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 It's great to worship with you.

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 For those of you who don't know me, my name is Sean.

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 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church.

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 And it's my great honor and joy to preach God's word to you this morning.

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 If you have your Bibles with you, please open to Matthew chapter 11, verses 25 to 30.

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 It's a short passage this morning because there is such a rich and important passage.

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 Matthew 11, 25 to 30.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father, since the beginning, the devil has been slandering you.

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 And making us think hard thoughts of you.

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 But we ask this morning that by your word, by your son, Jesus Christ, that you speak over our hearts and minds once for all.

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 Your true character.

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 Your true heart.

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 What you are like.

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 What our Savior, Jesus, is like.

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 And that for all sinners here this morning, weary and heavy laden.

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 That you grant us all the soul rest that Christ alone offers.

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 Do this.

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 For your glory, Father.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand if you are able as I read from Matthew 11, 25 to 30.

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 At that time, Jesus declared,

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 I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

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 that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding

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 and reveal them to little children.

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 Yes, Father.

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 Yes, Father.

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 For such was your gracious will.

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 All things have been handed over to me by my Father.

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 And no one knows the Son.

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 And no one knows the Son except the Father.

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 And no one knows the Father except the Son.

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 And anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

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 for I am gentle and lowly in heart.

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 And you will find rest for your souls.

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 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Many critics throughout history have claimed

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 that Christianity is too demanding,

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 too burdensome for its followers.

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 In his books on the genealogy of morality

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 and another one of his books, The Antichrist,

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 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche

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 railed against Christianity for imposing

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 what he labeled a slave morality.

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 A morality of the weak and the powerless

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 that inverted the natural master morality

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 of the strong and the powerful.

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 He argued that Christianity's teaching

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 about renouncing worldly pleasures and sinful desires

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 inhibits full human expression and enjoyment of life.

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 He claimed that Christianity's emphasis on guilt and sin

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 creates an inner tormentor that psychologically cripples people

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 and spiritually burdens people.

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 Maybe you feel this morning the sting of Nietzsche's critique

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 in your own life.

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 You feel that the requirements of God's law

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 are a heavy burden upon your shoulders.

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 Perhaps for some of you it has felt too heavy lately.

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 I can concede that Nietzsche's observations

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 are not entirely unfounded.

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 Earlier in chapter 10, verses 38 to 39,

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 Jesus said,

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 Whoever does not take his cross and follow me

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 is not worthy of me.

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 Whoever finds his life will lose it,

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 and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

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 Following Jesus entails taking up a cross

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 and following him on a path of suffering,

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 persecution, and possibly even martyrdom.

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 We do have to renounce ourselves,

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 our selfish desires, and our selfish ambitions

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 for the sake of Christ.

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 But the problem with Nietzsche's observation

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 is that he sees only half the story.

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 He doesn't understand what we gain as Christians.

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 He doesn't understand that the sacrifices that we make

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 are no sacrifices at all,

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 considering what we gain in exchange.

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 He doesn't understand that only those

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 who have renounced the fleeting pleasures of this world

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 can enjoy the eternal pleasures at the right hand of God.

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 He does not get it,

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 that only those who acknowledge their guilt and sin

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 can confess their sins

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 and receive the freedom of forgiveness

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 and the mercy and grace of God.

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 That only those who have truly felt

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 the depth of their own depravity

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 can also truly feel the depth of God's mercy.

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 Yes, following Jesus entails taking up our cross.

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 Yes, it means taking on the yoke of Christ.

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 But Jesus assures us in this passage,

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 my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

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 Do you seek reprieve from your heavy burden?

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 Do you long for rest from your wearisome labors?

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 This passage teaches us that Jesus offers rest

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 for little children who come to him.

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 First, we're going to talk about the revelation of Jesus.

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 And secondly, we'll talk about the invitation

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 of Jesus in this passage.

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 He says in verses 25 to 26,

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 at that time, Jesus declared,

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 I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

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 that you have hidden these things

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 from the wise and understanding

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 and reveal them to little children.

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 Yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

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 The phrase, at that time, links this passage

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 to the passage that came before it,

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 which Ed preached on this past Sunday,

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 where Jesus denounced the towns of Chorazin, Bethsaida,

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 and Capernaum for their rejection of him

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 and his message, the gospel of the kingdom.

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 In verses 18 to 19, we saw some of the reasons

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 why people of these towns rejected Jesus.

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 When John the Baptist, who lived an austere life

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 and fasted from food and drinks,

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 often proclaimed that Jesus, the Messianic King,

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 is coming and that therefore they need to repent

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 of their sins, these towns rejected John the Baptist

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 saying, he has a demon.

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 When, on the other hand, Jesus came after John

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 on the scene and then he started befriending sinners,

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 calling them to repentance and eating and drinking

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 in their homes.

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 People then rejected, these people from these towns

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 rejected Jesus too, saying,

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 he is a friend of sinners,

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 friend of tax collectors and sinners,

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 a glutton and a drunkard.

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 They rejected John for being too ascetic.

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 They rejected Jesus for being too indulgent

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 from their perspective.

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 They were like a fickle child

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 when you play a card game with them

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 and says, hey, whoever has the most cards

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 at the end of the game wins.

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 And then as you near the end of the game

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 and when the child is about to lose,

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 he says, oh, no, no, no, no,

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 the person with the least cards wins the game.

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 He keeps changing the game,

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 changing the terms of the game,

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 moving the goalposts,

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 like a debater who keeps changing the terms

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 of the debate,

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 who are not interested in learning the truth,

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 finding the truth,

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 rather only interested in proving themselves right

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 and proving the others wrong.

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 Reflecting on this reality,

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 Jesus, in this passage,

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 he prays to God the Father,

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 a prayer of thanksgiving,

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 which is shocking

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 in light of the rejection that he just faced.

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 And he says this,

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 I thank you, Father,

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 Lord of heaven and earth,

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 that you have hidden these things

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 from the wise and understanding

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 and reveal them to little children.

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 Yes, Father,

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 for such was your gracious will.

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 God the Father,

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 who is the sovereign Lord of heaven and earth,

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 has in his authority,

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 in his prerogative,

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 hidden these things from the wise and understanding.

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 What are these things that God has hidden from them?

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 It's the good news of the kingdom of heaven

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 that Jesus has been proclaiming.

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 Namely, that Jesus is the son of God,

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 the divinely appointed messianic king

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 who brings forth the kingdom of God

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 to save his people.

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 But why is God hiding these things

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 from the wise and understanding?

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 The wise and understanding refer

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 not to those who are truly wise

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 and understanding in a biblical sense,

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 spiritual sense,

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 but rather to the prideful people in the world

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 who are wise in their own eyes.

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 Wise in a worldly sense,

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 esteemed by the world.

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 How do we know that?

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 Skip back to verse 23 for a moment with me.

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 One of the towns that rejected Jesus was Capernaum.

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 And Jesus says,

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 and you, Capernaum,

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 will you be exalted to heaven?

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 No, you will be brought down to Hades.

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 The people who rejected Jesus

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 pridefully thought to themselves

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 that they will be exalted to heaven.

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 We are the wise ones who know our stuff.

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 We're not like the simpletons

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 who are following after Jesus.

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 The world is going to see

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 how wise and discerning we were in the end.

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 We're going to be exalted to the heavens.

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 But the Lord of heaven and earth

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 has other plans.

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 He has decreed that far from being exalted to heaven,

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 Capernaum, Chorazin, Bethsaida,

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 all these towns that reject Jesus

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 will be instead humbled

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 and brought down to Hades,

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 the underworld of the dead.

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 God the Father has hidden

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 the saving knowledge of his son

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 and his kingdom from the prideful.

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 In contrast, Jesus says,

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 the Lord of heaven has revealed these things

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 to little children.

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 Little children is one of Matthew's favorite way

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 of referring to the disciples of Jesus,

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 those who humbly follow Jesus.

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 Earlier in Matthew chapter 10, verse 42,

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 Jesus said,

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 whoever gives one of these little ones

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 even a cup of cold water

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 because he is a disciple.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 he will by no means lose his reward.

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 The little ones of God

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 are the disciples of Jesus Christ.

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 Later in Matthew 19, 13 to 15,

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 when his entourage rebukes the parents

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 who are trying to bring their kids to Jesus

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 so that Jesus can lay hands on them

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 and bless them and pray for them,

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 Jesus rebukes those disciples

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 and he says,

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 let the little children come to me

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 and do not hinder them

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 for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.

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 Why does the kingdom of heaven belong to people

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 who are like these little children?

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 Jesus tells us in Matthew 18, 1 to 6.

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 In that context,

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 his disciples are arguing about

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 who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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 So this is proof that

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 we are not the only generation

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 fascinated with the goat arguments,

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 who is the greatest of all time.

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 Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

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 And then Jesus puts a child

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 in the midst of them in the middle

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 and he says,

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 truly I say to you,

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 unless you turn and become like children,

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 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 Whoever humbles himself like this child

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 is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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 Humility is the point

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 that Jesus is getting at.

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 How are children humble?

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 Children instinctively

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 entrust themselves to their parents' provision.

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 Jesus said in Matthew 6, 31 to 32,

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 do not be anxious saying,

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 what shall we eat or what shall we drink?

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 Because he said,

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 for your heavenly father knows what you need.

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 The children of our church

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 never worry about where their next meal is coming from

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 because it's not their job.

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 It's not their concern.

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 They're not orphans who must fend for themselves

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 and feed themselves.

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 They have parents who provide for them

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 by God's grace.

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 So likewise,

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 we Christians,

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 we ought to entrust ourselves

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 to our heavenly father's care.

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 When I'm walking with my girl sometimes,

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 yesterday I was walking home with Ina

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 and then about 50 meters ahead,

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 there was a homeless man

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 who just burst out laughing all of a sudden.

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 And he's actually a really nice guy

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 with friendly terms.

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 But Ina doesn't know.

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 She's just kind of freaked out.

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 She's like,

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 what is going on?

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 And then of course,

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 immediately what happens is

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 she comes next to me

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 and starts holding my hand.

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 Because that's what children instinctively do

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 when they're afraid.

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 They rely on their father for protection.

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 Children understand their own neediness.

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 They are by definition

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 not sufficient,

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 not self-sufficient.

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 That's why we call them legally dependents.

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 The Greek word used here for little children

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 is the same word that is later translated

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 in Matthew 21, 16 as infant.

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 They are really dependent children.

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 In the earthly value scale,

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 infants offer no economic value.

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 They're on the opposite end of the spectrum

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 as mature, self-sufficient adults.

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 But in the heavenly value scale,

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 many who are first will be last

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 and the last first,

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 Jesus says in Matthew 19, 3.

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 God reveals himself only to little children

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 because God is the only father

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 in the household of God.

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 Only dependents may come in to his family.

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 God saves only those who acknowledge

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 that they cannot save themselves

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 and cry out to him for help.

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 Proverbs 3, 34,

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 quoting Proverbs 3, 34,

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 1 Peter 5, 5 says this,

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 God opposes the proud

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 but gives grace to the humble.

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 This is God's mode of operation.

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 As Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 1, 26-29,

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 for consider your calling, brothers.

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 Not many of you are wise

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 according to worldly standards.

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 Not many were powerful.

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 Not many were of noble birth.

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 But God chose what is foolish in the world

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 to shame the wise.

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 God chose what is weak in the world

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 to shame the strong.

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 God chose what is low and despised in the world,

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 even things that are not,

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 to bring to nothing things that are

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 so that no human being might boast

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 in the presence of God.

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 God reveals himself only to little children

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 so that no human being might boast

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 in the presence of God.

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 Think about it this way.

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 If you invite rich and powerful people

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 to your party,

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 they think to themselves,

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 well, of course,

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 I'm invited to this party.

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 Who else would they invite?

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 I'm important.

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 I'm successful.

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 I'm deserving.

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 I have something to offer.

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 They boast and glory in themselves.

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 But if you invite the poor,

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 and the weak,

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 the needy to your party,

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 they think to themselves,

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 why did I get invited to this party?

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 I don't belong here.

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 How generous is this host?

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 How gracious is this host?

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 That is God's purpose.

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 Yes,

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 Father.

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 Jesus says in verse 26,

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 for such was your gracious will.

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 It pleases the Father

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 to reveal himself to little children.

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 Jesus continues in verse 27,

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 all things have been handed over to me by my Father.

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 And no one knows the Son except the Father.

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 And no one knows the Father except the Son.

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 And anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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 Maybe some of you have had the unfortunate but common experience

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 of trying to break into a very tight-knit,

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 intimate,

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 and exclusive friend group in the past.

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 They've known each other for years,

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 and you've known them for weeks.

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 It feels like you'll never quite fully be included.

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 Well then,

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 imagine what it's like trying to get inside

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 the Son's eternal relationship

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 with his Heavenly Father.

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 Jesus says in John 17,

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 verse 24,

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 that God his Father

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 loved him

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 before the foundation of the world.

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 What was God doing

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 before he created the world?

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 He was loving his Son.

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 God is love.

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 God the Father

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 is the lover.

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 His Son is the beloved.

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 And it's the Spirit of God

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 who envelops them.

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 In that triune love.

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 And Jesus says,

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 no one knows the Son except the Father,

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 and no one knows the Father except the Son.

