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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.

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 I do love when it starts to look like Christmas, just doing that around here.

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 I love the excitement of the decorations and the songs and all of that this time of year.

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 And inevitably, as all of this starts, somebody is going to say to you, if they haven't already,

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 you need to remember the reason for the season.

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 In other words, they want to say, you need to remember why Christmas,

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 because it's not all about lights and presents and stockings, is it, kids?

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 My kids are always telling me it's not about the presents.

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 That's not what they're usually saying, but they remember that that is true,

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 that it's about something more than all of those things, isn't it?

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 We celebrate it at Christmas, Jesus.

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 The word Christmas actually means the coming of the Christ,

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 the promised Messiah of the Hebrew Scriptures.

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 Jesus was born in Bethlehem about 2,000 years ago,

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 and it's that event, that time, that first Christmas,

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 that I'd like us to ask why about during this Christmas season.

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 Why did the first Christmas happen?

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 Why did Jesus come to earth?

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 Whatever you believe about Jesus, why did he say that he came?

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 I want us to listen to the Christ himself tell us why Christ came, why Christmas.

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 That's what we're going to do this Advent season.

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 You might be surprised how much Jesus talks about this,

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 how many times in the gospel accounts he says,

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 I came to, or I've come that, or the Son of Man came so that.

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 I think you're going to find as we look at some of these reasons that he came,

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 that your celebration of his birth will be fuller and more joyful.

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 And that is my prayer for these few weeks together in God's word.

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 The first answer to why Christmas that we'll look at is found in Matthew chapter 5.

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 Matthew 5, where Jesus is beginning his famous sermon on the mount.

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 And he clarifies here one reason he did not come,

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 as well as one really important reason why he did.

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 Let's listen to Jesus answer our question in Matthew 5, beginning at verse 17.

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 Sitting on a mountain, likely overlooking the Sea of Galilee,

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 Jesus said to his disciples,

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 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

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 I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

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 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,

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 not an iota, not a dot will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

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 Therefore, whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments

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 and teaches others to do the same will be called least,

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 in the kingdom of heaven.

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 But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees,

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 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 This is God's word.

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 Let's ask for his help as we study it together.

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 Father, your help is what we have asked for all morning.

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 We continue to stand in need of it.

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 We especially want to hear from you.

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 Not from a man.

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 Just as we, that first Christmas, needed God to break in.

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 We need you to speak by your spirit and your word.

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 So would you do that clearly and would you give us ears to hear

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 and hearts that are willing and eager to rejoice,

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 even to repent, to change.

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 Do that work in us by your spirit, we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Early in our marriage, I decided to bake Christy a cake for her birthday.

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 So now it's important for you to know that Christy is an excellent baker.

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 She is fantastic and there is no way in the world that I would try this now.

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 I know better than to try this, but I told you this was early in our marriage

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 and I hadn't learned much yet, okay?

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 So be patient with me.

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 And plus, I had a lot of hope because I knew this was a great cake.

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 She had made it before.

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 It looked beautiful.

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 It tasted just right.

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 And I had her recipe.

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 What could possibly go wrong?

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 I knew how to read.

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 I knew how to follow directions.

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 I really don't think that I confused the baking soda and the baking powder,

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 although they really look a lot alike and they both look like flour.

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 I mean, there's a lot of stuff that can go wrong there.

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 I think I used the right pans that seemed to fit in there.

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 I even called her for help a couple of times.

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 You know, there were things like, how soft is softened butter?

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 I mean, exactly how soft does it need to get?

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 And is it salted or unsalted?

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 And how do you know?

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 And I don't know.

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 I thought I got it right.

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 But in spite of the perfect recipe,

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 in the hands of an imperfect chef,

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 the cake did not turn out the way that it was designed

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 or that I had hoped.

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 I wish I had taken a picture of it to show you

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 so you could appreciate just how bad it was.

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 But I saw this one this week on the internet,

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 and it just looked really familiar.

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 Honestly, this one's holding together a lot better than mine,

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 but the angle at which it is leaning is like exactly the one.

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 When I carried it out to her on the plate,

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 I had to tilt it so that it stayed on the plate when I walked out.

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 Have you ever made a cake like that?

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 It was rough.

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 Now, I want you to know something important.

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 I still ate the cake.

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 There were plenty of good things in there, right?

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 But it wasn't the same.

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 Even with her recipe and her advice,

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 it didn't come out the same as when she was there

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 personally baking the cake.

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 Somewhere in my imperfect use of the perfect recipe,

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 the beauty and the sweetness of the cake got lost.

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 Christy would have to come home,

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 follow the recipe the way it was meant to be followed,

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 bake the cake for herself

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 for us to experience its fullness and perfection.

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 Y'all, that's why Christmas, okay?

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 Jesus came not to follow a recipe for a cake,

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 but to fulfill the Old Testament Scriptures,

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 stories, predictions, prescriptions,

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 promises whose meaning needed not to be done away with,

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 but filled out, embodied personally,

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 in the one who really knew what they meant,

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 the one that they all pointed to.

