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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 What a great way to enter into this passage today.

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 Y'all, I'm excited to be up here. If I haven't met you, I'm Derek and looking for the clicker.

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 I'm one of the pastors here. Really excited about this passage today.

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 Okay, it's a familiar one to you, but maybe we can see some new elements to it.

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 It really rocked my world when I got to study it, and I'd heard it many times.

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 But I want to start today by discussing three different scenes that will help us.

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 First would be a military welcome.

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 July 26, 46 BC, a historic military welcome took place.

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 Following his decisive victory in the Gallic Wars, Julius Caesar astride,

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 a majestic warhorse led a triumphant procession through the streets of Rome.

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 Okay, and the spectacle of Caesar's triumph embodied the power and the glory of Rome's military conquests.

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 Scene number two, a celebrity arrival.

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 In February 1964, a historic celebrity arrival took place.

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 The world stood still as the Beatles, the legendary British rock band,

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 touched down on American soil for the very first time.

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 Amidst a frenzy of screaming fans and flashing cameras,

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 John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr

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 stepped off the plane at JFK Airport in New York City,

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 ushering in a new era of music and a cultural revolution.

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 Scene three, a homecoming parade.

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 On January 13, 2018, a historic homecoming parade took place in, you guessed it,

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 Will, Clemson, South Carolina.

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 Tigers 44-16 victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide,

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 which won them the 2018 College Football National Championship.

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 Led by Coach Dabo Swinney and star quarterback Trevor Lawrence,

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 the team waved to the adoring crowds,

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 basking in the glow of their hard-earned victory.

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 Well, in today's passage, another crowd is gathered for an exciting event,

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 a welcoming event, and with all the excitement and all the elements

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 of a military welcome, of a celebrity arrival, and of a homecoming parade,

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 there's a crowd that's followed Jesus to Jerusalem to welcome him

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 and to try and figure out what he's all about.

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 So maybe today we can join in.

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 They're chanting, they're praising, they're singing,

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 but they're also trying to figure out what he's all about.

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 So let's join in.

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 We're going to start by reading verses 12 through 16.

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 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast

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 heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

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 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out,

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 Hosanna!

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,

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 even the King of Israel.

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 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it,

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 just as this is written,

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 Fear not, daughter of Zion,

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 behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt.

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 His disciples did not understand these things at first.

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 But when Jesus was glorified,

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 then they remembered that these things had been written about him

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 and had been done to him.

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 So the first thing we're going to look at here is the triumphal entry.

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 So it's Passover time.

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 And Passover, if you remember, this was a large spring festival.

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 It's at the heart of Jewish life.

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 And Passover celebrates when God set his people free from slavery in Egypt.

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 Okay?

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 You remember there was the lamb's blood was painted on the doorposts.

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 Also God parted the Red Seas that they could pass over.

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 So excitement is in the air.

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 The crowds are gathered for the Feast of Tabernacles.

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 It's like the Disney World fireworks show of the Passover celebration.

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 The grand event.

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 People are traveling from all over.

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 And instead of signs in their hands,

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 they're waving, holding, and waving palm branches.

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 And then they're laying them down on the road as Jesus enters in.

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 So it's a military welcome.

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 It's a celebrity arrival.

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 It's a homecoming parade.

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 But why palm branches?

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 So palm branches had been used as one of the national symbols of Judea since the days of the Maccabees.

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 Okay?

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 So in 164 BC, after Judas Maccabeus had defeated pagan invaders and had cleansed the Jewish temple,

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 his followers entered Jerusalem, waving palm branches in celebration.

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 Now this is commemorated in the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah,

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 when the Maccabees became the quote-unquote kings of Israel.

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 Now, it's not Hanukkah here in the Scriptures,

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 because Hanukkah is usually celebrated in midwinter.

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 But now Jesus' followers here in spring are waving palm branches and laying them down as he enters.

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 Why?

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 Because it's that same symbol, but now redefined in Jesus,

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 of victory and triumph.

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 The people are creating a military welcome for the conquering Messiah King,

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 the King of Israel.

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 And they're chanting,

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 Hosanna! Hosanna!

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,

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 even the King of Israel.

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 Now, why Hosanna?

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 Because Hosanna is referring back a bit to Psalm 118.

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 Hosanna means, O save!

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 O save!

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 Psalm 118 says,

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 Save us, we pray, O Lord.

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 O Lord, we pray, give us success.

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 We bless you from the house of the Lord.

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 Now, why are they so excited?

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 Why so excited?

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 This is a fulfillment of Zechariah 9, 9.

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 Okay?

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 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion.

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 Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem.

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 Behold, your King is coming to you,

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 righteous and having salvation as he,

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 humble and mounted on a donkey,

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 on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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 Okay.

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 It's 500 years later after this was written.