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 This is the most intimate,

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 most exclusive,

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 infinite relationship.

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 Well then,

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 who can know God?

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 No one knows the Father except the Son.

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 No one knows the Son except the Father.

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 We, however,

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 here Jesus opens the door.

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 No one knows the Father except the Son,

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 and anyone to whom

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 the Son chooses to reveal him.

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 We, the creatures,

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 can come personally

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 to know God,

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 our Creator,

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 if Jesus,

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 the Son of God,

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 chooses to reveal him to us.

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 That's the amazing privilege

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 that this passage is speaking of.

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 And that's a remarkable statement.

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 Early in verse 25,

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 we were told that it is God,

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 the Father,

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 who as Lord of heaven and earth,

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 sovereignly chooses

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 whom to reveal himself to.

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 But now,

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 in verse 27,

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 Jesus says that the Son

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 is the one who reveals

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 God

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 to whomever he chooses.

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 How can this be?

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 Look at the beginning of verse 27.

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 All things have been handed over

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 to me by my Father.

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 Do you see the staggering

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 implications of that?

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 Jesus is claiming for himself

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 the cosmic,

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 universal,

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 sovereign authority

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 of the Lord of heaven and earth.

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 Students of Scripture

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 have frequently noted

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 that the Gospel of John

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 has a very exalted Christology.

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 It speaks of Jesus

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 in cosmic,

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 divine,

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 exalted terms.

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 But while John's

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 high Christology

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 is the most explicit,

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 it is not true

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 that the other Gospel writers,

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 Matthew, Mark, and Luke,

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 have a lower Christology.

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 They have just as high

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 a view of Jesus,

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 and our passage this morning

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 is an unmistakable

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 instance of that.

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 This is the kind of language

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 that John uses,

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 that Matthew has here

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 in this passage.

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 To give you an example,

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 John 1.18,

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 no one has ever seen God.

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 God, the only Son,

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 who is at the Father's side,

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 He has made Him known.

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 John 3.35,

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 the Father loves the Son

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 and has given all things

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 into His hand.

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 John 5.21-23,

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 for as the Father

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 raises the dead

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 and gives them life,

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 so also the Son

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 gives life to whom He will.

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 For the Father judges no one,

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 but has given all judgment

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 to the Son,

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 that all may honor the Son

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 just as they honor the Father.

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 The Father has entrusted

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 all things,

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 it says,

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 to the Son.

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 All things have been handed

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 over to me by my Father.

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 Therefore,

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 it is the Son's prerogative

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 to choose whom He will hide

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 these things from

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 and whom He will reveal

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 these things to.

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 This is what we see

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 in Matthew 13.10-16.

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 When His disciples ask Him,

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 Why do you speak to the crowds

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 in parables?

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 Jesus answers them,

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 To you it has been given

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 to know the secrets

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 of the kingdom of heaven,

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 but to them it has not been given.

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 This is why I speak to them

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 in parables,

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 because seeing they do not see

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 and hearing they do not hear,

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 nor do they understand.

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 But blessed are your eyes

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 for they see

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 and your ears for they hear.

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 Jesus' parables were not like

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 sermon illustrations that we use

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 that are meant to clarify

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 and make more vivid

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 the points that we are making.

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 No, the parables of Jesus

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 were meant to hide,

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 conceal the secrets of the kingdom

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 so that people might hear the truth

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 and yet still not understand.

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 Then that raises the question,

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 To whom does Jesus reveal

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 the secrets of the kingdom?

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 His disciples,

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 the little children.

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 And what is the difference

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 between the disciples

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 and the crowds?

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 Jesus says in John 9, 39-41,

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 For judgment I came into this world

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 that those who do not see may see,

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 and those who see may become blind.

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 Some of the Pharisees near Him

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 heard these things and said to Him,

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 Are we also blind?

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 Jesus said to them,

00:23:49.979 --> 00:23:51.019
 If you were blind,

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 you would have no guilt.

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 But now that you say we see,

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 your guilt remains.

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 The difference between

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 Jesus' disciples and the Pharisees

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 is that the Pharisees

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 claim that they can see.

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 We have spiritual sight, you see.

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 We have wisdom.

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 We are enlightened.

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 And therefore,

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 because of their pride

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 and self-sufficiency,

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.600
 the secrets of the kingdom of heaven

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 are hidden from them.

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 They are blind

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 because they think that they see.

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 The disciples, on the other hand,

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 they know that they are blind.

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 They know that they lack wisdom.

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 And it's their humility

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 and dependence upon God

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 that makes them recipients

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 of the revelation of Jesus.

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 So that they can say,

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 I once was blind,

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 but now I see.

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 That, of course,

00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:54.359
 raises the all-important question for us.

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 Which group am I in?

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 Am I in that group,

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 those from whom the truths of God are hidden?

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 Or am I in the group

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 where the truths of God are revealed?

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 How do I get that exclusive ticket

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 to the loving knowledge

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 and relationship

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 between the Father and the Son?

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 You need not wonder

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 because Jesus' sovereign revelation of Jesus

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:24.500
 is put right next to

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:27.039
 His gracious invitation in verse 28.

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 You can find out which group you belong to

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 by how you respond to Jesus' invitation.

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 Come to me,

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 all who labor and are heavy laden,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 First, let's note what the subject

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.319
 of this invitation is.

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 What is Jesus inviting us to?

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 Or whom is Jesus inviting us to?

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.920
 The subject of this invitation

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 is Jesus Himself.

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 He invites us to come to Him.

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 Come to me,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 This is striking.

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 Jesus is speaking here of soul rest.

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 He's not an innkeeper who says,

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 come here,

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 and I'll let you sleep

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 and get some rest.

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 He's talking about soul rest,

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:18.779
 eternal rest,

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.940
 eternal life.

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 So what must we do

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.539
 to inherit eternal life?

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.720
 Eternal rest,

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.539
 Jesus says,

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.380
 come to me.

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.200
 Many people have noted

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.860
 that Jesus is likely here

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:36.500
 alluding to the book of Sirach,

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:39.000
 which is a Jewish literary work

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.140
 written about 200 years

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:41.279
 before Jesus' time.

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.880
 It's not part of the Old Testament canon,

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:45.280
 but it was included

00:26:45.280 --> 00:26:46.640
 in the ancient Greek translation

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.840
 of the Old Testament,

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.600
 the Hebrew Bible,

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.720
 which was read by early believers.

00:26:52.280 --> 00:26:54.880
 Sirach 51, 23, 27,

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:56.280
 which in turn is alluding

00:26:56.280 --> 00:26:57.900
 to Isaiah 55, 1 to 3,

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:59.160
 which we read in our call to worship,

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.280
 says this,

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.900
 draw near to me,

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:03.160
 you who are untaught,

00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:04.420
 and lodge in my school.

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.840
 Why do you say

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:07.140
 you are lacking in these things,

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:08.320
 and why are your souls

00:27:08.320 --> 00:27:09.000
 very thirsty?

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:11.079
 I opened my mouth and said,

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.440
 get these things for yourselves

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.259
 without money.

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:15.420
 Put your neck under the yoke,

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.559
 and let your souls

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.539
 receive instruction.

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:19.700
 It is to be found close by.

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.160
 See with your eyes

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.119
 that I have labored little

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:24.619
 and found for myself much rest.

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:27.059
 There are clear echoes

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:29.019
 of our passage in Matthew 11,

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.099
 words like to me,

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:32.599
 labor, yoke, instruction,

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:35.079
 find, rest, soul.

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.640
 But there's also

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.980
 a significant difference

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.980
 between Sirach and Matthew.

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:41.099
 In Sirach,

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.880
 the sage,

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.880
 the wise man,

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.299
 invites people

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.099
 to come under

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.880
 the yoke of wisdom

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:49.000
 from under which

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.779
 he himself has learned

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:52.480
 and found the rest of God.

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:56.259
 But Jesus invites people

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:58.880
 to come under his yoke.

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:03.000
 Take my yoke upon you

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:04.619
 and learn from me.

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:07.500
 And then Jesus himself

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.720
 promises rest,

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:11.220
 I will give you rest.

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:14.319
 In Matthew's gospel,

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:17.759
 Jesus is divine wisdom

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.799
 in himself.

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:22.180
 He is the personification,

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:24.400
 or rather the incarnation

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.180
 of divine wisdom,

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.600
 the word of God.

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:30.660
 This audacious claim,

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.880
 come to me,

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:33.740
 and I will give you rest,

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:35.180
 sets Jesus apart

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.019
 from the founders

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.720
 of every other major religion.

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.660
 Hinduism teaches

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:42.000
 that one must fulfill

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.680
 the dharma,

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.799
 one's righteous duty,

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.660
 in hopes of escaping

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:48.480
 the birth and rebirth cycle.

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.580
 Buddha taught

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:51.640
 that one must follow

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.340
 the noble eightfold path,

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:55.620
 cultivate the right view,

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.640
 the right resolve,

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.480
 the right speech,

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:58.220
 right action,

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:58.960
 right effort,

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.740
 right mindfulness,

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.579
 and so on,

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:02.240
 in order to attain enlightenment

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.079
 and escape,

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.720
 be freed from suffering,

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:07.099
 escape the cycle of rebirth.

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:10.779
 Muhammad thought that one must obey

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:12.319
 the five pillars of Islam,

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.339
 the declaration of faith,

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.160
 the prayers,

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.920
 almsgiving,

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.460
 fasting,

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.519
 and pilgrimage to Mecca

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.920
 in order to enter paradise.

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:22.500
 But Jesus does not point

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:24.120
 to some other path

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:25.740
 or way to salvation

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:27.140
 like other religious leaders.

00:29:28.060 --> 00:29:29.100
 He doesn't say,

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:30.060
 go that way,

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.960
 follow that path.

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.400
 He doesn't point

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.880
 to some other truth

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.539
 or teaching,

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:37.440
 believe that teaching

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.640
 that I've taught you

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.440
 or proclaimed to you,

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.800
 obey that thing.

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:43.620
 No, Jesus points to Himself

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.380
 and He says,

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.519
 come to Me.

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:48.080
 As He says in John 14, 6,

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.559
 I am the way

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.539
 and the truth

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.359
 and the life.

00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:53.099
 No one comes to the Father

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:55.179
 except through Me.

00:29:57.439 --> 00:29:59.139
 Jesus does not say,

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.859
 here or there

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:02.299
 you will find the light.

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.779
 He says,

00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:07.019
 I am the light of the world.

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.799
 John 8, 12.

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:11.339
 Jesus doesn't say,

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.240
 there's the door.

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.819
 That's how you enter

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:16.099
 the kingdom of heaven,

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.619
 paradise.

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:18.299
 No, He says,

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:19.939
 I am the door.

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:21.319
 John 10, 7.

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.339
 Jesus doesn't say,

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.500
 you can find life

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.819
 over here or over there.

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.279
 No, He says,

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:27.619
 I am the resurrection

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.559
 and the life.

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.159
 I am.

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.479
 I am.

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.839
 I am.

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:35.079
 Because Jesus is

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.779
 the great I am.

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.939
 The Lord God.

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:42.299
 Therefore,

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.900
 the subject of this invitation

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:45.180
 is Jesus Himself.

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.759
 Come to Me.

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:49.980
 Who then are the objects

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.880
 of this salvation?

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:53.279
 Who is this invitation for?

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.120
 Jesus says,

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.740
 come to Me.

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:57.299
 All who labor

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:59.200
 and are heavy laden

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:03.019
 and I will give you rest.

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:07.619
 Later in Matthew 23,

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.420
 verse 4,

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:11.000
 Jesus pronounces woes

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:12.319
 on the Jewish leaders,

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.039
 the Pharisees

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.819
 and the scribes.

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:15.339
 And He says this,

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:16.799
 they tie up

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:18.500
 heavy burdens,

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.859
 hard to bear,

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.460
 and lay them

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.680
 on people's shoulders,

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.059
 but they themselves

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.220
 are not willing

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.200
 to move them

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.119
 with their finger.

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:30.399
 These Jewish leaders

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:31.819
 practiced their righteousness

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.799
 before men,

00:31:32.979 --> 00:31:34.259
 not out of a genuine

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.239
 obedience to God

00:31:35.239 --> 00:31:36.039
 or love for God,

00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:37.159
 but for show,

00:31:37.719 --> 00:31:38.959
 to be seen by men

00:31:38.959 --> 00:31:40.299
 and to be praised by men.

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.679
 They laid heavy

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:42.819
 legal burdens

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:42.459
!

00:31:42.459 --> 00:31:42.359
 They laid heavy

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.819
 legal burdens

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:44.159
 upon the people of God

00:31:44.159 --> 00:31:46.279
 and were being complicated

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:48.759
 by ever mounting prescriptions,

00:31:48.939 --> 00:31:49.899
 extra prescriptions

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.719
 and prohibitions

00:31:50.719 --> 00:31:51.659
 that they invented

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:52.979
 that God never put

00:31:52.979 --> 00:31:53.479
 in His Word.

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.979
 And when the people of God

00:31:54.979 --> 00:31:55.979
 began to sink

00:31:55.979 --> 00:31:56.839
 under the weight,

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.980
 sink under the weight

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.379
 of that,

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:59.319
 and collapse

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.039
 under the weight

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.439
 of that,

00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:01.799
 they would not lift

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.519
 a finger

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.899
 to help them out.

