WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.900 In your Bible of Matthew chapter 3, our second reading is taken from verses 13 to 17. Matthew chapter 3 is on page 808 in the church bibles. 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:29.980 ! Matthew chapter 3. Now the passage that Edith read to us really is the appearance of John the Baptist. And then in verses 13 to 17 you have the appearance of Jesus. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:56.579 Verse 13 reads, then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptised by him. John would have prevented him saying, I need to be baptised by you. And do you come to me? But Jesus answered him, let it be so now for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness. 00:00:56.579 --> 00:01:06.159 Then John consented. When Jesus was baptised, immediately he went up from the water and behold the heavens were opened to him. 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:19.219 He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him. And behold a voice from heaven said, this is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased. 00:01:19.219 --> 00:01:27.920 When you read the Bible, one of the things that you need to look for is you need to look for things that don't fit. 00:01:28.939 --> 00:01:30.859 You need to look for things that jar. 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:36.000 You need to look for things that seemingly don't go together. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:43.599 And I don't know whether you've picked that up between the first half of John 3 and the second half of John 3, but there's something there which doesn't fit. 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:46.460 There's something there which doesn't go together. 00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:49.819 It's how you should feel when you come to the Lord's baptism. 00:01:50.819 --> 00:01:57.039 John the Baptist in the first half of the chapter has said, Jesus will baptise with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:02.660 That this coming one, he is going to be the baptiser. 00:02:03.880 --> 00:02:09.360 And yet Jesus comes to the Jordan, to John, to be baptised by him. 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:10.159 What's going on? 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:14.159 I thought Jesus was the baptiser. 00:02:14.259 --> 00:02:15.819 That's what John the Baptist's message is. 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:21.520 How come the baptiser is to be baptised by the Baptist? 00:02:22.460 --> 00:02:23.960 It doesn't seem to fit together. 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:28.620 What are we to make of this baptised baptiser? 00:02:29.820 --> 00:02:32.480 What can we see in this baptised baptiser? 00:02:33.819 --> 00:02:38.819 First of all, Matthew chapter 3 shows us the emergency Jesus creates. 00:02:40.060 --> 00:02:42.200 The emergency Jesus creates. 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:46.360 And the reason for the emergency is found in verse 2. 00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:47.080 It's one word. 00:02:47.740 --> 00:02:48.640 John's word in verse 2. 00:02:48.640 --> 00:02:50.680 It is repent. 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:53.360 Repent. 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:58.800 For the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 00:02:58.920 --> 00:03:00.000 The kingdom of heaven has come near. 00:03:01.040 --> 00:03:05.420 Now when it says the kingdom of heaven, it doesn't mean heaven exactly. 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:09.620 It means the kingdom that has its origin in heaven. 00:03:09.980 --> 00:03:13.240 The kingdom that is from God who is in heaven. 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:19.260 And the kingdom of God has come near because the king of the kingdom is about to come near. 00:03:20.200 --> 00:03:24.280 Jesus is about to come to do his ministry and in his work. 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:27.460 And that creates an urgency and an emergency. 00:03:28.900 --> 00:03:31.520 Their response must be they must repent. 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:35.960 Israel was familiar with this Old Testament idea. 00:03:36.480 --> 00:03:39.219 The last book of the Old Testament, the book of Malachi. 00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:40.219 Malachi. 00:03:40.219 --> 00:03:44.939 The people in Malachi said they were really upset about their lot. 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:47.240 They were upset the way things were and how things were going. 00:03:48.139 --> 00:03:50.539 And they said, where is the God of justice? 00:03:51.579 --> 00:03:53.479 Where is the God of justice? 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:58.460 As if to say that the Lord needs to come and put things right and sort things out. 00:03:58.460 --> 00:04:04.040 And the Lord's response in Malachi 3 is, behold, I send my messenger. 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:07.520 And he will prepare the way before me. 00:04:08.260 --> 00:04:11.060 And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. 00:04:11.060 --> 00:04:18.120 And the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 00:04:19.540 --> 00:04:20.699 But then there was this issue. 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:26.519 When the law that was promised in Malachi 3 actually arrived, here's the problem. 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:28.939 Who can stand when he appears? 00:04:30.019 --> 00:04:32.060 And he says, I will draw near. 00:04:32.159 --> 00:04:33.219 I will come for judgment. 00:04:35.019 --> 00:04:38.879 The Lord's coming isn't all good news. 00:04:40.299 --> 00:04:43.839 There's this element of emergency and crisis. 00:04:45.299 --> 00:04:50.539 He's saying to the people in Malachi's day, he's saying, are you really sure that you want the Lord to come? 00:04:51.799 --> 00:04:53.959 Who can endure the day of his coming? 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:57.099 There's this crisis and emergency. 00:04:57.639 --> 00:05:01.979 And the response that you need to make to his coming, John the Baptist says, is repent. 00:05:02.239 --> 00:05:04.699 Because the kingdom of heaven has come near. 00:05:04.819 --> 00:05:05.779 Now what does it mean to repent? 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:11.399 It doesn't really mean just to be sorry for something. 00:05:13.159 --> 00:05:14.359 That is part. 00:05:15.799 --> 00:05:18.259 But to say sorry is not really repentance. 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:20.959 In fact, the word sorry is not found in the Bible at all. 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:25.459 It's not really just to change one's mind. 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:26.519 That's what it's sometimes said. 00:05:26.599 --> 00:05:27.680 But that is from the essence. 00:05:29.599 --> 00:05:36.759 To repent is to turn the whole person from a wrong direction to a right direction. 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:43.259 The classic statement is what we often use for our assurance of pardon in Isaiah 55. 00:05:44.599 --> 00:05:47.759 Where Isaiah says to the people, he says, seek the Lord while he may be found. 00:05:48.159 --> 00:05:49.339 Call upon him while he's near. 00:05:49.459 --> 00:05:52.480 And then let the wicked forsake his way. 00:05:53.699 --> 00:05:55.339 And the unrighteous man is false. 00:05:56.199 --> 00:06:00.300 And let him return to the Lord that he may have mercy on him. 00:06:00.300 --> 00:06:02.960 And to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:06.100 That is the idea of repentance. 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:09.000 It is a forsaking. 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:13.900 It is a leaving of your wicked ways and your sinful thoughts. 00:06:14.100 --> 00:06:18.800 And a returning wholeheartedly, whole life to the Lord. 00:06:20.259 --> 00:06:22.300 And God wonderfully will have mercy. 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:23.800 And abundantly pardon. 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:29.900 And this repentance that John speaks with, speaks about, begins with this acknowledgement. 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:34.900 It begins with this acknowledgement that I am unfit for the kingdom of heaven. 00:06:36.460 --> 00:06:41.660 That I am unfit to meet this king of the kingdom that is coming. 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:43.500 That's what repentance is. 00:06:44.840 --> 00:06:47.300 Now you've got some picture of this emergency that John gives us. 00:06:47.620 --> 00:06:48.740 He gives us some snapshots. 00:06:48.819 --> 00:06:51.379 And he gives them to us in verse 10 and verse 12. 00:06:51.379 --> 00:07:00.240 He says, this emergency, this crisis is something like, let's call the picture in verse 10, Jesus the axe man. 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:01.740 Look at verse 10. 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:06.060 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the tree. 00:07:06.540 --> 00:07:12.019 Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 00:07:13.100 --> 00:07:14.600 That's what Jesus' coming is like. 00:07:15.740 --> 00:07:17.779 He comes with an axe in his hand. 00:07:18.819 --> 00:07:20.699 It's going to be like the tree in Sphagata. 00:07:21.379 --> 00:07:23.079 Who comes with his chainsaw. 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:25.100 And looks at the tree. 00:07:25.980 --> 00:07:28.480 And sees the tree is no longer bearing fruit. 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:29.899 And he fires it up. 00:07:30.860 --> 00:07:32.040 And cuts down the tree. 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:35.240 Any tree that doesn't bear fruit. 00:07:35.779 --> 00:07:37.899 That doesn't reflect repentance. 00:07:39.740 --> 00:07:40.699 Will be cut down. 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:43.399 And already that's the case. 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:45.419 Well let's see the second picture. 00:07:45.539 --> 00:07:46.299 Jesus the axe man. 00:07:46.379 --> 00:07:47.439 And then Jesus verse 12. 00:07:47.919 --> 00:07:49.179 Jesus the thresher. 00:07:50.659 --> 00:07:51.620 We're not farmers we. 00:07:52.379 --> 00:07:54.979 But verse 12 is the picture of a threshing floor. 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:56.599 And there's a shovel. 00:07:56.699 --> 00:07:57.399 A winnowing shovel. 00:07:57.739 --> 00:07:59.579 And the farmer takes the grain. 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:01.139 That's been cut up. 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:02.819 And is on the threshing floor. 00:08:03.219 --> 00:08:04.839 And he throws it up into the air. 00:08:04.899 --> 00:08:06.419 And because it's a windy day. 00:08:06.859 --> 00:08:07.959 The wind blows it. 00:08:08.939 --> 00:08:11.019 And it carries the chaff off. 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:13.879 But the grain falls to the ground. 