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 After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.

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 Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him.

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 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.

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 And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying,

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 He is worthy to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue.

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 And Jesus went with them.

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 When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him,

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 Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

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 Therefore, I did not presume to come to you.

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 But say the word, and let my servant be healed.

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 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me.

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 And I say to one, go, and he goes.

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 And to another, come, and he comes.

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 And to my servant, do this, and he does it.

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 When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him.

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 And turning to the crowd that followed him, said, I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.

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 And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

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 Soon afterward, he went to a town called Nine.

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 And his disciples and a great crowd went with him.

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 As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother.

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 And she was a widow.

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 And a considerable crowd from the town was with her.

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 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, do not weep.

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 Then he came up and touched the beard.

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 And the bearer stood still.

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 And he said, young men, I say to you, arise.

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 And the dead man sat up and began to speak.

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 And Jesus gave him to his mother.

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 Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, a great prophet has risen among us.

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 And God has visited his people.

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 And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.

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 The disciples of John reported all these things to him.

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 And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying,

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 Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?

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 And when the men had come to him, they said,

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 John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying,

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 Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?

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 In that hour he healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits.

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 And on many who were blind he bestowed sight.

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 And he answered them,

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 Go and tell John what you have seen and heard.

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 The blind receive their sight.

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 The lame walk.

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 Lepers are cleansed.

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 And the deaf hear.

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 The dead are raised up.

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 The poor have good news preached to them.

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 And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.

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 When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John.

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 What did you go out into the wilderness to see?

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 A reed shaken by the wind?

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 What then did you go out to see?

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 A man dressed in soft clothing?

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 Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in king's courts.

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 What then did you go out to see?

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 A prophet?

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 A prophet?

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 Yes.

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 I tell you.

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 And more than a prophet.

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 This is he of whom it is written,

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 Behold, I send my messenger before your face who will prepare your way before you.

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 I tell you, among those born of woman, none is greater than John.

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 Yet, the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

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 When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

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 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

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 To what then shall I compare the people of this generation?

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 And what are they like?

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 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another.

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 We played the flute for you, and you did not dance.

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 We sang a dirge, and you did not weep.

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 For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, he has a demon.

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 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, look at him, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.

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 Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Jesus just preached his most famous sermon in chapter 6, which included the difficult teaching that we should love even our enemies.

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 And he then told everyone that instead of following the hypocritical religious leaders, that they should follow him and obey him.

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 And that begs the question, and we are supposed to be asking this question as we're following the progress of the gospel.

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 Who are you to say these things?

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 Why should we follow you?

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 What makes you so special?

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 In chapter 7, Luke recounts the events from Jesus' life that demonstrate to us that Jesus is Christ, the Lord, who is worthy of our trust and loyalty.

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 That's the main point of this passage.

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 And in turn, he demonstrates to us the Lord's authority, the Lord's compassion, and the Lord's identity.

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 So let's begin first by looking at verses 1 to 10 and what it teaches us about the Lord's authority.

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 It says in verses 1 to 2,

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 After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.

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 Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him.

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 A centurion is a Roman military commander in charge of 100 soldiers.

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 This might not sound like a lot of people, especially some of you with a military background.

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 But the way the Roman army was structured, a centurion would be the modern equivalent of maybe a colonel or a major.

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 So it's a pretty significant appointment in terms of their influence within the Roman army.

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 So he's a high-ranking officer.

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 Also, the fact that he is a centurion in the Roman army tells us that he is most likely a Gentile, not a Jew.

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 And this is confirmed by the rest of the passage.

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 And having heard of Jesus and his power to work miracles,

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 verse 3 tells us that the centurion sent to him elders of the Jews asking him to come and heal his servant.

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 The elders of the Jews is a reference to the leaders of the Jewish synagogue.

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 And those people also exercised kind of civil authority within the Jewish community.

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 So the centurion, being a Gentile, perhaps feels, since Jesus is a Jewish teacher,

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 that he would have a better chance of getting his servant healed if he sent this delegation of the elders.

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 But exactly how he has such a connection to the elders of the Jews is not clear until verses 4 to 5.

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 It says that when the elders came to Jesus,

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 they pleaded with him earnestly, saying,

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 He is worthy to have you do this for him.

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 For he loves our nation.

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 And he's the one who built us, our synagogue.

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 So these elders are not functioning as the centurion's messengers reluctantly.

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 As we can see here, they plead with Jesus earnestly.

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 They're actually personally invested in the success of this mission.

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 They care about this centurion.

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 They believe that the centurion is worthy to have received this favor from Jesus

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 because he loves the nation, the nation of the Jews.

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 And he is the one who built them the synagogue that they worship in.

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 So that's the two reasons.

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 Those are the two reasons that these elders give for why they believe that the centurion is worthy.

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 He's kind of like an ambassador who is stationed in a foreign country,

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 but comes to love and respect the culture that he's in.

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 And so he does things for that community.

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 He invests in that community.

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 So this is kind of what the centurion is.

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 We're not sure that he does.

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 The passage doesn't tell us that he's a convert.

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 It doesn't go that far, but he's definitely favorable toward the Jews.

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 He loves the Jewish people.

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 And as a result, he was generous with them and built them a synagogue.

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 That last detail suggests that this is quite a well-to-do man.

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 And a normal soldier made 75 denarii per year.

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 A denarius is a day's wage for a common laborer in this time.

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 So 75 for a normal soldier, which is not a lot.

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 But a centurion made close to 4 to 8,000 denarii a year.

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 So while he might not be a millionaire by our standards,

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 he has a very comfortable six-figure income.

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 And he was able to afford to do this in support of the Jewish people.

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 And verse 6 tells us that Jesus listened to their earnest plea

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 and was journeying toward the centurion when something surprising happens.

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 It says in verse 6,

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 When he was not far from the house,

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 the centurion sent friends saying to him,

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 Lord, do not trouble yourself,

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 for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

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 Therefore, I did not presume to come to you,

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 but say the word and let my servant be healed.

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 So we don't know exactly what prompted the centurion here

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 to change his initial request.

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 Because his initial request,

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 please come and heal my servant.

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 But it seems that after having heard that Jesus was on his way,

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 as he was imagining Jesus coming into his home,

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 he felt a keen sense of unworthiness.

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 And decided to send some of his friends to relay a new message.

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 And the message is,

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 Lord, do not trouble yourself,

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 for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

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 Notice that this message is in the first person,

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 unlike the Jewish elders' request,

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 which was in the third person.

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 So these friends are relaying the centurion's very words.

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 The centurion himself is saying these words,

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 I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

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 So there's a stark contrast here

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 between what the elders say about the centurion,

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 and then what the centurion himself says about himself.

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 Because they think that he is worthy

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 to receive Jesus' personal visit,

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 but the centurion himself believes

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 that he is not worthy of such a visit.

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 In fact,

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 he doesn't even deem himself worthy to come to Jesus.

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 So it's not that he considered it beneath him

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 to make the journey himself.

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 Rather,

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 he felt unworthy to come visit Jesus personally.

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 It reminds us of the response that Peter had

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 when he first saw Jesus as he really is.

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 In Luke 5, 8,

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 Peter fell down at Jesus' knees saying,

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 Depart from me,

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 for I am a sinful man,

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 O Lord.

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 Once again,

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 Luke tells us over and over again,

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 this is the proper posture

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 of anyone who would approach Jesus,

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 the Son of God.

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 But why does this centurion,

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 who is a seemingly worthy man,

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 feel so unworthy

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 before the presence of Jesus?

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 Look again at how he addresses Jesus in verse 6.

