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 One of my favorite Old Testament stories is about the life of Joseph, and I'm going to

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 guess that's a popular one among our church family.

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 If you're familiar with it, then you know the story begins with Joseph living comfortably

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 at home.

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 He's the favored son of his father.

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 Well, we soon learn in Genesis 37 that he had a dream of how he was going to one day be

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 elevated to a position of power and glory over even his family.

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 Joseph had 10 brothers.

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 They were jealous for many reasons.

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 He was the favored son.

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 But they hated him even more after he told them about that dream.

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 Well, Joseph's jealous brothers, their hatred was such that they wanted to kill him, or at

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 least they talked about killing him.

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 But some of the more, I'd say, less violent ones talked them out of it, and they sort of,

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 I guess you might say, to reach the compromise, they sold him into slavery in Egypt.

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 Well, as a slave in Egypt, Joseph demonstrated he was really a man of faith.

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 Joseph is really in the Old Testament and all the Bible, one of the great men of uncompromising

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 faith and trust and confidence in God.

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 And he was put to the test being sold in slavery in a foreign country.

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 But he was faithful to God in the way that he lived.

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 And he was faithful in the circumstances to serve his master, his owner, as faithfully as he could.

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 Well, it was noticed.

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 He was such a man of integrity that his owner put him in charge of everything he owned.

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 But somewhere along the way, he was falsely accused of a crime against his owner's wife

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 and unjustly thrown into prison.

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 Now, as a man in prison, formerly a slave, you would think he's hit rock bottom.

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 He's just going to give up, pray to die.

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 But he didn't.

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 He was faithful as a man of God, a man of integrity in the prison.

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 And he was even put in charge of some things in the prison.

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 Well, about 17 years after his downward spiral began with being sold into slavery,

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 Joseph's dream came true.

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 God elevated him to a place of real power and glory, second in command over all Egypt.

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 Now, this eventually led to his brothers who came to Egypt looking for food.

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 bowing down before him, just like he had said in the dream.

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 Now, from that position of power and glory, Joseph saved his family from starvation

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 and saved or preserved, what you might say, the foundation for the future nature, future nation of Israel.

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 Because the people of Israel came from Joseph's family.

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 Now, that is certainly an unlikely sounding path to a position of power and glory, isn't it?

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 But if you know the story of Joseph, it was all planned.

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 That was by God's design.

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 He didn't make those brothers hate him and set him into slavery.

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 But God used what they did to accomplish his good purpose, the ultimate good of Joseph, his family,

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 and through the nation of Israel and Jesus, all the world.

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 Now, Joseph lets us know he understood all that happened to him, good and bad.

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 It was a part of God's plan.

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 He makes it known in what has really become a memorable statement to his brothers toward the end of the book of Genesis.

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 He looked at his brothers and he said,

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 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good,

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 to bring it about that many people should be kept alive as they are today.

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 Now, what I want us to think about now is that Joseph's path to glory is really not all that unusual.

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 More often than not, that's how God works in the lives of his people, including his son, Jesus.

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 We saw in last week's study, Philippians chapter 2, verses 5 through 8,

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 that Jesus has always existed as the son of God in glory in heaven.

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 He did not, his origins are not, cannot be traced to the stable in Bethlehem.

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 He left the glory of heaven to be born into this world.

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 He humbled himself to become a man, to become a slave, to become a prisoner who was actually executed by crucifixion,

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 the most humiliating, degrading, and torturous death that the Romans could think up in the first century.

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 Today, I want us to look at how God elevated Jesus, exalted Jesus to the highest position in all the universe.

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 The position of power and glory over all things, following his humbling himself.

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 Turn, if you would, to Philippians chapter 2.

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 Philippians 2.

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 And what I want us to do is read what we looked at last week, verses 5 through 8,

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 where we see Jesus starting out in heaven, equal with God, fully God,

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 but he didn't hold on to it.

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 He didn't just use it for himself.

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 He laid aside that glory for us.

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 Let's look at it.

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 Philippians chapter 2, beginning in verse 5.

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 After he had told them, told these church people just like us,

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 to do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility, count each other more significant than yourself,

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 that each of you look not only to his own interests, but also the interests of others.

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 How in the world are we going to do that?

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 Well, he tells us,

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 have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

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 who, though he was in the form of God,

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 he's always existed.

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 He's divine, the Son of God.

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 Did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

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 or a thing to be held on to,

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 or a thing to be used just for himself or his own advantage,

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 but emptied himself,

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 laid aside that glory.

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 He didn't cease to be God,

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 but he didn't use what he had for just himself.

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 But he emptied himself by taking the form of a servant,

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 a slave,

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 being born in the likeness of men,

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 and being found in human form,

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 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,

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 even death on a cross,

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 shameful, degrading, torturous.

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 That's what we looked at last week.

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 But look on in verse 9,

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 therefore, as a result of Christ humbling himself like he did,

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 God has highly exalted him

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 and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

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 so that the name of Jesus,

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 every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

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 to the glory of God the Father.

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 As we go through this passage,

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 I want you to think,

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 grasp hold of this idea.

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 The path of Jesus,

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 that was the path of Joseph,

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 and it's the path of you and me as Christians.

