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 Such a joy to worship and sing with you guys.

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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 joy and privilege to preach God's Word to you this morning.

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 If you have a Bible, please turn with me to John chapter 12.

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 We have been in a series in the book of Exodus,

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 but for Palm Sunday and Good Friday and Easter,

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 we're going to be in the book of John.

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 If you don't have a Bible, just feel free to raise your hand,

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 and we'll bring a Bible along to you that you can use while you're here.

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 John is in the New Testament after the book of Luke

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 and before the book of Acts.

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 And let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Father, we humble ourselves before you,

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 submit ourselves to your Word, to your authority.

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 We ask that in the preaching of your Word this morning

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 and in the hearing of your Word,

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 that Jesus Christ, your Son, our King, would be exalted.

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 That He would be made known,

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 made more real in our hearts,

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 magnified in our minds,

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 so that we might follow Him

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 in His footsteps

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 toward the glory of the cross.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand with me

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 for the reading of God's Word

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 from John 12, verses 12 to 33.

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 The next day,

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 the large crowd that had come to the feast

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 heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

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 So they took branches of palm trees

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 and went out to meet Him,

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 crying out,

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 Hosanna!

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 Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord,

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 even the King of Israel.

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 And Jesus found a young donkey

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 and sat on it,

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 just as it is written,

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 Fear not, daughter of Zion.

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 Behold, your King is coming,

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 sitting on a donkey's colt.

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 His disciples did not understand

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 these things at first.

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 But when Jesus was glorified,

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 then they remembered that these things

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 had been written about Him

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 and had been done to Him.

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 The crowd that had been with Him

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 when He called Lazarus out of the tomb

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 and raised Him from the dead

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 continued to bear witness.

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 The reason why the crowd went to meet Him

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 was that they heard He had done the sign.

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 So the Pharisees said to one another,

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 You see that you are gaining nothing.

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 Look!

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 The world has gone after Him.

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 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast

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 were some Greeks.

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 So these came to Philip,

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 who was from Bethsaida in Galilee,

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 and asked him,

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 Sir, we wish to see Jesus.

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 Philip went and told Andrew.

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 Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

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 And Jesus answered them,

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 The hour has come

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 for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,

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 it remains alone.

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 But if it dies,

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 it bears much fruit.

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 Whoever loves his life loses it,

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 and whoever hates his life in this world

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 will keep it for eternal life.

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 If anyone serves me,

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 he must follow me.

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 And where I am,

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 there will my servant be also.

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 If anyone serves me,

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 the Father will honor him.

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 Now is my soul troubled.

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 And what shall I say?

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 Father, save me from this hour?

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 But for this purpose,

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 I have come to this hour.

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 Father, glorify your name.

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 Then a voice came from heaven.

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 I have glorified it,

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 and I will glorify it again.

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 The crowd that stood there and heard it said

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 that it had thundered.

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 Others said,

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 An angel has spoken to him.

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 Jesus answered,

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 This voice has come for your sake,

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 not mine.

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 Now is the judgment of this world.

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 Now will the ruler of this world be cast out,

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 and I,

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 when I am lifted up from the earth,

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 will draw all people to myself.

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 He said this to show by what kind of death

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 he was going to die.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 Nowadays,

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 it's not uncommon for people to have virtual friends,

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 whether it's a friend you made on Reddit,

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 or while playing a game online,

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 or someone you met on a dating app.

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 So it's likely that

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 some of you have also had the experience

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 of meeting someone,

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 a virtual friend,

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 in person

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 for the first time,

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 only to find out

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 that this friend of yours

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 that you thought you knew

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 is nothing at all

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 like the person you had imagined.

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 Maybe the profile picture

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 was a little bit outdated.

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 Maybe you imagined him

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 to have a deep,

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 baritone voice,

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 but instead,

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 he has a high,

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 squeaky voice.

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 Maybe you imagined him,

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 maybe you imagined her

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 to have,

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 you know,

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 a social,

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 you know,

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 be social and talkative,

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 but in real life,

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 she's very withdrawn,

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 and maybe timid,

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 tends to isolate herself.

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 It can be a jarring experience

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 when your expectations

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 are not met.

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 It's upended.

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 And often for us,

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 the reality is worse

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 than our fantasies.

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 For hundreds of years,

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 the Jews had also been

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 waiting for something,

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 expecting someone.

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 They'd been waiting

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 for the Messiah,

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 the King,

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 the Savior,

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 to come and redeem them

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 and rescue them.

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 Having been conquered

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 by nation after nation,

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 Assyrians,

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 Babylonians,

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 Persians,

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 and Greeks,

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 and then finally

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 under the Romans,

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 the Jews had been longing

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 desperately for the Messiah

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 finally to come.

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 Their expectations

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 were high,

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 and their anticipation

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 was at a fever pitch

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 by the time of this event.

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 But when Jesus,

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 the Messianic King,

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 finally came,

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 he was not

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 what the Jews

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 expected him to be.

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 He came in humility.

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 He came in mercy.

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 He came to die.

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 And to follow Jesus,

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 that means,

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 for us,

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 is to follow his path

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 to glory through death.

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 That's the main point

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 of this passage.

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 To follow King Jesus,

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 is to follow him,

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 his path,

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 to glory through death.

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 And we're going to explore

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 three ways in which

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 Jesus defied

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 the people's expectations.

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 First,

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 the King's agenda.

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 Second,

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 the King's audience.

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 And the third,

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 the King's ascendance.

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 The setting for this scene

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 is the Passover feast,

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 which is the greatest

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 and most widely observed feast

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 of all the Jewish feasts.

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 Verse 12 notes

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 that there was a large crowd

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 that had come to feast.

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 And that's not an understatement.

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 Or that's not an overstatement,

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 rather.

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 Jerusalem's normal population

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 around this time

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 is estimated to be

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 about 30,000 people.

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 But during Passover,

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 historians estimate

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 that the number of people

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 in Jerusalem

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 swelled to around 200,000.

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 And so obviously,

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 that city can't fit

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 200,000 people,

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 so people would pitch tents

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 all around the city,

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 and the whole city

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 would be bustling

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 with the influx of pilgrims,

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 tens of thousands of them.

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 And a large crowd

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 in a section of the city

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 hears that Jesus

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 is approaching the city,

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 says in verse 12.

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 And the teacher,

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 this teacher that is famous

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 for his authoritative teaching,

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 this healer

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 who's healed cripples

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 and the man born blind,

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 this miracle worker

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 who not long ago

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 raised Lazarus

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 from the dead,

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 is coming.

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 So notice that Jesus

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 is already famous

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 among the people.

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 He says in verses 17 to 18,

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 the crowd that had been with him

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 when he called Lazarus

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 out of the tomb

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 and raised him from the dead

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 continued to bear witness.

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 The reason why the crowd

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 went to meet him

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 was that they heard

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 he had done these things.

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 So Jesus is a celebrity.

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 Here, people are flocking

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 to just get a glimpse

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 of this man

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 who raised someone

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 from the dead

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 when they hear

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 that he is approaching.

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 So everywhere,

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 you're hearing murmurs

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 of people,

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 hey, there, Jesus.

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 Jesus is coming.

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 I think that's Jesus over there.

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 Some people are shouting,

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 hey, Jesus.

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 Jesus is coming.

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 Make way.

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 The men of God

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 who raised a man

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 from the dead.

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 And what this large crowd

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 expects from Jesus

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 is clearly seen

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 in the following verses.

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 It says in verse 13,

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 the Jews took branches

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 of palm trees

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 and went out to meet him,

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 crying out,

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 Hosanna!

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 Blessed is he who comes

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 Even the king of Israel.

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 This is a quotation

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 from Psalm 118,

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 which says,

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 Save us, we pray, O Lord.

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 O Lord, we pray,

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 give us success.

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 Blessed is he who comes

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 Hosanna!

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 is a Greek translation

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 of the Hebrew phrase

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 that means save us.

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 So this psalm

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 was sung

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 during many

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 of the Jewish feasts,

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 such as the Feast of Tabernacles

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 and the Feast of Passover.

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 So observant Jews

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 would have been

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 intimately familiar with it.

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 They probably knew it by heart.

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 But this psalm

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 was originally used

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 to pronounce blessing

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 on those who were coming

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 to worship the Lord,

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 coming in the name of the Lord

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 to worship him.

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 But the Jewish commentary

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 on this psalm

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 also reveals

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 that the Jews

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 understood this line

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 messianically.

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 The one who comes

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 in the name of the Lord

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 that they were expecting

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 to see

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 is the Messiah himself.

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 And the messianic interpretation

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 is confirmed

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 by what the crowd

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 says afterward.

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 Blessed is he

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 who comes

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 in the name of the Lord,

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 even the King

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 of Israel.

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 The crowd

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 surrounding Jesus

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 is proclaiming

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 Jesus

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 to be the King,

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 the promised Messiah.

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 Remember that

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 at this time

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 the Jews are under

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 Roman occupation.

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 Imagine that you

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 were the Roman governor

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 at this time,

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 over Jerusalem

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 at this time.

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 You're already

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 on high alert

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 because there's

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 an unusually

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 large gathering

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 of Jews

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 in the city

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 and with just

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 the right spark

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 crowds can quickly

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 flame into mobs,

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 dangerous mobs.

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 And not only that,

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 there are Jews,

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 these are Jews

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 that are gathering

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 to celebrate

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 the Passover

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 which is when

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 the Lord delivered

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 the nation of Israel

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 from another oppressor,

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 from another

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 occupying nation,

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 the Egyptians.

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 Egyptians.

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 It's the Jewish

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 equivalent of

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 American Independence Day

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 as I've said before.

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 So Jewish religious

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 fervor and national

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 patriotism is

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 peaking right

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 at this season.

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 So it's code red

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 if you're the administrator,

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 if you're the governor

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 of this city.

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 And this brazen

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 Jewish crowd,

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 instead of

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 minding their

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 overlords,

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 starts proclaiming,

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 here is the

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 King of Israel,

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 save us.

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 save them from what?

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 From the Romans,

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 of course.

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 In the Roman Empire,

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 there's only one king,

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 Caesar.

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 This is a treasonous

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 statement.

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 And the palm branches

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 provide yet another

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 clue to what the

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 crowd is expecting.

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 These are not palm trees

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 you find in California

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 and Florida.

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 These are date palm trees

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 which are a lot shorter

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 and very numerous

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 in this region.

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 And the Old Testament

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 doesn't prescribe

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 anywhere that people

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 should worship God

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 with palm trees

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 during the Passover

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 feast.

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 But this had become

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 a national symbol

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 by this time

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 for a number of reasons.

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 Just two centuries

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 earlier,

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 when the Syrian

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 ruler Antiochus

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 Epiphanes

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 overran Jerusalem

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 and desecrated

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 the Jewish temple

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 by setting up

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 a pagan altar

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 inside it,

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 the Jews,

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 under the leadership

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 of the Maccabee brothers,

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 Judas,

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 Jonathan,

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 and Simon,

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 staged a successful

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 military campaign

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 to recapture

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 and re-consecrate

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 the Jewish temple.

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 And it's written

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 in the first book

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 of Maccabee,

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 chapter 13,

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 verse 51,

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 that on the 23rd day

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 of the second month

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 in the 171st year,

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 the Jews entered it,

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 the temple,

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 with praise

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 and palm branches

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 and with harps

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 and cymbals

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 and stringed instruments

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 and with hymns

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 and songs

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 because a great enemy

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 had been crushed

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 and removed

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 from Israel.

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 Simon Maccabee

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 and his men

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 triumphantly entered

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 the temple

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 that they had retaken

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 and rededicated

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 in carrying palm branches.

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 And so by greeting

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 Jesus with palm branches,

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 these Jews

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 are betraying

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 their true expectations.

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 They want Jesus

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 to be another

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 Simon Maccabee.

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 They want Jesus

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 to lead them

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 into military victory

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 and political liberation

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 from the Roman

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 occupiers.

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 But Jesus defies

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 their expectations

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 in verses 14 to 15.

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 It says,

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 Jesus found

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 a young donkey

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 and sat on it.