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 Just as Peter addressed Jesus as Lord

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 before confessing his unworthiness,

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 the centurion likewise calls Jesus Lord.

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 This could be a generic word,

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 but in Luke,

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 it is used specifically to refer to divine agents

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 in important places like this.

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 In Luke 1, 43,

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 God was called Lord.

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 And in Luke 2, 11,

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 Jesus was described as a Savior

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 who is Christ the Lord.

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 So as Luke's readers,

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 we're supposed to be aware

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 and to discern this deeper meaning

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 when we see Jesus addressed as Lord.

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 Because even though the centurion

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 might not grasp the full implication

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 of what he is saying,

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 we have the background

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 to know that Jesus

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 is truly the Son of God.

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 The centurion knows that Jesus

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 is at the very least

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 God's messenger,

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 empowered with the power of God,

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 and he feels unworthy

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 to approach Him.

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 And even though the Jewish leaders

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 in his community

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 deemed him worthy,

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 even though he is worthy

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 by every human metric,

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 because he is a high-ranking officer

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 in the Roman army,

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 because he is a recognized leader

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 in the community,

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 because he is wealthy,

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 and because he is generous,

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 and he is a humanitarian,

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 the centurion,

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 in spite of all of this,

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 knows that he is not worthy

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 to approach Jesus

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 because of the supreme worthiness

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 of God and His messenger.

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 Why does that matter to us?

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 It doesn't matter

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 whether you're a professor

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 or a president.

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 It doesn't matter

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 whether you're a genius

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 or a billionaire.

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 It doesn't matter

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 that you're a celebrity.

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 It doesn't matter

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 that you're the pinnacle

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 of human moral achievement.

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 It doesn't matter

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 how much money you have given

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 to good causes.

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 You are not worthy

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 to approach God.

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 No one is.

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 Because He is God,

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 He made you.

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 He owns you.

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 Everything you have

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 is from Him.

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 All that is good

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 in our world

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 is of Him.

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 He is perfect

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 in His holiness.

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 And for this reason,

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 humility

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 and awareness

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 of our unworthiness

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 is the one

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 proper posture

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 we can have

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 when we approach God.

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 Do you recognize

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 your unworthiness

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 before God this morning?

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 This is what makes

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 Jesus' response amazing.

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 Verse 6 tells us

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 that Jesus went with them.

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 Jesus was on His way

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 to the centurion

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 in spite of His unworthiness.

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 The fact that the centurion

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 was a Gentile

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 did not keep Jesus

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 from coming to Him.

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 It's only when you rightly

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 recognize your own unworthiness

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 that you can rightly

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 appreciate God's

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 gracious visitation.

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 That though we're unworthy

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 that God is here.

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 That though we're unworthy

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 God has sent His Spirit

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 to indwell us.

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 That though we're unworthy

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 God sent His Son

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 to save us.

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 It's only when you

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 recognize that

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 that we can rightly

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 worship God

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 and come to know Him.

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 But note that the centurion

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 is not giving up

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 on the healing

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 of his servant.

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 He adds at the end

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 of verse 7,

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 But say the word

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 and let my servant

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 be healed.

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 He still wants Jesus

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 to heal his servant

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 but he doesn't

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 want Jesus

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 to take the trouble

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 of coming to his house.

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 Instead,

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 he asks Jesus

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 simply to say the word.

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 This reveals a profound faith

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 because the pattern

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 that we see in the Gospels

00:15:34.820 --> 00:15:35.780
 and the pattern

00:15:35.780 --> 00:15:36.440
 we've seen throughout

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 the Gospel

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 look up to this point

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 is that people

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 bring the sick

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 to Jesus

00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:41.440
 to receive healing.

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 And usually,

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 Jesus lays hands on them

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 to heal them.

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 But here,

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 the centurion believes

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 that Jesus

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 does not even need

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 to be physically present

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 with the sick

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 in order to heal them.

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 He believes

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 that all Jesus

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 needs to do

00:15:55.280 --> 00:15:56.980
 is say the word

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 in order to heal

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 his servant.

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 How did he arrive

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 at such profound faith?

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 He gives his reasoning

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 in verse 8.

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 For I too

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 am a man

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 set under authority

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 with soldiers

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 under me

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 and I say to one

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 go

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 and he goes

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 and to another

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 come

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 and he comes

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 and to my servant

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 do this

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 and he does it.

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 A soldier

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 of a well-disciplined

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 army knows

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 what authority

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 looks like.

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 Sometimes,

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 I feel like

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 as a parent

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 who has defied

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 my kids

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 on a regular basis,

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 I don't quite

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 appreciate

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 the authority

00:16:39.660 --> 00:16:40.100
 of God.

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 When God

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 says something,

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 it happens.

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 When God

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 commands,

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 it's obeyed.

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 And because

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 the centurion

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 has experienced

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 this from

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 having been,

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 having used

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 this delegated

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 authority

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 from the Roman

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 government,

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 because he has

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 this authority

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 that he has

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 received from

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 the Roman

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 government,

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 he knows

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 that when

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 he commands

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 his soldiers,

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 they obeyed

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 him.

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 And because

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 of this,

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 he believes

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 because Jesus

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 as the messenger

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 of God,

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 as a divine

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 representative,

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 has God's

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 authority on him,

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 that when

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 he speaks,

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 that all

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 he needs

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 to do

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 is speak

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 and this

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 will happen

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 for him,

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 that his

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 servant

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 will be

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 healed.

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 After hearing

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 the centurion's

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 response,

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 Jesus says

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 in verse 9,

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 he marveled

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 at him.

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 This is

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 the one

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 instance

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 in all four

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.160
 of the Gospels

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 where Jesus

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 is set to

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 marvel

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 at someone's

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 faith.

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 In fact,

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 Jesus is so

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 impressed by

00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:45.740
 his exemplary

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.279
 faith that

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 he uses

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 this opportunity

00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.359
 to instruct

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 the crowd.

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 It says

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 in verse 9,

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 Jesus turned

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 to the crowd

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 that followed

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 him and

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 said,

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 I tell you,

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 not even in

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 Israel have

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 I found

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 such faith.

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 This Gentile's

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 faith exceeded

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 the faith of

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 everyone in

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 the nation

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 of Israel.

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 And his

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 faith was

00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:07.420
 validated in

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 verse 10

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 when it says

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 that when

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 those who

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 had been

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 sent returned

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 to his

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 house,

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 to the

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 house,

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 they found

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 the servant

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 well.

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 perhaps

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.240
 because

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:17.600
 Jesus'

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 usual

00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:18.480
 practice

00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:18.740
 up to

00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:18.900
 this

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 point

00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.600
 was to

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 lay

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 hands

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.120
 on

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 people

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 to

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 heal

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 them,

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.320
 people

00:18:21.320 --> 00:18:22.799
 began to

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 think that

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 perhaps

00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:23.799
 that's the

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.420
 only way

00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:24.980
 Jesus could

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.279
 heal.

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 But

00:18:26.380 --> 00:18:26.680
 Jesus'

00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:27.259
 power,

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 as this

00:18:27.600 --> 00:18:28.059
 account is

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:28.519
 intended to

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:28.799
 show,

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 was not

00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:30.320
 limited by

00:18:30.320 --> 00:18:30.820
 physical

00:18:30.820 --> 00:18:31.200
 nearness

00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:32.100
 and touch.

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 What are

00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:37.299
 some ways

00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:37.920
 that we

00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:39.320
 have put

00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:39.860
 limitations

00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.680
 on God's

00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.019
 power,

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:43.160
 as these

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.759
 people have?