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 Paul wants us to see that.

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 He wants us to see in this.

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 So he's writing to a church.

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 There's some problems with unity in the church.

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 He's trying to help them to see,

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 humble yourself,

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 love one another,

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 serve one another.

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 Don't just look out for yourself.

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 And he points to Jesus.

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 Have this attitude.

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 But then,

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 in verse 9,

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 he's pointing out,

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 if you humble yourself,

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 one day God will make it worthwhile.

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 For just as he raised up his son,

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 lifted him from that lowly position,

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 one day he will lift you up.

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 The Bible makes it clear,

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 this is God's normal way.

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 I want you to look at what is said in Romans 8,

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 verses 16 and 17.

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 Paul writes,

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 the Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit

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 that we're children of God,

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 and if children,

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 then heirs.

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 Heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,

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 provided we suffer with Him,

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 in order that we may also be glorified with Him.

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 Think about what he's saying there.

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 He's talking about how God calls us to be

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 sacrificially faithful,

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 even suffer.

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 But that's not the end of the story.

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 There's a time coming,

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 it may be in heaven only for most of us,

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 but that'll be for eternity.

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 But the time is coming

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 when we,

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 you and me,

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 will be glorified with Jesus.

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 Peter says it like this,

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 humble yourselves therefore

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 under the mighty hand of God,

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 so that at the proper time,

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 He may exalt you.

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 What we're going to look at this morning

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 is not some isolated thought

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 about Christians being honored,

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 exalted,

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 lifted up,

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 elevated,

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 blessed by God.

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 It's found throughout the New Testament

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 as an incentive to you and me.

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 Live the Christian life

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 as a faithful follower of Jesus,

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 and it may cost you.

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 You may suffer physically.

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 You may not make all the money

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 that you have the ability to make

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 if you follow the path

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 that God lays out for you.

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 You may not be as popular

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 as you would like to be

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 and maybe could be

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 if you took the wrong direction.

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 The Christian life,

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 regardless of what Joel Osteen

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 and other positive thinkers say,

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 the Christian life is not

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 your best life now.

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 Most,

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 I have to watch myself.

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 The most utterly ridiculous

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 book title by a Christian

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 that I can think of,

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 everything that the Bible says

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 is contrary to the idea.

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 This life and this world

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 is our best life.

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 The best is yet to come.

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 And what we're looking at this morning

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 is a guarantee

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 that just as God raised Jesus up

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 from his lowly position

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 that he chose

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 to serve God's purpose,

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 he will raise us up

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 one day.

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 Let's do a quick review.

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 I mean a quick review

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 of what we looked at last week.

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 Number one,

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 we looked last week

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 we need to look at Jesus

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 as the ultimate model

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 for what it means

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 to be unselfish.

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 He is the ultimate model.

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 And it begins by developing

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 an unselfish attitude.

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 It all begins with our mind,

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 our thinking,

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 our attitude.

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 If you haven't read it,

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 look in this week's newsletter.

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 A great article

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 by Chuck Swindoll

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 on the importance of attitude,

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 the power of attitude,

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 and the fact that we choose

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 our attitude.

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 Last week we looked also

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 at number B.

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 We must not hold tightly

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 to all of our rights.

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 And I emphasized last week,

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 we're talking about

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 we can't hold on to our rights

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 as brothers and sisters

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 living and working together

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 in this church.

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 We can't hold on

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 to all of our rights at home.

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 and have a healthy family.

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 We're not talking about

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 never using your rights

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 as an American citizen

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 or at your company

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 or in other settings.

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 The Apostle Paul

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 insisted upon his rights

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 as a Roman citizen

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 on several occasions

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 recorded in the book of Acts

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 to save himself

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 from beatings,

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 from imprisonment,

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 and what would have been death.

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 We don't have to give up

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 all of our rights

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 and just be a doormat

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 to the world.

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 That's not what this passage

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 is talking about.

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 That's not what Jesus did.

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 But we are called

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 to humble ourselves

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 in this family of faith

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 and serve one another.

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 Don't think of anybody

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 better than you.

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 Don't think of yourself

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 being better than anyone.

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 And certainly not in the home.

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 You know,

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 I've talked about,

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 you know,

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 we can't think of ourselves

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 as kings and queens at home.

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 But here's the thought.

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 So I've had more feedback

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 about that than anything.

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 If you,

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 as a husband,

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 if you want

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 to think of your wife

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 and treat her like a queen,

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 good for you.

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 Ladies,

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 you can't demand it.

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 If a husband,

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 love your wife

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 as Jesus loved the church,

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 Paul says.

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 If you want to think of her

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 as a queen,

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 treat her that way.

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 Ladies,

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 if you want to think

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 of your husband

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 as a king

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 and treat him like that,

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 good for you.

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 When I said that

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 in the first service,

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 I looked at Jesus,

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 I looked at Lisa

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 and she said,

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 uh-uh,

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 just like that.

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 She wasn't going to do it.

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 It's a thought,

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 but it's not going to happen.

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 We can't demand

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 our own rights,

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 but consider yourself

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 blessed

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 if there are people

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 in your life

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 who sacrificially

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 show their love

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 to you.

