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 Well, good morning. It's good to see all of you this morning.

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! If you'd open up your Bibles with me, please, to Luke chapter 19.

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 Luke chapter 19.

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 If you're using your pew Bible, it's on page 879.

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 Page 879.

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 Well, during the first hour, we have, as many of you know,

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 something called connect groups,

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 which is kind of our style of adult Bible Sunday schools,

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 but it's kind of driven more by discussion and interaction

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 and trying to draw us all into the learning process.

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 We have three connect groups that are taking place during these 12 weeks,

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 these first 12 weeks of the new year.

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 One of them is kind of looking at the attributes of Christ in the church,

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 and I saw John Massaro, you're carrying a shepherd's crook today,

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 so it was about the good shepherd and the sheep today.

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 Okay, fantastic, good.

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 I know that those of you who are part of that class are really enjoying that study.

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 Thank you, John, for your preparation and helping us understand more about who we are as a church

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 and how we respond to Christ.

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 Others of you are involved in kind of breakout groups.

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 The women and the teenage girls are going to a class exploring biblical femininity,

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 and then the men and the younger men, the teenage guys, are exploring biblical masculinity.

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 And the goal through these connect groups is to help kind of do this countercultural,

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 what does the Bible say about what it means to be a man or a woman?

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 It's so important.

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 Maybe you have grown up and there were some things that were shared to you

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 about what being a real man or being a real woman looks like.

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 Like, real men don't eat quiche.

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 You ever heard that one before?

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 I think that's true.

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 I think, personally, I think that's true.

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 Some of you may disagree, but real men don't eat quiche.

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 Or real men aren't afraid.

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 Or real men don't worry.

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 Or real men don't quit.

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 But how about this one?

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 It often goes to the top of the list.

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 Real men don't cry.

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 You got it.

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 Real men don't cry, okay?

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 And, you know, those of you, or those of us, I should say,

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 who are like 50 and older will also understand that big girls don't cry yi-yi either.

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 That's a song, by the way, 1962.

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 Big girls don't cry.

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 Well, this morning we're going to encounter a weeping Savior.

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 A weeping Savior.

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 And I think the reason why we get this picture of the fact that real men don't cry,

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 or big girls don't cry yi-yi,

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 is because tears are a symbol of weakness.

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 At least in our economy.

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 Tears demonstrate something that is out of control.

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 Something that is unexpected.

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 Something that hurts deeply.

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 Something that's a surprise.

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 Something that goes to the deepest parts of us.

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 And emotes this response because we just couldn't do anything about what has just happened.

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 And it breaks our heart.

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 But perhaps tears in tenderness is not just a part of humanity.

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 And that is the danger this morning.

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 As we work through this passage today.

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 And we see a weeping Savior.

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 The danger for us is to think,

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 well, this is Christ's humanity that's kind of breaking through.

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 We see a glimpse of his humanity coming out.

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 He's weeping over Jerusalem.

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 But I wonder this morning if really built into the image of God and the reason why we find ourselves weeping,

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 and by the way, we should be weeping more,

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 is because built into the design, the image of God,

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 is this glimpse of a weeping Savior.

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 A weeping God.

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 His heart is broken over the people of Israel.

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 These are not self-serving tears, by the way.

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 These are going to be tears for others.

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 Tears for Jerusalem.

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 Tears for the people.

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 Tears because of the looming consequences that are coming

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 because of their rejection of Christ

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 and this unique visitation that they failed to see.

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 Maybe it's godly to have tears.

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 Maybe it's right and good for us to weep.

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 After all, it is a command for us.

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 And the Apostle Paul, even before we jump into our passage this morning,

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 by way of reminder,

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 we find the Apostle Paul in Romans chapter 12.

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 He's commending sincere affection among God's people

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 to echo the heart of God

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 and built into this instruction by the Apostle Paul.

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 We find in Romans chapter 12, verses 9 and 10, it says,

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 Let love be without hypocrisy.

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 Abhor what is evil.

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 Cling to what is good.

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 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love

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 in honor giving preference to one another.

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 So what does love look like?

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 Well, it looks this way.

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 It means that the posture of our heart is to bless those who persecute us.

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 To bless and curse not.

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 It's to rejoice with those who rejoice.

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 It's to weep with those who weep.

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 So the measure of spirituality and maturity in the Christian life

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 is to echo the heart of God in weeping these kind of tears.

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 This word, by the way,

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 this word for weeping here in Romans chapter 12

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 is the same word we find in our passage this morning,

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 the weeping of our Savior.

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 I wonder when was the last time you wept?

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 I wonder when the last time that you wept,

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 especially not just for the hurt in your own life,

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 but you wept especially over the lostness around you.

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 You came to appreciate and understand and recognize

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 not just the danger,

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 but the looming consequences

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 of what's at stake for those

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 who resist and reject the message

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 of God's visitation that comes to us through the gospel.

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 It is this morning as we look at the life of the Savior

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 where Jesus,

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 if we're really going to be the kind of man

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 or the kind of woman that God has designed us to be,

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 that biblical masculinity and femininity

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 will echo the Savior in this.

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 Weeping, concern, brokenness,

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 and sensitivity for the lostness around them.

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 And unlike the sensitivity that we might have

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 where it's a limited sensitivity

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 and we can't control the future

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 and there is weakness in us,

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 this is not the sensitivity we see in Jesus

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 where Jesus had mastery over the circumstances,

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 over the things that were going to go down

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 that week in Jerusalem.

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 Jesus knew not just what was going to happen,

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 but by God's divine control,

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 he was putting everything into place.

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 So we see this morning in our passage today,

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 we see our king.

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 He's riding into Jerusalem,

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 but he's not like most kings.

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 And we're going to see this morning

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 two things that help to stand out about this king.

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 We're going to see his sensitivity.

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 The sensitivity of our king in verses 41 to 44.

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 And then we're going to see the sovereignty of our king

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 in verses 45 to the end of the chapter.

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 Sensitivity and sovereignty

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 that are beautifully mingled together.

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 It's almost beyond comprehension.

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 How do these things fit together?

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 And that's what we're going to check out

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 in our passage today.

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 We're going to read beginning in verse 41 to 48,

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 or excuse me, 44.

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 And then we'll pick up this first statement,

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 the sensitivity of our king.

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 It says,

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 And when he drew near and saw the city,

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 he wept over it, saying,

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 Would that you, even you,

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 had known on this day

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 the things that make for peace.

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 But now they are hidden from your eyes.

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 For the days will come upon you

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 when your enemies will set up barricades around you

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 and surround you

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 and hem you in on every side

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 and tear you down to the ground,

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 you and your children within you.

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 And they will not leave one stone upon the other in you

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 because you did not know the time of your visitation.

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 The sensitivity of our king.

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 And we're going to see the sensitivity

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 that will come because of three factors.

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 First, because he has a larger picture in view.

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 How is Jesus able to be sensitive?

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 Well, it's because of his sovereignty,

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 of the events that are unfolding,

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 that drives him to this very response,

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 this sensitivity that's breaking through,

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 that's coming out

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 because he knows what's happening.

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 He knows the posture of the hearts

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 of those in the audience.

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 Here we find him drawing near the city

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 in verses 41 to 44

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 are kind of in conjunction

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 with the passage that we read last week

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 about the triumphal entry.

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 If you remember,

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 Jesus and his disciples

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 in last week's passage

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 were part of this massive crowd.

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 A massive crowd that's described

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 in verse 37 as a multitude,

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 numbering no doubt in the thousands,

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 everywhere multitude or crowd is used

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 in the gospel record.

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 It's referring to thousands of individuals

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 who've gathered there at Bethany

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 and are now making this procession

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 to Jerusalem.