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 Just as it is written,

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 Fear not,

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 daughter of Zion,

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 behold,

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 your king is coming,

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 sitting on a donkey's colt.

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 This is a reference

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 to Isaiah 49

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 and Zechariah 99.

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 Zechariah 99

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 we read during the

00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:56.899
 call to worship

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 which speaks of

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 how the Messianic king

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 will come riding

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 on a donkey,

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 humble and mounted

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 on a donkey.

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 By procuring a donkey

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 and sitting on it,

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 Jesus is consciously

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 fulfilling this

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 Messianic prophecy

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 of Zechariah.

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 So in doing so,

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 he is confirming

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 the crowd's expectation

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 on one hand,

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 that he is

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 the Messianic king.

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 So there's a,

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 and I say this

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 every Palm Sunday,

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 but there's a widespread

00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.480
 misunderstanding

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 that riding on a donkey

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 is a lowly,

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 humble thing,

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 something reserved

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 for the common village folk.

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 But that's not true.

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 Common village folk

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 don't ride donkeys,

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 they walk.

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 In fact,

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:39.120
 riding a donkey

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 is a sign of royalty.

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 To give you some examples,

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 Judges 10

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 says that

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 Jair of Gilead,

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 a judge of Israel

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 for 22 years,

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 had 30 sons

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 who rode 30 donkeys.

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 They ride donkeys

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 because they're the rulers.

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 1 Kings 1, 32-35,

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 when King David

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 commands Zadok the priest

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 and Nathan the prophet

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 to have Solomon his son

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 ride on his own mule

00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:04.620
 when he wants to declare

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.779
 that he is his choice

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.519
 for his successor

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 to reign as king.

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 Riding on David's mule

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 showed David's stamp

00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:12.180
 of approval

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 that Solomon

00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:14.720
 is the royal heir.

00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:16.220
 Finally,

00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:16.820
 there's a letter

00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:17.720
 that archaeologists

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:18.860
 found from Mari,

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.639
 which was an ancient

00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:20.340
 Sumerian city

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.720
 around 1760 BC.

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 It says this,

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 Verily,

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 you are the king

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 of the Heneans,

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 but secondly,

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 you are the king

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 of the Akkadians.

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 My lord should not

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 ride a horse.

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 Let my lord ride

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 in a chariot

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 or on a mule,

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 and he will thereby

00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:36.019
 honor his royal head.

00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:38.519
 A military general

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 seeking to conquer

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 a city

00:16:40.040 --> 00:16:41.060
 would ride in

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 galloping on a stallion,

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 but a king

00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:45.920
 who owns the city

00:16:45.920 --> 00:16:48.019
 will come in peace,

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 and he would trot

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 in on a mule.

00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.900
 Jesus knew this

00:16:52.900 --> 00:16:53.400
 full well,

00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:54.519
 and that's precisely

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.259
 why he chose

00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:56.860
 to ride on a young donkey

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 into Jerusalem.

00:16:57.800 --> 00:16:59.560
 Jesus is not being demure

00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:01.000
 about his kingship.

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.860
 He's putting the whole city

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.519
 on notice,

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:03.960
 saying,

00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:05.319
 I am the king.

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 I am the Messiah,

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.539
 and here I come.

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:11.000
 And Jesus is riding

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.619
 on a donkey,

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.720
 and I love imagining

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.579
 this scene

00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:15.099
 from Mount of Olives.

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 We know from the other gospels,

00:17:16.659 --> 00:17:18.720
 Jerusalem is filled

00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.659
 with the pilgrims

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 all on their foot.

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:23.159
 According to the Mishnah,

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 which is the Jewish

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:25.319
 oral commentary

00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:25.940
 on the Torah,

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.480
 Jews were specifically

00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.700
 expected to arrive

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.119
 in Jerusalem

00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:29.920
 for their pilgrimage

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:31.039
 on foot.

00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:33.019
 So tens of thousands

00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.579
 of pilgrims,

00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.299
 perhaps hundreds

00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:35.200
 of thousands of pilgrims,

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:36.379
 all on foot.

00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:37.840
 And Jesus and his disciples

00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:39.020
 are always on foot.

00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:40.040
 This is the only time

00:17:40.040 --> 00:17:40.580
 in the gospels

00:17:40.580 --> 00:17:41.240
 that he is riding

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.660
 any kind of animal.

00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:43.540
 And yet,

00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:45.020
 in a sea of people

00:17:45.020 --> 00:17:45.440
 on foot,

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.580
 there is one man

00:17:46.580 --> 00:17:47.280
 rising above

00:17:47.280 --> 00:17:48.260
 the whole crowd,

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 and he is sitting

00:17:49.780 --> 00:17:50.640
 on a mule,

00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:51.920
 and he's riding in

00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:54.000
 as the glorious king.

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.840
 Heads are turning.

00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:59.540
 People are making way.

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:02.940
 It's a glorious scene.

00:18:03.580 --> 00:18:04.860
 It's the king's arrival.

00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:09.120
 But on the other hand,

00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:11.680
 Jesus is also correcting

00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:12.760
 the crowd's

00:18:12.760 --> 00:18:13.820
 messianic expectations.

00:18:15.040 --> 00:18:16.560
 Remember the palm branches.

00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.880
 The Jews are hoping

00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:20.200
 and expecting Jesus

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:22.320
 to be another Simon Maccabee,

00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:23.920
 a rebel,

00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:26.340
 an insurrectionist,

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 a revolutionary,

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 a conquering king,

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 galloping in on a stallion

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 to rally his troops

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 and wage war against

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 the cruel oppressors.

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 But instead,

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 Jesus trots in gently,

00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:42.680
 meekly,

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 on a donkey's colt.

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 I mentioned to you earlier

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 that verse 15

00:18:49.280 --> 00:18:49.840
 is a quotation

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 of Zechariah 9.9,

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 but if you turn

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 to Zechariah 9.9

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 and read the verse

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 that follows immediately

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 after that,

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 verse 10,

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 it says this,

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 I will cut off

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 the chariot from Ephraim

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 and the war horse

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 from Jerusalem

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 and the battle bow

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 shall be cut off

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 and he shall speak

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 peace to the nations.

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 His rule shall be

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 from sea to sea

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 and from the river

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 to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 Jesus speaks

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 peace to the nations.

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 He cuts off

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 the battle bow

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 and the war horse.

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 But the Israelites

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 did not want Jesus

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 to speak peace

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 to the nations.

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 They wanted him

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 to speak vengeance

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 to the nations.

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 Do you think

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 that there weren't

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 any Jewish women

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 who were raped

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 by Roman soldiers

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 during this time?

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 Do you think

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 there weren't

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 any Jewish men

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 who were unjustly

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 tried and arrested

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 and maybe even killed?

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 Do you think

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 that there weren't

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 any Jewish discrimination

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 and bigotry

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 toward the Jewish people

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 in the Roman Empire

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 at this time?

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 The Romans

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 were a sinful bunch

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 like the rest of us.

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 I can assure you

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 that all of those

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 things happened.

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 The Israelites

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 were a conquered

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 and oppressed people

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 under Roman rule

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 and yet

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:18.259
 Jesus came riding in

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 on a donkey

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 and spoke peace

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 to the nations.

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 Wait a minute,

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 Jesus.

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 You're supposed

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 to crush

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 our enemies

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 not save them.

00:20:38.560 --> 00:20:39.600
 Something's wrong

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 with the picture here,

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:40.740
 Jesus.

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 Where's the war horse?

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:46.280
 Where's the battle bone?

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 Do you know

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 what these people

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 have done to us?

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 1 Peter 2, 19-25

00:20:58.540 --> 00:20:59.620
 tell us that

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 Jesus was reviled

00:21:01.040 --> 00:21:02.600
 but did not revile

00:21:02.600 --> 00:21:03.300
 in return.

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 He suffered unjustly

00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:07.540
 yet he did not threaten.

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 Instead,

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.620
 he entrusted himself

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.279
 to God

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 who judges justly.

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 And it says

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.899
 that Christ

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 suffered

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 in this manner

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:18.359
 for us.

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 Quote,

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 leaving us

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 an example

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 so that we

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.079
 might follow

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 in his steps.

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 Do you know

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:29.699
 that the Bible

00:21:29.699 --> 00:21:30.539
 commands us

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:32.059
 to suffer unjustly?

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.959
 As Christians,

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.619
 we say that

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.119
 we love

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:40.259
 Jesus' humility

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 and his meekness

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 that he is

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:44.460
 a suffering servant.

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 But when I look around

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 at how many Christians

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.720
 behave,

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 it makes me wonder

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.839
 whether that's

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.339
 really true.

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.200
 Some Christians

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:55.279
 prefer to carry

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.680
 pitchforks

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.440
 rather than

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.400
 to carry the cross.

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.339
 I think many

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:03.079
 Christians nowadays

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.660
 want Jesus

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.579
 to look more like

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.420
 Che Guevara

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:07.059
 than a king

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:08.299
 riding on a donkey.

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.779
 a revolutionary

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:13.500
 to overthrow

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.379
 the establishment.

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.420
 They'd rather

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.660
 punish their enemies

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.759
 than suffer

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.500
 unjustly

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.180
 in their hands.

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.640
 They'd rather

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.900
 cancel their enemies

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.980
 than forgive

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:25.279
 their enemies.

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 They'd rather

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:27.359
 slap back

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:28.920
 than turn

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.640
 the other cheek.

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 But that is

00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:33.640
 not the pattern

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.100
 that Jesus

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.880
 set for us.

00:22:36.520 --> 00:22:37.440
 We serve

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.540
 King Jesus,

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.660
 the Prince

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.240
 of Peace.

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.600
 I'm not saying

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.220
 that we shouldn't

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.340
 seek institutional

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:45.340
 justice for the

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:46.080
 sake of others.

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.220
 That is a

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.360
 faithful application

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:48.940
 of the command

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.480
 to love our

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.340
 neighbor as

00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:50.840
 ourselves.

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:52.100
 But when it

00:22:52.100 --> 00:22:52.900
 comes to you,

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:55.100
 personally,

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:57.059
 do you seek

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.799
 justice for

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.219
 yourself?

00:22:59.699 --> 00:23:00.559
 Or are you

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.199
 willing to take

00:23:01.199 --> 00:23:01.839
 the path of

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.539
 humility and

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.279
 meekness and

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:05.000
 suffer unjustly?

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.299
 When your

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.179
 boss belittles

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.439
 you,

00:23:10.699 --> 00:23:11.179
 when your

00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:11.579
 neighbors

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.799
 mock you,

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.500
 when your

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.319
 friends offend

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.679
 you,

00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.379
 are you willing

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.259
 to suffer like

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.839
 a lamb that

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.559
 is silent before

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.240
 its shearers?

00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:21.219
 Or is your

00:23:21.219 --> 00:23:21.779
 response,

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.319
 how dare you

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.819
 do this to

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:23.980
 me?

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.639
 I'll show

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:25.879
 you.

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.599
 I'm going to

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.319
 blast you on

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.539
 social media and

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.460
 make you sorry

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.000
 for what you

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.279
 did.

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.720
 If someone's

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.159
 committing a

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.779
 crime against

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:37.939
 you,

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.339
 that's one

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.659
 thing.

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.359
 Report it to

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.759
 the proper

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.220
 authority,

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:40.579
 sure.

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.279
 But when

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.200
 someone sins

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.819
 against you,

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.159
 and it's a

00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:44.759
 choice between

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.619
 leaving justice

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.539
 in God's hands

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.099
 and taking it

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.779
 into your own

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.179
 hands,

00:23:48.679 --> 00:23:49.319
 which would

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.819
 you choose?

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.740
 When we

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.319
 refuse to

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.000
 take justice

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.480
 into our

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.279
 own hands

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:55.099
 and entrust

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:56.140
 ourselves to

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.960
 God's ultimate

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.480
 justice,

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.339
 in doing that,

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.240
 we're honoring

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.640
 God.

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.220
 That's our

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.779
 vote of

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.339
 confidence.

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:02.720
 God,

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.619
 I trust you.