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 Number three,

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 we looked at last week,

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 we must humble ourselves

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 and obey God

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 sacrificially.

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 As Christians,

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 we can never,

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 think about it this way,

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 we can never look at God

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 and say to Him,

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 I won't go that far.

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 I'll do certain things,

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 but I won't go that far.

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 We don't tell God that.

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 Whatever sacrifice

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 He calls you

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 or me to make,

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 we've got to be

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 obedient children

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 and say,

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 yes, Lord.

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 We can also say,

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 and we need to say,

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 help me, Lord.

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 He'll give us the grace

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 to do whatever

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 He calls us to do.

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 Now,

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 the Lord's attitude

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 of unselfishness

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 and humility,

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 that of Jesus,

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 it is radical.

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 It is costly.

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 But the next verses,

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 9 through 11,

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 Paul makes it clear

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 it is worth

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 the sacrifice.

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 Number two,

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 we need to look to Jesus

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 as the ultimate model

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 for how God exalts

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 the unselfish.

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 unselfish.

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 Paul wastes no time

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 in making it clear

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 God exalts the humble.

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 He exalts those

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 who humble themselves.

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 Look again now,

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 first part of verse 9.

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 Therefore,

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 God has highly exalted Him.

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 I want you to think

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 about what happened

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 to Jesus

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 after He was crucified

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 and buried.

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 Now,

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 think about it.

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 Jesus died on the cross,

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 paid the penalty

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 for our sins.

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 He cried out,

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 it is finished.

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 The penalty

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 has been paid.

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 The wrath of God

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 has been fully satisfied.

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 He was buried.

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 First thing,

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 He arose from the grave.

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 God raised Him

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 from the dead.

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 We're very familiar

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 with the idea

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 of the resurrection,

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 the New Testament teaching

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 about the resurrection.

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 That's what our faith

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 is built upon.

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 If there is no resurrection,

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 there is no Christian faith.

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 If there is no resurrection,

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 we are absolute fools

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 fools

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 to be followers of Jesus,

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 Paul said.

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 So we don't need to really

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 dwell on the resurrection.

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 As Christians,

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 we're convinced of that,

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 surely.

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 So let's look secondly.

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 Jesus ascended into heaven

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 after making numerous

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 appearances

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 to His disciples

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 for 40 days

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 following His resurrection.

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 You can find that

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 at the end of the Gospels,

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 Matthew, Mark, and John,

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 and at the first of Acts.

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 Now I want you to notice

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 what happened

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 after Jesus had done

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 whatever it is

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 He needed to do

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 with His disciples,

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 teaching them,

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 preparing them

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 for what was going to happen.

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 He ascended into heaven.

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 Look at it.

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 It's in Acts,

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 the first chapter.

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 And when He had said

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 these things,

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 as they were looking on,

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 He was lifted up,

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 and a cloud took Him

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 out of their sight,

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 and while they were

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 gazing into heaven,

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 He went behind,

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 He went.

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 Behold,

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 two men stood by them

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 in white robes

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 and said,

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 Men of Galilee,

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 why do you stand

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 looking into the heaven?

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 This Jesus

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 who was taken up

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 from you into heaven

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 will come in the same way

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 as you saw Him

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 go into heaven.

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 Jesus died,

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 was buried.

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 He arose.

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 He was seen.

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 Forty days,

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 it was real.

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 Then He ascended

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 into heaven.

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 He left this earth

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 and vanished.

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 He didn't go to a,

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 you know,

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 place like you could go

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 on a rocket ship.

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 I don't know.

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 I've never been there,

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 neither have you,

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 but sort of like He

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 went behind a cloud,

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 He entered another dimension

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 of time

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 or of no time.

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 And then what happened next?

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 After He disappeared,

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 well, God exalted Him,

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 elevated Him,

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 raised Him,

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 and seated Him

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 at His right hand.

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 What we've read

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 in Philippians 2,

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 9 through 11

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 is all about

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 what happened.

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 Jesus was exalted,

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 raised,

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 elevated to this

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:45.720
 supreme place

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 of power and authority

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 and glory in heaven.

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 But there's many passages

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.360
 like this

00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:51.360
 in Acts 2, 33

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 where it talks about

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 how Jesus was

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 therefore exalted

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 to the right hand

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.420
 of God,

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 the position of power

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 and authority.

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 Now I want you to think

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.540
 about what we're talking about.

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.500
 Here's the point.

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:06.920
 Jesus humbled Himself

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:09.460
 to the point of submitting

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.940
 to death on the cross

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:13.240
 to fulfill God's eternal plan

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:14.380
 to save sinful people

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:15.099
 like you and me.

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:17.880
 Then God acts

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:19.000
 to raise Jesus

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.000
 from the dead,

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.660
 bring Him back into heaven,

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.680
 place Him

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.759
 in the most powerful,

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.819
 prominent,

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:28.779
 glorious position

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.400
 that exists,

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 the right hand of God.

