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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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! I love that song. Y'all did such a fantastic job.

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 That gets me ready for Easter. Anybody else excited for Easter?

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 I do hope you'll join us for our special services this week

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 as we think more about the cross and the resurrection.

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 Thursday night at 6 o'clock, we'll talk through the first three of Jesus' seven sayings from the cross.

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 We'll celebrate the Lord's Supper Friday at 3.

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 We'll do the last four sayings in that service.

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 And then Sunday morning, 6 o'clock outside and 9.30 back in here.

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 So much to celebrate. Amen.

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 And we celebrate, thank you, the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus every day, don't we?

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 That song. It's an Easter song.

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 This sermon is Easter focused.

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 It is Easter part one, if you will.

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 I mean, I do hope you'll come back, but you're going to get Easter this morning.

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 And I am pretty fired up, to be honest with you, about this glorious text.

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 Before I read it, let me ask you to think about something.

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 I want you to think about how God views you today.

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 In a variety of potential situations you might find yourself in.

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 For the sake of this exercise, let's assume that you're a follower of Jesus.

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 You're in relationship with God, who, remember, is the infinite, holy, holy, holy, just God of the universe.

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 Okay?

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 Here's some potential situations.

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 You're doing that same thing again that you know God's Word tells you not to do.

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 That you have promised God before you'd never do again.

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 How does God feel about you today?

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 Or you're just so confused and you're frustrated by the events that are going on around you in the world and in your life.

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 And you just, you don't even know how to pray anything at all.

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 How does God feel today?

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 Or you're really struggling with doubts again.

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 Is God really there?

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 Is He really good?

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 Is He really in control?

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 You're just not sure what to think anymore, honestly.

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 How does God feel about you today?

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 Is God perhaps disappointed in you?

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 Seriously?

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 Again?

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 Or maybe He's just done caring.

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 He's really disinterested.

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 Like, I mean, I guess I'm going to have to let you into heaven one day.

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 But in the meantime, could you try to get it together?

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 Or maybe you feel even worse that God's dismissive of you.

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 He's ready to be done with you.

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 Putting you in the doghouse.

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 Don't try to pretend we're good.

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 Don't expect blessing from me.

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 Stay away for a while.

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 You're in time out.

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 And the next time this happens, it'll be even worse.

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 To be clear, the Bible's honest that all of those would be very fair things for God to feel towards you, wouldn't they?

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 He's a righteous king.

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 He ought to feel those things towards us.

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 In fact, He is so pure that He has to incinerate sin.

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 He can't have it in His presence.

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 It has to be kept away from Him permanently.

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 And here we are.

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 We're sinners wondering then perhaps if we can have any relationship at all with this holy God.

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 Hebrews has been telling us Jesus is the key to this.

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 Specifically, that He's our great high priest to stand before this holy God on our behalf.

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 Hebrews 7 has shown Jesus in a permanent, God-appointed role as priest like Melchizedek.

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 Pastor Bill taught us so well last week, I don't even have to talk about Melchizedek.

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 And now, He shows us how God relates to, feels about us who trust Jesus as our high priest.

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 What's our relationship with God today?

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 It's all about what Jesus is doing today.

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 Let's read at verse 23 of Hebrews 7.

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 The former priests were many in number because they were prevented by death from continuing in office.

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 But Jesus holds His priesthood permanently because He continues forever.

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 Consequently, He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him

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 since He always lives to make intercession for them.

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 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest.

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 Holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens.

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 He has no need like those high priests to offer sacrifices daily first for His own sins

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 and then for those of the people since He did this once for all when He offered up Himself.

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 For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests.

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 But the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a son who has been made perfect forever.

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 This is God's Word. Let's ask for His help.

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 Father, this is really glorious beyond what You know I have the capacity or abilities to describe.

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 So, Spirit, would You speak?

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 Would we hear these words in a fresh way?

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 Would it give us fresh hope and confidence and joy in our Savior?

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 We ask in His name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 What's Jesus doing today?

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 You ever think about that?

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 What's Jesus up to?

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 Well, the Bible tells us many things, including that He is sustaining the world by the word of His power.

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 He's ruling and reigning over the nations.

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 He's preparing to return and rescue us and restore all things.

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 That's a lot.

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 But here, the writer tells us that He always lives to make intercession for those who trust in Him.

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 This is the role of the priest that Hebrews has been telling us about.

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 The one who represents the people in the presence of God.

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 And this, then, is unbelievable.

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 In every way, this is transformational about how God relates to you.

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 Here's what it is.

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 Jesus is praying for you.

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 What's Jesus doing today?

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 Jesus is praying for you.

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 It's unbelievable.

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 If you didn't realize that, I want this to come home.

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 Because sometimes that's a general thing, okay?

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 Jesus is praying for you.

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 Great.

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 Jesus is taking our groans, our wandering prayers, and He's making them beautiful to the Father.

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 Fourth century church father, John Chrysostom, said this is like a little boy who wants to welcome his father home from a trip.

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 And so, he goes to make a bouquet for his father, and he gathers, well, mostly weeds and grass and a couple of flowers.

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 But thankfully, before giving them to his father, he delivers them to his mother, who takes them and fixes them up.

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 And when the father comes home and gets the bouquet, it's all flowers.

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 Chrysostom says,

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 See, Jesus' intercession means He is the one, the only one through whom we pray, through whom we talk to God.

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 He's the way.

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 Don't need saints.

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 Don't need angels.

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 Kids, I want you to think about this.

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 When you sit at home and you sit around the dining room table or wherever you sit to eat your meal, probably y'all often pray before you eat.

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 And when you are getting kind of towards the end of the prayer, do you maybe pray something like,

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 In Jesus' name, amen?

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 Is that how you end?

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 When you say that, what is that?

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 Is that just like saying, Goodbye, God.

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 We're through now.

