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 Well, I want to talk to you today about King Jesus and the nature of his kingdom.

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 You can say it this way, that this text, everything we just read is really all about that.

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 It's how the king gathers his army.

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 A king's actions reveal the nature of his kingdom.

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 If you're taking notes, kids, you've got the handout.

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 This is an important point.

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 A king's actions reveal the nature of his kingdom.

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 Think about it.

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 That's the reason why presidential candidates will platform with promises about what they will do in their first 100 days of taking office.

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 They know that their actions, those initial actions, are revealing what their kingdom or their rule is really all about.

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 Well, who was the king of Israel?

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 And what was he all about?

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 Well, the Bible says that it was Herod.

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 In Acts chapter 2, Herod is called the king of Israel.

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 We're told that King Herod laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.

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 And he killed James, the brother of John.

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 So the man who wrote this apostle, the apostle who wrote this letter here, this gospel of John, his brother, James, was killed by the king of Israel, King Herod.

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 Well, what else was this king known for?

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 King Herod the Great.

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 You could say he built a replica of Rome itself.

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 So you travel across the civilized world, the Roman Empire, and you come to Rome, and you were supposed to be stunned by the majesty of their architecture.

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 Their aqueducts, their arches, you know, the way that they tried to intimidate their enemy with everything that was imposed upon them from what they built.

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 And that was Rome.

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 But in Judea, Herod the Great built a little replica.

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 And it was in the city called Caesarea Philippi.

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 And that little fortress, he had at his palace and it faced the Mediterranean Ocean, which would be like saltwater, you know, the Mediterranean Sea.

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 They called it the Great Sea.

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 And right there in his palace, he built an indoor swimming pool, larger than a swimming pool.

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 And he had an aqueduct built just to bring fresh water to his palace.

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 So as you came to visit him or you arrived on a ship, he wanted to stun you with his greatness.

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 You might be thinking that would be a cool kingdom to belong to, the kingdom of Herod the Great.

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 But what else was the kingdom of Herod the Great known for?

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 Well, this was the same man, Herod, who left his one wife and his other wife started to poison his thoughts about her and her whole family.

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 To the point that Herod the Great had her slain, along with her father, her relatives, including two of his own sons, killed because he was so suspicious.

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 So you could say, by those actions, we know the nature of King Herod the Great's kingdom.

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 He was a man who loved Rome.

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 He was obsessed with Rome.

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 He was also a man who only knew how to rule using terror and fear, the force of manipulation and control.

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 The nature of the king's actions are revealing what their kingdom is about.

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 And I believe here that what we just read, these initial movements of King Jesus.

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 Remember, he's just been baptized into the water.

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 And we read in Acts, in John chapter 1, he was anointed with the Holy Spirit.

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 And the Spirit remained on him.

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 So when you hear this language of anointing, you know there's a special office being set up.

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 Jesus is being inaugurated as the king.

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 He's been anointed.

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 You'd be thinking now, just like Samuel poured the oil over the head of David, that sunburned shepherd boy.

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 And now he's going to be the king.

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 Covenant, the office of King of Israel is anointed on him.

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 Well, Jesus has been anointed.

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 What is his kingdom all about?

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 And every movement that he makes, I believe, is showing you what his kingdom is for.

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 I think, too, that people might have thought of other references to this rule of God over his people.

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 And the one that came to mind to me that was maybe unusual or striking was in Joshua chapter 5.

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 God is already fulfilling his promises.

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 He brings his people, the second generation, into the promised land.

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 And they now have to go fight the enemy that does not want them there, claiming their inheritance.

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 And we're told in Joshua chapter 5 that as Joshua was praying and preparing now to lead the army of God and to do what they had been called to do,

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 Joshua lifted his eyes up and looked.

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 And behold, a man was standing before him with his sword drawn in his hand.

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 And he said, Are you for us or for our enemies?

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 And this man said, Neither, but as commander of the Lord's army, I stand before you.

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 Now, Jesus had not yet taken a body, but that was the son of God, the second person before he was incarnate, revealing himself.

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 This is what he has been prepared to do all along.

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 He will come and he will rule his people first in Israel to all the nations.

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 So that's what will be in mind here, because look at verse 41 in our text today.

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 In verse 41, we read that this wonderful declaration.

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 We have found the Messiah.

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 Messiah means exactly that, anointed one.

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 We have found the one that God has anointed and prepared all along, which means the Christ.

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 So when we say our Lord, Jesus Christ, every word is meaningful.

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 He is our Lord.

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 He rules over his new covenant people as the commander.

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 And Christ means the anointed one, the same Savior that God has promised all along.

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 Well, before I walk you through this text and show you these seven insights we get to the kingdom of God, I want us to appreciate and not take for granted the problem that we have.

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 See, the promise, the promise of God is really attached to one covenant.

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 And it's it begins with Eve and it goes all the way through with Abraham to Moses.

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 But it gets super specific and clear with the covenant made with David and two pastors named Brown and Keel.

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 They summarize the covenant God made with David this way.

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 The Davidic king would make the people holy.

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 This is what scripture teaches.

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 The king would establish the true temple of God.

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 The king would keep the laws of God for the people as their representative.

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 And the king, a son of David, would subdue all Israel's enemies and would reign in God's name.

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 That's what he would do.

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 Psalm 134 says the king will usher God's people into Zion to worship God forever in glory.

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 And Zion represents the mountain on which the kingly and the priestly office are combined.

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 And the revelation of God is brought to the people.

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 So Zion is that promise of a restored people of God that will be in his presence as his priests and kings, his army on earth.

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 It's a promise for the church.

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 But the problem with that promise is that it's been over 500 years.

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 Ever since Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed the temple, the people have not had a man from the line of David on the throne of Jerusalem.

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 So this is a big problem.

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 You can understand why the people would be crying out in the words of Psalm 89.

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 Lord, where is your steadfast love, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

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 Where is it?

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 Well, the answer to this problem, it comes once again to Mary by the angel Gabriel.

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 He says this in Luke 1.

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 See, God sent an angel Gabriel himself to show all those promises, all that expectation for the Messiah, the one who would fulfill this covenant as the king of Israel.

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 So they are now fulfilled in God who took on flesh, Jesus Christ.

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 And the actions of the king reveal the nature of his kingdom.

