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 You all just sang a mighty song just now.

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 Inviting the Lord to speak through His word to your hearts.

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 It's the kind of word that requires a response.

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 And so in that mighty song that we just sang, we invited the Lord to do something for us.

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 To speak through His word and to grab our hearts and to lead us into the kinds of truths that we all need this morning.

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 So that we can be the kinds of people that represent Him properly.

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 And the kinds of people that will be approved by Him as servants who are faithful.

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 It's a word that carries authority.

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 I wonder if you have any experiences like me.

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 Of people who have tried to speak into your life a word of authority.

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 But they have none.

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 Okay?

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 Okay?

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 Like for example, I'm thinking of a time back in the day when I was a high schooler.

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 And I was mowing lawns for the summer.

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 And I know that's kind of a lost art.

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 Any of you teens mow lawns for the summer?

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 Okay?

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 Except for David who mows here.

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 Okay?

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 Good.

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 Calvin.

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 I see one back there.

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 Great.

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 Mow lawns for the summer.

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 Okay?

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 It's kind of a lost art.

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 Well, I was like a junior or senior in high school.

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 And so it was towards the springtime.

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 And so because of being a junior or senior, I was taking accelerated classes.

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 And I was part of a sporting event.

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 And so all the practices kind of built into that.

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 And I was involved in church.

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 And all of the obligations on my time.

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 There was just one day a week I had to mow.

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 That was Saturday.

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 So I had to do five lawns on a Saturday back to back.

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 And then if there was any weekend where it rained and I couldn't do on a Saturday, I tried.

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 I had to fit it in to the rest of the week.

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 Okay?

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 All of that is background for the scenario that I'm going to share with you.

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 So I'm mowing this lawn.

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 Okay?

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 And it's a Saturday.

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 And I'm halfway through the front part of the lawn about ready to move my way into the back.

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 And somebody is taking a walk.

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 Somebody from the neighborhood.

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 He's coming around the corner.

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 And he gets my attention and asks me to turn off the mower.

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 Okay?

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 So I turn off the mower.

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 And he says, hey, do you live here?

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 I said, no, I don't live here.

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 He said, well, you realize, don't you, that you should be mowing much more often than you're mowing.

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 You realize that?

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 Now, my dad trained me well.

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 Okay?

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 He trained me well.

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 And so my response was, well, thank you for that.

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 Appreciate it.

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 I'm doing my best.

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 And I just can't get around to it more than just once a week.

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 But in reflection, what's really going on in my mind is, who do you think you are?

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 Like, obviously, this is not your yard.

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 Lord, obviously, you're not the one who's calling the shots.

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 And you're not the one who's paying me.

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 You don't even live next door.

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 What do you care?

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 Who do you think you are?

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 Or maybe for you younger ones that are still living at home, and you have a sibling that says,

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 you know you're not supposed to do that.

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 And you say, who do you think you are?

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 I'm sure none of you have ever done that.

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 That's very good of you.

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 That's good.

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 But there are occasions, are there not, when someone speaks into our life, and they carry

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 a measure of authority because of the position they have.

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 For example, I went to a parts store recently, and I got some parts for my car.

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 There was some work I needed to do.

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 And the guy at the counter says, hey, now, by the way, make sure that when you do this,

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 you do this in this order.

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 Don't do that first.

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 Do that second.

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 And he helped to lay out for me some of the order to make sure I wasn't going to ruin the

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 very thing I was trying to fix.

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 And then he stepped back and realized, oh, wait, wait a second.

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 You didn't ask for this advice.

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 I'm just giving it to you.

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 And so he kind of backtracked a little bit.

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 But I'm like, hey, no, listen, this is great.

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 Thank you very much.

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 I need the help.

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 You can speak into my life.

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 You can have some authority in this area.

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 It's okay.

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 Or those of you who've been to a doctor, and you've had maybe an event that's taken place,

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 and the doctor says, now, listen, this has happened.

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 Make sure that you stay away from this, and that you do this, and you take that, and they

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 carry some authority, some weight with the words that they say.

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 We understand that teaching and instruction is a way for us to exert a level of authority.

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 Right?

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 When someone asserts themself over you, they teach you like a teacher.

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 They instruct you.

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 They exhort you.

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 They rebuke you.

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 They confront you.

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 Chances are, if they're doing that, they have a level of authority.

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 When they have authority, it matters.

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 It carries force.

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 When they don't have authority, you're like, who do you think you are?

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 Why in the world are you opening your mouth?

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 You can just go away.

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 Hopefully, you're not responding that way.

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 But Jesus' public ministry from the very beginning is one that exerted this kind of authority.

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 Jesus taught wherever he went.

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 He's teaching in synagogues.

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 He's teaching in villages.

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 He's teaching in countrysides.

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 He's teaching along the shoreline.

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 He's teaching along the way.

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 His disciples are coming along.

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 Wherever Jesus is going, he's teaching.

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 It's a way for him to demonstrate this measure of authority.

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 He not only has information to share.

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 He has authority in the things that he shares.

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 And of course, there's no place that carried as much authority and a center of authority as the temple.

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 In Jerusalem.

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 The very center of worship for the nation of Israel.

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 The heart and soul of the country was right there in Jerusalem.

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 And so, this is where the presence of God was.

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 And so, there's no other place that the force of teaching and authority would be present than in the temple.

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 And that's where we encounter Jesus today.

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 If you have your Bibles, please open them with me to Luke chapter 20.

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 And if you're using the Pew Bible, you can find us on page 879.

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 879.

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 We find in this section, the religious leaders, the supposed authorities over Israel,

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 are confronting Jesus with the question that we're going to find in verse 2.

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 That is, tell us by what authority you do these things.

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 In other words, who do you think you are?

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 And if it wasn't clear throughout the whole of Jesus' public ministry,

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 in this last week of Jesus' life leading up to the cross,

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 it's going to come at rapid succession.

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 And the identity of Jesus is going to come through in the way that he speaks.

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 It's going to come through in the things that he does.

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 It's going to come through in the parables and the illustrations that he uses.

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 He's going to receive and promote his identity so that it is without question

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 who Jesus is and what he's come to do.

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 So, Jesus will respond to this question.

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 And he'll help in this passage, in verses 1 to 18,

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 to address four ways, four identities that Christ has

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 that he's going to provide for this group of religious leaders.

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 First, Jesus is the Savior.

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 Jesus is the Savior.

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 If you're there with me in Luke chapter 20,

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 let me just read the first couple of verses to build the context for our study today.

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 It says,

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 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel,

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 the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to him,

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 Tell us by what authority you do these things.

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 Or who is it that gave you this authority?

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 Right here at the beginning, we notice that Jesus is teaching.

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 And we don't know what day this is,

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 but we do know this is the pattern of Jesus' life in ministry

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 over the stretch of these few days.

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 We saw that back in Luke chapter 19, verse 47.

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 And he was teaching daily in the temple.

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 This is what Jesus was going to do.

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 He was making himself accessible.