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 Paul wants us

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:35.339
 to understand this

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 but to show how

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:39.700
 God will exalt

00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:41.579
 all of us

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 one day

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:46.059
 if we are faithful

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.940
 to do like Jesus

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:48.740
 and humble ourselves

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:52.160
 and unselfishly serve God

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:53.380
 and other people

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.640
 that God wants us to serve

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:57.220
 even to the point

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.920
 of sacrificing.

00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:00.519
 Now,

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:02.480
 Jesus also assures us

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.000
 of this

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:04.300
 in a statement

00:21:04.300 --> 00:21:06.019
 that you consider

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.700
 it's a warning

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.840
 and a comfort.

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.440
 Look at this.

00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:09.340
 He said,

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:10.720
 for whoever exalts himself

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:12.320
 will be humbled.

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 That's important.

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.900
 You might be thinking

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:16.380
 to yourself,

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.500
 you won't say it out loud

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:18.220
 sitting in church

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.759
 but you might think

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.240
 to yourself,

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:23.000
 I just can't go

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.019
 but so low.

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:27.060
 Say it this way,

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.259
 I can't go

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.399
 but so low

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:30.559
 on my own.

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.679
 God has a way

00:21:32.679 --> 00:21:33.619
 to humble us,

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:35.299
 put our face

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.000
 in the dirt

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.879
 if necessary.

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:39.759
 Jesus said,

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:41.059
 for whoever exalts himself

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:42.159
 will be humbled

00:21:42.159 --> 00:21:44.359
 and whoever

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.460
 humbles himself

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:47.460
 will be exalted.

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:49.659
 See,

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.259
 this is just

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:53.200
 an idea,

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:54.039
 a promise

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 you might say.

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:56.059
 It's found throughout

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.720
 the New Testament.

00:21:59.139 --> 00:21:59.579
 God

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:01.119
 exalts

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:03.079
 his humble people

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:04.899
 and

00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:06.940
 this principle,

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.700
 that's this idea

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.299
 we're talking about.

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:10.339
 Somebody described it

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:10.799
 like this,

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.819
 in God's economy

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.519
 the way up

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.059
 is down.

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.679
 The way for Jesus,

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:17.000
 the way for him

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.740
 to be up

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.279
 in heaven

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.919
 exalted

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:20.419
 where every knee

00:22:20.419 --> 00:22:20.819
 will bow

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.460
 and tongue confess

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:21.940
 that he's Lord.

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:23.180
 it happened

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:24.539
 by going

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.420
 into this world

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.900
 humbling himself

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.720
 as a servant,

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.580
 slave,

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.259
 prisoner,

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:31.720
 being executed.

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:34.000
 We humble ourselves

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.920
 and God lifts us up.

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.920
 That's the way it works.

00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:37.039
 Now,

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.660
 let's look at the next thing.

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.320
 God determines

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:41.279
 the extent

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:43.220
 of the exaltation.

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.000
 Here's where

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.920
 we want us to understand.

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:47.100
 What we're going

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:47.800
 to read now

00:22:47.800 --> 00:22:50.120
 is unique

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:52.180
 because Jesus

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.300
 is the unique

00:22:53.300 --> 00:22:54.539
 Son of God.

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.920
 I don't want

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:57.000
 to carry this idea

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:59.220
 to any extreme

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.440
 because the Bible

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:00.800
 doesn't.

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.460
 Certainly,

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.060
 God

00:23:03.060 --> 00:23:04.460
 will exalt us

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.519
 if we're faithful

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:07.220
 as we've been

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.920
 looking at it.

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.660
 But we will never

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.380
 be exalted

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:11.100
 like Jesus.

00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:13.159
 None of us

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:14.500
 have ever started out

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.279
 like Jesus,

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.919
 the divine

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:17.779
 Son of God

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.359
 in heaven.

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.119
 None of us

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.719
 have truly

00:23:20.719 --> 00:23:22.039
 humbled ourselves

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.740
 to the point

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.679
 that Jesus did.

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.619
 And none of us

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.779
 will ever be raised

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:28.059
 to such a supreme

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:29.419
 place of honor

00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:29.919
 and glory

00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.639
 and power

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:32.539
 like Jesus.

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 So don't think

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.939
 that for a minute.

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.639
 Let's look now

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:42.780
 at the unique

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:44.460
 exaltation

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.900
 of Jesus.

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.340
 Jesus received

00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:46.840
 the name

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.280
 that is above

00:23:47.280 --> 00:23:47.900
 every name.

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.320
 Look at it,

00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:48.900
 verse 9.

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.720
 And bestowed

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:49.960
 on him

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.360
 the name

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:50.720
 that's above

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.180
 every name.

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.680
 But Paul

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.040
 doesn't say

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:52.700
 what that name

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.860
 is exactly.

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.820
 But it most

00:23:55.820 --> 00:23:56.320
 likely,

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.380
 in all probability,

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.520
 in most every

00:23:58.520 --> 00:23:59.380
 commentator I've

00:23:59.380 --> 00:23:59.960
 ever read,

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.440
 the name

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.259
 is Lord.

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.420
 We can think

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.180
 that because

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:08.040
 the first time

00:24:08.040 --> 00:24:08.880
 it's used

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:10.000
 in this section

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.300
 and he's

00:24:10.300 --> 00:24:11.020
 talking about

00:24:11.020 --> 00:24:11.380
 Jesus,

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:13.060
 is in verse 11.