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.319
 God,

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:05.039
 I know that

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.740
 you are just.

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.299
 God,

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.920
 I know that

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.539
 I might suffer

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:07.819
 now,

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.559
 but that day

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.119
 is coming when

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.799
 you will come

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.819
 with perfect

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.359
 justice.

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.700
 And when we

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.299
 suffer in that

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.460
 way,

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.240
 we're imitating

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.759
 Jesus,

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.500
 our suffering

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:19.940
 Savior.

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.660
 And in doing

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:21.900
 that,

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.620
 we're pointing

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.759
 people to

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.300
 the good

00:24:24.300 --> 00:24:24.720
 news of

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.460
 Jesus Christ,

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.019
 to the

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.340
 gospel.

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.420
 Look at

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.019
 my life.

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:29.920
 Look at

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.540
 my unjust

00:24:30.540 --> 00:24:31.000
 suffering.

00:24:31.780 --> 00:24:32.200
 Who does

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.680
 that remind

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.120
 you of?

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.720
 That's my

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.060
 Savior.

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.759
 If Jesus

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.460
 had come

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.040
 merely to

00:24:41.040 --> 00:24:41.980
 execute justice

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.560
 in his

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.120
 first coming,

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.740
 he would

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.240
 have crushed

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.660
 the Romans,

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.019
 yes,

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.640
 but he would

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.160
 have also

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.540
 crushed every

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.740
 single one

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.039
 of the

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.480
 Israelites.

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.619
 Because they

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:56.980
 had all

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.579
 fallen short

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:57.839
 of his

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.119
 glory.

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.440
 Because they

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.859
 had all

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.379
 rebelled

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.119
 against him.

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.940
 I think we

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.420
 missed this

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.159
 point for

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:06.899
 similar reasons

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.420
 in our own

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.680
 lives.

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.579
 I think we're

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.200
 sometimes too

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.940
 eager to pick

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.240
 up the

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.420
 pitchforks for

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.159
 this very

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.500
 reason.

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:12.940
 It's because

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.359
 we're not

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.920
 carrying the

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.299
 cross.

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.879
 We don't see

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.559
 ourselves as

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.119
 sinners at the

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.460
 foot of the

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.799
 cross.

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.500
 Instead,

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.759
 we're

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.500
 self-righteous.

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:19.859
 We think

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.240
 we have

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.779
 everything

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.380
 figured out

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:21.700
 and can

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.680
 discern and

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.259
 judge the

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.660
 sins of

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.160
 others with

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.359
 perfect clarity.

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.039
 We think

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.680
 that sin is

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.359
 more their

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.500
 issue than

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.279
 my issue.

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.960
 But if we

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.559
 followed in

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.079
 the footsteps

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.259
 of Jesus and

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.940
 carried our

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.720
 own cross,

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.319
 then we'd be

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.819
 more humble.

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.240
 I think we'd

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.839
 be quicker to

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.660
 hear and slower

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.180
 to speak.

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.519
 I think we

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.119
 would take the

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.859
 logs out of

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.400
 our own eyes

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.019
 before we try

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.640
 to remove the

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.400
 specks from

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.980
 our brothers and

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.259
 sisters'

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.620
 eyes.

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:52.140
 Jesus came to

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.039
 satisfy God's

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:54.039
 justice on

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.660
 the cross so

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:54.980
 that he might

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.819
 show us mercy,

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.360
 so that he

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.460
 might offer us

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.019
 forgiveness.

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.240
 To follow

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.240
 King Jesus

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.920
 is to follow

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.799
 his path to

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.920
 glory through

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.380
 death.

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.700
 And after

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.180
 seeing the

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.819
 crowd's reaction

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.279
 to Jesus,

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.079
 the Pharisees

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.660
 are envious,

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:15.400
 and they say

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.960
 to one another

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.880
 in verse 19,

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.380
 you see that

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.000
 you are gaining

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.460
 nothing.

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.779
 Look, the

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.720
 world has

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.340
 gone after

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:22.640
 him.

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.880
 And that

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.380
 brings us to

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.840
 the second

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.319
 way that

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:26.220
 Jesus appended

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:27.240
 people's

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.079
 expectations,

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.660
 the king's

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.319
 audience.

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:31.860
 Jesus did

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.440
 not come

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.519
 only for

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.220
 the Jews.

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.880
 He came

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.180
 for the

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.819
 whole world.

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.539
 The whole

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.160
 world has

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.620
 gone after

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:38.840
 him.

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.519
 The Pharisee

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.059
 statement that

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.559
 the world

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.920
 has gone

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.279
 after him

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.600
 is even

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.220
 truer than

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.900
 they realize

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.519
 in the

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.160
 book of

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.519
 John,

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.500
 the word

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.319
 world is

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.759
 a key

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.259
 word that

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.100
 occurs again

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.500
 and again.

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:49.940
 It occurs

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.680
 more frequently

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.100
 in the

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.519
 gospel of

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.880
 John than

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.279
 any other

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.279
 book in

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.519
 the New

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.900
 Testament.

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.339
 In fact,

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.759
 it occurs

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:57.220
 78 times

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.160
 in the

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:59.140
 gospel of

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.579
 John alone,

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.019
 which is

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.579
 more than

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.940
 a third

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.519
 of all the

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:01.960
 occurrences

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.240
 in the

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.360
 New

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.620
 Testament.

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.000
 In fact,

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.319
 it occurs

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.839
 several times

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.160
 in this

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.579
 passage.

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.000
 It says

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.420
 again in

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.940
 verses 31

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.500
 and 32,

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.460
 now is

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.860
 the judgment

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.220
 of this

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.700
 world.

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.620
 Now will

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.019
 the ruler

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.380
 of this

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.140
 world be

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.900
 cast out.

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.740
 And I,

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.059
 when I

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.500
 am lifted

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:14.860
 up from

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.200
 the earth,

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.720
 will draw

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.819
 all people

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.920
 to myself.

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.259
 Similarly,

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.839
 it said in

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.420
 John 1

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.779
 29,

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.700
 Jesus is

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.100
 the Lamb

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.440
 of God

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.860
 who takes

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.360
 away the

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.980
 sin of

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:25.200
 the world.

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.279
 And most

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.940
 famously in

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.440
 John 3

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.860
 16,

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.839
 God so

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.360
 loved the

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:31.000
 world that

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.539
 he gave

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.579
 his only

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.720
 son that

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.279
 whoever

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.059
 believes in

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.420
 him should

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:35.920
 not perish

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.339
 but have

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:37.059
 eternal life.

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.500
 It doesn't

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.019
 mean that

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:40.019
 God saves

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.559
 the whole

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.420
 world without

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.180
 exception.

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.519
 only those

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.019
 who repent

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.560
 and believe

00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:45.000
 in Jesus

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.539
 will be

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.900
 saved.

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.820
 But it

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:47.580
 does mean

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:48.360
 that God

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.980
 saves the

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.680
 whole world

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.140
 without

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:51.060
 distinction.

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.880
 Jesus is

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.779
 the messianic

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.120
 king,

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.680
 not only

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.039
 over the

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.340
 Jews,

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:56.960
 but over

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:58.120
 all peoples,

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.519
 over the

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.259
 whole world.

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.060
 He did

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.519
 not come

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.240
 to announce

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.420
 judgment

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.539
 of mere

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.279
 Israel or

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.200
 even of

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.600
 the Roman

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:08.519
 Empire only,

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.279
 but the

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.599
 judgment

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.299
 of this

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.960
 world.

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.819
 He did

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.160
 not come

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.639
 to overthrow

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.319
 a small

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.019
 fry like

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.480
 Caesar.

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.720
 He came

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.740
 to overthrow,

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.839
 cast out the

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.720
 ruler of

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.579
 this entire

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.579
 sinful world.

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.579
 The title

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.059
 ruler of

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.400
 this world

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.039
 occurs again

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.819
 in John 14

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.420
 30 and

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.579
 1611 and

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.259
 similar titles

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.599
 are used

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.039
 throughout the

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.420
 New Testament

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.200
 to refer to

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.700
 Satan.

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:36.680
 the true

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.759
 king has

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.500
 come and

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.880
 Jesus'

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.920
 glorification,

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:42.180
 his enthronement

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:43.600
 means Satan's

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.400
 dethronement,

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.340
 his overthrow.

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:46.799
 Jesus'

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.460
 coming into

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.840
 his kingdom

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.420
 means the

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.600
 expulsion of

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.200
 the ruler of

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.940
 this world.

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.120
 Don't ever

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.700
 forget that

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.319
 Jesus is

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.980
 seated on

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.720
 his throne

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.640
 even right

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.120
 now,

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.080
 reigning at

00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:58.519
 the right

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.480
 hand of

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.900
 the Father.

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.779
 We can get

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.600
 worked up

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.359
 and so

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.199
 worried about

00:29:05.199 --> 00:29:06.199
 presidential

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:06.919
 elections

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:08.459
 and

00:29:08.459 --> 00:29:09.439
 geopolitics,

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:11.099
 but the

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.939
 ruler of

00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:12.500
 this world

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.679
 has already

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:15.179
 been cast

00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:15.579
 out.

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.659
 And the

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:20.419
 true king

00:29:20.419 --> 00:29:21.519
 is already

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.459
 seated on

00:29:22.459 --> 00:29:22.859
 his throne.

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.139
 Whether the

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.679
 U.S.

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:27.039
 or China

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:28.059
 wins the

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.779
 contest for

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.119
 global

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.679
 supremacy,

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:30.899
 whether

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:32.079
 Biden or

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.619
 Trump

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:34.279
 wins the

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.619
 next

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.239
 election,

00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:37.399
 Jesus is

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:38.000
 still

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.019
 king.

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:43.239
 God has

00:29:43.239 --> 00:29:43.839
 not promised

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.239
 to send

00:29:44.239 --> 00:29:44.519
 another

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.919
 Messiah.

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.119
 Jesus is

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.419
 it.

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.379
 He's the

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:48.679
 one.

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.219
 And no

00:29:50.219 --> 00:29:50.679
 matter who

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:51.419
 your favorite

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:52.239
 political

00:29:52.239 --> 00:29:53.019
 candidate is

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.479
 or who

00:29:53.479 --> 00:29:54.059
 your

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:56.019
 fantasy

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.639
 Messiah

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.199
 might be,

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:59.640
 that person

00:29:59.640 --> 00:29:59.960
 is not

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.259
 going to

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.700
 save you.

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.860
 Only

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.519
 Jesus can

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.019
 save you.

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.319
 So be

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:05.940
 watchful,

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:08.140
 but not

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.740
 fearful.

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.180
 Be informed

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:12.600
 and be

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.259
 involved in

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.680
 politics,

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.819
 whatever degree

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.620
 your vocation

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.279
 calls for.

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.340
 But don't

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:19.160
 be consumed

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:20.240
 by world

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.740
 politics.

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:23.299
 Jesus is

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.599
 still

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:23.940
 king.

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.720
 And remember

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.180
 also that

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.579
 there is no

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.400
 aspect of

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.960
 your life

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:31.220
 that's beyond

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.140
 the reach

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.660
 of Jesus'

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.200
 rule.

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.579
 If Jesus

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.059
 rules over

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.440
 the whole

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.779
 world,

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.079
 then you

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.400
 cannot

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.299
 confine or

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.339
 compartmentalize

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.960
 the scope

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.420
 of his

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:39.940
 authority.

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.779
 His

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.220
 sovereignty

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.980
 is universal

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.059
 and total.

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.440
 19th century

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.819
 Dutch

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.519
 theologian

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.220
 and prime

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.640
 minister,

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.620
 Abraham

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.099
 Kuyper,

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:50.119
 once famously

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.779
 said this,

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.779
 there's not

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.319
 a square

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.799
 inch in

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.339
 the whole

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.000
 domain of

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.439
 our human

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:55.039
 existence

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:56.000
 over which

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.539
 Christ,

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.059
 who is

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.439
 sovereign

00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:57.979
 over all,

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.500
 does not

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.979
 cry,

00:30:59.619 --> 00:30:59.959
 mine.

