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 What comes to your mind when you think of the word authority?

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 Do you think of authoritarian regimes, democracy, teachers, parents?

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 See, the reality is that we believe that authority should be submitted to

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 if it is the right kind of authority.

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 We submit to the police.

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 If someone breaks into our house, we call the cops,

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 because they have the authority.

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 We don't simply just take law into our own hands.

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 What if I told you that you need to submit yourself to Jesus' authority?

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 You probably ask me why.

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 And the passage that we're going to be looking at today,

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 Mark 11, verse 27 to 12, verse 12, answers that very question.

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 Where does Jesus get his authority from?

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 And why should we submit to that authority?

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 The talk today will be broken up under three headings.

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 First heading, Jesus' authority challenged.

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 Heading number two, Jesus' authority rejected.

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 And heading number three, Jesus' authority ultimately reigns.

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 So let's start.

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 Heading number one, Jesus' authority challenged.

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 I used to, probably like some people or many people,

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 I used, maybe not many, but I used to hate going to school.

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 It was just a miserable experience.

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 And back when I was young, going through that teenage angst,

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 I used to be quite rebellious against my parents and teachers.

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 And I was just constantly challenging authority after authority after authority.

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 And in Mark 11, verse 27 to 33, we see the religious leaders,

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 they're challenging authority too.

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 But they're not just challenging anybody's authority.

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 They're challenging Jesus' authority.

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 In the beginning of chapter 11, Jesus has just come into Jerusalem,

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 the city of kings, the city of God's anointed.

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 And the people, what they do is they line the streets,

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 they cheer, they lay down their cloaks and their branches.

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 Authority.

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 And then he goes into the temple in chapter 11, verse 15 to 19.

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 The temple symbolized God's presence,

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 God's dwelling place.

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 Jesus walks into the temple and he starts flipping tables.

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 Just imagine I walked into church today and I saw your communion table

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 and I started flipping it.

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 Not that I probably could, but just imagine I did.

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 You'd probably be thinking, what is going on?

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 Who is this guy?

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 Authority.

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 And the religious leaders, they're jealous.

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 Because Jesus is taking away their authority.

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 Jesus is gaining a bigger following than them.

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 So what they decide to do is they decide to trap Jesus

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 by posing to him a question.

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 Verse 28.

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 By what authority are you doing these things?

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 And who gave you this authority to do them?

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 It's a trap.

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 Because if Jesus says his authority is from God,

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 he's going to be accused of blasphemy

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 and that can get him killed.

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 If Jesus says his authority is from man,

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 then he's going against the Roman Empire

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 and that can get him killed.

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 It's a trap.

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 But Jesus responds by asking them a question.

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 Verse 30.

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 Tell me about John the Baptist.

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 Was he from heaven or man?

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 Why does Jesus ask this question?

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 It's because this question actually provides the answer

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 to their question.

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 Because if the religious leaders believed in John's authority,

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 then they would have known that Jesus gets his authority from God

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 because John the Baptist pointed to Jesus

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 and told people Jesus is the Son of God.

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 But if they say that Jesus,

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 now if they say, sorry, that John's from heaven,

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 then verse 31, Jesus would reply,

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 then why didn't you believe him?

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 Because they obviously didn't believe that John was from heaven.

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 But verse 32, can they say from man?

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 They fear the people

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 because everyone believed John to be a prophet.

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 And even though they don't believe that John's from God,

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 they're not willing to admit it

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 because they fear the people.

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 So verse 31, what they decide to do

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 is they decide just not to answer Jesus.

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 Jesus' authority challenged.

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 And friends, some of you in this room

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 might be having questions about Christianity.

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 How do you know that God is real?

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 How do you know the Bible is reliable?

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 Did Jesus really rise from the dead?

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 How can you believe in miracles?

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 And friends, if that's you,

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 then I encourage you to keep asking questions

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 and keep seeking.

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 But friends, don't be like the religious leaders

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 who pose questions,

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 but they're not really concerned about answers.

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 All they're trying to do

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 is stir up trouble,

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 trap,

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 mock,

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 ridicule.

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 Friends, I encourage you

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 that if you're not a follower of Jesus today,

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 to ask questions

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 and earnestly seek the truth.

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 Because just maybe God will reveal it to you.

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 Jesus' authority challenged.

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 Point number two,

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 Jesus' authority rejected.

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 Mark 12, verse 1 to 8.

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 Last year in December,

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 my wife and I,

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 we went to Greece

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 for a short holiday.