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 So if that's true, if Jesus is God's warrior, the commander of the Lord's army, taken on the body of a man to be the representative of all God's people,

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 what do his early movements here in the rest of chapter one show us about the kingdom of God?

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 Now, I'm going to walk us through seven observations.

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 Ready?

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 Here's number one.

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 King Jesus cares about the heart of his people.

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 King Jesus cares about the heart of his people.

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 Look at verse 38.

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 Well, we saw last week how John the baptizer, once again on the new day, beheld the name of God.

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 And there were two disciples with him.

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 Do you remember that?

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 The two disciples.

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 And those two disciples begin to follow Jesus.

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 We're told that one of those disciples was who?

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 Look at your Bible.

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 Who was one of them that we're told?

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 You can say it out loud.

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 Who was it?

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 Andrew.

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 Yeah, one of them was Andrew.

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 Now, I'm going to tell you who I think the second one was.

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 Because we have some first person details given.

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 Like they followed him and it was about the 10th hour.

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 The 10th hour means you start counting when the sun comes up.

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 It would be about 4 p.m.

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 Well, who would know that?

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 Because Luke was the historian, right?

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 Luke had done this research as a historian, not as an eyewitness.

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 My guess is that John, the apostle that wrote this gospel, was that second disciple.

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 And you see how John the baptizer always wanted to make himself less.

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 The apostle John, I'm the one who Jesus loved.

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 You don't need to know more about me.

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 You need to know about Christ.

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 There's a second disciple there who had some first-hand details.

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 That's a good probability it was John himself.

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 Well, look at what he says in verse 38.

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 As they start to follow Jesus, in verse 38, what are Jesus' first words to them?

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 Jesus says, what are you seeking?

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 See how with just a few words, King Jesus shows his care for the heart of his people.

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 He didn't ask them a lot of other things.

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 He didn't say, how well have you kept the law of God?

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 He didn't ask them, how often have you been to church?

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 You've done all these external things.

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 Although true believers will want those things.

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 They'll want to be with their king.

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 He says in your heart, the part that no man can see, the part that you know, and God who knows all things, he sees it.

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 What are you seeking?

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 It reminds me of Matthew chapter 6.

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 Jesus said, don't be like those people who don't know the Lord.

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 They only care about food and clothes.

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 In other words, they only care about external things.

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 He said this, Matthew 6, 32 and 33.

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 You need to seek first, first and foremost, the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

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 You know why?

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 All these things will be added to you.

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 The Father in heaven loves you and he knows you need all these things.

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 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.

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 King Jesus wants to know that of his people today as well.

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 He wants to have you as part of his army.

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 Search your own heart.

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 What are you seeking?

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 And he asked this as your king and your commander.

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 Those who love anything more than Christ have no place in his kingdom.

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 If you don't know what you're seeking, I want you to observe what these men did.

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 See, what was their answer?

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 Verse 38 and 39.

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 They didn't have a great answer.

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 We are seeking, you know, they didn't have anything profound to say.

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 They just said, where are you staying?

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 In other words, can we be around you?

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 And maybe that's how you're today.

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 You don't know your heart really.

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 What am I seeking?

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 And Jesus' words to you are, follow me.

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 Come be with me.

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 Stick around me.

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 The King Jesus.

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 God himself.

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 Follow him in all those ordinary ways.

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 Where are you staying?

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 What are we doing when we get there?

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 We'll spend time with you.

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 If you're doing the dishes, we'll do the dishes with you.

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 If you're going to go, you know, help.

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 We'll do that with you.

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 We want to be around you.

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 We want to be your disciples.

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 And as simple as gathering as God's people on a Sunday morning feels,

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 doesn't it feel so ordinary?

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 We carry some tubs in and, you know, we sing some songs

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 and mess up some chords on the guitar.

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 But it's so simple.

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 But we want to be around King Jesus.

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 We're seeking first his kingdom.

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 Jesus cares about your heart today as well.

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 And he gathers his army.

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 So what else can we learn about the nature of his kingdom?

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 See, we read in our narrative that Andrew, one of those two,

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 brought along his brother.

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 And once again, how ordinary it is.

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 The way that King Jesus grows his army is so ordinary.

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 In verse 40, we see that.

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 Most likely, these men, the reason they're along the Jordan

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 is probably because they came for those three feasts that we talked about.

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 And now they're going back to Galilee where they're fishermen,

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 they're simple men traveling back along the Jordan.

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 And they had come trusting God to be their deliverer

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 and to show themselves, show himself to them,

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 show them his forgiveness.

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 He came to show them something much greater than that.

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 He came to show them what his kingdom is really about.

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 The second thing I want to point out is this,

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 that his kingdom only grows through direct encounter

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 with King Jesus himself.

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 See, Andrew was first a disciple of John the Baptizer.

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 But look at verse 40 in your Bible.

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 One of the two who heard John speak followed Jesus.

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 And then in verse 42, what did Andrew do?

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 Look at verse 42.

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 We're told Andrew brought Peter to Jesus.

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 He brought him to Jesus.

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 So the king only grows his army as people are brought directly to him.

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 As simple as this is,

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 I think the applications are very hard.

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 And I'm sure you have a loved one,

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 a friend, a family member.

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 You know what they need is for Christ to be the king of their life.

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 And it's so tempting, isn't it,

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 to try to bring that person to anything else,

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 even our own children.

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 But bring him to Christ alone.

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 That's how he grows his kingdom.

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 You need to know that you cannot save that loved one.

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 What that person needs is to encounter the king for themselves.

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 We're told in chapter 1, verse 17 of our chapter here,

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 that grace and truth, that's what we all need.

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 We need God's grace and the truth of the Bible.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 They come through who?

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 Through Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the anointed one.

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 No one else can bring God's grace and truth.

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 That's the only way his kingdom grows,

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 is through direct encounter with Christ himself.

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 What we can do is pray.

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 Because these men had been prepared.

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 They had been drawn by the Spirit,

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 by the Word of God, by the law,

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 knowing they need forgiveness.

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 And we can pray, we must pray,

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 that God will bring more soldiers,

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 more men and women, boys and girls,

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 into his kingdom.

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 His kingdom, listen to this,

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 his kingdom cannot be manipulated by gimmicks

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 or by the force of man.

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 That's what King Herod is all about.

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 That's not the way King Jesus grows his kingdom.

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 His kingdom is the kingdom of light

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 and it always overcomes the darkness.

