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 As we do each week, I would ask you, in honor of God's Word, if you're able, if you would

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 stand as we read the passage this morning out of John, the book of John, chapter 17,

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 verses 1 through 5.

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 When Jesus had spoken these words, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and He said, Father,

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 the hour has come. Glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You, since You've given Him authority

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 over all flesh to give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that

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 they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I glorified You on earth, having

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 accomplished the work that You gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in Your own presence,

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 with the glory that I had with You before the world existed. Let's pray. Lord,

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 I pray that Your Word would come alive in our hearts. I pray that You'd open our eyes to see

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 and our ears to hear spiritually what it is You'd say to us this morning. Father, bless this time as

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 we lift up Your Word. We pray in Your name. Amen.

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 What a privilege for me to be able to preach out of this chapter of John, chapter 17, this beautiful

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 prayer that Jesus prays to the Father. We get a glimpse into the intimacy of their relationship.

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 Often, this has been called the high priestly prayer of Christ. He prays for His disciples,

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 and we see later in this chapter, He also prays for those who will trust in Him after,

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 meaning you and I. Those of us who are in the kingdom, Christ has lifted up a prayer in that

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 day on our behalf as well. But this morning, we look at the first five verses of this,

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 chapter. And this is a request that He makes not for His disciples and not for those who will know

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 Him in the future, but He is speaking to the Father with an open heart. There's an intimacy that we can

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 feel here as we read the passage. And He's pouring Himself out to the Father as He is getting ready this

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 very night. The night that He said this to the disciples, the night that He prayed this to the

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 Father, is the very night that He would be arrested. The next morning, He would be taken to Caiaphas,

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 and He would be tried, and He would be flogged, or that is, beaten, and He would be ultimately the

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 following day placed on a cross, and He'd be crucified the following day. So we're very, very close to all of

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 that happening. And this prayer is spilling out of Christ as He communes with the Father before that

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 time. And so I want you, if you will, to read with me again this passage, a verse at a time.

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 As we read it, there are many questions that would come out of this text. And that is my goal this

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 morning that we would look at those questions and answer the questions as we look at the truth

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 that's woven here in this prayer. So verse 1, I'll reread again. And I would ask, if you will,

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 hopefully you have your Bible open and you can read along with me. Verse 1, it says this,

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 when Jesus had spoken these words, and I will hesitate and ask a few questions here,

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 what words, Jesus? What words are you talking about? Really, John has wrote this as an entrance

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 before Christ has prayed to the Father. What words, John, are you talking about? He lifted up his eyes to

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 heaven in this posture of prayer and said, Father, the hour has come. What hour are you talking about,

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 Christ? What hour? So first, this question, what words? John, you said that when Jesus had spoken

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 these words, what are you referring to, John? He's referring to the words that Christ has been

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 sharing with them to prepare them for this moment. In a sense, the disciples know that there's coming a

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 time when Christ is going to be crucified. Christ has already shared that with them. But you know,

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 it's as if it hasn't stuck. It's as if they haven't understood the depth of what Christ has been

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 sharing with them. Christ has been sharing all these things to prepare them for the ministry that

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 he's calling them to. For three years, they've walked with him. They've experienced Christ personally.

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 They've eaten with him. They've slept with him. They've traveled with him. They've ministered with him.

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 They've watched him perform miracles. They've seen the signs as they've been with him. And Christ

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 has brought them along for a purpose. We've, if we were to look forward into the book of Acts, and we were

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 to look at the first chapter and the second chapter of Acts, we would see what Christ was doing. He was

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 preparing them to be ready to minister the gospel. That they would know Christ in such a way and they would

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 understand truth in such a way that God would use them to take the gospel to the world.

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 You know, Acts 1.8 says this. He says to his disciples, he said, you will be. He didn't say you ought to be or you should be,

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 or you might want to think about being. He said, you will be my witnesses. First in Jerusalem,

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 Jerusalem, and in Judea, and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the world. But you know what he said to them

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 after he died? He said, wait in Jerusalem. There's something you lack. Yes, you've walked with me. Yes,

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 you've seen the ministry. Yes, you really do understand that I'm the Messiah, and you have truly believed in me.

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 But there's something you need. You need the power of the Holy Spirit. And Acts 1.8 says,

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 is when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, then you will be my witnesses. You know, Christ has spent all this

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 time with them in this last week of Christ's life. When they entered into the upper room, he begins sharing

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 things that are extremely important for them to hear in order that when he dies, when he's no longer with

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 them on a daily basis, that he would have equipped them to be the witnesses he's called them to be.

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 Those are the words that he's referring to here.

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 He's foretold them already that there's coming a time when he's going to be crucified, when he's going

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 to be taken away from them, when he's going back to the Father. They haven't totally understood.

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 But now it is the very night that he'll be arrested. And he prays this with his eyes

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 lifted to heaven, meaning in a spirit of reverence that his total focus is on heaven and the heavenly

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 kingdom and the Father. There are no distractions going on for Christ as he lifts up his eyes to

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 heaven. And he says this, Father. How intimate is that? To recognize the Father.

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 Not only here in this verse, verse one, but if we were to look forward, we would see this intimacy

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 also in verse five. And we see it again in verse 11 and verse 21 and verse 24 and verse 25 again and

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 again and again and again and again. He calls out saying, Father, the sovereign one, the holy

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 one, the one worthy of worship, Father. He says this, he says the hour has come. And the question

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 that rises from the text is this, Christ, what hour? What hour are you referring to? You know,

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 I would say this for us in our ears that it is the greatest hour in the history of humanity.

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 It is the greatest hour that has ever been or will ever be. This hour that he's referring

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 to. And he's talked about it already in the book of John. If you turn back to, you don't

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 have to flip, but I'll flip back to chapter seven. In the history of Israel, there are three travel

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 holidays, three travel festivals where all the males are required by the law of Moses to return

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 to Jerusalem to celebrate three festivals. One of those festivals was the Feast of Booths. And

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 in chapter seven, his brothers were getting ready to travel and they turned to Jesus and say,

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 come on. They didn't believe that he was the Messiah. He was raised with them as a boy. They

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 watched him grow up. And now as a Messiah, they can't quite get there. And so in a sense of ridicule,

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 they said, why don't you go? Why don't you tell everybody who you are? And he says this, he says,

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 my time has not yet come. He says, you go, you go ahead. Now, did Christ ultimately go? Yes.

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 He followed them. But he said this, my time has not yet come. My time has not yet fully come. He says

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 again, what time are you talking about Christ? It's this hour that he's always pointing toward this hour,

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 this culmination of all of biblical history, this hour that he's referring to in his prayer to the

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 father. We see again in later in chapter seven, it says this, there were many among the Pharisees

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 and the religious leaders of the nation of Israel that were seeking to kill Jesus. And we've heard

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 about those stories as we've worked through the book of John, but they were seeking to kill him.

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 And the word of God says this. So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him. Why?

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 The word of God declares this because his hour had not yet come. There is an hour that is coming

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 where they will lay their hands on Christ and they will arrest Christ and they will beat him and

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 flog him and they will ridicule him and mock him and they will hang him on a cross. But the hour at that

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 point had not come. Chapter 12. The disciples were talking to Christ. And as they shared, trying to

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 understand the truths that Christ would share with them, Christ said this and Jesus answered them,

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 the hour has come for the son of man to be glorified.

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 It goes on to say, now is my soul troubled. What do you mean? What does Christ mean? His soul is troubled.

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 Christ came into this world for this very hour. And yet, as he approaches this hour, the word of God says it is

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 heart was troubled. There was a heaviness that laid upon him. You and I would know the heaviness is when

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 he approaches this time where he will take on the sins of the world. The word of God says the father

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 turns his back on Christ and Christ for the first time ever would lose the fellowship with the father.

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 And that is the trouble that he refers to. And he says, what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour.

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 But for this purpose, I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name. What does he mean?

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 As I approach this hour, may you be glorified in the sacrifice that I'm getting ready to step into.

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 The suffering that I'm getting ready to endure. And a voice came from heaven and said to the

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 son, I have glorified it. That is your name. And I will glorify it again. I've glorified my name

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 in you, Christ, and I will glorify it again. 13.1 says this now.

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 Now, before the feast of Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour has come to depart from this world to the

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 father, you know, he, it was the very feast of Passover was the event that had brought Christ

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 into Jerusalem. And you remember Palm Sunday where they met him on the roads as he rode in on a donkey

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 as the Passover lamb. And they took these branches and they, they, they sang hallelujah.

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 They laid him in the street and they laid Jackson Street on a donkey approaches Jerusalem as the Passover lamb.