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 Having ridden into the city of Jerusalem,

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 this triumphal entry on a Sunday,

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 and having purged and cleansed the temple on a Monday,

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 here he is on a Tuesday, a Wednesday, or a Thursday.

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 We don't know.

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 Here he is again in the temple teaching.

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 Right at the center of it all.

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 Jesus is not hiding.

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 He's there in plain sight.

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 He's not running for cover.

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 He's not isolating outside of Jerusalem.

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 He's not biding his time.

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 And as the Passover festivities are taking place,

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 here the Passover lamb will teach and serve his people.

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 This Passover festivities,

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 they're all coming to find their Passover lamb,

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 and the Passover lamb is right there in front of them,

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 teaching them, serving them.

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 Here Jesus is preaching and teaching,

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 and likely teaching in the court of the Gentiles.

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 This is the outer court of this complex temple system.

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 Listen, this is the very place where Christ had just come the day before,

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 and he had purged it of the money changers.

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 He had purged it of those who were buying and selling animals.

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 Here he was again, having cleared it out,

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 and having reclaimed this space for its intended purpose,

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 that we find in chapter 19, verse 46.

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 My house shall be a house of prayer,

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 but you have made it a den of robbers.

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 And here Jesus is,

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 restoring it back to its original purpose,

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 the idea of worship and affection and devotion to God.

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 This would be the spot in the temple.

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 Of course, it had the greatest access,

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 being the court of the Gentiles.

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 Whether you were an outsider or an insider,

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 whether you were a male or a female,

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 the teaching ministry of Jesus is here.

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 And notice what he's teaching.

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 It says he's teaching and preaching the gospel.

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 This word for teaching and preaching are present participles,

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 which means this is an activity that has this ongoing sense

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 of Jesus' life throughout this week.

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 That is why Jesus is here in the temple.

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 He's confident in the plan of the Father.

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 His grace is extended to the people.

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 His example of self-sacrifice

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 and continuing to extend himself

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 and expend himself for these individuals.

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 This compassion to a people

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 who in just a few short days

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 are going to put him on the cross.

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 It's referred to throughout the gospel of Luke

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 as teaching this good news.

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 This gospel we find all the way at the beginning

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 in his public ministry in Luke chapter 4.

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 He's preaching the good news of the kingdom.

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 Well, what was that?

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 Well, it was the good news of forgiveness of sin.

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 It was the good news of repentance

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 and salvation that was offered through Jesus.

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 It was this good news that most recently we saw

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 as Jesus is making his way through Jericho

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 and he makes a stop at Zacchaeus' house

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 and he says in Luke 19 verse 10,

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 the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.

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 That was good news.

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 And that's why Jesus was here.

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 And no doubt during the Passover,

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 as the people of Israel were celebrating

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 and taking part of these Passover festivities,

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 the remembrance of the blood

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 that had been painted on the doorposts

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 and this physical deliverance out of Egypt.

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 And here Jesus was just days away

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 from providing the greatest deliverance

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 that man would ever need,

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 the deliverance from sin.

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 No doubt providing greater urgency,

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 helping to provide a level of energy and power

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 for the word of the gospel that he was teaching

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 and preaching to these people today.

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 Jesus is here as the Lamb of God

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 who takes away the sin of the world.

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 Drawing the crowds who packed that space

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 and flocked to hear him,

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 here he is.

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 And they're eating out of the palm of his hand

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 as we saw in chapter 19.

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 They were hanging on every word.

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 But Jesus' teaching was not just gaining

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 the observation and the attention of the crowds.

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 It was gaining attention from another group as well.

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 This group of religious leaders

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 who approach him and ask this question.

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus was the Savior.

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 And now as the Pharisees will ask him,

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 by whose authority do you do this?

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 Jesus will launch into another form of his identity

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 by helping them understand

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 that Jesus is also sent from heaven.

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 He is the heaven-sent messenger.

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 He is the validated voice from God to men.

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 Notice at the end of verse 1 of chapter 20,

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 it says,

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 He answered them,

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 Now tell me,

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 was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?

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 And they discussed it with one another and said,

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 If we say from heaven,

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 he will say,

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 Why did you not believe him?

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 But if we say from man,

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 all the people will stone us to death,

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 for they are convinced that John was a prophet.

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 So they answered that they did not know

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 where it came from.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Neither will I tell you

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 by what authority I do these things.

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 In order to really understand

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 or appreciate what's taking place here,

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 we have to recognize that the temple

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 being a place that was primarily devoted

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 to worship and prayer and sacrifice,

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 it was also the center of teaching.

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 We saw this as a center of teaching

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 going all the way back

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 to the very beginning of the Gospel of Luke

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 where we find Jesus there.

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 He is learning from teachers.

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 In Luke chapter 2, verses 46 and 47,

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 it says that after three days,

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 they found him,

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 speaking of Mary and Joseph

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 who were Jesus' parents,

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 he was sitting among the teachers,

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 listening to them

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 and asking them questions.

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 All who heard him

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 were amazed at his understanding

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 and his answers.

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 Here Jesus is in the temple,

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 the center of worship,

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 but also a place of teaching and learning.

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 And Jesus is there,

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 learning there in the temple as a boy.

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 But this was not your run-of-the-mill

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 kind of worship center.

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 This was the center of Jewish religion,

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 the heart and soul of the nation.

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 And so just as local rabbis and teachers

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 would need the approval

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 of the synagogue leaders

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 in order to teach in a synagogue,

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 you can imagine that this place

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 of such notoriety

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 would also need validation

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 from somebody of interest

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 and authority within the temple structure,

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 a religious leader.

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 So this was not an invalid question.

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 This was a legitimate question

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 that they're asking.

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 The truth is,

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 these religious leaders

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 have been wanting to put Jesus to death

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 for some time now.

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 Ever since Lazarus was raised from the dead,

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 and this,

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 that event was the last straw in their mind.

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 We find from John chapter 11

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 that it was because

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 of the raising of Lazarus from the dead,

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 they were all set on destroying him.

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 So here he is,

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 he's teaching again.

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 And it's abundantly clear

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 that the religious leaders

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 weren't the one who validated him

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 and authorized him to teach in this place.

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 Entire city knew

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 that those very people

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 were seeking to arrest him.

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 Well,

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 here he is,

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 carrying out ministry

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 in plain sight.

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 In direct view

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 of their normal activities,

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 on their home turf,

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 as it were,

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 it's a direct assault

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 to their supposed authority.

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 A direct competition

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 with their teaching.

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 You can imagine

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 that they're trying to carry out

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 their own little teaching venues,

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 but the person

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 who seems to be

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 attracting the most attention,

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 and it says in other places

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 that the entire city of Jerusalem

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 was drawn to the teaching of Christ.

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 And so,

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 Jesus is getting all of the attention,

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 drawing it away from them.

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 And here he is,

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 gaining favor with the people,

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 putting the religious leaders

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 in their place,

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 challenging their threat of arrest,

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 which, of course,

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 he had every reason to do.