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 We're going to eat.

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 I want to tell you it's a lot more than that.

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 When you say, In Jesus' name, what you're saying is that Jesus is actually praying with you and for you.

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 It's like Jesus is actually coming right down there with you as you're praying at the dinner table and taking your prayers and walking them up towards God,

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 making them beautiful and perfect along the way and giving them to God so He hears you praying.

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 Isn't that awesome?

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 That's what it means to pray in Jesus' name, that that's the way we come to God.

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 Kids, God loves to hear you pray.

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 Jesus loves to pray for you.

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 In fact, we know this from His high priestly prayer in John 17,

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 that when Jesus prays for you, He actually thanks God for giving you to Him as a gift.

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 And He prays that you would be with Him forever.

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 Isn't that so encouraging?

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 That's what Jesus is praying for you.

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 Scottish pastor Robert Murray McShane said of the confidence that he found in Jesus' intercession for him,

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 he said,

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 If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.

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 Yet distance makes no difference.

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 He is praying for me.

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 Jesus praying for you is part of His intercession.

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 It's part of what Jesus is doing today.

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 But Hebrews is even more specific about what He's praying for.

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 This word, intercession, it has a legal context, okay?

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 Someone is representing you, speaking on your behalf to the judge, right?

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 Remember, we desperately need a representative before a holy God,

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 or we sinners are in big trouble on our own, right?

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 Jesus steps forward and says,

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 I'll speak.

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 I'll stand.

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 I'll offer to be your representative.

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 You've probably heard that line at the end of lawyers' ads.

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 No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed

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 is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.

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 It's usually faster than that.

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 It's all I can come up with.

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 Y'all, here in Hebrews, on the contrary,

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 every representation is being made

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 that the quality of legal services offered by Jesus

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 is greater than the quality of legal services you can get anywhere else.

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 That's the whole point.

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 That's what He's saying.

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 He's saying, this is what I'm offering you.

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 And so what I want us to see is three ways

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 that Jesus as the great high priest

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 is the greater intercessor,

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 the better representative.

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 And the first is at the foundation of all of it.

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 What is His unique basis for His intercession?

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 He's got one that nobody else offers.

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 How does Jesus build a case for a sinner like me

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 before a holy God?

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 Don't miss this.

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 Verse 26.

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 It was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest.

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 What's He like?

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 What kind?

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 A holy, innocent, unstained,

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 separated from sinners,

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 and exalted above the heavens.

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 Stop there for a second.

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 That's actually a little odd.

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 You may remember the last time we were told

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 that Jesus was a fitting high priest.

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 Do you remember why it was fitting?

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 Why was Jesus fitting?

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 He actually was fitting because He had been made low

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 to suffer like us.

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 That He had been tempted in every way as we are.

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 That He had become like us

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 so He could be sympathetic with us as a high priest.

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 Jesus is that.

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 And at the same time also completely, morally, ceremonially,

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 pure, above us,

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 in God's throne room,

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 actually standing before the very throne of grace.

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 No merely human priest goes there.

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 No way.

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 And He doesn't need, verse 27,

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 to offer sacrifices for His own sins.

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 Why?

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 Because He doesn't have any.

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 And so He was actually able

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 to make a perfect sacrifice of what?

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 Of Himself.

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 We got to get this.

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 See, back in Leviticus,

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 God's people were told to bring sin offerings

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 every time they sinned, right?

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 It was a lamb or whatever animal

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 always had to have no spot,

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 no wrinkle,

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 no blemish.

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 That happened thousands and thousands

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 and thousands of times.

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 And then for the first time,

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 a person was offered

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 as a perfect sacrifice

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 with no spot,

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 no wrinkle,

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 no blemish.

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 And that was where?

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 At the cross of Jesus.

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 God appoints Jesus as priest

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 not for His weakness,

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 but here because He's the Son

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 made perfect forever.

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 Perfect priest

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 who can offer a perfect sacrifice.

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 That is the priest

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 that we imperfect people desperately need.

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 No one else can make a case

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 for us like this.

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 It's like Anna

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 with true love

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 interceding

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 before the sword

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 that's coming,

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 crashing down

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 on her sister.

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 Like that,

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 Jesus intercedes

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 for us.

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 Throwing Himself

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 between us

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 and the wrath

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 of a holy God.

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 He takes it.

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 See,

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 what that means

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 is that

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 when you mess up,

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 Jesus doesn't say to God,

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 now listen,

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 Father,

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 take it easy on Will.

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 I mean,

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 he's a pretty good guy.

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 He really tries,

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 Your Honor.

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 I know he blows it a lot,

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 but give him another shot.

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 He'll do better next time.

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 No.

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 Jesus' case for you

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 focuses not on you.

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 But on Himself.

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 When Jesus prays for you,

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 He's asking God

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 to give you

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 not a second chance

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 to do better,

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 but a second representative

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 who has done better.

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 Better than Adam.

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 Better than me.

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 Better than you.

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 Jesus,

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 the perfect Son.

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 He's saying,

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 God,

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 give Him that record.

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 Why is it

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 that we can sing

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 about our souls

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 rising up

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 and shaking off

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 their guilty fears?

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 Is it because

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.519
 we've done really well?

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 What are we saying?

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 The bleeding sacrifice

00:16:55.660 --> 00:16:57.580
 on my behalf

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 appears.

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 Before the throne,

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 our surety stands

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 with our names

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 written on His hands.

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 Can you believe that?

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 Jesus says,

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 Father,

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 this will guy,

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 let me tell you

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 what's important

00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:13.959
 about him.

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 I bled for him.

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 I see it right here.

00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:21.740
 I bled for that guy.

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 Jesus stands

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 to make your case

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 before the throne of God

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 and He speaks

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 of His five bleeding wounds

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 that pour effectual prayers

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:36.059
 that strongly plead for me.

