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 Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah.

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! It is wonderful that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah,

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 either by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all, would you pray for us

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 that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people like yourself?

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 The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian,

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 we really, I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the

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 Bible, they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We will do

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 what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're a non-Christian,

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 checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't hesitate to send us

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 questions. It helps me actually to know, as I'm preaching, how to deal with the types of things

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 that you're really struggling with. So God bless.

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 What I'm about to say might be a bit of a trigger for some people, and I don't apologize for it,

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 because it's important to talk about. But I just want to let you know, because the text has actually

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 something very important to talk about in terms of sexual violence against women. And so I know that

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 there might be women here who have been victims, or maybe even being victims of sexual violence. And

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 so this could be a bit hard. Even me saying this could be a bit hard. All I could say is, if it is

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 hard, we would love to walk with you and pray with you. And if you need some help in pursuing justice,

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 we would love to walk with you as you pursue that. But I'm not just saying this just because it would be

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 a good thing to get your attention at the beginning, although I probably, most of you thought when you

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 were coming to church today, I wouldn't begin my sermon with something like that. But during this

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 season of Advent, we're going to do four songs of the Savior. And all of them are in the Gospel of Luke.

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 And the first one we're going to look at is what's called the Magnificat, or Mary's Song. And it's sung by

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 Mary after she, well, we'll get to it in the story, but it's before the birth of Jesus. Next Sunday, we're going to

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 look at Zedekiah's song after John the Baptist is born and before the birth of Jesus. And on the third Sunday,

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 we're going to look at the song that the angels sang to the shepherds to announce that Jesus was born. And then on the

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 Sunday before Christmas, we're going to look at the song that Simeon sang over the baby Jesus. And that's called the

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 Nunc Dimittis, for those of you who are familiar with that from maybe classical music or liturgy. And it's very

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 interesting. So if you turn your Bibles, it's, I'm going to, well, it was going to be in Luke chapter one. And here's the

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 thing about it. So what goes on before Mary's Song? If you don't know what goes on before Mary's Song, then Mary's Song doesn't

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 make any sense. And so what's happened just before this is that the angel Gabriel has appeared to a young woman by the name of

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 Mary. And Mary was probably 15 years old. In those days, engagements were about a year. So she probably would have been

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 married around 16. So she's probably 15 when he has this visit from the angel and she would be in her home. And she's Jewish. And

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 she's of lower working class background. And she lives in Nowheresville, even in terms of the Jewish world and in terms of

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 ultimately the colonizing power of Rome, the great Roman Empire. She's a very, very, very low status. And she, if, if, and they

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 would think Jerusalem was Nowheresville. So this is like Nowheresville squared where she is. And she's in, in her house, probably. And all of a sudden, an angel appears from

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 God and speaks to her. And when he speaks to her, he says that she's favored. Basically, he says that the Most High God would like to use her to be the vehicle or the means by which God, the Son of God, would enter into the human story.

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 That the great invasion, which has been promised in the scriptures for centuries, is about to take place.

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 And that the Son of God himself will be born through her. And after he says these things to her, Mary asks some clarifying questions. Because she's not dumb, she's smart. And she knows how babies are born.

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 One of the problems we have regularly reading the Bible is that we think because we have things like TikTok and Instagram, we're smarter than older people who didn't have those things.

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 Although, as increasing research shows, you might actually be smarter before TikTok and Instagram than after you've gotten immersed in it.

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 But she's smart. She knows how babies are born. And she says, well, how on earth is this going to be? I've never known a man sexually. I'm a virgin.

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 And then Gabriel, on behalf of God, says, well, the Holy Spirit's going to overshadow you.

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 And God is going to do a miracle within your womb. And you will become pregnant.

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 Now, it's very interesting, I think, that Luke is the only one of the gospel writers who tells this story.

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 And it's interesting for this reason. Luke was a pagan who became a Christian.

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 That means that the guy who wrote this was a man who would have worshipped the Roman and Greek gods and goddesses as part of his just normal habit.

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 He would have been involved in the worship and sacrifice into these deities from childhood.

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 From childhood, it would have been deeply ingrained in him.

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 And then somewhere along the line, we're not told how, he becomes a Christian.

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 He leaves behind the pagan deities and pledges himself to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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 He pledges himself to the God revealed in Jesus and to Jesus himself.

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 And so Luke, after he becomes a Christian, by the way, if you go back and read it from the start,

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 what he did is he went and decided he would go and talk to as many eyewitnesses as he could find and put together the true story of Jesus,

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 write a biography of Jesus, and he did that while many eyewitnesses were still alive.

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 But he probably put this thing in here in a way that maybe the Jewish writers who wrote the other biographies of Jesus from a time of eyewitnesses might not have thought of.

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 Because he would have known that when it comes to this point in the time of the story,

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 that an angel, a representative of God, has come to speak to Mary,

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 to say that this is what the God of, the triune God would like to do,

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 he would know, and maybe this was how he experienced it the first time,

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 there would be a bit of a catch in his chest.

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 And that's because the gods of the ancient world raped women.

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 The gods of the ancient world were serial rapists.

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 And so he would have, when he heard this story for the first time,

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 he would have been going, maybe even expecting a certain particular thing to happen.

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 But what happens would have blown his mind and blown his entire religious categories.

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 Because the angel, the representative, the triune God, waits for Mary's consent.

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 Waits for Mary's consent.

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 In the ancient world, a Roman, I mean, not that all men would have been rapists,

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 but a Roman man, a Greek man, a well-educated man, a common man,

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 would have said the idea that a woman needs to give consent

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 is against all piety and against all reason.

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 Because surely all of our worship and our understanding of the gods

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 is that the strong and the powerful can do whatever they want

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 without the consent of other people.

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 The gods regularly send others out to die on their behalf and for their own glory.

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 And obviously that's the case.

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 And obviously that's just what reason tells you,

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 that the strong can do what they want with the weak.

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 And that's how society is organized.

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 It's part of our cultural norms,

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 that those things are completely and utterly valid.

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 And it would have not just been in the Roman world,

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 but throughout the entire ancient world,

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 where things like harems and all were in fact just a commonplace.

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 Because of course, once again with harems,

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 is that powerful men can accumulate as many women as they want,

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 usually without their will,

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 to satisfy their sexual desires.

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 And in the history of the entire world,

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 all of a sudden,

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 there is something which blows these categories

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 completely and utterly up.

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 You see, in the ancient world,

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 the gods can rape and the powerful can rape,

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 then why can't I?

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 If I'm a man and I'm strong enough.

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 But if the Most High Triune God needs consent,

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 every man needs consent,

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 with no exception.

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 And it's very interesting that this story isn't just sort of like one of those things

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 where it's a little tiny aside,

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 buried in a whole pile of other types of things

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 that you just sort of all of it,

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 you just skip over.

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 This is actually part of the central,

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 part of the,

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 if you were to take the whole story of Jesus,

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 and that's unbelievably foundational for all Christians,

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 and yet even within that,

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 if you were to take a couple of the high moments,

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 like if you were to tell some kids about the high moments of the story of Jesus,

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 the story of the birth of Jesus

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 would be one of those high moments in that particular story.

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 And so right at that high moment of the high story

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 is this idea of consent.

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 And the history of thinking begins to change at this moment.

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 I told several people this week,

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 some of my non-Christian friends,

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 I had two opportunities to talk to people

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 who are outside the Christian faith this week,

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 and they happened to ask me about my sermon.

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 And I said,

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 well, you actually might find this very interesting.

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 You know, I said,

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 the average Canadian thinks that a woman needing to give consent

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 for sexual knowing is just common sense and reasonable.

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 But that's not true.

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 It's actually a Christian idea.

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 I tell them what I just told you.

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 It's a Christian idea.

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 It came into the world through the Bible.

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 That's how the idea came to be.

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 And so for people now in the world

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 who think it's just reasonable,

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 it's in fact a memory of a memory of a memory of a memory of a memory

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 of this central story which has now formed you.