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 They come into the temple

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 and they ask this question.

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 By what authority

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 do you do these things?

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 And Jesus will respond

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 as he does so often,

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 rather than with a direct answer,

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 he will now give them a question.

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 Jesus asks them

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 a question

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 related to

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 John the Baptist

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 and his ministry.

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 Because Jesus wasn't

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 after just an answer.

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 These individuals

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 knew the answer.

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 They had the information.

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 They didn't need

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 any more added truth

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 to help them understand

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 who Jesus claimed to be.

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 This was an issue

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 of their heart.

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 And likely a question

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 that they were using

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 to draw Jesus out

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 into the open,

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 to help him

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 come to a place

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 of discrediting himself

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 in their minds

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 by committing blasphemy.

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 blasphemy.

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 This was a way

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 to trap him.

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 But Jesus wasn't going to

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 go for that.

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 So he asks them

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 this question

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 we see in verse 3.

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 Was the baptism

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 of John

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 from heaven

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 or from man?

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 Ultimately,

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 the answer was not

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 the issue.

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 It was an issue

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 of the heart.

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 Who is John?

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 Was he from heaven

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 or was he from man?

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 And if your heart

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 is aligned

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 in the right place,

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 then you'll be able

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 to recognize

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 who I am

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 and you'll be willing

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 to accept what I say.

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 Jesus was not unwilling

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 to disclose the truth

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 to this group.

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 On several occasions,

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 even recently,

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 Jesus was more than happy

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 to identify

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 who he was.

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 Just five months earlier,

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 we find at the feast

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 of dedication

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 in John chapter 10,

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 they ask a very pointed question,

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 the same group of men.

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 How long will you

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 keep us in suspense,

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 he says,

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 in John chapter 10,

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 verse 24.

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 If you are the Christ,

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 tell us plainly.

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 And Jesus answers,

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 I told you

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 and you do not believe.

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 The works that I do

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 in my Father's name

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 bear witness about me.

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 But you do not believe

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 because you are not

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 among my sheep.

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 I've already told you.

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 I've already made this clear.

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 It's very evident.

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 Your heart is set against me

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 because you do not belong to me.

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 You're not one of my sheep.

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 So this wasn't an issue

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 of needing more knowledge.

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 This was an issue

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 of a heart.

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 So Jesus poses this question

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 and it was clear

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 that the religious leaders

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 knew who John the Baptist was.

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 They had been present

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 at John the Baptist's ministry

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 going all the way back

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 to the beginning

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 as we find in John chapter 1,

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 verse 19.

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 It says,

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 and this is the testimony of John.

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 When the Jews

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 sent priests and Levites

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 from Jerusalem

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 to ask him,

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 who are you?

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 He confessed

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 and did not deny

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 but confessed,

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 I am not the Christ.

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 This is John the Baptist.

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 And the same group

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.399
 of religious leaders

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 sending their own representatives

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 out to John the Baptist

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 to ask this pointed question.

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 But John will continue

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:45.939
 to fill out the answer

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 in John chapter 1,

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 verses 29 to 34.

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 I'm not the Christ

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 but I'll tell you who is.

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 It says,

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 the next day,

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 he,

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 speaking of John the Baptist,

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 saw Jesus coming towards him

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.240
 and said,

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.840
 behold,

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:03.059
 the Lamb of God

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 who takes away

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.380
 the sin of the world.

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 There he is.

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:07.480
 After me comes a man

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 who ranks before me

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 because he was before me.

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 For this purpose,

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:14.120
 I came baptizing with water

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 that he might be revealed to Israel

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:18.639
 and I have borne witness

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:21.419
 that this is the Son of God.

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 There he is.

00:22:23.219 --> 00:22:24.239
 Without mistake,

00:22:24.979 --> 00:22:25.639
 as clearly

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.479
 and as directly

00:22:26.479 --> 00:22:27.339
 as you could be,

00:22:27.479 --> 00:22:28.179
 John the Baptist

00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:29.959
 gave witness

00:22:29.959 --> 00:22:30.679
 of the fact

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.819
 that Jesus was,

00:22:31.979 --> 00:22:32.439
 in fact,

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.699
 the Son of God.

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 He was the Lamb of God.

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 And these religious leaders

00:22:37.939 --> 00:22:38.319
 knew it.

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 They knew from the very beginning

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 and they had challenged Jesus

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.239
 throughout his ministry

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:44.460
 and the identity of Christ

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:45.980
 as being from heaven

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.819
 was clear.

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:49.319
 But they need to respond.

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.460
 So they have a little huddle.

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.180
 And in this little huddle,

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:55.039
 they're negotiating their answers.

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.079
 They're making sure

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:57.819
 they come up with the right answer.

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 If we say he's from heaven,

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 he will say,

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:02.180
 why did you not believe?

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:04.180
 But if we say from man,

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:06.220
 then all the people will stone us.

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.180
 So the answer,

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:10.099
 we do not know.

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:13.139
 Which was the lesser

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.899
 of two evils,

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.819
 perhaps.

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 But the answer they give

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.939
 still undermines

00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:20.159
 their credibility.

00:23:20.959 --> 00:23:22.599
 Because if the people

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 who are there,

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 the common folks,

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 as it were,

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:27.740
 who know who Jesus is

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:29.459
 and have appreciated

00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:31.000
 and come to understand

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:32.699
 the ministry of John the Baptist,

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.919
 if they know

00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:35.299
 where John came from,

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:36.099
 how is it

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:37.279
 that these spiritual

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.439
 religious leaders

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:39.980
 have no idea?

00:23:40.959 --> 00:23:41.639
 Their credibility

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.719
 is gone.

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 And while Jesus

00:23:44.919 --> 00:23:46.619
 would not answer

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.819
 their question directly,

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:51.139
 now he will provide them

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.740
 an answer

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.119
 through this parable

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.859
 that he shares

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:55.659
 that provides

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:57.279
 very clear information

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:59.679
 again on his identity.

00:24:00.679 --> 00:24:01.279
 This parable,

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:03.579
 we find in verses 9 to 16,

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.099
 help us understand

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:06.019
 that Jesus is claiming

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.719
 to be the son,

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:09.259
 the very son of God.

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.579
 Jesus is the son.

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:13.000
 Beginning in verse 9,

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.240
 it says,

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.059
 And he began to tell

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.039
 the people this parable.

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.879
 A man planted a vineyard

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 and led it out to tenants

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.279
 and went into another country

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.099
 for a long while.

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 When the time came,

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.420
 he sent a servant

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.200
 to the tenants

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.980
 so that they would give him

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.700
 some of the fruit

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.259
 of the vineyard.

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:30.140
 But the tenants beat him

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:31.680
 and sent him away

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.259
 empty-handed.

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:34.019
 And he sent another servant,

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:35.639
 but they also beat

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:37.000
 and treated him shamefully

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.480
 and sent him away

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.960
 empty-handed.

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:41.039
 And he sent yet a third.

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.759
 This one they also wounded

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.799
 and cast out.

