21.859
 servant

00:50:21.859 --> 00:50:22.399
 be.

00:50:23.059 --> 00:50:23.579
 And if

00:50:23.579 --> 00:50:24.159
 anyone

00:50:24.159 --> 00:50:25.299
 serve me,

00:50:25.940 --> 00:50:26.940
 him will

00:50:26.940 --> 00:50:27.619
 my father

00:50:27.619 --> 00:50:28.419
 honor.

00:50:31.019 --> 00:50:31.619
 The

00:50:31.619 --> 00:50:31.980
 greatest

00:50:31.980 --> 00:50:32.480
 honor

00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:34.099
 is

00:50:34.099 --> 00:50:34.799
 redefined.

00:50:35.739 --> 00:50:35.859
 The

00:50:35.859 --> 00:50:36.299
 greatest

00:50:36.299 --> 00:50:36.919
 honor you

00:50:36.919 --> 00:50:37.359
 can have

00:50:37.359 --> 00:50:37.679
 in this

00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:38.179
 life is

00:50:38.179 --> 00:50:39.000
 to serve

00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:39.819
 Christ.

00:50:40.539 --> 00:50:41.019
 It's to

00:50:41.019 --> 00:50:41.599
 follow

00:50:41.599 --> 00:50:42.239
 him.

00:50:42.619 --> 00:50:43.099
 It's to

00:50:43.099 --> 00:50:43.699
 know him.

00:50:43.699 --> 00:50:45.279
 You see

00:50:45.279 --> 00:50:45.879
 the promise?

00:50:46.879 --> 00:50:47.500
 You get

00:50:47.500 --> 00:50:48.019
 to be

00:50:48.019 --> 00:50:48.519
 with him.

00:50:49.319 --> 00:50:49.699
 You get

00:50:49.699 --> 00:50:50.279
 to be

00:50:50.279 --> 00:50:51.059
 with Christ

00:50:51.059 --> 00:50:51.500
 forever.

00:50:52.699 --> 00:50:53.179
 That's the

00:50:53.179 --> 00:50:53.500
 greatest

00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:54.179
 honor the

00:50:54.179 --> 00:50:54.719
 father can

00:50:54.719 --> 00:50:55.299
 show you.

00:50:56.219 --> 00:50:56.859
 His son

00:50:56.859 --> 00:50:57.739
 enthroned,

00:50:58.379 --> 00:50:58.859
 ruling over

00:50:58.859 --> 00:50:59.279
 the new

00:50:59.279 --> 00:50:59.759
 heavens and

00:50:59.759 --> 00:51:00.059
 the earth,

00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:00.659
 and you

00:51:00.659 --> 00:51:01.960
 are with

00:51:01.960 --> 00:51:02.419
 him.

00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:06.699
 So

00:51:06.699 --> 00:51:07.460
 Christ's

00:51:07.460 --> 00:51:08.139
 new life,

00:51:08.199 --> 00:51:08.859
 it transforms

00:51:08.859 --> 00:51:09.539
 everything.

00:51:11.339 --> 00:51:12.339
 Which life

00:51:12.339 --> 00:51:12.879
 do you

00:51:12.879 --> 00:51:13.539
 love most?

00:51:13.699 --> 00:51:21.519
 Romans 6

00:51:21.519 --> 00:51:22.039
 4 says

00:51:22.039 --> 00:51:24.099
 that we

00:51:24.099 --> 00:51:24.759
 were buried

00:51:24.759 --> 00:51:25.679
 therefore with

00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:26.599
 Christ in

00:51:26.599 --> 00:51:27.399
 baptism into

00:51:27.399 --> 00:51:28.000
 death in

00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:28.579
 order that

00:51:28.579 --> 00:51:29.079
 just as

00:51:29.079 --> 00:51:29.699
 Christ was

00:51:29.699 --> 00:51:30.219
 raised from

00:51:30.219 --> 00:51:30.719
 the dead

00:51:30.719 --> 00:51:31.480
 by the

00:51:31.480 --> 00:51:32.239
 glory of

00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:32.759
 the father,

00:51:33.259 --> 00:51:33.719
 we too

00:51:33.719 --> 00:51:34.519
 might walk

00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:35.399
 in newness

00:51:35.399 --> 00:51:36.460
 of life.