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.000
 Is

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.399
 Jesus

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:04.259
 king over

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.539
 every domain

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.500
 in your

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.919
 life?

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:08.079
 Not only

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:09.339
 on Easter

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.519
 and Christmas,

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.819
 but over

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:13.699
 365 days

00:31:13.699 --> 00:31:13.979
 of your

00:31:13.979 --> 00:31:14.319
 life.

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.379
 Not only

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:16.719
 during

00:31:16.719 --> 00:31:17.839
 two hours

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.399
 on Sunday

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.740
 morning,

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.540
 but 24

00:31:19.540 --> 00:31:20.320
 hours a

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:21.400
 day of

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.840
 your life.

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.100
 Is

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.540
 Jesus

00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:23.160
 Lord,

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.380
 is

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.680
 Jesus

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.240
 king

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.220
 in your

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.640
 life?

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:26.780
 In

00:31:26.780 --> 00:31:27.200
 every

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.600
 square

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:27.880
 inch

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.420
 of your

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.420
 finances,

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:29.820
 every

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.100
 square

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.340
 inch

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.940
 of your

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.580
 speech,

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.220
 every

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.540
 square

00:31:32.540 --> 00:31:32.759
 inch

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.200
 of how

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.380
 you

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.880
 work,

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.740
 how

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:34.920
 you

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.340
 behave

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.580
 when

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:35.759
 no

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:35.920
 one

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.080
 is

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.440
 looking,

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:36.980
 is

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.420
 Jesus

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.960
 king

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.259
 there?

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.480
 Is

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.640
 he

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.040
 ruling

00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:40.240
 in

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.360
 your

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.740
 life?

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.380
 The

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.780
 reality

00:31:46.780 --> 00:31:46.940
 of

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.200
 Jesus'

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:47.720
 universal

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.140
 rule

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.300
 and

00:31:48.300 --> 00:31:48.620
 appeal

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:48.800
 is

00:31:48.800 --> 00:31:49.160
 confirmed

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.560
 immediately

00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:49.780
 by

00:31:49.780 --> 00:31:49.980
 verse

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.320
 20.

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.580
 It says,

00:31:50.780 --> 00:31:51.040
 now among

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:51.460
 those who

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.840
 went up

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.300
 to worship

00:31:52.300 --> 00:31:52.640
 at the

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:52.940
 feast

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.380
 were some

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.820
 Greeks.

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.100
 The Greeks

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.600
 are not

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:56.080
 people

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.660
 necessarily

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:56.920
 from

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.320
 Greece,

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.040
 but as

00:31:58.040 --> 00:31:58.340
 elsewhere

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:58.580
 in the

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:58.700
 New

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.080
 Testament,

00:31:59.280 --> 00:31:59.520
 this is

00:31:59.520 --> 00:31:59.860
 the way

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.320
 they refer

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:00.520
 to

00:32:00.520 --> 00:32:01.280
 Gentiles,

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.240
 all

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.220
 non-Jews

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.820
 who come

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:03.960
 from

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.180
 different

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.540
 parts

00:32:04.540 --> 00:32:05.240
 of their

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.540
 Greek

00:32:05.540 --> 00:32:06.020
 speaking

00:32:06.020 --> 00:32:06.400
 world.

00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:07.380
 So the

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.920
 nations,

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.500
 indeed,

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.500
 the world

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.400
 has begun

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.900
 to come

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.380
 to Jesus.

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.240
 And they

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.720
 reach out

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.000
 to

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.500
 Philip,

00:32:14.780 --> 00:32:15.420
 maybe because

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.200
 he's from

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:17.059
 the area

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.580
 near the

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.039
 Decapolis

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.360
 where the

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:18.759
 Gentiles

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.059
 lived,

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.600
 Bethsaida

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:20.140
 in Galilee.

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.539
 They

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.240
 approach

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.580
 Philip,

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:22.920
 and then

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.100
 Philip

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.460
 approaches

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.799
 Andrew,

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.160
 and together

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.559
 they tell

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:24.860
 Jesus

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.380
 about it.

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.100
 And it's

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.740
 the arrival

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.220
 of the

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.840
 Gentiles

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.400
 that prompts

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.019
 Jesus to

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.440
 say this

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.779
 in verse

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.299
 23,

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.619
 the hour

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.359
 has come

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.759
 for the

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.079
 Son of

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.519
 Man to

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.639
 be glorified.

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.339
 Up to

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.759
 this point

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.059
 in the

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.440
 Gospel of

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.659
 John,

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.379
 the hour

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:38.799
 of his

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.399
 glorification

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.240
 has always

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.279
 been future.

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.139
 But now

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:44.039
 the arrival

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.579
 of Gentiles

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.399
 has triggered

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:46.279
 this hour

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.879
 of Jesus'

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.720
 glorification.

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.200
 The appointed

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.599
 hour,

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:50.519
 the right

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.039
 time,

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.339
 has come.

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.799
 Back then,

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.359
 if you remember,

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.000
 there was a

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.700
 strict separation

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.379
 between Jews

00:32:57.379 --> 00:32:58.019
 and Gentiles.

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.680
 Gentiles could

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.299
 not enter

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.940
 into the

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.460
 inner courtyard

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.960
 of the

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.240
 temple.

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.200
 They had to

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.940
 stay outside

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.240
 in the

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.879
 outer court.

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.839
 If they

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.159
 were to

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.759
 transgress

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.519
 that boundary,

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.639
 they could

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.159
 be killed.

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.819
 It was on

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.259
 pains of

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.500
 death.

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:10.799
 They were

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.099
 threatened

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.419
 to do

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:11.680
 that.

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:15.399
 But Jesus

00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:16.180
 came not

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.839
 to save

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.819
 the Jews

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.220
 only,

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.519
 but to

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.940
 save all

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.339
 nations,

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.879
 to save

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.279
 the whole

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.859
 world,

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.359
 in a sense.

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.359
 That's why

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.579
 it says

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.180
 in verse

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.579
 32,

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:25.940
 when Jesus

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.119
 says,

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.440
 when I'm

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:26.839
 lifted up

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.139
 from the

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.299
 earth,

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.579
 I will

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.559
 draw all

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.079
 people

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.779
 to

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.439
 myself.

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.039
 Salvation

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.599
 is from

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:33.059
 the Jews

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.839
 because Jesus

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.259
 is a

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.519
 Jewish

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.079
 Messiah,

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.359
 but salvation

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.899
 is not

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.919
 merely for

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.359
 the Jews.

00:33:40.199 --> 00:33:40.859
 That's why

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.199
 the Great

00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:41.519
 Commission

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.939
 does not

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.279
 say,

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:42.759
 make

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.359
 disciples

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.599
 of your

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.099
 tribal

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.559
 group or

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.079
 your ethnic

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.500
 group.

00:33:47.199 --> 00:33:47.599
 It says,

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.240
 make disciples

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.939
 of all

00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.399
 nations.

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.480
 That's why

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.359
 Jesus promises

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:52.939
 his followers

00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:53.500
 before his

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.259
 ascension to

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.679
 heaven in

00:33:54.679 --> 00:33:55.399
 Acts 1-8,

00:33:55.679 --> 00:33:56.199
 you will

00:33:56.199 --> 00:33:56.939
 receive power

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:57.259
 when the

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.720
 Holy Spirit

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.079
 has come

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.759
 upon you

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.339
 and you

00:33:59.339 --> 00:33:59.539
 will be

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.079
 my witnesses

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.960
 in Jerusalem

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.779
 and in all

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.220
 Judea and

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.720
 Samaria and

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.200
 to the end

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.440
 of the

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.779
 earth,

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.900
 meaning not

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.200
 only to

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.799
 the Jews

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.500
 in Jerusalem

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.039
 but also

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.379
 to the

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:08.119
 Samaritans

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.679
 in Samaria

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.780
 and also

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.219
 to the

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.900
 Gentiles

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.500
 in the

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.000
 ends

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.539
 of the

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:12.880
 earth.

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.639
 So you

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.159
 cannot

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.800
 reject

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.219
 Jesus

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:16.900
 with this

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.360
 excuse,

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.800
 saying to

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.119
 yourself,

00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:18.380
 well,

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.780
 I'm not

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.239
 a Jew,

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.420
 so I

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.940
 can't believe

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.159
 in the

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.420
 God of

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.820
 the Bible.

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.739
 Well,

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.719
 my parents

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.380
 are atheists,

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.760
 so this

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.340
 can't be

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.760
 for me.

00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:27.920
 Well,

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.640
 my country

00:34:28.640 --> 00:34:29.300
 is Muslim,

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.920
 so I

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.360
 can't be

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.840
 a Christian.

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.540
 My culture

00:34:32.540 --> 00:34:33.100
 is Hindu,

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.920
 so I

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.420
 can't be

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.900
 a Christian.

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.440
 My family

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.960
 is Buddhist,

00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:37.540
 so I

00:34:37.540 --> 00:34:38.160
 can't be

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.720
 a Christian.

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.440
 You

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.840
 can't have

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.440
 those excuses

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:44.260
 because

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.740
 Christianity

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.200
 is not

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:45.640
 a Western

00:34:45.640 --> 00:34:46.060
 religion.

00:34:47.140 --> 00:34:48.100
 It's not

00:34:48.100 --> 00:34:48.740
 an American

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.320
 export.

00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:50.980
 Jesus

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.700
 rules over

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:52.320
 the whole

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.120
 world.

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:55.719
 Christianity

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.179
 is the

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.440
 only

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.900
 major

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.299
 religion

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.639
 in the

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:57.920
 world

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.199
 whose

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.659
 founding

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.179
 document,

00:34:59.279 --> 00:34:59.500
 the New

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.859
 Testament,

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:01.019
 was written

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:02.219
 in the

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.739
 language that

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:03.099
 is not

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.940
 the native

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.579
 language of

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.059
 the founder,

00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:05.539
 Jesus.

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.119
 Jesus spoke

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.659
 Aramaic.

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.420
 The New

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.940
 Testament is

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.259
 written in

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.559
 Greek.

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:10.940
 Why?

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.480
 Because

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.579
 Jesus is

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:12.920
 the Savior

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.199
 of the

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.920
 whole world,

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.319
 not only

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:15.759
 of the Jews

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.139
 but of the

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.480
 Greeks,

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.679
 the Gentiles.

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.699
 The Atlas

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.239
 of Global

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.639
 Christianity,

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.420
 it's a book,

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.159
 it's essentially

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.719
 a book of

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.939
 maps and

00:35:23.939 --> 00:35:24.859
 statistics and

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:26.119
 diagrams related

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.559
 to global

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.000
 Christianity.

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.199
 It chronicles

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.759
 the shifts

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.399
 in the

00:35:29.399 --> 00:35:29.879
 gravitational

00:35:29.879 --> 00:35:30.939
 center of

00:35:30.939 --> 00:35:31.519
 Christianity

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.299
 from 30

00:35:32.299 --> 00:35:32.619
 A.D.

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:32.959
 to the

00:35:32.959 --> 00:35:33.619
 present day.

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.099
 The center

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.519
 of gravity

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.099
 for Christianity

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.959
 was at

00:35:36.959 --> 00:35:37.199
 first,

00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:37.599
 of course,

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.259
 in Jerusalem

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:39.519
 around 30

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.819
 A.D.

00:35:39.899 --> 00:35:40.179
 and then

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.659
 it gradually

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.819
 shifted north

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.699
 and west

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.500
 so that its

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.879
 gravitational

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.459
 center was

00:35:44.459 --> 00:35:44.599
 in

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.399
 Constantinople,

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:45.819
 which is

00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:46.279
 modern-day

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:46.779
 Istanbul

00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:47.500
 in Turkey.

00:35:48.459 --> 00:35:50.119
 That was

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.319
 around

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:51.039
 1000 A.D.

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.299
 and then

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:52.000
 by 1500

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.519
 A.D.,

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.960
 the gravitational

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.300
 center

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.659
 shifts

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.420
 still further

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.360
 north into

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.780
 what is

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.420
 Budapest,

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.860
 Hungary,

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.320
 and Vienna,

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.860
 Austria.

