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 Good morning to all of you.

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 For those of you who don't know me, I'm Samir Massou.

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 I'm one of the professors at Trinity and a member of Christ the King and a former elder.

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 I was thinking this morning, which is more important, to see the trees or to see the forest?

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 Do you start with the big and go down to the small or do you do the reverse?

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 And I decided in my case I have no choice.

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 If the elders said to me, Samir, you have two whole years to speak on Matthew.

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 You can preach on Matthew for the next hundred lectures, next hundred Sundays.

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 We would look at every tree.

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 We would look at every plant.

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 We would look at every verse.

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 Every paragraph.

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 Every section.

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 And we'll try to see the forest.

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 We'll try to see all the trees.

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 But they didn't give me two years.

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 They only gave me today.

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 So, we're going to be like a helicopter hovering over the trees, trying to see what the big picture is.

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 We are in the Gospel of Matthew.

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 And there are some really important themes in Matthew.

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 One of them you should be noticing by now.

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 That Matthew often points out that Jesus fulfills the Old Testament scriptures.

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 He uses about 14 passages that have this introduction.

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 This happened that scriptures may be fulfilled.

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 Or this happens as the prophet Jeremiah said.

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 Or as Isaiah said.

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 I listed several of them here.

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 Not the whole list.

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 But several of them.

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 Just to remind you that that is indeed a very important theme in Matthew.

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 That God's plan is being fulfilled.

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 But there is a second theme.

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 And instead of telling you now what that theme is, I'm just going to wait to the end.

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 See if you can put one and one together and figure out what's going on.

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 So, we're going to look at a theme and ask ourselves at the end.

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 So, what was that all about?

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 Okay.

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 That theme can be seen in six places.

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 And if you look at the back of your bulletin, I gave you a fairly specific outline.

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 And let's begin with Matthew chapter 1, verse 5.

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 Matthew 1, 5.

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 What I want you to do here is to notice two specific names in this passage.

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 Rahab and Ruth.

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 You may remember Rahab from Jericho, from the book of Joshua.

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 And the siege of Jericho.

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 And Ruth, of course, is the Moabite woman who is discussed in the book of Ruth.

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 The important thing to notice is that he is giving us the genealogy of King David.

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 And everywhere else, he only mentions the father.

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 But at this point, he also decides to mention the mother.

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 So, why does he mention the mother?

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 Because one mother is Rahab and the other mother is Ruth.

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 Rahab was a Canaanite.

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 Ruth was a Moabite.

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 In other words, neither one of them was Jewish.

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 They were non-Jews.

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 So, realizing that David is their descendant, what he is clearly saying is that even King David is not 100% Jewish.

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 Even King David has Gentile blood in him.

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 Race issues are very important in all cultures.

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 And this past year, we have been going through a lot of racial issues in this country.

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 And we need to move on with racial issues.

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 We need to treat each other as brothers, as family, rather than divide and separate and discriminate and things like that.

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 But, I am Lebanese.

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 So, I ask my daughter, who is only half Lebanese, what does she think?

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 Does she think she is an Arab?

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 Or does she see herself as an American?

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 How does she see herself?

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 Or maybe she sees herself as an American Arab?

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 Or as an Arab American?

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 For my son, it doesn't seem to matter that much difference.

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 But for her, it seems to matter a lot.

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 So, I ask her, when it comes to ISIS, for example, how do you perceive ISIS?

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 Do you perceive ISIS just as an American who is angry at a group of people who are martyring Christians?

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 Or do you see ISIS as an Arab?

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 When I look at ISIS, because I'm an Arab, and because ISIS are Arabs, I look at it differently than she does.

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 And so, there was, as you know very well, last century, a horrible evil man by the name of Hitler,

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 Hitler, who thought, absolutely wrongly, that some races are better than other races,

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 and that, in his case, if you were blonde hair, blue eyes, Aryan, then you were the supreme race.

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 And that other people, it's okay to kill and send to Auschwitz and Dachau and concentration camps.

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 And he had three groups of people at the bottom of the list.

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 The Jews, the gypsies, and the Arabs.

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 Had he won World War II, I may not even be here.

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 But Hitler was advocating racial superiority, and we're better than everybody else,

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 and we're the superior race, and all of you are inferior.

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 And I think God, in his own sense of humor, decided to humiliate Hitler in public,

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 in front of the whole world.

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 And so, in the Berlin Olympics, who was the great American athlete?

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 Jesse Owen.

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 And he was an African American, and he is supposed to be inferior to these Aryans.

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 But God showed that that's a lot of nonsense.

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 Racial superiority is a lot of nonsense.

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 It would be easy for somebody to say, we are Jews.