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 The true church grows when Christ builds his church

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 and he promises, I will do that.

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 I will build my church.

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 Can we trust him to do that?

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 Let's let Christ be extraordinary

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 as we are obedient with the ordinary things

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 he's called us to do so that he gets all the glory.

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 The best we can ever do

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 is to bring someone else to Jesus Christ himself

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 because King Jesus is the one who gathers his army.

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 What else do the king's actions in these early verses

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 in chapter one reveal about the nature of his kingdom?

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 Number three,

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 we see that King Jesus knows his people.

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 Look at verse 42 again.

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 We're told in verse 42

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 that Jesus looked at Peter

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 and said,

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 notice the next two words,

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 you are,

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 this is who you are.

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 And what he calls him is,

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 is Cephas,

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 it means Petras,

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 it means the rock.

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 And we'll get insights much later

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 in the passion of Christ

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 that Peter was a rock,

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 not because he was a man of great faith.

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 In fact,

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 he is the one who denied Christ.

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 He failed God most publicly and miserably.

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 But it was his profession

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 that Jesus is the son of God,

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 the Messiah,

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 the anointed one.

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 He is the Christ.

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 That statement,

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 that confession,

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 which we've received

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 and now we profess,

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 that's the rock of the church.

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 It's Christ himself.

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 So that's what he calls Peter.

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 And the application for us

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 is that Jesus looked at Peter

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 and said,

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 you are.

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 The only way the king can do that

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 is if he knows who you are.

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 And the king knows his army.

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 He knows every single one

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 of his soldiers.

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 We need to never picture Jesus

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 like that general,

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 you know,

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 sitting behind an office desk,

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 looking at some figures

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 on a paper or computer.

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 King Jesus is like George Washington.

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 He's marching with his boots on muddy.

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 And he's in the midst of his people.

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 He is among his sheep.

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 He's the shepherd king.

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 That's who King Jesus is.

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 He knows you.

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 And maybe you feel invisible

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 at work or in your own family.

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 You feel like

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 no one really knows who you are.

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 Remember,

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 this is King Jesus

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 who knows your heart

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 and cares about you.

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 And he knows

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 how you will fail him in the future

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 and he loves you still.

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 He also knows

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 how he will use you

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 in your weakness

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 to glorify him.

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 How your kingdom will grow

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 with one of your loved ones

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 through you

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 if you profess him

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 and you confess

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 Christ is your king.

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 It reminds me of

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 1 Chronicles chapter 11

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 where David

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 is driven out of the kingdom,

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 the established kingdom in Judah.

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 Remember Saul?

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 He didn't want David around.

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 David was a threat.

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 So Saul was like King Herod.

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 David is like Jesus.

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 He's the one in the wilderness now.

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 And the rejects

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 from civilization

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 are gathering around him.

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 These simple men from Galilee

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 that would be mocked,

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 they would sound different,

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 they wouldn't be as pure

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 as how others would view them.

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 Fishermen,

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 uneducated.

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 That's like David

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 gathering his mighty men of valor.

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 We're told in 1 Chronicles 11,

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 David's mighty men

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 gave him strong support

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 in his kingdom

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 and made him king

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 according to the word of God.

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 What a type we have of Christ.

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 And if you have been drawn

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 into the army of King Jesus,

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 you are a mighty man

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 of valor in his army.

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 A mighty boy or girl or woman,

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 you're raised up now as his army

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 because King Jesus has gathered you.

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 He knows you.

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 And he has called you

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 to follow him

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 according to his word

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 to be a great support

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 for his kingdom on earth.

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 What else can we learn

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 of the kingdom of God

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 from these verses?

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 Number four,

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 King Jesus is the one

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 who finds his people.

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 Look at verse 43.

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 We're told that he found Philip.

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 Jesus found him.

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 In Luke 19,

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 Jesus said,

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 I came,

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 you know why?

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 I came was to seek

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 and save the lost.

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 That was his mission

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 from heaven,

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 leaving the Father's glory

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 and stripping himself

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 of the glory that he held

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 as ruler of all.

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 to take on the flesh,

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 to seek and to save

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 those who are lost.

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 Psalm 103 says,

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 The Lord has established

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 his throne in the heavens

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 and his kingdom rules over all.

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 So bless the Lord,

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 O you his angels,

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 you mighty ones

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 who do his word,

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 obeying the voice of the Lord.

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 And he has come now

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 with the angels of God behind him

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 preparing the way,

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 drawing one.

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 He will find you.

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 If you've walked away from him

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 or you're praying for someone

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 who has walked far away from him,

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 that little lamb

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 off the green pastures,

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 he will find them.

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 That's who he is.

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 I want you to turn to Ezekiel 37

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 to see the nature of his kingdom.

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 Ezekiel chapter 37.

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 This is one of our

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 messianic prophecies.

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 So it's a prophecy

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 about the covenant

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 God made with David.

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 And for context,

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 briefly,

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 you need to know

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 that Ezekiel was a prophet of God

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 during the time of exile.

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 He wasn't even writing

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 from Jerusalem.

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 He's writing from Babylon.

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 He's among those

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 who have been vanished

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 from the land.

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 Ezekiel chapter 37.

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 Let's look at verses 23 and 24.

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 So even as God's people

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 have received his punishment,

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 he gives them this gracious promise.

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 He says,

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 it's Ezekiel 37, 23 and 24.

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 The Lord says,

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 I will save them

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 from all the backslidings

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 in which they have sinned.

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 I will cleanse them

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 and they shall be my people

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 and I shall be their God.

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 Now look at verse 24.

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 Who will do this?

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 Who will go find those

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 who are lost

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 who have backslidden

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 and restore them

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 to being in the kingdom?

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 Verse 24 says,

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 My servant David

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 shall be king over them.

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 Now David is long dead.

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 And we're in that period

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 where the seed of David

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 is no longer

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 on the throne of Israel anymore.

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 But the promise remains.

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 You see how significant this is?

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.339
 Verse 24.

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 They shall all have one shepherd.

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 They shall walk in my rules

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 and be careful

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 to obey my statutes.

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 My servant

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 shall be their prince

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 forever.

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the chief shepherd

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 of your soul.

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 He will not let

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 one of his lambs

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 that he knows

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 remain lost.

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 Now look at verse 43

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 back in John chapter 1.