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:14.439 Because it's heavier. 00:08:15.799 --> 00:08:16.939 What's that a picture of? 00:08:17.919 --> 00:08:19.279 It's a picture of separation. 00:08:20.859 --> 00:08:21.939 And John says. 00:08:22.019 --> 00:08:23.779 Here is one who is stronger than I am. 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.319 And he's going to do that kind of cutting down. 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:28.399 And separating. 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:30.599 He's going to bring division. 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.220 He's coming to bring. 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.220 And to gather a people to himself. 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.300 He gathers his wheat into the barn. 00:08:38.560 --> 00:08:40.320 But as he gathers his wheat into the barn. 00:08:40.379 --> 00:08:41.560 He separates it from the chaff. 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:44.240 And he throws the chaff into the fire. 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:47.159 So you've got these pictures. 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:48.440 Of an emergency. 00:08:50.500 --> 00:08:52.000 Whose emergency is this? 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:54.600 Who needs to be concerned about it? 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:57.840 Well verse 5 is the shock isn't it? 00:08:57.840 --> 00:08:59.940 Then Jerusalem. 00:09:01.160 --> 00:09:02.320 And all Judea. 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:06.660 And all the region about the Jordan. 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:07.940 Were going out to him. 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:10.040 They were going out to him. 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:12.160 And the reason they were going out to him. 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:14.040 Is because they were baptised by him. 00:09:14.060 --> 00:09:14.800 In the river Jordan. 00:09:15.019 --> 00:09:15.960 Confessing their sins. 00:09:17.180 --> 00:09:18.100 That's strange. 00:09:18.680 --> 00:09:19.200 Jews. 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:22.840 There's a practice. 00:09:23.220 --> 00:09:23.620 In Sydney. 00:09:24.060 --> 00:09:25.860 In evidence probably at this time. 00:09:25.860 --> 00:09:28.019 And before called proselyte baptism. 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:30.560 The Jews had a practice. 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:32.220 If you were a Gentile. 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:33.740 Or you were a pagan. 00:09:33.899 --> 00:09:35.399 Who wanted to become a Jew. 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:38.180 Someone who wanted to convert to Judaism. 00:09:38.680 --> 00:09:40.220 You had to go through this practice. 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:41.279 Where the person. 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:44.240 Could go through a certain procedure. 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:45.680 In order to become a member. 00:09:45.680 --> 00:09:46.700 Of the covenant people. 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:49.279 In later times. 00:09:49.340 --> 00:09:50.860 Even as early as John the Baptist. 00:09:51.139 --> 00:09:52.580 It consisted in three steps. 00:09:52.580 --> 00:09:54.200 If it was a male convert. 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:55.700 There would be circumcision. 00:09:56.800 --> 00:09:58.520 And then there would be a baptism. 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:00.140 A proselyte baptism. 00:10:00.520 --> 00:10:02.340 And then you would make an offering. 00:10:04.379 --> 00:10:05.540 And then the person. 00:10:05.640 --> 00:10:06.980 Having done those three steps. 00:10:07.060 --> 00:10:07.700 The circumcision. 00:10:07.860 --> 00:10:09.120 The proselyte baptism. 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:09.960 And the offering. 00:10:10.220 --> 00:10:11.700 Then that person was counted. 00:10:11.800 --> 00:10:12.900 As a partner people of God. 00:10:13.700 --> 00:10:14.400 The covenant people. 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:16.520 And that's what happens. 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:17.680 When pagans. 00:10:18.140 --> 00:10:19.220 Wanted to join. 00:10:19.660 --> 00:10:20.140 Israel. 00:10:20.139 --> 00:10:22.539 It was pagans. 00:10:22.539 --> 00:10:23.840 Who were baptized. 00:10:25.699 --> 00:10:27.740 In order to join the people of God. 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:30.159 Pagans. 00:10:30.819 --> 00:10:31.840 But what do you have here? 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:33.319 Can you see it? 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:34.879 In verse 5. 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:35.600 It is. 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:36.840 The people of God. 00:10:38.179 --> 00:10:39.539 You have God's covenant people. 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:42.019 You have Jews. 00:10:42.100 --> 00:10:42.799 You have Jews. 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:43.220 Who. 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:44.799 Being baptized. 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:45.939 Confessing their sin. 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:47.159 They were the ones. 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:47.700 Who were saying. 00:10:47.700 --> 00:10:48.660 We're not fit. 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:50.240 For this kingdom. 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:50.780 That is coming. 00:10:52.259 --> 00:10:53.280 And we acknowledge. 00:10:53.420 --> 00:10:55.020 That that is a strange thing. 00:10:56.020 --> 00:10:56.600 Of course. 00:10:56.680 --> 00:10:57.100 It's difficult. 00:10:57.180 --> 00:10:57.420 Isn't it? 00:10:57.420 --> 00:10:58.340 To get Israel. 00:10:58.420 --> 00:10:59.060 To see that. 00:10:59.340 --> 00:11:00.240 And John seems to be. 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:01.140 Very concerned. 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:02.100 About the group. 00:11:02.220 --> 00:11:03.220 In verse 7 to 9. 00:11:04.420 --> 00:11:05.879 He sees the Saradices. 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:07.040 And the Pharisees. 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:09.400 And he addresses them. 00:11:09.500 --> 00:11:10.740 Because these people. 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:11.820 Think that they don't have. 00:11:11.920 --> 00:11:13.000 Any need for repentance. 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:16.360 They look down. 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:17.100 On John the Baptist. 00:11:18.180 --> 00:11:18.920 I think John the Baptist. 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:19.720 Who is he? 00:11:20.580 --> 00:11:21.100 He's a Johnny. 00:11:21.280 --> 00:11:22.280 He's coming from nowhere. 00:11:22.280 --> 00:11:22.780 Isn't he? 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:24.300 They look down. 00:11:24.340 --> 00:11:24.879 It's too bad. 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:25.540 That John the Baptist. 00:11:25.540 --> 00:11:26.340 Wasn't educated. 00:11:27.460 --> 00:11:28.980 Or he only had a few years. 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:29.379 In our. 00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:30.420 Semory. 00:11:31.100 --> 00:11:32.180 It might have refined him. 00:11:32.280 --> 00:11:32.740 A little bit. 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:34.080 It might have polished him up. 00:11:34.140 --> 00:11:34.480 Otherwise. 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:36.520 This guy. 00:11:36.560 --> 00:11:37.000 John the Baptist. 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:38.060 Everywhere he goes. 00:11:38.140 --> 00:11:39.060 He creates friction. 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:40.259 Everywhere he goes. 00:11:40.340 --> 00:11:40.700 Doesn't he? 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:43.140 And so John sees. 00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:43.900 These Pharisees. 00:11:44.040 --> 00:11:44.800 These lay. 00:11:45.040 --> 00:11:45.860 Spiritual leaders. 00:11:45.860 --> 00:11:48.039 And the Sadducees. 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:48.800 The priestly ones. 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:49.379 The clergy. 00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:51.060 And when he sees them. 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:52.480 Coming to his place of baptism. 00:11:52.700 --> 00:11:53.120 He says. 00:11:53.180 --> 00:11:53.860 Do you know what you are? 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:55.159 You're a bunch of snakes. 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:57.259 You're a bunch of snakes. 00:11:57.259 --> 00:11:59.559 Who warned you. 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:01.100 To flee from the wrath to come. 00:12:05.100 --> 00:12:06.240 Do ministers and elders. 00:12:06.580 --> 00:12:07.059 And deacons. 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:08.679 Like to be spoken to like that. 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:11.200 He says to them. 00:12:11.460 --> 00:12:12.799 You need to bring forth fruit. 00:12:14.679 --> 00:12:16.059 Fruit that reflects. 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:17.080 Repentance in your life. 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:18.240 Do you remember what repentance is? 00:12:18.439 --> 00:12:19.460 It is a sorrow. 00:12:19.939 --> 00:12:21.059 It is a forsaking. 00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:22.559 It is a turning away. 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:23.700 And a turning to God. 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:25.639 You need to show that in your life. 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:29.080 And don't you dare begin to say. 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:30.919 We've got Abraham as our father. 00:12:31.220 --> 00:12:32.179 For I tell you. 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.340 God can raise up children from Abraham. 00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:35.199 Out of these stones. 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:40.399 There was probably nothing. 00:12:41.340 --> 00:12:42.879 In the popular mindset. 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:43.980 Of Jesus' day. 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:45.639 So automatic. 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:47.620 As the merit. 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:49.319 And the benefit. 00:12:50.059 --> 00:12:51.600 That Abraham conveyed. 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:52.700 On his people Israel. 00:12:52.700 --> 00:12:56.660 That's not everyone. 00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.620 But there was an element. 