00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:00.119
 By 1900 A.D.,

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.699
 it shifted

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:01.719
 further west

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:02.300
 due in large

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:02.840
 part to the

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.699
 rise of the

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.320
 United States

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.059
 and the

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.360
 gravitational

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:06.000
 center was

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.599
 Madrid,

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.400
 Spain.

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.400
 And then

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.920
 since then,

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.619
 the gravitational

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.239
 center of

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.480
 Christianity

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.280
 has shifted

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.900
 even more

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.639
 southeast

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.659
 rather than

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.259
 northwest

00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:15.239
 so that it's

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:15.619
 now in

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.039
 Niger,

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:16.679
 Africa,

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.179
 and it's

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.759
 expected to

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.360
 continue its

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:20.280
 shift southeast.

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.560
 east.

00:36:21.060 --> 00:36:21.660
 That's

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:21.980
 where the

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.560
 center of

00:36:22.560 --> 00:36:23.200
 gravity for

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:24.000
 Christians in

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.519
 Christianity,

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:25.240
 global Christianity

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.940
 now is.

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.400
 Let me ask you

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.900
 some questions.

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.460
 Do you know

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.960
 where the

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.860
 gravitational center

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.340
 of Buddhism

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.760
 is?

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.360
 You probably

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.680
 do.

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.560
 It's

00:36:34.560 --> 00:36:35.260
 Southeast Asia.

00:36:36.100 --> 00:36:36.920
 It has

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.860
 always been

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.640
 Southeast Asia.

00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:40.180
 Do you know

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:40.460
 where the

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.280
 gravitational center

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.660
 of Islam

00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.080
 is?

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.160
 I bet you

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:44.280
 do because

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.620
 it's the

00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:45.160
 Middle East

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:48.539
 Middle East.

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:55.059
 Do you know

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.319
 where the

00:36:55.319 --> 00:36:56.119
 gravitational center

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.699
 of Hinduism

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:56.980
 is?

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:59.079
 Yes.

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.480
 India.

00:37:00.899 --> 00:37:01.559
 And it

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.480
 has always

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.039
 been

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.960
 India.

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.879
 Christianity

00:37:06.879 --> 00:37:07.440
 is the

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.599
 only world

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.139
 religion

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:11.359
 who has

00:37:11.359 --> 00:37:12.139
 truly one

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.739
 adherence

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:13.399
 from the

00:37:13.399 --> 00:37:13.799
 whole

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:14.559
 world.

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:18.359
 that has

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:19.099
 shifted its

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.599
 gravitational

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.339
 center all

00:37:20.339 --> 00:37:20.899
 over the

00:37:20.899 --> 00:37:21.219
 world.

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:22.319
 There is

00:37:22.319 --> 00:37:23.059
 no single

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.739
 monolithic

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.759
 Christian

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:25.559
 civilization

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.460
 or Christian

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.000
 culture

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.839
 because there

00:37:27.839 --> 00:37:28.179
 has already

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:29.239
 been multiple

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:29.759
 Christian

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.420
 civilizations

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.559
 and multiple

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.399
 Christian

00:37:32.399 --> 00:37:33.279
 cultures.

00:37:33.899 --> 00:37:34.079
 Why?

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:34.839
 Because King

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.839
 Jesus is

00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:36.339
 king not

00:37:36.339 --> 00:37:36.819
 only over

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:37.759
 Israel but

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.159
 the whole

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.719
 world.

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.659
 Because he

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.099
 came to

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.559
 save the

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:41.940
 world.

00:37:42.899 --> 00:37:43.659
 That's why

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.039
 we cannot

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.699
 say, oh,

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.419
 we shouldn't

00:37:45.419 --> 00:37:45.819
 send

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:46.460
 missionaries

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:46.819
 out to

00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:47.019
 other

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.399
 countries

00:37:47.399 --> 00:37:47.579
 and

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.019
 cultures.

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.019
 That's

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.339
 so

00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:50.539
 colonial.

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:53.059
 Or, oh,

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.439
 I'm not

00:37:53.439 --> 00:37:53.919
 going to

00:37:53.919 --> 00:37:54.299
 share the

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:54.819
 gospel with

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:55.500
 my non-Christian

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.960
 neighbors

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.899
 because I

00:37:56.899 --> 00:37:57.239
 wouldn't want

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.819
 to impose

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.619
 my religion

00:37:58.619 --> 00:38:00.179
 on someone

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.639
 else.

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:02.839
 that is

00:38:02.839 --> 00:38:03.319
 politically

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:04.000
 correct

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:05.119
 nonsense.

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.440
 It's

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:10.859
 only

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:11.359
 colonial

00:38:11.359 --> 00:38:12.179
 if the

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.599
 territory

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:12.940
 you

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.699
 colonize

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.019
 doesn't

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.379
 already

00:38:14.379 --> 00:38:15.000
 belong to

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.519
 your king.

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.960
 But the

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:18.000
 whole world

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.759
 already

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.739
 belongs to

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.159
 Jesus.

00:38:22.319 --> 00:38:23.079
 He

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.960
 already is

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.659
 king over

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.259
 the whole

00:38:25.259 --> 00:38:26.179
 world.

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:27.319
 when the

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:27.819
 rightful

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.319
 king

00:38:28.319 --> 00:38:28.940
 takes

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.239
 his

00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:29.739
 throne.

00:38:29.899 --> 00:38:30.219
 That's

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:30.539
 not

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.079
 colonialism.

00:38:31.399 --> 00:38:31.859
 That is

00:38:31.859 --> 00:38:32.960
 justice.

00:38:36.919 --> 00:38:37.539
 In

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.779
 Matthew

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.299
 28,

00:38:38.419 --> 00:38:39.039
 18 to

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.339
 20,

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.619
 Jesus

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:39.859
 says,

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:41.139
 all authority

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.619
 in heaven

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.000
 and on

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.699
 earth has

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.099
 been given

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.659
 to me.

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.399
 Go

00:38:44.399 --> 00:38:45.119
 therefore

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.799
 and make

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:46.579
 disciples of

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.079
 all

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.960
 nations.

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.119
 Why do we

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.359
 go to

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:50.279
 all nations?

00:38:50.399 --> 00:38:50.919
 Because

00:38:50.919 --> 00:38:51.719
 Jesus has

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.579
 all

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:53.419
 authority

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:54.420
 in heaven

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.079
 and on

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.460
 earth.

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.619
 When

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:58.940
 did

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.320
 King

00:38:59.320 --> 00:38:59.720
 Jesus

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:00.159
 ever

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.440
 get

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.920
 tame

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:02.119
 and

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.519
 become

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.740
 an

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.300
 exclusive

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.780
 feature

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:04.019
 of

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.460
 your

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:04.880
 local

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.360
 religion

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.599
 and

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:05.960
 culture?

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.639
 That's

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.079
 like saying,

00:39:11.200 --> 00:39:11.300
 oh,

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.980
 I can't

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.960
 expect my

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.300
 neighbors

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:14.280
 around me

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.559
 to keep

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:14.960
 the same

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.460
 laws that

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:15.980
 I keep.

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.340
 I mean,

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.760
 that'd be

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.440
 so dogmatic.

00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:20.019
 I wouldn't

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.340
 want to

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.760
 impose my

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.079
 personal

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.539
 preferences

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.000
 on them.

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:23.760
 No.

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.360
 All your

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:25.820
 neighbors are

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:26.340
 expected to

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.699
 keep the

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.400
 same laws

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.679
 that you

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:28.199
 keep because

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:29.059
 they're under

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.920
 the same

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.780
 laws.

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.260
 They're under

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:31.760
 the same

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:32.320
 president,

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.739
 under the

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:32.980
 same

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.480
 Congress,

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:33.980
 under the

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.300
 same

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:34.880
 Supreme

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.360
 Court.

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:40.239
 The rule

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:40.480
 of the

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.119
 land is

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.699
 not your

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.059
 personal

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.500
 preference

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:43.079
 or opinion.

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.039
 Likewise,

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.780
 if you

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.300
 live in

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:47.199
 this world,

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:48.079
 if you

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.360
 live in

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:49.099
 any world,

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.940
 you are

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.500
 part of

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.920
 King

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.400
 Jesus'

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:52.260
 domain,

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.360
 whether you

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.760
 like it

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.200
 or not.

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.840
 And

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.539
 Jesus is

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:57.160
 not just

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:57.539
 your

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.940
 king.

00:39:58.180 --> 00:39:58.740
 He is

00:39:58.740 --> 00:39:59.300
 their

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:00.240
 rightful

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:01.000
 king.

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.000
 He is

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.840
 king over

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.420
 the whole

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.240
 world.

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:05.300
 So you

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.780
 better let

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:06.420
 them know

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:09.480
 or they'll

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:09.720
 be in

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:09.940
 grave

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.380
 trouble

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:11.760
 because

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:12.079
 those who

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.559
 reject

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.180
 Christ the

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:13.700
 king stand

00:40:13.700 --> 00:40:14.160
 condemned

00:40:14.160 --> 00:40:14.840
 already under

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.280
 the judgment

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:15.780
 of God.

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:19.920
 king

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:19.940
 king.

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:19.960
 King

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.260
 Jesus

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:20.860
 surprised

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.280
 people

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:21.720
 both in

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:21.860
 his

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.300
 agenda

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:22.700
 and

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:22.980
 his

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.560
 audience.

00:40:24.140 --> 00:40:24.500
 But perhaps

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:24.880
 the most

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.320
 shocking

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.080
 and unexpected

00:40:26.080 --> 00:40:26.560
 of all

00:40:26.560 --> 00:40:27.000
 is his

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.900
 ascendance.

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:29.080
 So the

00:40:29.080 --> 00:40:29.680
 hour of

00:40:29.680 --> 00:40:29.920
 Jesus'

00:40:30.140 --> 00:40:30.760
 glorification

00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:31.360
 is here.

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.440
 The king

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:33.100
 will finally

00:40:33.100 --> 00:40:34.120
 ascend to

00:40:34.120 --> 00:40:34.620
 his throne.

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.220
 But what

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:36.040
 exactly will

00:40:36.040 --> 00:40:37.140
 that ascendancy

00:40:37.140 --> 00:40:37.900
 look like?

00:40:38.540 --> 00:40:39.140
 Jesus gives

00:40:39.140 --> 00:40:39.680
 a hint in

00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:40.360
 verse 24,

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:51.280
 Jesus continues

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:52.140
 in verse 27,

00:40:52.240 --> 00:40:52.860
 now is my

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:54.360
 soul troubled.

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:55.640
 What shall I

00:40:55.640 --> 00:40:55.840
 say,

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.039
 Father,

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.820
 save me from

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.260
 this hour?

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.200
 But for this

00:40:58.200 --> 00:40:58.960
 purpose I've

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.539
 come to this

00:40:59.539 --> 00:40:59.840
 hour.

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:01.120
 The hour of

00:41:01.120 --> 00:41:02.200
 his glorification

00:41:02.200 --> 00:41:02.940
 is here,

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:03.800
 but Jesus is

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.360
 troubled.

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.860
 It's not saying

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.620
 he's excited,

00:41:06.700 --> 00:41:07.480
 he's troubled,

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.500
 he's in anguish.

00:41:09.140 --> 00:41:09.760
 He feels a

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:10.580
 deep revulsion

00:41:10.580 --> 00:41:11.420
 and anxiety.

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.400
 Jesus wants

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:13.100
 to cry out

00:41:13.100 --> 00:41:13.380
 to the

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:13.640
 Father,

00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:13.960
 Father,

00:41:14.120 --> 00:41:14.580
 save me

00:41:14.580 --> 00:41:14.960
 from this

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.220
 hour,

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:15.720
 and yet

00:41:15.720 --> 00:41:16.840
 he decides

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:17.840
 not to.

00:41:18.520 --> 00:41:19.220
 He steals

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:20.480
 himself in

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:20.900
 his resolve

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.500
 to obey

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.260
 his Father

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:22.980
 to the end

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:24.020
 because this

00:41:24.020 --> 00:41:24.560
 is the very

00:41:24.560 --> 00:41:25.400
 purpose for

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:26.040
 which Jesus

00:41:26.040 --> 00:41:27.180
 came to

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:27.820
 our world.