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.720
 Then the owner of the vineyard

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.039
 said,

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:47.000
 What shall I do?

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:49.359
 I will send my beloved son.

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:51.440
 Perhaps they will respect him.

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.779
 But when the tenants saw him,

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:55.200
 they said to themselves,

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.519
 This is the heir.

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.920
 Let us kill him

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.099
 so that the inheritance

00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.859
 may be ours.

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:01.899
 And they threw him out

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.599
 of the vineyard

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.339
 and killed him.

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:05.859
 What then will the owner

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.919
 of the vineyard do to them?

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:08.119
 He will come

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.459
 and destroy those tenants

00:25:09.459 --> 00:25:10.740
 and give the vineyard

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.259
 to others.

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.839
 When they heard this,

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.339
 they said,

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.819
 Surely not.

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.319
 Of course,

00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:17.419
 the point of the parable

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:19.500
 and the pieces of the story

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.919
 are fairly clear.

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.859
 The nation of Israel

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:25.299
 was often related

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.319
 to a vineyard

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.259
 in the Old Testament.

00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:28.859
 We find that really prominently

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:30.819
 prominently in Isaiah chapter 5.

00:25:31.459 --> 00:25:34.240
 Isaiah 5 verses 1 and 5 and 7

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.299
 says this,

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:37.119
 Let me sing for my beloved

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.579
 my love song

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.599
 concerning his vineyard.

00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:42.119
 My beloved had a vineyard

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.599
 on a very fertile hill

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:45.159
 and now I will tell you

00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:46.459
 what I will do to my vineyard.

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.159
 I will remove its hedges

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:49.579
 and it shall be devoured.

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:51.359
 I will break down its walls

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.859
 and it shall be trampled down.

00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:54.000
 For the vineyard

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.159
 of the Lord of hosts

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:56.859
 is the house of Israel.

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.699
 And those religious leaders

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.819
 knew exactly

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:01.259
 when Jesus is speaking

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.180
 about this vineyard

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.220
 that he is relating

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.620
 this picture

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:06.559
 to the nation of Israel.

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.080
 And of course,

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.700
 the tenants

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.940
 of that vineyard

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.980
 were these religious leaders

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.500
 that God entrusted

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.779
 this vineyard to.

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.620
 They were supposed to care for it.

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.680
 They were supposed to tend it.

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.100
 And the servants

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:19.620
 who were sent to gather

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.600
 some of the fruit

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:21.279
 were the prophets.

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.460
 Those prophets

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.840
 that carried the instructions

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:25.240
 and commands of God.

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:27.359
 They came to yield

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:29.519
 or to benefit

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.240
 from the fruit

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.880
 of the vineyard.

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.599
 This life

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.460
 of the nation

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.019
 of Israel

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:35.839
 and the affections

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.440
 and the fruit

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:38.279
 of that nation.

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.559
 They came with a word

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.160
 from the owner.

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.500
 His instructions,

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.240
 his demands,

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.940
 but the tenants

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:45.240
 pushed them away.

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.299
 It's exactly

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.980
 what Jesus

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:49.759
 refers to

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:51.120
 throughout his public ministry

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:53.799
 about the normal response

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.939
 of the people

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:55.839
 of Israel,

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.919
 the tenants,

00:26:57.239 --> 00:26:57.739
 as it were,

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:59.139
 of the nation of Israel

00:26:59.139 --> 00:27:00.219
 to the instructions

00:27:00.219 --> 00:27:00.819
 and words

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.519
 from the prophets.

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.259
 Kind of crystallizes

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.119
 for us

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:05.319
 in Luke chapter 13

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.000
 verse 34

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.279
 where Jesus cries

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.979
 over the city.

00:27:08.979 --> 00:27:09.659
 Oh Jerusalem,

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.399
 Jerusalem,

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:12.039
 the city that kills

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.539
 the prophets

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.539
 and stones those

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.459
 who are sent to it.

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:15.519
 How often

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.199
 I would have gathered

00:27:16.199 --> 00:27:17.159
 your children together

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.699
 as a hen

00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:19.039
 gathers her brood

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.759
 under her wings

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:21.099
 and you were

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:22.640
 not willing.

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.400
 This is not only

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.940
 the testimony

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.759
 of Jerusalem,

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.420
 but Jerusalem

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.000
 that kind of

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:28.359
 represents the nation

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:29.099
 in totality,

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.480
 the heart and soul

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.099
 as it were

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.359
 of the people

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.900
 of Israel

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.839
 and the response

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:35.000
 especially here

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.319
 in the center

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.460
 where the religious leaders

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.420
 were helping

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.460
 to provide

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.319
 their leadership

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:41.019
 and authority.

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.660
 This was the center

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:44.019
 of resistance

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.900
 as it were

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.839
 from the word

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.480
 from the prophets.

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.819
 And finally,

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.599
 the owner

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.419
 sends the son

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:52.259
 and Jesus refers

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.939
 to this son

00:27:52.939 --> 00:27:53.759
 in the final part

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.480
 of this parable.

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.519
 And there's some

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:58.379
 enlightening things,

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.079
 some elements

00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:00.059
 that we find

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:01.779
 in this final section

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.319
 about the response

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.779
 of the tenants

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.379
 to the son.

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.700
 Notice,

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.319
 first of all,

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.299
 that the tenants

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.779
 recognize the son.

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:10.259
 They recognize the son.

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.319
 This is the heir,

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:11.839
 they say.

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:13.759
 They know who it is.

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.119
 They realize

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.579
 that he's not

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.559
 just another servant.

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:18.659
 It's clear to them.

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.859
 And so the plan

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:21.039
 that they have

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.139
 to remove him

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.240
 and to kill him

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.460
 is not a plan

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:26.059
 devised out of ignorance

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.119
 but out of knowledge.

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:29.379
 Out of knowing identity,

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:31.019
 they know the son

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.879
 and they're still

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.879
 going to carry out

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.639
 this plan.

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.639
 Next,

00:28:36.179 --> 00:28:36.700
 secondly,

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.539
 notice the insanity

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:40.079
 of their plan.

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:42.679
 let us kill him

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:44.659
 so that the inheritance

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:46.199
 may be ours.

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.460
 Now,

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:49.059
 in what universe

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:50.059
 would that actually

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.799
 be true?

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:53.159
 But that's what

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:54.919
 depraved minds do.

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.539
 Depraved minds

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.240
 and hearts

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.619
 turn reality

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.879
 and truth

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:02.159
 upside down.

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.960
 Rationality

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.000
 is removed.

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.819
 They convince themselves

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:08.079
 of an alternate reality

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.759
 reality.

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:09.500
 And by the way,

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.480
 that's what

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.619
 depraved hearts

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.299
 and minds

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:13.899
 do consistently.

00:29:15.439 --> 00:29:16.279
 We think,

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.859
 we're going to do

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.439
 our own thing.

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.460
 I want to have

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.960
 this inheritance

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.659
 for myself.