00:17:36.399 --> 00:17:37.199
 Forgive Him,

00:17:37.399 --> 00:17:37.659
 Father,

00:17:38.439 --> 00:17:39.379
 wretched sinner

00:17:39.379 --> 00:17:40.299
 though He be.

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 Forgive Him

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 for my sake.

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 That's what happens.

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 Hear how Paul says it

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 in Romans 8.

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 Why does Paul say,

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 no charges stick

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.359
 against us?

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 Why is that true?

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 Christ Jesus

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 died

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 and was raised

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 to light

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 and is indeed

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 present tense

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 today

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 interceding

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 for us.

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 You know what that means

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 for you and me?

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 That means actually

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 that if we think of Jesus

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 asking God

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 to be merciful

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 and gracious,

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 when Jesus is pleading

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 your case

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 before God,

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 He's not pleading

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 for mercy.

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 There's plenty

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 of mercy and grace

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 in Jesus,

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 don't get me wrong.

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 But Jesus comes

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 before His Father

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 and says,

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 Father,

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 give justice.

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 Give what

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 must be given now.

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 1 John 1

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 says it, right?

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 If you confess

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 your sins,

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 God is faithful

00:18:37.419 --> 00:18:40.099
 and just

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 to forgive

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 your sins.

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 He sees Jesus

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 has already paid

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 for those sins.

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 Jesus doesn't have

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 to say,

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 Father,

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 come on,

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 find it in your heart

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 to give Him a break.

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 No, He says,

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 Father,

00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:53.220
 give Him

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 the forgiveness

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 that I purchased,

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 that I have earned,

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 that I have won.

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 That's what

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 Romans 3 explains

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 has been happening

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 with these sacrifices

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 and priests

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 all along.

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 What's been going on

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 through the Old Testament

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 is that

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 as they bring

00:19:10.540 --> 00:19:11.900
 all these sacrifices,

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 God is passing

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 over sins.

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 He's passing

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 over them

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 until a time

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 would come

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 when there was

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 a perfect sacrifice,

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 when God

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 could be just,

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 He could receive

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 sin's deserved payment

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 and at the same time

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 be the justifier

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 of those trusting

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 Jesus' perfect sacrifice.

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 Friends,

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 Jesus is our

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:43.500
 great high priest,

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 our qualified representative

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 because unlike

00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:49.660
 any other religious leader,

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.060
 His case

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:52.279
 is based on

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:54.700
 His perfect sacrifice.

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 So His prayers

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.659
 for you

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 are always heard.

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 Just like when He

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 prayed for Peter,

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 He knew Peter

00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:01.159
 was going to deny Him.

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.839
 He prayed that

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.799
 when Peter fell,

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:03.899
 His faith

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 would not fail.

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 And God hears.

00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:10.579
 Pastor Edmund Clowney

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 tells of a time

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 he sought out

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 the holiest,

00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:15.839
 best prayer

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 he knew

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 because he was hurting

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 deeply.

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 He found

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 famed theologian

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:22.000
 John Murray

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 and said,

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 pray for me,

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 John.

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 This is what

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 he writes.

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 In a time

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 of devastating

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 personal grief

00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:30.319
 concerning a member

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 of my family,

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 I sought John Murray

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 to request

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.919
 his prayer.

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 As John

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 interceded

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.579
 for me

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 and for the

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 deepest concern

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 of my heart,

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 he prayed

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 with urgency

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 and strength,

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 weaving together

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 passages of Scripture

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 to form the fabric

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 of his claim

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 on the mercy

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 and promises

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 of God.

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 At that moment,

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 I confess,

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 I was overwhelmed

00:20:50.939 --> 00:20:52.099
 with the sheer

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.759
 blessing

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.879
 of having

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:55.240
 such an intercessor

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 to take me

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:57.159
 before my

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:58.039
 heavenly Father.

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 I think that's

00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.159
 how I used to feel

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 with Delilah Harris

00:21:01.959 --> 00:21:03.799
 or Jenny Doss

00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:05.439
 or your grandmother

00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:06.659
 when you heard

00:21:06.659 --> 00:21:07.639
 them praying for you.

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 He says,

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 then,

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:12.079
 as his prayer

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.659
 was lifted

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.759
 to the mercy seat,

00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.779
 he began to thank

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 the Father

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:16.800
 for the mediation

00:21:16.800 --> 00:21:17.580
 of God's

00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:18.640
 eternal Son,

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.700
 the merciful

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.560
 and faithful

00:21:20.560 --> 00:21:21.380
 high priest

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.519
 who ever lives

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:24.100
 to make intercession

00:21:24.100 --> 00:21:25.100
 for us.

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.380
 Clowney says,

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.160
 then it came home

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.600
 to me.

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:29.460
 I had a better

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:30.320
 intercessor

00:21:30.320 --> 00:21:31.800
 than John Murray.

00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:34.000
 Jesus Christ,

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.940
 my Savior,

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.660
 prayed for me.

00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:38.740
 Praise Jesus.

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.120
 Jesus,

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:42.259
 praise for you.

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:44.500
 well,

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.680
 that sounds like

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.420
 a good representative

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:47.180
 to have,

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:47.599
 right?

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.180
 It's a good start.

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.779
 But how long

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.819
 will he continue

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:53.720
 representing me?

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.960
 That's a real issue

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:57.400
 here in Hebrews

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.400
 because these

00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:00.019
 Old Testament priests,

00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.539
 there were a lot

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.099
 of good ones,

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:03.700
 but they all died.

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.980
 And you had to wonder,

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.680
 would the next guy

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.940
 successfully make

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.960
 the sacrifices?

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.039
 Would he safely

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.339
 bring you near to God?

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.399
 God?