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 We have the prophets.

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 We have the Torah.

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 We have the temple.

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 We have Moses.

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 We have all of these things.

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 And look at our great King David, the greatest king in Israel's history.

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 And you look at this passage, and guess what?

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 Rahab is not Jewish, and Ruth is not Jewish.

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 God is saying, even the greatest Jewish king is not completely Jewish.

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 Even the greatest Jewish king has Gentile blood in him.

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 So, don't go around championing racial superiority.

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 The second passage, Matthew 2, verse 1.

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 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judah, during the time of King Herod,

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 Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked,

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 Where is the one who has been born King of the Jews?

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 We saw his star in the east, and we have come to worship him.

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 Wise men, Magi from the east, saw the star and followed it,

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 and come to King Herod, who is an Edomian,

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 and they asked, Where is he born King of the Jews?

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 Wise men from the east, non-Jews,

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 Gentile wise men are asking King Herod,

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 Where is he born King of the Jews?

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 Hold on here just for a minute.

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 I want to show you some contrast

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 to help you appreciate what's going on in Matthew.

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 Turn to the Gospel of Mark,

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 to the incident, chapter 4,

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 where Jesus calms the storm.

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 So, Jesus was asleep.

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 There is a horrible storm.

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 The boat is about to sink.

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 The disciples are about to die.

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 So, in Mark 4, 38,

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 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion.

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 The disciples woke him and said to him,

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 Teacher, don't you care if we drown?

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 He got up, rebuked the wind,

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 and said to the waves,

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 Quiet, be still.

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 Then the wind died down,

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 and it was completely calm.

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 He said to his disciples,

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 Why are you so afraid?

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 Do you still have no faith?

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 That's not a compliment, by the way.

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 They were terrified and asked each other,

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 Who is this?

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 Even the wind and the waves obey him.

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 Who is asking this question?

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 Not Sanhedrin,

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 not Pharisees,

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 not outsiders,

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 not some tourists from Egypt.

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 Jesus' own disciples are asking,

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 Who is this man that even the wind and the sea obey him?

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 The irony of it is that they are Jesus' disciples.

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 They're not some, you know,

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 Rabbi Gamaliel disciples.

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 They are Jesus' disciples,

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 and they still,

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 after this time that they have spent with him,

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 approximately a year,

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 are still wondering,

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 Who is this guy?

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 Jesus' own disciples don't know who he is.

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 Haven't figured him out yet.

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 And Jesus later on,

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 just for fun,

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 asks them,

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 Who do people say I am?

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 Ah, you're John the Baptist,

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 you're this, you're that.

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 And then he drops the hammer.

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 Who do you say I am?

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 Well, there,

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 the Holy Spirit helped them out.

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 Here they have no idea.

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 You are the Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 Here,

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 they're still asking,

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 Who is this guy?

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 Go back to Matthew.

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 The disciples have no idea who Jesus is.

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 Who in the Gospel of Matthew

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 is the first group of people

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 to know who Jesus is?

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 Gentiles.

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 Wise men from the East

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 know Jesus,

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 know the identity of Jesus,

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 the position of Jesus,

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 the rank of Jesus,

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 better than Jesus' own disciples.

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 It'd be embarrassing if my,

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 you know,

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 if somebody I completely don't know

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 knows more about my family

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 than my own children.

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 That'd be embarrassing.

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 Wise men from the East,

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 Gentiles are the first to recognize

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 who Jesus is.

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 And so,

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 and so,

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 we move to chapter 2,

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 verse 13.

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 After the Magi come and visit Jesus,

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 and give him their gifts,

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 they return,

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 they return,

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 and then in verse 13,

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 chapter 2, 13,

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 when they had gone,

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 an angel of the Lord

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 appeared to Joseph

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 in a dream.

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 Get up,

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 he said,

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 take the child

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 and his mother

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 and escape to Egypt.

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 Stay there

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 until I tell you,

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 for Herod is going to search

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 for the child

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 to kill him.

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 Jesus' life

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 is in danger.

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 It is not time

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 for Jesus

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 to die.

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 It's too early.

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 It's not the right time.

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 He will die,

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 but not now.

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 But Herod,

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 fearing competition,

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 Jesus is the king of the Jews,

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 wants to eliminate competition

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 and secure his position.

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 So,

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 what he wants to do

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 is to kill Jesus.

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 So,

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 Jesus' life

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 is being threatened

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 by a murderer

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 who wants to kill him.

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 Of course,

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 the issue is,

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 Jesus needs to hide.

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 But where should he hide?

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 Where should he hide?

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 I was thinking of

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 several places in the Bible

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 where people hide.

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 There's a famous passage

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 from Jeremiah,

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 chapter 7.