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 And we arrived at this place

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 called Monastriki Square.

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 And we saw this little group of protesters,

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 these anarchists.

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 For those of you who don't know,

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 an anarchist is basically someone

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 that doesn't believe in the government,

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 they don't believe in a higher authority.

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 And it just totally confused me.

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 Because I had no idea.

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 It just didn't make sense.

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 How can you run a country without a government?

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 It just didn't make sense.

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 But what was clear, though,

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 was that they were rejecting authorities.

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 And Jesus now,

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 he goes on to use this parable,

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 this story,

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 to show the religious leaders

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 that they too

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 are rejecting his authority.

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 And through this parable

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 in Mark 12, verse 1 to 8,

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 Jesus also will answer

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 their question about where it is

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 that he gets his authority from.

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 To summarize the parable briefly,

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 there's a man

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 who owns a vineyard.

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 He decides to go away.

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 He leases the land to some tenants.

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 The time comes for harvesting.

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 He sends his servants.

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 And the tenants,

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 for some crazy reason,

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 decide to start beating on the servants.

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 And notice the patience in the master,

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 sending servant after servant after servant.

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 And also notice the escalation of violence.

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 Verse 2,

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 they beat the servant and sent him away.

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 Verse 4,

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 they struck him on the head

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 and treated him shamefully.

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 Verse 5,

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 then they killed another.

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 Verse 6,

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 keep beating and killing.

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 All of these servants

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 coming with the master's authority

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 until eventually.

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 verse 6,

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 he still had one other,

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 our beloved son.

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 Finally,

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 he sent him to them,

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 saying,

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 they will respect my son.

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 After all that's happened,

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 who in their right mind

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 would send their son?

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 Australia's current foreign minister

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 is Julie Bishop.

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 And America's current secretary of state,

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 US, sorry,

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 United States of America,

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 is John Kerry.

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 And when they're sent overseas,

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 they're not just representing themselves.

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 They're representing the prime minister

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 or the president.

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 And when they go,

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 they go with the prime minister

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 or the president's authority.

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 And that's how it is

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 when the father sends his son.

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 The son represents

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 the father's authority.

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 The son is like the father going.

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 So verse 6,

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 when the father says,

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 they will respect my son,

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 it's because it's like

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 the father going himself.

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 The son is the heir.

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 But what the tenants decide to do

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 is they decide

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 to end up

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 killing him.

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 They want to take the inheritance

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 for themselves.

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 And friends,

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 here is the answer

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 to the religious leader's question.

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 In Isaiah chapter 5

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 in the Old Testament,

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 the vineyard

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 is a way of God

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 speaking about

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 his chosen people.

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 The master in the story

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 is God.

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 The servants in the story

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 are the prophets

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 that God sends

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 to his people,

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 calling them to repent

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 and turn to him.

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 The tenants in the story

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 are the religious leaders

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 who constantly,

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 one after another,

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 reject the vineyard.

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 No, sorry,

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 reject the master.

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 All they end up doing

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 is killing God's prophets.

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 And the son,

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 here is the answer,

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 the son

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 is Jesus

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 and he comes

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 with the father's authority,

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 with God's authority.

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 Where does Jesus

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 get his authority from?

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 He gets it

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 from God.

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 But the religious leaders,

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 not only did I reject

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 the son,

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 not only did I reject

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 Jesus' authority,

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 but they eventually

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 killed Jesus too.

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 You see,

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 Jesus knows

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 that he's going to die.

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 He's already prophesied it

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 in Mark

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 a couple of times.

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 Jesus knows

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 that he's heading

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 to the cross.

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 Point number two,

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 Jesus' authority

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 rejected.

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 And friends,

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 in what ways

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 can you and I

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 reject Jesus' authority?

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 I think that there

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 are primarily two ways.

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 The first way

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 is to actively

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 reject Jesus,

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 make a stand

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 against Jesus,

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 make yourself known

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 as a prominent atheist,

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 hating on those

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 who love Jesus.

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 But I suspect

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 that for most of us

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 in this room,

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 the temptation

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 is not to actively

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 make a stand

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 against Jesus,

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 to actively

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 reject his authority,

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 but rather

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 passively

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 reject Jesus' authority.

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 And with passive

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 rejection,

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 you don't reject

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 Jesus

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 with your words,

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 but with your life.

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 For you,

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 outwardly,

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 you might

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 profess

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 Christ,

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 but inwardly,

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 Christianity

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 is a social club.