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 What are

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.660
 some ways

00:18:45.660 --> 00:18:46.160
 we have

00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.019
 circumscribed

00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.480
 God's

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.019
 authority?

00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:50.120
 God can

00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:50.600
 heal me of

00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:51.120
 my cold,

00:18:51.300 --> 00:18:51.519
 sure,

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.080
 but he

00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:53.720
 can't

00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:54.480
 cure me of

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.060
 my cancer.

00:18:58.360 --> 00:18:59.060
 God can

00:18:59.060 --> 00:18:59.800
 forgive me of

00:18:59.800 --> 00:19:00.320
 my sins,

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:00.680
 sure,

00:19:01.080 --> 00:19:01.660
 but he

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.240
 can't give

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.900
 me victory

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.480
 over my

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:03.820
 sins.

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.460
 God is

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:07.880
 sovereign,

00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:08.779
 sure,

00:19:09.300 --> 00:19:10.960
 but he

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.640
 can't help

00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:12.280
 our country

00:19:12.280 --> 00:19:13.420
 with this

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:14.480
 president or

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.780
 these

00:19:14.780 --> 00:19:15.240
 Supreme Court

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.020
 justices in

00:19:16.020 --> 00:19:16.860
 power.

00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:19.860
 God can

00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:20.340
 save my

00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:20.660
 soul,

00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:21.060
 sure,

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:21.460
 but he

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:21.860
 can't

00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:22.420
 free me

00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:22.980
 from my

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.600
 bodily

00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:24.120
 addictions.

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.660
 God can

00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.040
 give me a

00:19:28.040 --> 00:19:28.700
 different job,

00:19:28.840 --> 00:19:29.000
 sure,

00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:30.280
 but he

00:19:30.280 --> 00:19:31.000
 can't help

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.360
 me be

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:32.580
 grateful and

00:19:32.580 --> 00:19:33.540
 successful and

00:19:33.540 --> 00:19:34.280
 joyful in my

00:19:34.280 --> 00:19:34.900
 current job.

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:38.780
 Why not?

00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:42.960
 There may be

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.840
 valid reasons for

00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:44.580
 thinking that God

00:19:44.580 --> 00:19:45.420
 won't do some of

00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:46.060
 these things,

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.960
 but we should

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.680
 make sure that

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.060
 we're not

00:19:48.060 --> 00:19:49.140
 rationalizing our

00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:50.020
 own lack of

00:19:50.020 --> 00:19:50.360
 faith.

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:54.140
 If we truly

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.900
 recognize the

00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.680
 extent of the

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.640
 Lord's authority,

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.980
 how would it

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.720
 change our

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.160
 lives?

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.880
 Wouldn't it

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.400
 make us more

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.000
 prayerful?

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.920
 Wouldn't it

00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:05.500
 lead us to

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.280
 make bolder

00:20:06.280 --> 00:20:07.200
 requests of

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.460
 God?

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:12.059
 Having given

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.740
 us a picture of

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.000
 Jesus'

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.579
 authority,

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.000
 Luke not

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.579
 turns to

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:14.900
 give us an

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.380
 example of

00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:15.819
 the Lord's

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.460
 compassion.

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:17.980
 Verses 11

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.720
 to 12 set

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.039
 the scene.

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:19.460
 Read with

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:19.660
 me.

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.420
 Soon

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:20.840
 afterward,

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.840
 Jesus went

00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:22.440
 to a town

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.000
 called Nine,

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.360
 and his

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:24.059
 disciples and

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.759
 a great crowd

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.240
 went with

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.440
 him.

00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:26.400
 As he drew

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:26.900
 near to the

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.319
 gate of the

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.539
 town,

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:28.019
 behold,

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:30.019
 a man who

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.620
 had died

00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:31.539
 was being

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.200
 carried out,

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.600
 the only

00:20:33.600 --> 00:20:34.660
 son of

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.640
 his mother,

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.640
 and she

00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:36.880
 was

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.960
 a widow,

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.660
 and a

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.180
 considerable

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.840
 crowd from

00:20:40.840 --> 00:20:41.280
 the town

00:20:41.280 --> 00:20:41.820
 was with

00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:42.020
 her.

00:20:42.580 --> 00:20:43.200
 This is a

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:44.580
 tragic scene,

00:20:45.020 --> 00:20:45.580
 and Luke

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.480
 builds up

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.660
 the sadness

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.120
 and the

00:20:48.120 --> 00:20:48.680
 suspense of

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.000
 it all

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.920
 progressively by

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.340
 giving us

00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:51.140
 more details

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:52.380
 one clause

00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:52.760
 at a time.

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 He says,

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 first,

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:53.700
 we are

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.280
 simply told

00:20:54.280 --> 00:20:54.580
 that a

00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:55.020
 man who

00:20:55.020 --> 00:20:55.600
 had died

00:20:55.600 --> 00:20:56.340
 was being

00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:56.980
 carried out.

00:20:57.560 --> 00:20:58.280
 This is a

00:20:58.280 --> 00:20:59.100
 funeral procession.

00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.420
 Of course,

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.060
 the funeral is

00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.600
 sad in and

00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:01.200
 of itself,

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:03.400
 but people

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:04.100
 die every day,

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.360
 right?

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:04.900
 So it's not

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.560
 an unusual

00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:06.100
 occurrence,

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.760
 at least,

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.039
 here.

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.200
 According to

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.819
 the Jewish

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.519
 burial custom,

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:09.960
 the corpse

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.539
 was generally

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.859
 not kept

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:12.200
 overnight,

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:12.799
 so this is

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.299
 probably a

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.180
 fresh death.

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.660
 This happened

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.160
 probably on

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.660
 the same

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.019
 day,

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.720
 and they're

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.319
 carrying the

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.579
 corpse,

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.019
 wrapped in

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.379
 cloth.

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:21.299
 They didn't

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.879
 use coffins

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.220
 back then,

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.680
 they used

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.779
 a wooden

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.400
 plank,

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 so they put

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.519
 him on,

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:25.940
 and they're

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.299
 carrying him.

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:26.819
 Everyone can

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.660
 see the

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.099
 dead man

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.440
 as they're

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:28.799
 carrying him

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.099
 around.

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.059
 But that's

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.420
 not the only

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:31.619
 thing.

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.059
 The funeral

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.559
 is bad

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:32.759
 in and of

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.019
 itself,

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.680
 sad in and

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.039
 of itself,

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:34.440
 but then Luke

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.119
 tells us further

00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:35.639
 that this man

00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.339
 was the only

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.879
 son of his

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.139
 mother.

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.199
 Now this is even

00:21:39.199 --> 00:21:40.019
 more sad because

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.459
 this man was the

00:21:41.459 --> 00:21:42.959
 only heir of his

00:21:42.959 --> 00:21:43.259
 mother.

00:21:43.939 --> 00:21:44.799
 It's a tragedy

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.639
 enough for a

00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:46.339
 mother to have

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:47.159
 to bury her own

00:21:47.159 --> 00:21:47.559
 child.

00:21:47.719 --> 00:21:48.319
 It's a premature

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.919
 death,

00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:50.319
 but this woman

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.099
 will now be cut

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.939
 off from all the

00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:52.859
 future generations.

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:54.500
 She has no one

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.579
 left to continue

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:57.079
 her family line.

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.500
 No one left to

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.219
 take care of her

00:21:59.219 --> 00:22:00.279
 when she is old

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.720
 and unable to

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.079
 care for

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.519
 herself.

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.440
 And as if that

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.139
 weren't tragic

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:05.859
 enough, Luke

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.519
 adds another

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.319
 detail that this

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.019
 mourning woman

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:09.180
 was also a

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:09.379
 widow.