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.399
 I'm going to reject

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:24.720
 the clear

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.659
 marching orders

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:27.099
 of the Lord himself.

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.480
 And I'll be able

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.639
 to have what I want

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.379
 and I'll be able

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:30.839
 to get it

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.619
 and enjoy it.

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:33.399
 And our depraved minds

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:34.899
 create an alternate

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.679
 reality

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:37.240
 for us

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:38.200
 just like it did

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:40.140
 for the tenets

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.000
 of this parable.

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:43.960
 No, actually,

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.860
 the opposite

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.480
 is going to happen.

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:47.180
 You're not going

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.440
 to be able

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.200
 to have the inheritance.

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.799
 There are consequences

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.460
 that are coming.

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.360
 And so Jesus poses

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.960
 the question

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.500
 to the crowd.

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.299
 He says,

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.160
 what then will

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.660
 the owner

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:57.019
 of the vineyard do?

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.900
 And in our passage

00:29:58.900 --> 00:30:00.299
 here in

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:02.519
 the Gospel of Luke,

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.900
 Jesus will answer

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.780
 that question,

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.780
 provide the answer

00:30:05.780 --> 00:30:06.560
 to that question

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:07.360
 in verse 19.

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.780
 Excuse me.

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.160
 Verse 16.

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.240
 He will come

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.940
 and destroy

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.900
 those tenants

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.740
 and give the vineyard

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.340
 to others.

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.940
 In Matthew's account,

00:30:18.040 --> 00:30:19.259
 we find that the crowd

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.560
 actually responds

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.660
 to the question.

00:30:22.280 --> 00:30:24.140
 Matthew chapter 21,

00:30:24.300 --> 00:30:24.940
 verse 41,

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.320
 it says,

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.500
 they said to him,

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.540
 he will put those

00:30:27.540 --> 00:30:28.720
 wretches to a miserable

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.259
 death

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:31.000
 and let out the vineyard

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.720
 to other tenants

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:33.039
 who will give him

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.380
 the fruits of the season.

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.000
 Now, which is it?

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.100
 The answer is,

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.500
 both.

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:39.860
 Jesus asks the question

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.500
 to the crowd

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.960
 and the answer

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:43.100
 is so obvious,

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.579
 the crowd responds.

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.880
 And Jesus reinforces

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.500
 the truth

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.960
 by reiterating it

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.559
 and saying,

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.279
 yes,

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.200
 that's exactly

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.319
 what's going to happen.

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.259
 But then we get

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.480
 this response

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:57.380
 from another group

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.960
 of individuals.

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.220
 And while the text

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.600
 in Luke is not clear,

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:02.659
 I think this group

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.379
 of representatives

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:03.859
 that says,

00:31:04.219 --> 00:31:05.359
 certainly not,

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.419
 is the group

00:31:06.419 --> 00:31:07.599
 of religious leaders

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.719
 who understands

00:31:08.719 --> 00:31:09.740
 that this parable

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:11.179
 is exactly directed

00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:11.639
 to them.

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:13.899
 Notice in verse 19

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:15.119
 of Luke chapter 20,

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.839
 the scribes

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:18.500
 and the chief priests

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.980
 sought to lay hands

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.459
 on him

00:31:20.459 --> 00:31:21.799
 at that very hour

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.740
 for they perceived

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.980
 that he had told

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.819
 this parable

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.819
 against them.

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:28.039
 Have you ever had

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:30.119
 somebody share a story?

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.179
 And you knew

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:32.079
 that they built you

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.919
 into that story

00:31:32.919 --> 00:31:33.659
 to prove a point?

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.839
 You ever have that happen?

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.899
 I used to go

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.619
 to a church

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.839
 where the pastor

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.639
 would often

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:41.439
 share little stories

00:31:41.439 --> 00:31:41.959
 and you wonder,

00:31:42.179 --> 00:31:42.399
 okay,

00:31:42.459 --> 00:31:43.000
 I wonder who he

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:44.359
 talked to this week.

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:44.899
 I wonder who

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.879
 that was about.

00:31:46.179 --> 00:31:46.959
 And that's what

00:31:46.959 --> 00:31:48.219
 Jesus is doing here,

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.779
 by the way.

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.480
 Jesus is telling

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.299
 this story

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.399
 and as Jesus,

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.439
 as this story

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:54.139
 is unfolding,

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.279
 these scribes

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.119
 and these Pharisees

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:57.379
 know exactly

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.359
 who he's talking about.

00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:00.419
 And so their response

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:02.419
 is surely not,

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.639
 which was different

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:05.459
 from the obvious response

00:32:05.459 --> 00:32:06.699
 of what the crowd says,

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.819
 he's going to kill

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.519
 those wretches.

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:10.039
 He's going to turn this over

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.240
 to a new group of tenants.

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:13.399
 That's the obvious answer.

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.779
 And in this response,

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.740
 surely not,

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:19.259
 this is the strongest negative

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.519
 in the Greek language.

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.979
 Certainly not.

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:23.079
 This cannot happen.

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:24.699
 They reject

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:26.319
 the parable

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.939
 and the parable giver,

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.699
 his authority to teach,

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.399
 his authority

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:31.500
 to claim

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:33.339
 this instructional

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.699
 authority over them.

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.539
 And this emphatic

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.139
 rejection

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:39.000
 from this religious group

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:40.379
 now turns

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:41.799
 into this final response

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.699
 we find from Jesus

00:32:42.699 --> 00:32:44.599
 in verses 17 to 18

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:46.039
 where the son

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:47.099
 becomes a stone.

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:49.279
 Jesus is

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:50.139
 the stone.

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.599
 He's the stone.

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:53.379
 Notice

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:54.779
 verse 17.

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.399
 He looked directly

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:56.939
 at them.

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.039
 Their response,

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.079
 certainly not.

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.219
 Jesus looks at them.

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.679
 You can see

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:05.179
 this look of intensity.

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:06.199
 You can see

00:33:06.199 --> 00:33:07.259
 this look of authority.

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.439
 You can see

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:09.500
 this look of urgency.

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.779
 Jesus wants

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.859
 to get the message

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.179
 through

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:13.039
 because if they don't

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.859
 get this message,

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.699
 they're not going

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:15.439
 to be getting anything.

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.799
 He says,

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:19.480
 what then

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.839
 is this

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.519
 that is written?

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.240
 The stone

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.899
 that the builders

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.419
 rejected

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.240
 has become

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.960
 the cornerstone.

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.940
 Everyone who falls

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.779
 on that stone

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.720
 will be broken

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.299
 to pieces

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.740
 and when it

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:33.019
 falls on anyone,

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.519
 it will crush them.

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.579
 Jesus is

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.720
 creating this

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.940
 strong rebuke

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.500
 and warning

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.680
 for this group

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.500
 of religious leaders.

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:44.119
 This inescapable

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:44.859
 reality

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:46.000
 of the son's

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.479
 presence

00:33:46.479 --> 00:33:47.740
 who is here.