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:15.080
 After he is

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.740
 exalted,

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.420
 it says,

00:24:16.520 --> 00:24:17.060
 and every tongue

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:17.740
 will confess

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.260
 that Jesus

00:24:18.260 --> 00:24:19.240
 Christ is Lord.

00:24:20.020 --> 00:24:21.080
 And also the name

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.900
 Lord here

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.840
 in this New Testament,

00:24:24.020 --> 00:24:25.600
 it refers to

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.320
 God's most

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:27.220
 sacred name

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.320
 in the Old Testament,

00:24:28.760 --> 00:24:29.360
 Yahweh

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:32.020
 or Jehovah.

00:24:33.020 --> 00:24:33.740
 And the idea

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.560
 is God

00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:35.300
 the Father

00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:36.140
 bestowed upon

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:37.060
 his obedient

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.620
 son,

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.600
 the highest,

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:39.440
 most holy

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.240
 name

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.740
 he could give.

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.420
 His own

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.340
 name.

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.620
 Here's what

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:46.900
 I want us to

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.280
 understand.

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.200
 When Jesus

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:50.100
 returns to this

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:50.960
 world one day,

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.080
 I might need

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.680
 to say it this way.

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.120
 The Bible

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:57.140
 is a

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.700
 supernatural

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.480
 book.

00:24:59.060 --> 00:24:59.640
 The Christian

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.800
 faith is a

00:25:00.800 --> 00:25:01.520
 supernatural

00:25:01.520 --> 00:25:02.380
 faith.

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.320
 You know,

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.860
 we live our

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.280
 days,

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.900
 seven days a week,

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.960
 24-7.

00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:08.820
 We live in the

00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:09.460
 here and now.

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.920
 We see,

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.700
 we think,

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.440
 we hear,

00:25:12.540 --> 00:25:13.120
 we feel.

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.680
 But there is

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.480
 more to

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.800
 life

00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:18.960
 than what we

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:20.259
 see and

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.860
 think and

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.460
 feel and

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.960
 touch.

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.040
 There's a

00:25:26.040 --> 00:25:26.540
 supernatural

00:25:26.540 --> 00:25:27.280
 dimension.

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.660
 If you're a

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:29.960
 Christian,

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.400
 you have to

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.900
 believe in the

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.420
 supernatural,

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.519
 that Jesus

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.280
 is the Son of

00:25:33.280 --> 00:25:33.860
 God who came

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:34.300
 from heaven,

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.280
 that he died

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.839
 on the cross

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.240
 as a

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.599
 substitute for

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.180
 sinners,

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.839
 that he

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.899
 died,

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.119
 the spiritual

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.559
 as well as

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.200
 physical death,

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.759
 that he arose

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.220
 from the grave,

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.639
 went back in

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:46.779
 heaven.

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.480
 That's

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.819
 supernatural.

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.359
 We don't

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.019
 see that.

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.539
 We can't

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.680
 reproduce that.

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:53.779
 We have to

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.639
 accept that by

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.039
 faith.

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.460
 And likewise,

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.480
 we have to

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.019
 really believe,

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.839
 just as sure as

00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:00.119
 we're here in

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.779
 person right now,

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:01.759
 one day,

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.200
 Jesus Christ

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.080
 will come back

00:26:04.080 --> 00:26:04.920
 to this world

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:06.539
 in great

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.559
 power and

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.000
 authority.

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.220
 Here's my

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.620
 point here.

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:10.980
 He's the

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.279
 King of

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.559
 King and

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:11.880
 Lord of

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.400
 Lords now.

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.640
 When Jesus

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.299
 comes back,

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.000
 he is not

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.400
 going to come

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.200
 back as a

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:18.360
 little powerless

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.180
 baby in a

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.480
 stable.

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.880
 He's not going

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.240
 to come back

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.799
 into this world

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.519
 as the

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.220
 suffering

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:24.380
 servant

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:26.000
 man

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:28.259
 that he was

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.039
 the first time.

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:30.559
 when Jesus

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.259
 comes back

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.180
 in this world,

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.440
 he's going to

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.379
 come in great

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:36.299
 awesome power

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.759
 and authority

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:39.240
 and glory.

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.319
 And if we're

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.039
 alive and we

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.539
 see him,

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:42.920
 there's going to

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.779
 be cold chills

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.299
 going up and

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.000
 down us.

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.619
 We may just

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.720
 pass out in

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:50.200
 awe of what

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:52.159
 we see because

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.579
 then it won't

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.579
 be by faith.

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.619
 It'll be by

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.539
 sight.

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.220
 That's how he's

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.759
 going to come

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.839
 back into

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.379
 this world.

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.500
 Now,

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.079
 Jesus received

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.099
 the name that

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:04.799
 every created

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.799
 being in the

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:07.539
 universe will

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.240
 bow before on

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.180
 judgment day

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:11.059
 and confess he

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.799
 really is Lord.

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.740
 Look at this

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.339
 in verses 10

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.720
 and 11.