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.720
 For Jesus,

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.460
 the hour of

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:32.280
 his glorification

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:33.320
 is not about

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:34.140
 his own glory,

00:41:34.240 --> 00:41:34.720
 but the glory

00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:35.920
 of his Father.

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.240
 So he prays,

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.780
 Father,

00:41:38.020 --> 00:41:39.120
 glorify your

00:41:39.120 --> 00:41:39.560
 name.

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:43.900
 In spite

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.260
 of his

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:44.820
 anguish

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:45.260
 and troubled

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:45.580
 soul,

00:41:45.660 --> 00:41:46.060
 Jesus will

00:41:46.060 --> 00:41:46.500
 not ask

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.880
 his Father

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.440
 to spare

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:47.940
 him from

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.420
 the hour,

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.680
 but he

00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:49.960
 will keep

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.560
 steadfast

00:41:50.560 --> 00:41:51.000
 purpose,

00:41:51.160 --> 00:41:51.300
 and he

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:51.640
 will be

00:41:51.640 --> 00:41:52.320
 glorified

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:53.120
 through his

00:41:53.120 --> 00:41:53.620
 obedience,

00:41:54.120 --> 00:41:54.540
 through his

00:41:54.540 --> 00:41:55.080
 submission,

00:41:55.520 --> 00:41:56.040
 and through

00:41:56.040 --> 00:41:57.560
 his death.

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.380
 For Jesus,

00:42:00.540 --> 00:42:01.180
 the hour

00:42:01.180 --> 00:42:01.900
 of glorification

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.900
 is about

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:04.100
 his death.

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:05.480
 God

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.139
 this is made

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:06.719
 even clearer

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:08.079
 in verses

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:09.079
 32 to 33.

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:09.619
 And I,

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:10.179
 when I am

00:42:10.179 --> 00:42:10.819
 lifted up

00:42:10.819 --> 00:42:11.139
 from the

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:11.460
 earth,

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:11.960
 I will

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.440
 draw all

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.940
 people to

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:13.440
 myself.

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.779
 Being lifted

00:42:14.779 --> 00:42:15.259
 up is a

00:42:15.259 --> 00:42:15.699
 good thing,

00:42:15.759 --> 00:42:15.920
 right?

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.559
 People want

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:16.819
 that.

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:18.000
 They want

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.299
 to be

00:42:18.299 --> 00:42:18.779
 exalted.

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.239
 They want

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:19.500
 to be

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:19.860
 raised

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:20.380
 higher

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:21.380
 than others.

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:22.880
 This is

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.199
 Jesus'

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:24.239
 long-awaited

00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:25.179
 ascendance,

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:26.940
 but what

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.980
 exactly does

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.539
 that being

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.039
 lifted up

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.419
 look like?

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:30.059
 Verse 33,

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.699
 he said this

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:31.279
 to show by

00:42:31.279 --> 00:42:31.819
 what kind

00:42:31.819 --> 00:42:32.599
 of death

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.239
 he was

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:33.819
 going to

00:42:33.819 --> 00:42:34.239
 die.

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:36.739
 John is

00:42:36.739 --> 00:42:37.379
 fond of

00:42:37.379 --> 00:42:38.259
 using words

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:38.799
 with double

00:42:38.799 --> 00:42:39.159
 meaning.

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.480
 He's using

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.940
 the word

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:41.980
 lift up to

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.779
 refer to

00:42:42.779 --> 00:42:43.079
 Jesus'

00:42:43.399 --> 00:42:44.199
 exaltation,

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:44.839
 but he's

00:42:44.839 --> 00:42:45.539
 simultaneously

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:46.539
 also referring

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:47.179
 to Jesus

00:42:47.179 --> 00:42:48.419
 being physically

00:42:48.419 --> 00:42:49.779
 hoisted up

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:51.259
 on a cross,

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:52.259
 being lifted

00:42:52.259 --> 00:42:53.279
 up to die,

00:42:53.819 --> 00:42:54.159
 to be

00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:54.599
 tortured,

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:58.659
 those two

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.259
 things are

00:42:59.259 --> 00:43:00.599
 not opposed

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:00.940
 to each

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.099
 other.

00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:01.799
 They happen

00:43:01.799 --> 00:43:03.099
 simultaneously.

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:05.779
 Jesus

00:43:05.779 --> 00:43:06.399
 doesn't get

00:43:06.399 --> 00:43:06.859
 exalted

00:43:06.859 --> 00:43:07.859
 because he

00:43:07.859 --> 00:43:08.480
 was crucified.

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:09.299
 His

00:43:09.299 --> 00:43:10.179
 crucifixion

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.819
 being lifted

00:43:10.819 --> 00:43:11.500
 up and

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.079
 dying is

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.679
 part of

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.119
 the very

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:13.899
 glory that

00:43:13.899 --> 00:43:15.000
 God has

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:16.239
 given and

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:16.739
 assigned to

00:43:16.739 --> 00:43:17.000
 him.

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:21.139
 That's why

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:21.539
 he speaks

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.279
 of the grain

00:43:22.279 --> 00:43:22.579
 of wheat

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.039
 falling to

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.460
 the ground

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:24.059
 and dying

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:25.199
 only then

00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:25.539
 does it

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:25.980
 bear much

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.360
 fruit.

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:27.599
 The death

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:28.000
 of the grain

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.279
 is the

00:43:28.279 --> 00:43:28.860
 first stage

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:29.119
 of its

00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:29.559
 fruitfulness.

00:43:29.799 --> 00:43:30.039
 Likewise,

00:43:30.279 --> 00:43:30.820
 death of

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.659
 Jesus Christ

00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:32.239
 is the

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:33.420
 first stage

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:33.980
 of his

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.860
 glorification

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.739
 which

00:43:35.739 --> 00:43:37.179
 culminates

00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:37.579
 in his

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:38.099
 resurrection

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.840
 and ascension

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:39.119
 to the

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:39.519
 right hand

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:39.759
 of the

00:43:39.759 --> 00:43:40.039
 Father.

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:41.759
 So there's

00:43:41.759 --> 00:43:42.380
 great irony

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:44.500
 here in

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:45.659
 the strange

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:46.259
 glory of

00:43:46.259 --> 00:43:46.719
 our Savior.

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:47.940
 The world

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.779
 presumed that

00:43:48.779 --> 00:43:49.360
 it was

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:50.179
 passing judgment

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:50.779
 on Jesus,

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:51.960
 debating his

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.699
 identity and

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:53.400
 sentencing

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:53.980
 him to

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.480
 execution.

00:43:54.619 --> 00:43:54.840
 But in

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.280
 reality,

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.559
 Jesus threw

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:57.019
 his life

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.320
 and death

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:57.980
 past judgment

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.260
 on the

00:43:58.260 --> 00:43:58.579
 world.

00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:00.119
 The ruler

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:00.480
 of this

00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:00.800
 world,

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.220
 Satan,

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:01.900
 presumed that

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.280
 he was

00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:03.420
 winning when

00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:03.860
 he led

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:04.320
 Jesus to

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:04.960
 be crucified.

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:06.380
 But in

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:06.559
 fact,

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:07.079
 that happened

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.619
 to be his

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:09.000
 decisive blow,

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:10.800
 his defeat.

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:13.960
 Jesus chose

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.619
 the glory of

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:15.159
 the cross in

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:15.760
 obedience to

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:16.099
 God the

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.579
 Father who

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.099
 loved us

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.539
 from before

00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:18.059
 the foundation

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:18.599
 of the world

00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:19.619
 in order

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:21.539
 to save

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:21.880
 us.

00:44:23.779 --> 00:44:24.860
 Jesus could

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.579
 have crushed

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:26.019
 us,

00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:27.860
 his rebellious

00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:28.519
 subjects under

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:28.980
 his feet

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:32.819
 because we're

00:44:32.819 --> 00:44:34.000
 all unworthy

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:34.460
 sinners,

00:44:34.860 --> 00:44:35.559
 because we have

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:36.619
 all rebelled

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:37.360
 against him.

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:38.039
 Instead of

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:39.059
 living for God

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.480
 and for his

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:39.719
 glory,

00:44:39.779 --> 00:44:40.119
 we've lived

00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:40.559
 for our

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:40.940
 glory.

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:42.000
 We've lived

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.699
 for ourselves

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:43.099
 and we've

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:43.639
 served other

00:44:43.639 --> 00:44:44.219
 lords and

00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:45.000
 other gods.

00:44:46.319 --> 00:44:47.000
 We are

00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.799
 treasoners.

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:49.860
 rebels.

00:44:50.600 --> 00:44:51.340
 But instead

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:51.960
 of us,

00:44:52.180 --> 00:44:52.900
 Jesus was

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.920
 pierced for

00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:54.760
 our transgression.

00:44:55.240 --> 00:44:55.560
 He was

00:44:55.560 --> 00:44:56.460
 crushed for

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:57.220
 our iniquity

00:44:57.220 --> 00:44:57.820
 so that we

00:44:57.820 --> 00:44:58.240
 can be

00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:58.740
 forgiven,

00:44:59.240 --> 00:44:59.940
 so that we

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:00.300
 can be

00:45:00.300 --> 00:45:01.240
 reconciled to

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:01.580
 God the

00:45:01.580 --> 00:45:01.800
 Father,

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:02.420
 so that we

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:03.500
 can live.

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.880
 Even while

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:07.500
 Jesus was

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:07.880
 here on

00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:08.120
 earth,

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:09.519
 Jesus deserved

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:10.080
 the most

00:45:10.080 --> 00:45:11.340
 lavish and

00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:12.460
 royal golden

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:12.960
 throne that

00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:13.680
 human beings

00:45:13.680 --> 00:45:14.180
 could ever

00:45:14.180 --> 00:45:14.720
 design.

00:45:15.560 --> 00:45:16.140
 But instead,

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:17.260
 his throne

00:45:17.260 --> 00:45:18.200
 was the

00:45:18.200 --> 00:45:18.680
 cross,

00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:21.400
 the ancient

00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:22.160
 equivalent of

00:45:22.160 --> 00:45:22.740
 the electric

00:45:22.740 --> 00:45:23.100
 chair.

00:45:25.640 --> 00:45:26.320
 Jesus

00:45:26.320 --> 00:45:27.320
 deserved to

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:27.640
 wear the

00:45:27.640 --> 00:45:28.520
 most beautifully

00:45:28.520 --> 00:45:29.380
 bejeweled

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:30.700
 crown that

00:45:30.700 --> 00:45:31.240
 has ever

00:45:31.240 --> 00:45:31.800
 graced a

00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:32.440
 man's head,

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:33.480
 but instead

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:34.520
 on his

00:45:34.520 --> 00:45:35.940
 precious head

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:36.960
 sits the

00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:37.420
 crown of

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:38.000
 thorns.

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:38.119
 cross.

00:45:40.820 --> 00:45:41.780
 That was

00:45:41.780 --> 00:45:41.980
 his

00:45:41.980 --> 00:45:42.800
 inauguration

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:43.239
 day,

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:44.599
 his

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.559
 crucifixion

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:45.820
 day.

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:49.280
 There were

00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:50.139
 no parades,

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:51.840
 only a

00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:52.360
 trail of

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:52.900
 tears,

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:55.099
 mourners,

00:45:56.099 --> 00:45:58.920
 no champagne

00:45:58.920 --> 00:45:59.539
 bottles were

00:45:59.539 --> 00:46:00.019
 popped for

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:00.440
 Jesus.

00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:02.599
 When Jesus

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:03.300
 was thirsty,

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:04.099
 hanging on the

00:46:04.099 --> 00:46:04.619
 cross and

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:05.500
 dying for us,

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:06.739
 someone gave

00:46:06.739 --> 00:46:07.019
 him a

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:07.639
 sponge full

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:08.559
 of vinegar,

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:10.280
 sour wine.