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 It's a gathering.

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 It's all about

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 being a good,

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 moral person.

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 Jesus,

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 yeah,

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 he's a nice guy,

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 but to change

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 your whole life,

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 your whole worldview

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 for him,

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 that's another matter.

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 And friends,

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 both of these methods

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 of rejection

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 is what the Bible

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 calls sin,

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 rebellion

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 against God.

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 Jesus' authority

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 rejected.

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 point number three,

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 Jesus' authority

00:13:20.300 --> 00:13:20.980
 reigns.

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 Mark chapter 12,

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 verse 9 to 12.

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 Anna and I,

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 we got married

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 roughly

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 one and a half

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 years ago.

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 And for Anna's

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 wedding present,

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 I decided to buy her,

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 it was a new friend

00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.320
 back then,

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 but I decided to buy her

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 a Samsung Galaxy S3.

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 I know it's old,

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 I know the S5's coming out,

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 but back then,

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 it was the best thing ever.

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 And one day,

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 we were at this restaurant

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 eating,

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 and Anna decides

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 to put her phone

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 on the table.

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 And by the end

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 of the night,

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 we had no idea

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 where it was going.

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 And I was just so sad,

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 not because she lost it,

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 but because we didn't know

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 what happened to it.

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 We suspect strongly

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 that it was stolen,

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 that she might have

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 just dropped it.

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 But if someone

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 did steal it,

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 let's just assume

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 someone did steal it,

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 it's right to expect

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 justice, right?

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 It's right to expect

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 that the phone

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 will be returned

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 and that justice

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 will be met,

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 if it was stolen.

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 And you see,

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 if justice is deserved

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 for something as small

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 as losing a phone,

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 or someone stealing

00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:27.720
 a phone, sorry,

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 then how much more

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 is justice demanded

00:14:31.160 --> 00:14:32.460
 for the crime

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 against the father

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 in the story,

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 where people killed

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 his son?

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 So friends,

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 how will the master respond?

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 How will God respond?

00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.520
 Verse 9,

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 He will come

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 and destroy the tenants

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 and give the vineyard

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 to others.

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 Friends,

00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:52.520
 God's judgment

00:14:52.520 --> 00:14:53.820
 is just.

00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:55.040
 God's judgment

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 is final.

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 For those who reject

00:14:58.400 --> 00:14:59.480
 Jesus' authority,

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 God will bring about

00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:02.540
 judgment on them.

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 Jesus goes on.

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 Verse 10,

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 Have you not read

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 this scripture?

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 Of course they have,

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 but they don't get it.

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 So Jesus goes on.

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 He quotes from

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 Psalm 118,

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 verse 22 to 23.

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 The stone that the builders

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 rejected

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 has become the cornerstone.

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 This was the Lord's doing,

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 and it is marvelous

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 in our eyes.

00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:29.439
 Psalm 118

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 is a psalm

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 about God's deliverance.

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 In Psalm 118,

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 God's chosen king

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 is surrounded

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 on all sides

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 by his enemies,

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 but God

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 in his power

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 delivers

00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:46.040
 his king.

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 And back in ancient times,

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 the cornerstone

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 was the foundation stone.

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 It was the stone

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 you laid first,

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 and every single

00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.379
 other stone

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 was built

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 on top

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 and around it.

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 And you see,

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 even though

00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:04.060
 God's chosen king

00:16:04.060 --> 00:16:04.860
 is rejected,

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 the ruler

00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:07.740
 ends up

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 becoming

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 the cornerstone,

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 the most central

00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:11.580
 stone

00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:13.159
 in God's kingdom.

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 And Jesus,

00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:17.500
 he quotes

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.240
 Psalm 118

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:21.519
 and uses it

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 in Mark

00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.460
 chapter 12,

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 verse 10

00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:24.840
 to 11

00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.600
 to refer

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 to himself.

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 Jesus knows

00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:31.700
 that his authority

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.980
 is being challenged.

00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:34.240
 Jesus knows

00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:35.139
 that his authority

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:36.419
 is being rejected.

00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.399
 But Jesus

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.639
 also knows

00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:40.240
 that his authority

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:44.720
 will ultimately

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.980
 reign.

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.919
 Jesus has already

00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.740
 foretold

00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:50.620
 his resurrection.

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.000
 After he is

00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.539
 murdered,

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.440
 he will be

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.559
 raised to life

00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:55.019
 again

00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:56.360
 after three days.