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 And Christ says this now is the son of man glorified and God is glorified in him. Now, this is the hour

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 that he's referring to. And so we look back in chapter 17 and we enter back into this prayer of Christ.

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 And again, he says this father, the hour has come.

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 This hour that was prophesied in the Old Testament. What do you remember about the prophecies?

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 Do you know Christ knew every element of this hour? Do you know that it was all foretold the things that

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 were going to happen to the Messiah? Do you think that he knew who he was? Do you think that he realized

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 that he was the Messiah? Yes, of course. Matter of fact, if we glance down at verse five,

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 we will see something that confirms that. So in verse five, it says this, and now father glorify me in your own

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 presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

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 You know that Christ.

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 In some way that I can't understand, he remembered the glory. He understood the glory that he had with

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 the father, the intimate fellowship, the union, the oneness that he had with the father. He understood

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 who he was. He understood that he was with the father in eternity.

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 It is the hour that has been foretold. I could turn literally to hundreds of passages in the Old

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 Testament, but I will turn to just a couple. And I want you to hear the prophecies that foretell of

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 this very hour that Christ would have known.

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 Isaiah 52.

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 Isaiah 52.

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 Says this.

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 Behold, my servant shall act wisely.

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 He shall be high and lifted up. Who is his servant? His servant is his son.

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 The one who perfectly serves him. The Messiah.

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 Behold, my servant shall act wisely.

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 He will always honor the father in every way. He will never sin.

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 He shall be high and lifted up. In what way will this servant be high and lifted up?

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 It's Jesus who will be high and lifted up on a cross.

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 He will be elevated for all to see.

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 High and lifted up on this cross.

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 And shall be exalted.

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 In what way exalted?

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 The father will say, this is my son in whom I am well pleased.

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 And he will be exalted when the father causes him to be resurrected from the dead.

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 He will be exalted.

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 We move to verse 14.

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 It says, as many were astonished at you,

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 his appearance was so marred beyond human semblance,

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 and his form beyond that of the children of mankind.

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 You know what this is talking about?

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 It's talking about the time when Christ would be staked,

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 and the Roman guard with a whip would beat him almost to death,

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 and would so rip his flesh and so bloody his body that you could hardly recognize that he was human.

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 Christ knew that this awaited him at the cross.

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 The heaviness of the physical beating that he would take,

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 of the ridicule that he would take,

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 was even less, if we can imagine, than the separation between him and the father.

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 The fellowship he had always known,

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 he would be separated from that.

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 Chapter 53 of Isaiah says this.

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 This is familiar to all of us,

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 but it points to this very hour.

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 Listen at what this hour entails.

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 As I read a few verses out of chapter 53.

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 Who has believed what he has heard from us?

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 And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

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 For he grew up before him like a young plant,

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 and like a root out of dry ground.

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 Who is this?

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 It's talking about Christ.

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 He grew up from a child.

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 He was born as a babe.

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 Emmanuel, God with us.

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 And he grew up as a root.

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 You remember the prophecies of the Old Testament talked about the root of Jesse?

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 It's through the line of Jesse that the Messiah would be born.

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 And this is Christ is referring to.

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 That he was born as a babe.

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 He had no former majesty that we should look on him,

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 and no beauty that we should desire him.

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 He was despised and rejected by men,

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 even his own people.

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 A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

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 Even his friends turned their back on him.

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 It is greatest hour of need.

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 This very hour we're talking about.

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 And as one from whom men hide their faces,

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 he was despised and esteemed not.

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 His people did not see him as the Messiah.

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 The leaders of the nation refused to accept him as the Messiah,

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 and sought to kill him, which they did.

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 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.

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 Have you heard this during Christmas?

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 Does this impact you as I read this?

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 Do you hear the power of the sacrifice of Christ on our behalf?

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 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows,

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 yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God.

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 Can you believe that God would turn his back on the Son?

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 Can you believe that Christ would be faithful all those years,

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 every single year to be faithful to the Father?

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 The Word of God says this.

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 He never said a word.

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 That God didn't place in his mouth.

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 He never did a thing that God didn't lead him to do.

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 Always he was faithful.

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 Always he was obedient.

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 And yet,

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 he was pierced for our transgressions.

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 He was crushed for our iniquities.

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 Upon him was a chastisement that brought us peace.

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 Do you see what Christ knew?

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 Christ knew that he would come as a babe,

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 Emmanuel, God with us.

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 He would live a life of obedience,

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 in order that later he could go to a cross.

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 This cross,

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 this curse,

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 is anyone who hangs on a tree.

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 And Christ would be cursed,

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 and placed on this tree.

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 Why?

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 To take our sorrows,

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 and to take our iniquities upon himself.

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 Why?

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 That we might receive the gift of salvation.

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 He was oppressed and afflicted,

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 yet he opened not his mouth,

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 like a lamb,

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 even a Passover lamb,

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 I will add.

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 Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,

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 and like a sheep that's before its shearers is silent,

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 he opened not his mouth.

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 You know that's true about Christ?

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 When he was flogged,

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.680
 he never opened his mouth.

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:11.299
 When he was ridiculed,

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:12.339
 he never opened his mouth.

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:14.059
 When they spat upon him,

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.700
 they never opened his mouth.

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:18.059
 When they laughed and mocked,

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 and put this robe on him,

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.839
 he never opened his mouth.

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 You know that he could have called down legions of angels,

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 to come to his aid,

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 and he didn't.

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 You know why he didn't?

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.619
 Because he knew,

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:30.299
 that that's the reason he had come.

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.380
 He had come,

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 that you and I,

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.019
 Christian,

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.519
 might know him.

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 That he might redeem us,

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 by his sacrifice,

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 and his blood,

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 on this very hour that he's praying about.

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 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him,

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 and to put him to grief.

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 It was the will of the Father,

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 to crush his very own son.

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 And we look back at chapter 17,

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 at this beautiful prayer,

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:04.859
 with that understanding,

00:23:05.439 --> 00:23:06.939
 in the heart of Christ,

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:09.960
 we hear him pray intimately to the Father,

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.399
 and he says,

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:10.939
 Father,

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 the hour has come.

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 This hour that I've known about from creation.

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 You know that Christ existed all throughout the Old Testament?

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:27.959
 All those long years,

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 he's waited to the time when he would take on flesh,

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 when he'd be born as a babe,

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 in order to live 33 years,

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 ultimately to go to the cross,

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 and to suffer on our behalf.

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 And now he says this,

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 here's the request,

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 here the request is for himself.

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 And the request is this,

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 Father, glorify your son.

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 What does he mean?

00:23:57.039 --> 00:24:00.960
 What does Jesus mean when he asks the Father to glorify him?

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 It begs the question,

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.259
 doesn't it?

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 Is it Christ already glorious?

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.000
 Wait a minute.

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 This is Emmanuel God with us.

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 This is the one who's come,

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 and he's sinless.

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 He's never committed a sin.

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 Isn't he already glorious?

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 Why does he ask God to glorify him?

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 You know,

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 there is a passage in Philippians

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 where Paul addresses this truth,

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 and I want us to look at it.

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 So if you have your Bible,

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 I would ask you to flip over to chapter 2

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.700
 of Philippians

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 as we look at the way Paul articulated this.

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 I would ask you to look starting at verse 6

00:24:55.559 --> 00:25:00.200
 of Philippians chapter 2.

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 And I'm just going to read and make a few comments

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 as I read down through several verses,

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 and I want you to see it for yourself

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.779
 as we're in Philippians.

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 I'm stalling a little bit for you to get there.

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 Verse 6.

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 Christ Jesus,

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 though he was in the form of God,

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 the form of God,

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 he was God the Son.

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 He was in the form of God,

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 and when he was born,

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 he was Emmanuel,

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 God with us.

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 He did not count equality with God

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 a thing to be grasped,

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 but he emptied himself

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 by taking on the form of a servant,

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 being born in the likeness of men.

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 Christ took on flesh,

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 and his glory was veiled in humanity.

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 You know,

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:54.240
 when he took on flesh,

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:58.339
 he did that so he could commune with his people.

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 It's a form of God

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 in order that he might be able

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 to stand face to face

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 and commune with the disciples and others

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 where he could interact.

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 Because you know the Word of God declares

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 in Exodus,

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 when Moses asked to see his glory,

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.959
 you remember the response of the Father?

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 No man can see my glory and live.

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 You remember the story where Moses said,

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:27.599
 please, I desire to see your glory.

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 He said,

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 I'll allow you to see the hinder parts

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 of my glory,

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 the radiance of my glory.

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 You can't see me face to face.

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 And he sets him in the cliff to the rock,

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 and he, in a sense,

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:43.019
 symbolically holds his hand

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.119
 over the eyes of Moses,

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 and as he passes by,

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.500
 it's as if the stardust

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 that trails behind him,

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 Moses sees.