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 Bethany was a village

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 about three miles away from Jerusalem.

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 And I just want to put this graphic

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 up here on the screen

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 so we can kind of visualize a little bit

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 of maybe what Jesus was seeing here.

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 And Jesus has made his way

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 from Bethany

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 about three miles away from Jerusalem.

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 We're kind of looking

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 at the south side of Jerusalem.

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 And so in the top right corner

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 on the eastern side of the city,

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 you see that big walled area there.

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 That is the temple mount.

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 That's the great temple mount

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 that Herod built

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 about 40 years to build.

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 And just this side of that structure,

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 there was an eastern gate

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 that opened right up

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 to that temple mount.

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 And Jesus would have come from Bethany.

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 He made his way to Bethphage.

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 And you know,

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 he sent disciples ahead.

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 Those disciples retrieved a donkey.

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 They brought it to Jesus.

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 They put Jesus on that donkey.

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 And they're making their way

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 to Jerusalem.

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 Jerusalem.

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 The electricity in the air

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 was unmistakable.

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 The tone of celebration

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 and worship.

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 Cloaks that were laid on the ground.

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 Branches that were waving.

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 A chorus of praise and celebration.

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 Hosanna.

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 Blessed is the king who comes

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 And somewhere,

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 somewhere on this approach,

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 making his way

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 down the Mount of Olives,

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 rounding the corner

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 from Bethphage.

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 And now this view opens up

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 where the entire city

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 lies before him.

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 And the gravity

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 of what will happen

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 in this coming week

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 lands on Jesus

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 as he's making his way

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 into the city.

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 And he weeps.

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 Here Jesus will weep

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 over the city.

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 This word for weep

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 is a word

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 that is the strongest word

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 in the Greek language

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 for weeping.

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 This is not petty weeping.

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 This is expressive.

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 This is deep.

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 This is all out loud

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 kind of weeping.

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 It's the same kind of weeping

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 by the way

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 that we find

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 in Matthew chapter 2

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 verse 18

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 where you remember Herod.

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 He sent for the babies

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 in Bethlehem

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 that were under the age of two

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 to be slaughtered.

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 And it describes

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 Rachel weeping

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 for her children.

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 That's the kind of weeping.

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 Heartfelt.

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 Anxiety driven.

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 Weeping.

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 Jesus is not caught up

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 in the moment.

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 He's not caught up

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 in the celebration.

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 Jesus has a laser

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 like focus

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 on what lies ahead.

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 He's not soaking it up.

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 This much deserved

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 and long overdue

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 worship and praise.

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 Finally it's come.

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 But it must have seemed

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 unusual

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 in this moment

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 as Jesus is making

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 his way into the city

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 with a chorus of praise

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 and the joyous

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 shouts and accolades

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 and here

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 as the crowd

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 will turn to Jesus

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 he's not smiling

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 he is wailing.

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 He's wailing.

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 Riding into Jerusalem

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 surrounded by multitudes

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 and here he is

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 he sees this course

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 of this week.

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 He sees the ultimate rejection

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 and it causes him

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 to cry.

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 It's a surprising response

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 in the midst

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 of this triumphant chorus.

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 Anyone in the crowd

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 who would have noticed

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 must have been confused

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 what is going on.

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 But the tenderness

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 of our Savior

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 breaks out into the open.

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 His sensitivity

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 comes right out

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 into the open.

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 He is unashamed

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 of his tears.

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 He's not unaffected

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 by his soon rejection

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 and he's not unaware

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 of the coming consequences

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 on his people

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 but make no mistake

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 these are not

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 self-serving tears.

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 These are tears for them.

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 Tears for the very people

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 that are part of this crowd

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 and that are leading him

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 into Jerusalem.

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 Jesus is crying

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 not for himself

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 he's crying

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 and weeping for them.

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 He was one

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 who understood

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 this larger picture

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 that was in view.

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 But this is not

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 an isolated incident

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 of the compassion of Christ.

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 We find that his entire ministry

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 is marked by compassion

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 and I want to just draw

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 our attention to that briefly

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 so we can see

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 that this is

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 the heart of our Savior

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 throughout his public ministry.

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 It's not just a

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 kind of once and done

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 kind of thing.

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 We have a compassionate Savior

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 and so anyone

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 of us who wants

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 to echo

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 the pattern

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 of Christ's life

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 will also

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 adorn themselves

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 with the same compassion.

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 His compassion

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 has often been

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 the compelling part

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 of his ministry.

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 He's moved

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 by deep

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 feelings

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 for others.

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 You catch that?

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 Jesus is moved

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 by emotion.

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 Emotion is good.

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 It can be healthy

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 feelings for others.

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 In Matthew

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 chapter 9

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 verse 36

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 it says

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 when he saw

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 the multitudes

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 he was moved

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 with compassion

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 for them

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 because they were

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 weary and scattered

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 like sheep

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 having no shepherd.

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 In Matthew 14

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 14

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 this is the feeding

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 of the 5,000

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 he says

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 when he went

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 ashore

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 and saw

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 a great crowd

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 he had compassion

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 on them

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 and healed

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 their sick.