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.980
 So that at the

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.059
 name of Jesus,

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.259
 every knee should

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.259
 bow in heaven

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.960
 and on earth

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.460
 and under the

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.299
 earth and every

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.079
 tongue confess

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.960
 that Jesus Christ

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.379
 is Lord.

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.299
 I want to make

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.819
 this simple.

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.099
 I think what

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.720
 Paul is saying

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.720
 there is

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.500
 is that every

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:30.000
 intelligent,

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.120
 rationally

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.759
 thinking,

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.440
 created being

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.839
 in the

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:35.860
 universe is

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.400
 going to bow

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.420
 before Jesus

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:39.539
 and going to

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:41.519
 confess he

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.460
 is the

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.960
 sovereign Lord

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:46.019
 of the

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.500
 universe.

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.500
 Now,

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:48.860
 when that

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.480
 happens,

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.500
 or think about

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.079
 it this way,

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:52.720
 if we're alive

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.100
 when Jesus

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.819
 comes back,

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.759
 or if you die

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.400
 and go and

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.099
 stand before

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.400
 him,

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.420
 it's going to

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.019
 be a great

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.700
 day for

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.299
 everyone who

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.740
 has a

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.599
 relationship with

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:05.500
 Jesus during

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.240
 their earthly

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.259
 lives.

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.799
 You see,

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.420
 we who are

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.099
 Christians today,

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.180
 if we know

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.859
 Jesus through

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.720
 faith,

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.559
 trusting him,

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.799
 loving him,

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.680
 talking to him

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.180
 in prayer,

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.539
 truly seeking

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.359
 to follow him,

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:23.259
 if that's

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.079
 our life

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.539
 here on

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.000
 earth,

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.039
 then when

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.479
 he comes

00:28:28.479 --> 00:28:29.079
 back,

00:28:29.959 --> 00:28:30.819
 and we sort

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.519
 of come to

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.059
 from the

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.799
 awe and

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.559
 wonder and

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.119
 being just

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.740
 struck,

00:28:35.199 --> 00:28:35.539
 you know,

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.500
 speechless,

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.779
 we're going

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.259
 to smile.

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.500
 Because that's

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.439
 our Lord that

00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:43.159
 we know and

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.659
 love,

00:28:43.979 --> 00:28:44.219
 and he's

00:28:44.219 --> 00:28:44.740
 promised to

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.379
 take care of

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.000
 us for all

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.579
 eternity.

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:49.039
 we're going

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:50.220
 to want to

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.599
 confess him

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.899
 as our Lord.

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.359
 We're going

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:54.460
 to jump

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.199
 down on our

00:28:55.199 --> 00:28:55.819
 knees,

00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:57.079
 fall on our

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:58.659
 knees to

00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:59.399
 honor him.

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.579
 Now don't

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.039
 worry if you're

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.619
 not able to

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.419
 bow now.

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.119
 Sometimes your

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.939
 knees wear out

00:29:07.939 --> 00:29:08.579
 in this life.

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:09.960
 Some of you

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.539
 have had yours

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.079
 replaced.

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.159
 Well, when

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:14.279
 that day comes,

00:29:14.699 --> 00:29:15.240
 we'll have a

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.079
 new body.

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.599
 So we'll be

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.119
 able to have

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.679
 good knees,

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.000
 we'll have

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.679
 good knees

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.119
 and be able

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.799
 to do this

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.759
 without any

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.679
 effort.

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:25.220
 Now, for

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.720
 those who do

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.659
 not trust Jesus

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.059
 during their

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.679
 earthly life,

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.859
 when he comes

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.619
 back or when

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.319
 they die and

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.879
 go stand before

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:33.480
 Jesus, this is

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.859
 going to be a

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:35.000
 day of nothing

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.960
 but horror.

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.379
 Every unbeliever

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.759
 is going to be

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:41.579
 forced to bow

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.439
 before Jesus

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:43.799
 and confess

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:45.039
 that he is

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.439
 truly the

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.140
 Lord of all.

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.380
 They're going

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.600
 to do that

00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:49.980
 just before

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.559
 they're ushered

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.080
 away from

00:29:51.080 --> 00:29:52.360
 him, spend

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:53.080
 eternity in

00:29:53.080 --> 00:29:53.360
 hell.

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.880
 On that day

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.320
 when Jesus

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:56.880
 comes back,

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.420
 even the

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.120
 devil and

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.640
 all his

00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:00.059
 demons are

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.460
 going to be

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.259
 forced to

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:03.720
 confess that

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.480
 Jesus Christ

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.200
 really is

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:07.380
 Lord before

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.860
 they wind up

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.200
 in the lake

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.620
 of fire.

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:10.619
 God's

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.559
 coming back to

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.319
 God's

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.539
 God's

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.619
 coming back to

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:12.679
 him.

00:30:12.679 --> 00:30:15.039
 The day

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.979
 will come

00:30:15.979 --> 00:30:17.139
 when everybody

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:17.939
 you know

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:21.759
 will know

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.379
 the truth,

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:24.739
 believe the

00:30:24.739 --> 00:30:26.500
 truth that

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:28.859
 Jesus is the

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.659
 eternal Son of

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:30.019
 God.