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 You may not know

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 that it is from

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 Jeremiah, chapter 7,

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 but you've heard

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 the passage.

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 The prophet Jeremiah

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 asks the evil leaders,

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 has this house

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 which is called

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 by my name

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 become a den of robbers

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 in your sight?

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 Has this house

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 which is called

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 by my name

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 become a den

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 of robbers?

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 What do robbers

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 do in caves

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 or in dens?

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 They hide

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 so as not to get caught.

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 so there were

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 all these evil people

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 who were disobeying God

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 and wanted to hide

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 so that God

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 wouldn't catch them

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 and others wouldn't see

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 that they are evil men

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 and be safe.

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 And of all the places

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 they decided to hide,

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 they decided to hide

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 in the temple.

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 So,

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 Jesus could have hidden

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 in the temple.

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 Earlier,

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 when another king's life

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 was in danger,

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 the high priest Jehoiada

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 takes the young prince

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 and hides him

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 in the temple

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 for seven years

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 where the evil queen

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 Athaliah

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 could not kill him.

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 so he is hidden

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 in the temple

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 for seven years

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 and not found

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 and was safe.

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 So,

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 if I were Joseph,

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 I would have gone

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 to a godly high priest

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 and say,

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 look,

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 this is Messiah.

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 He wants to kill him.

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 Can you hide him?

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 But he doesn't.

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 Where else could you hide?

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 Well,

00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:13.479
 David was part

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 of the court of Saul

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 until Saul

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 became very jealous

00:17:16.939 --> 00:17:17.539
 of David

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 and people would say

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 Saul killed his thousand

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 but David killed

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 his ten thousand

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 and David was young

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 and Saul was getting older

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 and David was popular

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 and Saul was less popular

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 and so jealousy set in

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 and Saul decided

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 to kill David.

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 So,

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 where does David hide?

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 in the Judean wilderness

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 and you can read

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 several fugitive psalms

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 in which David wrote

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 while he was a fugitive

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 hiding from Saul

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 trying not to be captured.

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 Then we have

00:17:53.340 --> 00:17:54.840
 a repetition of this

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 with Absalom,

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 David's son

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 who becomes king

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 and wants to kill his father

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 and David hides

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 in the Judean wilderness

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 and you know

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 what was so well hid

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 in the Judean wilderness

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 that for two thousand years

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 nobody found it.

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:17.019
 Two thousand years

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 and nobody found it.

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 The Dead Sea Scrolls

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 in the caves

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 just above the Dead Sea.

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 So,

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 Jesus could have been hid

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 in the Judean wilderness

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 for two thousand years

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 and he wouldn't have been caught.

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 But where does he hide?

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 In Egypt.

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 Think about that.

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 Of all the places

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.659
 in this world,

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 where does Jesus

00:18:52.959 --> 00:18:54.459
 find refuge?

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 In a Gentile

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 country.

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 country.

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 Gentiles

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 provide David

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 safety.

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 Safety.

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.959
 Moving on.

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 Chapter 8.

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 Chapter 8,

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 verse 5.

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 When Jesus

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 had entered

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 Capernaum,

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 a centurion,

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 that's a Roman soldier,

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 a captain of a company,

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 a centurion

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 came to him

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 asking for help.

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 Lord,

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 he said,

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 my servant

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 lies at home

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 paralyzed

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 and in terrible suffering.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 I'll go and heal him.

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 The centurion

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 replied,

00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:45.819
 Lord,

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 I don't deserve

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 to have you

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 under my roof,

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 but just say the word

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 and my servant

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 will be healed.

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 For I myself

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 am a man

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 under authority

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 with soldiers

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 under me.

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 I tell this one

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 go and he goes

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 and this one

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 come and he comes.

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 I say to my servant,

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 do this

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 and he does it.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 When Jesus

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.519
 heard this,

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 he was astonished.

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 Only two places

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.920
 in the Gospel

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.440
 of Matthew

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 where it says

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.759
 Jesus was astonished.

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.080
 When Jesus

00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:17.620
 heard this,

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.459
 he was astonished

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 and he said

00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:21.639
 to those

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 following him,

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 I tell you

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 the truth.

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 I have not found

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:28.099
 anyone in Israel

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:29.479
 with such

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 great faith.

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 Who is the person

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 who

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 in all of Israel

00:20:38.879 --> 00:20:40.219
 had the greatest

00:20:40.219 --> 00:20:40.959
 faith

00:20:40.959 --> 00:20:42.139
 that Jesus

00:20:42.139 --> 00:20:42.919
 ever saw?

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.359
 A Roman

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:46.539
 centurion.

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 A Roman

00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:54.000
 centurion.