00:12:58.780 --> 00:13:00.200 In the popular Jewish mindset. 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:00.780 Of the day. 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:04.259 That all Israel. 00:13:05.180 --> 00:13:06.040 All Israel. 00:13:06.180 --> 00:13:06.800 Had a share. 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:08.000 In the world to come. 00:13:09.980 --> 00:13:10.980 And the reason why. 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:12.060 Israel had a share. 00:13:12.780 --> 00:13:14.300 In the glory of the world to come. 00:13:14.400 --> 00:13:15.280 Was because their connection. 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:16.220 To Abraham. 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:20.019 There was one little rabbi. 00:13:20.100 --> 00:13:21.420 He drew a picture of Abraham. 00:13:21.580 --> 00:13:22.879 Seated at the gate of Gehenna. 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:23.440 Of hell. 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:24.580 Just in case. 00:13:24.660 --> 00:13:25.500 Some Israelite. 00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:26.500 By mistake. 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:27.940 Might be consigned. 00:13:28.180 --> 00:13:28.840 To Gehenna. 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:30.680 And Abraham was seated at the gate. 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:31.200 In order. 00:13:31.980 --> 00:13:33.279 To keep any Jew. 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:34.620 From having to enter hell. 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:37.080 If you have Abraham. 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:37.920 As your father. 00:13:38.300 --> 00:13:39.879 If you are descended from him. 00:13:39.940 --> 00:13:40.580 Among the people. 00:13:40.920 --> 00:13:41.820 You are immune. 00:13:42.040 --> 00:13:42.720 From any judgment. 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:44.300 Or any need. 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:45.220 From repentance. 00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:45.360 Gents. 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:46.500 And John the Baptist says. 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:46.920 No. 00:13:47.040 --> 00:13:48.360 This is your emergency. 00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:51.500 You need this. 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:55.420 He's trying to get through to them. 00:13:58.220 --> 00:13:58.840 Do you remember. 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:00.040 When you'd play as children. 00:14:00.899 --> 00:14:02.019 And you'd play a game of children. 00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:03.980 You'd be shooting guns and arrows. 00:14:04.420 --> 00:14:04.600 Or. 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:07.460 I don't know what else you'd do. 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:09.220 But you'd be playing there. 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:09.920 And then suddenly. 00:14:10.160 --> 00:14:10.740 Would kind of. 00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:11.600 They would. 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.019 They would put on a pretend. 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:14.560 Bulletproof vest. 00:14:14.660 --> 00:14:15.060 Wouldn't they? 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:16.779 And so. 00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:17.680 It was like their. 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:18.160 Their. 00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:19.120 It was like their bullets. 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:19.860 Couldn't hurt them. 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:21.940 You see it don't you. 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:22.600 In the Incredibles. 00:14:22.700 --> 00:14:23.279 Have you seen that film. 00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:24.300 Children in the Incredibles. 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:25.420 There's a shield. 00:14:25.680 --> 00:14:26.519 That one of the children. 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.899 He puts over him. 00:14:28.300 --> 00:14:28.840 And so. 00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:29.820 Nothing. 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:30.660 Can. 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:34.060 Nothing. 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:34.519 Can. 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:39.120 I think we need to pray. 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.740 To. 00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.060 Janet. 00:14:40.060 --> 00:14:40.519 Is not. 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.460 Very well. 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:43.159 Let's bow our heads in prayer. 00:14:43.259 --> 00:14:43.779 I want to do. 00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:44.779 Would you. 00:14:45.179 --> 00:14:45.560 Have a look. 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:46.500 Let's pray. 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:48.659 Let's bow our heads in prayer. 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:56.139 Heavenly Father. 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.419 We. 00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:56.480 We. 00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:58.839 Want to pray. 00:14:59.179 --> 00:14:59.899 For your help. 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:00.919 And your care. 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:01.639 For our sister. 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:01.720 Father. 00:15:02.319 --> 00:15:03.000 We thank you. 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:03.439 For those. 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:03.939 Who have. 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:04.980 Medical skills. 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:05.439 We pray. 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:06.039 That you would. 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.399 Bless. 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:08.559 Them now. 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.259 And we thank you. 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:09.720 So much. 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:10.840 For your loving care. 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:11.840 And your concern. 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:13.279 We pray. 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:13.500 That. 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:14.840 You would. 00:15:15.100 --> 00:15:15.860 Be with. 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.899 Uh. 00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:18.139 Chan it now. 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:18.659 For we pray. 00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:19.620 In Jesus name. 00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:20.860 Amen. 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:34.840 Let's just take a moment. 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:35.980 And. 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:36.639 And. 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.300 00:15:46.300 --> 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00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:47.299 and we thank you for your love and care, we thank you for Terry and Janet 00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:48.840 for the blessing that they are 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:52.340 and we pray that this issue would not be a major one 00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:54.059 we pray that it would be 00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:58.600 Janet would be able to get the care that she needs 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:01.279 we pray particularly for Terry that you would strengthen him 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:03.740 and be with him 00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:06.180 keep them from anxiety 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:11.539 Holy Father we pray now that as we continue to look at your words 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.619 that you would speak to us 00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:18.659 our hearts are worried and concerned for our sister who we love 00:17:18.659 --> 00:17:22.339 but we pray that you might speak to us through your word 00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:23.739 and you might help us 00:17:23.739 --> 00:17:27.579 help us and speak to us, bring us comfort and strength 00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:30.039 for we pray in Jesus name 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:31.299 Amen 00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:38.799 and so they thought didn't they that repentance didn't apply to them 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:44.319 and the danger is for you and I that actually we can feel the same 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.859 can't we 00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:48.099 we can think I've been baptized 00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:51.180 I'm a Presbyterian 00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:53.019 I'm a Baptist 00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:56.119 and it doesn't really apply to me 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.480 I have Calvin as my father 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:06.539 and we need to realise don't we that God can raise children out of the chairs that you're sitting on 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:08.500 out of these walls 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:13.660 God can raise Presbyterians out of this floor 00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:16.779 and we must never think 00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:18.860 that this repentance 00:18:18.860 --> 00:18:21.279 doesn't press in upon us 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:24.300 and so I need to ask you today 00:18:24.300 --> 00:18:25.120 I need to ask you 00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:26.340 have you ever done this? 00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.720 have you ever repented? 