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.180
 This would have

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.019
 been indicated by

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.680
 the type of

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.399
 clothing she wore

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:14.980
 or by the fact

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.619
 that her husband

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.259
 was not with

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.720
 her as she was

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.180
 mourning the

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.639
 death of her

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:17.899
 son.

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.259
 That means this

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.799
 woman not only

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.359
 has lost her

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.200
 son, who can

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.619
 take care of

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.019
 her when she's

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.319
 older, she

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.639
 doesn't have

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.180
 anyone to take

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.660
 care of her

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.139
 now.

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.039
 She has no

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.980
 family left.

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:37.339
 In this day

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.899
 and age, in

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.779
 that culture, she

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.619
 would have no

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.819
 means of survival

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:42.399
 apart from the

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:43.139
 goodwill of her

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.680
 friends and

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:43.980
 neighbors.

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.859
 It's such a sad

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.099
 sight.

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.619
 A considerable

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:48.319
 crowd from the

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.480
 town was with

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.660
 her.

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.660
 This is a common

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.359
 practice for the

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.920
 townspeople to

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:53.220
 join in mourning

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.779
 a death.

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:57.079
 And it says in

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:58.079
 verse 13, that

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.720
 when the Lord

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.680
 saw her,

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.819
 he had

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.960
 compassion on

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:03.420
 her and said

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.680
 to her, do

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.680
 not weep.

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:08.000
 Once again, Jesus

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.059
 is called Lord.

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.700
 And Luke notes

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.579
 that Jesus had

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:14.220
 compassion on

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.440
 her.

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.519
 This is not

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.599
 merely an

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.559
 opportunity for

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.240
 Jesus to

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.000
 demonstrate his

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:21.160
 power, although

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.920
 it is that.

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:22.879
 But it's not

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.660
 merely that.

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.480
 Jesus has

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.940
 compassion on

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.480
 this widow.

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.960
 He cares for

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.720
 her and wants

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.460
 to help her.

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.920
 So he comforts

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.400
 her and tells

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:32.880
 her not to

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.180
 cry.

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.079
 Sometimes I

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.400
 think as

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.980
 Christians, we

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.779
 imagine that

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.380
 we're like these

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.180
 pawns on this

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:40.200
 great chess game

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.880
 that God is

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.539
 controlling.

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.640
 We imagine that

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.240
 God is this

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.700
 heartless mastermind

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.660
 who gives us

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.440
 suffering in order

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.100
 to further his

00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:50.039
 purposes, who

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.880
 is a calculated,

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.700
 makes a cold,

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.920
 calculated move

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.900
 to sacrifice his

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.880
 pawns in order to

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.500
 advance his

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.819
 kingdom.

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.000
 them.

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.539
 Yes, God is

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.000
 sovereign.

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.000
 Yes, God is

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.740
 in control.

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.839
 And yes, God

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.700
 allows suffering

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.439
 sometimes to

00:24:02.439 --> 00:24:03.319
 sanctify us.

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.799
 But God also

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.819
 cares for you.

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.980
 He knows

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.679
 your pain.

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:12.659
 He has

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.539
 compassion on

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.819
 you.

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.019
 The sovereign

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.679
 Lord of the

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:18.159
 universe sees

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:19.059
 you.

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:26.079
 The usual

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:27.579
 pattern of

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.339
 Jesus' healing

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.119
 ministry is that

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.519
 people ask him

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.119
 for healing.

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:33.000
 Not the other

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.519
 way around.

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.960
 But interestingly,

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.059
 in this passage,

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.480
 Jesus is the

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.899
 one who initiates

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:40.460
 contact with

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.019
 this widow.

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:43.319
 This woman is

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.159
 too consumed

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.119
 by her grief

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.919
 and mourning

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.980
 for her son

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.980
 to take any

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.559
 notice of

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:48.879
 Jesus.

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:50.139
 But Jesus

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:51.279
 sees her

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.500
 and has

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.419
 compassion on

00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:54.359
 her and

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.159
 comforts

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.759
 her.

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.480
 Some of you

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.179
 know what it's

00:24:59.179 --> 00:25:00.000
 like to feel

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.240
 such grief.

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.019
 Some of you

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.480
 know what it's

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.039
 like to feel

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:05.019
 so depressed,

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.259
 so crushed

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.980
 by a sense

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.460
 of guilt,

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.740
 or so anxious

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.859
 and fearful

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.619
 that you feel

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.200
 paralyzed.

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.599
 You know

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.279
 you should be

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.879
 crying out to

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.319
 the Lord for

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.579
 help,

00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.480
 but you should

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.000
 be reminding

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.599
 yourself of

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.459
 God's truth

00:25:19.459 --> 00:25:19.759
 and His

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.259
 faithfulness.

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.899
 You should

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.359
 be holding

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:21.659
 on to

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:21.899
 God's

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:22.339
 promises,

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:22.980
 but in

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.619
 those hard,

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.879
 dark moments,

00:25:24.959 --> 00:25:25.439
 you just

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:26.099
 don't have

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.299
 the wherewithal

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.219
 to take

00:25:28.219 --> 00:25:28.879
 those steps

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.519
 toward God.

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.460
 God's love,

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:34.019
 but know this,

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:36.379
 that even in

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.079
 those moments

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.700
 when you feel

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.339
 alone and

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.039
 abandoned in

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.819
 your struggle,

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.559
 the Lord

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.559
 sees you

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.480
 and has

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.859
 compassion on

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.460
 you.

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.319
 God's love,

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:47.480
 is

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.680
 God's love.

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.420
 If you are a

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:51.420
 Christian, you have

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.840
 God's love.

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.720
 Ephesians 2,

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:57.140
 4 to 5 tells us,

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:59.680
 God, being rich in

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:01.660
 mercy, because of

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.700
 the great love with

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.900
 which He loved us,

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.320
 even when we were

00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:06.080
 dead in our

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:07.300
 trespasses, made

00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:08.360
 us alive together

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:09.820
 with Christ, by

00:26:09.820 --> 00:26:11.380
 grace you have been

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.080
 saved.

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:14.600
 God didn't save us

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.680
 when we were sick

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.800
 with our sins and

00:26:16.800 --> 00:26:18.080
 desperately seeking

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.540
 His help.

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.440
 He saved us when we

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.500
 were dead in our

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:24.060
 sins, when we were

00:26:24.060 --> 00:26:26.180
 doing nothing to help

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.840
 our cause.

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.259
 When we were a

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.840
 hopeless case, God

00:26:30.840 --> 00:26:31.620
 in His great love

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.560
 saved us through

00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:33.539
 Jesus Christ.

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.640
 That's the

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.740
 compassion of the

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:36.980
 Lord.

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.580
 And this compassion

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.279
 is what moves

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.039
 Jesus to do

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.840
 something shocking

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.720
 in verse 14.

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.820
 It says,

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.779
 Then He came up

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:46.440
 and touched the

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.000
 bear, and the

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.360
 bearer stood still,

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.500
 and He said,

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.759
 Young men, I say

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.340
 to you,

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.680
 arise.

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:56.000
 It was a

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.840
 blatant breach of

00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.920
 Jewish custom to

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.799
 interrupt the

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.120
 funeral.

00:26:59.560 --> 00:27:00.039
 I mean, I guess

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.779
 that's kind of a

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.700
 blatant breach of

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.799
 any custom anywhere,

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.220
 right?

00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:04.340
 Every culture,

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.680
 right?