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 Gospel of John chapter 1 again.

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 Look at verse 43.

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 The next day,

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 Jesus decided to go

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 to Galilee.

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 See, according to God's providence,

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 Christ is on the move.

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 Jesus decided to go to Galilee

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 and the next words

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 is that he found Philip.

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 And notice his command

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 when he finds

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 one of his lambs.

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 Follow me.

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 Now a disciple

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 would follow the rabbi.

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 Sometimes they would just

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 walk behind them

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 like a line

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 to show

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 we are seeking to

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 imitate the movements

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 of our rabbi.

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 And you remember

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 John the baptizer said,

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 I'm not even worthy

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 to untie his sandals.

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 Well, it was the job

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 of a disciple

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 to untie the sandals

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 of their rabbi.

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 And Jesus says

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.120
 to Philip,

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 follow me.

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 Become my disciple.

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 Become one

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 who will follow me.

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 And let no task

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 that I ask of you

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 be too lowly.

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 In verse 43,

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:43.759
 Jesus found Philip.

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 And then Philip,

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 following Jesus,

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 spreads the word.

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 He says to Nathanael,

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:50.699
 come and see.

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 He learned

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 from John the baptizer.

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 If you behold

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 the Lamb of God,

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 it's going to bubble up

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 out of you.

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 Like John the baptizer said,

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 behold the Lamb of God.

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 Well, notice what

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:02.019
 Philip now does next.

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.699
 Same thing Andrew did.

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 You need to come

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 and see him for yourself.

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 You need to follow

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.900
 this King.

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 My prayer today

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 is that you will believe

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:14.259
 that by the life,

00:24:14.540 --> 00:24:14.800
 death,

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.600
 and resurrection

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.259
 of Jesus,

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 he finds his people.

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 The work of finding

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.940
 sinners that are lost

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 is accomplished already.

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:26.080
 Now the application

00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.920
 of that comes

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.960
 through the Holy Spirit,

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 through his church,

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 and through his word.

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 And we get to be

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:31.880
 part of that.

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 Jesus finds his people.

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 This should give us

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.779
 so much confidence

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.740
 for evangelism.

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 This should give us

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.000
 so much hope

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.859
 for someone who we know,

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.920
 our own persuasion,

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.519
 our own work,

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:44.279
 we cannot convince anyone

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 or change any heart.

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 Karl Marx thought

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 the hope of the civilization

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:50.379
 was in fixing the economy.

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.819
 Freud thought it was

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:53.000
 in fixing psychology.

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.440
 I think many today

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.160
 have made an idol

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.859
 of education.

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:57.139
 They think education

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:58.660
 can fix the world's problems.

00:24:58.660 --> 00:25:01.960
 Jesus finds his people.

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.600
 The only hope of the world

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.420
 is in Christ,

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.440
 the gospel of Jesus

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.480
 through his church.

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.360
 We get to be part of that.

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.500
 Number five,

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.500
 what else do we see now

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.180
 from the movements

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.860
 of King Jesus?

00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:13.279
 We see that the kingdom

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.960
 of God

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:16.000
 is recognized

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:17.800
 by ordinary people

00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:19.620
 prepared by God.

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.980
 God prepares

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.880
 ordinary people

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:23.440
 and when he reveals himself,

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.519
 they recognize him.

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:26.000
 They know this is true.

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.240
 It's that simple.

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.839
 He prepares people.

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.980
 So here we have

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.700
 fishermen,

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.819
 Galileans,

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.180
 uneducated men.

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.620
 They've been flunked out

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.599
 of traditional

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.660
 rabbinical school.

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.579
 But we told

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.599
 in verse 45,

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.079
 look there,

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.880
 verse 45,

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.819
 John 1, 45,

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.299
 they knew enough.

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.420
 They had been prepared

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.380
 by the word of God.

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.620
 In verse 45,

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.660
 they recognized

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 this must be the one

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 whom Moses and the law

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.279
 and also the prophets

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.180
 wrote about.

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.519
 The Lord

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.879
 had revealed himself

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.740
 to men

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.920
 who had been prepared

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 as ordinary

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 as they were.

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 And that's what

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.319
 the church is.

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.359
 It's ordinary people.

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.960
 Saved sinners.

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.240
 That's all we are

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.139
 and ever will be.

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.180
 But we're pronounced

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.900
 saints now.

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.839
 We're priests

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.279
 and kings

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.879
 in his kingdom.

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.799
 This reminds me again

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:16.000
 of Gideon now

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.220
 in Judges chapter 6.

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.299
 Remember first,

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:19.259
 they gathered an army

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.000
 under Gideon.

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.519
 22,000 warriors.

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.980
 God wasn't looking

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.460
 for the might of men.

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.460
 He said,

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.420
 I need 300

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.599
 who are watchful.

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 They're watching

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:31.120
 for my kingdom to come

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:32.140
 and through whom

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.240
 I will be glorified.

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:35.259
 They're trusting in me.

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:37.339
 What else do the king's actions

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:38.339
 reveal about the nature

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.019
 of his kingdom?

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.579
 Number six,

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.559
 King Jesus

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:44.019
 sees you.

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.960
 This brings us

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.599
 to the last

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.700
 of the men

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.279
 who are called

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.039
 to this passage.

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.059
 Look at verse 48.

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:51.480
 King Jesus

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.879
 sees Nathanael.

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.819
 In verse 48,

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.240
 we're told,

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.339
 before your friend

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.159
 brought you

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:59.099
 to me,

00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.919
 says Jesus,

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:02.639
 I saw you.

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.200
 Now,

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.460
 who was this man,

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.319
 Nathanael?

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.679
 The other

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:08.940
 gospels,

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.339
 Matthew,

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.579
 Mark,

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:09.839
 and Luke,

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.480
 they call him

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.259
 Bartholomew.

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.559
 I believe it's the same man.

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.740
 He's always associated

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.359
 with Philip.

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.519
 Notice it was Philip

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.200
 who brought him.

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.839
 So they're close associates.

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:19.819
 Most likely,

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.220
 like,

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:21.319
 Bar means son.

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.679
 So Bartholomew,

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.720
 it probably means

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.619
 Nathanael was what

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.720
 they commonly called him,

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:27.139
 but he was the son

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:28.159
 of Thalomew.

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.679
 So Bartholomew

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.279
 would be his more

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.019
 formal name.