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 In Luke

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 chapter 7

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 verse 13

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 as Jesus

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 is making

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 his way

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 through

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 a really

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 obscure part

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 of upper

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 Galilee

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 he comes

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 to this city

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 this little village

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 out in the boondocks

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 called Nain

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 and he

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 he sees

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 this widow

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 woman

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 and her only

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 son

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 on a

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 on a

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 on a

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 pier

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 and they're

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 walking him

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 through the city

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 this funeral

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 procession

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 and Jesus

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 comes up

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 and when the

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 Lord saw her

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 he had compassion

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 on her

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 and said to her

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 do not

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 weep

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 do not

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 weep

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 this was not

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 an out

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 of the ordinary

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 kind

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 of expression

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 for Jesus

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 his heart

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 was tender

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 his service

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 to people

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 was driven

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 by deep

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 compassion

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 and feeling

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 you know

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 the tenderness

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 of Christ's heart

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 over this

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 great city

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 reminded me

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 of tears

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 over another

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 city

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 and another

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 prophet

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 800 years

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 before

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 another great

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 city

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 the city

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 of Nineveh

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 and that

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 prophet

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 Jonah

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 who was

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 called to

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 go to

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 that city

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 he had

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 tears

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 as well

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 in Jonah

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 chapter 3

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 verses 1

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 and 2

00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.259
 we find

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 the instruction

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 that God

00:17:38.199 --> 00:17:38.639
 gave to

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 Jonah

00:17:38.899 --> 00:17:39.500
 then the

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 word of

00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:40.679
 the Lord

00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:41.099
 came to

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 Jonah

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 the second

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 time

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:42.559
 saying

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 arise

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 go to

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 Nineveh

00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:45.599
 that great

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.039
 city

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.539
 and call

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 out against

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 it

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 the message

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 that I

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 will tell

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.259
 you

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:49.980
 so Jonah

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 finally

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.139
 obeys

00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:52.759
 and then

00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.599
 there he

00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:53.980
 goes

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:54.579
 to this

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 city

00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:55.799
 and he

00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:56.139
 preaches

00:17:56.139 --> 00:17:57.000
 this message

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.659
 of judgment

00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:59.000
 and then

00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:00.039
 after the

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.899
 message is

00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:01.220
 preached

00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.039
 we find

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.259
 in the

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.579
 narrative

00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:03.160
 that he

00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:03.700
 goes to

00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.240
 the east

00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:04.579
 of the

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:04.860
 city

00:18:04.860 --> 00:18:06.319
 and he

00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.100
 begins to

00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:07.480
 set up a

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.779
 booth

00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:08.880
 and he's

00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.180
 there to

00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:09.620
 watch

00:18:09.620 --> 00:18:10.759
 God

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.400
 take care

00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:12.279
 of business

00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:13.299
 that's in

00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:13.640
 his heart

00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:15.279
 he wants

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:17.279
 the wicked

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.980
 enemies

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:19.160
 of his

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:19.559
 people

00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.180
 to die

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:22.839
 but in

00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:23.200
 Jonah chapter

00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:23.960
 4 verses 1

00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.160
 and 2

00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.500
 we find

00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:24.759
 something

00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:25.160
 different

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:26.579
 we find

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.140
 that God

00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:27.940
 moved in

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.299
 the hearts

00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:28.519
 of the

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:28.779
 people

00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:28.960
 of

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.839
 Nineveh

00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:30.319
 God

00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:30.839
 opened

00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.180
 their

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.559
 eyes

00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:32.099
 to see

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.819
 their

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.299
 impending

00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:34.180
 disaster

00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:35.759
 and the

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.119
 people

00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.440
 of the

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:36.659
 city

00:18:36.659 --> 00:18:37.240
 repent

00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:38.799
 and here

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.639
 is Jonah's

00:18:39.639 --> 00:18:40.359
 response

00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:41.500
 to the

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.799
 largest

00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:44.159
 revival

00:18:44.159 --> 00:18:45.599
 in Bible

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.119
 history

00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:47.659
 and likely

00:18:47.659 --> 00:18:48.940
 the largest

00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.879
 one time

00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.440
 revival

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:51.440
 in all

00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.180
 of history

00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:52.839
 itself

00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:54.220
 200,000

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:55.039
 Ninevites

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:55.579
 come

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.519
 to God

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.319
 repent

00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:58.180
 from sin

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:59.259
 and how

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.600
 does Jonah

00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:00.100
 respond

00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:02.240
 it

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.759
 displeased

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.080
 Jonah

00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:03.960
 exceedingly

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:05.380
 he was

00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:06.000
 angry

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.920
 he was

00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:07.299
 crying

00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:08.420
 in other

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:08.720
 words

00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.680
 and he

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.080
 prayed to

00:19:10.080 --> 00:19:10.420
 the Lord

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:10.820
 and said

00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:11.279
 oh Lord

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.240
 is not

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.000
 this what

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.759
 I said

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.200
 when I

00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.480
 was in

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.060
 my country

00:19:15.060 --> 00:19:16.400
 this is

00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.840
 why I

00:19:16.840 --> 00:19:17.820
 made haste

00:19:17.820 --> 00:19:18.180
 to flee

00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:19.000
 to Tarshish

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.940
 for I

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.279
 knew

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:20.680
 that you

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:20.920
 are a

00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:21.180
 gracious

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:21.640
 God

00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:22.120
 and

00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:22.560
 merciful

00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:22.980
 slow

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.160
 to

00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:23.460
 anger

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:23.600
 and

00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:24.060
 abounding

00:19:24.060 --> 00:19:24.620
 in

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.180
 steadfast

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.519
 love

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:25.880
 and

00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:26.600
 relenting

00:19:26.600 --> 00:19:27.019
 from

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.980
 disaster

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:29.940
 a heart

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.299
 that was

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.620
 set

00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:31.420
 against

00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:32.279
 weeping

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:33.259
 the right

00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:33.579
 way

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:35.400
 certainly

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:35.759
 not the

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:35.960
 heart

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.180
 that we

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 see

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:36.880
 in the

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 apostle

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 Paul

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 and not

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 the heart

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 that should

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 be true

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 of any

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 believer

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 who is

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 moving in

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 the direction

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 of spiritual

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 maturity

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 as the

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.380
 apostle

00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:45.940
 Paul will

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 say

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 in

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 Philippians

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 chapter 3

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.299
 verses 18

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 and 19

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 this is the

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 expression

00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.900
 of weeping

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 that we

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 need to

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 emulate

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 he says

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 for many

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 walk

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 of whom

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 I have

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 told you

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 often

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 and now

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 tell you

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 even

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 weeping

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 that's our

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 word

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 they are

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 enemies

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 of the

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 cross

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 of Christ

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 whose

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 end

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 is

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 destruction

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 whose

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 God

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 is their

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 belly

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 whose

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 glory

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 is in

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 their

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 shame

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 who set

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 their

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 mind

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 on

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 earthly

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 things

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 the

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 weeping

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 heart

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 of the

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 apostle

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 Paul

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 that echoes

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 the

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 weeping

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 heart

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 of our

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 savior

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 over the

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 same

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 things

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 this is

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 the point

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 that's

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 emphasized

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 in the

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 next part

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 of our

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 passage

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 the

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 impending

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 doom

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 the

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 disaster

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 that's

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 coming

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 the

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 purpose

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 for

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 tears

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 and so

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 we see

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 in

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.359
 verses

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 42

00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.400
 to 44

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 we see

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 what

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 Jesus

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 desires

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 he desires

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 peace

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 for these

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 people

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 he's

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 weeping

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 because of

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 the

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 invitation

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 and the

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 welcome

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 to enjoy

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 peace