00:27:06.060 --> 00:27:06.940
 And remember that

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.940
 Jesus was also a

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.720
 visitor from out of

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.779
 town, so here's this

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.320
 stranger.

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.160
 He hasn't quite even

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.759
 entered through the

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.840
 gates of the city yet,

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.840
 and He comes and He

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.460
 sees a funeral

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.480
 procession, and He

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.519
 has the audacity to

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.580
 interrupt the funeral.

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:21.819
 He touched.

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:25.179
 According to

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:27.139
 Numbers 19, 11-22,

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.359
 any Jew that comes

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:29.559
 into contact with

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:31.859
 the dead contracted

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:33.439
 ritual uncleanness.

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.659
 But Jesus is

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.439
 unfazed.

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.059
 He brings the

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.859
 funeral procession to

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:40.379
 a halt by touching.

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.939
 All of this is so

00:27:42.939 --> 00:27:43.659
 brazen that the

00:27:43.659 --> 00:27:44.519
 bearers were taking

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.659
 it.

00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:45.519
 Just stand still.

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.059
 They're probably

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.819
 dazed, and they're

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.879
 staring at Jesus in

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.559
 disbelief, and

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.379
 then Jesus does

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.960
 something that's

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.740
 even crazier.

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.980
 He commands the

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:54.500
 corpse as if he

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.480
 were a living human

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.879
 being.

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:58.919
 Young man, what?

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:02.319
 Can you see this?

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:04.799
 Young man, I say to

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.480
 you, arise.

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.200
 This is the point

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.259
 where all the

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.119
 sensible friends of

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.619
 the widow would

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.319
 have taken Jesus

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:12.019
 for a lunatic,

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.099
 and escorted him

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.319
 out.

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.159
 But of course,

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.940
 that doesn't happen.

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.940
 Because Jesus is

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.519
 the son of God,

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:21.519
 and has authority

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.480
 over death.

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:24.099
 And verse 15

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.940
 tells us that

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:26.419
 the dead man

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:27.779
 set up

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.679
 and began

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.500
 to speak.

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.559
 And Jesus

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.379
 gave him

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:32.299
 to his mother.

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.619
 Instead of saying

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.720
 that the young man

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.539
 set up and

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.079
 began to speak,

00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:37.000
 to emphasize the

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.819
 point, Luke says,

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:39.099
 the dead man,

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.819
 he's like a junk,

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.960
 the dead man

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.940
 set up and

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.859
 began to speak.

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.319
 This man that was

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.299
 dead a minute ago,

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.440
 this man that

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.059
 couldn't move a

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.720
 finger a minute

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.120
 ago,

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.180
 is now sitting up

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.600
 and having a

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.220
 conversation.

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.600
 Instead of being

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.500
 polluted by the

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.140
 death that this

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:54.660
 man had on him,

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:56.000
 Jesus imparts new

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.620
 life to this man.

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.820
 Instead of becoming

00:28:58.820 --> 00:28:59.700
 unclean,

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.960
 Jesus makes clean

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.240
 the dead man he

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.580
 touches.

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.600
 But the focal point

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.440
 of this miracle is

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.580
 not the resuscitated

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.140
 dead man,

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:10.380
 but his mother,

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:13.000
 on whom Jesus

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.940
 had compassion.

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.600
 That's why he

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.000
 healed.

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.680
 So it says,

00:29:19.760 --> 00:29:21.040
 Jesus gave him

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:22.360
 to his mother.

00:29:25.820 --> 00:29:27.060
 The crowd's reaction

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.800
 is predictable.

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.700
 It says in verse

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.680
 16 to 17,

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.780
 fear seized them

00:29:30.780 --> 00:29:31.540
 all, a common

00:29:31.540 --> 00:29:32.900
 response, when you

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.620
 see someone that

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.380
 was dead to start

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.000
 walking again.

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.020
 And then they

00:29:36.020 --> 00:29:36.900
 glorified God,

00:29:37.020 --> 00:29:37.780
 saying, a great

00:29:37.780 --> 00:29:38.740
 prophet has arisen

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.860
 among us, and

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.599
 God has visited

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.219
 his people.

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.500
 And this report

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.299
 about him spread

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.879
 through the whole

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.659
 of Judea and all

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.159
 the surrounding

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.719
 country.

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.119
 The crowd is

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.879
 awestruck with

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.599
 fear of God, and

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.199
 they worship him,

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.859
 acclaiming Jesus

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.740
 as a great prophet

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:52.039
 through whom God

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.859
 has visited his

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.279
 people.

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.500
 And the phrase

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.699
 great prophet is

00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.259
 included here

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.279
 intentionally by Luke

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.219
 to bring to mind

00:29:58.219 --> 00:29:59.240
 the Old Testament

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:00.179
 prophets like

00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:01.000
 Elijah and

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.919
 Elijah, who also

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.879
 raised the dead.

00:30:05.979 --> 00:30:06.939
 In fact, there's

00:30:06.939 --> 00:30:07.919
 an intentional echo

00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:09.439
 in this passage in

00:30:09.439 --> 00:30:09.839
 Luke of the

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:11.979
 1 Kings 17, 17

00:30:11.979 --> 00:30:13.399
 to 24, where

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:15.399
 Elijah raises a

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:16.799
 widow's dead

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.639
 son to life.

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.419
 In both cases, the

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:20.319
 dead son of a

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.779
 widow is

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.579
 resuscitated, and

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.579
 in both cases,

00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:23.979
 afterward, it is

00:30:23.979 --> 00:30:25.399
 said that Jesus

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:25.939
 and Elijah

00:30:25.939 --> 00:30:27.159
 respectively gave

00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:28.579
 him to his

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:28.919
 mother.

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.679
 Exact same

00:30:29.679 --> 00:30:30.059
 phrase.

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.359
 Luke is making

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:33.039
 an intentional

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.019
 literary allusion

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.799
 to the account of

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.740
 Elijah's raising

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.219
 of the dead

00:30:36.219 --> 00:30:36.939
 widow's son.

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:38.359
 But these parallels

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.379
 are there not just

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:40.040
 to highlight the

00:30:40.040 --> 00:30:40.880
 similarities, but

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:42.040
 actually to highlight

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:43.620
 the differences, to

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:45.080
 contrast the two

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.540
 accounts.

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.600
 Because in 1 Kings 17,

00:30:48.020 --> 00:30:49.240
 Elijah has to pray

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.620
 earnestly, and then he

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.800
 stretches himself upon

00:30:51.800 --> 00:30:53.440
 the child three times in

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.460
 order to revive the boy

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.500
 hand, then he must pray

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:58.000
 some more, and then he

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.800
 finally comes back to

00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.140
 life.

00:30:59.320 --> 00:31:00.900
 But all Jesus does here

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:02.200
 is say a simple command

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:03.100
 to the dead man.

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.480
 Once again, continuing that

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.280
 theme of what the

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:08.319
 centurion said, it's

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.379
 effortless for Jesus.

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.579
 This highlights once

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:14.480
 again the unparalleled

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:17.319
 authority of Jesus, and

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.680
 raises the question

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:21.759
 again, what's his

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.180
 identity?

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:25.500
 Is Jesus really just a

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.539
 great prophet like

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.460
 Elijah and Elisha?

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:30.599
 Is the crowd correct in

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.220
 their assessment?

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.619
 That's what brings us to

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:34.319
 that final passage, 18 to

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.740
 35.

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.039
 We've seen the Lord's

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.939
 authority, the Lord's

00:31:36.939 --> 00:31:38.220
 compassion, and now we

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.980
 get a passage that

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:40.240
 clearly states the

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.319
 Lord's identity by

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.480
 comparing him to the

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.639
 greatest prophet that

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:45.000
 ever lived up to that

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.259
 point.