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 And in fact, I said,

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 if you think about it for a second,

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 one of the two or three governing stories

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 that govern how Canadians think

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 is the naturalistic understanding of evolutionary theory.

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 And at the heart of that theory is this,

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 the strong eat the weak,

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 so the strong survive and the weak die.

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 And there's no way you can go from the story

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 of the strong eating the weak

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 so that the strong survive

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 to therefore women need to give their consent.

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 That doesn't fit with that story.

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 So the only reason that that story

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 has an overwhelmed consciousness yet in the West

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 is because of the memory of the memory of the memory

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 of the memory of this Christian story,

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 which now seems to be mere common sense

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 that any thoughtful person would come to understand.

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 And the key to this, of course, whole story is that it's true.

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 Because if it's not true,

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 when I was in high school 100 million years ago,

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 a very common button that many people would wear,

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 sort of interesting they'd wear it to school,

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 would be question authority.

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 Another version was who says.

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 They'd wear it into class.

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 Who says?

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 Question authority.

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 Well, if this story is just a story amongst other stories,

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 then it actually, you can just say,

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 well, who says?

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 But Christians believe this is what actually happened.

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 It's a true story of what actually happened.

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 And so in the story,

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 if you just turn in your Bibles to verse 36,

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 sorry, verse 38, it says this.

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 And when the angel says to Mary about these things,

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 and he says, nothing will be impossible with God,

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 in verse 38 of chapter 1,

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 Mary said,

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 Behold, I am the servant of the Lord,

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 the doulos of the Lord.

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 That's what the word literally means, doulos.

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 Let it be to me according to your word.

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 And the angel departed from her.

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 And there's these two very, very powerful parts of her answer.

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 She first of all says to the Lord,

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 not to the angel, but to the Lord,

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 I will be your doulos.

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 That means it's a certain type of servant.

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 It's not like a slave,

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 but it's more than just like somebody

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 that you'd hire to clean your house.

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 It means I desire to belong to you.

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 And as belonging to you,

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 I trust that you will be the one who will care for me

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 and provide for me.

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 And whatever you say, I will do.

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 I will do.

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 That's her response to the angel.

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 And it's a very, very powerful prayer.

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 And we're going to return to it in a moment

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 in terms of all of its significance.

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 But that's her response to what is said.

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 And it's within this whole context

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 that you now have to understand the Magnificat,

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 which we're going to look at.

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 And here's how it goes.

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 Immediately after this,

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 Mary goes to see a relative named Elizabeth.

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 She's had a different type of miraculous.

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 Oh, I missed something.

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 The moment that Mary says her consent to God,

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 God does a miracle and implants a zygote

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 connected to the womb of Mary.

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 Mary says yes.

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 And God creates a zygote connected to the womb of Mary.

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 And Mary's pregnant.

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 It's a miracle.

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 She's now pregnant.

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 She goes to see Elizabeth.

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 Elizabeth and her.

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 Elizabeth ends up having a prophetic word

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 and pronouncing some prophetic words over Mary.

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 It's both a very charismatic and a very musical thing

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 that she sings over her.

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 And after she says,

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 after Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit

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 and pronounces this prophetic word in song over Mary,

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 Mary then does what's called the Magnificat.

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 And so if you turn in your Bibles,

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 it's Luke chapter 1, verse 46 and following.

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 And just as you're turning that,

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 something here which is really, really cool,

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 which is this.

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 It's at least since the early 700s,

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 Christians who've decided to worship

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 and pray together at night

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 have included this

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 as part of their time of Bible reading and prayer,

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 the Magnificat.

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 Since the early 700s.

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 That means there's 1,300 years

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 that many Christians have thought

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 that if you want to spend time on a Sunday evening

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 or any evening reading the Bible and praying,

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 you should include this as one of the readings

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 to help form you

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 in terms of how to pray

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 and how to read the Bible.

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 Like, isn't that cool?

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 And in the Greek part of the world,

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 the part of the ancient world

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 that spoke Greek, not Latin,

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 that begins around the same time

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 when they'd put it in the morning,

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 not the evening.

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 And you get an echo of this

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 or a remnant of all of this

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 that if you go and get

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 the Book of Common Prayer,

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 you'll see that it is, in fact,

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 one of the regular canticles

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 of evening prayer, even song.

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 And anyway, here's the song

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 and here's what goes on in it.

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 So we have the context

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 of God approaching Mary.

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 She gives her this yes.

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 She's now pregnant with the Most High God,

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 the Son of God,

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 the Savior of the world,

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 and she bursts into song.

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 What we're going to do,

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 I'm going to read the whole song.

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 It's just very short.

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 Then we'll circle back

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 and we'll look at it,

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 three things in particular

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 that are very important to us.

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 And so in verse 46,

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 it goes,

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 Mary said,

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 my soul magnifies...

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 By the way,

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 one of the things is,

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 if you go to do even song,

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 there's an even song way

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 of singing it.

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 My soul doth magnify the Lord

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 and my spirit hath rejoiced

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 in God my Savior.

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 Anyway, that's if you do

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 the prayer book.

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 But it's also been the case

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 that people have

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 metrical versions of this.

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 And during our offertory,

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 we're going to sing

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 the Magnificat

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 with a metrical version

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 that goes back

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 to around the year 1600.

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 So pretty old.

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 And we're going to sing it

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 during the offertory

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 as I'm setting the table

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 for the Lord's Supper.

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 But here's how it goes right now.

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 My soul magnifies the Lord

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 and my spirit rejoices

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 in God my Savior.

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 For he has looked

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 on the humble estate

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 of his servant.

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 For behold,

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 from now on...

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 Here we are

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 in Ottawa

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 in 2025

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 reading this text

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 that she's blessed.

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 That's just

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 fulfilled prophecy.

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 You think of all

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 the different prophecies

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 that oracles would have made

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 in pagan temples

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 around this time.

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 Nobody knows anything

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 other than maybe

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 an ultra nerds,

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 nerds, nerds, nerd

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 doing a PhD dissertation

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 in classical studies

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 looking for some remote topic

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 of the ancient world

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 that nobody's written on

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 and they might find it.

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 Absolutely nobody

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 other than their PhDs,

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 even their PhD supervisors

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 probably bored with it,

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 but they have to do it

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 so the person got the PhD.

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 But this is true.

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 It happened.

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 Like here we are looking at it.

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 I'll read verse 40.

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 It's cool.

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 Like we don't realize.

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 That's true.

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 It happened, right?

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 Look at verse 48 again.

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 For he has looked

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 on the humble estate

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 of his servant.

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 For behold,

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 from now on

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 all generations

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 will call me blessed.

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 For he who is mighty

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 has done great things

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 for me

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 and holy is his name.

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 And his mercy

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 is for those who fear him

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 from generation to generation.

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 He has shown strength

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 with his arm.

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 He has scattered the proud

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 and the thoughts

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 of their hearts.

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 He has brought down

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 the mighty from their thrones

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 and exalted those

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 of humble estate.

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 He has filled the hungry

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 with good things

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 and the rich.

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 He has sent away empty.

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 He has helped his servant Israel

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 in remembrance of his mercy

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 as he spoke to our fathers,

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 to Abraham

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 and to his offspring forever.

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 That's Mary's song,

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 the Magnificat.

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 Now,

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 why do you think

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 that this might be something

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 that for 1300 years

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 many Christians have thought

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 would be a worthy part

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 if you're going to have

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 some Bible reading

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 and some prayer?

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 Let's also read this.

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 Why would they have thought that?

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 And they'd put in a creed

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 in the Lord's Prayer.

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 A couple of things like that

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 to help form you.

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 Well, let's look at the words.

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 I think you'll start to see

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 why they would want to do it.

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 So first of all,

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 look at that.

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 We'll go to verse 46 again.

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 My soul magnifies the Lord

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 and my spirit

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 has rejoiced in God my Savior.

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 And soul and spirit,

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 it's just creating

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 some poetic parallelism there.