00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:30.800 you know the word in verse 2 00:18:30.800 --> 00:18:31.600 it says isn't it 00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:34.380 repent for the kingdom of heaven 00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:35.759 is at hand 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:37.840 and that is present continuous 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:40.599 it's not just initial 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:43.980 it's live a life of repentance 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:47.279 and that is what John is calling us to 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.559 and Jesus said the same thing 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:50.839 Jesus is calling you and I 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:54.579 to a life that is a constant turning away from wickedness 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:57.299 and turning away from our iniquities 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:58.759 and turning to God 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:03.980 and one of the things we learn as Christians 00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:07.599 that we realise 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:09.440 and as we face Jesus coming 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:13.360 we realise that we are not fit for the kingdom of heaven 00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:16.660 and I am not fit to meet the king 00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:19.680 and it is only by his mercy isn't it? 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.980 it's only by his mercy 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:24.960 that I have any reason to stand before him at all 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:27.720 and as you grow in grace 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:29.759 and as you grow in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:31.480 and the better that you get to know him 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:34.720 you will probably find that sense more and more 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.839 that you need repentance 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:39.380 it seems an interesting mark isn't it? 00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:41.240 that when you grow in grace 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:44.120 you have a clearer and deeper insight 00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:46.039 into how corrupt your heart is 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:49.440 Archibald Alexander in the 18th century 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:50.360 19th century 00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:53.620 he gave it the Christian life as a picture of a room 00:19:53.620 --> 00:19:55.039 and the room is completely dark 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:56.039 and it's utterly filthy 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:58.799 and you know that you're standing in the room 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:00.620 and you know that it's dirty 00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:02.679 and there's a little stream of light 00:20:02.679 --> 00:20:05.439 and you can see some of the filth 00:20:05.439 --> 00:20:06.539 enough of the filth 00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.799 to know it's dirty 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:09.739 and the more light that comes in 00:20:09.739 --> 00:20:11.839 the more you see how stinking it is 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:14.699 and the amount of filth you see 00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:17.879 is related to how much light comes in 00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:19.699 and isn't that the way of the Christian life? 00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:22.579 the more light that we have 00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:25.139 the more nearer we come to the Lord Jesus 00:20:25.139 --> 00:20:27.079 the more we know of his word 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:29.699 the more we see of our sin 00:20:29.699 --> 00:20:32.099 and we see how unfit we are 00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:33.619 and how unworthy we are 00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.759 to be in the kingdom of God 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:36.659 now we need to watch that don't we? 00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.559 we need to watch that 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:40.199 because it's really easy to fake it 00:20:40.199 --> 00:20:43.039 and there are phonies out there 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:44.299 spiritual phonies 00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:47.000 that are constantly telling you 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.699 about how terrible and evil they are 00:20:48.699 --> 00:20:50.279 they're a plague 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:53.879 and they do it to kind of carry favour with men 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:55.860 so we think oh aren't they godly? 00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:59.440 we don't have to share in that 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:03.020 but I do think we need to realise 00:21:03.020 --> 00:21:05.280 as Christians that the longer we go on 00:21:05.280 --> 00:21:07.220 it is a life of repentance 00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:09.500 you are not for this kingdom 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:12.340 the second thing I want you to see 00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:14.600 is in verses 13 to 15 00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:16.620 just look at the place where Jesus stands 00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:19.720 he stands by the Jordan 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:24.039 and he comes to John to be baptised by him 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:26.160 and this puzzle 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.799 John says 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.880 what are you doing? 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.519 verse 14 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:30.500 coming to me to be baptised 00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.720 I need to be baptised 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:33.360 by you and your coming to me 00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:36.079 it doesn't make sense does it? 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.700 you don't need to be baptised 00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.680 I need to be 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:42.440 and Jesus explains to him 00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.920 no no no 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:44.779 in one sense you're perfectly right 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:47.319 but you see John 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.379 it is necessary 00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:50.559 for us at this time 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:52.299 to carry out God's will 00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.819 to fulfil righteousness 00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:56.019 to let it take place 00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:58.859 and the place where Jesus stands 00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.819 why is that such a problem? 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.700 well look at verse 6 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.359 look at the text 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.339 verse 6 00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:03.259 and verse 11 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:05.539 who is this baptism of John the Baptist for? 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.579 it is for sinners 00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:12.379 those Jews that went out to him for baptism 00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:13.200 they were doing something 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.500 they were confessing their sins 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.779 and John says 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.440 in verse 11 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:18.559 I baptise you with water 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.500 for repentance 00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:22.359 and so what on earth 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.079 is Jesus 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:25.740 the sinless lamb of God? 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:30.619 sorry 00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:38.140 good news 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:39.319 Janet is 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.059 I think 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:41.500 they don't think it's a stroke 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.619 just too hot 00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.179 and 00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:43.639 and 00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.799 and 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:44.919 and 00:22:44.919 --> 00:22:44.939 and 00:22:44.939 --> 00:22:45.559 and 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.339 not as bad 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:46.879 as we fear 00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.679 is that alright? 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:52.299 can we have a bit of air in this room? 00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.579 I don't want that to happen again 00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.259 is that alright? 00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.439 let's turn it down 00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:55.819 you don't 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.339 right 00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:58.399 now you've not listened to the last 10 minutes 00:22:58.399 --> 00:23:00.939 but we'll try and get back there 00:23:00.939 --> 00:23:01.199 okay 00:23:01.199 --> 00:23:03.339 so who was the 00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:05.000 who was the baptism of repentance for? 00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:07.239 it is for those who 00:23:07.239 --> 00:23:08.139 had sin 00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:11.080 a story about Shamil 00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:11.500 isn't it? 