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.539
 Everybody not

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.459
 only know that,

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:35.119
 but everyone

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:36.319
 will bow before

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.659
 him.

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:38.700
 everyone will

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.740
 confess that.

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:42.080
 As surely as

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.560
 I'm standing

00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:42.920
 here and

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.360
 you're sitting

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:44.779
 there, that's

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.259
 going to happen

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.700
 one day.

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.300
 That's what the

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:47.019
 Bible teaches.

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.220
 We'll all be

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.500
 there.

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.900
 We'll probably

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.620
 be able to

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.100
 remember, we'll

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.900
 have perfect minds

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.400
 then, we'll be

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.000
 able to remember,

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.259
 we talked about

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.880
 this today.

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.040
 You'll be there,

00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.840
 you'll see Jesus,

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:01.660
 you will bow and

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:03.019
 confess that he is

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.920
 the Lord of this

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.539
 universe.

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.840
 But let me ask

00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:09.440
 you, will you do

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.940
 that willingly,

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.539
 wholeheartedly,

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:17.120
 enthusiastically,

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:19.820
 because you know

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.600
 Jesus is your

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.240
 Savior and Lord

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.759
 right now?

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.820
 Or, let's be real

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:28.980
 honest, just think,

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.340
 you know who you

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.259
 are, how you think,

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:33.779
 how you believe, or

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:35.740
 if you die today

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.299
 and stand before

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.980
 him or he comes

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:40.180
 back, will you

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:42.740
 actually be forced

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:45.279
 to bow before him

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.720
 and confess him

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:49.339
 because you never

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.079
 do that now?

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:53.299
 If Jesus is not

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:56.160
 your Lord, I want

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.940
 to encourage you,

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.319
 wake up now

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.139
 before it's eternally

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:01.759
 too late.

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.659
 If you're not

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:06.099
 already, truly,

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.579
 by faith,

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:09.179
 bowing before him

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:10.319
 in true, humble

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.039
 submission,

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:13.279
 confessing him

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:14.519
 as your Lord,

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.240
 your Savior,

00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:16.339
 your friend,

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:18.139
 that you love,

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.019
 that you want to

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.679
 be like,

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.659
 just admit that

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:22.139
 to God.

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.319
 Admit that your

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.960
 faith is not,

00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:25.639
 what you've been

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.439
 calling faith is not

00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:26.819
 real.

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:29.779
 humble yourself,

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:32.000
 repent of your

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.339
 sin, change your

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:33.839
 mind,

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.519
 trust Jesus

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:38.980
 that he paid the

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.500
 penalty for your

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.000
 sins when he died

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.019
 on the cross and

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.939
 call upon him to

00:32:41.939 --> 00:32:42.879
 save you, forgive

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:44.659
 you, make you a

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.379
 child of God right

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:45.679
 now.

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.439
 It may be that

00:32:48.439 --> 00:32:49.899
 right now, for the

00:32:49.899 --> 00:32:51.079
 first time truly in

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:53.159
 your life, you need

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:54.119
 to do this and bow

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:55.980
 before Jesus as your

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:57.799
 Lord, your King.

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.180
 We need to all make

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:03.160
 sure that we stand

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.880
 before Jesus on

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.599
 judgment day.

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:07.400
 Our confession

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.240
 will be a willing

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:13.079
 one and a one of

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:15.740
 joy and not a

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:17.160
 forced confession

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:19.500
 of regret.

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.640
 One final point,

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.059
 quickly.

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:24.700
 God receives the

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.980
 glory of exaltation.

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.200
 It's all to the

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.839
 glory of God the

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.359
 Father at the end

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.899
 of verse 11.

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.319
 It's important for

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.059
 us to understand

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:33.319
 that whatever

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.899
 glory we will

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.679
 receive, and we

00:33:35.679 --> 00:33:37.339
 will one day, you

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.879
 and me as

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:40.339
 Christians, it is

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:41.799
 not God's payment

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:44.480
 for your good

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:46.179
 efforts, for your

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:47.119
 acts of service.

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:49.259
 Don't let that

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:51.500
 taint a correct

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.099
 view of what's

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.399
 going to happen

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:52.919
 on that day.

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:54.699
 We're going to

00:33:54.699 --> 00:33:55.759
 see next week

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:57.699
 that our best

00:33:57.699 --> 00:33:58.779
 desires and

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.779
 effort to serve

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:02.079
 God come as

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.980
 a result of God

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:04.139
 graciously working

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:05.939
 in us to

00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:06.619
 motivate us.

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.219
 Look at this

00:34:07.219 --> 00:34:07.679
 from Philippians

00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:08.239
 2.13.

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.159
 For it is God

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.119
 who works in you

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:12.199
 both to will and

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:14.159
 to work for his

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.699
 good pleasure.

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:18.980
 God exalts us to a

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.839
 position of glory in

00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:23.179
 heaven or even to a

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:25.099
 place of prominence in

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.799
 this world.

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.839
 And God sometimes

00:34:26.839 --> 00:34:27.339
 does that.

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:31.519
 Joseph, he didn't

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:33.719
 just get to a

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:35.179
 position of glory and

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.359
 honor in heaven.