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.199
 First century

00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:15.039
 Jewish historian

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.939
 Josephus

00:22:15.939 --> 00:22:17.720
 estimates 83

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:19.639
 different high priests

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.519
 from Aaron

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:22.720
 until the destruction

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.339
 of the temple

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.720
 in 70 A.D.

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.980
 One after another

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.819
 after another.

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.619
 But remember,

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.339
 Jesus

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:31.099
 is a permanent priest.

00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:32.459
 How?

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.519
 The power

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:37.720
 of an indestructible

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.519
 life.

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.899
 Verse 16

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.740
 told us that.

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.680
 It's Easter.

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.579
 It's resurrection,

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.259
 right?

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:46.039
 Verse 24.

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.279
 But Jesus,

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:49.339
 he holds his priesthood

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:50.019
 permanently.

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.599
 Why?

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.960
 Because he continues

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:54.140
 forever.

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.559
 Verse 25.

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:58.480
 He always lives.

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.319
 There's our

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.819
 eternal security,

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.160
 right?

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.279
 It's in the resurrection.

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.480
 Jesus has beaten

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.059
 death

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:06.700
 at death's own game.

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.759
 Hosanna,

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.720
 save us.

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.660
 You've conquered

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:09.960
 death.

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.000
 Do it for us.

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.420
 We never have to wonder

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.480
 if the next day

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.500
 or the next failure

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.900
 will condemn us.

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.519
 If God's gonna

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.680
 turn and decide

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.779
 to give up on us

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.539
 this time.

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:22.880
 No.

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.940
 Our case is not

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.860
 based on us.

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.859
 It's based on the

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:27.000
 perfect priest

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.679
 who is the

00:23:27.679 --> 00:23:29.059
 forever priest

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:30.119
 never dying,

00:23:30.439 --> 00:23:31.439
 never retiring,

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.899
 never leaving us,

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:34.059
 never sleeping,

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.399
 never wavering,

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.619
 never failing

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.699
 to intercede

00:23:37.699 --> 00:23:38.240
 for us

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.059
 no matter where

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.979
 we find ourselves.

00:23:40.199 --> 00:23:41.179
 He ever

00:23:41.179 --> 00:23:42.959
 lives above,

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.539
 right?

00:23:43.659 --> 00:23:44.959
 For me to intercede,

00:23:45.199 --> 00:23:46.599
 his all-redeeming love,

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:47.779
 his precious blood

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.719
 to plead

00:23:48.719 --> 00:23:49.919
 for every race

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.740
 at the throne

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.479
 of grace.

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.980
 He's there today

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.519
 if you're wondering

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.220
 what's Jesus doing?

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.299
 Why isn't Jesus in church?

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.640
 He's interceding.

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.860
 Pastor Andrew Murray

00:23:58.860 --> 00:24:01.220
 explains what that

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.120
 means for us,

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.920
 what that frees us up

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:05.120
 to do in our lives

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:07.120
 if Jesus is always

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.759
 interceding.

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:10.200
 To come to God

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.000
 through Christ

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.680
 means nothing less

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.660
 than entering

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.740
 into the holiest

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.200
 of all,

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:16.519
 God's very presence,

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.440
 and dwelling there

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.220
 all day,

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:21.299
 spending our lives

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.000
 there,

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:23.299
 abiding there

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:24.720
 continually.

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:27.379
 He's interceding

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.400
 before God

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:29.579
 today and always,

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.819
 so you live,

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.379
 you rest,

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.680
 you abide

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:35.200
 before God

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.379
 today and always.

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.980
 A priest

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:40.940
 with a perfect

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:42.000
 sacrifice,

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.680
 with a permanent,

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.059
 permanent

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:46.539
 service

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:48.240
 of intercession.

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 One more phrase

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.740
 that I don't want

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.319
 us to miss.

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.680
 How effective

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:58.420
 is Jesus

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.319
 at bringing me

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.859
 to God?

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.339
 In other words,

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.359
 if I'm going to hire him,

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.660
 how often

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.559
 does this lawyer

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:05.660
 win the case

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.819
 for his client?

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:09.519
 verse 25.

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.119
 Consequently,

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.039
 Jesus is able

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.819
 to save

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.339
 to the uttermost

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:19.039
 those who draw

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.799
 near to God

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.660
 through him

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.980
 since he always

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.079
 lives to make

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.980
 intercession

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:25.140
 for them.

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.660
 Because he lives

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.079
 forever,

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.440
 because he always

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.779
 lives to make

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.519
 intercession,

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.779
 he saves

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:34.079
 to the uttermost.

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.400
 Great word.

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.519
 Great word,

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.200
 uttermost.

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.940
 Don't use it

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.400
 very often.

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.500
 It means

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:41.879
 from all your sins

00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:44.099
 at all times

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:46.160
 in all ways

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.940
 Jesus saves.

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.900
 That's what his name

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.319
 means.

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.379
 That's what his father

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:51.559
 sent him to do.

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.500
 It's what he came

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.139
 to accomplish

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:54.059
 on the cross

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.359
 and in the empty tomb.

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 And it's important

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.179
 because you need

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:58.979
 to know something

00:25:58.979 --> 00:26:00.059
 when you're wondering

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.859
 about how God

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.719
 feels about you.

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.299
 When you say,

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.879
 I've been a Christian

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.459
 a long time,

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:04.859
 but lately,

00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:05.699
 I'm just really,

00:26:05.699 --> 00:26:06.799
 I'm really struggling.

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:09.279
 I'm really wavering a lot.

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:10.539
 I don't feel like

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.139
 God and I

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:12.419
 are doing well.

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.699
 Jesus didn't,

00:26:14.699 --> 00:26:16.419
 Jesus didn't make

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:17.299
 your salvation

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.379
 possible.

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.919
 Jesus made your

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:22.000
 salvation real.

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.680
 Not a possibility,

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.000
 a reality.

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.480
 He actually

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.500
 accomplishes salvation.