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.860 Shamil was a guerrilla 00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:14.700 fighting against the 00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.720 Tsarist regime in Russia 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.600 in about 1870 00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:18.200 and Shamil 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.840 it wasn't just Shamil 00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.960 and his men 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.440 it was their 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.880 wives and their families 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.460 there was this whole 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.600 kind of little community 00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:26.420 fighting against the Russians 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:28.100 and there was this 00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:29.460 tight little universe 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.360 of kind of bandits 00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.200 outlaws 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.940 but something happened 00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:34.000 in Shamil's society 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.880 someone stole 00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:38.720 and in a tight little community 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.940 no one knew it 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:41.259 no one knew who did it 00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.880 everything was coming 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.940 unglued 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.019 by suspicion 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:46.940 Shamil issued a law 00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:48.620 thou shalt not steal 00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:51.299 and there was a penalty 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.559 he says 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.759 whoever is caught stealing 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.059 there will be a hundred lashes 00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.600 for the one who is found stealing 00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:58.340 well you know the story 00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:59.180 a couple of days later 00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.340 it is found to be his mother 00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:02.899 and so there is a dilemma 00:24:02.899 --> 00:24:05.079 he has to make sure 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:06.459 his law stands 00:24:06.459 --> 00:24:08.439 he can't say 00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:09.799 that's my mother 00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:11.839 it can't happen to her 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:14.039 but he also loves his mother 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.379 doesn't he 00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.240 he has affection for her 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.119 he doesn't want her 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:17.259 to undergo the lashes 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:20.000 so he shuts himself up 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.459 in his tent 00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:21.459 in the middle of this kind of 00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:23.000 outlawed tent 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.959 for three days 00:24:23.959 --> 00:24:24.720 and after three days 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.619 he comes out of his tent 00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.059 and he says 00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:27.399 the law must be upheld 00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:29.240 and she must be punished 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.980 and she must receive 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.319 the hundred lashes 00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.059 and rightly so 00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:34.279 because you can't ignore 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.299 the demands of the law 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.640 and so there is justice 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:39.200 and after she received 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.940 three lashes 00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:41.079 Shamil has 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:42.400 his real solution 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:45.640 his real solution 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.319 was that he took 00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.120 his mother away 00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.779 and he 00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.960 the leader of that community 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.960 took 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:51.000 the ninety-seven 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.359 lashes 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.880 himself 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:54.539 he commanded 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.779 that all of those lashes 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.380 would be given 00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.540 but he would bear them 00:24:57.540 --> 00:25:00.100 so the law was upheld 00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:02.060 the law was upheld 00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:04.020 and love was satisfied 00:25:04.020 --> 00:25:06.820 but it was because 00:25:06.820 --> 00:25:08.300 Shamil stood 00:25:08.300 --> 00:25:10.120 in the place 00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.800 of the offended 00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:12.820 and you might say 00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.460 well that's a really good 00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.100 illustration of what 00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:15.280 Jesus did on the cross 00:25:15.280 --> 00:25:16.740 but what you need to see 00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.280 is that is what 00:25:17.280 --> 00:25:17.900 Jesus is doing 00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.700 that is baptism 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:22.620 don't you see baptism 00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:24.140 is what sinners 00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:25.420 need to have done to them 00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:27.380 and in verse eleven 00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.539 and verse six 00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.580 when Jesus 00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.600 who didn't need 00:25:30.600 --> 00:25:31.120 to be baptized 00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:32.519 because he's not a sinner 00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.740 when he comes 00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.920 and says 00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:36.200 John baptized me 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.940 he says 00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.680 I'm standing 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.340 in the place 00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:38.920 of sinners 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:42.640 John White 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:44.279 in one of his books 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.460 refers to 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.440 one of the experiences 00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.640 he had as a medical student 00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.620 I've told him this story before 00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.960 he missed 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.279 a practical class 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:53.080 on sexually transmitted diseases 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:55.039 and because John White 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.019 had missed the class 00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:57.000 he had to go to the class 00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.399 at night 00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.439 at a time when students 00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:59.199 didn't normally go 00:25:59.199 --> 00:26:00.240 to the STD clinic 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:02.240 and as he entered the clinic 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.339 a male nurse met him 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.259 there was a line of men 00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.319 there waiting for treatment 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:07.299 and he said to the male nurse 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.480 I want to see the doctor 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:11.000 that's what everyone wants 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.720 stand in line 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.519 said the nurse 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:14.579 ah but you don't understand 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.759 I'm a medical student 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.559 doesn't matter 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.299 you've got it 00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.579 the same way as everyone else 00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.399 stand in line 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:21.759 in the end 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.060 he says 00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:23.200 I managed to explain to him 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.820 while I was there 00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:24.720 but I can still feel 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.740 that sense of shame 00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.840 that made me balk 00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:27.860 at standing in line 00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:29.180 with men who had BD 00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:33.080 and yet Jesus stood in line 00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:34.840 