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 See, there were many imperfect chefs who were given God's Word,

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 some just preferring to ignore the recipe altogether

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 and do things their own way.

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 Some who, like me,

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 religiously followed the recipe to a T

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 while missing the heart,

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 but all following short of what God meant for them,

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 what God required of them,

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 none of them measuring up to that perfection.

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 And so what happened was Jesus couldn't stay at a distance.

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 He couldn't just stand far off and give advice

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 for following the recipe,

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 for knowing how to live.

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 He had to come to embody in himself its fullest meaning,

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 to fulfill, as he says,

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 the law and the prophets.

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 That's shorthand for the whole Old Testament,

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 the Hebrew Scriptures,

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 39 books written over centuries,

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 he comes to fulfill.

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 Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones calls this

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 the most stupendous claim Jesus ever made.

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 That it's all about him.

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 That you look through page after page

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 and story after story,

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 and Jesus says,

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 it's about me.

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 I'm gonna fulfill all of it.

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 Every promise,

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 every requirement of God's word,

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 I will fulfill.

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 Does Jesus love the Old Testament?

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 There's a lot more about his life

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 in the New Testament, isn't there?

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 Does Jesus love the Old Testament?

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 You better believe he does.

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 Every iota,

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 every dot,

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 every one,

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 he says,

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 he will fulfill,

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 he will himself embody

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 its deepest and fullest meaning.

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 We're gonna look this morning

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 at both the promises

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 and the requirements.

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 Okay?

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 Mostly the prophets

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 connected to the promises.

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 Mostly the law books

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 connected to the requirements,

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 but honestly,

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 there's some overlap both ways.

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 But we're gonna see

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 both of those,

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 and along the way,

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 why Jesus coming for this fulfillment

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 is so wonderful for us.

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 So necessary

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 and so absolutely life-bringing

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 and joy-bringing for us.

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 Let's look at this together.

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 First,

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 how Jesus fulfills

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 all the promises.

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 This one honestly

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 is a little easier

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 to understand,

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 I think.

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 Most estimates see

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 over 300 Old Testament

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 prophecies

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 fulfilled in Jesus.

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 Already six times

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 in the first few chapters

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 of Matthew,

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 he said,

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 all this took place

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 to fulfill

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 what was said

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 through the prophet.

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 So many of those

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 300 are historically,

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 independently verifiable

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 across hundreds of years.

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 Some of those

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 very direct,

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 specific promises,

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 like the promised Messiah

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 will be born in Bethlehem.

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 But many of those promises

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 where fulfilling the promise

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 means Jesus is revealing

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 what it could even look like

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 for something to happen.

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 What it could look like,

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 for example,

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 for God to be with us,

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 Emmanuel,

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 that a virgin

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 could be with child.

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 Jesus embodies

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 the longing

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 for a righteous king

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 on David's throne

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 who pursues justice

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 for the poor,

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 who pursues peace

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 for the nation.

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 As Jesus goes to the cross,

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 we grasp the fullness

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 of something

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 we could only have seen

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 very dimly.

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 The prophet Isaiah

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 writing that

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 the Lord's servant

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 would be a man of sorrows.

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 The promised king,

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 a man of sorrows?

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 How's that going to work?

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 It wouldn't have even made sense

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 to many,

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 but we're told

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 he'll bear our griefs,

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 he'll carry our sorrows,

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 he's even going to be smitten

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 by God himself.

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 How's that possible?

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 And Jesus goes to the cross

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 and we start to see.

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 Jesus himself lays out for us

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 the full meaning

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 of the blood of the lamb

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 in the Lord's supper.

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 The Passover feast

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 had this lamb with blood

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 and it reminded God's people

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 of his deliverance

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 from bondage

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 into relationship

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 with himself

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 by the blood of the lamb.

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 It was a grace

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 for God's people

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 in Egypt, right?

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 And it was a foreshadowing

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 of the grace of God

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 for his people in sin

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 that Jesus himself

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 would bring

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 when he showed up

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 in person

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 to lay down

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 his very own life

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 through his death

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 on the cross

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 and we said,

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 behold,

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 the lamb of God.

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 All of God's promises,

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 yes and amen

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 in Jesus.

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 All of them.

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 Jesus came

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 so that all of those promises

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 given to all of those generations

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 of God's people

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 repeated from father and mother

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 to child and grandchild

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 generation after generation

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 would not be empty promises.

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 They wouldn't be left empty

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 but they would in fact

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 come to their full fruition

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 and the one that God

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 had been pointing

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 his people to

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 for generations.

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 The one who,

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 as Sally Lloyd-Jones says,

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 is like the missing piece

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 in a puzzle

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 that helps you see

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 a beautiful picture

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 because every page

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 of every story

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 in the Old Testament

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 whispers his name.

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 The baby

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 who according to God's story

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 is the hero

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 that we all need.

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 Every single one of us

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 then and today

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 needs the same hero.

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 I pray that every one of you

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 have found Jesus

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 to be the hero

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 of your story.

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 Have found yourself

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 in his story,

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 if you will.