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.299
 Jesus is speaking

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.159
 of that burden,

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:12.019
 the burden of the law,

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.839
 the ethical demands

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.539
 that God's law

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.859
 has placed upon us.

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:18.220
 This interpretation

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.859
 is confirmed

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.859
 by Acts 15,

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.359
 verse 10.

00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:21.139
 When the apostles

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:22.240
 and the elders

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.319
 of the Jerusalem church

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.119
 are deliberating

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.759
 what to do

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.740
 about this influx

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:27.420
 of non-Jewish,

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.599
 Gentile converts

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:30.400
 to Christianity,

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.420
 he says,

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.240
 some believers

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:34.059
 who belong

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.880
 to the party

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.740
 of the Pharisees

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.759
 rose up and said,

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.519
 it is necessary

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:40.319
 to circumcise them

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:41.539
 and to order them

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.440
 to keep the law

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.019
 of Moses.

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.720
 But the apostles

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.420
 and the elders

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.440
 decide instead

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.480
 that since God

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.539
 has made no distinction

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.500
 between Jews

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.299
 and Gentiles,

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.339
 and instead,

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.539
 He has cleansed

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.960
 even the Gentiles' hearts

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.920
 by faith,

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.440
 and because He

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.579
 has even given them

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.680
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.940
 they say that no such burden

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:03.079
 should be placed upon them.

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.539
 Instead,

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.619
 they say in Acts 15,

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.099
 verse 10,

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.240
 now therefore,

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:08.000
 why are you putting God

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.720
 to the test

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:10.420
 by placing a yoke

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.359
 on the neck

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:12.119
 of the disciples

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:14.039
 that neither our fathers

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.779
 nor we

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.799
 have been able

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.339
 to bear?

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.059
 But we believe

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.339
 that we will be saved

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.599
 through the grace

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.579
 of the Lord Jesus

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:23.519
 just as they will.

00:33:25.219 --> 00:33:26.039
 The burden

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.039
 and yoke

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.980
 are the burden

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.599
 and yoke

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.639
 of the law of God.

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.579
 Do you remember

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.500
 the Sermon on the Mount,

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:37.099
 Matthew 5-7,

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.740
 which was Jesus'

00:33:38.919 --> 00:33:40.179
 authoritative exposition

00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:41.480
 of the law of Moses?

00:33:43.699 --> 00:33:44.579
 Jesus taught

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.459
 that even those

00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:46.159
 who harbor

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:47.699
 anger toward

00:33:47.699 --> 00:33:49.039
 your Christian brother

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.559
 and sister

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:51.819
 is guilty of murder.

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.759
 Jesus said

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.839
 not to repay

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.779
 anyone evil

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.420
 for evil,

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.079
 but instead

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:59.259
 to turn the other cheek,

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:01.099
 to love even

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.859
 our enemies

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.579
 and not only

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.180
 our neighbors.

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.240
 Sure,

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:06.339
 we can stop ourselves

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.319
 perhaps from

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.699
 cold-blooded murder,

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.039
 but what shall we do

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.539
 about the hatred

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.380
 and bitterness

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.320
 that rise up

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.880
 from within

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.920
 our own hearts

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.779
 toward people

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:16.579
 who have wronged us?

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:20.319
 Jesus said

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:20.980
 that anyone

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:22.039
 who looks

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.639
 at a woman

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.739
 with lustful intent

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.719
 has already

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.719
 committed adultery

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.719
 with her in his heart.

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.440
 Sure,

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.840
 maybe we've never

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.619
 committed adultery,

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:31.960
 but if even

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.779
 a glance,

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:34.079
 a lustful glance

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:35.259
 is adultery,

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:38.159
 who has a chance?

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.880
 Jesus said

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:42.039
 in Matthew 5-48,

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:42.840
 you therefore

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:44.239
 must be perfect

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:45.599
 as your heavenly

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.899
 father is perfect.

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.759
 That is

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.479
 the standard

00:34:49.479 --> 00:34:50.839
 of God's law.

00:34:51.879 --> 00:34:52.559
 Perfection.

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:55.139
 And all of us

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:56.019
 have fallen short.

00:34:57.779 --> 00:34:58.739
 But here's

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.259
 the good news.

00:35:00.459 --> 00:35:01.299
 This invitation

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.639
 is not for those

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:04.339
 who are stout

00:35:04.339 --> 00:35:06.359
 and broad-shouldered

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:08.619
 who can carry

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.759
 their heavy burdens

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:09.699
!

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:09.939
 It's not

00:35:09.939 --> 00:35:10.539
 that

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.659
 while nary

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.639
 breaking a sweat.

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:16.859
 no,

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.599
 this invitation

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.779
 is not for the strong

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.659
 and the self-sufficient.

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:22.139
 It's for the weak

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:23.000
 little

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.759
 children.

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.279
 It's for

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.960
 all

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.099
 who labor

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:29.900
 and are heavy laden.

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.420
 Isn't that

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.920
 good news?

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.339
 Have you,

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.900
 like me,

00:35:38.779 --> 00:35:39.319
 felt

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:41.180
 felt

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:41.900
 on your

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.620
 shoulders,

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:42.980
 on your

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.420
 back,

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:46.100
 the back-breaking

00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:46.620
 weight

00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:47.600
 of the perfect

00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:48.240
 law of God?

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.880
 Have you

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.920
 tried

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.360
 and tried

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.539
 and tried

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:56.980
 again

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.960
 in your own

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.539
 strength

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.760
 and failed

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:00.820
 again,

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.900
 again,

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:03.400
 and again?

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:08.340
 have you

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.940
 seen

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.220
 the

00:36:09.220 --> 00:36:11.099
 wicked,

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.599
 hopeless

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.900
 depravity

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.539
 of your own

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.539
 sinful heart?

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.960
 Have you

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.480
 seen

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.380
 the utter

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.039
 ruin

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.780
 of your

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.380
 soul?

00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:22.820
 Have you

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:24.039
 despaired

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:25.079
 of your own

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.700
 righteousness?

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.220
 Are you

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.900
 just about

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.320
 ready to

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.880
 collapse

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.519
 under the

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.800
 weight

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.539
 of God's

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.740
 moral demands

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.919
 to give

00:36:32.919 --> 00:36:33.239
 up,

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.459
 to give

00:36:34.459 --> 00:36:34.939
 up and

00:36:34.939 --> 00:36:35.479
 bear the

00:36:35.479 --> 00:36:35.919
 consequence

00:36:35.919 --> 00:36:36.639
 of sin,

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:37.639
 death,

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.199
 damnation?

00:36:40.479 --> 00:36:41.000
 Do you

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.459
 see

00:36:41.459 --> 00:36:42.500
 that that

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.199
 is in

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:43.559
 fact

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.319
 what you

00:36:44.319 --> 00:36:45.000
 and I

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:46.059
 deserve?

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.219
 Then

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:51.500
 this

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.179
 invitation

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.639
 is for

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:52.959
 you.

00:36:55.459 --> 00:36:56.179
 Come

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.759
 to me

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:58.099
 all,

00:36:58.839 --> 00:36:59.459
 all

00:36:59.459 --> 00:37:01.179
 who labor

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:02.099
 and are

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.460
 heavy

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.619
 laid

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:06.139
 and I

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:06.839
 will give

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.460
 you rest.

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.159
 How

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.759
 sweet is

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:11.940
 our

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.219
 savior?

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:15.779
 And

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.359
 why does

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:17.079
 Jesus issue

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.739
 such a

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.139
 gracious

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.719
 invitation

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.319
 for sinners

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:19.739
 like you

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.039
 and me?

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.279
 Jesus

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:23.739
 tells us

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.019
 in verse

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.480
 29,

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.779
 take my

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.239
 yoke upon

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.480
 you and

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.879
 learn from

00:37:27.879 --> 00:37:29.199
 me for

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:30.299
 because

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.899
 that's

00:37:30.899 --> 00:37:31.039
 the

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.299
 reason

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:31.799
 for

00:37:31.799 --> 00:37:32.980
 I

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.399
 am

00:37:33.399 --> 00:37:34.299
 gentle

00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:34.659
 and

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.279
 lowly

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:35.539
 in

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:35.980
 heart

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.559
 and

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:36.779
 you

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.099
 will

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.659
 find

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.259
 rest

00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:38.719
 for

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.139
 your

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.879
 souls.

00:37:41.879 --> 00:37:42.439
 19th

00:37:42.439 --> 00:37:42.819
 century

00:37:42.819 --> 00:37:43.819
 English

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.159
 preacher

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.480
 Charles

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:44.839
 Spurgeon

00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:45.019
 has

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.299
 noted

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:45.699
 in one

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.000
 of his

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.379
 many

00:37:46.379 --> 00:37:46.839
 sermons

00:37:46.839 --> 00:37:47.899
 on this

00:37:47.899 --> 00:37:48.259
 passage,

00:37:48.359 --> 00:37:48.579
 I think

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.759
 he's

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:49.099
 preached

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:50.299
 half a

00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:50.460
 dozen

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.759
 sermons

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:51.259
 or more

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:52.319
 on this

00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:52.619
 passage,

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:52.919
 I hope

00:37:52.919 --> 00:37:53.179
 I get

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.359
 to do

00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:53.519
 the

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.799
 same

00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:55.019
 in my

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.339
 life.

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:57.579
 he

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:57.860
 notes

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.079
 that

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.280
 in

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.640
 all

00:37:58.640 --> 00:37:58.740
 of

00:37:58.740 --> 00:37:58.860
 the

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.059
 four

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.539
 gospels

00:37:59.539 --> 00:37:59.880
 Matthew,

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.200
 Mark,

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.420
 Luke,

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.920
 and John

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.420
 which tell

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.680
 us about

00:38:01.680 --> 00:38:02.120
 the person

00:38:02.120 --> 00:38:02.519
 and work

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.960
 of Jesus,

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:04.160
 this verse

00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:04.780
 right here

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.579
 is the

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.460
 only place

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:07.019
 where Jesus

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.640
 tells us

00:38:07.640 --> 00:38:08.280
 about what's

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.620
 in his

00:38:08.620 --> 00:38:08.940
 own

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.460
 heart.

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.300
 And

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.579
 what's

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:12.940
 the heart?

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.400
 The heart

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.820
 is the

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.160
 inner

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:14.740
 center

00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:15.300
 of a

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.700
 person

00:38:15.700 --> 00:38:17.039
 from

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.340
 which

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.960
 flows

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.200
 the

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.800
 springs

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.420
 of life.

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.800
 Proverbs

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.000
 4

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.380
 23

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.780
 says

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.600
 Jesus

00:38:21.600 --> 00:38:21.880
 says

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.440
 repeatedly

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.820
 throughout

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.220
 Matthew

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:23.500
 Matthew

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.780
 12

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.280
 34

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.840
 15

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.160
 18

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.639
 15

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.019
 19

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.619
 that

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.039
 all

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.279
 our

00:38:27.279 --> 00:38:27.779
 words

00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:28.159
 and

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.579
 deeds

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:28.920
 all

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.119
 our

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.519
 actions

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.779
 all

00:38:29.779 --> 00:38:29.960
 our

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.420
 speech

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.000
 everything

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.440
 we do

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.139
 flow out

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.379
 of the

00:38:32.379 --> 00:38:32.799
 abundance

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:33.319
 of the

00:38:33.319 --> 00:38:33.799
 heart.

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.339
 In other

00:38:35.339 --> 00:38:35.519
 words,

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:35.819
 if you

00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:36.139
 know a

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.519
 person's

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:36.799
 heart,

00:38:36.899 --> 00:38:37.299
 you know

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:37.619
 them

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.119
 inside

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.559
 and out.

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.699
 You know

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.099
 what they're

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.879
 really like.

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.899
 And you

00:38:42.899 --> 00:38:43.639
 know what

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.039
 Jesus'

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:44.960
 heart is

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.319
 like,

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:46.099
 what he's

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.480
 really

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.000
 like,

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.539
 at his

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:47.819
 very

00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:48.399
 core,

00:38:48.839 --> 00:38:49.259
 he says

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:49.839
 I am

00:38:49.839 --> 00:38:50.559
 gentle

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.799
 and lowly

00:38:51.799 --> 00:38:52.379
 in heart.

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:56.940
 because

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.460
 Jesus

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.980
 is so

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.559
 holy,

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.039
 because

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.599
 Jesus

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.039
 is the

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.380
 son of

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.599
 God

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.039
 to whom

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.460
 the

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.760
 father

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:02.960
 has

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.240
 handed

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:03.519
 over

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:03.840
 all

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.380
 things,

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.519
 we

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.920
 expect

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.280
 Jesus

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:06.800
 to be

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.360
 harsh

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.140
 and

00:39:08.140 --> 00:39:08.619
 haughty

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:11.440
 like

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:12.140
 sinful

00:39:12.140 --> 00:39:12.760
 people get

00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:13.280
 when they're

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.860
 in positions

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.460
 of authority,

00:39:14.700 --> 00:39:15.320
 when they're

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.720
 better than

00:39:15.720 --> 00:39:16.059
 us.