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 but they're

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 not

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 participating

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 verse

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 42

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 would

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 that

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 you

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 even

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 you

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 had

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 known

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 on

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 this

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 day

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 make

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 for

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 peace

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 but now

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 they are

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:57.720
 hidden

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 from your

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 eyes

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 these were

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 not

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 self-serving

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 tears

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.360
 that Jesus

00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:03.940
 is weeping

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:05.400
 these are

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:05.820
 tears

00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.580
 of pain

00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:07.520
 that saw

00:21:07.520 --> 00:21:07.960
 through

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 the empty

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.259
 praise

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.060
 that saw

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 through

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 the

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 superficial

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:12.820
 celebration

00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:14.220
 Christ

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 saw

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 the

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:15.940
 deception

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:17.120
 that blinded

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 the minds

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 of those

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 who were

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 here

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 they were

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 hidden

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 from their

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 eyes

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 he saw

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 their

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 calloused

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.939
 hearts

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 he saw

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 their fickle

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 spirit

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.919
 and he saw

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:28.000
 the disaster

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.459
 of their

00:21:28.459 --> 00:21:28.899
 decision

00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:29.559
 to reject

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 him

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 these are

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 the tears

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 of one

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 who knows

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 that people

00:21:34.199 --> 00:21:34.719
 have already

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 turned the

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 other way

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 the way

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 of peace

00:21:38.219 --> 00:21:38.659
 was hidden

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 from their

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 eyes

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 this word

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.279
 for hidden

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.839
 is a

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.259
 passive

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 verb

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 which means

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.899
 that they

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 were recipients

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.360
 of action

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 it means

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 that it

00:21:48.020 --> 00:21:48.940
 was concealed

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:50.020
 from them

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 it was

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:52.520
 made invisible

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 to them

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 it was

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 shielded

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 from them

00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:56.259
 they could

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.600
 not see

00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.420
 the truth

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:58.900
 that was

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.480
 standing

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 right in

00:22:00.320 --> 00:22:00.640
 front of

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:00.840
 them

00:22:00.840 --> 00:22:01.580
 Jesus

00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:02.380
 their

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:03.040
 Messiah

00:22:03.040 --> 00:22:04.180
 is there

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.540
 in front

00:22:04.540 --> 00:22:04.800
 of them

00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.259
 and they

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.800
 cannot

00:22:05.800 --> 00:22:06.560
 see

00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:07.640
 the truth

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:09.380
 they could

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:09.820
 not see

00:22:09.820 --> 00:22:10.259
 this true

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.780
 salvation

00:22:10.780 --> 00:22:12.160
 this way

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.720
 of peace

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.720
 peace

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:13.980
 is the

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.120
 word

00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:14.299
 for

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.640
 harmony

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.620
 it's

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:15.720
 the

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:15.880
 word

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.500
 tranquility

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.799
 it's

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:18.339
 also

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.140
 connected

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.660
 to the

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.200
 Old Testament

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.559
 word

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.039
 shalom

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.039
 which is

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.640
 the word

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.319
 for health

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.000
 and wellness

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.720
 and peace

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:26.680
 and it is

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.120
 somewhat

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:29.279
 shocking

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.120
 that this

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.600
 city

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:32.860
 Jerusalem

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.799
 shalom

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.579
 that's built

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.259
 right into

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.660
 the name

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.120
 of the city

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:37.039
 this city

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.960
 of peace

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:39.000
 was missing

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.660
 the very

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:39.980
 peace

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.240
 that has

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.680
 been extended

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.120
 to it

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:43.699
 peace

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:45.000
 that Christ

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:46.079
 extended

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.679
 to them

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:48.000
 but peace

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.619
 they were

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.279
 rejecting

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:50.139
 instead

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:51.199
 they would

00:22:51.199 --> 00:22:51.699
 receive

00:22:51.699 --> 00:22:52.979
 the consequences

00:22:52.979 --> 00:22:53.399
 of their

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:53.859
 rejection

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.799
 that we

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.239
 find in

00:22:55.239 --> 00:22:55.439
 verses

00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:55.959
 43

00:22:55.959 --> 00:22:58.019
 to 45

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:59.059
 or 43

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.619
 and 44

00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:01.059
 for the day

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.579
 will come

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.199
 upon you

00:23:02.199 --> 00:23:03.019
 when your

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.339
 enemies

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.779
 will set

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.000
 up a

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.399
 barricade

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:04.979
 around you

00:23:04.979 --> 00:23:05.899
 and surround

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.339
 you and

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.699
 hem you

00:23:06.699 --> 00:23:07.000
 in on

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.279
 every

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.759
 side

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:09.059
 and tear

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.719
 you down

00:23:09.719 --> 00:23:10.000
 to the

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.359
 ground

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.039
 you and

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.500
 your children

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.059
 within you

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:13.159
 and they

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:13.500
 will not

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.079
 leave one

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.459
 stone

00:23:14.459 --> 00:23:14.959
 upon the

00:23:14.959 --> 00:23:15.159
 other

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.559
 in you

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.619
 because you

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.240
 did not

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.839
 know the

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.740
 time of

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.139
 your

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:20.219
 visitation

00:23:20.219 --> 00:23:21.619
 you were

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.459
 not looking

00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:22.919
 for the

00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:23.279
 right

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.059
 salvation

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:25.259
 this word

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.159
 for visitation

00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.979
 is used

00:23:26.979 --> 00:23:27.859
 throughout the

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.740
 Old Testament

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.599
 to refer

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.139
 to the

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:31.259
 coming of

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.639
 God

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.279
 and that

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.859
 coming of

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.059
 God

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.319
 is going

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.679
 to come

00:23:33.679 --> 00:23:34.339
 one of

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.059
 two ways

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.959
 in the Old

00:23:35.959 --> 00:23:36.299
 Testament

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.019
 either came

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.659
 in terms

00:23:37.659 --> 00:23:38.139
 of God's

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:38.619
 rescue

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.479
 or it

00:23:39.479 --> 00:23:39.919
 came

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.619
 in terms

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.139
 of God's

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.500
 judgment

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.159
 but when

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.639
 God's

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.019
 presence

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.959
 was there

00:23:43.959 --> 00:23:44.579
 one of

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:44.879
 the two

00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.139
 were going

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.519
 to happen

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:47.199
 and now

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:47.839
 the people

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.539
 of the

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.219
 first century

00:23:49.219 --> 00:23:50.339
 those Jewish

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 individuals

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:53.079
 there had

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:54.119
 the visitation

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.679
 of God

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.359
 Jesus

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:56.000
 himself

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.579
 God

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:56.939
 in the

00:23:56.939 --> 00:23:57.319
 flesh

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:58.079
 had taught

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.339
 them

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.099
 had healed

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.379
 them

00:23:59.379 --> 00:24:00.159
 had served

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:00.379
 them

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.419
 his visitation

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:01.879
 was there

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.839
 his presence

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:04.099
 was a reality

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.819
 and they had

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.259
 a decision

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.739
 to make

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:07.480
 enjoy the

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.880
 salvation

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.420
 of God

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.779
 or experience

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.940
 the consequences

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.799
 the devastating

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.920
 consequences

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.559
 of rejection

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:15.620
 and they

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.039
 missed him

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.720
 they missed

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.859
 the salvation

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.900
 because they

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.940
 clung so

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.519
 tightly

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.599
 to their

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.940
 own idea

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.819
 and understanding

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.759
 of what

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.460
 salvation

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.160
 involved

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:29.359
 and Jesus

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.180
 describes here

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.759
 the total

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.299
 destruction

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.319
 of the very

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.779
 thing that

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.120
 they hung

00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:33.779
 on to

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.559
 so much

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:36.619
 they loved

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.599
 Jerusalem

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.319
 they loved

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:38.919
 the temple

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.960
 and Jesus

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:41.460
 helps them

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.940
 understand

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.240
 that the

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.059
 very things

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.779
 they're hanging

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.460
 on to

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.019
 are the

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.319
 things

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.700
 they're going

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.279
 to lose

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.599
 enemies

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.440
 will surround

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.879
 the city

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.940
 walls and

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.440
 homes will

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.779
 be torn

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.220
 down

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.299
 destruction

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.000
 of property

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.659
 and families

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.279
 mothers

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.059
 and children

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:56.379
 not one

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:56.799
 stone

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.159
 that will

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.599
 stand

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.179
 on the

00:24:58.179 --> 00:24:58.419
 other

00:24:58.419 --> 00:25:00.240
 what was

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.039
 meant to

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.000
 be a

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.779
 visitation

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.599
 of salvation

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:05.039
 becomes a

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.579
 visitation

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.079
 of judgment

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:08.519
 and in

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.779
 fact

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:10.359
 a partial

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.799
 fulfillment

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.299
 of that

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.859
 would happen

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:13.240
 in 40

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.059
 years from

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.639
 the time

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.559
 of Christ's

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:15.839
 words

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.179
 where Rome

00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:18.500
 would come

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.119
 and sweep

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.699
 through the

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.039
 city of

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.419
 Jerusalem

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:22.019
 and they

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.639
 would destroy

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.179
 the city

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:23.619
 they would

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.159
 kill the

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:24.519
 people

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.219
 and they

00:25:25.219 --> 00:25:26.339
 would decimate

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.359
!