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.759
 He saves

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:31.980
 to the uttermost.

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.039
 Later it says

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.839
 of his sacrifice,

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:36.400
 once for all.

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.480
 So nothing else

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.440
 is needed.

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.619
 This Jesus

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.940
 is a savior.

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.359
 He came to seek

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.740
 and to save the lost.

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.339
 He is able to save

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.880
 to the uttermost.

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.099
 So listen,

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.640
 what does that mean?

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.660
 That means there is

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.579
 no sin

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:52.279
 too big for him.

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.399
 It means there is

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:54.139
 no sinner

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:55.139
 too bad

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:56.619
 for him to save.

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.659
 There's no offense

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.819
 too often repeated.

00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.980
 No runaway

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.799
 too distant.

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:02.000
 No situation

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.980
 too complicated.

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:04.220
 No valley

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.919
 too dark

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:05.819
 where the good shepherd

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.779
 can't find

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.819
 a lost sheep.

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.240
 No rebel

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.059
 too hardened.

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.240
 No shame

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.099
 too deep.

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.939
 No life

00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:13.960
 too far gone.

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.939
 But Jesus

00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:16.720
 saves today

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:18.000
 to the uttermost.

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.339
 All of them.

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:21.699
 five bleeding wounds.

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.359
 Five bleeding wounds

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.759
 of Jesus

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.099
 cry,

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.179
 forgive him.

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:25.699
 Who?

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:26.379
 Which one?

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:26.959
 That one?

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.659
 Is he too bad?

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.299
 They cry,

00:27:28.459 --> 00:27:29.480
 forgive him.

00:27:30.919 --> 00:27:31.439
 Always.

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:31.799
 Always.

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.939
 Dear friend,

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.799
 if you're here today

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.480
 and you are just

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.859
 kind of exploring Jesus,

00:27:39.459 --> 00:27:40.519
 maybe seeking,

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:42.399
 wondering about Jesus,

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.359
 not sure

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.699
 what to think

00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:45.240
 about him,

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:48.099
 I'd urge you

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.880
 to ask him

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.579
 to be your

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.240
 representative,

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:52.500
 to intercede

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.380
 for you.

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.599
 He loves doing it.

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.579
 He lives for it.

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:57.759
 And he will save you

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:59.559
 to the uttermost.

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.599
 You

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.759
 and God

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:03.220
 completely good

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.059
 forever

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:05.339
 and always

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.359
 can never be

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.380
 separated from him.

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.299
 That's what Jesus

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.099
 will do for you.

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:12.799
 Dear friends

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.359
 who have trusted

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.919
 in Jesus

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.740
 maybe for

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:16.419
 most of your life,

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.799
 won't you today,

00:28:20.439 --> 00:28:21.359
 as you hear Jesus

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.299
 praying for you,

00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:23.719
 leave your life

00:28:23.719 --> 00:28:25.539
 of self-condemnation,

00:28:26.219 --> 00:28:27.459
 of half-hearted

00:28:27.459 --> 00:28:28.459
 distance

00:28:28.459 --> 00:28:29.659
 from Jesus,

00:28:29.959 --> 00:28:31.319
 of playing church

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.959
 occasionally

00:28:31.959 --> 00:28:33.039
 but feeling like

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.519
 God's far off.

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.419
 Leave your life

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:36.099
 of sin

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.719
 that Jesus

00:28:36.719 --> 00:28:38.059
 has paid for

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:39.379
 and remember

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:40.539
 that he is

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.480
 interceding

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.159
 for you

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:43.159
 today.

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.839
 So God

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.519
 is not

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.259
 disappointed.

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.359
 God is not

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.319
 disinterested

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.980
 in you.

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.159
 Today,

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.079
 while Jesus

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:53.159
 is interceding

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:54.099
 as he always

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.539
 does,

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.480
 your father

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.399
 is smiling

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.019
 on you.

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.240
 He's delighting

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.559
 in you

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.740
 as his perfect

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.159
 son.

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.399
 He is welcoming

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.240
 you home.

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.299
 Come home,

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.839
 he says.

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:08.019
 Before we close,

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.039
 I want to remember

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.139
 why the writer

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.819
 thinks this is

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.439
 so important.

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.519
 Why is he

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.039
 telling them

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.619
 about Jesus

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.099
 as their

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.779
 greater priest?

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.199
 Do you remember

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:20.679
 the whole letters

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.319
 about this?

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.379
 Some of them

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:24.779
 in life's

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.359
 difficulties,

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.819
 they're in a

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.439
 tough place

00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:28.079
 and they're

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.939
 thinking about

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:30.099
 going back

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:31.240
 to the Jewish

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.779
 sacrificial system

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:35.319
 with dying

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.119
 priests

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:38.480
 and repeated

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.680
 sacrifices

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.899
 and many

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.740
 regulations.

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:42.980
 They're thinking

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.480
 about that

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.259
 because they all

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.819
 know and feel

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.819
 deeply they need

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.759
 a representative

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:48.539
 before God's

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.859
 throne.

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.099
 But they also

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.480
 know other

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.899
 options.

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.539
 They've lived

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.680
 them.

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.319
 The spirit

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.440
 of their age

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.379
 was to go

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.839
 back to the

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.399
 sacrifices.

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.580
 sacrifices.

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:01.500
 That's not

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.940
 what many

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.960
 people contemplate

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.420
 these days.

00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:03.860
 That you

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.420
 haven't been

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.120
 thinking that

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.660
 during this

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:05.900
 sermon.

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:06.640
 Maybe I'll

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.080
 go back

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.519
 to that.

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.340
 No.

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.400
 Instead of

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.460
 clinging to

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.200
 this great

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.780
 representative

00:30:13.780 --> 00:30:14.540
 before God,

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:14.940
 what's the

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.519
 spirit of our

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.880
 age?