00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:47.639
 The account of Jesus

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.379
 performing these

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:49.220
 miracles was reported

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.099
 to John, and it says

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:51.259
 in verses 19 to 20

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.899
 that John, calling two

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.819
 of his disciples to

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:55.319
 him, sent them to the

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.899
 Lord, saying, are you

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:58.339
 the one who is to come,

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:00.200
 or shall we look for

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.500
 another?

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:03.379
 John's disciples relay

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:07.160
 this to Jesus, and

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:09.260
 John, remember what

00:32:09.260 --> 00:32:10.280
 John said about Jesus

00:32:10.280 --> 00:32:10.660
 earlier.

00:32:10.760 --> 00:32:11.240
 It's not that he

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.080
 doesn't have faith.

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.660
 John said about Jesus

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:16.200
 in Luke 3, 16 to 17,

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:18.740
 I baptize you with

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:20.480
 water, but he who is

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.500
 mightier than I is

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.780
 coming, the strap of

00:32:22.780 --> 00:32:23.900
 whose sandals I am not

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.900
 worthy to untie.

00:32:25.260 --> 00:32:26.600
 He will baptize you with

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:28.120
 the Holy Spirit and fire.

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.620
 His winnowing fork is in

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:31.100
 his hand to clear his

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.960
 threshing floor and to

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.020
 gather the wheat into his

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.480
 barn, but the chaff he

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:36.119
 will burn with unquenchable

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.940
 fire.

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.559
 John baptized this Jesus

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:41.720
 that he prophesied about,

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.900
 and John came to the

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.639
 understanding that Jesus

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:45.879
 was the promised one,

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:48.059
 the Messiah who had

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.960
 baptized people with the

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.480
 Holy Spirit.

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:53.200
 But since then, it seems

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.299
 that some doubt has

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.960
 crept into John the

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:58.019
 Baptist's mind, and he

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.099
 wants to confirm that

00:32:59.099 --> 00:33:00.700
 Jesus indeed is the one

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.319
 who is to come.

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:03.960
 This leads us to ask an

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.799
 interesting question that

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.679
 we can't get a definite

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.799
 answer to, but there are

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.819
 contextual clues in the

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.460
 Gospel of Luke.

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:10.700
 Why exactly did John start

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.099
 to doubt?

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:14.379
 First, we already know from

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:16.559
 Luke chapter 3, 19 to 20,

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:18.039
 that John is currently

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:19.859
 locked up in prison by

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.879
 Herod Antipas.

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:23.560
 At the beginning of his

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:26.120
 ministry, Jesus said in

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:27.300
 Luke 4, 18 to 19,

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:29.160
 quoting from Isaiah 61,

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.660
 that his mission is to

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.960
 proclaim good news to the

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:33.560
 poor and proclaim liberty

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:35.480
 to the captives, among

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.240
 other things.

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:38.280
 And yet here's John still

00:33:38.280 --> 00:33:40.120
 imprisoned by wicked

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:43.320
 Herod, and unable to

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:44.760
 witness any of the great

00:33:44.760 --> 00:33:46.300
 mighty works of God that

00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:47.100
 Jesus is doing.

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.500
 Can you imagine?

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:50.100
 He waited his entire life

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.619
 for this.

00:34:00.459 --> 00:34:01.819
 We could also tell from

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.619
 what John said about

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.980
 Jesus that he expected

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:06.240
 Jesus to bring about not

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:08.159
 just a spiritual renewal in

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:10.039
 a kingdom, but something

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.519
 that comes with political

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:13.480
 power as well.

00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:15.400
 That he expected the evil

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:17.559
 regimes that ruled during

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.719
 his days to be toppled.

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:21.259
 He expected justice to be

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:24.319
 meted out on earth with

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:26.500
 the coming of Jesus, not

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.959
 recognizing the gap between

00:34:27.959 --> 00:34:29.839
 Jesus' first coming when he

00:34:29.839 --> 00:34:30.919
 comes to save, not to

00:34:30.919 --> 00:34:31.779
 condemn, and his second

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:33.119
 coming when he comes to

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:34.079
 meet our final judgment.

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:39.719
 And this kind of didn't

00:34:40.439 --> 00:34:41.079
 match up, right?

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:42.579
 His expectations of the

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:44.159
 Messiah and what Jesus did,

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:45.599
 and that sowed confusion and

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.500
 doubt among some people,

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:48.199
 and it seems including with

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:49.379
 John the Baptist as well.

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:54.179
 This is encouraging for us

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:55.179
 because not only does

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:56.899
 John the Baptist, Jesus

00:34:56.899 --> 00:34:57.639
 calls him the greatest

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.639
 prophet, as we'll see in the

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.379
 next few verses.

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.879
 He had doubts.

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:06.779
 This also builds our faith in

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:08.799
 this account of Jesus, because

00:35:08.799 --> 00:35:10.299
 if you're a follower of Jesus,

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:11.519
 why would you include this

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.759
 embarrassing account in this

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.119
 story?

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.420
 You're telling me the

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.420
 greatest prophet that ever

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.780
 lived had doubts about Jesus

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.480
 being the Messiah?

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.500
 Why would you put that in

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.679
 there?

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:22.059
 I wouldn't if I were making

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.559
 this up.

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:28.159
 But it's in here to comfort

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.679
 us.

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:32.320
 In here to assure us.

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:35.300
 Because maybe you have come

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:36.679
 to believe in Jesus, but

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:38.360
 becoming a Christian has not

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.719
 been what you expected it to

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.019
 be.

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:44.000
 You're encountering

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:45.559
 difficulties and sufferings

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.840
 that you did not anticipate.

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:50.960
 Maybe overcoming sin hasn't

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:52.320
 been the smooth sailing that

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:53.679
 you expected it to be.

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:58.239
 Luke includes this exchange

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:59.579
 between John the Baptist and

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:01.840
 Jesus here to assure us it's

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.219
 okay.

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:05.099
 And here's the assurance.

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:08.360
 Verse 21 to 23, Jesus gives

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.940
 his response.

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:11.260
 In that hour he healed many

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:12.820
 people of diseases and plagues

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.599
 and evil spirits.

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.240
 And on many who were blind he

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.059
 bestowed sight.

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:17.720
 And he answered them, go and

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:19.260
 tell John what you have seen

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:19.860
 and heard.

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:21.980
 The blind receive their sight.

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:23.200
 The lame walk.

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.300
 Leopards are cleansed.

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.260
 And the deaf hear.

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.860
 The dead are raised up.

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:28.220
 The poor have good news

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.940
 preached to them.

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:32.200
 And blessed is the one who is

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:33.880
 not offended by me.

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:39.920
 During their visit, John's

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.960
 disciples witness all these

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.960
 things that Jesus does.

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:43.079
 And with that as the backdrop,

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:45.180
 Jesus tells them to report to

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:46.039
 John all the things that they

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:47.220
 have seen Jesus do.

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:49.500
 And this list is selective.

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:50.579
 It's not exhaustive.

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:52.099
 But it is representative of the

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.079
 functions of the Messiah.

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.840
 It's taken from Isaiah.

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:56.360
 The prophecies of Isaiah.

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:58.440
 And there's an emphasis on blind

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.220
 receiving sight.

00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:00.320
 That's the only element that's

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:01.820
 repeated twice in this passage.

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:04.340
 The verse he bestowed sight in

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:05.780
 verse 21 literally means to

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:07.480
 grace someone with sight.