00:27:31.699 --> 00:27:32.720
 And John calls him.

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.839
 I'm sorry,

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:35.000
 John calls him Nathanael,

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:36.220
 but Jesus was the one

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.019
 who said,

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.779
 I saw you.

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.399
 You're under that tree,

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.939
 but I saw who you are.

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.959
 The encouragement

00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:45.059
 I have for you here

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.659
 is this.

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.059
 We're told that Jesus

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.099
 is the son of God.

00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:49.019
 He is the light

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.980
 of life.

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.240
 And in him,

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.279
 there is no darkness

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.960
 at all.

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.679
 This should both

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.480
 convict us

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.619
 and encourage us.

00:27:59.139 --> 00:28:00.720
 If you feel invisible,

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.399
 and you feel

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:05.000
 like you are surrounded

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.179
 by so much darkness,

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.379
 you have no way

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:08.059
 of getting out

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.759
 on your own.

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.000
 Jesus,

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.399
 the light of God,

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.480
 sees you.

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.440
 And if the beam

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.899
 of light

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:16.000
 from God himself

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.319
 brings the light

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.799
 of God

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.759
 into your life,

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.960
 and I pray

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.579
 that he'll do that

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.500
 in every corner

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.500
 of your heart

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.140
 and my heart,

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.359
 there's no room

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.279
 for darkness.

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.819
 When the ray

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.799
 of light comes in,

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.720
 all the darkness

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:30.140
 flees from Christ.

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.240
 So when Christ

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.960
 sees you,

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.940
 he sees you

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.740
 with the light

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:35.440
 of God's holiness.

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.059
 And how could you

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.940
 not respond

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:39.039
 as one who wants

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.640
 to walk

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.500
 in the light

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.420
 of God?

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:43.019
 Jesus sees

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:44.519
 his soldiers.

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.420
 He sees everyone

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.160
 who he calls

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.980
 into his army.

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.300
 And he brings

00:28:49.300 --> 00:28:49.820
 them life

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.900
 out of the shadows

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:52.220
 in his kingdom

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.759
 of light.

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.840
 Well, number seven,

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.440
 King Jesus

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.900
 is the only one

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:59.740
 who bridges

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.120
 earth and heaven.

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.340
 He brings heaven

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:03.180
 to earth,

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:04.200
 and he brings men

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.900
 from earth

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.820
 to the kingdom

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.700
 of God

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.200
 in heaven.

00:29:07.300 --> 00:29:08.340
 Look at verse 51.

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:12.279
 Nathaniel was

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.980
 impressed that

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.079
 Jesus saw him

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.539
 and knew this

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.019
 inside.

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.240
 Jesus says,

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.879
 don't be impressed

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.439
 by that.

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.559
 In verse 51,

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.980
 truly, truly,

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.399
 I say to you,

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.419
 you will see

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.319
 heaven opened.

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.919
 Let me explain

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.539
 that phrase.

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:28.399
 Truly, truly,

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.159
 in all the other

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:30.019
 gospels, it's usually

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.139
 just given one time.

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.759
 Truly, I say to you,

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.139
 in the gospel of John,

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.899
 remember, it's written

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.619
 much later than

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.439
 all the other gospels.

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:38.079
 He brings it twice,

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:39.099
 almost every time.

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.379
 Truly, truly.

00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:41.159
 In other words,

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.819
 you all have read

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.419
 the gospels.

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.039
 You've read Matthew,

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.579
 Mark, and Luke.

00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:45.139
 This is what it felt

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.039
 like to hear Christ

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:47.460
 himself say that.

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.819
 And the word truly,

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.319
 it could mean amen.

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.599
 In other words,

00:29:51.699 --> 00:29:53.500
 the weight of God's glory

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:55.699
 before God himself,

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:57.139
 I tell you this,

00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.699
 you will see

00:29:58.699 --> 00:29:59.899
 heaven opened.

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.000
 And that phrase,

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.659
 heaven opened,

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.539
 is an expression

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:04.799
 for a great revelation.

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.359
 Heaven is the

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.359
 spiritual realm.

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.459
 It's where God

00:30:08.459 --> 00:30:09.240
 in his spirit

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.659
 dwells and rules

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:11.539
 and reigns.

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.779
 So he says,

00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:13.599
 truly, truly,

00:30:13.699 --> 00:30:14.919
 I say to you,

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.279
 and even though he

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.539
 was dealing with

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.159
 Nathanael,

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:19.339
 he's got disciples

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.339
 surrounding him,

00:30:20.479 --> 00:30:21.359
 and he switches

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.979
 the tense.

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:22.740
 He says,

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.659
 I say to you,

00:30:23.719 --> 00:30:24.519
 that's in the plural,

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:26.119
 and the application

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:27.059
 for us is this,

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:29.039
 Jesus is revealing

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.059
 to you,

00:30:30.199 --> 00:30:30.819
 all of you,

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:32.240
 who are his disciples,

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.659
 with the truth

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.659
 of heaven itself,

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.559
 truly, truly.

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.480
 Notice his next words.

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.259
 What will it be

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.059
 that they will see?

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.759
 He's quoting

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.960
 from Genesis 28.

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.799
 And I'm going to read

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.559
 that so you can see

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.220
 how similar

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.200
 the quotation

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.019
 from Christ is.

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.919
 Genesis 28.

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.079
 He dreamed,

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.059
 this is Jacob dreamed,

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.799
 and behold,

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.139
 there was a ladder

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:54.879
 set up on earth

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.440
 that's actually

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.720
 resting on earth.

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:58.259
 Resting is ruling.

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.659
 To rest is to rule.

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:00.779
 So a ladder

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:02.019
 that rules on earth

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.880
 is set up,

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.100
 and the top of it

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:05.080
 reaches to heaven,

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.279
 and behold,

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.560
 the angels of God

00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:09.460
 were ascending,

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.100
 going up,

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.880
 and descending,

00:31:11.060 --> 00:31:13.300
 going down on it.

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.700
 So in Genesis,

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.460
 they're going down

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.240
 on this ladder,

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.540
 and Jacob doesn't have

00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:18.360
 the full revelation.

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:20.060
 Who is that ladder,

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.960
 that stairway,

00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:21.920
 this bridge

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:23.019
 between heaven and earth?

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.600
 And what does Jesus say

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.460
 the ladder is?