00:51:37.980 --> 00:51:38.879
 If Christ

00:51:38.879 --> 00:51:39.439
 has saved

00:51:39.439 --> 00:51:40.379
 you and

00:51:40.379 --> 00:51:40.819
 given your

00:51:40.819 --> 00:51:41.319
 soul life

00:51:41.319 --> 00:51:41.699
 in him,

00:51:41.779 --> 00:51:42.079
 then you

00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:42.919
 are like

00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:43.460
 Lazarus,

00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:43.820
 you are

00:51:43.820 --> 00:51:44.800
 living for

00:51:44.800 --> 00:51:45.079
 him.

00:51:46.460 --> 00:51:47.180
 He raised

00:51:47.180 --> 00:51:47.360
 you,

00:51:47.539 --> 00:51:47.920
 he gave

00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:48.220
 you new

00:51:48.220 --> 00:51:48.579
 life in

00:51:48.579 --> 00:51:48.840
 the soul

00:51:48.840 --> 00:51:49.700
 now so

00:51:49.700 --> 00:51:50.039
 that you

00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:50.700
 will walk

00:51:50.700 --> 00:51:51.420
 in that

00:51:51.420 --> 00:51:52.500
 newness of

00:51:52.500 --> 00:51:52.920
 life.

00:51:55.619 --> 00:51:56.240
 Don't you

00:51:56.240 --> 00:51:56.780
 want heaven

00:51:56.780 --> 00:51:57.340
 to be in

00:51:57.340 --> 00:51:57.800
 you before

00:51:57.800 --> 00:51:58.180
 you're in

00:51:58.180 --> 00:51:58.420
 heaven?

00:51:58.420 --> 00:51:58.480
 sin?

00:52:02.360 --> 00:52:03.180
 I know the

00:52:03.180 --> 00:52:03.720
 battle against

00:52:03.720 --> 00:52:04.220
 the flesh

00:52:04.220 --> 00:52:04.860
 in this

00:52:04.860 --> 00:52:05.320
 life in

00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:05.780
 this world,

00:52:06.780 --> 00:52:08.159
 sometimes it

00:52:08.159 --> 00:52:08.519
 feels like

00:52:08.519 --> 00:52:09.019
 we're losing,

00:52:10.360 --> 00:52:11.420
 but remember

00:52:11.420 --> 00:52:11.980
 the promise,

00:52:12.099 --> 00:52:12.680
 we sang this,

00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:13.180
 that Jesus

00:52:13.180 --> 00:52:14.139
 breaks the

00:52:14.139 --> 00:52:14.860
 power of

00:52:14.860 --> 00:52:15.579
 reigning sin,

00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:16.880
 he sets the

00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:17.680
 prisoner free,

00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:18.340
 and it's his

00:52:18.340 --> 00:52:19.360
 blood that

00:52:19.360 --> 00:52:20.320
 can make the

00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:21.860
 foulest clean,

00:52:22.360 --> 00:52:23.280
 even you and

00:52:23.280 --> 00:52:23.539
 me,

00:52:24.380 --> 00:52:25.159
 because his

00:52:25.159 --> 00:52:26.039
 blood availed

00:52:26.039 --> 00:52:26.500
 for me.

00:52:28.500 --> 00:52:29.340
 There are

00:52:29.340 --> 00:52:30.119
 two lives,

00:52:32.219 --> 00:52:32.900
 Jesus gives

00:52:32.900 --> 00:52:33.440
 new life,

00:52:33.619 --> 00:52:33.840
 and it

00:52:33.840 --> 00:52:34.199
 changes

00:52:34.199 --> 00:52:34.699
 everything.

00:52:36.559 --> 00:52:37.360
 My prayer

00:52:37.360 --> 00:52:37.840
 for you has

00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:38.300
 simply been

00:52:38.300 --> 00:52:38.559
 that,

00:52:38.619 --> 00:52:38.960
 that you

00:52:38.960 --> 00:52:39.980
 will want

00:52:39.980 --> 00:52:41.000
 and love

00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:41.960
 the life

00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:42.539
 of his

00:52:42.539 --> 00:52:43.519
 kingdom more

00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:44.019
 than anything

00:52:44.019 --> 00:52:44.440
 else,

00:52:45.340 --> 00:52:46.500
 and that by

00:52:46.500 --> 00:52:47.000
 going to

00:52:47.000 --> 00:52:47.559
 Christ once

00:52:47.559 --> 00:52:48.139
 again today,

00:52:48.239 --> 00:52:48.559
 you will

00:52:48.559 --> 00:52:49.400
 have that,

00:52:49.759 --> 00:52:50.539
 that life

00:52:50.539 --> 00:52:51.400
 is yours.