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 And the prophecy is fulfilled

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 when Jesus, after being welcomed as the conquering Messiah King of Israel,

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 in verses 14 and 15,

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 he finds a young donkey

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 and he sits on it

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 and he rides into town

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 while receiving the praises

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 of all the people gathered.

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 And they say,

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 Fear not, daughter of Zion.

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 Behold, your King is coming,

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 sitting on a donkey's colt.

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 Okay?

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 The words fear not

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 mostly, most likely are referring to this

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 in Isaiah 40.

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 Go up on a mountain, O Zion,

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 herald of good news.

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 Lift up your voice with strength,

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 O Jerusalem, herald of good news.

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 Lift up.

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 Fear not.

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 Say to the cities of Judah,

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 Behold, your God.

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 Behold, the Lord God comes with might

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 and his arm rules for him.

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 Behold, his reward is with him

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 and his recompense before him.

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 He will tend his flock like a shepherd.

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 He will gather the lambs in his arms.

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 He will carry them in his bosom

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 and gently lead those that are with young.

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 It's about 700 years after this was written.

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 And now the one who will tend his flock

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 like a shepherd,

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 the one who's descended from the tribe of Judah,

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 rides into Jerusalem on a donkey

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 to gather his lambs into his arms.

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 This is a really big deal.

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 That is why everyone is so excited.

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 I want to talk about something really awesome

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 for a second.

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 The Bible.

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 Okay?

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 Among all the books ever written,

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 the Bible is absolutely unique.

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 It's not just a book.

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 In fact, it's 66 books.

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 And the Bible was written over a period

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 of roughly 2,000 years

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 by 40 different authors

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 from three continents

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 who wrote in three different languages.

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 And one of its most remarkable qualities

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 is the complete unity

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 of the overall message,

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 despite having so many different authors

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 writing over so many centuries

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 on so many different subjects.

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 Natural explanations

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 fail to account

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 for the Bible's unity.

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 Statistical impossibilities

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 exist for the Bible

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 to be so unified.

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 It's because it is a supernatural book.

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 Okay, this chart right here

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 is by a guy named Chris Harrison.

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 The bar graph that runs along the bottom

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 from left to right

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 represents all of the chapters

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 in the Bible.

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 So, starting with Genesis 1 on the left,

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 then the books alternate in color

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 between light and dark gray.

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 With the first book of the Old Testament

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 in white,

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 and the length of each bar

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 denotes the number of verses

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 in that chapter.

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 So, the one in the middle,

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 the longest bar,

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 is the longest chapter in the Bible,

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 Psalm 119.

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 Each of these lines up top

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 or threads

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 number 63,779

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 cross-references

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 that the Bible makes to itself

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 from Genesis to Revelation.

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 The length of each bar,

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 sorry, the length of each line

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 is colored

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 depending on how far it is

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 from the other reference,

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 and it's noted in a single arc.

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 So, the color corresponds

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 to the distance between the two chapters

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 creating this rainbow-like effect.

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 One well-known speaker has said

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 that the Bible can be thought of

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 as the first ever hyperlinked book.

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 It's supernatural.

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 How could this unity exist

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 across so many thousands of years

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 and so many different authors,

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 different languages,

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 and different continents?

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 The answer is

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 an author outside of those human beings.

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 His name is God.

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 The Bible is what we need

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 to instruct us today.

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 It's amazing.

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 It's absolutely amazing.

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 Okay, so back to the passage.

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 Did the disciples know

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 all this was coming together?

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 Did the disciples realize

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 all of these prophecies

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 being fulfilled?

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 It says they didn't.

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 Not at that moment.

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 Right?

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 His disciples

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 did not understand

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 these things at first,

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 but when Jesus was glorified,

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 then they remembered

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 that these things

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 had been written about Him

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 and had been done to Him.

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 So it wasn't until

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 after Jesus was resurrected

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 that they start to put

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 all the things together.

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 We get the privilege

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 of looking back

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 at the entire picture.

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 What are we doing with it?

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 Where are we putting it?

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 The amazing, amazing Bible

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 we have in our hands

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 and we can do something with it.

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 So let's talk about

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 the crowd now.

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 Who's in the crowd?

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 The crowd that had been with Him

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 when He called Lazarus

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 out of the tomb

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 and raised Him from the dead

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 continued to bear witness.

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 The reason why the crowd

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 went to meet Him

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 was that they heard

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 He had done this sign.

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 So the Pharisees said

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 to one another,

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 You see that you are

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 gaining nothing.

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 Look, the world

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 has gone after Him.

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 Now among those

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 who went up to worship

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 at the feast

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 were some Greeks.

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 So these came to Philip

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 who was from Bethsaida

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 in Galilee

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 and asked Him,

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 Sir, we wish to see Jesus.