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 But here's the first thing

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 to understand.

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 We moderns,

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 when we think of this,

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 we think of the soul

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 as being something

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 sort of wispy

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 and immaterial

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 somewhere in here.

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 But early Christians

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 would have said

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 they would have looked at us

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 puzzled if we thought that

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 because we tend to think

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 of things like soul

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 as something a bit emotional

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 and hence therefore

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 wispy and changeable.

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 The ancients would have

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 understand that

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 not that the soul

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 is hiding somewhere

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 in the body,

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 but that the body

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 is in the soul.

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 Now there's,

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 that's something

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 to blow your mind.

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 The body is in the soul.

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 In other words,

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 what a human being is,

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 is I am an enfleshed

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 or embodied

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 or material soul.

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 And so when she says

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 my soul magnifies the Lord

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 and my spirit rejoices

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 in God my Savior,

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 she's not saying

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 this little tiny bit

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 of emotional bit of me,

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 no, do you have soul,

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 is what's magnifying the Lord.

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 All of her is magnifying the Lord.

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 That's, that's,

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 and so here we can start

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 to see why it's something

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 that Christians would think

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 is good to read

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 because it's saying

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 my mind, my will,

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 my affections,

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 my imagination,

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 my creativity,

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 my desires,

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 my sexuality,

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 my use of money,

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 my relationship

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 with other people,

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 my relationship

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 with power,

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 my soul,

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 all of me magnifies

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 the Lord.

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 And what does

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 this word magnify?

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 It's very easy

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 to get that misunderstood

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 because it's not a word

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 that generally is used

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 in modern English.

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 And a lot of modern

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 translations avoid using it.

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 But it's, I think,

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 one of those cases

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 where I can understand

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 for devotional,

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 you don't,

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 you don't want to avoid words

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 that people don't understand.

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 But in a church,

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 it's part of a church's

00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:49.519
 obligation to help us

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 understand words.

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 And so the word magnify,

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 when we think of it,

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 we tend to think of it

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 as like I'm a really big

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 human being

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 with a really big mind

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 and I need to see

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 some little tiny bit

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 of bacteria.

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 So I get a,

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 you know,

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 I get a something

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 that I can magnify it

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 because I'm big

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 and that's small.

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 And, and,

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 but you get in there

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 within the idea.

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 That's not what it's saying.

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 You know,

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 the idea of magnify

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 is to,

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 to,

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 to make big,

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 to make much of,

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 to see as being

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 really important

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 as something that,

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 whether it's in your

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 inside voice,

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 speaking to yourself

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 or your outside voice

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 that you want to,

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 you want to think about

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 and say,

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 wow,

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 that's really big.

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 That's really awesome.

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 That's really glorious.

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 That's really beautiful.

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 That's really true.

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 Wow.

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 You want to have the wow

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 and,

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 and have things

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 that you say wow about

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 and that's what magnifying means.

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 So it says,

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 my soul magnifies the Lord

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 and my spirit rejoices

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 in God,

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 my savior.

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 And,

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 and,

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 and,

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 and some of us Christians

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 say,

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 okay,

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 I can start to see that

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 because surely

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 that would be one of those things

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 when you're reading the Bible,

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 you want to be hearing things

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 that,

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 that not,

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 not the woes,

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 but why,

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 why God is so great

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 and why we need to make sure

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 that he's part of our internal thoughts

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 and dialogue

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 and,

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 and,

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 and,

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 and,

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 and things that we say,

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 rather than having things

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 that we say all the time

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 of boy,

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 you're stupid,

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 boy,

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 you're ugly,

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 you know,

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 boy,

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 boy,

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 you're a failure,

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 you know,

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.299
 boy,

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 you'll never announce anything,

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 you know,

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 gosh,

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 you're a failure.

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 Like,

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 rather than having that type

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 of an internal voice

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 going on in your mind,

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 wouldn't it be better

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:14.980
 to talk about

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:16.059
 how great the Lord is?

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 How great the Lord is?

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 To realize

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.660
 that maybe part of the task

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.400
 of being a Christian

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:25.200
 is to change

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.960
 how the talk

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.940
 inside your head

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.360
 goes

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:28.200
 and the talk

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.340
 of your outdoor lips

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:29.740
 as well,

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.660
 your outside lips

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.180
 as well.

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.340
 But there's even

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:33.380
 something more than this

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.640
 because,

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:33.900
 you see,

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.500
 a lot of people

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.019
 would say,

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:37.000
 and you can think

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.860
 of here different people,

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.559
 maybe you can think

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.420
 of the type of person,

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:39.660
 you know,

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.920
 likes going to bars

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.840
 and very secular,

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:43.180
 or maybe you can think

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.600
 of somebody

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.700
 who's in a boardroom

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:44.940
 or,

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.220
 you know,

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.319
 a university professor,

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.180
 very secular,

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.279
 and they hear something

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.360
 like that and they do this.

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.900
 Lean back and say,

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.120
 well,

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:53.199
 okay,

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.359
 I mean,

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.279
 if that turns your crank,

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:54.879
 that's fine.

00:22:55.939 --> 00:22:57.579
 But I don't magnify

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.679
 things like that.

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.599
 I don't magnify

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.319
 things like that.

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.079
 If that turns your crank,

00:23:02.159 --> 00:23:02.539
 that's fine.

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.459
 Now,

00:23:03.459 --> 00:23:04.079
 you know what's so funny

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.559
 about that?

00:23:06.699 --> 00:23:07.959
 They just magnified

00:23:07.959 --> 00:23:08.539
 themselves.

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.539
 They do magnify.

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.219
 They just don't want

00:23:14.219 --> 00:23:14.959
 to magnify the Lord,

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.699
 but they're quite happy

00:23:15.699 --> 00:23:16.779
 to magnify themselves.

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.099
 Right?

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:19.159
 I'm not that sort

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.599
 of person.

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.059
 Like,

00:23:20.219 --> 00:23:21.019
 you little people,

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.879
 you do it,

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.939
 but I'm not that type

00:23:22.939 --> 00:23:23.339
 of person.

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.679
 So here's the thing.

00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:26.559
 The question is not,

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.399
 will I magnify?

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.599
 The question is,

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:33.159
 what are you

00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:34.559
 currently magnifying?

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.859
 That's the question.

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.339
 And are you even

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:39.899
 conscious

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:41.559
 of what you magnify?

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:43.319
 Or are you the victim

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:45.679
 of your unconscious

00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:46.980
 magnifying?

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:49.299
 And if you become

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.500
 conscious of what

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.480
 you magnify,

00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:53.019
 should you really

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.879
 magnify that?

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.319
 Like,

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:56.799
 are you able

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.439
 to change

00:23:57.439 --> 00:23:58.279
 what you magnify?

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.819
 Let me tell you,

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.439
 for the average

00:24:02.439 --> 00:24:03.000
 Canadian,

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.599
 and probably the,

00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:06.199
 and when I say

00:24:06.199 --> 00:24:06.799
 average Canadian,

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.419
 I conclude

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.379
 average Christians,

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:11.159
 the average Canadian

00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:13.939
 magnifies fear.

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.039
 fear.

00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:18.660
 The average Canadian

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.940
 magnifies fear.

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:23.460
 Your algorithms

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.140
 push it.

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:26.100
 I know I'm

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:27.039
 100 million years

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.440
 old,

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:27.960
 and,

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.080
 but I'm guessing

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:30.080
 that if in the

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:31.360
 very dawn of things

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:32.259
 you go back

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.779
 and there was going

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.559
 to be five or

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.460
 ten centimeters

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.080
 of snow,

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.240
 and if you had

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.840
 something that you

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.539
 could look up,

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:38.539
 or maybe you would

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.279
 just call up the

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:40.080
 weatherman or whatever,

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.840
 it wouldn't be like

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.619
 the apps now,

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.339
 which have these

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:44.000
 bold red things

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.659
 to make you afraid

00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:46.859
 of all the snow

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.899
 that's going to come.