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 That he would be

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 the one that enters in

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 to your story

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 and makes all of the painful

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 and confusing

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 and difficult

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 and seemingly hopeless

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 parts of your life.

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 He gathers all of them up

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 and makes them fit together

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 for a glorious purpose

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 even when you can't see it.

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 He came for that reason

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 for you

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 because you have painful

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 and difficult

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 and seemingly hopeless

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 parts of your story

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 but you have a king

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 who came to give you hope.

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 The second aspect

00:15:04.239 --> 00:15:05.339
 of Jesus coming

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 to fulfill the law

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 and the prophets

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 is fulfilling

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 all their requirements.

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 This one's a little bit harder

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 for us to understand.

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 Jesus explains it more here

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 in this passage.

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 See, it seems that

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 some in Jesus' day

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 were concerned

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 that this new teacher

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 was lowering the bar.

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 All this talk

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 of a kingdom of grace

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 where people

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 who were poor in spirit

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 got in.

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 Where the meek

00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:40.439
 were there mourning

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 their sins.

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 It sounded to some

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 like he's lowering the bar.

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 It made them wonder

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 if Jesus was shortening

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 the list of

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 Old Testament commands

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 from 613

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 that were there

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 to something far less

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 than that.

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 To a number far lower.

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 Jesus says,

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 by no means.

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 Not at all.

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 He sits on the mountain

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 and teaches

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 like the promised prophet

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 like Moses.

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 Remember Moses,

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 the law giver

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 who came down

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 from the mountain

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 with the law of God.

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 But Jesus

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 sits

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 and speaks

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 on his own

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 authority

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 and he raises

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 the bar.

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 Doesn't he?

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 If you haven't read

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 this passage,

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 you'll be certain

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 of this after you do.

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 He shows the

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 full meaning

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 of God's law.

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 Not getting rid of it,

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 but filling it out.

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 Don't murder?

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 What about the anger

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 in your heart?

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 Jesus says.

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 Don't commit adultery?

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 Yeah.

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 What about the lust

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 in your heart?

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 Jesus says.

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 The rest of Matthew 5

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 is example

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 after example

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 ending with

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 love not only

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 your neighbor,

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 but also

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 your enemy

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 from your heart

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 because that's how

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 God your father

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 loves.

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 And by the way,

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 while we're raising

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 the bar,

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 verse 48,

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 let's just make sure

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 we're clear how high it is.

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 You must be perfect

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 as your heavenly father

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 is perfect.

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 You still think

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 Jesus has gone

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 soft on crime?

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 No.

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 Has his grace

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.740
 run off the law?

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 We don't need it anymore.

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 No.

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 See,

00:17:41.380 --> 00:17:42.759
 Jesus is taking us

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:44.319
 all the way

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 to the heart of God,

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 isn't he?

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 That's what he's done here

00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:49.100
 as you go through

00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:49.759
 this chapter.

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 The law of God

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:52.640
 reveals God's

00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:54.160
 perfect character,

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.700
 doesn't it?

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 Which is not merely

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 that God is perfect

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 in the things

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 that he does,

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 the actions

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 that he takes,

00:18:01.340 --> 00:18:02.600
 that's part of it,

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.600
 but truly

00:18:03.600 --> 00:18:04.880
 God is perfect

00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:06.279
 in who he is

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 at his very heart.

00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:09.539
 At his core,

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 God is goodness.

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 He is good

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 completely.

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 Perfect goodness

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 from the heart

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 and that

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 is what is required

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 of us.

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 It always has been

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 for man and woman

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 created in God's image

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 to reflect

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 God's image

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 perfectly.

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 we are required

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 to have lives

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 where without failure,

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 without mixed motivation,

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 without self-interest,

00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:41.380
 from the heart

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 for God's glory,

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 all the time,

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 we are perfectly

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 honest

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 and loving

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 and faithful

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 and forgiving

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 and patient

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 and loyal.

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 Even with those

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:55.080
 who aren't like that

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 toward us,

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 it doesn't matter.

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 That's what it means

00:18:58.060 --> 00:18:59.360
 to be children of God,

00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:00.119
 Jesus says,

00:19:00.219 --> 00:19:01.119
 all the time.

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:03.899
 Jesus fills out

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.639
 the meaning

00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:05.159
 of the law,

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.579
 doesn't he?

00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:06.759
 He raises

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.899
 the bar

00:19:07.899 --> 00:19:09.219
 so high.

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.439
 He raises it

00:19:10.439 --> 00:19:11.479
 by going to the heart.

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:12.719
 It's not a list

00:19:12.719 --> 00:19:13.859
 of things you can check off.

00:19:13.979 --> 00:19:15.319
 It's who you are

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:16.299
 from the heart

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:17.459
 and by the way,

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:21.119
 if you can't outdo

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:23.119
 the best law keepers

00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:23.659
 of the day,

00:19:23.959 --> 00:19:25.379
 the most careful

00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:26.419
 followers

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:27.620
 of God's law,

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:29.340
 you can't even

00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:29.940
 get into heaven.

00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.600
 That's Jesus,

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:34.960
 not me.

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.480
 That's Jesus.