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:18.200
 I think

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.960
 having lost

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.940
 a reverent

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.560
 fear of

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.120
 God that

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.820
 makes us

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.540
 desperately

00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:23.700
 dependent on

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.360
 a representative.

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.720
 The spirit

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.180
 of our age

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.840
 is representing

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.520
 myself.

00:30:30.760 --> 00:30:31.440
 In fact,

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.860
 we do it

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.300
 while we go

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:32.720
 to church.

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:34.340
 One of the

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:35.100
 classic ways

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:35.740
 I'll say that

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.260
 I'll represent

00:30:36.260 --> 00:30:37.080
 myself is I'll

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.700
 be moral.

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.560
 I'll be good

00:30:38.560 --> 00:30:39.900
 enough for

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:41.060
 God to be

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.520
 okay with

00:30:41.520 --> 00:30:41.840
 me.

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.180
 By the way,

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.360
 that is way

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:46.439
 underestimating

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:48.299
 His holiness

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.919
 and our

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:50.619
 weakness to

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.059
 think that

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.719
 that's how we

00:30:51.719 --> 00:30:52.719
 could navigate

00:30:52.719 --> 00:30:53.539
 the relationship.

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.179
 Others do

00:30:55.179 --> 00:30:55.919
 the same thing

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:56.379
 by saying,

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:56.859
 you know,

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.899
 really all I

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.379
 need to do

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:58.899
 is be true

00:30:58.899 --> 00:30:59.579
 to myself.

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.379
 And that

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.399
 makes me and

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.979
 whatever God

00:31:01.979 --> 00:31:02.559
 is out there,

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.359
 we're fine.

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.079
 However I

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.719
 live, as long

00:31:04.719 --> 00:31:05.139
 as I'm true

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.759
 to myself.

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.919
 As much as

00:31:08.919 --> 00:31:09.619
 it is never

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.939
 a good idea

00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.479
 to represent

00:31:11.479 --> 00:31:12.059
 yourself,

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:12.379
 is it,

00:31:12.439 --> 00:31:12.639
 Barnes?

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:16.600
 this instinct

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:17.360
 is there

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:19.200
 in all

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.680
 of us

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:21.860
 to represent

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.380
 myself.

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.700
 I'll show you

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.240
 a version of

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.100
 it in my

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.560
 own life.

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.440
 A couple

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:27.940
 weeks ago,

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.620
 Christy asked

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.259
 me to do

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.060
 something for

00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:30.780
 her, not

00:31:30.780 --> 00:31:31.660
 anything unusual

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.500
 or unreasonable,

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.980
 just helping

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.540
 out around the

00:31:34.540 --> 00:31:34.880
 house.

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:38.180
 But she told

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.780
 me how I

00:31:38.780 --> 00:31:39.100
 could be

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.720
 helpful to

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.160
 her and she

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.240
 explained how

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.740
 she wanted

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.220
 it done.

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.779
 And I

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.200
 listened,

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:43.980
 mostly.

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.220
 But I

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.539
 kind of

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.920
 thought I

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.539
 just kind

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.940
 of handle

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:49.579
 it my

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:49.980
 own way.

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.779
 So when

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.220
 it wasn't

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.339
 done the

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.660
 way that

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.319
 she asked,

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.819
 she wasn't

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.240
 so much

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.400
 frustrated at

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.339
 how it

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.799
 was done,

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.880
 she capably

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.460
 did it

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.700
 better.

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.099
 She was

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.660
 hurt.

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.900
 I didn't

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:05.079
 respect or

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.819
 value her.

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.079
 I'd

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.000
 selfishly

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.000
 messed up

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:12.079
 and hurt

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.740
 someone that

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.579
 I love.

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.880
 How's

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.119
 I going to

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.579
 respond?

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.059
 This

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.539
 actually,

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.039
 you haven't

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.319
 seen it

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.500
 yet,

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.099
 this is

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.420
 where you're

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.579
 going to

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.019
 see the

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.619
 self-representation.

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.720
 What happens

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.079
 in that

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.680
 moment for

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:22.920
 me?

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.259
 I mount

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:26.119
 my self-defense.

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.980
 It's a pretty

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.559
 common one.

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.500
 There's several

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.099
 things I do.

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.480
 I call

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.900
 character

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.319
 witnesses.

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.039
 You know,

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.400
 just the

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:32.819
 beginning of

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.500
 a conversation,

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.420
 you know,

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.140
 I work in,

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.240
 naturally weave

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.859
 in the fact

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:39.079
 that this

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.639
 happened after

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.079
 I was picking

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.419
 up the

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:40.759
 girls.

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.559
 I'm usually

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.459
 pretty helpful,

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:43.899
 that's what

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.259
 you're supposed

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.619
 to hear.

00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:46.619
 Plus,

00:32:46.699 --> 00:32:46.879
 there were

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.419
 extenuating

00:32:47.419 --> 00:32:48.179
 circumstances.

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.879
 I had a

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.479
 long day

00:32:49.479 --> 00:32:49.939
 at work.

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.399
 I wasn't

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.299
 feeling great.

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:51.740
 There was a

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.339
 lot on my

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.899
 mind.

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.559
 You know,

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.179
 that needs

00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:54.459
 to be

00:32:54.459 --> 00:32:54.899
 included.

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.599
 My noble

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.199
 intentions.

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.379
 Sweetheart,

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:59.179
 I didn't mean

00:32:59.179 --> 00:33:00.019
 to hurt you.

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.019
 But the

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.699
 closing argument

00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:05.199
 comes,

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:05.799
 maybe you've

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.119
 made this

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.559
 one before,

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:08.279
 future

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.939
 commitments,

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.779
 right?

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.279
 Look,

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.019
 it won't

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.779
 happen again,

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:14.939
 right?