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.099
 And Jesus

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:50.139
 will use

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.899
 and draw

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:52.000
 this verse

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:53.399
 out of Psalm 118

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:54.799
 verses 22

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.459
 and 23

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:56.579
 which says,

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.179
 the stone

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:57.719
 that the builders

00:33:57.719 --> 00:33:58.199
 rejected

00:33:58.199 --> 00:33:58.799
 has become

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.839
 the cornerstone.

00:34:00.159 --> 00:34:01.139
 This is the Lord's

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:01.459
 doing.

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.579
 It is marvelous

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.919
 in our eyes.

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.619
 And what's fascinating

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:07.179
 about the Hebrew

00:34:07.179 --> 00:34:08.420
 of this verse

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.579
 is the word stone

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.699
 is the word eben.

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.619
 The word son

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.679
 is the word ben.

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:15.259
 like Benjamin.

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:17.000
 It's a play on words

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.819
 I really believe

00:34:17.819 --> 00:34:19.159
 where Jesus

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:20.079
 as the son

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:21.679
 as ben the son

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.679
 is helping them

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.039
 understand

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:24.059
 he's also the stone

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.440
 of ben.

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.899
 He's the one

00:34:25.899 --> 00:34:26.599
 who will crush them.

00:34:27.399 --> 00:34:28.259
 He's the stone

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:28.779
 who will come

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.339
 and ultimately

00:34:29.339 --> 00:34:31.480
 be the force

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.679
 that destroys them

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.379
 if they continue

00:34:33.379 --> 00:34:34.399
 to reject.

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.899
 Jesus wants them

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:37.500
 to understand

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.179
 the seriousness

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:39.019
 of the decisions

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.639
 that they're making.

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.139
 And interestingly

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:42.319
 he draws this

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:44.180
 out of Psalm 118

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:45.559
 which had just

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.260
 been spoken

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:47.460
 two days before

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:49.100
 in his triumphal entry.

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.820
 In Psalm 118

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:52.240
 notice in verse 26

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.720
 it says

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.800
 blessed is he

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.320
 who comes

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.760
 in the name

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.180
 of the Lord.

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.500
 We have blessed you

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.500
 from the house

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.500
 of the Lord.

00:34:59.140 --> 00:34:59.680
 This verse

00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:00.200
 that comes

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:02.039
 after the stone

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.680
 that the builders

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.220
 rejected.

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:05.740
 Jesus I believe

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.680
 is trying to help

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.780
 realign

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:09.380
 and reassemble

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:11.340
 this chronology

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.200
 in the minds

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:13.040
 of the hearers

00:35:13.040 --> 00:35:14.320
 so they understand

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.100
 the stone

00:35:15.100 --> 00:35:15.800
 will first

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.760
 be rejected

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:18.120
 before the stone

00:35:18.120 --> 00:35:19.120
 will ever come

00:35:19.120 --> 00:35:19.660
 in triumph.

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.340
 Similar to what

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.820
 we find

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:24.500
 in 1 Peter

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.180
 chapter 1

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:26.340
 verses 10

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.820
 and 11

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:28.700
 concerning the salvation

00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:29.200
 the prophets

00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:29.940
 who prophesied

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:31.180
 about the grace

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:32.040
 that was to be yours

00:35:32.040 --> 00:35:32.920
 searched inquired

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:34.600
 carefully inquiring

00:35:34.600 --> 00:35:36.000
 what person

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.800
 or time

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.239
 the spirit

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:37.699
 of Christ

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:38.199
 in them

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:39.199
 was indicating

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.079
 when he predicted

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.980
 the sufferings

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.519
 of Christ

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.860
 and the subsequent

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.400
 glories.

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.320
 The suffering

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:45.260
 would come first

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:46.079
 the rejection

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:47.019
 would come first

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:48.119
 and then the conquering

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:49.039
 then the victory

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.900
 then the triumph.

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.079
 Jesus is trying

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.559
 to help them

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.079
 understand

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:54.599
 he is the son

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.599
 but he's also

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.760
 this stone.

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.280
 The implications

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.820
 of course

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.760
 are inescapable

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:01.460
 and this has been

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:01.880
 taken

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:04.139
 a couple

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.820
 of different ways

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.380
 but I think

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.300
 it's best to see

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.260
 that both

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:08.619
 the stumbling

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.720
 on the stone

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.860
 and the falling

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.619
 of the stone

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:13.039
 refer to the same thing

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.880
 and that is

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.539
 the rejection

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.880
 of the stone.

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.300
 The stone

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:17.860
 that the builders

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.400
 rejected

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.420
 and then Jesus

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.079
 phrases it

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.680
 in this way

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:22.539
 about stumbling

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.260
 on the stone

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:24.000
 you'll be broken

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.539
 to pieces

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.760
 and the stone

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:27.160
 falling on you

00:36:27.160 --> 00:36:27.980
 you'll be crushed

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.680
 to pieces.

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:30.720
 Both this active

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.820
 and passive

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.780
 rejection

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.780
 rejection

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.120
 of Christ

00:36:34.120 --> 00:36:34.780
 the stone

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.400
 the stone

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.620
 both an active

00:36:36.620 --> 00:36:37.320
 and passive

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.860
 rejection

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.820
 of the stone

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.320
 will lead

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:39.960
 to destruction.

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.720
 You will either

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.380
 be broken

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.460
 into pieces

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:45.140
 by falling

00:36:45.140 --> 00:36:46.080
 onto the stone

00:36:46.080 --> 00:36:47.740
 or you'll be

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:48.820
 crushed to pieces

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:50.040
 by the stone

00:36:50.040 --> 00:36:51.680
 falling on you.

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:53.160
 In both cases

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:54.320
 there is rejection.

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:56.240
 In both cases

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:57.200
 there is

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:58.100
 destruction.

00:36:59.300 --> 00:37:00.040
 This crushing

00:37:00.040 --> 00:37:00.600
 stone

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.500
 of course

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:02.039
 I believe

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.619
 is also

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.940
 drawn out

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.819
 and symbolized

00:37:04.819 --> 00:37:05.400
 for us

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.559
 in Daniel

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.219
 chapter 2

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:08.139
 the dream

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.460
 of Nebuchadnezzar

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.299
 and you remember

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:11.400
 that it was Daniel

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.299
 who talked about

00:37:12.299 --> 00:37:12.940
 Jesus

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:14.039
 the son of man

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.799
 who is seated

00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.380
 on his throne

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.819
 and Jesus

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.739
 has just

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:18.159
 drawn that out

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.920
 and applied that

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.519
 to himself

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:21.179
 in this march

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:22.460
 up from Jericho

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.139
 to Jerusalem

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:24.599
 he's the son of man

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.299
 and now

00:37:25.299 --> 00:37:26.139
 we find

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.940
 this stone

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:28.319
 that's pictured

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:28.860
 here

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:30.260
 a stone

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:31.140
 that will

00:37:31.140 --> 00:37:32.740
 break in pieces

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:33.599
 the image

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.680
 of bronze

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.360
 and gold

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.740
 and the nations

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.800
 that they represent

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:39.640
 and we find

00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:41.019
 that Jesus

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:42.519
 is that stone

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.519
 just as you saw

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.539
 that a stone

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.559
 was cut from the mountain