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:39.259
 I love the way

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.080
 J. Gresham Machen

00:19:40.080 --> 00:19:42.180
 explains this dynamic.

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:43.759
 He says,

00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:44.680
 the list-making,

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:46.200
 externally-focused

00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:47.240
 rule followers

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:49.100
 actually have

00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:49.900
 a low view

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.580
 of the law

00:19:50.580 --> 00:19:52.300
 because they think

00:19:52.300 --> 00:19:53.259
 they can keep it.

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:55.079
 A low view

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.680
 of the law

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:57.059
 always brings

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:58.039
 legalism

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:59.299
 in religion.

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.779
 A high view

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.359
 of the law,

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:04.759
 like Jesus's,

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.960
 makes a man

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.980
 a seeker

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:09.680
 after grace.

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:14.319
 Is that just a glimpse?

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.180
 I only spent

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.879
 a couple minutes.

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:17.359
 I went really fast.

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:19.119
 Is just a glimpse

00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:20.000
 of God's law

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.579
 this morning

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.700
 doing that

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.839
 in your heart?

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:24.599
 Is it making you

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:24.779
 say,

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:25.259
 help?

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:27.619
 I couldn't possibly.

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.180
 There's no way

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.879
 I'll measure up.

00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:31.079
 If it's not,

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.440
 you're not seeing

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:33.379
 how high

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:34.339
 Jesus raises

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:35.220
 the bar.

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.180
 We should be

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:37.279
 crying out

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.500
 for grace.

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.759
 Oh, Jesus,

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.819
 where can I find

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.539
 grace?

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.839
 I'm seeking

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.599
 after grace.

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.660
 I can't do this.

00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.640
 I'm not enough.

00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:49.660
 Now listen,

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.099
 you know,

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.519
 and when you cry

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.160
 out for grace

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.600
 like that,

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.660
 Jesus gives grace,

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.160
 doesn't he?

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:56.100
 Jesus gives that grace

00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:57.180
 in two ways here

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:58.540
 after he raises

00:20:58.540 --> 00:20:58.920
 the bar.

00:20:59.080 --> 00:21:00.279
 Please don't miss this.

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.900
 This is so important.

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.640
 If you've understood

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.840
 at all where the bar is,

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.880
 it's so important

00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:05.640
 that you understand

00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:06.680
 where Jesus's grace

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.580
 comes into this.

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.620
 Jesus first then

00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:11.880
 clears the bar

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:13.480
 that he has raised.

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:15.060
 It's the first way

00:21:15.060 --> 00:21:15.940
 he brings this grace.

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:17.100
 he meets

00:21:17.100 --> 00:21:18.440
 the perfect standard

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.680
 from the heart

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.799
 every time

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.860
 toward his enemies

00:21:21.860 --> 00:21:23.320
 just like his father.

00:21:24.100 --> 00:21:25.160
 He is born

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:26.720
 under the law himself,

00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:28.360
 Galatians chapter 4,

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.840
 to redeem those

00:21:29.840 --> 00:21:31.580
 who are under the law.

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.820
 In Matthew chapter 3,

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:36.200
 he asks John the Baptist

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.620
 to baptize him

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:38.539
 and they get into

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.640
 this conversation.

00:21:39.820 --> 00:21:40.860
 John's a little uncomfortable,

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.620
 understandably,

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.820
 with baptizing Jesus

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.819
 and Jesus says

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.980
 this is what should happen

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:46.059
 to fulfill

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:48.159
 all righteousness,

00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:48.819
 to fulfill,

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.460
 same word as here

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.339
 in chapter 5,

00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:54.200
 fulfill all righteousness.

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:55.639
 What's Jesus doing?

00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:57.759
 He's being the model Israelite,

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:59.259
 the obedient human,

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.579
 the child who came

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.339
 to do the will

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.399
 of his father,

00:22:02.679 --> 00:22:03.559
 the ultimate,

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:06.200
 perfect law keeper.

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.279
 Listen,

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:09.720
 you know Jesus came to die

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:11.179
 and we will get to that

00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:12.139
 in another week,

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.460
 okay?

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:14.200
 And oh,

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.299
 how important that is.

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:16.839
 How we need that

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:18.139
 for our sin.

00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:21.619
 But he also came

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:23.439
 to live.

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.519
 And oh,

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.819
 how we need that

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:29.200
 for our righteousness.

00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:31.299
 We desperately need that.

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:33.799
 He saw how hopelessly

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.960
 stuck you were

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:36.039
 below the bar.

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.220
 He saw you would

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.619
 never measure up.

00:22:38.919 --> 00:22:39.899
 He couldn't just

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:41.419
 send advice

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:42.339
 from heaven.

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.980
 He knew it wouldn't

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.500
 be enough

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:45.179
 to fix you

00:22:45.179 --> 00:22:45.779
 or me.

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.199
 He had to come

00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:48.939
 to embody himself

00:22:48.939 --> 00:22:50.079
 the fullness

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.259
 of God's law.