as he lined up 00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.620 on the Jordan River 00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.980 the Holy Son of God 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.120 the Holy One of God 00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:39.640 lined up with a bunch of sinners 00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:41.100 waiting to be baptized 00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:42.960 and he identified himself 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.519 with us 00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:45.780 he publicly identified 00:26:45.780 --> 00:26:47.320 with those he came to save 00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:49.140 he was no sinner himself 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.840 but he identified 00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.460 with sinners 00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.880 and took his first step 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.640 on that career 00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:55.460 that was going to take him 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.180 to the cross 00:26:56.180 --> 00:27:02.920 it's as if Matthew 00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.000 could have put in 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.680 a verse 00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.980 at this point 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:07.500 it's as if Matthew 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.180 could have put in 00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.800 the verse 00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:10.700 in order that the words 00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.259 of the prophet 00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.920 might be fulfilled 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:14.320 he was numbered 00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:16.300 with the transgressors 00:27:16.300 --> 00:27:18.820 note the place he stood 00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:21.000 thirdly and lastly 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:22.279 note the assurance 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.519 Jesus receives 00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.819 verses 16 and 17 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.480 there's two things 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.119 immediately after 00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.939 Jesus is baptized 00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:29.179 there's the equipping 00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:30.079 with God's power 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.939 by the Holy Spirit 00:27:30.939 --> 00:27:32.619 the dove comes down 00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:34.099 the Holy Spirit 00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.519 comes down 00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.279 in the form of the dove 00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.159 but I want us to focus 00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:37.000 in verse 17 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.899 on the expression 00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.679 of God's favour 00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:41.379 that voice said 00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:42.599 this is my son 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:44.679 the one I love 00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:46.439 and I'm delighted 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.900 with him 00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:50.360 and I wonder 00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.160 what those words 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.660 would have meant 00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.380 for the Lord Jesus 00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:55.680 maybe you don't often 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.480 think God speaks 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.759 in such a positive way 00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:00.120 or perhaps 00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.340 maybe you're not used 00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:02.539 to seeing that tone 00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.340 of delight 00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:04.440 in God's voice 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:06.299 but did you hear 00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.840 what he said 00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.220 he said 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:09.640 here is my son 00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:12.220 here is my son 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.740 whom I love 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.740 and I am delighted 00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.380 in him 00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:17.079 it's a bit like 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.700 Genesis 1 00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:19.099 do you remember 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.720 Genesis 1 00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:22.140 in the creation 00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.620 account 00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:24.120 it's a phrase 00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.960 that keeps on 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.680 being repeated 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.200 isn't it 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.940 and God saw 00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.039 that it was 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.579 good 00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.579 and several times 00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:32.579 and God saw 00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.200 that it was 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.759 good 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:35.819 and God saw 00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.339 what he'd made 00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.180 and it was good 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.779 and it was good 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.279 and it was good 00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.120 and in chapter 1 00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.779 verse 31 00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:41.380 God stands back 00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.920 and he sees 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.680 everything that he's 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.019 made 00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.720 and he says 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.980 that is very 00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.660 good 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:49.799 if you can put it 00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.339 in picture form 00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.539 it says 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.420 it's almost as if 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.259 God the creator 00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.960 and the designer 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.599 and the artist 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.539 he stands back 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.359 from his work 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:57.019 and he looks at it 00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:59.119 and he says 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:01.039 that is great 00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:03.119 that is very 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:04.460 very good 00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:07.079 I like that 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:09.319 I really like that 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:12.759 here's my son 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.759 the one 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.319 I love 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:17.720 I delighted 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.400 him 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:20.920 was that not 00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.079 a great 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.839 source 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.819 of assurance 00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:25.259 for Jesus 00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:28.400 imagine how 00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.879 he must have 00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.099 felt 00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.599 when he heard 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.339 those words 00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:32.900 but it seems 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.140 to me 00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.599 that it's 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.240 no wonder 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.700 that when you 00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.119 come to 00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:36.079 John's gospel 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.480 in John 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.400 chapter 16 00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:39.640 verse 32 00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:41.180 John 16 00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.920 verse 32 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.180 this is what 00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.980 Jesus says 00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:46.259 he says 00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.940 behold the hour 00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.360 is coming 00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:48.140 indeed it has 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.440 come 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.080 when you will 