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 And this stone

00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.440
 that the builders

00:16:58.440 --> 00:16:59.259
 have rejected

00:16:59.259 --> 00:17:00.159
 will be

00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.039
 the cornerstone

00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:01.560
 on which

00:17:01.560 --> 00:17:02.779
 people like

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.899
 you and I,

00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:04.860
 people find

00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:05.660
 salvation

00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.779
 and forgiveness.

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:11.000
 There's a saying

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.779
 that goes

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:13.700
 that power

00:17:13.700 --> 00:17:14.839
 tends to corrupt

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 and absolute

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:18.500
 power corrupts

00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.160
 absolutely.

00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.559
 Give someone

00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.559
 complete power

00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.559
 and eventually

00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:24.860
 they'll abuse it.

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 And I guess

00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:26.979
 you see it

00:17:26.979 --> 00:17:27.439
 in history,

00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:27.939
 don't you?

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 You see it

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.279
 in Hitler,

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:30.279
 Stalin,

00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.259
 Pol Pot.

00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:34.619
 But it's

00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:35.339
 not always

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:35.740
 true.

00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:37.979
 At least

00:17:37.979 --> 00:17:39.339
 for one,

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:40.899
 it is not

00:17:40.899 --> 00:17:41.240
 true.

00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.240
 Because it's

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.599
 not true

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.019
 in Jesus.

00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.359
 Jesus

00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:47.319
 has

00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:48.119
 absolute

00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.939
 authority.

00:17:48.939 --> 00:17:50.159
 But Jesus

00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:51.099
 uses his

00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:51.759
 authority

00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.539
 for good.

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:52.579
 God,

00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.440
 he lets

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.200
 his authority

00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:55.099
 be rejected

00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:56.279
 by humanity

00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:57.259
 to the point

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:58.299
 of death

00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:59.159
 on a cross,

00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.139
 taking on

00:18:00.139 --> 00:18:00.819
 the punishment

00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:01.899
 of sin

00:18:01.899 --> 00:18:03.519
 on himself,

00:18:03.659 --> 00:18:04.220
 the wrath

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:05.119
 of God,

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:06.159
 so that our

00:18:06.159 --> 00:18:06.819
 sins would be

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.200
 forgiven,

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:09.659
 so that we

00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.399
 wouldn't be

00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:10.980
 rejected

00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:12.319
 by God,

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:13.920
 the one

00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.599
 who has

00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:15.859
 true authority.

00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:18.279
 Jesus uses

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.059
 his absolute

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.679
 authority

00:18:19.679 --> 00:18:20.839
 to love

00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:22.000
 and save

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.799
 the lost.

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:25.039
 Wouldn't

00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:25.679
 you want

00:18:25.679 --> 00:18:26.899
 to submit

00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:27.339
 to that

00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:27.759
 kind of

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.139
 authority?

00:18:31.219 --> 00:18:31.939
 Friends,

00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:32.859
 I just

00:18:32.859 --> 00:18:33.639
 want you

00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:34.139
 to ask

00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:34.679
 yourself,

00:18:35.979 --> 00:18:36.419
 whose

00:18:36.419 --> 00:18:37.299
 authority

00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:38.399
 in life

00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:38.740
 are you

00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.059
 submitting

00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.399
 to?

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.899
 Who is

00:18:40.899 --> 00:18:41.219
 it that

00:18:41.219 --> 00:18:41.819
 defines

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.919
 and dictates

00:18:42.919 --> 00:18:43.359
 how you

00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:43.779
 live?

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:45.680
 Is it

00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:45.839
 your

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.500
 friends,

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.359
 parents,

00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:48.960
 peers?

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.079
 Are you

00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:51.500
 constantly

00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:52.319
 changing

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.099
 who you

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.619
 are in

00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:54.000
 order to

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.259
 please

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.680
 others?

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.660
 And I'm

00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:57.059
 sure that

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.480
 in a room

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.000
 this big

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.399
 there are

00:18:58.399 --> 00:18:58.859
 people

00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.619
 that are

00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:00.039
 constantly

00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:00.539
 submitting

00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.779
 to others

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.200
 and letting

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:02.639
 them be

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.099
 defined

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:04.599
 because that

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.039
 was me.