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:53.000
 His perfect,

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.599
 active righteousness

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:56.399
 fulfills the requirements,

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.679
 the demands

00:22:57.679 --> 00:22:58.859
 of God's holy law

00:22:58.859 --> 00:23:00.319
 for us

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.500
 so that as we are

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.399
 united to him

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:02.879
 by faith,

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:04.299
 we actually become

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:05.279
 the righteousness

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.279
 of God

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.579
 in Christ.

00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:07.879
 Amen?

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:09.880
 It's why John Newton

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.280
 wrote,

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.600
 to see the law

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:13.560
 by Christ fulfilled.

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.100
 To hear his

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:16.220
 pardoning voice

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:17.540
 changes a slave

00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:18.500
 into a child

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:20.080
 and duty

00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:20.940
 into choice.

00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:23.820
 He fulfills the law

00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:25.460
 and frees us

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.260
 from its burden,

00:23:26.540 --> 00:23:27.220
 from the bar

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.900
 that we could

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:29.200
 never reach.

00:23:29.520 --> 00:23:30.660
 What grace,

00:23:30.780 --> 00:23:31.880
 that is amazing grace,

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.620
 grace,

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.560
 the Lord

00:23:33.560 --> 00:23:35.140
 is our

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:36.200
 righteousness.

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.380
 The perfect

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.260
 law keeping

00:23:39.260 --> 00:23:39.840
 of Jesus

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.800
 enables us

00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:41.700
 to stand

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.800
 in the presence

00:23:42.800 --> 00:23:44.200
 of the holy God

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.260
 with nothing

00:23:45.260 --> 00:23:46.080
 in our hands

00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:46.640
 we bring,

00:23:47.040 --> 00:23:48.840
 simply clinging

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:50.240
 to Jesus.

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.819
 Period.

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.519
 And,

00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:57.159
 there's more grace.

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.579
 Can you believe that?

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.240
 There's more grace

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.720
 than that.

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.659
 It's even better news

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:02.939
 than that.

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:04.379
 Please listen carefully now.

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.619
 I don't want you

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.599
 to be confused.

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:08.279
 I don't want you

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.259
 to hear what I'm not saying.

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:10.059
 I don't want you

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:11.599
 to forget what I just said.

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.179
 We stand clothed

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:13.779
 in the righteousness

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.339
 of Jesus

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:15.259
 before God.

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:16.059
 Period.

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:17.980
 And,

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:20.680
 Jesus actually

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:22.240
 lifts us

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.599
 to the bar

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.680
 that he raised

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:26.400
 and cleared himself.

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.319
 Come back to the cake

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.079
 with me for a minute.

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.860
 After I make a mess

00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.559
 out of things,

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.839
 even with the perfect

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.339
 recipe,

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.660
 right?

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:40.059
 Christy can come back in,

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:41.799
 kick me out of the kitchen,

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.440
 get me out of the way,

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:46.579
 and make the perfect cake.

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.720
 It'll look beautiful.

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.019
 And,

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.640
 that's great

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.259
 because at the end

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.680
 of the day,

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.539
 we can enjoy

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.500
 a wonderful cake

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.140
 for her birthday

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:56.799
 and that is so precious

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.740
 and so valuable.

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.099
 But,

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.420
 remember,

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.920
 she's already made

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:04.420
 the perfect cake

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.019
 before.

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.660
 It's already there.

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.500
 We have it.

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:11.019
 What we've learned

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.700
 over the years

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:13.180
 is that

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.380
 we also

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.579
 take a lot of

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.640
 joy in

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.980
 baking together.

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.180
 It doesn't go

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.700
 the same way

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.160
 every time,

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.279
 but it gives me

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.619
 great delight

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:25.900
 to be with her

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:27.299
 while we make

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.140
 a perfect cake.

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.640
 I mean,

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.880
 while she makes

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:31.240
 a perfect cake

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.440
 and I retrieve

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.039
 ingredients

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.980
 and I lick

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.599
 the bowls,

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.000
 I mean,

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.400
 clean up,

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.559
 clean up the bowls

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:38.779
 after she uses them

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:40.740
 and we together

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.879
 make this perfect cake

00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:43.799
 and I get to taste

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.879
 the sweetness

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.480
 of it

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.579
 along the way.

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.200
 The sweetness

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:50.000
 of the cake itself

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.799
 and the sweetness

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.980
 of being with her.

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.740
 Sometimes we think

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.419
 that Jesus has

00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:59.339
 this perfect cake,

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:01.740
 this perfect righteousness,

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.240
 perfect relationship

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.960
 with the Father

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:05.359
 and he's going

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.940
 to give that

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.259
 to us one day

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.799
 which is going

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.440
 to get us around

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.900
 all the requirements

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.819
 of the law,

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:13.099
 all that stuff

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:14.079
 and we'll show up

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.460
 in heaven

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.960
 with Jesus'

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.099
 perfect record

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:19.240
 and it is true.

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.039
 We show up

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.380
 in heaven

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:21.180
 with Jesus'

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.620
 perfect record.

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.579
 Praise the Lord.

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:27.079
 But he lifts us

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:28.000
 into righteous

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.779
 relationship

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.620
 with the Father

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:30.819
 as well.