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:19.799
 we expect

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:20.360
 Jesus to

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.900
 be harsh

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.559
 and haughty,

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:22.079
 we expect

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.480
 him to

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.119
 be sore

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:24.079
 and severe,

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.460
 we expect

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:25.840
 him to

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.779
 look at

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.799
 us up

00:39:27.799 --> 00:39:28.259
 and down

00:39:28.259 --> 00:39:28.519
 and

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:30.179
 in

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.759
 disappointment

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.900
 and

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.679
 disgust

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:33.440
 and say

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.299
 how pathetic

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:34.880
 are you

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.259
 really?

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.159
 Is this

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.500
 the best

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.739
 you can

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:39.940
 do?

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.239
 I tell

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:43.039
 you everything

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.440
 you have

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.860
 to do,

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:44.759
 A to Z,

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:45.200
 and you

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.520
 still

00:39:45.520 --> 00:39:46.060
 can't

00:39:46.060 --> 00:39:46.440
 do it.

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:47.880
 You

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.080
 have

00:39:48.080 --> 00:39:48.640
 sinned

00:39:48.640 --> 00:39:49.120
 yet

00:39:49.120 --> 00:39:49.560
 again.

00:39:50.600 --> 00:39:50.900
 You've

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.120
 sinned

00:39:51.120 --> 00:39:51.520
 so many

00:39:51.520 --> 00:39:51.840
 times

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.140
 that I

00:39:52.140 --> 00:39:52.300
 have

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:52.660
 lost

00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.160
 count.

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.460
 My

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.980
 patience

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.660
 is

00:39:55.660 --> 00:39:56.080
 really

00:39:56.080 --> 00:39:56.780
 running

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:57.220
 thin.

00:39:59.040 --> 00:39:59.720
 So

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:00.100
 get

00:40:00.100 --> 00:40:00.320
 your

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.600
 act

00:40:00.600 --> 00:40:00.980
 together

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.340
 before

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:01.640
 I

00:40:01.640 --> 00:40:02.220
 put

00:40:02.220 --> 00:40:02.400
 you

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.580
 out

00:40:02.580 --> 00:40:02.680
 of

00:40:02.680 --> 00:40:02.840
 my

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.280
 presence.

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:09.960
 Isn't

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.140
 that

00:40:10.140 --> 00:40:10.500
 how we

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.880
 sometimes

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.100
 view

00:40:11.100 --> 00:40:11.400
 God?

00:40:13.080 --> 00:40:13.600
 Isn't

00:40:13.600 --> 00:40:13.900
 that

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.580
 what

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:15.279
 the devil

00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:16.119
 tells us

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.319
 God

00:40:16.319 --> 00:40:16.440
 is

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.779
 like?

00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:19.840
 But

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.440
 praise

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.960
 be to

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.259
 God

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:21.460
 that

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:21.719
 that

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:21.940
 is

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.420
 not

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:23.059
 what

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.460
 Jesus

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.019
 is

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.420
 like.

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.299
 He

00:40:25.299 --> 00:40:25.460
 says

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:25.739
 I

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:25.980
 am

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.500
 gentle

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:26.860
 and

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.420
 lowly

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:27.679
 in

00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:28.019
 heart.

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.539
 The

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:29.759
 word

00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.099
 gentle

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.579
 occurs

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:31.039
 only

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:31.460
 three

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:31.699
 other

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.019
 times

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.159
 in

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:32.239
 the

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:32.380
 New

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.759
 Testament.

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.639
 First

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:33.940
 in the

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.519
 Beatitudes

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.759
 where

00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:34.880
 it

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.019
 is

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.460
 translated

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:35.679
 as

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:36.239
 meek.

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.000
 Blessed

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.179
 are

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:37.380
 the

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:37.739
 meek

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.019
 for

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.259
 they

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:38.619
 shall

00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:39.079
 inherit

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.319
 the

00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:39.619
 earth.

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:39.799
 In

00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:40.000
 Matthew

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.340
 5

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:40.380
 5.

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.539
 The

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.059
 meek

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.480
 seem

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.679
 like

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:43.179
 the last

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:43.419
 kind

00:40:43.419 --> 00:40:43.519
 of

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.739
 people

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:43.879
 who

00:40:43.879 --> 00:40:44.019
 will

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.319
 inherit

00:40:44.319 --> 00:40:44.519
 the

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:44.719
 earth

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:44.839
 in

00:40:44.839 --> 00:40:44.980
 our

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.279
 minds.

00:40:45.279 --> 00:40:45.500
 Right?

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:46.500
 Doesn't

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.879
 the earth

00:40:46.879 --> 00:40:47.440
 belong to

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.059
 the strong?

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:48.799
 Doesn't

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.139
 the earth

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.679
 belong to

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.379
 the assertive?

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:51.259
 The aggressive?

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.239
 To those who

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:52.919
 seize the

00:40:52.919 --> 00:40:53.659
 moment and

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:54.599
 seize power?

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:55.779
 Not

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.219
 according to

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:56.500
 Jesus.

00:40:56.819 --> 00:40:57.159
 The earth

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.679
 belongs to

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.099
 the meek.

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:58.960
 To

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.500
 those who

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.879
 are willing

00:40:59.879 --> 00:41:00.179
 to be

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:00.699
 overlooked.

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.379
 To

00:41:01.379 --> 00:41:01.699
 those who

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:02.019
 are willing

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.319
 to be

00:41:02.319 --> 00:41:03.119
 downtrodden.

00:41:03.419 --> 00:41:03.960
 As

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.179
 they

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:04.940
 trust in

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.460
 and wait

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:05.819
 on

00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:06.219
 the

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:06.799
 deliverance

00:41:06.799 --> 00:41:06.960
 of

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.339
 God.

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.380
 God.

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.579
 The

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:10.840
 second

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.200
 instance

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:11.600
 is in

00:41:11.600 --> 00:41:12.380
 Zechariah's

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:12.800
 prophecy

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.380
 concerning

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:13.820
 Jesus

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.620
 which is

00:41:14.620 --> 00:41:14.900
 cited

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.320
 later in

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.539
 Matthew

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:15.980
 21

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.620
 verse 5

00:41:16.620 --> 00:41:16.960
 and there

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.160
 it's

00:41:17.160 --> 00:41:17.660
 translated

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:17.940
 as

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.440
 humble.

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.579
 Behold

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:19.920
 your

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.360
 king

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:20.539
 is

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:20.820
 coming

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:21.000
 to

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.260
 you

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:22.039
 humble

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.480
 and

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:22.920
 mounted

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.280
 on a

00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:23.640
 donkey.

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.160
 In

00:41:25.160 --> 00:41:25.420
 this

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.980
 context

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.220
 it

00:41:26.220 --> 00:41:26.700
 describes

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:27.079
 King

00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:27.579
 Jesus

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.360
 coming

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:28.960
 into

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.620
 hostile

00:41:29.620 --> 00:41:30.400
 territory

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.640
 to

00:41:30.640 --> 00:41:31.120
 Jerusalem

00:41:31.120 --> 00:41:31.960
 where

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.240
 his

00:41:32.240 --> 00:41:33.000
 detractors

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.220
 will

00:41:33.220 --> 00:41:33.660
 frame

00:41:33.660 --> 00:41:33.900
 him

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.079
 with

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:34.380
 trumped

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:34.500
 up

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:34.860
 charges

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.240
 and

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:36.079
 crucify

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:36.280
 him

00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:37.079
 unjustly.