00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:06.460
 Throughout

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.119
 high school

00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:08.599
 constantly

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.220
 fearing

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:10.579
 living for

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.139
 the opinions

00:19:11.139 --> 00:19:11.940
 of others,

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:13.539
 constantly

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:13.920
 letting

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:14.440
 my life

00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:15.120
 be defined

00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:15.680
 by what

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.259
 other people

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.740
 thought of

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:16.940
 me,

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.620
 constantly

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:18.100
 submitting

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:18.640
 to these

00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:19.140
 people's

00:19:19.140 --> 00:19:19.680
 authority.

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.480
 Friends,

00:19:22.580 --> 00:19:23.340
 whose authority

00:19:23.340 --> 00:19:23.920
 in life

00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.200
 are you

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.519
 submitting

00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:24.820
 to?

00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:28.820
 A couple

00:19:28.820 --> 00:19:29.200
 of months

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.539
 ago,

00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:31.019
 I'll confess

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:31.400
 now,

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.420
 oh yeah,

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.820
 this is being

00:19:33.820 --> 00:19:34.200
 recorded,

00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:34.759
 no,

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.059
 it's okay,

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.200
 I'll confess

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.700
 that a couple

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.000
 of months

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.900
 ago I got

00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:38.820
 a parking

00:19:38.820 --> 00:19:39.200
 ticket.

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.240
 Yes,

00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:40.799
 I'm so bad,

00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:41.259
 I got a parking

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:41.580
 ticket.

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:44.320
 And back

00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:44.740
 then I was

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:44.960
 thinking,

00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:45.480
 how could

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:45.900
 they book

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.160
 me?

00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:47.220
 I was only

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.920
 parked there

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.480
 for three

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.039
 minutes and

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:50.100
 it was for

00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:50.920
 a good cause

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.340
 as well.

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.120
 Anna needed

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.460
 to buy

00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:53.120
 some medication

00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:54.160
 so I parked

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.559
 in the no

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.220
 parking spot

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.640
 for three

00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:55.980
 minutes,

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.500
 she went

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:56.740
 out,

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.320
 she came

00:19:57.320 --> 00:19:57.580
 back,

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.100
 I got

00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:58.299
 home,

00:19:58.320 --> 00:19:58.559
 I didn't

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:58.960
 even know

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.160
 that I

00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.519
 got booked

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.059
 until a

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.580
 letter got

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:00.940
 sent to

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.720
 me and

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 it told

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 me that

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 I was

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 fined.

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 And at

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 that point

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 I had

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 to decide

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 whether I

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 would pay

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 this fine

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 or not,

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 whether I

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 would challenge

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 it or not,

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 whether I

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 would submit

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 to this

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 authority or

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 not.

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 And friends,

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 there are many

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 times in

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 life when

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 you have to

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 come to a

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 decision regarding

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 whether you

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 submit to

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 authority or

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 not.

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 will have,

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 can have,

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 sorry,

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 serious

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 repercussions.

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 And tonight

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 you have to

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 ask yourself,

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 will you

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 submit to

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 Jesus'

00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:39.720
 authority?

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.420
 Why don't

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 you submit to

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 Jesus'

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 authority?

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 Submit

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 yourself to

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 Jesus,

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 the one who

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 uses his

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 authority to

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 demonstrate his

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 limitless love

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 for you on

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 the cross.

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 Why reject

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 that authority?

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 Why live with

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 the consequences

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 of eternal

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 judgment and

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 condemnation?

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 Friends,

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.619
 although all

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 of us have

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 rejected Jesus'

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 authority,

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 Jesus gives

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 us the chance

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 to repent.

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 Through Jesus'

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 resurrection,

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 he demonstrates

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 his power over

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 death and his

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 ability to

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 forgive sins.

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 Through trusting

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 in Jesus,

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 submitting to

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 his authority,

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 true forgiveness

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 can be found,

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 a right

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 relationship with

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 God.

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 Jesus'

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 authority was

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 challenged,

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 rejected,

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 but ultimately

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 it rains.

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 Will you

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 submit yourself

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.180
 to Jesus'

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 authority?

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 Let me

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 pray.

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 Father,

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 we thank you

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 that you

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 are not

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 like rulers

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 of men

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 who use

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 their authority

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 for personal

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 gain.

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 Instead,

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 Jesus is the

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 one with true

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 authority and

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 you use your

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 authority for

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 our good.

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 We thank you

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 that Jesus'

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:06.019
 authority is

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 used for our

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.539
 love and for

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.940
 our good,

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 and we pray

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:09.659
 that we will

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 submit to

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 Jesus'

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 authority.

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 And in

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 Jesus'

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 name we pray.

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 Amen.