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 I would have thought

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.659
 that the disciples

00:21:02.659 --> 00:21:04.839
 would have the greatest

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.579
 amount of faith.

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.279
 They don't.

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.799
 Maybe

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:09.259
 Nicodemus.

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.599
 No.

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:15.400
 Of all the people

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:16.359
 who had the greatest

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.900
 faith,

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.980
 of all the people,

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:19.900
 the one who had

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.700
 the greatest faith

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:22.240
 was a Roman

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:23.079
 centurion.

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 I understand

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.640
 what he's talking

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.000
 about

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:28.299
 because I served

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.960
 in the army

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:31.299
 for two years

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.740
 during the Vietnam

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.779
 era.

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 I was working

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.240
 on my PhD

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.180
 at the time

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.299
 and so

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:44.079
 I was drafted

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.799
 into the army.

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:46.079
 They made us

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.920
 take exams

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:48.960
 and I was the only one

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:50.299
 with close to a PhD

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:51.720
 and all the other

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.839
 students

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:54.299
 were just graduating

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.240
 from high school

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.700
 so they would score

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.819
 and then suddenly

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.599
 it would curve

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.299
 and shoot up

00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:00.399
 and my score

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.200
 would be here

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.339
 and their score

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:03.039
 would be here

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:04.000
 which it should

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.779
 since I had about

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.480
 four years,

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.899
 five years more education

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.579
 than they did

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:09.740
 and the people said

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.519
 but you know

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:12.139
 you should become

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:12.799
 a captain

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:14.619
 in the army

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:16.539
 not a private

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:18.920
 and if you're a private

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.779
 you have to salute

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.279
 everybody

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.759
 you have to do push-ups

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.920
 if the drill sergeant

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.779
 is mad at you

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.659
 you have to do

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.759
 all of these things

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:29.839
 and then they put

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.740
 this idea

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.799
 in my mind

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:35.119
 become a helicopter pilot

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:37.500
 you will start

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:39.740
 as a captain

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:41.079
 wow

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:43.240
 and then he said

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.940
 you know what you can do

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.899
 as a captain

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:48.139
 you can go back

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:50.079
 to basic training camp

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:53.279
 and make the drill sergeant

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.819
 who harassed you so much

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:57.299
 salute you all day long

00:22:57.299 --> 00:23:01.359
 and I thought

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.000
 to myself

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:04.119
 sweet revenge

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:09.019
 I'd make him do

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.019
 as many push-ups

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.019
 as he made me do

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.659
 push-ups

00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:17.879
 in the army

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:19.339
 if a captain

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.539
 gives you an order

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:22.419
 you don't do this

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:23.839
 you do not do

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:25.059
 what I'm going to do next

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.879
 I'll say

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.440
 oh sir

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.559
 you give me an order

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:29.339
 did you go to West Point

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:31.139
 no you didn't go

00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:31.759
 to West Point

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.899
 oh so you went

00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.899
 to an inferior

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:35.960
 military school

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:39.279
 what was your GPA

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.419
 what was your grade

00:23:40.419 --> 00:23:41.139
 point average

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:42.819
 did you graduate

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.759
 in the top third

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.500
 middle third

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.720
 or lower third

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.799
 lower third

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.899
 so you're an inferior

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.679
 student

00:23:48.679 --> 00:23:51.220
 you know

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.379
 are you in good

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.460
 physical condition

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.539
 no you're not

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.440
 I'm in better

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.980
 good physical condition

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.500
 than you

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.140
 ah

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:59.019
 well

00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:00.319
 based on this data

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.660
 I'm not going

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.539
 to do anything

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.740
 you know

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:05.259
 go back to school

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.640
 get in shape

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.960
 improve your IQ

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:09.079
 and then I'll think

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.980
 about obeying you

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.200
 you think it works

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.059
 like that in the army

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:13.920
 you think so

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:17.220
 what matters

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:19.340
 is the rank

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:21.340
 not the person

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.720
 and so the Roman

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.539
 centurion says

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.339
 I give orders

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.000
 and they obey

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:27.299
 I don't have to be there

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.419
 I give orders

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:28.959
 they obey

00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:30.599
 Jesus guess what

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.480
 you give orders

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.639
 the sickness

00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:33.159
 will obey

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:34.980
 you've got power

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:37.879
 you can do it

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:40.139
 you don't have to be there

00:24:40.139 --> 00:24:42.379
 when Eisenhower

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:43.579
 launched

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:45.139
 D-Day

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.919
 did he have to be

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.459
 on the beach

00:24:46.459 --> 00:24:47.220
 no he didn't

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.399
 he could launch it

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:49.519
 from his headquarters