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.639
 But

00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:37.940
 even

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:38.219
 when

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.380
 he

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:38.519
 is

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:38.779
 coming

00:41:38.779 --> 00:41:39.000
 into

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.219
 this

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:39.940
 rebellious

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.360
 city

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:41.019
 instead

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.199
 of

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.500
 coming

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:41.819
 on

00:41:41.819 --> 00:41:42.079
 a

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.420
 mighty

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:43.179
 stallion

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:43.380
 to

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.719
 wage

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.179
 war

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:44.579
 against

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:44.960
 these

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:47.559
 ungrateful

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.139
 rebels

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:49.360
 to

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:49.759
 conquer

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.139
 them

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:51.360
 instead

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.759
 of doing

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:51.980
 that

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.299
 Jesus

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:52.960
 comes

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.920
 on

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:54.079
 a

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.539
 donkey

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.920
 sauntering

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.360
 down

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:57.000
 the

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.340
 mountain

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.679
 in

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:58.219
 peace

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:59.440
 that's

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.099
 meekness

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:03.940
 third

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.799
 this

00:42:04.799 --> 00:42:04.980
 is the

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.199
 last

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.619
 instance

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.980
 of the

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.340
 word

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:06.500
 in

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:06.720
 first

00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:06.940
 Peter

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.160
 three

00:42:07.160 --> 00:42:07.460
 four

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:07.680
 it's

00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:07.920
 used

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.039
 to

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.620
 describe

00:42:08.620 --> 00:42:09.460
 godly

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.940
 woman

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.760
 whom

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.120
 God

00:42:11.120 --> 00:42:12.000
 cherishes

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.079
 people

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.460
 women

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.980
 he says

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.140
 are

00:42:14.140 --> 00:42:14.800
 precious

00:42:14.800 --> 00:42:15.140
 to

00:42:15.140 --> 00:42:15.420
 him

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:17.200
 they're

00:42:17.200 --> 00:42:17.620
 described

00:42:17.620 --> 00:42:17.840
 as

00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:18.120
 having

00:42:18.120 --> 00:42:18.380
 their

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:19.019
 hearts

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:20.160
 clothed

00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:20.680
 with

00:42:20.680 --> 00:42:20.880
 the

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.720
 imperishable

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:22.100
 beauty

00:42:22.100 --> 00:42:22.960
 of a

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:23.420
 gentle

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.800
 and

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.160
 quiet

00:42:24.160 --> 00:42:24.760
 spirit

00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:26.660
 that

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:26.880
 word

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.300
 gentle

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:27.660
 is the

00:42:27.660 --> 00:42:27.860
 same

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.180
 word

00:42:28.180 --> 00:42:28.740
 meek

00:42:28.740 --> 00:42:29.900
 humble

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:33.960
 if

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.400
 Jesus

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:34.760
 is

00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:35.460
 meek

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.059
 in

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.420
 his

00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:36.980
 heart

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:38.019
 then

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:38.220
 he

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:38.440
 is

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:38.920
 not

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.860
 irritable

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:41.079
 or

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:42.000
 easily

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:43.139
 exasperated

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:44.519
 when we

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:44.980
 come to

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:45.280
 him

00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:45.960
 he is

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.519
 humble

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:47.940
 he is

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.519
 gentle

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.700
 he has

00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:49.960
 the

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.460
 longest

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:51.240
 patience

00:42:51.240 --> 00:42:52.260
 he has

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:52.840
 the most

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.500
 gracious

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:54.240
 disposition

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:56.659
 he is

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:57.279
 the most

00:42:57.279 --> 00:42:58.519
 understanding

00:42:58.519 --> 00:43:00.979
 of anyone

00:43:00.979 --> 00:43:01.399
 we have

00:43:01.399 --> 00:43:01.579
 ever

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:01.899
 known

00:43:01.899 --> 00:43:05.919
 Jesus

00:43:05.919 --> 00:43:06.259
 also

00:43:06.259 --> 00:43:06.739
 described

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.000
 as

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.679
 lowly

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:07.819
 in

00:43:07.819 --> 00:43:08.079
 heart

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:09.739
 this

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:09.959
 is

00:43:09.959 --> 00:43:10.459
 also

00:43:10.459 --> 00:43:10.739
 a word

00:43:10.739 --> 00:43:10.879
 that

00:43:10.879 --> 00:43:11.239
 sometimes

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:11.719
 translates

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:11.959
 as

00:43:11.959 --> 00:43:12.359
 humble

00:43:12.359 --> 00:43:13.139
 for

00:43:13.139 --> 00:43:13.319
 example

00:43:13.319 --> 00:43:13.479
 in

00:43:13.479 --> 00:43:13.679
 1st

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:13.839
 Peter

00:43:13.839 --> 00:43:14.139
 5

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:14.439
 5

00:43:14.439 --> 00:43:14.599
 which

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:14.839
 I

00:43:14.839 --> 00:43:15.079
 cited

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.459
 earlier

00:43:15.459 --> 00:43:15.719
 God

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:16.159
 opposes

00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:16.339
 the

00:43:16.339 --> 00:43:16.619
 proud

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:16.759
 but

00:43:16.759 --> 00:43:16.919
 gives

00:43:16.919 --> 00:43:17.219
 grace

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:17.500
 to

00:43:17.500 --> 00:43:17.759
 the

00:43:17.759 --> 00:43:18.259
 humble

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:19.339
 it

00:43:19.339 --> 00:43:19.679
 refers

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:19.859
 to

00:43:19.859 --> 00:43:20.079
 those

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.199
 who

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:20.299
 are

00:43:20.299 --> 00:43:20.479
 of

00:43:20.479 --> 00:43:21.000
 humble

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.719
 estate

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.879
 as

00:43:22.879 --> 00:43:23.299
 Mary

00:43:23.299 --> 00:43:23.559
 says

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:23.679
 in

00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:23.839
 Luke

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:24.680
 152

00:43:24.680 --> 00:43:25.600
 so

00:43:25.600 --> 00:43:25.960
 Romans

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.280
 12

00:43:26.280 --> 00:43:26.700
 16

00:43:26.700 --> 00:43:27.120
 commands

00:43:27.120 --> 00:43:27.300
 us

00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:27.460
 do

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:27.700
 not

00:43:27.700 --> 00:43:27.920
 be

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.600
 haughty

00:43:28.600 --> 00:43:29.260
 but

00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:29.840
 associate

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.340
 with

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:30.640
 the

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:31.440
 lowly

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:33.740
 haughty

00:43:33.740 --> 00:43:34.100
 people

00:43:34.100 --> 00:43:35.559
 only

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:35.960
 hang out

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:36.100
 with

00:43:36.100 --> 00:43:36.240
 the

00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:36.440
 high

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.559
 and

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:36.660
 the

00:43:36.660 --> 00:43:36.920
 mighty

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:39.620
 but

00:43:39.620 --> 00:43:40.440
 lowly

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:40.860
 people

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.920
 are

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:42.500
 fine

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:43.160
 with

00:43:43.160 --> 00:43:43.340
 being

00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:43.900
 associated

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:44.140
 with

00:43:44.140 --> 00:43:44.280
 the

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:44.660
 lowly

00:43:44.660 --> 00:43:47.780
 and

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:48.180
 Jesus

00:43:48.180 --> 00:43:49.079
 is

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.500
 fine

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.240
 with

00:43:50.240 --> 00:43:50.440
 being

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:50.960
 associated

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.180
 with

00:43:51.180 --> 00:43:51.519
 lowly

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:51.780
 people

00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:52.039
 like

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:52.360
 us

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:55.420
 no

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.620
 matter

00:43:55.620 --> 00:43:56.059
 how

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:56.720
 far

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:56.980
 you

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.140
 have

00:43:57.140 --> 00:43:57.559
 sunk

00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:58.079
 down

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:58.480
 in

00:43:58.480 --> 00:43:58.620
 your

00:43:58.620 --> 00:43:58.960
 mire

00:43:58.960 --> 00:43:59.160
 of

00:43:59.160 --> 00:43:59.500
 sin

00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:00.220
 Jesus

00:44:00.220 --> 00:44:00.599
 is

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:01.059
 willing

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.360
 to

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:01.640
 go

00:44:01.640 --> 00:44:01.980
 that

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:02.420
 low

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:03.760
 to

00:44:03.760 --> 00:44:04.099
 lift

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:04.340
 you

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:04.640
 up

00:44:04.640 --> 00:44:11.360
 take

00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:11.640
 my

00:44:11.640 --> 00:44:11.920
 yoke

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:12.260
 upon

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:12.460
 you

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:12.660
 and

00:44:12.660 --> 00:44:12.940
 learn

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:13.200
 from

00:44:13.200 --> 00:44:13.460
 me

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:13.900
 for

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.059
 I

00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:14.200
 am

00:44:14.200 --> 00:44:14.660
 gentle

00:44:14.660 --> 00:44:15.000
 and

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.519
 lowly

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:15.700
 in

00:44:15.700 --> 00:44:16.019
 heart

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:16.579
 and

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:16.720
 you

00:44:16.720 --> 00:44:16.880
 will

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:17.300
 find

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:17.800
 rest

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.059
 for

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:18.320
 your

00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:18.840
 souls

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:21.120
 we

00:44:21.120 --> 00:44:21.240
 should

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:21.440
 take

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:21.620
 the

00:44:21.620 --> 00:44:21.960
 yoke

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:22.200
 of

00:44:22.200 --> 00:44:22.680
 Christ

00:44:22.680 --> 00:44:23.100
 the

00:44:23.100 --> 00:44:23.360
 yoke

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:23.539
 of

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:23.940
 learning

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:24.280
 because

00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:24.660
 Jesus

00:44:24.660 --> 00:44:25.039
 is

00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:25.519
 gentle

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:26.260