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:33.259
 Kelly and I

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.720
 talked about

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.319
 this week,

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.779
 what does that

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:37.299
 no condemnation

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:39.099
 look like?

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.240
 Now that I'm

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.539
 not condemned,

00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:44.079
 now that I know

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.059
 that I don't have

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.240
 to bake a cake

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.059
 good enough

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.439
 to get in with God,

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.339
 now that we're

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.759
 already in relationship,

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:52.019
 I'm now able

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.439
 to live with God

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.179
 in a different way

00:26:54.179 --> 00:26:55.960
 without fear

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.139
 of failure

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:58.299
 that I might just

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.240
 make a mess of things

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.599
 and he'll never

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.599
 want to be with me again.

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.519
 I don't have to

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.419
 live like that anymore.

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.200
 I can live without

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.859
 shame of all the

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.399
 opportunities

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:07.299
 that I've missed.

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.439
 I can live with a

00:27:08.439 --> 00:27:10.259
 new joyful pursuit

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.419
 of God's heart

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:11.859
 that I've been

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.919
 set free

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.819
 to love

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.799
 more than I even

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.799
 love myself

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.419
 and the things

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.319
 that I want.

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.359
 I'm a slave

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:20.319
 changed into a child

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.919
 who wants

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:23.480
 to be with Dad

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:25.379
 and be like Dad.

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:26.519
 Don't you want that?

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.159
 He gives you

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:29.200
 a new heart

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.420
 so that you want

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.580
 to be with him

00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:33.180
 and like him.

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.400
 You're his child.

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.480
 Listen,

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.340
 in this passage,

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:40.580
 a big part

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.319
 of Jesus

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.940
 fulfilling

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.039
 the law

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.240
 is the life

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.900
 with God

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.660
 from the heart

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.620
 that he lays out.

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.299
 He spends the whole

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.100
 rest of the chapter

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.840
 doing it.

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.799
 And he wants

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:53.059
 our righteousness,

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.119
 righteousness,

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.299
 not just his,

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:57.460
 but our righteousness

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.700
 to exceed

00:27:58.700 --> 00:28:00.399
 the scribes

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:01.980
 and the Pharisees.

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.440
 He wants us

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:05.079
 to long

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.679
 for

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:07.119
 wholehearted

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.960
 love

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.500
 and obedience

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.460
 so that we see

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.539
 the bar

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.839
 raised high.

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.599
 He wants us

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.079
 to see that

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:16.379
 so that we become

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.359
 poor

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.980
 in spirit.

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.480
 Can you feel that?

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.859
 So that what happens

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.619
 when we're down here,

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.539
 when we're poor

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.000
 in spirit,

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.159
 so that we become

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:26.059
 seekers

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:28.259
 after grace.

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.339
 That we say,

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:29.740
 Jesus,

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.619
 where are you?

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.379
 Jesus,

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.419
 I need you.

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.279
 Jesus,

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.019
 I can't be

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.219
 apart from you.

00:28:35.979 --> 00:28:37.559
 I need your grace.

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.679
 He wants us

00:28:39.679 --> 00:28:40.839
 to feel that way

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.779
 so that we will

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:43.279
 come to him

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:45.299
 and be safe

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:47.899
 in his perfect

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:49.280
 and holy

00:28:49.280 --> 00:28:50.180
 righteousness

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:52.560
 and say,

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:52.860
 Jesus,

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.580
 I want to live

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.200
 honest

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.720
 and loving

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:57.100
 and faithful

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:58.280
 and forgiving

00:28:58.280 --> 00:28:59.720
 and patient

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.800
 and loyal

00:29:00.800 --> 00:29:02.100
 like you.

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:03.960
 Change me

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.259
 from the inside out.

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:05.519
 Jesus,

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:07.320
 change my heart.

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.840
 So practically,

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:11.240
 when you sin,

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.880
 you now pray differently.

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.560
 You pray

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:16.200
 when you see

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.740
 the anger,

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.619
 when you feel

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.460
 the lust in your heart,

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:19.859
 when you see

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.659
 the unforgiveness

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.339
 rising up,

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:22.619
 you're able to pray,

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:22.960
 God,

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.839
 thank you

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.940
 for Jesus'

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.779
 perfect life

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.940
 that you've given

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.279
 to me

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.299
 so I'm not defined

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.000
 by this struggle

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.559
 right now.

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:32.940
 I love it so much.

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.899
 His righteousness

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:35.039
 is so beautiful

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.579
 and so also,

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.159
 God,

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.659
 make me more

00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:40.399
 like Jesus.

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:44.380
 help me live

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:45.360
 like Jesus

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:47.360
 from the heart

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:49.120
 all the time

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:50.620
 in every relationship.

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.060
 I told you

00:29:55.060 --> 00:29:55.500
 there's grace

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.940
 for that.

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.460
 Listen,

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:58.960
 this is God's promise.

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.820
 When we come,

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.880
 when we do that,

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:03.200
 when we see ourselves low,

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.220
 when we seek

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.820
 after grace,

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.600
 when we come

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.259
 to Jesus,

00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:07.860
 there's a new

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:09.100
 covenant relationship

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.960
 we enter into

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.539
 with God.