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:53.940
 you don't have to be there

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.180
 but you have the power

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.319
 you order it

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.799
 and nature will obey

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:59.639
 and Jesus says

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.460
 I've never seen

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.539
 anybody in Israel

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:03.019
 with so much faith

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:06.000
 the person

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.480
 with the most faith

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.240
 in Israel

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:10.859
 is a Roman soldier

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:12.539
 a Gentile

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:17.859
 and then a couple more

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:19.399
 take a look

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.920
 at Matthew 28

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:36.359
 Matthew 28

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:38.619
 this is

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.679
 the famous

00:25:39.679 --> 00:25:41.939
 great commission passage

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:49.339
 in verse 18

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:51.319
 Jesus says

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:53.579
 then Jesus came to them

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.059
 and said

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.279
 all authority

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.899
 in heaven

00:25:55.899 --> 00:25:57.199
 and on earth

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:58.579
 have been given to me

00:25:58.579 --> 00:26:00.299
 therefore go

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.799
 and make disciples

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:04.139
 of all nations

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:07.080
 baptizing them

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:08.300
 in the name of the Father

00:26:08.300 --> 00:26:08.940
 and the Son

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.980
 and of the Holy Spirit

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.720
 and teaching them

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.820
 to obey everything

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:14.259
 I have commanded you

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.820
 and surely

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.759
 I am with you

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.400
 always

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.840
 to the very end

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.540
 of the age

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:20.820
 look what the

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.960
 great commission is

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:23.220
 it is not

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.860
 go

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:25.420
 to every Jewish

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.380
 village

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:28.420
 and make a disciple