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.599
 Like,

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.659
 if I had told my

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.119
 parents,

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.379
 oh,

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.720
 mom and dad,

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.279
 there's going to be

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.039
 like seven or eight

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.879
 centimeters of snow,

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.500
 maybe I shouldn't

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.139
 go to school.

00:24:55.939 --> 00:24:56.339
 They would have

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.980
 cuffed me on the

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.419
 side of the head

00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:57.679
 and said,

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.519
 off you go to school.

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.220
 Right?

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.179
 But they want to

00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:01.819
 make you afraid

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.579
 about the weather.

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.819
 Not about the weather.

00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:04.079
 I mean,

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.720
 Ottawa,

00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:06.439
 it snows in Ottawa.

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:08.980
 Like,

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.099
 if you're just

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:11.240
 a brand new Canadian

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.319
 and you've come

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.779
 from,

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.059
 like,

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:13.619
 Hawaii,

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.619
 and they didn't

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.359
 tell you there snows

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.399
 in Ottawa in January,

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.219
 you need to ask

00:25:17.219 --> 00:25:18.159
 your money back,

00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:18.359
 right?

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.459
 Because it snows,

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:19.740
 right?

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.000
 Like,

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.119
 obviously there can

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.619
 be lots of snow,

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.859
 but I'm being very

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.299
 trivial.

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.079
 But the fact is,

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:25.399
 we magnify our fears.

00:25:25.719 --> 00:25:26.379
 That's one thing

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.279
 that Canadians do.

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.639
 We magnify anxiety

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:30.779
 and we magnify worry.

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.279
 That's a common

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.879
 type of thing.

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.519
 It's why so many

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.199
 people want to do

00:25:34.199 --> 00:25:35.299
 drugs and drink alcohol

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.019
 and do a whole pile

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.879
 of other types of things

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:38.199
 because we magnify fear.

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.319
 And that's separate

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.879
 from the fact

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.360
 or connected

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.800
 to the fact,

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.100
 actually,

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.840
 that we magnify

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.380
 ourselves,

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.820
 we magnify sex,

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.780
 we magnify money,

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:46.000
 we magnify power,

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.680
 we magnify

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:49.200
 academic accomplishment,

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.300
 we magnify

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:51.660
 our creative accomplishment,

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.440
 we magnify

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.020
 our reputation,

00:25:53.020 --> 00:25:54.440
 we magnify,

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:55.260
 we magnify,

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.060
 we magnify,

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.940
 we magnify,

00:25:57.060 --> 00:25:58.440
 and we come together

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.720
 on a Sunday night

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:01.180
 to say some prayers

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:02.600
 as people who are

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:04.060
 magnifying these things

00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:05.560
 and Mary teaches us

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:08.220
 to magnify the Lord.

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:11.200
 And my spirit

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.180
 rejoices in God,

00:26:12.260 --> 00:26:12.860
 my Savior.

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.660
 See,

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.360
 the fact of the matter

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:18.100
 is that many

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.560
 of the things

00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:19.460
 that we magnify

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.580
 actually only make

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.500
 us more anxious.

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:24.160
 If you magnify money,

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.880
 you never have

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.460
 enough money.

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.580
 If you magnify

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.660
 academic achievement,

00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.560
 you never have

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.860
 enough academic achievement.

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:33.000
 If you magnify

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.759
 your looks,

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.339
 bad news,

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.659
 everybody ages.

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.439
 Wrinkles

00:26:39.439 --> 00:26:41.339
 and dimples

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.439
 where they're not cute

00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:43.740
 are the future

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.599
 of every person.

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.799
 But some people

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.379
 might say,

00:26:52.380 --> 00:27:03.680
 here's the problem.

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.320
 They'd say,

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:06.800
 okay,

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:08.420
 that all sounds good,

00:27:08.540 --> 00:27:08.780
 George,

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.580
 but I mean,

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.640
 the Savior bit?

00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:11.800
 I mean,

00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:12.520
 why on earth

00:27:12.520 --> 00:27:13.960
 do they want to say,

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.960
 make you say,

00:27:15.040 --> 00:27:16.400
 my soul magnifies the Lord,

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.800
 my spirit rejoices in God,

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.300
 my Savior?

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.580
 I mean,

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:18.900
 George,

00:27:19.300 --> 00:27:20.400
 that's one of the things

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.060
 which I've never

00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:22.140
 really understood.

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.180
 about,

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.500
 you know,

00:27:24.540 --> 00:27:25.340
 about Christianity.

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:25.760
 So,

00:27:26.260 --> 00:27:26.400
 I mean,

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.220
 there's two things here,

00:27:27.280 --> 00:27:27.480
 George,

00:27:27.520 --> 00:27:28.460
 that I don't really understand.

00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:29.560
 The first one is this,

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:29.800
 that,

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.880
 you know,

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.840
 so you want to make God

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.560
 really big.

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:32.880
 You know,

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.420
 that's what you're really

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.040
 sort of saying,

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.280
 right?

00:27:34.320 --> 00:27:35.680
 So you want to make God big.

00:27:35.760 --> 00:27:36.880
 You want to understand him

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.860
 as really being big

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:39.520
 and worthy of extolling

00:27:39.520 --> 00:27:40.600
 and understanding

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.340
 just how big he is.

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:42.260
 You want to have all of that

00:27:42.260 --> 00:27:43.620
 and then you want to make big

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.380
 the fact that you're going

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.060
 to be saved.

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.300
 But,

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.720
 George,

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:48.240
 here's the problem,

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.740
 George,

00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:50.540
 that don't you think

00:27:50.540 --> 00:27:51.540
 that it's better

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:53.039
 if God just taught me

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.379
 how to save myself.

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.539
 Like,

00:27:55.659 --> 00:27:56.700
 it sounds a little bit

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.039
 to me,

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.379
 George,

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.619
 like,

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.740
 you know those old movies

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.639
 from the 50s

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.480
 and the 60s

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.920
 where some man

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:03.119
 had to rescue a woman

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:05.000
 because women

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.779
 couldn't rescue

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.839
 or save themselves?

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:08.679
 And haven't we evolved

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.659
 to the point now

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:10.579
 where we understand

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.179
 that that's like

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:12.319
 a really dumb thing

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.099
 to teach people?

00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:13.319
 Like,

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:14.659
 why teach women

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.699
 that men have to come

00:28:15.699 --> 00:28:16.579
 and save them?

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.279
 Like,

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.439
 why don't we teach women

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:19.959
 that they can save themselves,

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.279
 that they can punch

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.980
 the bad guy,

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:24.059
 they can handle the guns,

00:28:24.179 --> 00:28:25.139
 they can do the kicks,

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.819
 they can do the cleverness?

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.019
 Like,

00:28:27.459 --> 00:28:27.819
 and if that,

00:28:27.919 --> 00:28:28.579
 if we've learned that

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.359
 about men and women,

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:29.720
 like,

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.000
 why,

00:28:30.459 --> 00:28:30.619
 like,

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:30.919
 George,

00:28:30.959 --> 00:28:31.539
 I don't understand

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.399
 this whole thing

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:33.019
 about why,

00:28:33.959 --> 00:28:35.179
 so not only do I not understand

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.440
 how,

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:36.320
 just talking about

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:37.200
 how big God is,

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.400
 like,

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.620
 George,

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.140
 don't you think

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.799
 that this idea

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.380
 of big God,

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.180
 doesn't that just often

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.160
 just crush people?

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.480
 Like,

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.200
 there's lots of religions,

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.720
 like,

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.680
 every religion really

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.960
 other than maybe paganism

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:47.440
 talks about the bigness of God,

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.360
 like pantheism,

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:48.600
 I mean,

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.340
 everything is God,

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.220
 that's bigger than you

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.420
 and,

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.240
 and Islam,

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.160
 God is huge

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:53.120
 and look at all the terrible

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:54.240
 things that come from it

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.400
 and,

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.779
 and so I don't understand

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.820
 why that just God

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.600
 being really big

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:58.420
 is something that would

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.320
 be helpful to me

00:28:59.320 --> 00:28:59.460
 and,

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.779
 and reduce my anxiety.