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.379
 Of course,

00:33:15.479 --> 00:33:15.699
 it won't

00:33:15.699 --> 00:33:16.299
 happen again.

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.319
 So we're

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.740
 okay,

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.139
 right?

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:18.899
 You're

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.599
 happy with

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.319
 me now.

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.519
 See how

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.039
 I've told

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.419
 you how

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:22.839
 good I

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.219
 am and

00:33:23.219 --> 00:33:23.799
 will be?

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.439
 Aren't

00:33:24.439 --> 00:33:25.039
 you okay

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.539
 now?

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.740
 Well,

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.119
 that's no

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.419
 way to

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:30.699
 live,

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.099
 is it?

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:34.199
 Self-representation,

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:35.119
 especially

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:37.319
 if you're

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.719
 having to

00:33:37.719 --> 00:33:38.199
 draw up

00:33:38.199 --> 00:33:38.839
 a defense

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.599
 constantly

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.199
 to prove

00:33:40.199 --> 00:33:40.599
 you're good

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:40.959
 enough,

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.479
 not just

00:33:41.479 --> 00:33:41.859
 to another

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.319
 person,

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:42.779
 but to

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:44.099
 God,

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.799
 to the

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.439
 one who

00:33:45.439 --> 00:33:47.379
 sees

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.119
 everything

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.619
 that you

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.919
 do,

00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:49.539
 to the

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.919
 one who

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.299
 knows

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.000
 every

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.539
 thought and

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.979
 intention

00:33:51.979 --> 00:33:52.500
 of your

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.919
 heart,

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.919
 representing

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.959
 yourself to

00:33:54.959 --> 00:33:55.299
 him and

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.139
 explaining it

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:56.579
 away.

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:57.299
 Can you

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.759
 imagine?

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.219
 Most of us

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:02.400
 can imagine.

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.480
 You know

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.759
 what you'll

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.839
 do if

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.160
 that's the

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.400
 way you

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.860
 live with

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.200
 God?

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.260
 I'll tell

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.519
 you because

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.900
 I've lived

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.099
 it.

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.800
 You'll

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.500
 quit drawing

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.000
 near to

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.280
 him.

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.019
 You will.

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.340
 I don't

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.539
 know what

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.940
 it'll look

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.440
 like, but

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.260
 you'll quit

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:18.039
 getting close

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:19.039
 because it's

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.980
 exhausting.

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.960
 It's too

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.780
 much work

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.639
 to get to

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.059
 the place

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.420
 where you

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.139
 know he's

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.780
 okay with

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.220
 you, where

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.579
 you've

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.280
 proven your

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.900
 case.

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.440
 You'll

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.920
 either know

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.340
 you're not

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.880
 good enough

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.460
 or you

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.760
 will get

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.440
 exhausted

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.019
 from trying

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.559
 to convince

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.380
 yourself that

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.800
 you are.

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.079
 How about

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.680
 this way of

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.160
 living with

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.360
 him?

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:41.180
 I'm sorry.

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.700
 I was

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.460
 unthoughtful.

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.440
 I hate

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.019
 how this

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.960
 hurts you

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.579
 and our

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.400
 relationship.

00:34:50.100 --> 00:34:50.640
 Please

00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:51.440
 forgive me.

00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:52.720
 I have

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.280
 nothing.

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.160
 I need

00:34:55.160 --> 00:34:55.760
 forgiveness.

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.760
 Why is it

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.300
 so hard

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.640
 for me

00:34:59.640 --> 00:35:00.020
 to say

00:35:00.020 --> 00:35:00.420
 that?

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.400
 As a

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.680
 husband?

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.760
 As a

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.120
 child of

00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:04.380
 God?

00:35:05.540 --> 00:35:06.240
 Because I

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.920
 love to

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.380
 represent

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.420
 myself.

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.960
 I want

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.300
 to tell

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.620
 you,

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.660
 Jesus

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:16.460
 loves

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.660
 to represent

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:18.100
 you.

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:20.060
 He lives

00:35:20.060 --> 00:35:21.500
 to intercede

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.700
 for you.

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.520
 He's doing

00:35:23.520 --> 00:35:24.300
 it today

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:25.780
 and always.

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.320
 You can

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:27.060
 count on it.

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.340
 You can

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.199
 live like

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.480
 it's a

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.940
 reality.

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.619
 Don't

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.079
 represent

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.619
 yourself.

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.179
 Don't

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.699
 run back

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.159
 to making

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.699
 enough of

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.059
 the right

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.940
 sacrifices.

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.579
 You know,

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:34.980
 a few

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.619
 Sunday mornings

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.159
 at church,

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.519
 a couple

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.159
 service

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.659
 project,

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.059
 a few

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.799
 bucks

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.159
 in the

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.559
 plate.

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:39.860
 Yeah,

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.500
 God and

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.599
 I,

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.139
 we're good

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.579
 now.

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.699
 No,

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.099
 no.

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.059
 That's

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:46.000
 exhausting.

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.799
 Y'all,

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.340
 it's also

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.199
 ineffective.

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.239
 And there

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:50.619
 is a

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.179
 greater

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.059
 priest

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.659
 than that.

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.239
 He knows

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:53.880
 your pain.

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.480
 He gets

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.279
 your temptation.

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.880
 He's

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.220
 walking

00:35:56.220 --> 00:35:57.040
 your shoes

00:35:57.040 --> 00:35:57.840
 and

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.640
 He's

00:35:58.640 --> 00:35:59.180
 holy,

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.300
 innocent,

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.540
 unstained,

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.500
 separated

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.200
 from sinners,

00:36:03.580 --> 00:36:04.140
 exalted

00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:04.900
 above the

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.240
 heavens,

00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:06.420
 interceding

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.740
 in the

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.480
 very throne

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:07.920
 room of

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.280
 God.

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.760
 He's

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.280
 praying

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.980
 for you

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:11.040
 right now.