00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.720 be scattered 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.480 you disciples 00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.380 you will leave 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:51.680 me 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:54.320 you will be 00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:54.620 scattered 00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.240 each to his 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.700 own home 00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.500 and you will 00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.880 leave me 00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.320 alone 00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:58.500 yet I am 00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.259 not alone 00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:01.559 for the 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.119 father is 00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.619 with me 00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:06.039 I think 00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.319 that is 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.859 the fruit 00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.440 of a 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.839 deep 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.359 assurance 00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.660 that he's 00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.079 been given 00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.359 in his 00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.799 baptism 00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:13.079 and is 00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.539 this written 00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:13.980 for his 00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.319 sake 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.000 alone 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.079 is it 00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.579 only for 00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:16.900 Jesus 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.460 that this 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.879 is written 00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.339 this is 00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.879 my son 00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.200 whom I 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.660 love 00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:19.960 with him 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.240 I'm 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.559 well 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.059 pleased 00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.640 doesn't 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.240 it also 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.059 include us 00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:25.179 I know 00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.419 that we 00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:25.679 are not 00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.240 sons and 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.740 daughters of 00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.019 God 00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.319 in the 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.940 same way 00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.779 that Jesus 00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.339 is the 00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.919 unique 00:30:29.919 --> 00:30:30.440 son of 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.779 God 00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:32.899 but it 00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.299 is true 00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.220 isn't it 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.119 that we 00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.379 are the 00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:35.919 adopted 00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:36.740 children of 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.099 God 00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.759 the Bible 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.720 does call 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:38.980 us 00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.839 sons of 00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.259 God 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.919 Romans 8 00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.399 14 and 00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:41.759 15 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:43.379 and it's 00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.619 true 00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.379 that just 00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.940 as God 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.579 calls Jesus 00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:45.940 the one 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.480 he loves 00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.839 or the 00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.179 beloved 00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:49.279 in verse 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.899 17 of 00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.339 Romans 8 00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.940 the apostle 00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.240 Paul 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.720 writing to 00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.159 the Christians 00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.559 in Rome 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.099 he writes 00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.919 to those 00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.379 plural 00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.799 who are 00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:56.279 loved 00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.039 by God 00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.359 beloved 00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.099 by God 00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.659 it's the 00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.339 same word 00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:02.359 and so 00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:03.059 the father 00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.839 who loves 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.460 his only 00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.960 son 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.960 especially 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.599 loves his 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.079 sons and 00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.399 daughters 00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:09.799 who his 00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.259 son has 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.720 brought to 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.079 him 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:13.579 there's 00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:13.919 something 00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.879 about that 00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.919 type of 00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:17.019 assurance 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.759 that nothing 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.679 can erase 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:24.100 I don't 00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.660 think this 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.580 verse is 00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.080 here to 00:31:26.080 --> 00:31:26.380 tell 00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.000 parents 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.740 to tell 00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.100 children 00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.519 how much 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.860 they love 00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.060 them 00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:31.400 that is 00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:31.860 a great 00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.140 thing to 00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.420 do there 00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.420 isn't it 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:35.140 my father 00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.320 is here 00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.560 this morning 00:31:35.560 --> 00:31:36.160 I don't 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.320 really 00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:38.100 talk to 00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.279 him as 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.380 well 00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:38.900 but there 00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.360 are times 00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:39.640 aren't there 00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.299 when a 00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.980 father or 00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.380 a mother 00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:42.120 expresses 00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:43.080 their love 00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:44.019 and appreciation 00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.660 for a 00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.060 child 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:47.119 and we 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.539 remember 00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.799 it 00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:50.460 that wasn't 00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:50.679 in your 00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:50.919 family 00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.419 I'm 00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:52.039 terribly 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.539 terribly 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.019 sorry 00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:55.700 but