00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:12.480
 There were

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.039
 no adoring

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:13.739
 crowds,

00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:16.360
 no rapturous

00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:17.300
 applause from

00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:17.800
 the crowds,

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:18.460
 only a

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:19.219
 hateful mob

00:46:19.219 --> 00:46:19.699
 that yelled

00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:20.440
 crucify,

00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:21.760
 crucify,

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:23.739
 jeering,

00:46:24.659 --> 00:46:25.139
 mocking.

00:46:27.340 --> 00:46:28.179
 Brothers and

00:46:28.179 --> 00:46:28.440
 sisters,

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:29.639
 Jesus did

00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:30.880
 not deserve

00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:31.360
 such a

00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:31.679
 shameful,

00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:32.340
 humiliating

00:46:32.340 --> 00:46:32.659
 death.

00:46:32.659 --> 00:46:36.299
 In fact,

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:36.980
 as the

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.859
 only sinless

00:46:37.859 --> 00:46:38.339
 man in

00:46:38.339 --> 00:46:38.719
 the history

00:46:38.719 --> 00:46:39.279
 of humankind,

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:39.779
 he's the

00:46:39.779 --> 00:46:40.339
 only one

00:46:40.339 --> 00:46:40.839
 that deserved

00:46:40.839 --> 00:46:41.420
 to live,

00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:42.539
 to not

00:46:42.539 --> 00:46:42.960
 die.

00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:44.799
 But Jesus

00:46:44.799 --> 00:46:45.719
 died for

00:46:45.719 --> 00:46:46.359
 us.

00:46:48.799 --> 00:46:49.799
 He died

00:46:49.799 --> 00:46:50.659
 in our

00:46:50.659 --> 00:46:51.159
 place.

00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:52.699
 He died

00:46:52.699 --> 00:46:53.799
 for our

00:46:53.799 --> 00:46:54.719
 salvation.

00:46:55.299 --> 00:46:56.039
 That's the

00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:56.539
 kind of

00:46:56.539 --> 00:46:57.339
 king we

00:46:57.339 --> 00:46:58.000
 serve.

00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:02.239
 And

00:47:02.239 --> 00:47:02.739
 serving the

00:47:02.739 --> 00:47:03.139
 crucified

00:47:03.139 --> 00:47:04.019
 kings means

00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:04.639
 that we

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:05.400
 also have

00:47:05.400 --> 00:47:05.820
 to choose

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:06.400
 the glory

00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:07.099
 of the

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:07.619
 cross

00:47:07.619 --> 00:47:08.820
 every day

00:47:08.820 --> 00:47:09.119
 of our

00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:09.460
 lives.

00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:11.619
 That's why

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:12.239
 Jesus said

00:47:12.239 --> 00:47:12.519
 in verses

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:13.119
 25 to

00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:13.559
 26,

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:13.860
 whoever

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:14.300
 loses

00:47:14.300 --> 00:47:14.800
 his life

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:15.179
 loses,

00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:15.960
 loves his

00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:16.199
 life,

00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:16.820
 loses it.

00:47:17.940 --> 00:47:18.280
 Whoever

00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:18.840
 hates his

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:19.199
 life in

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:19.500
 this world

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:19.980
 will keep

00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:20.239
 it for

00:47:20.239 --> 00:47:20.500
 eternal

00:47:20.500 --> 00:47:20.880
 life.

00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:22.039
 If

00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:22.480
 anyone

00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:23.179
 serves

00:47:23.179 --> 00:47:23.539
 me,

00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:24.099
 he must

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:24.619
 follow

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:24.960
 me.

00:47:25.340 --> 00:47:25.579
 And

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:26.159
 where I

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:26.440
 am,

00:47:26.599 --> 00:47:26.900
 there will

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:27.360
 my servant

00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:27.840
 be also.

00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:28.820
 If

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.139
 anyone

00:47:29.139 --> 00:47:29.659
 serves

00:47:29.659 --> 00:47:29.940
 me,

00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:30.360
 the

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:30.679
 father

00:47:30.679 --> 00:47:30.920
 will

00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:31.280
 honor

00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:31.599
 him.

00:47:32.420 --> 00:47:32.719
 The

00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:33.179
 language

00:47:33.179 --> 00:47:33.380
 of

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:33.599
 love

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:33.739
 and

00:47:33.739 --> 00:47:34.019
 hate

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:34.280
 here

00:47:34.280 --> 00:47:34.539
 is a

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:34.820
 Jewish

00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:35.219
 idiom

00:47:35.219 --> 00:47:35.360
 that

00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:35.860
 expresses

00:47:35.860 --> 00:47:36.480
 choosing

00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:37.000
 something

00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:37.559
 over

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:38.619
 another

00:47:38.619 --> 00:47:39.019
 thing.

00:47:39.559 --> 00:47:39.940
 So whoever

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:40.579
 loves

00:47:40.579 --> 00:47:40.880
 his

00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:41.340
 own

00:47:41.340 --> 00:47:41.880
 life

00:47:41.880 --> 00:47:43.119
 over

00:47:43.119 --> 00:47:43.960
 loving

00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:44.260
 God

00:47:44.260 --> 00:47:44.519
 at the

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:45.039
 expense

00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:45.639
 of

00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:45.900
 loving

00:47:45.900 --> 00:47:46.159
 God

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:46.340
 will

00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:46.659
 lose

00:47:46.659 --> 00:47:46.840
 his

00:47:46.840 --> 00:47:47.179
 life

00:47:47.179 --> 00:47:47.599
 for

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:47.780
 he

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:48.239
 worships

00:47:48.239 --> 00:47:48.739
 himself

00:47:48.739 --> 00:47:48.980
 and

00:47:48.980 --> 00:47:49.099
 is

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:49.199
 an

00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:49.739
 idolater.

00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:50.940
 But

00:47:50.940 --> 00:47:51.199
 whoever

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:51.539
 loves

00:47:51.539 --> 00:47:52.039
 God

00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:52.539
 more

00:47:52.539 --> 00:47:52.800
 than

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:53.019
 even

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:53.239
 his

00:47:53.239 --> 00:47:53.559
 own

00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:54.000
 life

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.400
 and

00:47:54.400 --> 00:47:54.599
 even

00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:54.860
 more

00:47:54.860 --> 00:47:55.000
 than

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:55.179
 this

00:47:55.179 --> 00:47:55.400
 whole

00:47:55.400 --> 00:47:55.739
 world

00:47:55.739 --> 00:47:55.980
 will

00:47:55.980 --> 00:47:56.460
 keep

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:56.699
 it

00:47:56.699 --> 00:47:56.920
 for

00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:57.320
 eternal

00:47:57.320 --> 00:47:57.780
 life.

00:47:58.900 --> 00:47:59.579
 The

00:47:59.579 --> 00:47:59.980
 glory

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:00.220
 of

00:48:00.220 --> 00:48:00.380
 our

00:48:00.380 --> 00:48:01.079
 discipleship

00:48:01.079 --> 00:48:01.400
 lies

00:48:01.400 --> 00:48:01.599
 in

00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:02.360
 forsaking

00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:02.920
 our

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.280
 own

00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:03.599
 glory

00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:03.820
 to

00:48:03.820 --> 00:48:04.199
 seek

00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:04.480
 the

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:04.800
 glory

00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:05.059
 of

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:05.440
 Christ

00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:05.679
 our

00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:06.000
 Savior.

00:48:06.500 --> 00:48:07.159
 That

00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:07.500
 is

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:07.760
 the

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:08.139
 spiritual

00:48:08.139 --> 00:48:08.679
 law

00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:09.320
 that

00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:09.960
 governs

00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:10.300
 the

00:48:10.300 --> 00:48:10.840
 whole

00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:11.199
 of

00:48:11.199 --> 00:48:11.320
 the

00:48:11.320 --> 00:48:11.619
 Christian

00:48:11.619 --> 00:48:12.079
 life.

00:48:13.880 --> 00:48:14.760
 So what

00:48:14.760 --> 00:48:15.039
 does that

00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:15.300
 mean

00:48:15.300 --> 00:48:15.900
 practically?

00:48:17.019 --> 00:48:17.460
 Our

00:48:17.460 --> 00:48:17.940
 path

00:48:17.940 --> 00:48:18.300
 to

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:19.079
 glory

00:48:19.079 --> 00:48:19.880
 always

00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:20.440
 involves

00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:20.820
 carrying

00:48:20.820 --> 00:48:21.000
 the

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:21.380
 cross.

00:48:21.380 --> 00:48:21.840
 It

00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:22.280
 goes

00:48:22.280 --> 00:48:22.720
 through

00:48:22.720 --> 00:48:23.199
 death.

00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:25.319
 when

00:48:25.319 --> 00:48:25.480
 you

00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:25.739
 give

00:48:25.739 --> 00:48:26.000
 up

00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:26.319
 your

00:48:26.319 --> 00:48:26.879
 worldly

00:48:26.879 --> 00:48:27.859
 selfish

00:48:27.859 --> 00:48:28.399
 ambitions

00:48:28.399 --> 00:48:28.619
 of

00:48:28.619 --> 00:48:29.179
 success

00:48:29.179 --> 00:48:29.599
 and

00:48:29.599 --> 00:48:30.299
 fame

00:48:30.299 --> 00:48:31.000
 and

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:31.579
 fortune

00:48:31.579 --> 00:48:32.239
 in

00:48:32.239 --> 00:48:32.379
 order

00:48:32.379 --> 00:48:32.559
 to

00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:32.899
 obey

00:48:32.899 --> 00:48:33.460
 God

00:48:33.460 --> 00:48:34.079
 and

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:34.199
 in

00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:34.359
 order

00:48:34.359 --> 00:48:34.599
 to

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:35.099
 serve

00:48:35.099 --> 00:48:35.439
 your

00:48:35.439 --> 00:48:35.779
 loved

00:48:35.779 --> 00:48:36.179
 ones

00:48:36.179 --> 00:48:38.099
 it

00:48:38.099 --> 00:48:38.379
 very

00:48:38.379 --> 00:48:38.659
 well

00:48:38.659 --> 00:48:38.899
 might

00:48:38.899 --> 00:48:39.219
 feel

00:48:39.219 --> 00:48:39.460
 like

00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:39.899
 something

00:48:39.899 --> 00:48:40.379
 inside

00:48:40.379 --> 00:48:40.539
 you

00:48:40.539 --> 00:48:40.679
 is

00:48:40.679 --> 00:48:41.179
 dying.

00:48:45.139 --> 00:48:45.739
 But

00:48:45.739 --> 00:48:46.339
 that's

00:48:46.339 --> 00:48:46.960
 the

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:47.439
 path

00:48:47.439 --> 00:48:48.039
 of

00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:48.199
 the

00:48:48.199 --> 00:48:48.639
 cross

00:48:48.639 --> 00:48:49.980
 that

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:50.339
 Jesus

00:48:50.339 --> 00:48:50.779
 calls

00:48:50.779 --> 00:48:50.879
 us

00:48:50.879 --> 00:48:51.019
 to

00:48:51.019 --> 00:48:51.259
 follow

00:48:51.259 --> 00:48:51.460
 him

00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:51.659
 in.