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.819
 He received it on

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.039
 earth.

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:39.179
 Some people do.

00:34:39.439 --> 00:34:40.299
 Most of us won't.

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.340
 Some will.

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:44.060
 But whether the

00:34:44.060 --> 00:34:45.500
 glory we have or

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.400
 receive in heaven or

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.180
 even some in this

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:50.060
 world, we've always

00:34:50.060 --> 00:34:51.980
 got to be quick to

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:53.700
 give all the glory to

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:55.440
 God, the praise, the

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:59.100
 credit for graciously

00:34:59.100 --> 00:35:02.380
 working in us so that

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:04.600
 we might experience that

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:06.279
 glory, that honor.

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:10.219
 Now, last week and

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:11.460
 this week, we've

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:13.299
 looked at how Jesus is

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:15.679
 our model in two

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:18.139
 ways, verses 5-11.

00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:20.179
 First, the Lord shows

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.920
 us how to live

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.219
 unselfishly and

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:22.739
 humbly.

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.920
 Do you have that

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.199
 attitude?

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:27.159
 Do you have the

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:30.539
 attitude to humble

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:32.000
 yourself, to be

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:34.000
 unselfish, to serve

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.659
 your brothers and

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.559
 sisters in Christ in

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:37.300
 this church, to serve

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.980
 the people you live

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.539
 with at home?

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.719
 If you have that

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:42.960
 attitude, point out

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.639
 some of the signs of

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:47.360
 progress that you can

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:49.880
 see in your life that

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.960
 you are making as you

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:52.780
 relate to people in

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.519
 this church and at

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:53.800
 home.

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.460
 But if you don't see

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.599
 any signs of progress,

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:59.059
 ask God to help you to

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:00.139
 change your attitude

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:01.400
 now.

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:05.000
 And not only to

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.739
 change your attitude,

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.599
 but to start changing

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.280
 your behavior.

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:11.260
 Second thing, the Lord

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:11.940
 shows us that our

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.659
 Heavenly Father will

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.579
 more than make it

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.420
 worthwhile to

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.539
 sacrificially obey

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.860
 Him.

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:17.179
 Do you believe that?

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.940
 Do you believe it's

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.300
 worth the price?

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.639
 Some of you delayed

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.599
 working to get an

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.119
 education.

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.900
 You were a poor

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.420
 student.

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:30.019
 You just put on hold

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.780
 making money.

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:32.580
 Some of you have done

00:36:32.580 --> 00:36:33.420
 other things in your

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:34.220
 life where you

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:36.660
 sacrificed, you waited

00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:40.240
 because you anticipated

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.840
 the reward would be

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.360
 worthwhile.

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.980
 That's how we are to

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.820
 live our lives in this

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.780
 world, serving the

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.060
 Lord.

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.740
 Trusting that no

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.800
 matter what we do,

00:36:50.140 --> 00:36:51.100
 no matter how much it

00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:53.600
 may cost us, He really

00:36:53.600 --> 00:36:55.440
 will make it worthwhile.

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:57.540
 Do you believe that?

00:36:57.539 --> 00:37:00.420
 And does your life back

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.960
 it up?

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:05.820
 If it doesn't, if you

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.539
 know you're not a

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:09.699
 Christian, ask God to

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.759
 save you now.

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.719
 Or if you are a

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.559
 Christian but you think

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:16.440
 to yourself, in light of

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.039
 what we've been looking

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:19.739
 at in Philippians, I'm not

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:21.279
 really ready to see Jesus

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:22.199
 face to face.

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.279
 Admit that.

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:26.159
 Talk to the Lord about

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.319
 it.

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:28.219
 Confess your sin.

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:30.879
 Draw back close to Him.

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:37.239
 Paul, Jesus, Peter, God

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:39.019
 through His Word promises

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:42.319
 us if we will serve Him

00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:44.819
 faithfully, sacrificially,

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.980
 pay whatever price He

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:51.339
 requires, one day we will

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:52.839
 find an experience for all

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.260
 eternity.

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:55.820
 It was worth it.

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.360
 Let's pray together.

00:37:58.240 --> 00:37:58.720
 Dear God,

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:02.660
 dear God, help us to see

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:05.700
 now what our response

00:38:05.700 --> 00:38:06.300
 should be.

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:10.200
 And help us to make it.

00:38:12.700 --> 00:38:13.340
 And let's just in

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:14.660
 attitude of prayer listen

00:38:14.660 --> 00:38:15.500
 to the Lord and do what

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.380
 He's telling us to do.

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:19.640
 Let's just bow together,

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:21.740
 pray, and respond to the

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.000
 Lord.

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:24.000
 Let You

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.359
 Yeah.

00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:25.500
 We're going so forward

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.839
 you

00:38:42.839 --> 00:38:44.000
 That's what we calls you

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.839
 to do the comfort of

00:38:44.839 --> 00:38:46.319
 the Lord and that it is

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:46.759
 that If your heart

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:48.299
 that leads us to

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:49.059
 the Lord and dear

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.739
 Lord, the Korina

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.659
lesia you are mulit of