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.260
 Dear ones,

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.720
 run to

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:15.100
 Jesus and

00:36:15.100 --> 00:36:15.440
 don't ever

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.860
 run away

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.260
 from Him.

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.780
 Three points

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.220
 in a poem.

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.820
 That's what a

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.180
 sermon is

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:23.560
 supposed to

00:36:23.560 --> 00:36:23.660
 be.

00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:23.960
 It's not

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.420
 usually the

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.680
 way I

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:24.880
 go.

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:26.140
 But I

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.540
 like this

00:36:26.540 --> 00:36:26.820
 poem.

00:36:28.080 --> 00:36:28.480
 Martha

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.060
 Snell

00:36:29.060 --> 00:36:30.019
 Nicholson.

00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:31.840
 I can

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.220
 relate.

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.800
 I think

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.300
 probably

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.200
 many of

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:34.660
 you can

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:34.960
 too.

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:37.760
 I

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.380
 sinned

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 and

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 straightway

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 post-haste

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 Satan

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 flew before

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 the presence

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.740
 of the

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 Most High

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 God

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 and made

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 a railing

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.760
 accusation

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.160
 there.

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 He said

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 this soul,

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 this thing

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:48.980
 of clay

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 and sod

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 has sinned.

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 Tis

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 true that

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 he has

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 named

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 thy name

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 but I

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 demand

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 his

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 death

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 for thou

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 has said

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 the soul

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 that sinneth

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 it shall

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 die.

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 Shall not

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 thy sentence

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:01.140
 be fulfilled?

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 Is justice

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.220
 dead?

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 Send now

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 this wretched

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 sinner to

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 his doom.

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 What other

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 thing can

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.539
 righteous

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.440
 ruler do?

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 And thus

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.340
 did he accuse

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 me day and

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 night and

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 every word

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 he spoke

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 oh God

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 was true.

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 Then quickly

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:18.120
 one rose up

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 from God's

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:19.380
 right hand

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 before whose

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.440
 glory angels

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.099
 veiled their

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.599
 eyes.

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.719
 He spoke

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.159
 each

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 jot and

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 tittle

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.420
 of the

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.980
 law must

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.880
 be fulfilled

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 the guilty

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.900
 sinner dies.

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.519
 But wait

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:33.059
 suppose his

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.579
 guilt were

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.360
 all transferred

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.199
 to me

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:36.500
 and that I

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.119
 paid his

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.559
 penalty.

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.099
 Behold my

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.779
 hands

00:37:39.779 --> 00:37:40.940
 my side

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:42.079
 my feet

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:43.059
 one day

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.900
 I was made

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.880
 sin for

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.739
 him and

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.239
 died that

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:46.839
 he might

00:37:46.839 --> 00:37:47.599
 be presented

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.360
 faultless

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:49.079
 at thy

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.539
 throne.

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:51.800
 And Satan

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.559
 fled away.

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.759
 Full well

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.259
 he knew

00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:55.139
 that he

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.519
 could not

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.360
 prevail against

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:57.199
 such love

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:58.119
 for every

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:59.039
 word my

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.559
 dear Lord

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.840
 spoke was

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.199
 true.

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.400
 Jesus

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.679
 there you

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.179
 stand

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:07.800
 before the

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.239
 throne of

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:09.019
 God above

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:10.940
 making our

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.900
 strong

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 and perfect

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:14.880
 plea.

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.679
 How beautiful

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.360
 it is to

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:17.860
 us.

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:19.880
 that you

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.500
 pray for

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.960
 us.

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:22.079
 You

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:23.240
 defend us.

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.079
 You plead

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:25.300
 your blood

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:26.099
 for us.

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.420
 Praise you

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:29.019
 Jesus for

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:30.539
 your sinless

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.559
 life that

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.059
 makes us

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.820
 beautiful to

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.380
 our Father

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:34.200
 clothed in

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:34.980
 your righteousness.

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.400
 Praise you

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.000
 Jesus for

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:38.400
 your sacrifice

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:39.340
 of yourself

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:40.400
 that washes

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:41.099
 us clean

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.660
 from all

00:38:41.660 --> 00:38:42.320
 our sins.

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:43.400
 Praise you

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.039
 Jesus for

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:45.180
 always living

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:46.039
 to intercede

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.559
 for us.

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.119
 thank you

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.799
 for praying

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:48.500
 for me.

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.360
 Would you

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.920
 help us even

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.639
 this week to

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.420
 run and

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:54.259
 cling to your

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:54.960
 cross?

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:56.039
 We're going

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.579
 to have it

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.199
 before us.

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.659
 We're going

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.019
 to have

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.699
 opportunities.

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.779
 Help us

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.679
 from the

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.119
 depths of

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.639
 our hearts

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:02.759
 to see it

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:02.980
 as the

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.699
 most needful

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.059
 thing in

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.480
 our lives

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:04.699
 and the

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.500
 most important

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:07.159
 thing of

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:07.420
 all.

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:08.679
 Help us

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.159
 to worship

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.739
 you for

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.380
 your love.

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.739
 Help us

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:11.199
 to find

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.840
 our hope

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.440
 in your

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:13.400
 empty tomb

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.960
 and your

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:15.059
 ongoing life

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 and your

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:17.219
 intercession

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.880
 before the

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.500
 throne of

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.920
 God.

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:20.539
 Pour out

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.179
 your grace

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:21.739
 on us.

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.420
 Give us

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:23.000
 joy and

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.559
 confidence

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.880
 in you.

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.579
 Thank you

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.019
 for loving

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.380
 us.

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.880
 We pray

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.500
 these prayers

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.380
 in your name

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.320
 knowing that

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:32.960
 you pray them

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.960
 alongside of

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:35.599
 us and we

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:35.820
 give you

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:36.440
 great thanks.

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.279
 Amen.

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