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.299
 the temple

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:29.319
 that visitation

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.719
 of the Lord

00:25:29.719 --> 00:25:31.339
 had come

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:33.379
 and because

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.720
 of the

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.139
 rejection

00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:35.259
 of Christ

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.879
 resulted

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.519
 in the

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.139
 consequence

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:38.539
 of harm

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:38.859
 to their

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.139
 city

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:40.740
 you know

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.059
 Jesus

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.659
 extends

00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.240
 an offer

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.619
 of peace

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:42.939
 to us

00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:43.319
 as well

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.659
 his

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.359
 visitation

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.959
 is still

00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:46.339
 present

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.759
 today

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.980
 in and

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.240
 through

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.019
 the gospel

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.759
 in and

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.079
 through the

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.539
 presentation

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.379
 of the

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:51.980
 good news

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.799
 he invites

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.339
 us to

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.980
 participate

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.179
 to enjoy

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.699
 the

00:25:55.699 --> 00:25:56.319
 presence

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.899
 of God

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.199
 in our

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.639
 lives

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.580
 and so

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:58.759
 the

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.120
 ultimate

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.759
 peace

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.860
 of course

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.600
 is peace

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.320
 with God

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:02.880
 through our

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.300
 Lord Jesus

00:26:03.300 --> 00:26:03.840
 Christ

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:05.320
 it's a

00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:05.600
 peace

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.100
 that comes

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.800
 through faith

00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:07.320
 it's a

00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:07.540
 peace

00:26:07.540 --> 00:26:08.060
 that comes

00:26:08.060 --> 00:26:08.420
 through

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.020
 confession

00:26:09.020 --> 00:26:09.720
 of sin

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.160
 through

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.680
 repentance

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.900
 it's a

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.100
 peace

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.540
 that comes

00:26:12.540 --> 00:26:12.840
 through

00:26:12.840 --> 00:26:13.480
 dependence

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.040
 on God

00:26:14.040 --> 00:26:14.360
 alone

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.040
 for salvation

00:26:15.040 --> 00:26:16.920
 it's that

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.620
 peace

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.259
 that comes

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.600
 and is

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:19.080
 described

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.960
 for us

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.259
 by the

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.880
 apostle Paul

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.360
 in Ephesians

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:21.960
 chapter 2

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:23.740
 verses 14

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.180
 to 16

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.480
 he says

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.800
 for he

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:25.240
 himself

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.440
 is our

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.940
 peace

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.920
 who has

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.320
 made

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:29.039
 us

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.400
 both

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.779
 one

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.180
 speaking

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.400
 of

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:30.740
 Jews

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:30.980
 and

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.620
 Gentiles

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.220
 and has

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.580
 broken

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:33.120
 down

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.580
 in his

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.059
 flesh

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.920
 the dividing

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.240
 wall

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.400
 of

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.940
 hostility

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:37.519
 by abolishing

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.180
 the law

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.920
 of commandments

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.840
 expressed

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.620
 in ordinances

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.380
 that he

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.039
 might create

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.640
 in himself

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.360
 one new

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.680
 man

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.200
 in place

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.420
 of the

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.720
 two

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.580
 so making

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.100
 peace

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.720
 and he

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.440
 might reconcile

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.120
 us both

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.660
 to God

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.340
 in one

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:49.680
 body

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.059
 through the

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.440
 cross

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.080
 thereby

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.720
 killing

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:51.920
 the

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.440
 hostility

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.640
 in other

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.940
 words

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.960
 Jesus

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:56.000
 himself

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.860
 fulfilled

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.399
 the law

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:58.740
 and Jesus

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.399
 himself

00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.919
 died

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:00.479
 the death

00:27:00.479 --> 00:27:01.019
 that you

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.299
 and I

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.699
 deserve

00:27:01.699 --> 00:27:02.079
 on the

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.399
 cross

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:02.979
 he paid

00:27:02.979 --> 00:27:03.659
 the consequence

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.559
 for sin

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.159
 so that

00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:05.859
 in and

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.159
 through

00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:06.639
 Jesus

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.079
 alone

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.759
 faith

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.519
 in Christ

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.719
 the separation

00:27:09.719 --> 00:27:10.759
 the division

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:12.039
 the hostility

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.979
 that we would

00:27:12.979 --> 00:27:13.619
 experience

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.659
 with God

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.179
 because of

00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:15.719
 our sin

00:27:15.719 --> 00:27:16.439
 has been

00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:17.319
 met by

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:17.639
 Jesus'