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:52.219
 Because God said,

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.980
 you can't see me and live.

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 But Christ takes on humanity

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 that he can engage in relationship

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 with his people.

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 And in so doing,

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:06.720
 he veils his glory.

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 So am I saying that Christ was not glorious?

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 I'm not saying that at all.

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 Matter of fact,

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:15.059
 we get a glimpse of his glory,

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 don't we,

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.720
 on the Mount of Transfiguration.

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.319
 You remember the story?

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.620
 Peter, James, and John

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.920
 go up with him on the Mount,

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:25.799
 and right before their eyes,

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:28.140
 he is transfigured.

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:31.840
 Everything about him was brilliant

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:33.819
 so that they had to hide their face.

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:37.059
 We get a little bit of a glimpse

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:38.839
 of who he really is

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:40.939
 in the glory of Christ.

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 The same glory,

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:44.700
 verse 5 in our text,

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 that he had with the Father

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.559
 before the world began.

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.579
 This glory,

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.839
 this radiance,

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:54.679
 this awe-inspiring light.

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.980
 Equal with the Father,

00:27:58.559 --> 00:28:00.279
 yet veiled in humanity.

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:02.220
 We go on.

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.980
 He humbled himself,

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.180
 verse 8,

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.500
 becoming obedient

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.720
 to the point of death,

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:10.339
 even death on a cross.

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:12.180
 He became obedient

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.940
 with his eyes always pointed

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:15.779
 to the cross that he knew

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.019
 he would be nailed to.

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.680
 Why?

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.680
 For you and me,

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.559
 brothers and sisters.

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.720
 And we continue,

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:27.740
 therefore God has done what?

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:31.140
 Listen to this beautiful picture

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:33.079
 that Paul has

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.759
 of what happened

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:36.160
 when Christ died on the cross,

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.279
 of what happened

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.799
 when that hour was completed.

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:41.019
 Paul's looking backwards

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:42.000
 and he's saying this,

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:45.180
 God has highly exalted him

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:47.460
 and bestowed on him

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:49.319
 a name that is above every name.

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.819
 Does that sound glorious to you?

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:57.640
 A name that is above every name.

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:59.920
 You know that there's no other name

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:01.780
 in all of creation

00:29:01.780 --> 00:29:03.180
 whereby a man might be saved?

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:06.460
 One name named Jesus.

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.300
 There's no greater name

00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:09.540
 than that name,

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.660
 Jesus.

00:29:12.580 --> 00:29:15.900
 It's by Jesus that we're bought.

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:19.580
 It's by Jesus that we come to know him

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.300
 as Lord and Savior.

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:22.340
 It's by Jesus that we receive salvation.

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:24.000
 There is no greater name.

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:27.319
 And we continue.

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.660
 And at that name,

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:31.059
 that greatest of all names,

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.759
 that Jesus,

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.720
 every knee should bow

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.740
 in heaven

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:36.019
 and on earth

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.880
 and under the earth

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:39.039
 and every tongue confess

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:40.039
 that what?

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:42.420
 The glorious Lord Jesus

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.220
 has been raised.

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:47.319
 That Jesus Christ is Lord.

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.940
 Do you think God was honored

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:50.480
 with his sacrifice on the cross?

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:54.000
 Do you think God celebrated

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.299
 his sacrifice?

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.740
 Well, the resurrection declares it.

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.700
 You know, the resurrection

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:02.380
 is as if God says,

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.759
 well done, my son.

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.019
 You've done it.

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:06.019
 You've accomplished

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:07.740
 what I sent you to do.

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.640
 I'm going to place you

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.480
 in the position

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:12.460
 of the highest authority.

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.900
 Every knee

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:15.559
 in all of creation,

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.900
 every animal,

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.220
 every created thing

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:20.100
 will bow their knee to you

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:21.400
 as Lord of all.

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:24.460
 You will receive the glory

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:26.059
 that you had with me

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.799
 before the earth

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:30.079
 was even created.

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:33.019
 Back to chapter 17.

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.240
 Father,

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.120
 the hour has come.

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:40.019
 Glorify your son.

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:42.299
 Why does he want the father

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:44.640
 to take him to this place

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.600
 of great suffering?

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:47.480
 Why does he want the father

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.719
 to strengthen him

00:30:48.719 --> 00:30:50.039
 to accomplish the thing

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.000
 that he's come for?

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:53.000
 Here's ultimately

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.059
 why he wants it.

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.859
 Listen to what he says.

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:56.659
 Will you glorify your son,

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.039
 Father?

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.500
 In order that

00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:01.259
 you might be glorified,

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:03.399
 that the son might glorify you.

00:31:04.899 --> 00:31:05.459
 Ultimately,

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.519
 Jesus is saying,

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:10.299
 my greatest of all desires

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:11.000
 is that, Father,

00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:12.199
 you be lifted up.

00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:13.719
 You be magnified.

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.599
 You be glorified.

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.240
 Be glorified.

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.000
 Not me.

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.439
 Glorify me

00:31:18.439 --> 00:31:19.439
 in such a way

00:31:19.439 --> 00:31:20.240
 that you send me

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.779
 to the cross.

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.619
 You give me the strength

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.299
 to be faithful

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:24.000
 and you put me to death

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:28.059
 that my people

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.000
 might be redeemed.

00:31:29.699 --> 00:31:31.359
 That you might receive

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:31.759
 the glory

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.859
 that you would provide

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.480
 a way

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:35.079
 that your people

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:36.379
 could receive salvation.

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.299
 Do you see it?

00:31:39.179 --> 00:31:40.079
 Glorify your son.

00:31:40.179 --> 00:31:40.419
 Why?

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.399
 That the son

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:42.419
 may glorify you.

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.619
 You know what his desire was?

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:45.259
 To bring glory to God.

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.339
 Brothers and sister,

00:31:46.459 --> 00:31:47.279
 what is our desire?

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:51.099
 What is your greatest desire?

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.799
 Does this ring true

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.679
 for you as well?

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:57.099
 Do you find that

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.979
 in your life

00:31:57.979 --> 00:31:59.579
 your greatest desire

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.559
 is that God

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.459
 might be glorified

00:32:01.459 --> 00:32:02.259
 through your life?

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.159
 You know,

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:05.079
 it's very humbling

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.799
 to consider the truth here

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:08.059
 is that Christ

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.759
 was willing

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:10.139
 to go to the cross

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:11.720
 and be willing

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.500
 to surrender

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.819
 and sacrifice his life.

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.059
 Why?

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.720
 That God might be glorified.

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.519
 Brothers and sister,

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.639
 what are we willing to do

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:19.799
 that God might be glorified?

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:23.240
 Where do you find yourself today?

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.680
 What's true for you?

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:29.539
 How much do you sacrifice

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:31.480
 that he might be glorified?

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:33.299
 How much are you willing

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.900
 to endure

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:35.620
 that he might be glorified?

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.160
 I understand

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:39.259
 we can't be Christ

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.779
 and redemption

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:42.160
 doesn't come through us

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:44.500
 but isn't God worthy?

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.799
 Isn't he worthy

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.460
 of our life?

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.180
 Isn't he worthy

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.980
 of our sacrifice?

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.160
 Isn't he worthy

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.279
 that we would lay down

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.799
 our bodies

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:53.039
 as a living sacrifice,

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:54.220
 holy and acceptable to him?

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.299
 Isn't he worthy

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:56.440
 that we would set our mind

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.140
 on things above?

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.900
 Isn't he worthy

00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:00.840
 that we would present

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.420
 our body

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.720
 as a living sacrifice,

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:04.400
 holy and acceptable to him,

00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:05.840
 which is our reasonable

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:07.920
 expectation of worship?

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.620
 You know what it means

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.480
 to truly worship?

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.540
 It's not just to sing.

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:14.240
 You know what it means

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.800
 to worship?

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.820
 It's to bow the knee.

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.040
 You know what it means

00:33:18.040 --> 00:33:18.820
 to bow the knee?

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.240
 It says,

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:21.000
 I see you as my Lord.

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:22.220
 I choose to do

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.460
 whatever you lead me to do.

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.140
 Lord, give me strength

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:26.180
 to be faithful to you.

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.040
 You know that's the call

00:33:27.040 --> 00:33:27.720
 to us Christians?

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.740
 It's a call

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.720
 to faithfulness.

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.780
 It's a call

00:33:31.780 --> 00:33:32.620
 to his glory.

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.580
 It's a call

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.280
 to surrender.

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.280
 It's a call

00:33:35.280 --> 00:33:36.060
 to sacrifice.

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:37.680
 That's the high call

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.860
 of God in Christ Jesus.