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.880
 Not only do we get

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.799
 Jesus' perfect

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.860
 righteousness credited

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.600
 to us,

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.880
 but we also exceed

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.500
 the righteousness

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.380
 of the scribes

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.160
 and Pharisees

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:22.220
 because he puts

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.299
 his law

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:24.140
 within us

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.200
 and writes it

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.880
 on our hearts.

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.819
 And I will be

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.600
 their God

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.700
 and they shall be

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.480
 my people,

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.759
 Jeremiah 31,

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.400
 33.

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.519
 It's the same

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.460
 new covenant promise

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:37.220
 in Ezekiel 36.

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:38.340
 Notice the parallel,

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.440
 I will put

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.720
 my spirit

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:42.620
 within you

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:44.160
 and cause you

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:45.580
 to walk in my statutes

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.259
 and be careful

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.220
 to obey my rules.

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.340
 You will be

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:49.160
 my people

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.660
 and I will be

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.580
 your God.

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.500
 You hear what he's after?

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.420
 God will be

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.360
 with us

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.779
 by his spirit

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.480
 so that

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.460
 his people

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.360
 who know

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:59.100
 that he is

00:30:59.100 --> 00:31:00.160
 our God

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.940
 will follow

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.539
 his law

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.920
 from our hearts.

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.039
 Christmas.

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.019
 That's why

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.400
 Christmas.

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.080
 That's why

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:09.660
 Jesus came.

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.700
 Jesus bakes

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:13.120
 the perfect cake

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:14.300
 and he

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:15.940
 gives it to us

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.960
 righteousness

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:18.200
 fulfilled

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.880
 and

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:21.160
 he also

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.500
 delights,

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.180
 it brings him

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.720
 joy

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.920
 to taste

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.940
 the sweetness

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:27.420
 of the cake

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.820
 in relationship

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.940
 with him

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.900
 all along

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.380
 the way.

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:32.500
 It's what he's like.

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.240
 Picture him

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:34.220
 holding your hand

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.180
 as you stir

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:37.500
 so that you're

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.180
 more patient

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.320
 and wait for it

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:40.380
 to be just right.

00:31:41.300 --> 00:31:42.140
 He's right there

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.880
 with you

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:44.000
 to comfort you

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.540
 when your anger

00:31:45.540 --> 00:31:46.720
 burns

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:48.660
 and it hurts.

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.180
 He's there

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.680
 with us

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.420
 savoring

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.779
 the beauty

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:55.460
 and the sweetness

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.460
 of God's

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.920
 perfect character

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:59.200
 as he forms

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:00.000
 us more

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.420
 and more

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.380
 into his

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.500
 likeness.

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.400
 In the hands

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.059
 of the perfect

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.680
 chef

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.740
 the perfect

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.579
 recipe

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:09.180
 yields a

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.940
 perfect cake

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.480
 of his own

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.860
 making

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:12.079
 praise the

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.380
 Lord

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:14.519
 and another

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.000
 cake in

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.680
 process

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:17.240
 that he

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.580
 makes

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.660
 with us

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:20.080
 and in

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.740
 us

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:22.120
 to our

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:23.140
 great

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.900
 joy

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.400
 and our

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.259
 eternal

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.900
 glory.

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.360
 Aren't you

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.100
 thankful

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:29.200
 that Jesus

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.299
 came to

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.019
 fulfill

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:32.080
 all of the

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:32.480
 promises

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.500
 and all of

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.140
 the requirements

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.060
 of the Old

00:32:35.060 --> 00:32:35.460
 Testament?

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.820
 Aren't you

00:32:36.820 --> 00:32:37.100
 thankful?

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:40.160
 Now one of the

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.980
 requirements of the

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.500
 Old Testament

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.080
 that I haven't

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.759
 mentioned

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.799
 specifically yet

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.320
 this morning

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:47.619
 was death

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:49.139
 for disobedience.

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:50.220
 That's part of

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.539
 the law.

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.159
 That the

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:54.519
 Father

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:56.139
 would turn

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.980
 his face

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.399
 away

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:58.659
 from sin

00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.119
 that it would

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:00.319
 separate us

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.439
 from God

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:02.319
 and from

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.899
 life.

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.720
 Jesus fulfilled

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.460
 that requirement

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.919
 of the law

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.200
 too

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.740
 didn't he?

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.799
 Jesus was

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.639
 separated from

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:10.980
 God

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.860
 to fulfill

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.539
 what was

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.120
 required

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:15.079
 of your

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.480
 sin

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:17.099
 and my

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.480
 sin.