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.099
 it says

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:47.780
 by no human hand

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:49.120
 and that it broke

00:37:49.120 --> 00:37:49.880
 in pieces

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.539
 the iron

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.220
 the bronze

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:51.720
 the clay

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.300
 the silver

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.360
 and the gold

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:54.900
 a great God

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.960
 has made known

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.579
 to the king

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.579
 what shall be

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.260
 after this

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:59.380
 the dream

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.860
 is certain

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:01.220
 and its interpretation

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:02.380
 is sure

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:03.300
 Jesus

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:04.540
 son of man

00:38:04.540 --> 00:38:05.820
 is the breaking

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:07.420
 crushing stone

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:08.460
 submit

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.400
 and yield

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.620
 to the sun

00:38:10.620 --> 00:38:11.340
 to the stone

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:14.900
 so we come

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.640
 to this question

00:38:15.640 --> 00:38:16.540
 that we started with

00:38:16.540 --> 00:38:18.680
 who do you think

00:38:18.680 --> 00:38:19.360
 you are

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:21.360
 who do you think

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.880
 you are

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:24.140
 and we all need

00:38:24.140 --> 00:38:24.960
 to ask

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.620
 and answer

00:38:25.620 --> 00:38:26.420
 that question

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.539
 for ourselves

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:29.079
 is there another

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.980
 solution

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:31.840
 response to the stone

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.960
 we can stumble

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.720
 on the stone

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.360
 the stone

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.240
 can fall on us

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:36.780
 is there another way

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.340
 and I think

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:39.059
 that is also clear

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:40.420
 in 1 Peter chapter 2

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:42.619
 1 Peter chapter 2

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:44.260
 verses 4 to 6

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:44.920
 says this

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.820
 as you come

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:45.820


00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.220
 to him

00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:48.119
 a living stone

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:50.380
 rejected by men

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.059
 but in the sight

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.460
 of God

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.340
 chosen and precious

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:54.220
 you yourselves

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:55.360
 like living stones

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.380
 are being built up

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:58.180
 as a spiritual house

00:38:58.180 --> 00:39:00.159
 to be a holy priesthood

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.700
 to offer

00:39:00.700 --> 00:39:02.300
 spiritual sacrifices

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:03.220
 acceptable to God

00:39:03.220 --> 00:39:04.500
 through Jesus Christ

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:06.360
 for it stands

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.880
 in scripture

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.380
 behold

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:08.220
 I am laying

00:39:08.220 --> 00:39:09.159
 in Zion

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:10.460
 a stone

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:12.139
 a cornerstone

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:14.239
 chosen and precious

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:16.079
 and whoever believes

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.519
 in him

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.900
 will not be put

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.679
 to shame

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:21.480
 how are you responding