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:30.480
 it is not

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.980
 go to every Jewish

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.600
 town

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:34.240
 and make disciples

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.619
 it is not

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:37.139
 go to every Jewish

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:38.279
 city

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:39.939
 and make disciples

00:26:39.939 --> 00:26:41.199
 it is what

00:26:41.199 --> 00:26:43.779
 go to the whole

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.619
 world

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:47.759
 the gospel

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.359
 of Matthew

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:49.439
 begins

00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:51.179
 with the world

00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:52.599
 the wise men

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.779
 coming to Jesus

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.500
 it ends

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.799
 with Jesus

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.819
 going

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.959
 to the whole world

00:26:58.959 --> 00:27:00.779
 they come

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.240
 to him

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:03.640
 he goes

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.140
 to them

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:06.539
 what does

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.460
 Jesus want

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:09.059
 he wants

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.799
 disciples

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.720
 from the whole

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.279
 world

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.519
 to put it

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.980
 in different

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.319
 words

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.779
 he wants

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:16.099
 Gentile

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.880
 disciples

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:22.880
 he wants

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.960
 not just

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.640
 from a small

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.160
 circle

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.299
 just from

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:27.140
 one family

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:28.000
 or just

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.099
 from one tribe

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.879
 or just

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.379
 from one

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.240
 nationality

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.959
 or just

00:27:31.959 --> 00:27:32.719
 one ethnic

00:27:32.719 --> 00:27:33.179
 group

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:34.519
 he wants

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.159
 disciples

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:35.859
 from the whole

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.219
 world

00:27:36.219 --> 00:27:40.059
 and then

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.639
 Matthew 21

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.819
 which is a

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.619
 famous parable

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.219
 of Jesus

00:27:44.219 --> 00:27:45.279
 in which

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.699
 Jesus

00:27:45.699 --> 00:27:46.099
 is

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:48.959
 describing

00:27:48.959 --> 00:27:50.259
 God's

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.879
 frustrations

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.719
 with Israel

00:27:51.719 --> 00:27:53.359
 he sends

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.659
 them

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:56.079
 his words

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:57.439
 prophets

00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:57.599
 with prophets

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.460
 so they

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.099
 beat one

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.919
 they curse

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.319
 the other

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.639
 one

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.500
 they kill

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.960
 the third

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.259
 one

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.720
 so he

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.339
 sends them

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.240
 more prophets

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.139
 and they

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.819
 mistreat them

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.399
 as well

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.319
 just the same

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.519
 and then he

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.859
 says

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.980
 I'm going to

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.359
 send them

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:10.960
 my son

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.839
 they will

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.559
 respect my

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.879
 son

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.779
 my son

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.199
 is not

00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:15.079
 just another

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.619
 prophet

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.419
 my son

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:16.879
 is my

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.199
 son

00:28:17.199 --> 00:28:17.799
 prophets

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.339
 are here

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.720
 and he

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.299
 is here

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:21.480
 this is

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.960
 the last

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.720
 ultimatum

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.700
 and what

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:23.980
 do they

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.240
 do

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.539
 they take

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:25.759
 him

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.480
 and crucify

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.839
 him

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:28.460
 and then

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.880
 Jesus

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.420
 says

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.660
 what do

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:30.860
 you think

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.100
 is going

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.500
 to happen

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.680
 with this

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.039
 kind of

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.559
 situation

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.720
 turn to

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:34.960
 Matthew

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.559
 21

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.819
 33

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:46.980
 Matthew

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.640
 21

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.259
 starting

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.500
 with

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.220
 verse

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.839
 42

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:51.140
 Jesus

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.620
 said to

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:51.839
 them

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:53.079
 have you

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.679
 never read

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.059
 in the

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.459
 scriptures

00:28:54.459 --> 00:28:56.359
 the stone

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.179
 the builders

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.799
 rejected

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:59.099
 has become

00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:00.299
 the capstone

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.759
 the Lord

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.240
 has done

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.619
 this

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.559
 and it

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.199
 is marvelous

00:29:04.199 --> 00:29:04.779
 in our

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.199
 eyes

00:29:05.199 --> 00:29:06.500
 so if

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:06.959
 Israel

00:29:06.959 --> 00:29:07.339
 keeps

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.859
 determined

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.500
 to reject

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.919
 God

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:10.399
 therefore

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:11.000
 I tell

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.240
 you

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.039
 that the

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.299
 kingdom

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.859
 of God

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.279
 will be

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.799
 taken away

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.259
 from you

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.279
 and given

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.899
 to people

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.359
 who will

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.759
 produce

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.279
 its food

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.240
 you don't

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.720
 want it

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.119
 I'll give

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.359
 it to

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.679
 somebody

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.039
 else

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.279
 and the

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.579
 somebody

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:21.819
 else

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.119
 are the

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.660
 Gentiles

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:28.680
 if you

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.019
 have been

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.420
 listening

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.200
 there is

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.819
 a word

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:32.000
 that I

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.379
 used

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:33.160
 several

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.680
 times

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.319
 actually

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.940
 every time

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.240
 we looked

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.539
 at this

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.879
 passage

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.279
 I used

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.740
 that word

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.799
 it's the

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.119
 word

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:39.420
 Gentile

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.980
 I want

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.220
 you to

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.660
 remember

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.680
 we have

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.079
 four

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.799
 gospels

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:45.119
 one of

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.279
 them

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.859
 is written

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.839
 by Luke

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:48.480
 another one

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.880
 is written

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.579
 by Matthew

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.799
 when we

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.380
 think of

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:51.960
 the gospel

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.700
 of Luke

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.759
 it is the

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.180
 gospel

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.700
 to the

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.440
 Gentiles

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.059
 it is

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.339
 written

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.819
 to a

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.120
 Greek

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.539
 person

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.880
 by the

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.019
 name

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.220
 of

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.860
 Theophilus

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.559
 and it