00:52:52.360 --> 00:52:53.059
 Let's pray.

00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:53.139
 Amen.

00:52:53.139 --> 00:53:02.019
 from Ephesians

00:53:02.019 --> 00:53:02.699
 chapter 4,

00:53:02.759 --> 00:53:03.420
 verse 22.

00:53:06.659 --> 00:53:07.179
 Lord,

00:53:07.279 --> 00:53:07.819
 help us to

00:53:07.819 --> 00:53:08.500
 put off our

00:53:08.500 --> 00:53:09.199
 old self,

00:53:09.299 --> 00:53:09.879
 which belongs

00:53:09.879 --> 00:53:10.279
 to our

00:53:10.279 --> 00:53:11.279
 former manner

00:53:11.279 --> 00:53:12.000
 of life.

00:53:14.299 --> 00:53:15.039
 That old

00:53:15.039 --> 00:53:15.619
 life has been

00:53:15.619 --> 00:53:16.179
 corrupted,

00:53:16.900 --> 00:53:17.639
 our desires

00:53:17.639 --> 00:53:18.119
 have been

00:53:18.119 --> 00:53:18.759
 deceitful,

00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:20.480
 and help us

00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:20.839
 instead,

00:53:20.980 --> 00:53:21.079
 Lord,

00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:22.000
 to be renewed

00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:23.000
 in the spirit

00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:23.980
 of our minds

00:53:23.980 --> 00:53:25.380
 to put on

00:53:25.380 --> 00:53:26.320
 the new self.

00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:28.199
 Thank you

00:53:28.199 --> 00:53:28.940
 that you

00:53:28.940 --> 00:53:29.639
 have created

00:53:29.639 --> 00:53:30.880
 us after

00:53:30.880 --> 00:53:31.579
 the likeness

00:53:31.579 --> 00:53:32.239
 of God

00:53:32.239 --> 00:53:34.000
 in the true

00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:34.539
 righteousness

00:53:34.539 --> 00:53:35.460
 and holiness

00:53:35.460 --> 00:53:36.679
 that Christ

00:53:36.679 --> 00:53:37.940
 himself put

00:53:37.940 --> 00:53:38.599
 on to his

00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:38.940
 people.

00:53:39.659 --> 00:53:40.059
 Help us

00:53:40.059 --> 00:53:40.760
 to trust you

00:53:40.760 --> 00:53:41.619
 with this.

00:53:42.059 --> 00:53:42.260
 Amen.

00:53:42.260 --> 00:53:42.360
 Amen.

00:53:42.360 --> 00:53:42.380
 Amen.

00:53:42.380 --> 00:53:42.400
 Amen.

00:53:42.400 --> 00:53:42.440
 Amen.

00:53:42.440 --> 00:53:42.460
 Amen.

00:53:42.460 --> 00:53:42.480
 Amen.

00:53:42.480 --> 00:53:42.559
 Amen.

00:53:42.559 --> 00:53:44.460
 Amen.

00:53:44.460 --> 00:53:44.480
 Amen.

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:44.500
 Amen.

00:53:44.500 --> 00:53:44.539
 Amen.

00:53:44.539 --> 00:53:44.559
 Amen.

00:53:44.559 --> 00:53:46.380
 Amen.

00:53:46.380 --> 00:53:46.500
 Amen.

00:53:46.500 --> 00:53:46.519
 Amen.

00:53:46.519 --> 00:53:46.980
 Amen.

00:53:46.980 --> 00:53:48.340
 Amen.

00:53:48.340 --> 00:53:48.420
 Amen.

00:53:48.420 --> 00:53:48.480
 Amen.

00:53:48.480 --> 00:53:48.500
 Amen.

00:53:48.500 --> 00:53:50.440
 Amen.

00:53:50.440 --> 00:53:50.480
 Amen.