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.460
 If it did,

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.640
 like,

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.720
 that would be interesting

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.580
 and,

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.080
 and why,

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:05.039
 why this,

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:06.119
 all this talk about

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:08.319
 God needing to save me,

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.740
 it just sounds so like

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.460
 fifties

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.519
 and,

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.220
 and not in a,

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.139
 not in a good way.

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.480
 Well,

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:19.299
 those are good observations.

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.859
 Let's look at how Mary

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:23.059
 deals with these types

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.379
 of,

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:24.319
 of problems

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.139
 that we might have

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.519
 with that,

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.559
 whether we say it out loud

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.879
 or just sort of in our soul

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.579
 because it's part of

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.599
 how our culture thinks.

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:31.460
 Look at verse 46 again,

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.980
 my soul magnifies the Lord

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.319
 and my spirit rejoices

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.720
 in God,

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.360
 my Savior.

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.980
 Verse 49,

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.720
 48,

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.660
 for he has looked

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.819
 on the humble estate

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.180
 of his servant.

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.400
 For behold,

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.319
 from now on

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.160
 all generations

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:45.360
 will call me blessed.

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:47.400
 For he who is mighty

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.559
 has done great things

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.980
 for me

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.160
 and holy is his name.

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.920
 And his mercy

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:53.160
 is for those

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.980
 who fear him

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:55.339
 from generation

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.680
 to generation.

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:56.779
 generation.

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.519
 Now,

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.420
 we'll just pause here

00:29:59.420 --> 00:29:59.799
 for a second.

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.519
 This is the first

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.279
 of the two types

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.000
 of reasons

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.740
 about,

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.160
 you know,

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.980
 the types of problems

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.560
 we might have

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:05.000
 with this.

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:09.299
 I think when I was young,

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:12.080
 I would have thought

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:13.279
 that my greatest need

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.100
 was justice.

00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:17.120
 I needed more justice

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.980
 from my teachers.

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.140
 I needed more justice

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:20.160
 from my parents.

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.580
 I needed more justice

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:22.560
 from my friends.

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:23.859
 Now,

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.519
 it probably is the case

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.379
 that I did need

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.259
 some justice

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.899
 from people

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.579
 like that.

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.319
 But as I get older,

00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:31.559
 I realize that

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.379
 my greatest need

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.159
 isn't justice.

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:34.119
 My greatest need

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.679
 is mercy.

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.519
 I mean,

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.099
 one of the things

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:39.220
 that we need

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.299
 to learn in marriage,

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:40.759
 I mean,

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.000
 you know,

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.599
 I probably would have

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.019
 heard this,

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.599
 that when you marry

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:42.960
 somebody,

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.819
 you're marrying a sinner.

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.940
 You're a sinner

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.720
 marrying a sinner

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.319
 in marriage.

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.720
 But one of the things

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.879
 that really becomes

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:49.579
 very obvious

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:51.639
 as you get married,

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.480
 and maybe it's not

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.759
 obvious,

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.480
 it takes a while

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.220
 for it to penetrate

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.360
 people like me

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:56.860
 who had very thick skulls

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:58.640
 and are clueless,

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:02.460
 is a marriage won't survive

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.579
 unless the other person

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.480
 shows you mercy.

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:09.400
 It just won't survive

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.740
 without mercy being shown.

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:13.480
 Because marriage reveals

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:17.019
 not only that the other person

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.539
 is a sinner,

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.700
 but marriage reveals

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.480
 how big a sinner

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.880
 you actually are yourself.

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.300
 I actually am myself.

00:31:24.540 --> 00:31:26.240
 And so what I really need

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.600
 to have any type

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:28.140
 of intimacy,

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:29.300
 and that even in friendship,

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.340
 what we often need

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.480
 in friends primarily

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.720
 is mercy.

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.980
 Now,

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:36.320
 what the Bible teaches

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:37.840
 isn't cheap mercy,

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:40.460
 but costly mercy

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.740
 and true mercy.

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.620
 Cheap mercy

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:45.519
 is where the powerful

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:48.059
 ignore justice

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:50.879
 for pet causes

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:52.099
 or favoritism.

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:55.139
 We have a bit of a problem

00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:55.879
 with that right now

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.939
 going on with the courts,

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.019
 that there's a problem,

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.839
 to talk once again

00:31:58.839 --> 00:32:00.099
 about the sexual matters,

00:32:00.219 --> 00:32:01.039
 that there seems to be

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.919
 a problem right now

00:32:01.919 --> 00:32:02.579
 in the courts

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:04.259
 of judges deciding

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:05.439
 that they're going to dismiss

00:32:05.439 --> 00:32:06.500
 minimal sentences

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:08.339
 or throw things out.

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.939
 And that doesn't

00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:10.759
 cost them anything.

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:12.059
 And a lot of Canadians

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.539
 are thinking

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.679
 that just makes no sense

00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:14.939
 from a justice point of view

00:32:14.939 --> 00:32:15.859
 that how they're treating

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:19.179
 people who are pedophiles

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:21.059
 and rapists

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:23.000
 and sexual violence,

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:25.539
 and they're getting passes,

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.699
 or privileged groups

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.579
 are getting passes,

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:29.699
 and it's causing

00:32:29.699 --> 00:32:31.279
 a tiny bit of a start

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.919
 of a scandal,

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:33.159
 at least in some circles.

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:35.519
 But they might say

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.340
 they're showing mercy,

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.640
 but they're not showing mercy.

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:38.460
 They've just thrown

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.600
 justice out the window.

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.660
 True mercy

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:44.560
 does not at all

00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:46.400
 ever contradict justice.

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:48.860
 And only the gospel

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:50.820
 and only the biblical faith

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:52.360
 makes that very, very clear.

00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:54.040
 You know, it's not

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:54.720
 that well-known,

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.400
 but did you know

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.240
 that in Islam,

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:57.480
 I can't remember the surah,

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.480
 in Islam,

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.560
 everybody who dies

00:32:59.560 --> 00:33:00.240
 goes to hell.

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:02.859
 And then before

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:04.120
 those jihadis

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:05.799
 who've killed people

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.819
 get to go to the

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.980
 Islamic heaven

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:09.720
 and have the perpetual virgins

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:11.599
 to their pleasure and delight,

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:13.380
 they actually go to hell first,

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.400
 and then Allah says

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.099
 he'll go to hell

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.819
 and he'll pick out

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.980
 those lucky ones

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:18.660
 whom he's going to send

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:20.359
 up to his heaven.

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.319
 But even then,

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.480
 there's no type of justice.

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.680
 He just picks the people.

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.980
 But you see,

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:28.039
 here's where the story

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:29.019
 of Mary is so

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.680
 and unbelievably powerful

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.859
 and why it's so

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:33.119
 emotionally rich.

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:35.400
 The story of Mary's song

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.940
 begins with this revelation

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:38.400
 that God, the Son of God,

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.240
 is about to enter

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:40.440
 into the human condition

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.619
 and enter into

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.379
 the human world.

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.799
 And he enters very lowly.

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.599
 He enters the way

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.240
 we all enter,

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:46.059
 as a zygote,

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:48.000
 attached to our mother's womb

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.900
 and goes through

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.980
 the entire process

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:51.400
 of gestation and birth

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.879
 and a helpless infant

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.819
 and then works

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:56.379
 as a lower working class man

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:57.519
 and all of that.

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:59.119
 And then this story

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:00.039
 is the beginning of a story

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.819
 that ends in Luke chapter 24

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:03.180
 and before we get to that,

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.119
 we get to the point

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.900
 of the whole story

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:06.079
 that changes the story,

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.319
 which is God,

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.039
 the Son of God,

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.179
 dying on the cross

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:11.179
 despite the fact

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.000
 that he's innocent.