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.099
 It was on

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.380
 the night

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:19.839
 that he was

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.319
 betrayed

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:22.059
 that Jesus

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.680
 took bread

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:24.660
 he broke

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:24.860
 it

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:26.019
 and he gave

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.460
 it to his

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.960
 disciples

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.980
 as I'm

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.500
 ministering

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.819
 in his

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.120
 name

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.620
 give this

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.039
 bread to

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.279
 you

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.740
 and he

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.259
 said take

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.620
 and eat

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.779
 this is

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.759
 my body

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:36.779
 instead of

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.220
 yours

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:39.099
 given for

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.379
 you

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:41.259
 do this

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.740
 in remembrance

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.259
 of me

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.599
 and the

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:43.939
 same way

00:33:43.939 --> 00:33:44.559
 after supper

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.980
 he took

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.559
 the cup

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.439
 and he

00:33:46.439 --> 00:33:46.859
 said this

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.339
 cup is

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.679
 the new

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.000
 covenant

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:49.319
 in my

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.759
 blood

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.959
 shed

00:33:50.959 --> 00:33:51.919
 instead of

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.459
 yours being

00:33:52.459 --> 00:33:52.879
 shed

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.980
 my blood

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.319
 shed

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.939
 for the

00:33:54.939 --> 00:33:55.480
 forgiveness

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.679
 of sins

00:33:56.679 --> 00:33:57.519
 drink

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.139
 from it

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.799
 all of you

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.339
 for as

00:33:59.339 --> 00:33:59.799
 often as

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.019
 you eat

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.480
 this bread

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.599
 and drink

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.079
 this cup

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.019
 you proclaim

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.079
 the Lord's

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.439
 death

00:34:04.439 --> 00:34:06.079
 instead of

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.579
 yours

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:08.659
 until he

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.139
 comes

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:13.480
 brother

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.920
 sister

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.679
 in Christ

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.079
 Jesus

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:17.460
 Jesus

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.880
 was

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.519
 separated

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.639
 from God

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.159
 the Father

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.579
 in your

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.239
 place

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:24.880
 not so

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.259
 that you

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.719
 could live

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.299
 a life

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:27.239
 distant

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:28.079
 from God

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.400
 chasing

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.199
 after your

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.579
 own

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.519
 priorities

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.719
 pursuing

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.420
 your own

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.000
 pleasures

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.599
 it's

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.500
 not why

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.039
 he came

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:38.320
 he came

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.579
 and was

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:38.980
 separated

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.639
 from God

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.360
 that you

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:41.159
 might never

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.559
 be

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.500
 distant

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.940
 from your

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.279
 Father

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:43.900
 that you

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.599
 might live

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:44.980
 in his

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.699
 presence

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.279
 every day

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:46.980
 that his

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.480
 ear

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.019
 would be

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.579
 attentive

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.300
 to every

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.739
 one

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.420
 of your

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.219
 cries

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:53.719
 that your

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.239
 heart

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:55.500
 would more

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.099
 and more

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.360
 beat like

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:57.920
 his

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.699
 like the one

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.139
 you're close

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.300
 to

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.840
 let's come

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.259
 together

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.739
 to his

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.039
 table

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.719
 let's meet

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.199
 our brothers

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.820
 and sisters

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:04.039
 close to

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.380
 the heart

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.920
 of God

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.860
 and live

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.119
 there

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.400
 this

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.720
 week

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:10.099
 friend if

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.440
 you're here

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.960
 this morning

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.380
 and you

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.900
 don't see

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.460
 in this

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.840
 table

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.940
 the body

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.280
 and blood

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.659
 of Jesus

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.480
 his perfect

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.960
 life

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:18.240
 and perfect

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.599
 death

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.280
 as your

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.700
 hope

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:21.380
 then I would

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.940
 encourage you

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.840
 not to come

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.500
 to this

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.099
 table

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.019
 not to come

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.900
 take these

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.599
 elements

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.300
 themselves

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:28.340
 that's what

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.980
 they represent

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.960
 and you don't

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.559
 want to say

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.159
 outwardly

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.760
 something that

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.539
 you don't

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.300
 believe to be

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.800
 true that's

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.680
 not who

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.200
 you are

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:36.100
 we would

00:35:36.100 --> 00:35:36.600
 still invite

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:36.880
 you to

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.740
 come to

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.019
 these

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.460
 tables

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.300
 come

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.640
 we'd love

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:40.000
 to pray

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.420
 for you

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.560
 come watch

00:35:41.560 --> 00:35:42.620
 observe

00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:43.260
 ask us

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.940
 questions

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.480
 later

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:46.200
 or stay

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.519
 where you

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.920
 are and

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.740
 reflect

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:49.300
 but

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:50.260
 mostly

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:52.039
 we would

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.640
 invite you

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:53.039
 in the name

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.460
 of Jesus

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.780
 to come

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.220
 to him

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:56.260
 to the one

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:56.640
 who's not

00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:57.519
 demanding you

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:57.960
 jump over

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.420
 the bar

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.960
 on your

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.160
 own

00:35:59.160 --> 00:35:59.660
 to the one

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.260
 who frees

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.740
 you from

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.200
 the burden

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:01.560
 of the

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.539
 perfect life

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.820
 and the

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.420
 debt

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.279
 that you

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:04.559
 owe

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.099
 to your

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.380
 heavenly

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:05.799
 father

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.259
 but who

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 abundantly

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 him

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 grab any

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 we come

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