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.259
 is designed

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.900
 to help

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.839
 Gentiles

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.360
 convert

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.339
 so in

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.980
 our own

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.360
 minds

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.720
 we have

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:05.940
 this

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.640
 dichotomy

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.339
 Luke

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.279
 is for

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:09.839
 the Gentiles

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.519
 and Matthew

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.200
 is for

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.740
 the Jews

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.579
 well that

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.019
 is true

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.420
 in many

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.900
 cases

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.839
 but not

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.420
 in every

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.819
 case

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:17.179
 even in

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:18.019
 this gospel

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.879
 which is

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.139
 written

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:20.359
 for Jews

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:22.019
 the

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:23.000
 concern

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.960
 is with

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.879
 the Gentiles

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:26.639
 I can

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.139
 understand

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.519
 it

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.279
 if Luke

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.059
 is concerned

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:30.659
 for Gentiles

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.240
 I mean

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.599
 that would

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.259
 be natural

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.539
 but a

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.119
 Jew

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:35.419
 like Matthew

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:36.619
 records

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:38.000
 that God

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.779
 is concerned

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.319
 with the

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.960
 Gentiles

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:44.279
 Matthew

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.079
 is concerned

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.599
 with the

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:45.939
 other

00:30:45.939 --> 00:30:46.480
 group

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:49.339
 which now

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.799
 brings me

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.099
 to the

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.720
 application

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:53.339
 who

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.460
 in our

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.779
 case

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.319
 is the

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.559
 other

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.019
 group

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:58.960
 who

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.559
 in our

00:30:59.559 --> 00:30:59.939
 case

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:01.299
 is the

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.559
 other

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.000
 group

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:04.919
 who

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.500
 in our

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.819
 case

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.480
 are

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.879
 those

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.139
 who

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.359
 are

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.759
 not

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.119
 in

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.619
 our

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.939
 small

00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:10.460
 group

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.419
 inner

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:12.039
 circle

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.220
 this

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.899
 congregation

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:15.800
 whom

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:17.019
 does God

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.680
 want us

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.280
 to go

00:31:18.280 --> 00:31:18.519
 to

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:24.620
 when he

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:24.900
 says

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.400
 go to

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:25.580
 the

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:25.860
 ends

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.160
 of the

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.480
 world

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:28.380
 where

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:28.880
 should we

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.080
 go

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.560
 first

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:35.619
 I am

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.059
 sure

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:37.480
 because

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.119
 when I

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.379
 was an

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.599
 elder

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.039
 we

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.359
 talked

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.579
 about

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:39.839
 this

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.240
 often

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.740
 I am

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.079
 sure

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.579
 that we

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.899
 were going

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.299
 to have

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.619
 a

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.720
 family

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.220
 night

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.659
 and

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:48.619
 we

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.200
 affirm

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.679
 our

00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:50.159
 commitment

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:52.000
 as a

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.359
 church

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.039
 our

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.519
 mission

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.980
 our

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.559
 goals

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.099
 our

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.740
 values

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:59.480
 we

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.720
 do

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.000
 not

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.319
 want

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.660
 to be

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.000
 a

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.460
 private

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.960
 club

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.920
 an

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.740
 inclusive

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.599
 society

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.299
 a

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.799
 closed

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.400
 door

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:08.640
 that

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.120
 unless

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.440
 you're

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.759
 in it

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.339
 you can't

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.940
 join it

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:12.180
 we

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.539
 want

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.759
 the

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.120
 door

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.519
 to be

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.920
 open

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.220
 we

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.559
 want

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:15.720
 to

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:15.900
 go

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.259
 out

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:17.720
 we

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.220
 want

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.519
 God

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.960
 to do

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.259
 his

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.720
 will

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.120
 in

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.579
 Kenosha

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:24.420
 whether

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.740
 it

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.039
 is

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.759
 tutoring

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.200
 little

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.700
 children

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:29.119
 or

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.720
 witnessing

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.640
 I don't

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:30.859
 know

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.160
 we'd

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.559
 have to

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.240
 ask

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.799
 ourselves

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:34.779
 where

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:36.559
 where do

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:36.960
 we go

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:38.579
 who are

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.500
 the other

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.960
 group

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:42.660
 other than

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.039
 us

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:46.740
 and so

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.359
 what can

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:47.759
 you do

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.319
 you can

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.700
 think

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.119
 about

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.539
 that

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.799
 ask

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.339
 yourself

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.259
 whom

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.559
 do I

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:53.779
 have

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.259
 burden

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.759
 for

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.559
 other

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:55.819
 than

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.059
 my

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.539
 immediate

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.000
 family

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.279
 of

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.480
 course

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.640
 I

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:57.799
 have

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:57.920
 a

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.119
 burden

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.379
 for

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:58.680
 my

00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:00.299
 son

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.720
 of

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:00.859
 course

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.000
 I

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.119
 have

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:01.240
 a

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.420
 burden

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.660
 for

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:01.859
 my

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.160
 daughter

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.799
 of

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:02.960
 course

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.079
 I

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.200
 have

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.420
 a

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.660
 burden

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:03.900
 for

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.079