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:14.000
 And we even get

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.519
 within that whole story

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:17.280
 that it's only in Luke's gospel

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:18.579
 we get the famous account

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.480
 of the two thieves

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.460
 who were crucified

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.579
 on either side of him.

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:23.599
 And if you read

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.400
 the other gospels,

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.719
 each of those two thieves

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:27.480
 called Jesus' names

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.360
 and insulted him

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.119
 for a lot of the day,

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:30.259
 but at some point in time,

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.159
 close to the time

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:32.259
 at the end when they die,

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.980
 one of the thieves,

00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:35.319
 seeing Jesus

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:36.739
 and how he is

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:39.119
 and his silence

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.099
 and his dignity

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:41.659
 has a change of heart

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:44.099
 and rebukes the other person

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:45.299
 who's insulting Jesus

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.860
 and then turns to Jesus

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.840
 and in an act

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:49.099
 of very profound faith

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:50.599
 that none of us have.

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:51.880
 He says,

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.420
 Jesus,

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:56.360
 can I be with you

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:57.860
 when you enter

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.559
 into your glory?

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:01.039
 And Jesus turns to him

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.519
 and says,

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.659
 today you will be with me

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.179
 in paradise.

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.779
 See, in a sense,

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.559
 the whole gospel

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.259
 is pointing us

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:10.239
 to this point in time

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:11.659
 that because God is,

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.579
 Jesus is God,

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.360
 the Son of God,

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.659
 he truly can stand

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:16.339
 for every single human being.

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.699
 And so the justice

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:19.379
 that I need to have

00:35:19.379 --> 00:35:20.779
 that falls upon me,

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.139
 Jesus says,

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.739
 would you, George,

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.859
 consider me

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.980
 to be your master

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:27.079
 and allow me,

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:28.639
 would you come into my life

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.079
 and allow me

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.059
 to come into your life

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:31.279
 so that the things

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:32.739
 that should happen to you

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:34.339
 that will completely

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:35.639
 and utterly ruin you

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.079
 forever,

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:37.019
 for all eternity,

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.960
 I am willing

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:39.759
 to have them fall on me

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.839
 because I want

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:42.179
 to show you mercy

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:43.379
 and the justice

00:35:43.379 --> 00:35:45.579
 that should fall on you

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:47.000
 will fall on me.

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.819
 so that you might

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.659
 know my mercy.

00:35:50.399 --> 00:35:51.799
 And if you say yes

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.299
 to that,

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.480
 that you will be

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.199
 my servant

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:55.559
 and that you will

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.299
 let everything

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:57.259
 according to your word

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.139
 be true of me,

00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:00.299
 then my word to you

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:01.399
 is that on the day

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:02.039
 of your death

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.659
 you will enter

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:04.059
 into my paradise,

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:04.839
 my kingdom.

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.919
 And so in the death

00:36:07.919 --> 00:36:08.339
 of Jesus,

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.679
 you see God's justice

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.199
 maintained

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:12.179
 and you see mercy

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:13.460
 offered to those

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.980
 like you and me

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:16.039
 who are far from God.

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:20.320
 and it's in that context

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.739
 then,

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:22.079
 look at what it says

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:23.199
 again in verse 50.

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.360
 And his mercy

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:26.099
 is for those

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.800
 who fear him

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:28.199
 from generation to generation.

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:28.840
 Now,

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.719
 you can go back

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.279
 and listen to my

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:31.400
 Ecclesiastes sermons

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.380
 about what the fear

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:33.039
 of God means.

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.639
 It's ultimately

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:35.099
 a term of intimacy

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:37.539
 and self-recognition

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.679
 and proper boundaries

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:40.259
 that allow proper love

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:41.079
 and you can go back

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.679
 and listen to them.

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.619
 But did you get this?

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:45.000
 When you enter

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:46.339
 into that relationship,

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:48.079
 when in a sense

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:50.019
 you accept

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:51.519
 God's mercy,

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:54.259
 he's for you.

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.219
 He's for you.

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:59.119
 Right now,

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.079
 today,

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.299
 every day,

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.500
 until you die,

00:37:02.899 --> 00:37:03.960
 he is for you.

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:06.800
 Why would you not

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.639
 want to have that

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.480
 fill your mind

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.699
 and magnify him?

00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:11.400
 And what better thing

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.960
 can you have

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:13.079
 to magnify him

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:14.119
 than the knowledge

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:15.300
 that his mercy

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:16.860
 is for you

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:18.820
 in all of your problems

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.940
 and all of your mess

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.920
 and not for you

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.260
 in a way

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:22.079
 that there's not going to,

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.760
 you shouldn't still

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.860
 be concerned for justice,

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.639
 you should stand

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.320
 for justice,

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.539
 you should stand

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.440
 against injustice,

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.460
 but his mercy

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.840
 is for you.

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.019
 That's how we're

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.760
 to hear the Bible.

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:33.100
 That's how we're

00:37:33.100 --> 00:37:33.600
 to pray.

00:37:34.100 --> 00:37:35.360
 We're to fill our minds

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.060
 with the greatness

00:37:36.060 --> 00:37:37.320
 and beauty of God,

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.120
 the Savior.

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.720
 And why do we need

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.140
 a Savior?

00:37:41.620 --> 00:37:42.560
 It's all here

00:37:42.560 --> 00:37:43.060
 in the text.

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:44.020
 It's very interesting.

00:37:44.140 --> 00:37:45.280
 Look at verses 51

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.980
 to the following.

00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:46.540
 And by the way,

00:37:46.600 --> 00:37:47.240
 just two things

00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:48.180
 before I read 51

00:37:48.180 --> 00:37:48.660
 to the following.

00:37:49.020 --> 00:37:49.980
 The first thing is,

00:37:50.220 --> 00:37:50.800
 you'll notice,

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:51.740
 you might say,

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:51.980
 well no,

00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:53.500
 God hasn't fed the hungry

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.540
 and God hasn't done this

00:37:54.540 --> 00:37:55.760
 and God hasn't done all of that,

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.220
 not in the way

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:56.800
 it's described,

00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:58.140
 but there's an actual

00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:59.240
 tense

00:37:59.240 --> 00:38:01.060
 in the original language

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:02.139
 which doesn't exist

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.679
 in English

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.659
 and the tense is

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.699
 that there are certain

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.779
 things in the future

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:07.519
 that are so absolutely

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.940
 guaranteed certain

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.759
 that the only way

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.420
 to translate it

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.940
 into English

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:12.299
 is use a past tense.

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.900
 So you can't change

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.440
 the past?

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.820
 This is so certain

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.480
 about the future

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:18.480
 you can't change it.

00:38:18.799 --> 00:38:19.639
 That's what it is.

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.380
 The other thing,

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:21.320
 just as an aside,

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.420
 just skip down

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.420
 to verse 54.

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.460
 He has helped

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:26.440
 his servant Israel

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:27.320
 in remembrance

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:28.000
 of his mercy.

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:29.579
 You can't spiritualize that.

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.960
 This is a very important text.

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.559
 It's not saying

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.340
 that you have to agree

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:33.779
 with every single thing

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:35.239
 that modern day Israel does.

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:36.119
 It's not saying that.

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.960
 But what it is telling us

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:39.400
 is that God's not finished

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.420
 with the Jewish people.

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:45.360
 The promises he has made

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.319
 to the Jewish people

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:47.099
 have not been

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:48.840
 completely finished yet.

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.480
 Just as an aside,

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.340
 it's really important

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:52.860
 because we live

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.639
 in a culture

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.619
 increasingly formed

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.579
 by anti-Semitism

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:57.259
 to understand

00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:59.259
 that this is part

00:38:59.259 --> 00:39:00.000
 of Christianity.

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:01.099
 God is not finished

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.679
 with Israel

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:02.619
 and the Jewish people.

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.819
 But go back to 51

00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.239
 and look.

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.880
 He has shown strength

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.539
 with his arm.

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.819
 He has scattered the proud

00:39:08.819 --> 00:39:09.380
 and the thoughts

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:10.119
 of their hearts.