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.940
 That's the high call

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.700
 for you and me.

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.120
 You know what's true?

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.180
 We can't do it on our own.

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.480
 You and I

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.580
 on our own willpower

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:52.080
 will fail every time.

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.960
 But you know what God says?

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:54.000
 Greater is he

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.780
 that is in you

00:33:54.780 --> 00:33:55.900
 than he that is in the world.

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.600
 There is a need.

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.440
 It's the need

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.460
 for the Holy Spirit.

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:02.120
 The supernatural power

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:03.019
 of the Holy Spirit

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:05.059
 can produce his fruit

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.720
 in your life

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.420
 and my life.

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:09.079
 When we yield to him

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.340
 and say,

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.119
 here I am,

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:12.559
 whatever you desire,

00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.240
 I'm willing.

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.780
 You give me strength

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.880
 to do what I'm not able

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.179
 to do

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:17.539
 that you might be glorified.

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.179
 You know he's called us

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.820
 to worship him?

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.460
 And do you realize

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.860
 that the sacrifice

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.599
 of Christ

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.880
 was the greatest expression

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.360
 of worship?

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:29.240
 That he'd be willing

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:30.539
 to lay down his life?

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:31.420
 You know,

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.059
 the Word of God

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.619
 says this,

00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:33.480
 as greater love

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.500
 has no man than this

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.400
 that he'd be willing

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.360
 to lay down his life

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.800
 for his friend.

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.140
 Are we church

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:41.200
 willing to lay down

00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:42.079
 our lives for the kingdom?

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:46.599
 I don't sugarcoat this.

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.239
 I just speak

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.880
 the Word of God.

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.559
 The Word of God

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.360
 calls us

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.799
 to love him

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.579
 in such a way

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.539
 that we'd be willing

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.639
 to lay down our life

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.179
 for the kingdom

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:58.039
 and for the king of kings.

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.239
 You know,

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:01.920
 the martyrs

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.420
 counted it

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.799
 a privilege

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:04.360
 to die

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.759
 for the name of Christ.

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:07.199
 The disciples

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:07.679
 counted it

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.099
 a privilege

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.719
 to suffer

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.799
 for the name

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.220
 of Jesus.

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.180
 How about us?

00:35:14.060 --> 00:35:14.980
 I continue.

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.539
 I want you to see

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.440
 this beautiful,

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.920
 beautiful thing.

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:23.260
 He talks about

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:24.100
 eternal life.

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.620
 And I see

00:35:27.620 --> 00:35:28.480
 several things

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:30.960
 about eternal life

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.240
 here

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:32.039
 that I want us

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.500
 to see.

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:35.039
 It's powerful

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.880
 what he says.

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:37.980
 Read again

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.519
 from beginning.

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:38.940
 He says,

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.320
 Father,

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.519
 the hour has come.

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.800
 Glorify your Son

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:43.079
 that the Son

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.300
 may glorify you

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:45.140
 since you have

00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:46.360
 given him authority

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.780
 to give

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:49.260
 eternal life.

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.780
 You have given

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.900
 him,

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.539
 Jesus,

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.440
 authority

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:56.180
 to give

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:57.519
 eternal life.

00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:58.420
 You know

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.300
 what's interesting here?

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:02.700
 Nowhere in this passage

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:04.480
 does it talk

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.179
 about earning

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:06.559
 eternal life?

00:36:07.879 --> 00:36:08.419
 You know

00:36:08.419 --> 00:36:08.859
 what it talks

00:36:08.859 --> 00:36:09.179
 about?

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.579
 It talks

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.759
 about giving

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:13.279
 eternal life.

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.019
 You know

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.579
 that lines

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.199
 up with

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:17.259
 the rest

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.799
 of the scriptures

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.399
 very well.

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.799
 Even when

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:21.399
 we were dead

00:36:21.399 --> 00:36:22.319
 in our trespasses

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:23.059
 and sins,

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:25.399
 God made

00:36:25.399 --> 00:36:26.759
 us alive.

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.419
 You know

00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:27.659
 what?

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:29.379
 He initiated

00:36:29.379 --> 00:36:30.439
 and he

00:36:30.439 --> 00:36:31.179
 accomplished.

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:32.980
 we didn't

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.739
 do anything

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:35.099
 except perceive

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.339
 what he

00:36:36.339 --> 00:36:37.059
 started

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.919
 and accomplished.

00:36:39.379 --> 00:36:40.039
 And here

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.919
 we see

00:36:40.919 --> 00:36:41.299
 that the

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:41.759
 Father

00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:43.000
 who has

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.779
 all authority

00:36:43.779 --> 00:36:44.739
 has given

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:45.379
 that authority

00:36:45.379 --> 00:36:47.159
 to the Son.

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.480
 He is placed

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:49.119
 into the position

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.739
 of authority

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.859
 and the Son

00:36:50.859 --> 00:36:51.599
 can give

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.379
 eternal life

00:36:52.379 --> 00:36:53.339
 to whom he will.

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.199
 And the

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.719
 scripture

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.940
 shows us here

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.639
 even in this

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.440
 very prayer

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.940
 who receives

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.759
 eternal life.

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:02.379
 it tells

00:37:02.379 --> 00:37:02.759
 us.

00:37:04.359 --> 00:37:05.199
 There is a

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:05.899
 qualifier

00:37:05.899 --> 00:37:06.319
 here.

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.599
 I want

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.859
 you to

00:37:07.859 --> 00:37:08.199
 see.

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.599
 Who is it

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.159
 Lord Jesus

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.779
 that you will

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.279
 give eternal

00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:12.899
 life to?

00:37:13.419 --> 00:37:13.799
 And here

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:14.119
 it is

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.639
 to all

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.019
 whom you

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.579
 have given

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:15.919
 him.

00:37:16.839 --> 00:37:17.279
 Hear the

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:17.619
 prayer.

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.419
 Father

00:37:18.419 --> 00:37:20.059
 the hour

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.619
 has come

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.379
 glorify your

00:37:21.379 --> 00:37:21.719
 Son that

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.079
 your Son

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.619
 may glorify

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:22.859
 you.

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.299
 Since

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:23.559
 you have

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:23.799
 given

00:37:23.799 --> 00:37:24.019
 him

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.480
 authority

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.879
 to give

00:37:24.879 --> 00:37:25.239
 eternal

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.839
 life to

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:26.339
 the ones

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:26.699
 that you

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.480
 gave him

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.819
 out of

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.299
 the world.

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:30.340
 Look at

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:30.720
 the phrase

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.100
 in verse

00:37:31.100 --> 00:37:31.460
 6.

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.539
 The people

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.060
 whom you

00:37:33.060 --> 00:37:33.700
 gave me.

00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:35.240
 And in

00:37:35.240 --> 00:37:35.760
 verse 9

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.140
 I am not

00:37:36.140 --> 00:37:36.720
 praying for

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.220
 them that

00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:37.539
 is the

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.780
 world.

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.160
 I am

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.760
 praying for

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:40.240
 those whom

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.560
 you have

00:37:40.560 --> 00:37:41.100
 given me

00:37:41.100 --> 00:37:41.460
 out of

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:41.820
 the world

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.320
 for they

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.940
 are yours.

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.800
 It is

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.360
 interesting

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:47.800
 and maybe

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.400
 hard for

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:48.960
 our ears

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.660
 to swallow

00:37:49.660 --> 00:37:50.120
 but it is

00:37:50.120 --> 00:37:50.720
 beautiful

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.180
 when we

00:37:51.180 --> 00:37:51.539
 see it

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.080
 in scripture.

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:55.099
 we hear

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.599
 the ring

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:55.900
 of it

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.239
 when we

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:56.960
 read

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.559
 Revelation

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.139
 it says

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.880
 the Lamb's

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.400
 book of

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.920
 life.

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.440
 It is

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.900
 talking about

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.579
 names being

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.059
 written in

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.539
 the Lamb's

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:03.900
 book of

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.219
 life.

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:04.840
 You know

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.179
 the book

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.840
 of Romans

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:07.679
 gives us

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.079
 a clear

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.420
 picture.

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.699
 You know

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.079
 there is

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.940
 in the

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.799
 belief of

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:11.239
 some

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:12.139
 everybody

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:13.159
 that was

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.639
 a part

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.319
 of the

00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:14.980
 nation

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.460
 of Israel

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.799
 in the

00:38:15.799 --> 00:38:16.139
 Old

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.679
 Testament

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.199
 days

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:17.599
 some

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:17.940
 believe

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.099
 that

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.319
 every

00:38:18.319 --> 00:38:18.500
 one

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:18.599
 of

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:18.639
 them

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:18.739
 are

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:18.860
 going

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:18.920
 to

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.059
 be

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.480
 saved.