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:09.539
 It points to the grace of God

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:11.100
 in giving us the gift of

00:37:11.100 --> 00:37:12.900
 salvation rather than making us

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.420
 earn it.

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:15.400
 And then the last two clauses

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.820
 recall the Beatitudes of

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:19.080
 chapter 6 verses 22 to 23.

00:37:19.700 --> 00:37:21.000
 The poor have good news

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.680
 preached to them.

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:23.320
 And blessed is the one who is

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:24.360
 not offended by me.

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.980
 What did Jesus say earlier?

00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:28.260
 Blessed are you who are poor

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:30.519
 for yours is the kingdom of God.

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:33.539
 The poor is a generalization

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:35.079
 as we've mentioned multiple times

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:36.699
 throughout the past few weeks.

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.840
 It's a generalization for the

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:40.239
 category of people who are

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:43.179
 humbled and ill-treated in this

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:45.079
 life on account of their

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.960
 commitment to Jesus.

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:48.719
 So this is a direct exhortation

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.699
 to John the Baptist.

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:52.739
 How kind of Jesus to speak to him

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.699
 this way.

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:56.019
 And it's also a direct message and

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:57.800
 exhortation to anyone who suffers

00:37:57.800 --> 00:38:00.920
 on account of his or her faith in

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.320
 Jesus.

00:38:02.120 --> 00:38:05.460
 Blessed is the one who is not

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:07.260
 offended by me.

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:10.100
 The word offend is taken from

00:38:10.100 --> 00:38:11.200
 Isaiah 8 14.

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:12.620
 It refers to stumbling over

00:38:12.620 --> 00:38:14.100
 something, tripping over something.

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:16.800
 If we put our faith in Jesus, he

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:18.700
 becomes our rock, the firm

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:20.060
 foundation upon which we can

00:38:20.060 --> 00:38:20.519
 stand.

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:22.440
 But if you reject Jesus, he

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.560
 becomes the rock of stumbling and

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:28.239
 offense that trips us and leads to

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:29.420
 our judgment and downfall.

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:32.840
 Jesus is exhorting John not to

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:34.000
 stumble on account of him.

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:38.779
 Some of you have also experienced

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:41.400
 embarrassment and ridicule on

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:42.840
 account of your faith in Jesus.

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:47.559
 But Jesus gives you a comforting

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.599
 word.

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:51.380
 Blessed is the one who is not

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.360
 offended by me.

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:55.599
 So don't trip over Jesus.

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:57.640
 Stand firm in your faith in him.

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:58.780
 That's the assurance.

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:01.420
 The assurance that Jesus gave to

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:03.980
 John, Luke records to assure us in

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.460
 our faith.

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.960
 And after John's disciples leave,

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:09.519
 Jesus turns to the crowd around him

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:11.340
 to provide them with an explanation of

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:14.019
 John the Baptist's person and

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.480
 ministry.

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:18.019
 He asks the crowd, what did you go out

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.260
 into the wilderness to see?

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:21.420
 A reed shaken by the wind?

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:23.700
 What then did you go out to see?

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:26.039
 A man dressed in soft clothing?

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:29.260
 Behold, those who are dressed in

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:31.300
 splendid clothing and live in luxury

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:33.119
 are in king's courts.

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:36.820
 John the Baptist ministered in the

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.159
 wilderness.

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.840
 So this whole section is about him.

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:42.119
 A reed shaken by the wind is a common

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:44.780
 metaphor for someone who is unreliable

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:45.700
 and unsteady.

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:48.220
 Kind of a someone with like what we

00:39:48.220 --> 00:39:50.280
 might call a spineless pushover that

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:52.540
 is blown to and fro by the wind of

00:39:52.540 --> 00:39:52.860
 opinion.

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.519
 Wind of opinion.

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:56.240
 The implied answer to the first

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:58.060
 rhetorical question is no.

00:39:58.700 --> 00:40:00.780
 The people did not go out into the

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:02.420
 wilderness to see this kind of person.

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:05.880
 John was a man of conviction and

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.280
 resolve.

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:08.640
 In fact, he's now in prison for

00:40:08.640 --> 00:40:11.100
 condemning the illegal, the

00:40:11.100 --> 00:40:13.160
 relationship that Herod had, the

00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:15.140
 incest really.

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:19.159
 And the people also did not go out to

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:20.879
 see a man dressed in soft clothing.

00:40:22.319 --> 00:40:24.119
 Such people live in luxury and are in

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.759
 king's courts.

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:28.339
 John was not a self-indulgent man, a

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:31.159
 royal official softened by ears and

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:33.279
 ease and comfort in the king's courts.

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:37.259
 Rather, these kind of prophets, so-called

00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:39.059
 prophets that live in king's courts, they

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:40.679
 live to preserve the status quo by

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:42.299
 flattering the kings and telling them

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:43.160
 whatever they want to hear.

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:46.539
 Rather, John's not like that.

00:40:46.600 --> 00:40:48.519
 John was a disciplined and austere man

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.960
 who sought to please God alone.

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:52.440
 So what then did you go out to see?

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.039
 A prophet?

00:40:53.560 --> 00:40:55.660
 Yes, I tell you, and more than a

00:40:55.660 --> 00:40:55.980
 prophet.

00:40:57.500 --> 00:41:00.019
 Jesus elaborates in verse 27, this is

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:02.160
 he of whom it is written, behold, I

00:41:02.160 --> 00:41:04.880
 send my messenger before your face who

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:07.100
 will prepare your way before you.

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:10.260
 The scripture that Jesus cites here is

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:11.620
 a combination of two passages.

00:41:12.200 --> 00:41:15.440
 Malachi 3.1 speaks of a messenger that

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:18.020
 will prepare the way for God so that

00:41:18.020 --> 00:41:19.300
 God can come to his people.

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:22.180
 And then it's also an allusion to

00:41:22.180 --> 00:41:25.200
 Exodus 23.20, which speaks of a

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:27.560
 messenger that will prepare the way to

00:41:27.560 --> 00:41:29.420
 bring God's people to God.

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:32.660
 So it's kind of a splice together.

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:34.980
 So John the Baptist fulfills both of

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:37.300
 these prophecies because he is the

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:39.560
 messenger that prepares the way for

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:42.400
 Jesus is coming and Jesus is God.

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:45.039
 So Jesus is not exactly being demurred

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:46.059
 here about his identity.

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:52.340
 But not only that, John the Baptist

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:55.599
 also prepared God's people for God by

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.759
 calling them to repentance.

00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:00.900
 This was John's special ministry.

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:04.059
 And for this reason, Jesus says that

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:05.980
 among those born of women, none is

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.799
 greater than John.

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:10.380
 Yet, the one who is least in the

00:42:10.380 --> 00:42:12.220
 kingdom of God is greater than he.

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:16.180
 John is the greatest man that ever

00:42:16.180 --> 00:42:17.160
 lived before Jesus.

00:42:18.120 --> 00:42:19.680
 We love having these conversations,

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.039
 right?

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:23.180
 I feel like everywhere you go online,

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:24.380
 there's a list for everything.

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:26.240
 The greatest list, greatest this,

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:28.640
 greatest that, the greatest athlete,

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.300
 greatest this.

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:31.380
 And we're always wondering who the

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:32.019
 greatest are.

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:33.960
 Here, Jesus tells us, you're looking for

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:35.360
 who the greatest human being that ever

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:37.039
 lived before Jesus?

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:37.820
 It was John.

00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:39.180
 Why?