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.359
 sacrifice

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:19.279
 and in

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.119
 his body

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.839
 it's wiped

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.179
 away

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:22.879
 do you know

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.539
 Jesus this

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.879
 morning

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:25.320
 are you

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:25.880
 part of

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.160
 him

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.560
 through

00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:27.000
 faith

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:28.560
 are you

00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:29.440
 experiencing

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.340
 and enjoying

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:31.240
 not only

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.020
 the peace

00:27:32.020 --> 00:27:32.800
 of God

00:27:32.800 --> 00:27:33.940
 for salvation

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.960
 and for

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.760
 eternal life

00:27:35.760 --> 00:27:36.240
 with God

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.940
 but the

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.580
 peace that

00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:38.500
 God desires

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.120
 to give

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:40.660
 every single

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.040
 day

00:27:41.040 --> 00:27:41.820
 Colossians

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:42.360
 3 15

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.040
 says this

00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:44.180
 let the

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.680
 peace

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.600
 of Christ

00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.380
 rule

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.120
 in your

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.520
 hearts

00:27:47.520 --> 00:27:48.560
 to which

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:49.000
 indeed you

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.420
 were called

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.760
 in one

00:27:49.760 --> 00:27:50.060
 body

00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:50.460
 and be

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.840
 thankful

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:53.099
 God has

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.539
 called us

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.099
 to peace

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:55.699
 the

00:27:55.699 --> 00:27:56.319
 visitation

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.720
 of God

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.159
 is here

00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:58.319
 the

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.959
 welcome

00:27:58.959 --> 00:27:59.859
 to peace

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.619
 is present

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.459
 and that

00:28:01.459 --> 00:28:01.959
 peace

00:28:01.959 --> 00:28:02.579
 is not

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.019
 the kind

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.539
 of peace

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.220
 that takes

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.579
 away

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.019
 all the

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.419
 problems

00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:05.759
 of your

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.019
 life

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.500
 but it's

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.959
 the kind

00:28:06.959 --> 00:28:07.419
 of peace

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:08.019
 that settles

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.539
 your heart

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.319
 in the

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.220
 authority

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.500
 and wisdom

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.500
 and sovereignty

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.039
 of God

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.799
 as you're

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.959
 moving through

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.659
 very hard

00:28:15.659 --> 00:28:16.039
 times

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.899
 that God

00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:17.240
 is in

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.639
 control

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.059
 and God

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.559
 is good

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.399
 he is working

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:19.980
 through those

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.299
 things

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.919
 and your

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.220
 heart

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.659
 can be

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.240
 at rest

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.879
 your heart

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.339
 can be

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.960
 at peace

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.940
 he welcomes

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.740
 you to enjoy

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.019
 that

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.759
 but he also

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.200
 welcomes

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.819
 you to

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.500
 extend that

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.899
 peace to

00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:29.240
 others

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.940
 that your

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.339
 heart would

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.819
 break

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:33.799
 for those

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.519
 around you

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.119
 that don't

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.859
 know Jesus

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:37.139
 because you

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:38.200
 see the

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.720
 looming

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.819
 consequences

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.559
 of sin

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.359
 and you

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.220
 like Christ

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.519
 and the

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.359
 apostle Paul

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.399
 will weep

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.480
 over those

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.339
 who do not

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.879
 know Jesus

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:48.059
 and it will

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.759
 compel us

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.740
 to gospel

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.200
 ministry

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.940
 in verses

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.660
 45 to

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.259
 48 we

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.340
 see not

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:54.960
 just the

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.380
 sensitivity

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.180
 of the

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.440
 savior

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.840
 but we

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.640
 see the

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.220
 sovereignty

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.940
 or the

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.519
 authority

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.039
 of our

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.340
 king

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:01.920
 the sovereignty

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.299
 of our

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.559
 king

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.480
 comes right

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.840
 out into

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.299
 the open

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.299
 and so

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.360
 the sensitivity

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.660
 of Christ

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:09.180
 is perfectly

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.460
 and beautifully

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.799
 intermingled

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.440
 with his

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.000
 sovereignty

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:15.120
 notice in

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.819
 verse 45

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:17.000
 he entered

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.460
 the temple

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.000
 and began

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.539
 to drive

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.839
 out

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.660
 those

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.039
 who

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.779
 sold

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.539
 saying

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.019
 to them

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:23.039
 it is

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.299
 written

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.900
 my house

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.299
 shall be

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.900
 a house

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.740
 of prayer

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.279
 but you

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.019
 have made

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.740
 it a den

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.880
 of robbers

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:31.700
 God is

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:31.960
 sovereign

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.380
 over his

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.779
 house

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.019
 he's sovereign

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.839
 over his

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.220
 house

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.220
 his temple

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.819
 and Luke

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.539
 arranges the

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.140
 events of

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.720
 this narrative

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:41.079
 to seem

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.839
 like it's

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.880
 moving in

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:44.039
 consecutive

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.619
 order

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.299
 and of

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.539
 course

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.119
 it is

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.899
 moving

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.239
 in a

00:29:47.239 --> 00:29:47.599
 consecutive

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.899
 way

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.439
 but there's

00:29:48.439 --> 00:29:48.719
 an

00:29:48.719 --> 00:29:49.459
 interruption

00:29:49.459 --> 00:29:50.439
 that we

00:29:50.439 --> 00:29:51.079
 find

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:52.000
 in the

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.919
 gospel

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.639
 of Mark

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.259
 that helps

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.079
 us realize

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.979
 that this

00:29:55.979 --> 00:29:56.579
 event that we

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.519
 read in

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.739
 Luke 19

00:29:58.739 --> 00:29:59.679
 verse 45

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.799
 actually happens

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.259
 on the next

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.659
 day

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:03.919
 Jesus will

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.919
 ride into

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.559
 Jerusalem

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:07.000
 this triumphal

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.339
 entry

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.379
 and we find

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.879
 from Mark

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.739
 chapter 11

00:30:09.739 --> 00:30:10.839
 verse 11

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:12.259
 that Jesus

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:14.039
 after the

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.859
 triumphal

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.279
 entry

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.119
 enters

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.720
 Jerusalem

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.579
 he goes

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:17.980
 into the

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.339
 temple

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.079
 and when

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.440
 he had

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.119
 looked around

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.759
 at everything

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.379
 as it was

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.160
 already late

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.740
 he went

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.180
 out to

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.579
 Bethany

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.339
 with the

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.640
 twelve

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.440
 that would

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.879
 be on

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.440
 like a

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:26.759
 Sunday

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.720
 and then

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.019
 in verse

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.400
 12

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.000
 on the

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.440
 following

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.960
 day

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.519
 and then

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.859
 we pick

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.160
 up our

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.599
 narrative

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.420
 here in

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.720
 Luke

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.500
 it's coupled

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.059
 with Mark

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.599
 and Matthew

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.379
 they came

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:36.019
 to Jerusalem

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.779
 he entered

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.220
 the temple

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.640
 and began

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.099
 to drive

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.480
 out those

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.079
 who sold

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.920
 and those

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.539
 who bought

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.859
 in the

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.240
 temple

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.779
 and he

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.299
 overturned

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.799
 the tables

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.079
 and the

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.839
 money changers

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.480
 and the

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.920
 seats of

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.139
 those

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.519
 who sold

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.059
 pigeons

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:47.240
 now why

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.480
 do I

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.879
 go into

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.480
 any

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.799
 detail

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.279
 about that

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.660
 at all

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:50.980
 is to

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.440
 help you

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.139
 understand

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:53.139
 the reliability

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.720
 of the

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.000
 scripture

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.819
 it's dependable

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.160
 it's

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.759
 trustworthy

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:58.519
 it doesn't

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.539
 conflict

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.240
 with itself

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.779
 but as we

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.599
 understand

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:01.960
 how the

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.899
 pieces of

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.259
 the narrative

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.859
 fit together

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.779
 it helps

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.519
 us recognize

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.319
 the wonder

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.019
 of what's

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.819
 taking place

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:09.299
 Luke wants

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.700
 to draw

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.420
 our attention

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:11.119
 to the

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.519
 Messiah

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:11.899
 the son

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.359
 of David

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:13.619
 he wants

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:13.879
 you to

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.239
 see

00:31:14.239 --> 00:31:14.939
 that in

00:31:14.939 --> 00:31:15.219
 this

00:31:15.219 --> 00:31:15.899
 concurrent

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.539
 set

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.219
 of events

00:31:17.219 --> 00:31:18.159
 that Jesus

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:19.159
 truly is

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.899
 the Messiah

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:20.759
 he's the

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.339
 one who's

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.739
 not just

00:31:21.739 --> 00:31:22.359
 the king

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.079
 of Israel

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.959
 he is the

00:31:23.959 --> 00:31:24.439
 priest

00:31:24.439 --> 00:31:25.000
 over Israel

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.519
 as well

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:29.979
 Luke wants

00:31:29.979 --> 00:31:30.219
 to draw

00:31:30.219 --> 00:31:30.679
 our attention

00:31:30.679 --> 00:31:31.719
 to the

00:31:31.719 --> 00:31:32.219
 savior who's

00:31:32.219 --> 00:31:32.519
 king

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:34.059
 his authority

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:35.099
 his sovereignty

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:37.339
 and it

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.980
 serves to

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.899
 help show

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:40.019
 this one

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.719
 massive

00:31:40.719 --> 00:31:41.359
 object

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.980
 lesson

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.819
 of Christ

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.279
 identity

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.959
 it comes

00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:44.399
 into full

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:44.679
 view

00:31:44.679 --> 00:31:45.279
 for us

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.399
 in this

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.759
 account

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.240
 we find

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.759
 that Jesus

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.859
 he comes

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.539
 into the

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:49.799
 temple

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.159
 and he

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:51.480
 drives out

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.000
 the money