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.860
 That

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.099
 every

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.319
 one

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:21.500
 of them

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.739
 are going

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.139
 to receive

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.519
 eternal

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.019
 life.

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.119
 That

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.519
 all

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.019
 Israel

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.500
 is going

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.399
 to be

00:38:26.399 --> 00:38:26.899
 in heaven.

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:27.799
 You know

00:38:27.799 --> 00:38:28.159
 that's not

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.399
 what the

00:38:28.399 --> 00:38:28.639
 word of

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.099
 God says?

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:32.079
 So I

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.500
 read out

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.059
 of Romans

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:34.279
 briefly

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:35.039
 because I

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.559
 want us

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.379
 to hear

00:38:36.379 --> 00:38:37.699
 the

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.219
 beautiful

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:38.859
 picture

00:38:38.859 --> 00:38:40.000
 of who

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.419
 Christ

00:38:40.419 --> 00:38:40.839
 died

00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:41.500
 for.

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.679
 And so

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:43.959
 I ask

00:38:43.959 --> 00:38:44.299
 the question

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.799
 did Christ

00:38:44.799 --> 00:38:45.399
 die for

00:38:45.399 --> 00:38:45.959
 everyone?

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:46.619
 Will all

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.179
 people be

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.739
 saved?

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.219
 No.

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:53.039
 Do we

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.339
 have a

00:38:53.339 --> 00:38:53.639
 choice?

00:38:53.759 --> 00:38:53.939
 Yes,

00:38:53.979 --> 00:38:54.419
 of course.

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:55.179
 Every

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.559
 person

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:55.739
 that's

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:55.939
 ever

00:38:55.939 --> 00:38:56.139
 been

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:56.359
 born

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.599
 has

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:56.759
 a

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:57.000
 choice

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.219
 whether

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:57.439
 they

00:38:57.439 --> 00:38:57.839
 choose

00:38:57.839 --> 00:38:58.019
 to

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.259
 believe

00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:58.399
 or

00:38:58.399 --> 00:38:58.659
 not.

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.299
 But the

00:38:59.299 --> 00:38:59.699
 word of

00:38:59.699 --> 00:38:59.919
 God

00:38:59.919 --> 00:39:00.419
 says not

00:39:00.419 --> 00:39:00.819
 everyone

00:39:00.819 --> 00:39:01.079
 will

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.559
 believe.

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.479
 Romans

00:39:03.479 --> 00:39:05.619
 chapter 9

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:06.299
 verse 6

00:39:06.299 --> 00:39:07.159
 through 8

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:07.819
 says this,

00:39:08.859 --> 00:39:09.599
 For not all

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.000
 who were

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.819
 descended from

00:39:10.819 --> 00:39:11.500
 Israel belong

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:11.979
 to Israel.

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.619
 Listen to

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:12.799
 that.

00:39:12.959 --> 00:39:13.679
 Not all

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.379
 who are

00:39:14.379 --> 00:39:15.039
 ethnic

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:16.000
 Jews belong

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.459
 to Israel.

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:16.979
 Wait a minute.

00:39:17.379 --> 00:39:17.719
 Wait a minute.

00:39:17.779 --> 00:39:18.239
 Isn't that by

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.779
 definition

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.259
 correct?

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.259
 He's speaking

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:21.179
 spiritually here.

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:23.579
 Not all

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.899
 who were

00:39:23.899 --> 00:39:24.500
 descended from

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.119
 Israel belong

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.500
 to Israel.

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.139
 Not all

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:26.439
 who are

00:39:26.439 --> 00:39:27.000
 children of

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.639
 Abraham.

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.959
 Not all

00:39:28.959 --> 00:39:29.459
 are children

00:39:29.459 --> 00:39:30.000
 of Abraham

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.519
 because they

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.139
 are offspring.

00:39:32.879 --> 00:39:33.619
 Listen at

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.299
 the message

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:34.759
 that the

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.379
 word says

00:39:35.379 --> 00:39:35.659
 here.

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:37.299
 Just because

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.679
 you're

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.379
 ethnically

00:39:38.379 --> 00:39:39.439
 Jew doesn't

00:39:39.439 --> 00:39:40.379
 mean you're

00:39:40.379 --> 00:39:41.079
 truly a

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.579
 child of

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.459
 Abraham because

00:39:42.459 --> 00:39:43.239
 Abraham is

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:43.839
 the man of

00:39:43.839 --> 00:39:44.559
 faith and

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.539
 only those

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:46.000
 who have

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.039
 faith are

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.859
 considered part

00:39:47.859 --> 00:39:48.119
 of the

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.699
 family of

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.259
 Abraham.

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.299
 Spiritually

00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:50.739
 speaking.

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:53.839
 It says

00:39:53.839 --> 00:39:54.059
 this,

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.419
 but through

00:39:54.419 --> 00:39:55.159
 Isaac shall

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.819
 your offspring

00:39:55.819 --> 00:39:56.500
 be named.

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:57.259
 This means

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:58.359
 that it is

00:39:58.359 --> 00:39:58.919
 not the

00:39:58.919 --> 00:39:59.439
 children of

00:39:59.439 --> 00:40:00.019
 the flesh

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.279
 who are

00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:00.759
 children of

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.079
 God,

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:01.699
 but the

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.159
 children of

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:03.019
 the promise

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:05.859
 are counted

00:40:05.859 --> 00:40:06.479
 as offspring.

00:40:07.399 --> 00:40:08.179
 Hear it again

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.659
 out of the book

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:09.159
 of Isaiah.

00:40:10.299 --> 00:40:11.099
 And Paul,

00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:11.519
 when he's

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.039
 writing his

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.579
 letter to the

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:12.839
 Romans,

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.819
 he quotes

00:40:13.819 --> 00:40:14.379
 Isaiah and

00:40:14.379 --> 00:40:15.079
 Isaiah says

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:15.299
 this,

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:16.319
 Isaiah cries

00:40:16.319 --> 00:40:17.019
 out concerning

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.419
 Israel,

00:40:17.799 --> 00:40:18.099
 though the

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:19.099
 number of the

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.679
 sons of

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.719
 Israel be

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.119
 as the

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.619
 sand of

00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:22.159
 the sea.

00:40:22.839 --> 00:40:23.000
 Listen,

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.039
 though the

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:25.099
 ethnic Jews

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:26.079
 be many in

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:26.440
 number,

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:26.980
 here's what he

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.199
 says,

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:28.339
 only a remnant

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:28.739
 will be

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.139
 saved.

00:40:30.339 --> 00:40:30.879
 Only a

00:40:30.879 --> 00:40:31.199
 remnant.

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.819
 Does that

00:40:33.819 --> 00:40:34.539
 surprise you?

00:40:36.379 --> 00:40:37.039
 Does it

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.779
 surprise you

00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:38.379
 that not

00:40:38.379 --> 00:40:39.059
 everyone will

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.559
 be saved?

00:40:42.339 --> 00:40:43.000
 You know,

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.940
 Christ didn't

00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:44.779
 come to save

00:40:44.779 --> 00:40:45.559
 every single

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.139
 person that's

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.619
 ever been

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:46.899
 born.

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:47.619
 You know who

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.139
 he came to

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:48.419
 save?

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.139
 The ones

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.460
 that the

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.019
 father had

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.619
 given him.

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.180
 Well,

00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:53.619
 who did you

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:54.000
 give him,

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:54.320
 father?

00:40:55.180 --> 00:40:55.900
 Who did you

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.420
 give Christ?

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:56.900
 Who did he

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.500
 come to die

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:57.840
 for?

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:00.920
 Chapter 11

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.480
 of Romans

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:02.280
 gives us a

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.680
 real clear

00:41:02.680 --> 00:41:03.000
 picture.

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.159
 Here it

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.440
 is.

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.400
 And so

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.860
 Paul,

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.920
 understanding

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.659
 the

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:11.340
 defensiveness

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:11.840
 of the

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.380
 Jews,

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.639
 he says

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:13.920
 this,

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.460
 I ask

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:14.619
 then,

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.039
 Paul being

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.280
 a Jew

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:15.599
 himself,

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.300
 then has

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:17.159
 God rejected

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:17.760
 his people?

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:20.539
 verse 2

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.059
 says this,

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.720
 God has

00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:22.720
 not rejected

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.300
 his people

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:23.740
 whom he

00:41:23.740 --> 00:41:24.280
 foreknew.

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.599
 So I

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.019
 want to tie

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.519
 two things

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.139
 together for

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:28.400
 you.

00:41:28.740 --> 00:41:29.740
 This concept

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:31.079
 of God

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:32.059
 foreknowing.