the 00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:55.940 wonderful 00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.279 thing about 00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.659 the gospel 00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:57.279 is maybe 00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.839 it wasn't 00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.240 in your 00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.679 family 00:31:58.679 --> 00:32:00.359 but God 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.079 says to 00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.500 you this 00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.859 morning 00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.559 if you 00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.119 have faith 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.399 in the 00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:03.839 Lord Jesus 00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.419 Christ 00:32:04.419 --> 00:32:06.159 that is 00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:06.740 my son 00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:08.539 that is 00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.240 my daughter 00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.819 with whom 00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.460 I'm 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.099 well 00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:11.879 pleased 00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:14.660 there's 00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:14.920 something 00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.460 about that 00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:15.840 type of 00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:16.180 assurance 00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.880 that nothing 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.800 can erase 00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:20.700 you never 00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.500 know do you 00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.280 the sense 00:32:22.280 --> 00:32:22.880 of security 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.440 and assurance 00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.060 that a mere 00:32:24.060 --> 00:32:25.800 word of 00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.420 relationship 00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.180 can give to 00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.520 someone 00:32:27.520 --> 00:32:28.800 many of us 00:32:28.800 --> 00:32:29.160 can bear 00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.020 testimony to 00:32:30.020 --> 00:32:31.060 that the 00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:31.760 assurance 00:32:31.760 --> 00:32:32.460 that we 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.300 received 00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:34.000 and the 00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.480 sense of 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.000 security 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.360 that we 00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:35.660 ought to 00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.080 have 00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:38.580 and yes 00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:39.420 that comes 00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.140 better less 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.580 or more 00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:40.880 with a 00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.280 parent 00:32:41.280 --> 00:32:41.860 but it 00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.359 comes 00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.740 powerfully 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.139 to us 00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.740 from God 00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.419 by adoption 00:32:45.419 --> 00:32:46.000 through Jesus 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.399 Christ 00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:48.559 that he 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.019 has called 00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.579 you a son 00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.240 or a daughter 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.799 and then in 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.159 the light 00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.419 of that 00:32:51.419 --> 00:32:51.899 assurance 00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.719 and security 00:32:52.719 --> 00:32:53.619 in the midst 00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.419 of darkness 00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:55.699 and trial 00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.539 and fear 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.399 and anxiety 00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:58.000 which you 00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.319 may even 00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.639 be feeling 00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.279 right now 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.459 can you 00:33:01.459 --> 00:33:02.159 not say 00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:04.159 as Terry 00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.599 and Janet 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.019 can say 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.459 this morning 00:33:05.459 --> 00:33:05.919 I am 00:33:05.919 --> 00:33:06.659 not alone 00:33:06.659 --> 00:33:08.599 for the 00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.000 father is 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.419 with me 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:12.180 and all 00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.640 of this 00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:14.420 you have 00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.980 and enjoy 00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:16.680 because the 00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.220 baptiser 00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.080 is baptised 00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:19.620 let's pray 00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:23.960 holy father 00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.279 we will 00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.660 remember 00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.380 this sermon 00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:27.640 for a long 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.039 time 00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:30.200 and yet 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.580 we want to 00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:30.860 pray that 00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.620 this assurance 00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.019 that you 00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.460 give 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:35.180 you give 00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.039 to your 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.460 son 00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:38.600 whom you 00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.180 love 00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:40.600 whom you 00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.299 are delighted 00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.720 in 00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:43.819 we pray 00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.299 that by 00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.799 faith 00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.279 we might 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.900 claim those 00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.500 words as 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.039 our own 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:48.880 that we 00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.319 would be a 00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.799 people that 00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.460 repent 00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:52.120 turn from 00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.519 our wicked 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.140 ways 00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:54.240 and turn 00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.799 to you 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:57.240 but also 00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.620 we would 00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.079 know that 00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.500 as your 00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.940 people we 00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.340 are loved 00:33:59.340 --> 00:33:59.640 that we 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.340 live with 00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:01.000 that tension 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.619 and we 00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.079 delight 00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:04.259 in that 00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:05.940 father again 00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.619 we pray for 00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.019 terry and 00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.400 janet we 00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.660 pray that 00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:07.839 you would 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.119 be very 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.599 near them 00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:10.000 we pray 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.340 that you 00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.739 would draw 00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.079 near them 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.559 and strengthen 00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.940 them and 00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.480 restore them 00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.000 fully to 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.400 health in 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.039 jesus name 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.400 amen