 and

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:26.760
 lowly

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.000
 in

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.420
 heart

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:28.620
 that's

00:44:28.620 --> 00:44:28.740
 how

00:44:28.740 --> 00:44:28.860
 we

00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:29.019
 know

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.180
 that

00:44:29.180 --> 00:44:29.300
 in

00:44:29.300 --> 00:44:29.440
 him

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:29.559
 we

00:44:29.559 --> 00:44:29.700
 will

00:44:29.700 --> 00:44:29.920
 find

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.300
 rest

00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:30.559
 for

00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:30.740
 our

00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:31.079
 souls

00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:31.420
 for

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.620
 he

00:44:31.620 --> 00:44:31.900
 says

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:32.019
 in

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.200
 verse

00:44:32.200 --> 00:44:32.559
 30

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:33.160
 my

00:44:33.160 --> 00:44:33.420
 yoke

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:33.600
 is

00:44:33.600 --> 00:44:34.120
 easy

00:44:34.120 --> 00:44:35.039
 and

00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:35.200
 my

00:44:35.200 --> 00:44:35.500
 burden

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:35.840
 is

00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:36.320
 light

00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:38.519
 a

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:38.840
 yoke

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.460
 is

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:39.660
 a

00:44:39.660 --> 00:44:40.000
 wooden

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:40.559
 cross

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:40.860
 beam

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:41.140
 that

00:44:41.140 --> 00:44:41.260
 is

00:44:41.260 --> 00:44:41.600
 laid

00:44:41.600 --> 00:44:42.160
 upon

00:44:42.160 --> 00:44:42.559
 an

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:42.940
 animal

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:43.260
 or

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:43.519
 on

00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:43.660
 a

00:44:43.660 --> 00:44:44.100
 person

00:44:44.100 --> 00:44:44.920
 to

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:45.220
 help

00:44:45.220 --> 00:44:45.519
 them

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:46.360
 carry

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:47.160
 or pull

00:44:47.160 --> 00:44:47.480
 a

00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:47.840
 heavier

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:48.179
 load

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:48.320
 than

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:48.480
 they

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:48.980
 otherwise

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.260
 would

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:49.420
 be

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:49.619
 able

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:49.880
 to

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:50.559
 without

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:50.880
 it

00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:53.199
 this

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:53.320
 is

00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:53.500
 a

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:53.840
 symbol

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:54.420
 of

00:44:54.420 --> 00:44:55.079
 burden

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:56.760
 it's

00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:56.900
 a

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:57.199
 symbol

00:44:57.199 --> 00:44:57.659
 often

00:44:57.659 --> 00:44:57.860
 of

00:44:57.860 --> 00:44:58.400
 oppression

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.099
 of

00:44:59.099 --> 00:44:59.780
 control

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:04.199
 but

00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:04.380
 wait

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:04.659
 didn't

00:45:04.659 --> 00:45:04.940
 Jesus

00:45:04.940 --> 00:45:05.280
 say

00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:05.679
 earlier

00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:05.880
 in

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.159
 Matthew

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:06.539
 7

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:06.860
 13

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:07.000
 to

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.360
 14

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:07.960
 enter

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.179
 by

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:08.360
 the

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:08.659
 narrow

00:45:08.659 --> 00:45:09.079
 gate

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:10.059
 for

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:10.199
 the

00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:10.420
 gate

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:10.579
 is

00:45:10.579 --> 00:45:10.940
 wide

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.059
 and

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.179
 the

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:11.380
 way

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:11.539
 is

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:12.159
 easy

00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:12.500
 that

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:12.740
 leads

00:45:12.740 --> 00:45:12.860
 to

00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:13.320
 destruction

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:14.159
 and

00:45:14.159 --> 00:45:14.360
 those

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:14.460
 who

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:14.699
 enter

00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:14.960
 by

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.079
 it

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:15.179
 are

00:45:15.179 --> 00:45:15.440
 many

00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:15.860
 for

00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:16.000
 the

00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:16.219
 gate

00:45:16.219 --> 00:45:16.360
 is

00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:16.719
 narrow

00:45:16.719 --> 00:45:16.860
 and

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:16.980
 the

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.139
 way

00:45:17.139 --> 00:45:17.320
 is

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:17.940
 hard

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.260
 that

00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:18.500
 leads

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:18.679
 to

00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:19.039
 life

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.440
 and

00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:19.639
 those

00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:19.760
 who

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:20.019
 find

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.139
 it

00:45:20.139 --> 00:45:20.240
 are

00:45:20.240 --> 00:45:20.619
 few

00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:22.240
 the

00:45:22.240 --> 00:45:22.460
 way

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:22.639
 of

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.059
 Christ

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:23.699
 that

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:23.920
 leads

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.019
 to

00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:24.240
 eternal

00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:24.480
 life

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:24.659
 is

00:45:24.659 --> 00:45:25.179
 hard

00:45:25.179 --> 00:45:27.320
 so

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:27.519
 then

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:28.039
 how

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.240
 can

00:45:28.240 --> 00:45:28.519
 Jesus

00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:28.820
 say

00:45:28.820 --> 00:45:29.000
 that

00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:29.199
 his

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:29.480
 yoke

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:29.679
 is

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:30.079
 easy

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:32.639
 there's

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:32.780
 no

00:45:32.780 --> 00:45:33.300
 contradiction

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:33.659
 here

00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:35.760
 the

00:45:35.760 --> 00:45:36.019
 word

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.559
 translated

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.000
 easy

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.340
 here

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:37.699
 is a

00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:37.980
 different

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.260
 word

00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:38.380
 than

00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:38.480
 the

00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:38.639
 one

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:38.900
 that's

00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:39.199
 used

00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:39.360
 in

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:39.659
 Matthew

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:40.019
 7

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.420
 13

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:41.440
 the

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:41.639
 word

00:45:41.639 --> 00:45:41.840
 that's

00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:42.039
 used

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:42.440
 here

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:42.639
 is

00:45:42.639 --> 00:45:42.740
 a

00:45:42.740 --> 00:45:42.920
 word

00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:43.059
 that

00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:43.500
 means

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:44.219
 kind

00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:47.500
 for

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:47.759
 example

00:45:47.759 --> 00:45:48.079
 when it

00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:48.399
 says in

00:45:48.399 --> 00:45:48.839
 Luke 6

00:45:48.839 --> 00:45:49.259
 35

00:45:49.259 --> 00:45:50.399
 that God

00:45:50.399 --> 00:45:51.139
 most high

00:45:51.139 --> 00:45:52.259
 is kind

00:45:52.259 --> 00:45:53.179
 to the

00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:53.879
 ungrateful

00:45:53.879 --> 00:45:54.339
 and the

00:45:54.339 --> 00:45:54.719
 evil

00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:56.719
 or in

00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:57.359
 Romans 2

00:45:57.359 --> 00:45:57.699
 4

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:58.019
 when it

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.199
 says

00:45:58.199 --> 00:45:58.480
 do you

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:58.980
 presume

00:45:58.980 --> 00:45:59.619
 on the

00:45:59.619 --> 00:45:59.899
 riches

00:45:59.899 --> 00:46:00.599
 of his

00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:01.219
 kindness

00:46:01.219 --> 00:46:02.419
 and forbearance

00:46:02.419 --> 00:46:03.039
 and patience

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.859
 not knowing

00:46:03.859 --> 00:46:04.500
 that God's

00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:05.079
 kindness

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:05.739
 is meant

00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:06.199
 to lead

00:46:06.199 --> 00:46:06.500
 you to

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:06.980
 repentance

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:08.939
 or Ephesians

00:46:08.939 --> 00:46:09.579
 432

00:46:09.579 --> 00:46:10.699
 be kind

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:11.319
 to one

00:46:11.319 --> 00:46:11.739
 another

00:46:11.739 --> 00:46:12.799
 tenderhearted

00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:13.500
 forgiving

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:13.820
 one

00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:14.160
 another

00:46:14.160 --> 00:46:14.640
 as

00:46:14.640 --> 00:46:15.039
 God

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:15.320
 in

00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:15.820
 Christ

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:16.539
 forgave

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:17.080
 you

00:46:17.080 --> 00:46:18.160
 all

00:46:18.160 --> 00:46:18.360
 of

00:46:18.360 --> 00:46:18.700
 these

00:46:18.700 --> 00:46:19.160
 instances

00:46:19.160 --> 00:46:19.560
 of the

00:46:19.560 --> 00:46:19.840
 word

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:20.519
 kind

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.140
 that's

00:46:21.140 --> 00:46:21.539
 translated

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:21.900
 easy

00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:22.200
 in our

00:46:22.200 --> 00:46:22.440
 verse

00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:22.980
 it

00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:23.700
 describes

00:46:23.700 --> 00:46:24.220
 they

00:46:24.220 --> 00:46:24.640
 describe

00:46:24.640 --> 00:46:25.019
 how

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:25.420
 God

00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:25.940
 treats

00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:26.180
 the

00:46:26.180 --> 00:46:27.019
 undeserving

00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:27.580
 sinner

00:46:27.580 --> 00:46:28.920
 with

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.580
 forgiveness

00:46:29.580 --> 00:46:30.700
 with

00:46:30.700 --> 00:46:31.539
 forbearance

00:46:31.539 --> 00:46:32.340
 with

00:46:32.340 --> 00:46:33.260
 kindness

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:36.220
 in other

00:46:36.220 --> 00:46:36.580
 words

00:46:36.580 --> 00:46:37.620
 the idea

00:46:37.620 --> 00:46:38.060
 of a

00:46:38.060 --> 00:46:38.500
 yoke

00:46:38.500 --> 00:46:39.019
 which

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:39.519
 conjures

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:39.800
 up

00:46:39.800 --> 00:46:40.140
 images

00:46:40.140 --> 00:46:40.420
 of

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:40.920
 control

00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:41.200
 and

00:46:41.200 --> 00:46:41.760
 oppression

00:46:41.760 --> 00:46:42.840
 weight

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:43.040
 and

00:46:43.040 --> 00:46:43.480
 burden

00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:44.100
 is

00:46:44.100 --> 00:46:44.400
 meant

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:44.600
 to

00:46:44.600 --> 00:46:44.960
 be

00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:45.680
 ironic

00:46:45.680 --> 00:46:49.520
 the

00:46:49.520 --> 00:46:49.860
 yoke

00:46:49.860 --> 00:46:50.100
 that

00:46:50.100 --> 00:46:50.460
 Christ

00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:50.960
 offers

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:51.160
 is

00:46:51.160 --> 00:46:51.320
 the

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:51.600
 yoke

00:46:51.600 --> 00:46:51.820
 of

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:52.340