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:29.180
 It is the Son of Man.

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.920
 Well, in the same chapter,

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:32.160
 He is the Son of God.

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.200
 Now we see

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:35.539
 He is God become man.

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.860
 The second Adam,

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.700
 the representative.

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.460
 The King's actions

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:41.200
 reveal that Christ Himself

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:43.140
 would lay down His life.

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.840
 What's the nature

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.420
 of His kingdom?

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.940
 His kingdom is one

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.559
 where the King

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:48.100
 lays down His life

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:49.380
 for His soldiers.

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.920
 He brings heaven

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.799
 to them.

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.160
 And the angels

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:54.000
 that are ascending

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.640
 and descending

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.440
 will ascending

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:56.880
 angels means messengers.

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.400
 And yes,

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:59.160
 angels flooded to earth

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.240
 at the time of Christ

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.620
 to reveal the truth

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.019
 about Him,

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.720
 to confirm

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:04.160
 Jesus is the God,

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.779
 the Messiah.

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.900
 And the angels

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.700
 are ministering

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.299
 even now

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.299
 among the church.

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.940
 But I think the angels

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.700
 could also be

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.759
 what Jacob pictured

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.360
 and what Christ

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:13.000
 is explaining.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.480
 Angel means messenger

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.460
 or delegate

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.600
 or ambassador.

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.480
 Who else is called

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.120
 an ambassador?

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:21.720
 Who else are the delegates

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:23.059
 of the kingdom of Jesus?

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.640
 It's His people.

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:27.120
 And when Christ comes

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.840
 to judge the living

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.279
 and the dead,

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.519
 we believe in the bodily

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:31.700
 resurrection of the saints.

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.000
 So all those

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.200
 who are now in Christ,

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:36.059
 they will be ascending with Him.

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.960
 And when He comes

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:38.420
 to set up His eternal kingdom

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:40.279
 to rule over all earth

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.940
 and heaven,

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.640
 the new heavens,

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.259
 the new earth,

00:32:42.820 --> 00:32:43.799
 the army of heaven

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:45.320
 would descend with Him.

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.200
 What a glorious vision.

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.680
 There's no path

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.980
 between sin

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.880
 and the flesh

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.940
 and death on earth

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.960
 and the holiness

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.900
 of God in heaven

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:56.860
 except on Jesus Christ.

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:59.279
 That's what we confess.

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:03.160
 So in those seven observations,

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:05.200
 we see how King Jesus

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:07.660
 gathers His army.

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:10.140
 my argument to you

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.560
 is that He is not done

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:12.660
 gathering His army.

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.759
 He gathers His army

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.540
 still today.

00:33:17.040 --> 00:33:17.980
 Are you one

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.220
 who He has prepared

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:21.120
 and who can declare

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:23.580
 you are the Son of God?

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:25.560
 You are the promised King

00:33:25.560 --> 00:33:27.279
 from all God's Word,

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:28.220
 from all the Scripture.

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.519
 And I want to take you

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.600
 to Psalm 110

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.879
 because I want you

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.659
 to evaluate

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:35.359
 how do you view Christ

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:36.339
 in light of this.

00:33:36.719 --> 00:33:37.319
 So please turn

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:38.259
 to Psalm 110.

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.899
 Verse 1,

00:33:54.199 --> 00:33:55.119
 Psalm 10 says,

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:58.359
 The Lord says to my Lord,

00:33:58.619 --> 00:34:00.099
 sit at my right hand

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:01.579
 until I make

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.879
 your enemies

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:04.219
 a footstool.

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:06.240
 So the Lord says

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.919
 to my Lord,

00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:07.959
 that's a little confusing,

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.519
 isn't it?

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.400
 The Lord,

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.139
 Father in heaven,

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.279
 creator of earth,

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:15.279
 says to the psalmists,

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:15.980
 Lord,

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.019
 but hold on,

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.299
 we see at the top,

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.440
 this is a Psalm of David.

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.239
 There's no one

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:21.000
 above the King.

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.619
 Who is the Lord

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.139
 of the King?

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:26.039
 So we have to understand

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.059
 in light of what

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.860
 God has revealed,

00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:29.440
 David himself said,

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.579
 I have a Lord

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:32.920
 who is the covenant Lord.

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:34.559
 He brings God's grace

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.240
 to earth.

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.380
 And who was it

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.380
 that said to my Lord?

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:39.139
 The Father says

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:40.019
 to the Son,

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:40.980
 Son,

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:42.579
 sit at my right hand

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.760
 until I have made

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.720
 my enemies

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.780
 your footstool.

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.360
 That's where Christ

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.280
 sits right now,

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.400
 at the right hand

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.039
 of the Father.

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:53.300
 Who are the enemies

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:54.059
 of Christ?

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.480
 Well, today,

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.500
 the enemies of Christ,

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:56.900
 we're told,

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.420
 we don't fight

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.280
 against flesh and blood,

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:59.360
 but against the powers

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.940
 of darkness,

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.480
 these principalities

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.900
 of the spiritual realm.

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.579
 And we know

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.480
 even in our own heart,

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.680
 we fight against sin,

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:08.059
 indwelling sin,

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.920
 like Romans 7.

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.440
 We fight against Satan.

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.400
 Although his head

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.940
 is crushed,

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.340
 he's still permitted

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:14.800
 to prowl around

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.760
 like a roaring lion,

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:17.119
 seeking who he can devour,

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.680
 because that's a mean

00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:19.460
 God is using

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.920
 to draw us into his kingdom

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.019
 and to prepare us

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.460
 for heaven.

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.940
 And so he fights

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.720
 against sin,

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.619
 Satan,

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.280
 and the devil.

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.960
 Now, death,

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.139
 if you're in Christ,

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:29.480
 death has been destroyed.

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.179
 There's no longer

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:31.260
 a sting of death.

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.740
 But these are the enemies

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.559
 of God

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.559
 that are being brought

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.400
 under his rule

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:36.740
 until he returns

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.639
 in glory.

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.400
 Now, look at verse 2,

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:41.139
 Psalm 110, verse 2.

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:43.119
 The Lord sends forth

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.980
 from Zion

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.699
 your mighty scepter.

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.460
 Rule in the midst

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.599
 of your enemies.