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:42.380
 Because he fulfilled the unique prophetic

00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:45.519
 role of preparing the way for God and

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:47.640
 preparing a people for God immediately

00:42:47.640 --> 00:42:49.620
 before the coming of the Son of God.

00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:52.260
 John was more than a prophet for God.

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:54.080
 He was in fact the greatest man.

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:56.360
 But because Jesus ushers in the kingdom

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:59.139
 of God in an unprecedented way by

00:42:59.139 --> 00:43:03.739
 defeating sin and death, by dying on the

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:06.159
 cross for the sins of his people and

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:08.299
 being raised from the dead so that

00:43:08.299 --> 00:43:10.239
 because after he ascends to the right

00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:12.199
 hand of the Father and raised, he sends

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:14.539
 his Holy Spirit down to indwell his

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:17.299
 people so that as we now live as God's

00:43:17.299 --> 00:43:19.079
 people, as we walk around as Christians,

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:21.239
 God's presence is with us.

00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:23.059
 He walks with us.

00:43:23.299 --> 00:43:24.479
 He speaks through us.

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:25.879
 He ministers among us.

00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:31.000
 Because of that unprecedented reality,

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:36.019
 Jesus says, the least in the kingdom of

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:39.019
 God is greater than John.

00:43:45.419 --> 00:43:47.139
 That's mind-boggling, isn't it?

00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:52.779
 Is it how you see yourself if you're a

00:43:52.779 --> 00:43:53.039
 Christian?

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:55.839
 If you compare yourself side by side

00:43:55.839 --> 00:43:56.339
 with John?

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:01.039
 John?

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:04.019
 Taylor?

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.420
 Greater?

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:15.639
 John?

00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:17.900
 Ashley?

00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:19.940
 Greater?

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:29.099
 Do you realize the staggering truth?

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:35.519
 That means if you're a follower of Christ

00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:38.860
 today, the privileges that you enjoy, the

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:41.539
 grace of God that's at work in you, the

00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:44.320
 spirit of God who empowers you, the

00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:46.880
 salvation that you have experienced is

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:49.940
 far greater in measure than anything,

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:53.659
 anything that great John the Baptist

00:44:53.659 --> 00:44:55.519
 experienced than anyone before him.

00:44:57.800 --> 00:45:00.579
 How can we take this great salvation for

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:00.960
 granted?

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:05.599
 How can we not tell people about this great

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.099
 salvation?

00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:09.440
 How can we not live every moment of our

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:13.019
 lives joyful, praising God?

00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:21.000
 John was the last figure to live in the age of

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.559
 promise.

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:23.599
 We live in the age of fulfillment.

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:23.819
 fulfillment.

00:45:25.380 --> 00:45:29.039
 Do you know the joy and privilege of being in

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:30.039
 the kingdom of God?

00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:41.460
 Then, having given an assessment of John,

00:45:42.299 --> 00:45:44.799
 Jesus turns to give an assessment of the

00:45:44.799 --> 00:45:46.779
 generation to which he ministered.

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:50.580
 And so, here he brings out very sharp application

00:45:50.580 --> 00:45:51.440
 points for us.

00:45:53.700 --> 00:45:57.220
 He says, he compares them in verse 32, that they are

00:45:57.220 --> 00:46:00.340
 like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to

00:46:00.340 --> 00:46:00.860
 one another.

00:46:01.100 --> 00:46:03.720
 We play the flute for you and you did not dance.

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:05.980
 We sang a dirge and you did not weep.

00:46:06.680 --> 00:46:10.120
 This is probably a reference to an ancient children's game

00:46:10.120 --> 00:46:13.420
 where they reenact weddings and funerals.

00:46:13.420 --> 00:46:17.180
 So, we play a flute at a wedding, you sing a dirge at a

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 funeral.

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 And when, I mean, they didn't have as many toys as we do

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 now, right?

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 When one group of children played the flute as in a

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 wedding, the other group of children are supposed to

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 dance, right?

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 When one group sings a dirge, the other group was

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 supposed to act like they were crying or weeping and

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 mourning.

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 It's similar in concept to the games that children still

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 play called Follow the Leader.

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 You guys have played that a little bit, right?

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 Jesus compares the Pharisees and the Jewish teachers of

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 the law who reject him to children playing games.

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 And they're like spoiled brats who only want to play the

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 game on their terms and never play along with others.

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 They're always telling the other group of kids that they're

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 not doing what they're supposed to do.

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 The point that Jesus is making becomes clear when we

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 recognize that verses 32 and 35 have a mirroring structure.

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 In verse 32a, the Pharisees are compared to children playing

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 games.

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 In verse 35, the followers of Christ are called children of

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 wisdom.

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 In verse 32b, it says, we played the flute for you and you did

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 not dance.

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 That's referenced to a comparison to the son of man in verse 34 who

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 would come eating and drinking.

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 And you say, look at him, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of

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 tax collectors and sinners.

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 Verse 32c talks about we sang a dirge and you did not weep.

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 That's a comparison to John the Baptist who came eating no bread and

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 drinking no wine.

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 And you say he has a demon.

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 You guys see the point.

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 John the Baptist followed an ascetic lifestyle, living in the

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 wilderness, wearing a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt

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 around his waist and eating locusts and wild honey.

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 Delicious.

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 And the Pharisees and the Jewish scholars rejected him, saying he's

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 too radical.

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 He's unbalanced.

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 He's demon possessed.

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 You would think that they would have been more favorable toward Jesus

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 then because Jesus came.

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 He befriended sinners and tax collectors.

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 He frequently feasted with them so that he can share with them the saving

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 news that he brought.

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 But no, the Pharisees and scribes rejected Jesus as well.

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 They called him a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and

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 sinners.

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 So Jesus is using a very pointed and appropriate comparison to make, drive

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 home the point that these people who reject Jesus, who also rejected John the

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 Baptist, do so.

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 They did so not because there was actually something deficient about John or

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 about Jesus, but because of their prideful unbelief and stubborn selfishness.

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 Instead of listening to the messengers of God, they wanted to dictate the

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 terms by which God must work.

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 Instead of submitting to God, they wanted God to affirm and conform to their way of

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 life.

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 So when John came weeping, they played the flute.

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 When Jesus came rejoicing, they sang a dirge.

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 What are some ways that we have done this?

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 If you're not yet a follower of Christ, I want you to ask this question to yourself.

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 Are you dictating the terms upon which God must come to you instead of approaching God

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 on His terms?

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 Do you keep changing the conditions you set before you would become a follower of Christ

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 because you're not really earnest about becoming my follower of Christ, but you want to preserve

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 your own lifestyle, your own pride?

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 If God did this and this for me, then I would follow Him maybe.

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 If God proved Himself and demonstrated it this way in a way that's compelling to me.

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 If God were like this, if He believed all the things that I believe, if He taught all the values

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 that I value, then maybe I would become a follower of Christ.

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 That's not how this works.

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 He's God.

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 He's the creator and you're the creature.

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 He's the Lord.

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 He's the King.

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 We are the subjects.

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 And we come to Him only when we come to Him appropriately is when we submit in humility.

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 Believers are subject to this temptation as well, aren't we?

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 We can read the scripture.

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 The word of God, as we call it.

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 But we pick and choose what we like.

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 Well, that's a little bit offensive.

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 Well, let's never talk about that.

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 That seems kind of backward, regressive.

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 God has come.

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 And that's the main point here that John's trying to drive home for us.

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 God Himself has come.

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 To seek and save you.

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 Jesus is the King who leaves His throne room and rolls up His sleeves to get to work,

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 to redeem you from your slavery to sin and death.

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 And is that how we respond to our King?

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.