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.679
 changers

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:54.000
 he drives

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.539
 out those

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.779
 who are

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.339
 using the

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.639
 temple

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.500
 for profit

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.559
 he exercises

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.939
 his authority

00:31:58.939 --> 00:32:00.299
 in the face

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.079
 of the

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.659
 authorities

00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.519
 of the

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.859
 Jews

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.259
 those

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.819
 Jewish

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.319
 authorities

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.579
 that were

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.779
 in the

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.059
 temple

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.859
 and also

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.439
 the

00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:07.000
 governing

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.439
 authorities

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:07.659
 that were

00:32:07.659 --> 00:32:08.000
 also

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.359
 in the

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.619
 temple

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.039
 on that

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.319
 day

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.559
 but

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.539
 interestingly

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.119
 enough

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:13.460
 while the

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.960
 crowd

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.879
 expected

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.480
 Jesus

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.200
 as the

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.779
 king

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.460
 to come

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.039
 and overturn

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.200
 the Roman

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.700
 empire

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.779
 to address

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.279
 the

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:22.139
 oppressions

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.419
 that they

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:23.339
 were experiencing

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.000
 in a

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.379
 political

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.859
 way

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.460
 Jesus

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.960
 actually

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.379
 comes

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.799
 in

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.200
 and

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.240
 surprisingly

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.240
 addresses

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.000
 a different

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.539
 kind

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.220
 of

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.700
 oppression

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:33.319
 a spiritual

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.659
 one

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.980
 darkness

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.240
 of

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.519
 heart

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.440
 the

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.420
 pollution

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.259
 of

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.980
 spiritual

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.700
 life

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:39.980
 that's

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.220
 taking

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.759
 place

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.320
 here

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:41.519
 in the

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.800
 temple

00:32:41.800 --> 00:32:43.380
 the

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.680
 Lord

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:43.960
 was

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.440
 declaring

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.220
 that

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.380
 he

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.600
 was

00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:45.920
 not

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.580
 so

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.220
 concerned

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.460
 with

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.960
 Israel's

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.540
 relationship

00:32:48.540 --> 00:32:49.460
 to Rome

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.580
 but with

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.380
 the relationship

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.160
 they had

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.560
 with God

00:32:52.560 --> 00:32:52.960
 he was

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:54.019
 prioritizing

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.660
 what really

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.000
 mattered

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:57.380
 the temple

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:57.759
 here

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.640
 is a

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:58.960
 general

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.380
 term

00:32:59.380 --> 00:32:59.559
 for

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.180
 the

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.400
 temple

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:00.819
 grounds

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.079
 as a

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.319
 whole

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.720
 this

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.259
 complex

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.880
 system

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.619
 of

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.099
 courts

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.799
 that

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.579
 went in

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.259
 progressively

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.019
 smaller

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.680
 increments

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.539
 the

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:08.960
 outer

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.299
 court

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.640
 was the

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:09.880
 court

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.160
 of the

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.799
 Gentiles

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.559
 it was

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:11.859
 named

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.079
 this

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.259
 way

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.619
 because

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:12.839
 this

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.019
 was

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.240
 the

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.799
 place

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:13.980
 where

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.559
 Gentiles

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:14.779
 could

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.140
 go

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.640
 and

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.119
 assemble

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.900
 but

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.000
 they

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.160
 were

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.519
 forbidden

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.859
 to go

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.099
 any

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.599
 further

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.619
 the

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.059
 inside

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.579
 of

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:20.740
 this

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.000
 court

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.220
 was

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.440
 the

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.259
 court

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.460
 of

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.840
 women

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:24.079
 which

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.579
 was

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.740
 as

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:24.980
 far

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.160
 as

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.400
 women

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:25.559
 were

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.860
 permitted

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.059
 to

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.299
 go

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.840
 it

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.200
 was

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.680
 the

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.160
 gate

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.799
 beautiful

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.220
 is

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.620
 what

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:29.860
 kind

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.000
 of

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.700
 stood

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:30.819
 at

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:30.920
 the

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.279
 beginning

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.819
 of

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.019
 this

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.460
 court

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.620
 the

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.980
 next

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.319
 court

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.519
 was

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.720
 known

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:34.900
 as

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.039
 the

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.360
 court

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:35.840
 of

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:35.940
 the

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.420
 Israelites

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.019
 it

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.160
 was

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.380
 through

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.579
 the

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.100
 Nankanor

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.440
 gate

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.380
 the

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:39.840
 gate

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.299
 the

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.759
 Nankanor

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:40.980
 gate

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.200
 was

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.860
 made

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.039
 of

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.700
 Corinthian

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.240
 bronze

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.440
 it

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.460
 glistened

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.640
 in

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:44.799
 the

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.120
 sunlight

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.539
 and

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.620
 it

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:45.740
 was

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:45.980
 so

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.539
 massive

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.019
 that

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.120
 it

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.259
 took

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.700
 20

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.360
 men

00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:48.759
 to

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.100
 push

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.240
 the

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.700
 Israelites

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:55.019
 they

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.160
 could

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.380
 look

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.640
 in

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:55.860
 and

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.079
 see

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.299
 the

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.500
 court

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.600
 of

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:56.700
 the

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:56.960
 priest

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.220
 which

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.400
 was

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.740
 this

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.539
 inner

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.240
 court

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.840
 where

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:00.019
 the

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.360
 priest

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:00.559
 would

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:00.980
 perform

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.180
 their

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.640
 function

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:01.960
 of

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.680
 sacrifices

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:04.180
 but

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.440
 here

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.680
 in

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:04.900
 the

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.900
 outer

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.319
 court

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.539
 the

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.059
 court

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.160
 of

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.279
 the

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.920
 Gentiles

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.480
 was

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.679
 where

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.000
 all

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.240
 of

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.679
 this

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:11.539
 money

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:13.260
 exchange

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.480
 was

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.800
 taking

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.440
 place

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.320
 here

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.940
 worshipers

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.440
 would bring

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.920
 their

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.679
 sacrificial

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.340
 animals

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.300
 and

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.480
 while

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.619
 they

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:19.800
 were

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.199
 permitted

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.539
 to

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.880
 bring

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.320
 their

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.559
 own

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.000
 animals

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:24.639
 those animals needed to be without blemish.

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:27.559
 And so what would normally happen,

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:32.179
 it was an animal that needed to be approved by a priest,

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:35.579
 and it behooved the priests that were in Jerusalem,

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:38.159
 in order to profit off the people,

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:41.920
 they would normally decline those animals

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:45.639
 and force those pilgrims to buy the animals

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:47.960
 that were offered to them on the temple grounds.

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:51.519
 Hundreds and thousands of animals

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:54.519
 would be exchanged or purchased.

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:58.559
 The temple tax was also needed to be paid

00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:01.099
 and using Jewish coinage.

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:04.119
 And so any of the foreigners that were coming from other lands

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:07.300
 would need to go through an exchange process.

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:10.659
 But because those who were in the temple court

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:12.519
 had a monopoly on the exchange,

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.960
 they were profiting and taking advantage of that exchange rate,

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.759
 thus turning this place of worship,

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:21.440
 and in Jesus' words, into a den.

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.579
 of thieves.

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:27.840
 This will serve as bookends in the ministry of Jesus,

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:30.099
 where at the very beginning of his ministry,

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:31.980
 you remember from John chapter 2,

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:35.380
 Jesus will also exert his authority in the temple.

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:40.780
 He'll come and he'll move out the money exchangers.

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:43.179
 He'll come purify the temple.

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:45.300
 And here at the end, it's happening the same way,

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:50.120
 to help us understand that the priority of Christ for his people

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:52.220
 was purified worship.

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:55.960
 Worship of God, a house of prayer.

00:35:57.440 --> 00:36:01.840
 Jesus exerts his sovereign force over this irreverent behavior.

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.800
 He acts alone.

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:06.220
 He acts as one who's in authority.

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:08.060
 He's undeterred.

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:12.000
 He uses this statement that's drawn from two Old Testament passages.

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.980
 My house shall be a house of prayer,

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:17.279
 but you have made it a den of robbers.

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:22.699
 This temple, which was set aside as a place for God's people

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:24.759
 to meet with God, had become polluted.

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:31.620
 To amplify this occasion, if this was happening on Monday,

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:36.860
 Monday would be the day in which the Passover lamb was chosen.

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:41.300
 That Passover lamb, which at the end of the week would be slaughtered

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:43.820
 and the blood would be spilt on the doorpost.

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.760
 It would be sacrificed.

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:50.160
 This picture of this Passover lamb, this deliverance of God's people,

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:54.940
 and here the Passover lamb, Jesus Christ, comes into the temple

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:57.719
 to purify his temple.

00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:05.099
 Here, the religious leaders were making a business out of people's sin

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:07.940
 and were polluting the very courts of God.

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:13.699
 In verses 47 and 48, we see God's authority over his future.

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:16.980
 His authority over the future.

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.339
 Notice,

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:38.079
 Be amazed at the graciousness of the Lord.

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:41.980
 Stand back and marvel at the wonder of Christ,

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:46.180
 teaching again, serving and ministering to the people,

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:48.179
 day by day in the courts,

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:51.319
 knowing exactly what was going to happen at the end of the week.