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 Philip went

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 and told Andrew.

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 Andrew and Philip

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 went and told Jesus.

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 So besides the disciples,

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 this crowd is made up

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 of Jewish people

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 who lived in Jerusalem,

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 Greeks,

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 which could also be

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 referring to Gentiles,

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 not necessarily people

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 from Greece,

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 but God-fearing people

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 of non-Jewish descent

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 who had come to town

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 to worship

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 at the Jewish festival.

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 Then there's the Pharisees

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 who were the Jewish leaders

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 who interpreted

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 the scriptures.

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 And then what I'll call

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 the resurrection paparazzi.

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 Okay?

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 Do y'all know

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 what paparazzi are?

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 They're the people

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 who want to be

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 in the it places

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 taking all the pictures

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 because they just need

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 to know what's going on.

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 Okay?

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 There was a lot

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 of resurrection paparazzi

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 at this event.

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 In fact,

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 it was the bulk

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 of the people.

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 They're people

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 who heard about Lazarus

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 being raised from the dead,

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 which happened

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 right before this.

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 And imagine that.

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 They've heard about it.

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 They've seen Lazarus

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 walking around.

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 They want to go see

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 who Jesus is

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 for themselves.

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 And in fact,

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 we see in the verses

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 we just read,

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 they actually want

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 to go talk to him.

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 So,

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 because Lazarus'

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 resurrection occurred,

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 a lot of people

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 started to believe Jesus

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 and as verse 17 says,

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 started to bear witness

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 about Jesus.

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 And as verse 18 teaches us,

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 that was the reason

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 why the crowd

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 went to meet him

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 and why it was

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 such a large crowd.

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 But then in verse 19,

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 you see the Pharisees,

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 they're mad

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 because they fear

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 losing their power.

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 So,

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 they come up

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 with a solution.

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 And that was,

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 that was a,

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 how the verses

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 ended right before this text.

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 But here was their solution,

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 right?

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 Destroy the evidence

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 of the miracles.

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 Let's get rid of Jesus

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 and let's get rid of Lazarus.

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 Then we kill the story.

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 That really didn't work out

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 too well,

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 did it?

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 So,

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 then the Greeks

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 in the crowd,

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 they get word

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 to one of Jesus'

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 disciples,

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 Philip,

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 and they ask

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 if they can speak

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 with Jesus.

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 And Philip goes

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 to tell Andrew

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 and then they both

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 go to tell Jesus

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 and what

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 does Jesus say?

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 The hour is here.

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 And Jesus answered them,

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 the hour has come

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 for the Son of Man

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 to be glorified.

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 Truly,

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 truly,

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 I say to you,

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 unless a grain of wheat

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 falls into the earth

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 and dies,

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 it remains alone.

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 But if it dies,

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 it bears much fruit.

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 Whoever loves his life

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 loses it.

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 And whoever hates

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 his life in this world

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 will keep it

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 for eternal life.

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 If anyone serves me,

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 he must follow me.

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 And where I am,

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 there will my servant

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 be also.

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 If anyone serves me,

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 the Father

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 will honor him.

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 Jesus predicts

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 his crucifixion here.

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 Remember,

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 so many times

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 he says,

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 it's not yet my time.

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 Here he says,

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 the hour is here.

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 He calls it

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 the hour

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 for the Son of Man

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 to be glorified.

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 And then he uses

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 the metaphor

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 of a grain of wheat

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 needing to die

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 alone

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 in order to bear

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 much fruit.

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 So it's all

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 starting to come together.

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 This is the King.

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 This is the Messiah.

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 This is the one

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 who will lead us

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 into victory,

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 who will overthrow Rome

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 and restore

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 our nation to power,

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 rule,

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 authority,

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 and all of the prophecies

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 are being fulfilled

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 right now.

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 Victory!

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 is what they're thinking.

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 Victory!

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 Victory!

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 It's all making sense.

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 Except for one thing.

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 There's a very big thing

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 missing here.

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 Where is the war horse?

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 Where is the war horse?

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 Kings are supposed

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 to ride war horses

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 in the victory parade.

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 Okay, war horses

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 were bred

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 and trained for combat.

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 They symbolized strength

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 and power

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 and military might

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 and throughout history

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 they charged into battle

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 with courage

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 and agility

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 and they played

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 significant roles

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 in military tactics.

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 In contrast,

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 donkeys embodied

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 endurance,

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 humility,

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 peaceful service.

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 They were known

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 for their resilience.

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 they navigated

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 harsh terrains

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 and they carried

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 heavy loads

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 but they did it

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 with patience

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 and they represented

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 the virtue of humility

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 and the willingness

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 to serve others.

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 The conquering king

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 should be riding

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 on a war horse

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 leading his troops

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 to take over the Romans

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 and setting his people free.