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:32.599
 Have you

00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:32.900
 heard it

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:33.240
 before?

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:35.019
 That God

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.920
 foreknew

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.180
 them.

00:41:36.220 --> 00:41:36.460
 What does

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:36.700
 it mean

00:41:36.700 --> 00:41:37.440
 to foreknew?

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:39.019
 Fore means

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.659
 before.

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.579
 To know

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.500
 is not

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.780
 just a

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.300
 cognitive

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:44.099
 understanding.

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:46.339
 to know

00:41:46.339 --> 00:41:46.819
 is a

00:41:46.819 --> 00:41:47.279
 word that

00:41:47.279 --> 00:41:47.739
 has a

00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:48.059
 deeper

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:48.519
 meaning

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.019
 in the

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.420
 scriptures.

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:50.299
 You

00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:50.659
 remember

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:50.860
 the

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:51.239
 passage

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:51.920
 on the

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.139
 Sermon

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.319
 on the

00:41:52.319 --> 00:41:52.500
 Mount

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.940
 when Christ

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.179
 said,

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:53.719
 many in

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.199
 that day

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.619
 will say

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:54.880
 to me,

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.500
 Lord,

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:55.799
 Lord,

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.119
 have we

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:56.339
 not

00:41:56.339 --> 00:41:57.179
 prophesied

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.480
 in your

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.739
 name?

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.380
 Have we

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:58.860
 not done

00:41:58.860 --> 00:42:00.159
 many works

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:00.519
 in your

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:00.880
 name?

00:42:01.339 --> 00:42:02.139
 And Christ

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.639
 will say,

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.360
 depart from

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:03.940
 me for I

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:05.619
 never knew

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.940
 you.

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:06.960
 What does

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.219
 he mean?

00:42:07.279 --> 00:42:07.500
 That he

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:07.960
 didn't know

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.239
 who they

00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:08.460
 were,

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:08.819
 didn't know

00:42:08.819 --> 00:42:09.339
 their names,

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.019
 never seen

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.360
 them before,

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:11.039
 didn't recognize

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.159
 them?

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:11.440
 That's not

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:11.599
 what he

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:11.839
 means.

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.639
 I never

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.039
 knew you.

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.659
 I never

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:14.299
 had

00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:15.079
 relationship

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.940
 with you.

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.739
 I was

00:42:17.739 --> 00:42:18.139
 never

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:18.860
 united

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:20.159
 with you.

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.139
 You know

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.500
 that if

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.000
 we're not

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.639
 united with

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:22.880
 Christ,

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.380
 we won't

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:23.880
 be in

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.079
 heaven.

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.759
 Only those

00:42:25.759 --> 00:42:26.000
 who are

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.519
 united

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:28.480
 through the

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:29.019
 blood of

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.299
 Christ,

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:29.679
 through the

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:30.500
 sacrifice of

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:30.679
 Christ,

00:42:30.799 --> 00:42:31.179
 through the

00:42:31.179 --> 00:42:31.779
 salvation

00:42:31.779 --> 00:42:32.179
 that he

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.480
 offered,

00:42:32.799 --> 00:42:32.980
 through

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.719
 faith,

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:35.239
 you know

00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:35.880
 that apart

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.400
 from faith

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:36.860
 we'll never

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:37.339
 be saved?

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.299
 Apart from

00:42:39.299 --> 00:42:40.119
 trusting in

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:40.860
 the work of

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.360
 Christ on

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:41.700
 the cross

00:42:41.700 --> 00:42:42.120
 will never

00:42:42.120 --> 00:42:42.660
 be saved.

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:45.760
 And you

00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:46.220
 know who

00:42:46.220 --> 00:42:46.559
 is going

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:46.980
 to trust

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.820
 in this

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.120
 work?

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:48.599
 Here it

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:48.820
 is.

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:50.840
 So God

00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:51.340
 has not

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:52.079
 rejected his

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.620
 people whom

00:42:52.620 --> 00:42:53.280
 he foreknew.

00:42:53.660 --> 00:42:54.300
 There is a

00:42:54.300 --> 00:42:54.820
 remnant

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:56.599
 chosen by

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.780
 what?

00:42:58.780 --> 00:42:59.720
 By grace.

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:01.400
 There is a

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.900
 remnant

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:03.559
 chosen by

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:04.000
 God

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:05.820
 through grace.

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:08.340
 There is a

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:08.740
 remnant

00:43:08.740 --> 00:43:10.140
 chosen by

00:43:10.140 --> 00:43:10.620
 grace.

00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:11.000
 It is by

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.880
 grace of

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:12.359
 God that

00:43:12.359 --> 00:43:12.960
 we receive

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.539
 salvation.

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.299
 You know

00:43:15.299 --> 00:43:16.359
 that in

00:43:16.359 --> 00:43:17.219
 chapter 17

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:18.440
 again, it

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:19.679
 defines really

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:20.400
 well what

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:21.059
 eternal life

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.420
 is?

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.500
 Look at it

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:22.960
 with me.

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:24.139
 In verse

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:24.500
 3.

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.539
 Verse 2

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:27.139
 said that

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:28.339
 Christ can

00:43:28.339 --> 00:43:29.139
 give eternal

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.639
 life to

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:30.380
 those whom

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:30.900
 God had

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:31.519
 given him.

00:43:31.759 --> 00:43:32.319
 And this

00:43:32.319 --> 00:43:32.839
 is eternal

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.299
 life.

00:43:33.359 --> 00:43:33.839
 What is it?

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.539
 That they

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:36.759
 know you,

00:43:37.359 --> 00:43:38.079
 the only true

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:38.480
 God in

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:39.119
 Jesus Christ.

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.480
 You know

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:41.440
 that unless

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:42.500
 we're related

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:42.900
 to the

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:43.279
 Father,

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:44.360
 unless we're

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:45.079
 related to

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:45.579
 the Son,

00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:46.659
 unless we

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:47.299
 know them

00:43:47.299 --> 00:43:48.059
 relationally,

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:48.679
 we'll never

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:48.960
 be in

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:49.139
 heaven.

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.159
 And so

00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:51.579
 brothers and

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:51.799
 sisters,

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.239
 I ask you

00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:52.460
 this,

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:52.759
 do you

00:43:52.759 --> 00:43:53.179
 know him

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.460
 in that

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:53.679
 way?

00:43:57.619 --> 00:43:58.139
 Do you

00:43:58.139 --> 00:43:58.739
 have eternal

00:43:58.739 --> 00:43:59.099
 life?

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:01.079
 Has he

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.779
 given eternal

00:44:01.779 --> 00:44:02.440
 life to you?

00:44:03.199 --> 00:44:03.599
 Have you

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:04.340
 come to know

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:04.619
 him?

00:44:05.319 --> 00:44:05.759
 Have you

00:44:05.759 --> 00:44:06.519
 recognized

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:06.859
 there's

00:44:06.859 --> 00:44:07.519
 nothing you

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:07.880
 can do

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:08.159
 in your

00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:08.880
 own ability?

00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:10.799
 There's no

00:44:10.799 --> 00:44:11.440
 works you

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:11.839
 can do,

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.279
 there's no

00:44:12.279 --> 00:44:12.960
 good things

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.500
 you can do,

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:14.480
 there's no

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.960
 task you

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.420
 can do

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:16.839
 that's going

00:44:16.839 --> 00:44:17.719
 to earn

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.679
 salvation.

00:44:18.799 --> 00:44:19.019
 You know

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.699
 that salvation

00:44:19.699 --> 00:44:20.139
 is not

00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:20.380
 earned,

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:20.799
 it's given?

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:22.019
 And you

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.219
 know what

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:24.519
 is the

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:24.940
 means by

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:25.339
 which it's

00:44:25.339 --> 00:44:25.579
 given?

00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:26.359
 To those

00:44:26.359 --> 00:44:26.900
 who believe,

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.440
 to those

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:27.839
 who bow

00:44:27.839 --> 00:44:28.199
 their knee,

00:44:28.279 --> 00:44:28.679
 to those

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:29.139
 who trust

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.500
 in Christ,

00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:29.980
 to those

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:30.759
 who recognize

00:44:30.759 --> 00:44:31.679
 that his

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:32.259
 death on

00:44:32.259 --> 00:44:32.679
 the cross

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:33.179
 was in

00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:33.559
 payment,

00:44:33.679 --> 00:44:33.819
 a

00:44:33.819 --> 00:44:34.599
 substitutionary

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:35.480
 death on

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:36.179
 our behalf.

00:44:36.279 --> 00:44:36.860
 For those

00:44:36.860 --> 00:44:37.279
 who bow

00:44:37.279 --> 00:44:37.679
 their knee

00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:38.039
 and say,

00:44:38.339 --> 00:44:38.519
 God,

00:44:38.579 --> 00:44:38.779
 I don't

00:44:38.779 --> 00:44:39.400
 have anything

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:39.980
 to offer.