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:52.000
 The Father sent forth

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:53.019
 Jesus Christ

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:54.099
 as his sword

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:55.159
 or his scepter,

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.440
 as the one

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.199
 who will go out

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.099
 bringing the rule

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:59.360
 of God on earth.

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.299
 In verse 3,

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.639
 what will be the nature

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:03.500
 of his army

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.980
 as he rules them?

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.619
 Verse 3,

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.819
 your people

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:08.500
 will offer themselves

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.139
 freely

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:10.659
 on the day

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.719
 of your power

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:13.259
 in holy garments.

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:14.659
 See,

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.839
 the people of God

00:36:15.839 --> 00:36:16.799
 stand before God

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:17.940
 having been declared

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.639
 righteous.

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.340
 They're dressed

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:20.059
 in the righteousness

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:21.280
 of Christ alone.

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.599
 And how is it

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.220
 that they offer

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:24.059
 themselves back

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.079
 to him as he rules

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.619
 from heaven?

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:28.480
 They offer themselves

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.420
 freely.

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.519
 The nature of his kingdom

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.480
 is that everyone

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.960
 in the army of King Jesus

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.920
 is a volunteer.

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.500
 Not because they are

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.380
 more holy or anything,

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:38.420
 it's because how could

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.579
 you not want to follow

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:40.300
 Jesus?

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.440
 Just like the disciples.

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.800
 They beheld him

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:44.280
 and they followed him.

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.420
 And I want to just

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.360
 share with you two

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:48.160
 willing warriors,

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.900
 two volunteer soldiers

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.900
 who freely gave

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.900
 themselves to Christ.

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:52.800
 Both of them

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.900
 are from our text today.

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.400
 The first one

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.039
 is Andrew.

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.840
 John Fox,

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:01.640
 a Puritan historian

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:02.180
 and pastor,

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.920
 he put together

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.900
 a book telling

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:05.340
 the stories of martyrs.

00:37:06.220 --> 00:37:06.900
 And in this book,

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:08.280
 he said that Andrew,

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.019
 this apostle,

00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:09.760
 he went on

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.980
 to be a missionary

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.940
 in Asia.

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:14.000
 And he was later

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:15.039
 arrested and brought

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:16.519
 to the city of Petrus,

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.480
 which is an amazing

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.500
 city in Greece,

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:20.039
 carved into stone.

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.559
 And we're told

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.139
 that there,

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:24.380
 Andrew was tied

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.480
 to a cross

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.340
 that was in the shape

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:27.059
 of an X.

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:29.539
 So his legs

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.119
 and his arms

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.559
 would have been

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.440
 stretched out like that,

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.079
 tied there.

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.880
 And Andrew

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.480
 was probably reflecting

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:39.139
 on the glorious gospel,

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.780
 what it was

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.920
 to follow Christ,

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:42.040
 to tell others

00:37:42.040 --> 00:37:43.560
 we found God's anointed

00:37:43.560 --> 00:37:44.240
 one, the king,

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:45.120
 to join his army.

00:37:46.140 --> 00:37:47.019
 In Matthew 12,

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:47.740
 Jesus said,

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:49.519
 whoever is not with me

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:51.100
 is against me,

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:52.680
 and whoever does not

00:37:52.680 --> 00:37:54.040
 gather with me

00:37:54.040 --> 00:37:55.019
 scatters.

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.380
 So Andrew was

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:57.440
 full of joy

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.300
 to go and take

00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:58.820
 the gospel

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.900
 to a different continent.

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.380
 And the tradition

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:03.320
 of the church

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:04.140
 in Fox's book

00:38:04.140 --> 00:38:05.240
 says that Andrew,

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:06.280
 from that position,

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.800
 was a very slow

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:09.040
 and torturous death.

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:10.179
 he preached

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:11.340
 the gospel of Jesus,

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.300
 gathering more

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:13.699
 by proclaiming Christ

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:15.340
 for three days.

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.920
 That's a willing soldier.

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.460
 That's someone

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.980
 who belongs

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.599
 to the army

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.380
 of King Jesus

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.259
 has prophesied

00:38:22.259 --> 00:38:23.079
 in Psalm 110.

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.679
 And the second

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.440
 willing warrior

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.259
 I want to tell you about

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:27.099
 is Nathaniel,

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.179
 Bartholomew.

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.840
 Fox says that

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.380
 he went on

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:32.420
 to proclaim Christ

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:33.320
 to all who would

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:35.039
 believe in India.

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.599
 So the great

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.539
 continent of India

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.360
 that even today

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:39.019
 has so many

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.119
 dialects and

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:41.099
 languages that

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.940
 don't have the Bible

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.759
 complete yet.

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.759
 And he made it

00:38:44.759 --> 00:38:46.639
 his lifelong project

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.340
 to translate

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:48.639
 the gospel of Matthew

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.139
 to the people

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.579
 of India

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.400
 where he was serving.

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:53.119
 One of the passages

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:54.159
 he would have translated

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.659
 would have been

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.840
 Matthew chapter 10.

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.519
 It says this,

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:59.119
 whoever denies me

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.940
 before men,

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:01.380
 this is Christ speaking,

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:03.700
 I also will deny

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:05.119
 before my Father

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:06.440
 who is in heaven.

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.720
 Do not think

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:08.400
 that I have come

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:09.240
 to bring peace

00:39:09.240 --> 00:39:09.960
 to earth.

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:11.200
 I have not come

00:39:11.200 --> 00:39:11.860
 to bring peace

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.700
 but a sword.

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.780
 And according

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:15.920
 to John Fox

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.820
 in church history,

00:39:17.660 --> 00:39:18.599
 this apostle

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.240
 Nathaniel

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:20.380
 was flayed.

00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:22.579
 To be flayed,

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.539
 little children

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:25.119
 left the room,

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:25.680
 it means that

00:39:25.680 --> 00:39:26.840
 they skinned you

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.440
 alive.

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.780
 They took a knife

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.599
 and cut your skin

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.180
 off while you're

00:39:30.180 --> 00:39:30.800
 still living.

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 And Nathaniel

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:34.340
 would not deny

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.180
 Christ.

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.099
 Now I share this

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.559
 with those not

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.039
 so you think

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.880
 these men

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.700
 were special

00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:40.860
 or that they were

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.960
 so much holier

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.320
 or better.