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.359
 to the stone

00:39:22.359 --> 00:39:23.299
 the elect

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:24.299
 and precious

00:39:24.299 --> 00:39:25.259
 and chosen

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:26.199
 stone

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.839
 the son

00:39:26.839 --> 00:39:27.739
 of God

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:29.480
 are you

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.879
 bowing

00:39:30.879 --> 00:39:31.599
 your heart

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.299
 your life

00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:33.000
 your knee

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.960
 to worship

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.819
 the son

00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:35.359
 Jesus

00:39:35.359 --> 00:39:35.879
 have you

00:39:35.879 --> 00:39:37.279
 have you acknowledged

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:38.179
 and confessed

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.699
 your sin

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:39.819
 have you submitted

00:39:39.819 --> 00:39:40.400
 to him

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.179
 as the one

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:42.219
 who is master

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:43.079
 over your life

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:44.519
 have you embraced

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.339
 him as the

00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:46.259
 as the precious

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:47.119
 stone

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:48.480
 and then

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:49.219
 what's

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:50.500
 what's fascinating

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.279
 about this

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:52.219
 symbolism

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:53.139
 that we find

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.819
 in first Peter

00:39:53.819 --> 00:39:54.239
 is that

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:55.039
 is now a

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.639
 kingdom

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.819
 becomes a household

00:39:56.819 --> 00:39:58.500
 a household

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:58.899
 now

00:39:58.899 --> 00:40:00.159
 of living stones

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.899
 that are assembled

00:40:00.899 --> 00:40:01.419
 together

00:40:01.419 --> 00:40:02.239
 and assembled

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:03.639
 with Jesus

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.339
 as the

00:40:04.339 --> 00:40:05.980
 living cornerstone

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.559
 the chief

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.480
 cornerstone

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.359
 is your life

00:40:08.359 --> 00:40:09.539
 built on him

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.239
 is your life

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:11.319
 aligned to his

00:40:11.319 --> 00:40:11.859
 standards

00:40:11.859 --> 00:40:12.759
 is your life

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.500
 understanding

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.399
 the significance

00:40:14.399 --> 00:40:15.939
 of his

00:40:15.939 --> 00:40:16.919
 not only influence

00:40:16.919 --> 00:40:17.359
 but also

00:40:17.359 --> 00:40:18.019
 authority

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:19.119
 over you

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:20.619
 have you

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.279
 believed in him

00:40:21.279 --> 00:40:22.739
 are you pursuing

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:23.079
 him

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:24.779
 are you seeking

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:25.899
 to know

00:40:25.899 --> 00:40:27.319
 in love

00:40:27.319 --> 00:40:28.500
 in worship

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.339
 in fellowship

00:40:29.339 --> 00:40:29.859
 with

00:40:29.859 --> 00:40:31.419
 the son

00:40:31.419 --> 00:40:32.759
 because this

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:33.399
 assembled

00:40:33.399 --> 00:40:34.479
 household

00:40:34.479 --> 00:40:35.219
 is a

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:35.819
 place

00:40:35.819 --> 00:40:36.599
 of worship

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:38.380
 and so

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:39.059
 as living

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.599
 stones

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.159
 we're being

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.659
 assembled

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.319
 as the

00:40:41.319 --> 00:40:41.699
 household

00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:42.199
 of God

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:43.000
 which means

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.279
 the

00:40:43.279 --> 00:40:43.719
 the

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:44.460
 the center

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.880
 of

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.339
 of our

00:40:45.339 --> 00:40:45.900
 existence

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.779
 is worship

00:40:46.779 --> 00:40:47.480
 and devotion

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.980
 to him

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:52.199
 is that how

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:52.599
 you would

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:54.119
 evaluate your

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.460
 life

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.920
 is it how

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.319
 you would

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:57.299
 provide a

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:59.000
 an inventory

00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:00.019
 of this past

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.380
 week

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:01.559
 the things

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:01.960
 that really

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.339
 matter

00:41:02.339 --> 00:41:03.179
 for you

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:04.859
 is it that

00:41:04.859 --> 00:41:06.099
 the worship

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.679
 of God

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:07.639
 and placing

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.059
 him

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:09.419
 as center

00:41:09.419 --> 00:41:10.419
 this living

00:41:10.419 --> 00:41:10.980
 stone

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:13.339
 is that

00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:14.379
 how you can

00:41:14.379 --> 00:41:14.859
 be characterized

00:41:14.859 --> 00:41:18.319
 Jesus offers

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:19.819
 for us

00:41:19.819 --> 00:41:20.759
 in this final

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.159
 week

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:22.139
 a

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:23.539
 a beautiful

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.379
 clear picture

00:41:24.379 --> 00:41:24.639
 of his

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.219
 identity

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:28.179
 he is

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:29.119
 the son

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:30.619
 he is

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.139
 the stone

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:32.639
 he is

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.000
 the one

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.279
 who is

00:41:33.279 --> 00:41:33.679
 sent from

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:33.960
 heaven

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.719
 so he has

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.339
 all authority

00:41:35.339 --> 00:41:36.379
 but he's

00:41:36.379 --> 00:41:36.799
 also the

00:41:36.799 --> 00:41:37.079
 savior

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:38.579
 have you

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.079
 experienced

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.719
 and enjoyed

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:40.980
 the saving

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:42.179
 power of

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:42.400
 God

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.259
 who came

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.699
 to seek

00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:43.980
 and to

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.319
 save

00:41:44.319 --> 00:41:45.079
 the lost

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.819
 and

00:41:45.819 --> 00:41:47.239
 as those

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:47.920
 who love

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.819
 the savior

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:50.739
 have a

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:51.059
 mission

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.940
 to make

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.319
 the savior

00:41:52.319 --> 00:41:52.699
 known

00:41:52.699 --> 00:41:53.879
 may God

00:41:53.879 --> 00:41:54.279
 help us

00:41:54.279 --> 00:41:54.859
 this week

00:41:54.859 --> 00:41:55.920
 as we

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.379
 grow in

00:41:56.379 --> 00:41:56.859
 our affection

00:41:56.859 --> 00:41:57.900
 for the

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.519
 elect

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.440
 and precious

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.279
 chief

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:01.280
 cornerstone

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:03.000
 oh lord

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.500
 we thank

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:03.820
 you

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:05.300
 for making

00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:05.740
 it so

00:42:05.740 --> 00:42:06.120
 clear

00:42:06.120 --> 00:42:07.760
 thank you

00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:08.160
 for your

00:42:08.160 --> 00:42:08.700
 bold

00:42:08.700 --> 00:42:10.000
 sacrificial

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:11.260
 ministry

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:11.820
 there in

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.180
 Jerusalem

00:42:12.180 --> 00:42:12.980
 even in

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.300
 this

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:14.100
 final

00:42:14.100 --> 00:42:14.860
 week

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.620
 of life

00:42:15.620 --> 00:42:16.380
 you did

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:16.960
 not run

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.340
 you did

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:17.960
 not hide

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.280
 you did

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:18.900
 not bide

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.620
 your time

00:42:19.620 --> 00:42:20.420
 out in

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:21.260
 the outskirts

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:22.260
 in the

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:23.680
 the byways

00:42:23.680 --> 00:42:24.580
 and in

00:42:24.580 --> 00:42:25.360
 hills of

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:25.780
 Jerusalem

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:26.100
 but you

00:42:26.100 --> 00:42:26.460
 were right

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:26.760
 in the

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:27.080
 center

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:28.719
 that

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:29.039
 living

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.360
 word

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:29.559
 that

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:29.739
 made

00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:30.079
 its

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.900
 way

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.179
 so

00:42:31.179 --> 00:42:31.900
 accessibly

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:33.000
 to

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.239
 your

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:33.639
 people

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:34.880
 and

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:35.019
 God

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.139
 I

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.400
 pray

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:35.699
 that

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:36.219
 that

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:36.480
 our

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.159
 response

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:37.420
 to

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:37.599
 the

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:37.819
 living

00:42:37.819 --> 00:42:38.319
 stone

00:42:38.319 --> 00:42:39.000
 would

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.279
 not

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.460
 be

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.639
 to

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.059
 stumble

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.380
 on

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:40.639
 it

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:41.539
 would

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:41.759
 not

00:42:41.759 --> 00:42:41.960
 be

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.159
 for

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:42.299
 it

00:42:42.299 --> 00:42:42.440
 to

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:42.799
 crush

00:42:42.799 --> 00:42:43.239
 us

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:44.099
 but

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.319
 for

00:42:44.319 --> 00:42:44.619
 us

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:44.960
 to

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.259
 bow

00:42:45.259 --> 00:42:45.500
 our

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:45.880
 hearts

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.380
 before

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:46.719
 you

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:47.380
 to

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:47.559
 be

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.039
 broken

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:49.219
 before

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.619
 you

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.860
 and

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.039
 to

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.460
 accept

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:51.619
 and

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:51.980
 receive

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.219
 you

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:52.659
 as

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:53.799
 the

00:42:53.799 --> 00:42:54.139
 savior

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:55.039
 to

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.579
 believe

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:56.239
 on

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:56.559
 you

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.059
 as

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.279
 this

00:42:57.279 --> 00:42:57.519
 living

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:57.859
 stone

00:42:57.859 --> 00:42:59.199
 and

00:42:59.199 --> 00:42:59.359
 may

00:42:59.359 --> 00:42:59.500
 we

00:42:59.500 --> 00:42:59.599
 as

00:42:59.599 --> 00:42:59.719
 your

00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:00.059
 people

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.980
 be

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.319
 characterized

00:43:01.319 --> 00:43:01.799
 by

00:43:01.799 --> 00:43:02.259
 worship

00:43:02.259 --> 00:43:02.960
 the

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:03.299
 household

00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:03.519
 of

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:03.799
 God

00:43:03.799 --> 00:43:04.559
 this

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:04.920
 living

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:05.139
 these

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.399
 living

00:43:05.399 --> 00:43:05.960
 stones

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:06.759
 together

00:43:06.759 --> 00:43:07.460
 with

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:07.960
 purpose

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.599
 of

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:08.980
 devotion

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.199
 and

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:09.420
 worship

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:09.599
 to

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:09.799
 you

00:43:09.799 --> 00:43:10.639
 may

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:10.779
 that

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:10.920
 be

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.139
 true

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:11.279
 of

00:43:11.279 --> 00:43:11.440
 us

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.619
 Lord

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:11.759
 I

00:43:11.759 --> 00:43:11.980
 pray

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.839
 in

00:43:12.839 --> 00:43:13.059
 Jesus

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.420
 name

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:13.839
 amen

00:43:13.839 --> 00:43:14.899
 God

00:43:14.899 --> 00:43:15.139
 bless

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.259
 you

00:43:15.259 --> 00:43:15.500
 have

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:15.579
 a

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:15.699
 great

00:43:15.699 --> 00:43:16.000
 week