 my

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.460
 grandchildren

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.759
 that

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:04.980
 just

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.200
 seems

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.660
 natural

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.140
 I mean

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:07.079
 it doesn't

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:08.359
 take extra special

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:09.599
 measure to have

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.279
 burden for

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.299
 one's family

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.099
 but anybody

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:12.640
 else

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:15.640
 do I have

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.579
 any students

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.619
 in my case

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.720
 that I have

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.119
 a special

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.720
 burden for

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.099
 yes

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.459
 and some

00:33:21.459 --> 00:33:21.679
 of them

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:21.959
 I know

00:33:21.959 --> 00:33:22.399
 very well

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.699
 and some

00:33:22.699 --> 00:33:22.919
 of them

00:33:22.919 --> 00:33:23.359
 I hardly

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.740
 know at

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:23.980
 all

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.799
 but I

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.099
 have

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.579
 a burden

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:25.980
 for them

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:28.240
 and I

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.399
 I try

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:30.000
 to befriend

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.219
 them

00:33:30.219 --> 00:33:30.740
 and talk

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.059
 to them

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.699
 and reach

00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:32.059
 out to

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.259
 them

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:34.859
 and in

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.480
 my case

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.500
 I have

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:38.079
 15 weeks

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.679
 to do it

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.519
 and I see

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.980
 them three

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.539
 times every

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.839
 week

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:42.259
 and I am

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.839
 an authority

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.299
 figure

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:45.859
 you don't

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.339
 accept the

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.539
 Lord

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:46.960
 you don't

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.419
 pass this

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:47.839
 class

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:50.859
 not really

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:54.139
 not really

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:58.180
 I have

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.759
 students

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:00.419
 God

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:00.879
 wants me

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.419
 to reach

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:04.440
 I have

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.119
 relatives

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.639
 God

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:07.099
 wants me

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.619
 to reach

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:10.679
 there may

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.119
 be people

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.960
 in Kenosha

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.480
 that God

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.880
 wants me

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.300
 to reach

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:16.400
 and the

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.720
 same

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.800
 to Christ

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.300
 the King

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:20.699
 so ask

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.099
 yourself

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.360
 for whom

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.840
 do I have

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.360
 burdens

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.099
 who are

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.840
 the others

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:26.280
 outside

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.740
 of my

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:27.039
 inner

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.639
 small

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:27.920
 inner

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.340
 circle

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:30.119
 and the

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.420
 second

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.860
 thing

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.320
 is

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:33.380
 you know

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:35.820
 stop

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:37.760
 the elders

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.679
 or some

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.000
 leaders

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.420
 in the

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.740
 church

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.280
 and say

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:41.840
 what can

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.220
 we do

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:44.180
 with this

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:44.740
 fit

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.800
 in terms

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.120
 of the

00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:46.380
 larger

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.900
 ministry

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.519
 of our

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:47.860
 church

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.200
 what do

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.560
 we want

00:34:49.560 --> 00:34:50.040
 to focus

00:34:50.040 --> 00:34:50.320
 on

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.300
 knowing

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.780
 that we

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.300
 cannot do

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:52.900
 everything

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.940
 let's at

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.400
 least do

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.780
 something

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:56.900
 and let's

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.660
 arrive at

00:34:57.660 --> 00:34:57.980
 a

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:59.519
 consensus

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.360
 that that's

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:00.680
 where we

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:00.960
 want to

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.160
 head

00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:06.440
 so what's

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.180
 the second

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:07.940
 tree

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:10.059
 tree

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.880
 in Matthew

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.659
 the first

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.059
 tree

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:13.860
 God is

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.420
 fulfilling

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.400
 his promises

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.900
 to the

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.400
 prophets

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:18.880
 the second

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.320
 tree

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:21.059
 God is

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.679
 concerned

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.099
 about

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.900
 taking the

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.280
 gospel

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.679
 to the

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.220
 Gentiles

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.940
 to the

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.139
 whole

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.519
 world

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.700
 not just

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.099
 us

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.960
 but the

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.159
 whole

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.519
 world

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:30.559
 let's

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:30.780
 have a

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.059
 word of

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.280
 prayer

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:33.340
 Lord

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:34.280
 Father

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.740
 thank you

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.099
 for these

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.380
 dear

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.679
 brothers

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.279
 and sisters

00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:37.579
 who are

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:37.919
 here

00:35:37.919 --> 00:35:39.299
 thank you

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.799
 for placing

00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.359
 us in a

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:40.940
 family that

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.339
 is really

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:41.799
 special

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:43.779
 with many

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:45.619
 with maybe

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:47.319
 even so

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:48.759
 many godly

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.379
 people who

00:35:49.379 --> 00:35:49.839
 love you

00:35:49.839 --> 00:35:51.299
 and care

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:51.819
 about you

00:35:51.819 --> 00:35:53.239
 thank you

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:54.980
 for our

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.500
 desire

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:57.839
 to reach

00:35:57.839 --> 00:35:58.179
 out

00:35:58.179 --> 00:36:00.559
 give strength

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.199
 and wisdom

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.659
 to our

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.119
 desire

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:04.359
 give

00:36:04.359 --> 00:36:04.819
 an

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.420
 obedient

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:05.980
 heart

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.440
 and a

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.719
 caring

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.179
 heart

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:11.460
 and may

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.920
 you guide

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.219
 us

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.799
 the elders

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.539
 the congregation

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.279
 as a whole

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:15.799
 as we

00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:16.519
 reflect

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:18.239
 about

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.579
 our

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:19.960
 mission

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.139
 and what

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.440
 you would

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.900
 want us

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.299
 to be

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:23.639
 and do

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:25.420
 I ask

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.739
 you these

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:25.960
 things

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.219
 Lord

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:26.539
 Father

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.019
 in Jesus

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.440
 precious

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.859
 name

00:36:27.859 --> 00:36:28.739
 Amen

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:31.519
 I

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:35.459
.

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.559
 Amen

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:46.319
 Amen