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:42.519
 I recognize

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:43.599
 that I'm

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:44.279
 not worthy,

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.159
 I recognize

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:45.599
 that I'm

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:46.019
 a sinner,

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:46.940
 but Lord,

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:47.519
 you have

00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:48.500
 sent one

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.099
 to die

00:44:49.099 --> 00:44:49.559
 on my

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:50.059
 behalf.

00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:50.819
 Your word

00:44:50.819 --> 00:44:51.339
 says that

00:44:51.339 --> 00:44:52.360
 Christ died

00:44:52.360 --> 00:44:52.980
 that I

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:53.539
 might live.

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:54.579
 I trust

00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:55.199
 in the

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:55.699
 work of

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:56.619
 Christ in

00:44:56.619 --> 00:44:57.079
 order that

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.639
 I might

00:44:57.639 --> 00:44:58.139
 live.

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.119
 Notice

00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:01.699
 in chapter

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:02.619
 17 here

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:03.299
 this prayer,

00:45:03.300 --> 00:45:05.039
 this is

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.440
 eternal

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:05.840
 life,

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:06.240
 that they

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:07.039
 would know

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:07.600
 you,

00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:08.060
 Father,

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:08.880
 the only

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:09.500
 true God.

00:45:09.660 --> 00:45:09.940
 Do you

00:45:09.940 --> 00:45:10.420
 understand

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:10.980
 that Christ

00:45:10.980 --> 00:45:11.420
 is saying

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:11.760
 to them,

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:12.980
 I see

00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:14.360
 the result

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:17.060
 of this

00:45:17.060 --> 00:45:17.480
 hour.

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:19.320
 As I

00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:20.100
 walk this

00:45:20.100 --> 00:45:20.620
 walk that

00:45:20.620 --> 00:45:21.080
 you've given

00:45:21.080 --> 00:45:21.800
 me to walk

00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:22.600
 and I

00:45:22.600 --> 00:45:23.660
 am elevated

00:45:23.660 --> 00:45:24.120
 on this

00:45:24.120 --> 00:45:24.480
 tree,

00:45:24.580 --> 00:45:24.920
 on this

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.340
 cross,

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:25.980
 and I

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:26.680
 die this

00:45:26.680 --> 00:45:27.019
 death,

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.900
 that Father,

00:45:28.180 --> 00:45:28.900
 because you're

00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:29.519
 true to your

00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:30.000
 word,

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:31.840
 that all

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:32.280
 of those

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:32.719
 whom you've

00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:33.179
 given me

00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:33.760
 will receive

00:45:33.760 --> 00:45:34.420
 salvation.

00:45:35.719 --> 00:45:36.380
 They will

00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:37.300
 know you

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:37.980
 and they

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.340
 will know

00:45:38.340 --> 00:45:38.679
 me.

00:45:41.579 --> 00:45:42.239
 And now,

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:42.579
 Father,

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:43.380
 glorify me

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:43.679
 in your

00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:44.480
 own presence.

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:44.900
 Isn't that

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:45.320
 interesting?

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:45.780
 He says,

00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:46.599
 in your own

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:46.980
 presence.

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:48.579
 What is he

00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:48.880
 saying?

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.420
 Lord,

00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:51.079
 I know I'm

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.760
 at the door

00:45:51.760 --> 00:45:52.619
 of death.

00:45:53.059 --> 00:45:53.820
 I know I'm

00:45:53.820 --> 00:45:54.320
 at the door

00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:54.880
 of the cross.

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.719
 I know that

00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:56.619
 this very night

00:45:56.619 --> 00:45:57.239
 I'm going to

00:45:57.239 --> 00:45:57.739
 be arrested.

00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:58.779
 I know that

00:45:58.779 --> 00:45:59.099
 I'm going to

00:45:59.099 --> 00:46:00.739
 be rejected.

00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:01.239
 I'm going to

00:46:01.239 --> 00:46:02.000
 be betrayed.

00:46:02.219 --> 00:46:02.500
 I'm going to

00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:03.159
 be on my

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:03.519
 own.

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:03.819
 I'm going to

00:46:03.819 --> 00:46:04.679
 be unfairly

00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:05.119
 tried.

00:46:05.399 --> 00:46:05.679
 I'm going to

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:06.479
 be flogged

00:46:06.479 --> 00:46:07.119
 almost to

00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:07.479
 death and

00:46:07.479 --> 00:46:07.739
 I'm going to

00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:08.219
 be taken

00:46:08.219 --> 00:46:08.639
 to a

00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:10.479
 hill and

00:46:10.479 --> 00:46:10.699
 I'm going

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:10.859
 to be

00:46:10.859 --> 00:46:11.299
 elevated

00:46:11.299 --> 00:46:11.659
 on the

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:12.099
 tree to

00:46:12.099 --> 00:46:13.339
 die this

00:46:13.339 --> 00:46:13.799
 death.

00:46:15.279 --> 00:46:15.879
 The word

00:46:15.879 --> 00:46:16.179
 of God

00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:19.359
 says that

00:46:19.359 --> 00:46:19.919
 Christ,

00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:21.119
 who knew

00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:21.959
 no sin,

00:46:23.219 --> 00:46:24.679
 died and

00:46:24.679 --> 00:46:25.459
 took on our

00:46:25.459 --> 00:46:26.059
 sin in order

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:26.879
 that we might

00:46:26.879 --> 00:46:27.719
 receive his

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:28.359
 righteousness.

00:46:28.839 --> 00:46:29.459
 It's this

00:46:29.459 --> 00:46:30.599
 great exchange.

00:46:30.819 --> 00:46:31.319
 We were the

00:46:31.319 --> 00:46:32.000
 ones that should

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.319
 have been on

00:46:32.319 --> 00:46:32.719
 the cross.

00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:33.579
 We were the

00:46:33.579 --> 00:46:34.059
 ones that are

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:35.019
 guilty and

00:46:35.019 --> 00:46:35.439
 what did

00:46:35.439 --> 00:46:36.139
 Christ do?

00:46:36.439 --> 00:46:37.179
 He lived for

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:38.199
 this very hour

00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:39.139
 that he would

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:39.579
 say,

00:46:39.779 --> 00:46:40.859
 he's mine.

00:46:42.159 --> 00:46:42.559
 Yes,

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.159
 he's guilty,

00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:44.639
 but I choose

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.519
 to go to the

00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:46.399
 cross on his

00:46:46.399 --> 00:46:47.359
 behalf and

00:46:47.359 --> 00:46:47.799
 father,

00:46:47.919 --> 00:46:48.500
 would you take

00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:49.500
 my righteousness

00:46:49.500 --> 00:46:50.399
 and would you

00:46:50.399 --> 00:46:51.239
 bestow my

00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:52.059
 righteousness on

00:46:52.059 --> 00:46:53.119
 him and I

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:53.799
 will go to the

00:46:53.799 --> 00:46:54.480
 cross for him

00:46:54.480 --> 00:46:54.939
 so he didn't

00:46:54.939 --> 00:46:55.419
 have to,

00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:56.579
 that he might

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:57.599
 know you,

00:46:57.719 --> 00:46:59.799
 that you

00:46:59.799 --> 00:47:00.399
 might take

00:47:00.399 --> 00:47:00.980
 him as a

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:01.459
 son.

00:47:02.459 --> 00:47:03.079
 Brothers and

00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:03.339
 sisters,

00:47:03.459 --> 00:47:03.719
 do you all

00:47:03.719 --> 00:47:04.319
 realize we've

00:47:04.319 --> 00:47:04.959
 been adopted

00:47:04.959 --> 00:47:06.919
 as sons and

00:47:06.919 --> 00:47:08.059
 daughters of

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:08.799
 the almighty

00:47:08.799 --> 00:47:09.819
 glorious God?

00:47:10.699 --> 00:47:11.139
 And there's

00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:11.939
 coming a day

00:47:11.939 --> 00:47:13.159
 if we're truly

00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:13.659
 in the kingdom

00:47:13.659 --> 00:47:14.419
 where we'll see

00:47:14.419 --> 00:47:15.199
 him face to

00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:15.439
 face.

00:47:15.579 --> 00:47:16.339
 No longer

00:47:16.339 --> 00:47:17.599
 will he veil

00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:18.480
 his glory.

00:47:19.899 --> 00:47:20.199
 You know what

00:47:20.199 --> 00:47:20.480
 he's going to

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:20.639
 do?

00:47:20.779 --> 00:47:21.459
 He's going to

00:47:21.459 --> 00:47:22.539
 reveal his glory

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:23.480
 to all of us.