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.380
 He has brought down

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:12.519
 the mighty from their thrones

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.480
 and exalted those

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.420
 of humble estate.

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.420
 He has filled the hungry

00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:16.279
 with good things

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:16.739
 and the rich

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:17.779
 he has sent empty away.

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:19.239
 Now just sort of pause there.

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.199
 This sounds like

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:21.440
 a lot of Hollywood movies,

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.380
 doesn't it?

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.699
 Like the original

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.319
 Mighty Ducks.

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:25.220
 You get a whole pile

00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:27.160
 of the really skinny nerds

00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:28.160
 and the tiny nerds

00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:29.539
 and the way overweight nerds

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.380
 and the nerds

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.640
 who can hardly

00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:32.880
 brush their teeth.

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.680
 They're so completely

00:39:33.680 --> 00:39:34.440
 incompetent.

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:36.100
 And they come together

00:39:36.100 --> 00:39:36.660
 as a team

00:39:36.660 --> 00:39:37.580
 and they get the coach

00:39:37.580 --> 00:39:38.660
 and they defeat

00:39:38.660 --> 00:39:39.880
 the team of other

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.680
 13-year-olds

00:39:40.680 --> 00:39:41.460
 who all really look

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.480
 like they're 23-year-old

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.380
 men on steroids

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:45.360
 and the losers win.

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:47.240
 And that's a common theme

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:48.000
 in movies

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:49.360
 and we all sort of like it.

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:50.380
 And a lot of people

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.580
 who are far more conservative

00:39:51.580 --> 00:39:52.460
 might be bothered

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:53.580
 by texts like this

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:54.699
 because it sounds

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:55.619
 like the worst

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:57.539
 class envy possible

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.639
 and as if we're

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:59.559
 completely and utterly

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.619
 against rich people

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.319
 or people who are

00:40:01.319 --> 00:40:01.900
 good at thinking

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:03.179
 and we don't like it

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:03.719
 on one level

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.699
 but in part of it

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:05.500
 we all like that.

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.539
 We like the idea

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.259
 that the proud

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:07.860
 are going to be

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:09.519
 scattered their thoughts

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.819
 and we like the fact

00:40:10.819 --> 00:40:12.059
 that this text says

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:13.139
 that those who are

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:13.719
 high and mighty

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:14.519
 on their high horses

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.159
 and their thrones

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:16.039
 are going to be toppled

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:17.599
 and we like that.

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:19.719
 But here's the problem.

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.819
 Years ago

00:40:21.819 --> 00:40:24.279
 my wife and I

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:24.940
 would have times

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.500
 when we had to have

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:26.639
 a difficult conversation

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.659
 with somebody.

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.480
 Not with ourselves

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.159
 but with somebody.

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:30.699
 And I started to learn

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.440
 that there was something

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.299
 I needed to say

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:33.519
 because I'd say

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:33.980
 okay yeah yeah

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.659
 I agree

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.759
 we need to have

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:36.980
 a difficult conversation

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:38.480
 with Bob.

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:40.339
 But if by we

00:40:40.339 --> 00:40:41.719
 you mean

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:44.259
 you're going to have

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:45.679
 that difficult conversation

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:47.099
 while I stand

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.659
 on the

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:48.659
 and you're

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:49.919
 like looking at

00:40:49.919 --> 00:40:50.439
 you going

00:40:50.439 --> 00:40:51.980
 way to go Louise

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:53.099
 you're doing great.

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:55.019
 You go for it.

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.099
 Then I think

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.939
 that's a great plan.

00:40:57.899 --> 00:40:58.839
 But if

00:40:58.839 --> 00:40:59.619
 by we

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:00.379
 you mean

00:41:00.379 --> 00:41:01.379
 I'm going to talk

00:41:01.379 --> 00:41:02.139
 to that person

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:03.599
 while you look at me

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:04.579
 and give me thumbs up

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.019
 and smile

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.819
 then I think we have to

00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:06.639
 find a different plan.

00:41:08.319 --> 00:41:09.179
 The same thing

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:09.879
 is going on here.

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:13.159
 Who is having

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:14.500
 their thoughts scattered

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.679
 because they're proud

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:16.399
 and who are on

00:41:16.399 --> 00:41:17.039
 high horses?

00:41:17.819 --> 00:41:18.199
 What?

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.899
 God's talking about me?

00:41:26.359 --> 00:41:27.599
 I'm the proud one

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:28.639
 on my high horse

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:30.359
 and he's going to

00:41:30.359 --> 00:41:30.959
 topple me

00:41:30.959 --> 00:41:32.299
 and scatter my thoughts?

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:34.619
 We don't even think of that.

00:41:35.419 --> 00:41:36.339
 Why do we not

00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:36.899
 think of that?

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:40.039
 That's why you need

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.500
 a savior.

00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:45.759
 Because all

00:41:45.759 --> 00:41:46.859
 God does

00:41:46.859 --> 00:41:47.359
 is give you

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:48.000
 more power

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.639
 to be you?

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:50.980
 You're going to think

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.939
 that text applies

00:41:51.939 --> 00:41:52.399
 to everybody

00:41:52.399 --> 00:41:53.219
 other than you.

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.859
 And let me tell you

00:41:55.859 --> 00:41:56.879
 you talk to maybe

00:41:56.879 --> 00:41:57.539
 if you're old enough

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.179
 you have kids

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.599
 and you say

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:58.939
 by the way

00:41:58.939 --> 00:41:59.379
 do you ever think

00:41:59.379 --> 00:41:59.919
 I'm proud

00:41:59.919 --> 00:42:00.799
 or on my high horse?

00:42:00.899 --> 00:42:01.259
 I don't think

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:02.219
 that's ever true of me.

00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:03.379
 Well they might not

00:42:03.379 --> 00:42:03.819
 say anything

00:42:03.819 --> 00:42:04.399
 but inwardly

00:42:04.399 --> 00:42:04.799
 they're thinking

00:42:04.799 --> 00:42:05.519
 yes it absolutely

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:06.699
 does apply to you dude.

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:07.599
 Dad.

00:42:07.859 --> 00:42:08.159
 Mom.

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:10.639
 Or we might say

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.359
 that about our kids

00:42:11.359 --> 00:42:11.879
 who don't think

00:42:11.879 --> 00:42:12.619
 it applies to them.

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:13.299
 Everybody else

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:13.960
 sees that it applies

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.239
 to us.

00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:14.859
 We just don't see

00:42:14.859 --> 00:42:15.460
 it about ourselves.

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:16.099
 That's why we need

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.559
 a savior.

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.539
 In fact

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.420
 when Christianity

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:20.440
 goes bad

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.839
 it's when Christianity

00:42:21.839 --> 00:42:22.619
 just becomes

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:23.460
 moral advice

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:24.299
 about how to save

00:42:24.299 --> 00:42:24.799
 yourself

00:42:24.799 --> 00:42:25.659
 and then it's

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:26.099
 no longer

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:26.819
 Christianity

00:42:26.819 --> 00:42:27.879
 and all it is

00:42:27.879 --> 00:42:28.920
 is legalism

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:30.480
 and judgmentalism

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.659
 and high horse

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:31.980
 righteousness

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:33.440
 and it's just

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:34.039
 a complete

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:35.219
 and utter train wreck.

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:36.139
 Even if it's

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:36.980
 popular

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:38.579
 it's a train wreck.

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:40.679
 This text reveals

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.799
 I need a savior.

00:42:42.779 --> 00:42:44.279
 I can't leave me

00:42:44.279 --> 00:42:45.699
 to save me.

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:47.839
 I need God

00:42:47.839 --> 00:42:48.879
 who loves me

00:42:48.879 --> 00:42:51.299
 to be my savior.

00:42:53.899 --> 00:42:55.279
 So that's the text.