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.740
 I share this

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.420
 with you because

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.180
 this shows

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:46.820
 that the work

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.500
 of the Holy Spirit

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.039
 to give them

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.680
 a new heart,

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.320
 to cause them

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:50.220
 to believe Jesus

00:39:50.220 --> 00:39:51.140
 and then to follow

00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:52.500
 him in the way

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.220
 of his kingdom

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:55.059
 speaks a loud

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.880
 gospel to the

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.480
 whole world

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.559
 whoever will have

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.420
 ears to hear.

00:39:58.420 --> 00:40:01.880
 Zephaniah 3.15

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.200
 says,

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:03.180
 The King of Israel,

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:03.820
 the Lord,

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:05.720
 is in your midst.

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:07.220
 And Jesus was

00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:07.940
 in their midst

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.599
 even as they were

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.559
 being martyred

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.420
 for his kingdom.

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.559
 They did not

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:12.539
 leave them alone.

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:14.019
 He was with them.

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.420
 He says,

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.200
 You shall never

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:17.360
 again fear evil

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.980
 on the day

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.639
 of the Lord.

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:20.000
 The Lord your God

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.099
 is in your midst,

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:22.079
 a mighty one

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:23.059
 who will save.

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.500
 He will rejoice

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:24.980
 over you

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.840
 with gladness

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:26.840
 and he will

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.720
 quiet you

00:40:27.720 --> 00:40:28.960
 by his love.

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.340
 He will exult

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:31.100
 over you

00:40:31.100 --> 00:40:32.960
 with loud singing.

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:34.720
 I just need

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:35.140
 to probably

00:40:35.140 --> 00:40:36.280
 share with you

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.820
 what you might

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:37.660
 be wrestling with.

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:38.940
 So you're saying

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.700
 Jesus rules

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.300
 from heaven

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:41.220
 and he's the

00:40:41.220 --> 00:40:41.740
 King of kings

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.559
 and Lord of lords

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:42.980
 ruling.

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.160
 Yet you just

00:40:44.160 --> 00:40:44.640
 told us these

00:40:44.640 --> 00:40:45.600
 examples of how

00:40:45.600 --> 00:40:47.100
 men in his army

00:40:47.100 --> 00:40:48.579
 are being destroyed

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.880
 and torturously

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.480
 abused.

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:51.740
 And we know

00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:52.620
 our brothers and

00:40:52.620 --> 00:40:53.200
 sisters around

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:53.539
 the world

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:54.539
 under persecution,

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.840
 I think more

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.219
 and more

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:57.019
 among the church

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.500
 in America

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.079
 we will face

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:58.719
 that same thing.

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.679
 How can you say

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.579
 Jesus is the King

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.079
 when that's all

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.619
 going on

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.820
 in his kingdom?

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:05.480
 John Calvin

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.940
 citing Augustine

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.719
 and his institutes

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.440
 was so helpful

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:09.019
 to me on this

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.460
 question.

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:11.039
 Here's the quote.

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.500
 Should God

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.320
 immediately

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:15.019
 punish all evil

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:16.500
 in the world?

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:17.960
 He could do that.

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:19.239
 But should he do that?

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:20.019
 It would be thought

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.440
 of him

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:21.739
 that he has left

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:22.659
 nothing for his

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:23.940
 final day of judgment.

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:25.360
 There is a day

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:25.699
 coming.

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:27.059
 There is a day.

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:28.139
 The day of the Lord

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:28.900
 is coming.

00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:30.300
 And he will bring

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:31.340
 the final judgment.

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.559
 Praise him for being

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:33.840
 so patient with me

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.739
 and with you

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:35.800
 and with this world.

00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:37.559
 Now, here's the rest

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.000
 of the quote.

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:39.099
 On the other hand,

00:41:39.279 --> 00:41:40.099
 if God did not

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:41.000
 restrain

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:42.920
 and judge

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.980
 some evil

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.659
 in the world,

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:45.940
 then it would be

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.639
 thought of him

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:47.779
 that he does not

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:49.059
 hate any wickedness

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:51.340
 or exert any

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:52.279
 sovereignty

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:53.500
 or providence

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:54.540
 over his creation,

00:41:54.660 --> 00:41:55.200
 which is also

00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:55.760
 not true.

00:41:56.200 --> 00:41:57.519
 Our Lord rules

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.620
 and he preserves

00:41:58.620 --> 00:41:59.600
 his broken world

00:41:59.600 --> 00:42:01.400
 until his final day.

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:03.140
 We long for that day

00:42:03.140 --> 00:42:04.220
 when every knee

00:42:04.220 --> 00:42:04.660
 will bow

00:42:04.660 --> 00:42:05.500
 and every tongue

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:06.360
 will confess

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:07.680
 that Jesus Christ

00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:08.280
 is Lord

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:09.380
 to the glory

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:10.300
 of God

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:11.040
 the Father.

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.780
 Let's pray

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:15.460
 from Psalm

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:16.180
 chapter 2.

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:19.559
 Father,

00:42:19.759 --> 00:42:20.500
 you promised

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:21.179
 that you have

00:42:21.179 --> 00:42:22.179
 set your King

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:23.460
 Jesus on Zion,

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.779
 your holy hill.

00:42:26.279 --> 00:42:26.960
 He rules

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.599
 from heaven.

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.779
 We believe

00:42:29.779 --> 00:42:30.480
 and confess

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.759
 that Christ reigns

00:42:31.759 --> 00:42:32.099
 today.

00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:33.960
 He has gathered

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.579
 an army,

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.739
 his church around him,

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.779
 and he is still

00:42:36.779 --> 00:42:37.299
 on the move

00:42:37.299 --> 00:42:38.500
 gathering men

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:38.980
 and women,

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:40.159
 young and old,

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.759
 still today.

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:43.359
 Lord,

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:44.119
 you have promised

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:45.480
 to make the nations

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:46.819
 his heritage

00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:47.900
 and the ends

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:48.420
 of the earth

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:49.519
 his possession.

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:50.940
 Please do this,

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.239
 Father.

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.779
 Please do this

00:42:52.779 --> 00:42:53.460
 for your glory

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.359
 through your church,

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.239
 by your word,

00:42:55.739 --> 00:42:56.440
 so that you will be

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:57.839
 exalted among the nations.

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:58.880
 We ask

00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:00.000
 in your name.

00:43:00.359 --> 00:43:00.559
 Amen.