00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:25.139
 When we show up

00:47:25.139 --> 00:47:25.679
 in the heavenly

00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:26.059
 kingdom,

00:47:26.179 --> 00:47:26.579
 you know what we're

00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:26.880
 going to see?

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:27.739
 We're going to

00:47:27.739 --> 00:47:28.480
 see something we

00:47:28.480 --> 00:47:29.539
 have no idea

00:47:29.539 --> 00:47:30.259
 how grand and

00:47:30.259 --> 00:47:30.980
 glorious it is.

00:47:32.099 --> 00:47:32.299
 You know,

00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:32.920
 I think the

00:47:32.920 --> 00:47:33.460
 shepherds,

00:47:33.559 --> 00:47:34.019
 when they were

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:35.019
 abiding in the

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.460
 fields,

00:47:35.860 --> 00:47:36.360
 when Christ

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:36.619
 was born,

00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:37.259
 I think they

00:47:37.259 --> 00:47:37.759
 got a little

00:47:37.759 --> 00:47:38.539
 glimpse of the

00:47:38.539 --> 00:47:39.299
 glory of the

00:47:39.299 --> 00:47:39.699
 worship.

00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:41.159
 When all the

00:47:41.159 --> 00:47:41.699
 angels were

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:42.279
 worshiping,

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:42.659
 they were like,

00:47:42.739 --> 00:47:43.420
 what is going

00:47:43.420 --> 00:47:43.840
 on?

00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:47.799
 So moved

00:47:47.799 --> 00:47:48.199
 they were,

00:47:48.299 --> 00:47:48.799
 they left

00:47:48.799 --> 00:47:50.519
 their sheep

00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:51.199
 and they went

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:51.900
 to find where

00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:52.559
 this Messiah

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:53.000
 was.

00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:54.039
 They got a

00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:54.679
 little glimpse.

00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:55.659
 The Mount

00:47:55.659 --> 00:47:56.820
 of Transfiguration,

00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:57.199
 they got a

00:47:57.199 --> 00:47:57.800
 little glimpse.

00:47:59.219 --> 00:47:59.639
 Have you

00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:00.119
 gotten a

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.619
 glimpse of

00:48:00.619 --> 00:48:00.980
 the glory

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:01.380
 of God?

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:04.619
 Do you

00:48:04.619 --> 00:48:05.119
 have any

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:07.279
 idea of

00:48:07.279 --> 00:48:08.139
 how grand

00:48:08.139 --> 00:48:09.279
 and awesome

00:48:09.279 --> 00:48:09.619
 it's going

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:10.659
 to be to

00:48:10.659 --> 00:48:11.380
 step into

00:48:11.380 --> 00:48:12.739
 eternity and

00:48:12.739 --> 00:48:13.440
 be able to

00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:14.179
 worship him

00:48:14.179 --> 00:48:15.539
 and love him

00:48:15.539 --> 00:48:16.779
 and speak to

00:48:16.779 --> 00:48:17.279
 him and have

00:48:17.279 --> 00:48:18.539
 fellowship with

00:48:18.539 --> 00:48:19.119
 him face to

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:19.400
 face?

00:48:19.960 --> 00:48:20.519
 Let's pray.

00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:20.579
 Amen.

00:48:20.579 --> 00:48:20.639
 Amen.

00:48:20.639 --> 00:48:20.659
 Amen.

00:48:20.659 --> 00:48:20.679
 Amen.

00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:20.719
 Amen.

00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:20.739
 Amen.

00:48:20.739 --> 00:48:20.779
 Amen.

00:48:20.779 --> 00:48:20.800
 Amen.

00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:20.820
 Amen.

00:48:20.820 --> 00:48:20.840
 Amen.

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:20.860
 Amen.

00:48:20.860 --> 00:48:21.179
 Amen.

00:48:21.179 --> 00:48:22.759
 Amen.

00:48:22.759 --> 00:48:22.779
 Amen.

00:48:22.779 --> 00:48:22.800
 Amen.

00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:23.219
 Amen.

00:48:23.219 --> 00:48:23.699
 Amen.

00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:26.880
 Amen.

00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:27.259
 Father, how

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 powerful is

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 your word

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 and how

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 great is

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 your gift

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 that we

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 could receive

00:48:35.579 --> 00:48:38.179
 eternal life.

00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:38.880
 That Lord

00:48:38.880 --> 00:48:39.659
 Jesus, you

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 would open

00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:40.699
 our eyes

00:48:40.699 --> 00:48:41.340
 to see, you

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 would stir

00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:42.460
 our hearts

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 to recognize

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:44.019
 our own sin

00:48:44.019 --> 00:48:44.480
 and our need

00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:45.039
 for a savior.

00:48:45.719 --> 00:48:46.659
 Our need

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 for someone

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 to go to

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 the cross

00:48:48.619 --> 00:48:49.440
 on our behalf

00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:49.940
 that Lord,

00:48:50.099 --> 00:48:50.659
 we're not

00:48:50.659 --> 00:48:52.619
 sinless.

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 instead, we're

00:48:54.119 --> 00:48:55.880
 hopeless in

00:48:55.880 --> 00:48:56.420
 need of

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 salvation.

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 And so, Lord,

00:48:58.159 --> 00:48:58.940
 I just thank you

00:48:58.940 --> 00:49:01.359
 that Christ, my

00:49:01.359 --> 00:49:02.299
 Lord, my Savior,

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 was willing to go

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 to the cross

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 that we might

00:49:05.139 --> 00:49:05.920
 know you,

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 that we might

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 be in

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 relationship with

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 you, that we

00:49:09.880 --> 00:49:10.900
 might be adopted,

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 we might be

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 heirs,

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 and we might

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 have the hope

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 of heaven.

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 God, I pray

00:49:17.940 --> 00:49:18.319
 that you would

00:49:18.319 --> 00:49:19.259
 stir our heart

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 to be willing

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 to live for

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 you and not

00:49:23.620 --> 00:49:24.600
 live for these

00:49:24.600 --> 00:49:25.680
 counterfeit glories

00:49:25.680 --> 00:49:26.360
 of this world

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 that are nothing

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 in comparison

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 to how great

00:49:29.400 --> 00:49:30.300
 you are.

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 They're nothing.

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 God, help us

00:49:33.420 --> 00:49:34.300
 to fix our eyes

00:49:34.300 --> 00:49:34.900
 on Jesus,

00:49:35.340 --> 00:49:36.160
 the author

00:49:36.160 --> 00:49:36.980
 and perfecter

00:49:36.980 --> 00:49:37.680
 of our faith,

00:49:38.060 --> 00:49:38.600
 the one who

00:49:38.600 --> 00:49:39.300
 has accomplished

00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:40.240
 salvation that

00:49:40.240 --> 00:49:41.020
 we might live.

00:49:41.580 --> 00:49:42.460
 Help us to

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 present our bodies

00:49:43.600 --> 00:49:44.200
 as a living

00:49:44.200 --> 00:49:44.940
 sacrifice,

00:49:45.100 --> 00:49:45.440
 holy and

00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:46.120
 acceptable to

00:49:46.120 --> 00:49:46.340
 you.

00:49:46.340 --> 00:49:46.460
 God,

00:49:46.460 --> 00:49:46.480
 God,

00:49:46.480 --> 00:49:46.500
 God,

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 God,

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 God,

00:49:46.620 --> 00:49:46.660
 God,

00:49:46.660 --> 00:49:46.700
 God,

00:49:46.700 --> 00:49:47.220
 God,

00:49:47.220 --> 00:49:47.300
 God,

00:49:47.300 --> 00:49:47.440
 God,

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 God,

00:49:49.239 --> 00:49:51.000
 God,

00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:51.439
 help us

00:49:51.439 --> 00:49:52.219
 to be willing

00:49:52.219 --> 00:49:53.339
 to be martyrs,

00:49:54.079 --> 00:49:55.500
 to be willing

00:49:55.500 --> 00:49:56.659
 to suffer ridicule,

00:49:56.739 --> 00:49:57.559
 to be willing

00:49:57.559 --> 00:49:58.539
 to suffer even

00:49:58.539 --> 00:50:00.500
 death in our

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:01.619
 desire to be

00:50:01.619 --> 00:50:02.639
 faithful to you

00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:03.500
 because you're

00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:05.219
 worthy of praise.

00:50:05.979 --> 00:50:06.579
 We thank you

00:50:06.579 --> 00:50:07.139
 for this morning.

00:50:07.239 --> 00:50:07.759
 We praise you

00:50:07.759 --> 00:50:08.459
 in Christ's name.

00:50:08.719 --> 00:50:09.019
 Amen.