00:48:53.199 --> 00:48:54.779
 When

00:48:54.779 --> 00:48:54.899
 you

00:48:54.899 --> 00:48:55.119
 give

00:48:55.119 --> 00:48:55.299
 up

00:48:55.299 --> 00:48:55.419
 your

00:48:55.419 --> 00:48:55.759
 desire

00:48:55.759 --> 00:48:55.919
 to

00:48:55.919 --> 00:48:56.059
 be

00:48:56.059 --> 00:48:56.339
 liked

00:48:56.339 --> 00:48:56.599
 by

00:48:56.599 --> 00:48:57.019
 everyone

00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:57.259
 and

00:48:57.259 --> 00:48:57.619
 avoid

00:48:57.619 --> 00:48:58.460
 trouble

00:48:58.460 --> 00:48:58.719
 and

00:48:58.719 --> 00:48:59.699
 then

00:48:59.699 --> 00:48:59.839
 you

00:48:59.839 --> 00:49:00.119
 actually

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:01.099
 evangelize

00:49:01.099 --> 00:49:02.279
 even

00:49:02.279 --> 00:49:02.439
 if

00:49:02.439 --> 00:49:02.619
 that

00:49:02.619 --> 00:49:02.899
 brings

00:49:02.899 --> 00:49:03.579
 ridicule

00:49:03.579 --> 00:49:04.179
 and

00:49:04.179 --> 00:49:04.980
 ostracism

00:49:04.980 --> 00:49:05.759
 it

00:49:05.759 --> 00:49:05.939
 will

00:49:05.939 --> 00:49:06.259
 feel

00:49:06.259 --> 00:49:06.460
 like

00:49:06.460 --> 00:49:06.559
 a

00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:06.819
 kind

00:49:06.819 --> 00:49:06.960
 of

00:49:06.960 --> 00:49:07.339
 death

00:49:07.339 --> 00:49:09.259
 but

00:49:09.259 --> 00:49:09.500
 that

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:09.939
 is

00:49:09.939 --> 00:49:10.159
 the

00:49:10.159 --> 00:49:10.639
 path

00:49:10.639 --> 00:49:10.980
 of

00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:11.099
 the

00:49:11.099 --> 00:49:11.519
 cross

00:49:11.519 --> 00:49:11.899
 that

00:49:11.899 --> 00:49:12.319
 Jesus

00:49:12.319 --> 00:49:12.699
 calls

00:49:12.699 --> 00:49:12.799
 us

00:49:12.799 --> 00:49:12.919
 to

00:49:12.919 --> 00:49:13.159
 follow

00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:13.319
 him

00:49:13.319 --> 00:49:13.519
 in.

00:49:15.599 --> 00:49:16.259
 When

00:49:16.259 --> 00:49:16.519
 someone

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:16.779
 has

00:49:16.779 --> 00:49:17.119
 hurt

00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:17.460
 you

00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:18.159
 and

00:49:18.159 --> 00:49:18.579
 offended

00:49:18.579 --> 00:49:19.000
 you

00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:19.439
 and

00:49:19.439 --> 00:49:19.779
 instead

00:49:19.779 --> 00:49:20.019
 of

00:49:20.019 --> 00:49:20.719
 canceling

00:49:20.719 --> 00:49:20.980
 them

00:49:20.980 --> 00:49:21.699
 and

00:49:21.699 --> 00:49:22.159
 wishing

00:49:22.159 --> 00:49:22.399
 for

00:49:22.399 --> 00:49:22.579
 their

00:49:22.579 --> 00:49:23.159
 downfall

00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:24.079
 you

00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:24.500
 pray

00:49:24.500 --> 00:49:24.759
 for

00:49:24.759 --> 00:49:25.000
 them

00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:25.239
 you

00:49:25.239 --> 00:49:25.659
 forgive

00:49:25.659 --> 00:49:26.139
 them

00:49:26.139 --> 00:49:26.319
 and

00:49:26.319 --> 00:49:26.460
 you

00:49:26.460 --> 00:49:26.940
 seek

00:49:26.940 --> 00:49:27.279
 their

00:49:27.279 --> 00:49:27.739
 genuine

00:49:27.739 --> 00:49:28.379
 repentance

00:49:28.379 --> 00:49:28.779
 and

00:49:28.779 --> 00:49:29.460
 reconciliation

00:49:29.460 --> 00:49:30.639
 it

00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:30.899
 will

00:49:30.899 --> 00:49:31.379
 feel

00:49:31.379 --> 00:49:31.599
 like

00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:31.739
 a

00:49:31.739 --> 00:49:31.940
 kind

00:49:31.940 --> 00:49:32.079
 of

00:49:32.079 --> 00:49:32.399
 death

00:49:32.399 --> 00:49:32.960
 inside

00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:36.079
 but

00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:36.379
 that

00:49:36.379 --> 00:49:36.539
 is

00:49:36.539 --> 00:49:36.719
 the

00:49:36.719 --> 00:49:37.199
 path

00:49:37.199 --> 00:49:37.500
 of the

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 cross

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 that

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 Jesus

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 calls

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 us

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 to

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 follow

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 him

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 in.

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 in.

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 When

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 you

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 refuse

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 to

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 lie

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 and

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 manipulate

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 your

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 circumstances

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 and

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 the

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 peoples

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 around

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 you

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 to

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 get

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 what

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 you

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 want

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 and

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 advance

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 yourself

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 you

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 might

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 not

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 get

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 what

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 you

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 want

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 and

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 that

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 will

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 feel

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 like

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 death

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 but

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 that

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 is

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 the

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 path

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 of

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 the

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 cross

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 that

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 Jesus

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 calls

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 us

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 to

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 follow

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 him

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 in.

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 In

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 Philippians 2

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 8-11

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 it says

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 that

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 Jesus

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 humbled

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 himself

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 by

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 becoming

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 obedient

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 to

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 death

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 even

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 death

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 on

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 a

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 cross

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 therefore

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 God

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 has

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 highly

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 exalted

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 him

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 and

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 bestowed

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 on

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 him

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 the

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 name

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 that

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 is

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 above

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 every

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 name

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 so

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 that

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 at

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 Jesus

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 every

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 knee

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 should

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 bow

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 in

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 heaven

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 and

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 on

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 earth

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 and

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 under

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 the

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 earth

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 and

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 every

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 tongue

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 confess

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 that

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 is

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 Lord

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 to

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 God

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 the

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 Father

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 do

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 you

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 want

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 true

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 lasting

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 glory

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 and

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 there's

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 only

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 one

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 path

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 it's

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 through

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 death

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 suffering

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 faithful

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 obedience

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 to

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 Jesus

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 on

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 on

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 to

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 death

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 only

00:51:01.799 --> 00:51:02.319
 the

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 grain

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 of

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 wheat

00:51:02.879 --> 00:51:03.039
 that

00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:03.299
 falls

00:51:03.299 --> 00:51:03.459
 to

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 the

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 ground

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 and

00:51:03.979 --> 00:51:04.359
 dies

00:51:04.359 --> 00:51:04.759
 bears

00:51:04.759 --> 00:51:05.239
 fruit

00:51:05.239 --> 00:51:06.419
 the

00:51:06.419 --> 00:51:06.819
 glory

00:51:06.819 --> 00:51:07.000
 of

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 the

00:51:07.119 --> 00:51:07.519
 cross

00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:07.959
 is

00:51:07.959 --> 00:51:08.319
 waiting

00:51:08.319 --> 00:51:08.579
 for

00:51:08.579 --> 00:51:08.859
 you

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 remember

00:51:11.479 --> 00:51:11.719
 that

00:51:11.719 --> 00:51:12.019
 Jesus

00:51:12.019 --> 00:51:12.479
 never

00:51:12.479 --> 00:51:12.899
 asks

00:51:12.899 --> 00:51:13.019
 you

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 to

00:51:13.199 --> 00:51:13.479
 follow

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 him

00:51:13.739 --> 00:51:14.019
 where

00:51:14.019 --> 00:51:14.259
 he

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 hasn't

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 already

00:51:14.899 --> 00:51:15.179
 gone

00:51:15.179 --> 00:51:15.500
 before

00:51:15.500 --> 00:51:16.000
 you

00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:19.279
 to

00:51:19.279 --> 00:51:19.559
 follow

00:51:19.559 --> 00:51:19.899
 King

00:51:19.899 --> 00:51:20.299
 Jesus

00:51:20.299 --> 00:51:20.699
 is to

00:51:20.699 --> 00:51:21.019
 follow

00:51:21.019 --> 00:51:21.259
 his

00:51:21.259 --> 00:51:21.639
 path

00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:21.839
 to

00:51:21.839 --> 00:51:22.179
 glory

00:51:22.179 --> 00:51:22.759
 through

00:51:22.759 --> 00:51:23.099
 death

00:51:23.099 --> 00:51:23.719
 let's

00:51:23.719 --> 00:51:23.919
 pray

00:51:23.919 --> 00:51:24.239
 together

00:51:24.239 --> 00:51:40.979
 father we

00:51:40.979 --> 00:51:41.500
 confess

00:51:41.500 --> 00:51:42.979
 when we

00:51:42.979 --> 00:51:43.819
 are reminded

00:51:43.819 --> 00:51:44.359
 of

00:51:44.359 --> 00:51:47.239
 precious

00:51:47.239 --> 00:51:47.679
 truths

00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:48.199
 like this

00:51:48.199 --> 00:51:48.519
 that

00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:50.679
 that we

00:51:50.679 --> 00:51:51.259
 become so

00:51:51.259 --> 00:51:51.719
 worldly

00:51:51.719 --> 00:51:59.859
 forgive

00:51:59.859 --> 00:52:00.399
 us

00:52:00.399 --> 00:52:08.039
 Lord

00:52:08.039 --> 00:52:08.359
 Jesus

00:52:08.359 --> 00:52:08.659
 we

00:52:08.659 --> 00:52:09.379
 seek

00:52:09.379 --> 00:52:09.739
 the

00:52:09.739 --> 00:52:10.059
 glory

00:52:10.059 --> 00:52:10.239
 of

00:52:10.239 --> 00:52:10.359
 the

00:52:10.359 --> 00:52:10.699
 cross

00:52:10.699 --> 00:52:14.099
 we

00:52:14.099 --> 00:52:14.500
 want

00:52:14.500 --> 00:52:14.659
 the

00:52:14.659 --> 00:52:14.959
 glory

00:52:14.959 --> 00:52:15.159
 that

00:52:15.159 --> 00:52:15.579
 comes

00:52:15.579 --> 00:52:15.980
 from

00:52:15.980 --> 00:52:16.399
 God

00:52:16.399 --> 00:52:16.559
 and

00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:16.759
 not

00:52:16.759 --> 00:52:16.939
 the

00:52:16.939 --> 00:52:17.179
 glory

00:52:17.179 --> 00:52:17.379
 that

00:52:17.379 --> 00:52:17.679
 comes

00:52:17.679 --> 00:52:17.939
 from

00:52:17.939 --> 00:52:18.299
 man

00:52:18.300 --> 00:52:19.420
 so

00:52:19.420 --> 00:52:19.820
 help

00:52:19.820 --> 00:52:20.080
 us

00:52:20.080 --> 00:52:20.880
 by

00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:21.060
 the

00:52:21.060 --> 00:52:21.360
 power

00:52:21.360 --> 00:52:21.500
 of

00:52:21.500 --> 00:52:21.680
 your

00:52:21.680 --> 00:52:22.200
 spirit

00:52:22.200 --> 00:52:24.780
 to

00:52:24.780 --> 00:52:25.060
 pursue

00:52:25.060 --> 00:52:25.320
 this

00:52:25.320 --> 00:52:25.660
 path

00:52:25.660 --> 00:52:25.800
 of

00:52:25.800 --> 00:52:26.320
 obedience

00:52:26.320 --> 00:52:27.620
 of

00:52:27.620 --> 00:52:27.920
 death

00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:28.100
 and

00:52:28.100 --> 00:52:28.500
 suffering

00:52:28.500 --> 00:52:34.840
 so

00:52:34.840 --> 00:52:35.019
 we

00:52:35.019 --> 00:52:35.180
 might

00:52:35.180 --> 00:52:35.539
 share

00:52:35.539 --> 00:52:35.820
 in

00:52:35.820 --> 00:52:36.140
 your

00:52:36.140 --> 00:52:36.539
 glory

00:52:36.539 --> 00:52:36.760
 Lord

00:52:36.760 --> 00:52:37.060
 Jesus

00:52:37.060 --> 00:52:42.940
 in

00:52:42.940 --> 00:52:43.760
 your

00:52:43.760 --> 00:52:44.160
 precious

00:52:44.160 --> 00:52:44.519
 name

00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:45.240
 Jesus

00:52:45.240 --> 00:52:45.640
 we

00:52:45.640 --> 00:52:45.860
 pray

00:52:45.860 --> 00:52:47.039
 amen

00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:50.259
 said

00:52:50.259 --> 00:52:51.099
 62

00:52:51.099 --> 00:52:52.800
 N

00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:53.079
 to

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 pray

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love

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 16

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