00:42:56.299 --> 00:42:57.239
 We read it

00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:58.699
 it forms us

00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:59.599
 to understand

00:42:59.599 --> 00:42:59.980
 that

00:42:59.980 --> 00:43:03.079
 when you understand

00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:03.899
 that how big

00:43:03.899 --> 00:43:04.599
 God is

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.399
 and how big

00:43:05.399 --> 00:43:06.259
 is his love

00:43:06.259 --> 00:43:07.019
 and that he

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:08.059
 relates to me

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:09.439
 regularly for mercy

00:43:09.439 --> 00:43:10.239
 that he's always

00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:11.079
 for me

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:13.319
 and even

00:43:13.319 --> 00:43:14.259
 he even knows

00:43:14.259 --> 00:43:14.960
 that I don't see

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.500
 these things

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:16.199
 about myself

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:16.960
 and he gently

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:17.639
 prods me

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:19.079
 to understand myself

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:20.039
 and the fact

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.460
 of the matter

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:20.879
 is

00:43:20.879 --> 00:43:21.799
 is that we like

00:43:21.799 --> 00:43:22.819
 humble people

00:43:22.819 --> 00:43:25.099
 who are self-aware

00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:25.679
 of the fact

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:26.239
 that they have

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:26.939
 some problems.

00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:27.619
 Maybe they're not

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:28.539
 nobody's perfect

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:29.599
 but we're drawn

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.420
 to people like that.

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:30.900
 Why wouldn't we

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:31.900
 have that type of

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:32.440
 why wouldn't we

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:32.820
 want to have

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.539
 that thought

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.000
 be that

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:35.019
 which is the big

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.639
 thought that we

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.420
 talk to about

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:36.940
 ourselves

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.480
 and to know

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:38.039
 that Jesus

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:39.000
 is forming us

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:39.619
 into this

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:40.679
 and forming us

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:41.440
 into understanding

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:42.400
 our need for mercy

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:43.279
 and those who

00:43:43.279 --> 00:43:44.059
 receive mercy

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.559
 are those who

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.219
 give mercy

00:43:45.219 --> 00:43:46.139
 and we're drawn

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:46.599
 to people

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.300
 who give mercy.

00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:48.300
 Why wouldn't

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:48.920
 we want

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:50.039
 these big thoughts

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:51.059
 to be the big

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.759
 thoughts that

00:43:51.759 --> 00:43:52.920
 fill our mind

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:54.599
 day by day

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:56.000
 day by day

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:57.219
 knowing it happens

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:57.899
 in the context

00:43:57.899 --> 00:43:58.459
 that we can

00:43:58.459 --> 00:43:59.079
 come together

00:43:59.079 --> 00:43:59.759
 on a Sunday

00:43:59.759 --> 00:44:01.079
 and say honestly

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.639
 like we will

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:02.199
 in confession

00:44:02.199 --> 00:44:02.799
 God I've had

00:44:02.799 --> 00:44:03.500
 a really bad

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:03.879
 week.

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:06.019
 I've had a week

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.799
 where I've magnified

00:44:06.799 --> 00:44:07.619
 everything other

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:08.139
 than you

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:09.139
 and I've been

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:10.019
 on my high horse

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:10.480
 and I'm really

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:10.919
 proud

00:44:10.919 --> 00:44:12.000
 and I am so glad

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.699
 I can come

00:44:12.699 --> 00:44:13.500
 and hear the Bible

00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:15.299
 and have the Lord's

00:44:15.299 --> 00:44:15.539
 Supper

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:16.239
 and remember

00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:16.699
 that Jesus

00:44:16.699 --> 00:44:17.379
 died for me

00:44:17.379 --> 00:44:17.859
 as a sinner

00:44:17.859 --> 00:44:19.559
 and that your

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:20.779
 mercy is for me

00:44:20.779 --> 00:44:21.480
 and you want me

00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:22.059
 to say I'm

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.799
 this week

00:44:22.799 --> 00:44:24.059
 help me to do it

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.579
 this week.

00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:26.739
 I invite you

00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:27.219
 to stand.

00:44:35.659 --> 00:44:36.440
 Let's bow our heads

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:36.880
 in prayer.

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:39.320
 Father,

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:40.199
 first of all

00:44:40.199 --> 00:44:40.739
 we ask that

00:44:40.739 --> 00:44:41.440
 your Holy Spirit

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:42.199
 would do a gentle

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.920
 but powerful

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:43.960
 work in our minds

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:44.759
 and you know

00:44:44.759 --> 00:44:45.340
 the things

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:46.059
 that we tend

00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:46.860
 to magnify.

00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:47.320
 You know

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:47.920
 those of us

00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:48.679
 who magnify

00:44:48.679 --> 00:44:49.539
 resentment,

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:50.639
 who magnify

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:51.199
 woes,

00:44:51.299 --> 00:44:51.920
 who magnify

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.460
 fears,

00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:53.239
 who magnify

00:44:53.239 --> 00:44:53.880
 ourselves,

00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:55.219
 who make

00:44:55.219 --> 00:44:56.519
 money as if

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:57.019
 it's the most

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.639
 important thing

00:44:57.639 --> 00:44:58.139
 in the world

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:58.820
 or power.

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:00.059
 You know,

00:45:00.219 --> 00:45:00.440
 Father,

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:01.159
 the things

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:01.500
 that we're

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.360
 magnifying

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:03.059
 that we're

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.480
 not even

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:04.000
 aware of

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.539
 and we ask,

00:45:04.699 --> 00:45:04.880
 Father,

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:05.980
 that your Holy Spirit

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.840
 through your word

00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:07.539
 would gently

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:08.739
 convict us

00:45:08.739 --> 00:45:09.500
 of these things

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:10.440
 that we magnify

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:11.619
 that are just

00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:12.820
 ruining us

00:45:12.820 --> 00:45:14.679
 and we ask,

00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:15.059
 Father,

00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:16.559
 that your Holy Spirit

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.299
 would move

00:45:17.299 --> 00:45:18.059
 within us

00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:18.980
 so that we develop

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:19.619
 the habits

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:20.820
 of magnifying you

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:21.559
 in the context

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:22.179
 of joy,

00:45:22.759 --> 00:45:23.400
 knowing you are

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:23.980
 our Savior

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:25.139
 and that you

00:45:25.139 --> 00:45:26.039
 are for us,

00:45:26.660 --> 00:45:27.599
 that you and your

00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:29.360
 mercy are for us

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:30.400
 every day

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:31.200
 until we see you

00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:31.980
 face to face.

00:45:33.099 --> 00:45:33.940
 And we ask,

00:45:34.200 --> 00:45:34.260
 Father,

00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:35.420
 that day by day

00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:37.280
 as we do this

00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:38.099
 that we might be

00:45:38.099 --> 00:45:38.720
 like Mary

00:45:38.720 --> 00:45:40.160
 and say to you

00:45:40.160 --> 00:45:40.820
 again and again

00:45:40.820 --> 00:45:41.280
 and again,

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:43.180
 Lord Jesus,

00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:44.340
 I desire to be

00:45:44.340 --> 00:45:45.039
 your doulos,

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.700
 your servant,

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:47.840
 and may it be to me

00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:49.019
 in all that makes me

00:45:49.019 --> 00:45:49.860
 your word

00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:52.759
 in my sexuality

00:45:52.759 --> 00:45:53.599
 and my dealings

00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:54.119
 with money

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:54.820
 and power

00:45:54.820 --> 00:45:56.679
 and thinking about myself

00:45:56.679 --> 00:45:57.440
 and others,

00:45:57.639 --> 00:45:59.099
 may it be according to me

00:45:59.099 --> 00:46:00.019
 according to your word.

00:46:00.139 --> 00:46:00.960
 I am your servant

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:03.019
 and help me

00:46:03.019 --> 00:46:04.079
 to magnify you.

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.019
 And so,

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:06.199
 Father,

00:46:06.259 --> 00:46:06.980
 we ask these things

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:07.880
 in the name of Jesus,

00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:08.420
 your Son

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:09.000
 and our Savior.

00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:10.000
 Amen.

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:10.139
 Amen.