 freedom

00:46:52.340 --> 00:46:56.760
 but

00:46:56.760 --> 00:46:57.140
 how

00:46:57.140 --> 00:46:57.600
 can

00:46:57.600 --> 00:46:58.380
 Jesus

00:46:58.380 --> 00:47:00.340
 lighten

00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:00.580
 that

00:47:00.580 --> 00:47:01.000
 yoke

00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:01.600
 that

00:47:01.600 --> 00:47:01.760
 was

00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:02.040
 so

00:47:02.040 --> 00:47:02.460
 heavy

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:05.520
 because

00:47:05.520 --> 00:47:05.940
 God

00:47:05.940 --> 00:47:06.820
 cannot

00:47:06.820 --> 00:47:07.940
 lower

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:08.140
 the

00:47:08.140 --> 00:47:08.640
 standards

00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:09.299
 or

00:47:09.299 --> 00:47:09.659
 lighten

00:47:09.659 --> 00:47:09.799
 the

00:47:09.799 --> 00:47:10.139
 burden

00:47:10.139 --> 00:47:11.799
 without

00:47:11.799 --> 00:47:12.679
 doing

00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:13.179
 damage

00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:13.379
 to

00:47:13.379 --> 00:47:13.679
 his

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:14.119
 own

00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:14.879
 dignity

00:47:14.879 --> 00:47:15.239
 and

00:47:15.239 --> 00:47:15.679
 glory

00:47:15.679 --> 00:47:15.980
 and

00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:16.400
 holiness

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:17.460
 how

00:47:17.460 --> 00:47:17.739
 can

00:47:17.739 --> 00:47:18.099
 Jesus

00:47:18.099 --> 00:47:18.539
 offer

00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:18.920
 us

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:19.199
 an

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:19.500
 easy

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:19.839
 yoke

00:47:19.839 --> 00:47:20.440
 and

00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:20.579
 a

00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:20.759
 light

00:47:20.759 --> 00:47:21.059
 burden

00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:23.679
 Jesus

00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:23.940
 can

00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.219
 offer

00:47:24.219 --> 00:47:24.440
 this

00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:24.579
 to

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:24.759
 us

00:47:24.759 --> 00:47:25.019
 because

00:47:25.019 --> 00:47:25.299
 he

00:47:25.299 --> 00:47:25.900
 himself

00:47:25.900 --> 00:47:26.259
 has

00:47:26.259 --> 00:47:26.840
 borne

00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:27.360
 this

00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:27.779
 burden

00:47:27.779 --> 00:47:28.340
 on

00:47:28.340 --> 00:47:28.460
 the

00:47:28.460 --> 00:47:28.900
 cross

00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:32.059
 he

00:47:32.059 --> 00:47:32.219
 says

00:47:32.219 --> 00:47:32.360
 in

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:32.920
 Colossians

00:47:32.920 --> 00:47:33.400
 chapter

00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:33.820
 one

00:47:33.820 --> 00:47:35.059
 and

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:35.420
 you

00:47:35.420 --> 00:47:35.699
 who

00:47:35.699 --> 00:47:35.880
 were

00:47:35.880 --> 00:47:36.279
 dead

00:47:36.279 --> 00:47:36.500
 in

00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:36.659
 your

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:37.380
 trespasses

00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:37.799
 and

00:47:37.799 --> 00:47:37.940
 the

00:47:37.940 --> 00:47:38.820
 uncircumcision

00:47:38.820 --> 00:47:39.099
 of

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:39.259
 your

00:47:39.259 --> 00:47:39.699
 flesh

00:47:39.699 --> 00:47:40.320
 God

00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:40.719
 made

00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:41.179
 alive

00:47:41.179 --> 00:47:41.579
 together

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:41.920
 with

00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:42.179
 him

00:47:42.179 --> 00:47:42.739
 having

00:47:42.739 --> 00:47:43.159
 forgiven

00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:43.440
 us

00:47:43.440 --> 00:47:43.900
 all

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:44.219
 our

00:47:44.219 --> 00:47:45.099
 trespasses

00:47:45.099 --> 00:47:45.779
 by

00:47:45.779 --> 00:47:46.739
 canceling

00:47:46.739 --> 00:47:46.940
 the

00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:47.320
 record

00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:47.539
 of

00:47:47.539 --> 00:47:47.779
 debt

00:47:47.779 --> 00:47:48.039
 that

00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:48.299
 stood

00:47:48.299 --> 00:47:48.699
 against

00:47:48.699 --> 00:47:49.019
 us

00:47:49.019 --> 00:47:49.559
 with

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:49.940
 its

00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:50.460
 legal

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:51.239
 demands

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:52.480
 this

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:52.719
 he

00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:53.179
 set

00:47:53.179 --> 00:47:53.739
 aside

00:47:53.739 --> 00:47:54.500
 nailing

00:47:54.500 --> 00:47:54.679
 it

00:47:54.679 --> 00:47:54.800
 to

00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:54.960
 the

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:55.519
 cross

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:58.259
 that

00:47:58.259 --> 00:47:58.739
 heavy

00:47:58.739 --> 00:47:59.300
 back

00:47:59.300 --> 00:47:59.780
 breaking

00:47:59.780 --> 00:48:00.159
 burden

00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:00.400
 that

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:00.780
 we

00:48:00.780 --> 00:48:02.079
 stumbled

00:48:02.079 --> 00:48:02.739
 underneath

00:48:02.739 --> 00:48:04.059
 that

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:04.320
 we

00:48:04.320 --> 00:48:05.000
 crumbled

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:05.719
 underneath

00:48:05.719 --> 00:48:06.559
 Jesus

00:48:06.559 --> 00:48:07.159
 carried

00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:07.360
 that

00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:07.639
 on

00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:07.820
 the

00:48:07.820 --> 00:48:08.300
 cross

00:48:08.300 --> 00:48:08.860
 he

00:48:08.860 --> 00:48:09.259
 nailed

00:48:09.259 --> 00:48:09.719
 all

00:48:09.719 --> 00:48:09.900
 of

00:48:09.900 --> 00:48:10.119
 our

00:48:10.119 --> 00:48:10.579
 debt

00:48:10.579 --> 00:48:11.500
 all

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:11.679
 of

00:48:11.679 --> 00:48:11.840
 the

00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:12.179
 legal

00:48:12.179 --> 00:48:12.699
 demands

00:48:12.699 --> 00:48:12.860
 of

00:48:12.860 --> 00:48:12.980
 the

00:48:12.980 --> 00:48:13.259
 law

00:48:13.259 --> 00:48:13.980
 nailed

00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:14.239
 it

00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:14.420
 to

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:14.599
 the

00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:15.139
 cross

00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:15.880
 when

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:16.079
 he

00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:16.519
 died

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:16.639
 on

00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:16.759
 the

00:48:16.759 --> 00:48:17.000
 cross

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:17.239
 for

00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:17.599
 our

00:48:17.599 --> 00:48:18.219
 sins

00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:19.639
 and

00:48:19.639 --> 00:48:20.000
 then

00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:20.579
 after

00:48:20.579 --> 00:48:20.879
 he

00:48:20.879 --> 00:48:21.339
 as

00:48:21.339 --> 00:48:21.500
 he

00:48:21.500 --> 00:48:21.679
 was

00:48:21.679 --> 00:48:22.059
 dying

00:48:22.059 --> 00:48:22.379
 with

00:48:22.379 --> 00:48:22.599
 his

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:22.919
 final

00:48:22.919 --> 00:48:23.299
 breath

00:48:23.299 --> 00:48:23.639
 Jesus

00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:24.099
 said

00:48:24.099 --> 00:48:24.839
 it

00:48:24.839 --> 00:48:25.199
 is

00:48:25.199 --> 00:48:26.379
 finished

00:48:26.379 --> 00:48:30.799
 all

00:48:30.799 --> 00:48:31.059
 other

00:48:31.059 --> 00:48:31.500
 religious

00:48:31.500 --> 00:48:32.179
 leaders

00:48:32.179 --> 00:48:32.859
 tell

00:48:32.859 --> 00:48:33.259
 you

00:48:33.259 --> 00:48:34.119
 do

00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:35.759
 do

00:48:35.759 --> 00:48:37.019
 do

00:48:37.019 --> 00:48:38.599
 Jesus

00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:38.980
 is the

00:48:38.980 --> 00:48:39.399
 only

00:48:39.399 --> 00:48:39.719
 one

00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:39.899
 who

00:48:39.899 --> 00:48:40.299
 says

00:48:40.299 --> 00:48:40.919
 done

00:48:40.919 --> 00:48:42.739
 it

00:48:42.739 --> 00:48:42.919
 is

00:48:42.919 --> 00:48:43.559
 finished

00:48:43.559 --> 00:48:45.079
 I

00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:45.339
 have

00:48:45.339 --> 00:48:45.719
 done

00:48:45.719 --> 00:48:45.939
 it

00:48:45.940 --> 00:48:46.840
 I

00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:47.099
 have

00:48:47.099 --> 00:48:47.800
 carried

00:48:47.800 --> 00:48:48.360
 the

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:48.880
 burdens

00:48:48.880 --> 00:48:49.059
 of

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:49.240
 my

00:48:49.240 --> 00:48:49.599
 people

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:49.920
 for

00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:50.119
 them

00:48:50.119 --> 00:48:50.539
 the

00:48:50.539 --> 00:48:51.240
 leaders

00:48:51.240 --> 00:48:51.460
 the

00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:51.679
 Jewish

00:48:51.679 --> 00:48:51.940
 leaders

00:48:51.940 --> 00:48:52.119
 would

00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:52.320
 not

00:48:52.320 --> 00:48:52.639
 lift

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:52.880
 a

00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:53.260
 finger

00:48:53.260 --> 00:48:53.519
 to

00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:53.880
 help

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:54.320
 lift

00:48:54.320 --> 00:48:54.519
 their

00:48:54.519 --> 00:48:54.820
 burden

00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:55.340
 Jesus

00:48:55.340 --> 00:48:56.320
 carried

00:48:56.320 --> 00:48:56.519
 it

00:48:56.519 --> 00:48:56.940
 all

00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:57.619
 on

00:48:57.619 --> 00:48:57.800
 the

00:48:57.800 --> 00:48:58.320
 cross

00:48:58.320 --> 00:48:59.360
 so

00:48:59.360 --> 00:48:59.519
 that

00:48:59.519 --> 00:48:59.780
 we

00:48:59.780 --> 00:49:00.179
 might

00:49:00.179 --> 00:49:00.700
 live

00:49:00.700 --> 00:49:03.200
 so

00:49:03.200 --> 00:49:03.519
 what

00:49:03.519 --> 00:49:03.700
 is

00:49:03.700 --> 00:49:04.159
 this

00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:04.740
 yoke

00:49:04.740 --> 00:49:05.099
 yes

00:49:05.099 --> 00:49:05.340
 it's

00:49:05.340 --> 00:49:05.480
 a

00:49:05.480 --> 00:49:05.780
 yoke

00:49:05.780 --> 00:49:06.720
 it's

00:49:06.720 --> 00:49:06.860
 the

00:49:06.860 --> 00:49:07.059
 yoke

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:07.200
 of

00:49:07.200 --> 00:49:07.619
 submission

00:49:07.619 --> 00:49:07.840
 to

00:49:07.840 --> 00:49:08.139
 God

00:49:08.139 --> 00:49:11.639
 but

00:49:11.639 --> 00:49:11.940
 when

00:49:11.940 --> 00:49:13.659
 I

00:49:13.659 --> 00:49:13.820
 think

00:49:13.820 --> 00:49:14.380
 Dane

00:49:14.380 --> 00:49:14.720
 Ortlund

00:49:14.720 --> 00:49:15.039
 uses

00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:15.380
 this

00:49:15.380 --> 00:49:16.059
 illustration

00:49:16.059 --> 00:49:16.420
 in his

00:49:16.420 --> 00:49:16.599
 book

00:49:16.599 --> 00:49:16.900
 Gentle

00:49:16.900 --> 00:49:17.079
 and

00:49:17.079 --> 00:49:17.300
 Lowly

00:49:17.300 --> 00:49:17.559
 when

00:49:17.559 --> 00:49:18.200
 when

00:49:18.200 --> 00:49:18.940
 a

00:49:18.940 --> 00:49:20.720
 rescuer

00:49:20.720 --> 00:49:22.000
 throws

00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:22.619
 a life

00:49:22.619 --> 00:49:23.099
 preserver

00:49:23.099 --> 00:49:24.820
 to a

00:49:24.820 --> 00:49:25.179
 drowning

00:49:25.179 --> 00:49:25.700
 man

00:49:25.700 --> 00:49:27.179
 tells

00:49:27.179 --> 00:49:27.400
 him

00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:28.179
 put

00:49:28.179 --> 00:49:28.539
 on

00:49:28.539 --> 00:49:28.860
 that

00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:29.300
 burden

00:49:29.300 --> 00:49:32.059
 put

00:49:32.059 --> 00:49:32.179
 it

00:49:32.179 --> 00:49:32.380
 over

00:49:32.380 --> 00:49:32.840
 yourself

00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:33.300
 carry

00:49:33.300 --> 00:49:33.559
 that

00:49:33.559 --> 00:49:33.880
 thing

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:35.500
 does

00:49:35.500 --> 00:49:35.659
 that

00:49:35.659 --> 00:49:35.900
 seem

00:49:35.900 --> 00:49:36.059
 like

00:49:36.059 --> 00:49:36.280
 a

00:49:36.280 --> 00:49:36.599
 burden

00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:36.980
 to

00:49:36.980 --> 00:49:37.159
 the

00:49:37.159 --> 00:49:37.579
 drowning

00:49:37.579 --> 00:49:37.840
 man

00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:38.019
 that's

00:49:38.019 --> 00:49:38.159
 being

00:49:38.159 --> 00:49:38.659
 rescued

00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:42.099
 no

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:43.739
 that's

00:49:43.739 --> 00:49:44.219
 life

00:49:44.219 --> 00:49:45.779
 that's

00:49:45.779 --> 00:49:46.299
 salvation

00:49:46.299 --> 00:49:48.500
 in a

00:49:48.500 --> 00:49:48.799
 world

00:49:48.799 --> 00:49:49.119
 of

00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:50.179
 tyrants

00:49:50.179 --> 00:49:51.719
 in a

00:49:51.719 --> 00:49:52.039
 world

00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:52.319
 of

00:49:52.319 --> 00:49:53.219
 that's

00:49:53.219 --> 00:49:53.539
 governed

00:49:53.539 --> 00:49:53.940
 by the

00:49:53.940 --> 00:49:54.619
 prince

00:49:54.619 --> 00:49:54.899
 of the

00:49:54.899 --> 00:49:55.239
 power

00:49:55.239 --> 00:49:55.500
 of the

00:49:55.500 --> 00:49:55.839
 air

00:49:55.839 --> 00:49:59.059
 who

00:49:59.059 --> 00:50:00.059
 enslaves

00:50:00.059 --> 00:50:00.339
 us

00:50:00.339 --> 00:50:00.940
 to sin

00:50:00.940 --> 00:50:01.599
 and death

00:50:01.599 --> 00:50:04.639
 when

00:50:04.639 --> 00:50:05.179
 Jesus

00:50:05.179 --> 00:50:06.019
 Christ

00:50:06.019 --> 00:50:06.339
 the

00:50:06.339 --> 00:50:06.679
 king

00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:07.940
 offers

00:50:07.940 --> 00:50:08.599
 service

00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:08.860
 to

00:50:08.860 --> 00:50:09.259
 him

00:50:09.259 --> 00:50:09.900
 instead

00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:10.799
 offers

00:50:10.799 --> 00:50:11.339
 servitude

00:50:11.339 --> 00:50:11.579
 to

00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:12.000
 his

00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:12.420
 kingdom

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:12.980
 instead

00:50:12.980 --> 00:50:13.480
 and

00:50:13.480 --> 00:50:13.699
 says

00:50:13.699 --> 00:50:13.980
 you

00:50:13.980 --> 00:50:14.420
 pledge

00:50:14.420 --> 00:50:14.759
 allegiance

00:50:14.759 --> 00:50:15.000
 to

00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:15.259
 me

00:50:15.259 --> 00:50:15.480
 and

00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:15.639
 you

00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:15.759
 are

00:50:15.759 --> 00:50:15.900
 no

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:16.619
 longer

00:50:16.619 --> 00:50:17.199
 beholden

00:50:17.199 --> 00:50:17.339
 to

00:50:17.339 --> 00:50:17.860
 any

00:50:17.860 --> 00:50:18.019
 of

00:50:18.019 --> 00:50:18.219
 these

00:50:18.219 --> 00:50:18.759
 tyrants