00:37:51.379 --> 00:37:52.299
 But here he is,

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:56.940
 extending himself in teaching ministry

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:59.500
 to these people every single day.

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:03.839
 Here they are, they're hanging on his every word.

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:08.059
 This is a word that's only used here in the New Testament

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:12.879
 to draw attention to the significance of Jesus' teaching

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:15.140
 and the authority that he brought.

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:18.420
 But of course, the religious leaders were resolute.

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:20.860
 Throughout Christ's ministry,

00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:24.079
 they had set their minds on destroying him.

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:27.000
 In Matthew chapter 12, verse 14,

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:30.820
 we find the Pharisees went out and conspired against him

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:32.500
 how to destroy him.

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:35.059
 In John chapter 11, verse 53,

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:37.640
 this is after the resurrection of Lazarus.

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.539
 He said,

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.900
 So from that day on,

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:42.319
 they made plans to put him to death.

00:38:43.379 --> 00:38:46.819
 But all throughout the life and ministry of Jesus,

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:51.859
 God himself was putting his hand of preservation over his son.

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:57.299
 We see numerous times where Jesus is able to escape.

00:38:58.759 --> 00:39:00.960
 Matthew chapter 2, verse 13,

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:03.980
 as we went through in our Advent messages,

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:08.139
 where King Herod sent to Bethlehem

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:11.699
 to exterminate the children ages 2 and under.

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:15.480
 And a vision came to Joseph.

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:17.820
 Get out of here and go to Egypt.

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:19.380
 And God preserved his son.

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:21.519
 In Luke chapter 4,

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:23.320
 the beginning of Jesus' public ministry,

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:27.400
 at first all the people marveled at his gracious words,

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:28.679
 and then things turned.

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:31.059
 And they hated him,

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:33.199
 and they drove him out of the city,

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:35.399
 and they would have pushed him off the cliff.

00:39:35.899 --> 00:39:37.000
 But somehow,

00:39:37.899 --> 00:39:41.259
 Jesus is able to make his way through the crowd.

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:44.419
 He kind of evaporates before their very eyes,

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:44.960
 and he's,

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:46.019
 poof, he's gone.

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:49.000
 In John chapter 7, verse 1,

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:51.199
 Jesus is going to go up to Galilee,

00:39:51.839 --> 00:39:53.579
 but he would not go about in Judea

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:55.899
 because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:58.359
 And on several occasions,

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:59.659
 both in John 7,

00:39:59.899 --> 00:40:00.859
 and in John 8,

00:40:00.919 --> 00:40:01.699
 and in John 10,

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:04.079
 they pick up stones to throw at him,

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:06.079
 but somehow Jesus escapes

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:10.279
 and evades their plans.

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:12.539
 The plan of God.

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.719
 Jesus would die,

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:16.539
 but not on this day.

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:21.419
 And as Peter will say in his sermon in Acts chapter 10,

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:27.000
 it was so that the definite plan of God might be fulfilled for Christ,

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:29.500
 that he would die in the right way,

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:31.380
 and he would die at the right time.

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:36.300
 He would die according to God's definite plan

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:38.119
 from before the foundation of the world.

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:41.539
 Later in this week,

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:46.539
 Jesus will also have another scene

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:49.360
 where his heart is expressed for Jerusalem.

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:52.300
 In Matthew chapter 23, verse 37,

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:54.059
 Jesus will say,

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:56.699
 Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:58.779
 the city that kills the prophets

00:40:58.779 --> 00:41:01.059
 and stones those who are sent to it,

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:03.019
 how often would I have gathered

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:04.239
 your children together

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:07.539
 as hens gathers her brood under her wings,

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:11.179
 and yet you were not willing.

00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:13.319
 You were not willing.

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:17.139
 I wonder this morning how many of you,

00:41:18.279 --> 00:41:19.799
 the invitation has been extended,

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:21.359
 but you're not willing.

00:41:22.339 --> 00:41:25.239
 The time of visitation has come.

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:27.879
 The gospel is clear.

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:31.139
 God welcomes you into relationship.

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:34.639
 He invites you to enjoy peace.

00:41:35.359 --> 00:41:37.219
 He wants you to participate

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:38.940
 in all that he has offered

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:40.919
 through his son, Jesus Christ.

00:41:41.419 --> 00:41:42.179
 But my...

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:48.119
 I wonder this morning,

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:49.899
 are you willing?

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.819
 Are you willing?

00:41:52.819 --> 00:41:55.019
 And for those of you who have been willing,

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:57.019
 who have entered in

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:58.480
 and enjoyed the benefits

00:41:58.480 --> 00:42:01.480
 of the peace that's been extended to you by Jesus,

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:03.179
 you've come to him in faith.

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:06.239
 And the invitation for you to experience

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:07.839
 this ongoing peace,

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:09.379
 this visitation of God,

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:11.960
 is there day by day by day,

00:42:12.160 --> 00:42:14.220
 as we have in our hands

00:42:14.220 --> 00:42:16.140
 the very word of God,

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:17.660
 and we can enter in

00:42:17.660 --> 00:42:19.539
 and enjoy that visitation,

00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:21.300
 that relationship with God.

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.780
 But how many of us,

00:42:23.180 --> 00:42:25.380
 how many of us are unwilling?

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.820
 We're unwilling because

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 of the things that are

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 dominating our attention,

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 the distractions of life,

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 the burdens we carry,

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 and so we're unwilling.

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 And I wonder this morning,

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 I wonder this morning

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 if our heart truly breaks

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 for those around us

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 who do not know Jesus.

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 Do you have a weeping heart?

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 This is something that God's got to help me with,

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 a weeping heart.

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 I find myself,

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 my posture is often,

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 well,

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 I guess they got what they deserved.

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 You find yourself saying that?

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 Instead, like our Savior,

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 we need to pray that God will help us

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 to weep.

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 To weep real,

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 heartfelt tears

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 for those who do not know him.

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 And that it compels,

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 the compassion of God,

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 like it compelled our Savior,

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 compels us as well.

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 And so nothing can get in our way

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 because we're driven

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 by the compassion of Christ

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 to extend ourselves

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 and to share the truth of God's word,

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 the gospel with those around us.

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 And what's fascinating to me

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 is when we really ask God

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 to do this for us,

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 when we really ask God

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 to give us opportunities,

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 you know what?

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 God delights in giving opportunities.

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 Quick story,

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 and I'll close.

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 When I was in seminary,

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 this is going back several years now,

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 I was in an evangelism class,

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 and part of the class,

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 part of the requirements for the class

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 was that we had to share the gospel

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 with a person a week.

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 And I'm thinking to myself,

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 how in the world

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 am I going to be able to share the gospel

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 with one person every week?

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 I'm like,

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 this is not going to happen.

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 And so I prayed,

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 God,

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 I got to fulfill this requirement.

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 I don't know how it's going to happen.

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 And wouldn't you know,

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 God loved answering that prayer.

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 And it happened in the most extraordinary ways.

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 He wants to do that.

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 He wants to use you

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 and your broken heart

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 for people who are lost.

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 You see their lostness,

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 and you want them not

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 to experience the consequences,

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 and your heart is driven by compassion

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 and the gospel

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 and visitation,

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 the visitation of God

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 that comes through the gospel.

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 And you're compelled

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 through compassion to share.

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 May God help us to grow

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 in compassion.

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 O Lord,

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 thank you for our Savior,

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 the true epic model

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 of biblical masculinity

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 and femininity,

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 as it were.

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 This heart of faith

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 and this heart of compassion.

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 God, work that into our own lives.

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 May we mimic our Savior,

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 imitate him in this way.

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 I pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 God bless you.

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 Have a great week.

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 God bless you.