00:50:18.759 --> 00:50:19.539
 and

00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:19.799
 you

00:50:19.799 --> 00:50:20.099
 say

00:50:20.099 --> 00:50:20.659
 gladly

00:50:20.659 --> 00:50:21.239
 yes

00:50:21.239 --> 00:50:22.019
 I

00:50:22.019 --> 00:50:22.360
 will

00:50:22.360 --> 00:50:22.739
 serve

00:50:22.739 --> 00:50:22.920
 you

00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:23.279
 Jesus

00:50:23.279 --> 00:50:24.440
 I

00:50:24.440 --> 00:50:24.759
 will

00:50:24.759 --> 00:50:25.119
 submit

00:50:25.119 --> 00:50:25.339
 to

00:50:25.339 --> 00:50:25.579
 you

00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:25.759
 for

00:50:25.759 --> 00:50:25.920
 the

00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:26.179
 rest

00:50:26.179 --> 00:50:26.319
 of

00:50:26.319 --> 00:50:26.500
 my

00:50:26.500 --> 00:50:26.960
 life

00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:27.719
 is

00:50:27.719 --> 00:50:28.059
 that

00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:28.539
 a

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:28.920
 burden

00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:30.279
 is

00:50:30.279 --> 00:50:30.599
 that

00:50:30.599 --> 00:50:32.239
 that's

00:50:32.239 --> 00:50:32.779
 freedom

00:50:32.779 --> 00:50:37.099
 that's

00:50:37.099 --> 00:50:37.819
 liberation

00:50:37.820 --> 00:50:39.600
 that's

00:50:39.600 --> 00:50:40.059
 the

00:50:40.059 --> 00:50:40.519
 yoke

00:50:40.519 --> 00:50:41.400
 of

00:50:41.400 --> 00:50:41.840
 freedom

00:50:41.840 --> 00:50:42.140
 that

00:50:42.140 --> 00:50:42.500
 Jesus

00:50:42.500 --> 00:50:43.059
 offers

00:50:43.059 --> 00:50:43.400
 us

00:50:43.400 --> 00:50:47.360
 so

00:50:47.360 --> 00:50:47.519
 we

00:50:47.519 --> 00:50:47.660
 can

00:50:47.660 --> 00:50:47.880
 say

00:50:47.880 --> 00:50:48.080
 as

00:50:48.080 --> 00:50:48.340
 Paul

00:50:48.340 --> 00:50:48.620
 said

00:50:48.620 --> 00:50:48.780
 in

00:50:48.780 --> 00:50:49.260
 Galatians

00:50:49.260 --> 00:50:49.500
 2

00:50:49.500 --> 00:50:49.920
 20

00:50:49.920 --> 00:50:51.539
 but

00:50:51.539 --> 00:50:51.720
 the

00:50:51.720 --> 00:50:52.059
 life

00:50:52.059 --> 00:50:52.660
 I

00:50:52.660 --> 00:50:52.780
 have

00:50:52.780 --> 00:50:52.900
 been

00:50:52.900 --> 00:50:53.500
 crucified

00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:53.880
 with

00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:54.320
 Christ

00:50:54.320 --> 00:50:54.500
 it

00:50:54.500 --> 00:50:54.640
 is

00:50:54.640 --> 00:50:54.840
 no

00:50:54.840 --> 00:50:55.160
 longer

00:50:55.160 --> 00:50:55.559
 I

00:50:55.559 --> 00:50:55.760
 who

00:50:55.760 --> 00:50:56.140
 live

00:50:56.140 --> 00:50:56.600
 but

00:50:56.600 --> 00:50:57.160
 Christ

00:50:57.160 --> 00:50:57.380
 who

00:50:57.380 --> 00:50:57.800
 lives

00:50:57.800 --> 00:50:58.100
 within

00:50:58.100 --> 00:50:58.460
 me

00:50:58.460 --> 00:50:59.019
 and

00:50:59.019 --> 00:50:59.180
 the

00:50:59.180 --> 00:50:59.480
 life

00:50:59.480 --> 00:50:59.660
 that

00:50:59.660 --> 00:50:59.840
 I

00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:00.120
 now

00:51:00.120 --> 00:51:00.500
 live

00:51:00.500 --> 00:51:00.800
 in

00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:01.080
 the

00:51:01.080 --> 00:51:01.559
 flesh

00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:01.559


00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:02.260
 or in

00:51:02.260 --> 00:51:02.420
 the

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:02.780
 body

00:51:02.780 --> 00:51:04.760
 I

00:51:04.760 --> 00:51:05.160
 live

00:51:05.160 --> 00:51:05.800
 by

00:51:05.800 --> 00:51:06.340
 faith

00:51:06.340 --> 00:51:06.560
 in

00:51:06.560 --> 00:51:06.740
 the

00:51:06.740 --> 00:51:06.960
 son

00:51:06.960 --> 00:51:07.120
 of

00:51:07.120 --> 00:51:07.400
 God

00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:07.700
 who

00:51:07.700 --> 00:51:08.300
 loved

00:51:08.300 --> 00:51:08.700
 me

00:51:08.700 --> 00:51:09.220
 and

00:51:09.220 --> 00:51:09.519
 gave

00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:10.019
 himself

00:51:10.019 --> 00:51:10.600
 for

00:51:10.600 --> 00:51:10.940
 me

00:51:10.940 --> 00:51:12.360
 he

00:51:12.360 --> 00:51:12.440
 is

00:51:12.440 --> 00:51:12.580
 no

00:51:12.580 --> 00:51:12.860
 longer

00:51:12.860 --> 00:51:13.300
 I

00:51:13.300 --> 00:51:15.480
 we

00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:15.960
 live

00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:16.340
 out

00:51:16.340 --> 00:51:16.560
 of

00:51:16.560 --> 00:51:16.740
 the

00:51:16.740 --> 00:51:17.120
 finished

00:51:17.120 --> 00:51:17.460
 work

00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:17.620
 of

00:51:17.620 --> 00:51:17.860
 Jesus

00:51:17.860 --> 00:51:18.400
 Christ

00:51:18.400 --> 00:51:20.700
 Jesus

00:51:20.700 --> 00:51:21.080
 Christ

00:51:21.080 --> 00:51:21.660
 himself

00:51:21.660 --> 00:51:22.260
 enables

00:51:22.260 --> 00:51:22.600
 us

00:51:22.600 --> 00:51:22.820
 and

00:51:22.820 --> 00:51:23.160
 carries

00:51:23.160 --> 00:51:23.380
 our

00:51:23.380 --> 00:51:23.640
 burdens

00:51:23.640 --> 00:51:23.640


00:51:23.640 --> 00:51:23.800
 and

00:51:23.800 --> 00:51:24.180
 helps

00:51:24.180 --> 00:51:24.420
 us

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:24.580
 to

00:51:24.580 --> 00:51:24.860
 live

00:51:24.860 --> 00:51:25.019
 in

00:51:25.019 --> 00:51:25.300
 faith

00:51:25.300 --> 00:51:25.420
 and

00:51:25.420 --> 00:51:25.840
 obedience

00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:27.420
 that's

00:51:27.420 --> 00:51:27.560
 why

00:51:27.560 --> 00:51:27.720
 it's

00:51:27.720 --> 00:51:28.200
 easy

00:51:28.199 --> 00:51:31.899
 that's

00:51:31.899 --> 00:51:32.059
 why

00:51:32.059 --> 00:51:32.219
 it

00:51:32.219 --> 00:51:32.539
 says

00:51:32.539 --> 00:51:34.539
 in

00:51:34.539 --> 00:51:34.799
 1

00:51:34.799 --> 00:51:35.139
 John

00:51:35.139 --> 00:51:35.460
 chapter

00:51:35.460 --> 00:51:35.960
 5

00:51:35.960 --> 00:51:37.219
 verses

00:51:37.219 --> 00:51:37.719
 2

00:51:37.719 --> 00:51:38.719
 to

00:51:38.719 --> 00:51:39.159
 5

00:51:39.159 --> 00:51:39.779
 by

00:51:39.779 --> 00:51:40.139
 this

00:51:40.139 --> 00:51:40.339
 we

00:51:40.339 --> 00:51:40.599
 know

00:51:40.599 --> 00:51:40.799
 that

00:51:40.799 --> 00:51:40.939
 we

00:51:40.939 --> 00:51:41.339
 love

00:51:41.339 --> 00:51:41.519
 the

00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:41.779
 children

00:51:41.779 --> 00:51:42.000
 of

00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:42.239
 God

00:51:42.239 --> 00:51:42.759
 when

00:51:42.759 --> 00:51:42.919
 we

00:51:42.919 --> 00:51:43.219
 love

00:51:43.219 --> 00:51:43.539
 God

00:51:43.539 --> 00:51:43.659
 and

00:51:43.659 --> 00:51:43.980
 obey

00:51:43.980 --> 00:51:44.239
 his

00:51:44.239 --> 00:51:44.619
 commandments

00:51:44.619 --> 00:51:45.239
 for

00:51:45.239 --> 00:51:45.599
 this

00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:45.980
 is

00:51:45.980 --> 00:51:46.139
 the

00:51:46.139 --> 00:51:46.299
 love

00:51:46.299 --> 00:51:46.480
 of

00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:46.779
 God

00:51:46.779 --> 00:51:47.199
 that

00:51:47.199 --> 00:51:47.319
 we

00:51:47.319 --> 00:51:47.779
 keep

00:51:47.779 --> 00:51:47.980
 his

00:51:47.980 --> 00:51:48.379
 commandments

00:51:48.379 --> 00:51:49.119
 and

00:51:49.119 --> 00:51:49.399
 his

00:51:49.399 --> 00:51:50.000
 commandments

00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:50.419
 are

00:51:50.419 --> 00:51:51.079
 not

00:51:51.079 --> 00:51:52.659
 burdensome

00:51:52.659 --> 00:51:53.960
 for

00:51:53.960 --> 00:51:54.559
 everyone

00:51:54.559 --> 00:51:54.879
 who

00:51:54.879 --> 00:51:55.199
 has

00:51:55.199 --> 00:51:55.419
 been

00:51:55.419 --> 00:51:55.879
 born

00:51:55.879 --> 00:51:56.159
 of

00:51:56.159 --> 00:51:56.460
 God

00:51:56.460 --> 00:51:57.239
 overcomes

00:51:57.239 --> 00:51:57.439
 the

00:51:57.439 --> 00:51:57.819
 world

00:51:57.820 --> 00:51:58.440
 and

00:51:58.440 --> 00:51:58.860
 this

00:51:58.860 --> 00:51:59.140
 is

00:51:59.140 --> 00:51:59.320
 the

00:51:59.320 --> 00:51:59.680
 victory

00:51:59.680 --> 00:51:59.920
 that

00:51:59.920 --> 00:52:00.059
 has

00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:00.500
 overcome

00:52:00.500 --> 00:52:00.860
 the

00:52:00.860 --> 00:52:01.180
 world

00:52:01.180 --> 00:52:01.780
 our

00:52:01.780 --> 00:52:02.500
 faith

00:52:02.500 --> 00:52:03.700
 who

00:52:03.700 --> 00:52:03.960
 is

00:52:03.960 --> 00:52:04.080
 it

00:52:04.080 --> 00:52:04.220
 that

00:52:04.220 --> 00:52:04.640
 overcomes

00:52:04.640 --> 00:52:04.800
 the

00:52:04.800 --> 00:52:04.980
 world

00:52:04.980 --> 00:52:05.280
 except

00:52:05.280 --> 00:52:05.480
 the

00:52:05.480 --> 00:52:05.640
 one

00:52:05.640 --> 00:52:05.780
 who

00:52:05.780 --> 00:52:06.460
 believes

00:52:06.460 --> 00:52:06.720
 that

00:52:06.720 --> 00:52:07.100
 Jesus

00:52:07.100 --> 00:52:07.700
 is

00:52:07.700 --> 00:52:07.920
 the

00:52:07.920 --> 00:52:08.220
 son

00:52:08.220 --> 00:52:08.480
 of

00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:08.800
 God

00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:10.380
 that's

00:52:10.380 --> 00:52:10.780
 why

00:52:10.780 --> 00:52:11.640
 Christian

00:52:11.640 --> 00:52:12.019
 life

00:52:12.019 --> 00:52:12.760
 is

00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:13.440
 faith

00:52:13.440 --> 00:52:14.200
 working

00:52:14.200 --> 00:52:14.700
 itself

00:52:14.700 --> 00:52:15.080
 out

00:52:15.080 --> 00:52:15.420
 in

00:52:15.420 --> 00:52:15.860
 love

00:52:15.860 --> 00:52:18.220
 it

00:52:18.220 --> 00:52:18.380
 is

00:52:18.380 --> 00:52:18.780
 not

00:52:18.780 --> 00:52:19.580
 work

00:52:19.580 --> 00:52:19.940
 work

00:52:19.940 --> 00:52:20.300
 work

00:52:20.300 --> 00:52:20.480
 so

00:52:20.480 --> 00:52:20.640
 that

00:52:20.640 --> 00:52:20.780
 I

00:52:20.780 --> 00:52:20.980
 might

00:52:20.980 --> 00:52:21.180
 be

00:52:21.180 --> 00:52:21.559
 saved

00:52:21.559 --> 00:52:22.660
 no

00:52:22.660 --> 00:52:23.059
 I

00:52:23.059 --> 00:52:23.539
 am

00:52:23.539 --> 00:52:24.320
 saved

00:52:24.320 --> 00:52:25.220
 I

00:52:25.220 --> 00:52:25.660
 am

00:52:25.660 --> 00:52:26.460
 loved

00:52:26.460 --> 00:52:28.559
 and

00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:28.699
 we

00:52:28.699 --> 00:52:29.000
 live

00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:29.300
 out

00:52:29.300 --> 00:52:29.480
 of

00:52:29.480 --> 00:52:29.720
 the

00:52:29.720 --> 00:52:30.039
 joy

00:52:30.039 --> 00:52:30.260
 and

00:52:30.260 --> 00:52:30.619
 freedom

00:52:30.619 --> 00:52:30.860
 of

00:52:30.860 --> 00:52:31.039
 that

00:52:31.039 --> 00:52:31.480
 reality

00:52:31.480 --> 00:52:34.579
 I

00:52:34.579 --> 00:52:34.820
 pray

00:52:34.820 --> 00:52:35.039
 that

00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:35.420
 you

00:52:35.420 --> 00:52:35.619
 will

00:52:35.619 --> 00:52:36.460
 experience

00:52:36.460 --> 00:52:36.880
 that

00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:37.179
 in

00:52:37.179 --> 00:52:37.619
 rich

00:52:37.619 --> 00:52:38.440
 measure

00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:39.420
 by the

00:52:39.420 --> 00:52:39.619
 power

00:52:39.619 --> 00:52:39.800
 of the

00:52:39.800 --> 00:52:39.940
 Holy

00:52:39.940 --> 00:52:40.340
 Spirit

00:52:40.340 --> 00:52:43.140
 every

00:52:43.140 --> 00:52:43.539
 day

00:52:43.539 --> 00:52:44.660
 of

00:52:44.660 --> 00:52:44.860
 your

00:52:44.860 --> 00:52:45.400
 waking

00:52:45.400 --> 00:52:45.740
 lives

00:52:45.740 --> 00:52:46.039
 let's

00:52:46.039 --> 00:52:46.220
 pray

00:52:46.220 --> 00:52:46.579
 together

00:52:46.579 --> 00:53:07.539
 Lord

00:53:07.539 --> 00:53:08.940
 Lord

00:53:08.940 --> 00:53:09.420
 Jesus

00:53:09.420 --> 00:53:12.559
 you

00:53:12.559 --> 00:53:12.880
 were

00:53:12.880 --> 00:53:13.240
 not

00:53:13.240 --> 00:53:13.860
 ashamed

00:53:13.860 --> 00:53:15.980
 to

00:53:15.980 --> 00:53:16.260
 call

00:53:16.260 --> 00:53:16.820
 us

00:53:16.820 --> 00:53:18.940
 lowly

00:53:19.720 --> 00:53:18.940
!

00:53:18.940 --> 00:53:19.720
 lowly

00:53:19.720 --> 00:53:20.220
 sinners

00:53:20.220 --> 00:53:20.940
 your

00:53:23.900 --> 00:53:24.400
 friends

00:53:24.400 --> 00:53:27.280
 your

00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:27.780
 brothers

00:53:27.780 --> 00:53:32.440
 and

00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:32.659
 oh

00:53:32.659 --> 00:53:32.940
 Lord

00:53:32.940 --> 00:53:33.780
 we

00:53:33.780 --> 00:53:34.720
 are

00:53:34.720 --> 00:53:35.200
 not

00:53:35.200 --> 00:53:35.740
 ashamed

00:53:35.739 --> 00:53:37.119
 to

00:53:37.119 --> 00:53:37.659
 call

00:53:37.659 --> 00:53:38.339
 the

00:53:38.339 --> 00:53:38.979
 crucified

00:53:38.979 --> 00:53:39.619
 Lord

00:53:39.619 --> 00:53:41.219
 the

00:53:41.219 --> 00:53:41.739
 gentle

00:53:41.739 --> 00:53:42.279
 and

00:53:42.279 --> 00:53:42.959
 lowly

00:53:42.959 --> 00:53:44.079
 Lord

00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:46.539
 our

00:53:46.539 --> 00:53:47.139
 Savior

00:53:47.139 --> 00:53:48.799
 our

00:53:48.799 --> 00:53:49.259
 Lord

00:53:49.259 --> 00:53:51.379
 that's

00:53:51.379 --> 00:53:52.559
 our

00:53:52.559 --> 00:53:52.959
 Lord

00:53:52.959 --> 00:53:57.299
 there

00:53:57.299 --> 00:53:57.500
 is

00:53:57.500 --> 00:53:57.859
 no

00:53:57.859 --> 00:53:58.119
 one

00:53:58.119 --> 00:53:58.479
 like

00:53:58.479 --> 00:53:58.739
 you

00:53:58.739 --> 00:54:04.219
 no

00:54:04.219 --> 00:54:04.599
 one

00:54:04.599 --> 00:54:05.639
 deserves

00:54:05.639 --> 00:54:06.279
 our

00:54:06.279 --> 00:54:06.960
 allegiance

00:54:06.960 --> 00:54:07.659
 our

00:54:07.659 --> 00:54:08.279
 praise

00:54:08.279 --> 00:54:09.259
 our

00:54:09.259 --> 00:54:09.900
 glory

00:54:09.900 --> 00:54:13.119
 like

00:54:13.119 --> 00:54:13.639
 you

00:54:13.639 --> 00:54:23.639
 empower

00:54:25.079 --> 00:54:25.379
 your

00:54:25.379 --> 00:54:25.799
 saints

00:54:25.799 --> 00:54:29.639
 Lord

00:54:29.639 --> 00:54:30.199
 to live

00:54:30.199 --> 00:54:30.799
 out of

00:54:30.799 --> 00:54:31.400
 their union

00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:32.159
 with you

00:54:32.159 --> 00:54:32.400
 Lord

00:54:32.400 --> 00:54:32.840
 Jesus

00:54:32.840 --> 00:54:36.240
 out of

00:54:36.240 --> 00:54:36.440
 their

00:54:36.440 --> 00:54:37.059
 fellowship

00:54:37.059 --> 00:54:37.639
 with your

00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:37.960
 very

00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:38.680
 spirit

00:54:38.680 --> 00:54:42.480
 in

00:54:42.480 --> 00:54:43.160
 faith

00:54:43.160 --> 00:54:44.240
 working

00:54:44.240 --> 00:54:44.639
 itself

00:54:44.639 --> 00:54:45.039
 out

00:54:45.039 --> 00:54:45.480
 through

00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:45.920
 love

00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:51.880
 Lord I

00:54:51.880 --> 00:54:52.200
 pray

00:54:52.200 --> 00:54:52.880
 specifically

00:54:52.880 --> 00:54:53.700
 for those

00:54:53.700 --> 00:54:54.579
 who have

00:54:54.579 --> 00:54:55.200
 felt like

00:54:55.200 --> 00:54:55.700
 their lives

00:54:55.700 --> 00:54:56.000
 have been

00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:56.300
 heavy

00:54:56.300 --> 00:54:56.680
 lately

00:54:56.679 --> 00:54:59.579
 burdensome

00:54:59.579 --> 00:54:59.579


00:55:00.980 --> 00:55:01.239
 Oh

00:55:01.239 --> 00:55:01.539
 Lord

00:55:01.539 --> 00:55:03.679
 help

00:55:03.679 --> 00:55:04.179
 them to

00:55:04.179 --> 00:55:05.099
 relish

00:55:05.099 --> 00:55:06.159
 the easy

00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:06.659
 yoke

00:55:06.659 --> 00:55:08.259
 the kind

00:55:08.259 --> 00:55:08.799
 yoke

00:55:08.799 --> 00:55:09.879
 and the

00:55:09.879 --> 00:55:10.239
 light

00:55:10.239 --> 00:55:10.819
 burden

00:55:10.819 --> 00:55:18.159
 in Jesus

00:55:18.159 --> 00:55:18.519
 name

00:55:18.519 --> 00:55:19.179
 we pray

00:55:19.179 --> 00:55:20.359
 amen

00:55:20.360 --> 00:55:22.360
 to

00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:22.360


00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:22.360


00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:22.360


00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:22.920
 to

00:55:22.920 --> 00:55:23.360
 and

00:55:23.360 --> 00:55:23.860
 to

00:55:23.860 --> 00:55:23.860


00:55:23.860 --> 00:55:24.640
 to

00:55:24.640 --> 00:55:24.640


00:55:24.640 --> 00:55:24.640


00:55:24.640 --> 00:55:24.640


00:55:24.640 --> 00:55:24.640


00:55:24.640 --> 00:55:25.480
!