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 but here he's riding

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 on a donkey.

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 The conquering king

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 should be restoring

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 rule and dominion

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 for his people

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 and giving them

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 the best life

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 in this world

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 but he's telling them

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 that he must die

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 and that they should

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 hate their lives

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 in this world

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 if they want to have

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 life that they love

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 in eternity.

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 So where's the horse king?

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 He's seated on the donkey.

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 His victory

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 will be realized

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 through humility.

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 The victory

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 that we need

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 then

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 is so much larger

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 than a political takeover

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 that the Jews

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 actually were seeking.

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 That's just a surface battle.

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 That's the one

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 that we think

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 is going on.

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 The true king

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 has come to fight

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 a much larger battle.

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 The true king

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 has come to set

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 his people free

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 from a much

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 larger slavery

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 but the lion

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 that they are seeking

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.440
 now

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 must first become

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 the lamb of sacrifice.

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 The lion

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 is the lamb.

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 The war horse king

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 is the humble sacrifice

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 and he must lose

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 his life

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 in this world

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 in order to offer

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 and protect

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 eternal life

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 for his followers.

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 Now

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 why does

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 all of this matter?

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 what if strength

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 isn't what

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 you think it is?

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 I say

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 that Christ

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 is my king

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 that my life

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 is bowed to him

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 but how quick

00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:37.920
 am I

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 to take his seat?

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 I want to be

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 riding on the

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 war horse

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 rather than

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 bowing

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:45.079
 to King Jesus

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 who rode humility.

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 I want to make

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 my life

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 about living

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 like a king

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 and asking people

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 to bow to my will

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 rather than

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 following King Jesus

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 the servant Messiah

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 who laid down

00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.500
 his life

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 that God's will

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 would be completed.

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 This undeserving

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.359
 human

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 he laid

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 his life down

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 for.

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 You know

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 a few weeks ago

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 I was

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 going through

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 an unforeseen

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 week

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 one of those weeks

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 that just beats

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 you down

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 and I was like

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 I caught myself

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 praying to God

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 and saying

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 well this shouldn't

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 be happening to me

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 and I was like

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 and I started

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 actually

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 acting like

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 he owed me

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 something

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 because I had

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 done this

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 and this

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 and this

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 it's not

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 the gospel

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 how quickly

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 am I

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 to abandon

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 the gospel

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 to create

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 my own gospel

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 than to throw

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 it back at God

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 and tell him

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 what to do

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 you know

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 saying save me

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 save me

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 Hosanna

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 Hosanna

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 but really

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 trying to make

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 myself

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 the king

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 of the story

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 and holding

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 God in debt

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 to me

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 by using

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 his promises

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 and works

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 that I've done

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 in his name

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 to bow him

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 to my will

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 I'm too quick

00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:01.900
 to do that

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 I need a savior

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 to forgive me

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.540
 of that

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 I need the

00:21:05.040 --> 00:21:05.600
 Holy Spirit

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 to live

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 the way

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 that he

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 calls me

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 to

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 and that

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 pathway

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 always involves

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 sacrifice

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 always

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 of our

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 own

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.880
 wills

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 and our

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 own

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.640
 comforts

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.019
 and our

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 own

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 choices

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:19.579
 what if

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 strength

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.380
 isn't what

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 you think

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 it is

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 and what

00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:21.720
 if it's

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.160
 found

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:23.620
 in following

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 Jesus

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.740
 into the

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.160
 things that

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 are humiliating

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:27.779
 like admitting

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 weakness

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 like making

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 space for

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 people who

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 you don't

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 like

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 and who

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 add no

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 value to

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 you

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 in fact

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 they insult

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 you

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:35.880
 and annoy

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 you

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 what if

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.539
 it's found

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.160
 in following

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 Jesus

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 and loving

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 others

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 while looking

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 for absolutely

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 nothing in

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 return

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 you know

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 some of the

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 hands that

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 are waving

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 those palm

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.920
 branches would

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.460
 later be the

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 voices yelling

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 crucify them

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 and perhaps

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 even holding

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 crucifixion

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.420
 hammers

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 how quick

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 are we

00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:56.859
 to switch

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 sides

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 what if

00:21:59.899 --> 00:22:00.599
 strength isn't

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.220
 what you think

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 it is

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.819
 let's think

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 about the

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.759
 gospel here

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.339
 what is the

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:03.659
 gospel

00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:04.599
 how is the

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.240
 gospel preached

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.519
 to us

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 through this

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.980
 so King

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.559
 Jesus is

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.019
 riding in

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 Jerusalem

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.879
 and he's

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 saying

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 my triumph

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 is my

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 weakness

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 I'm the

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 lion

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 and the

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 lamb

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 the lamb

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.720
 who must

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 die in

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 your place

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:20.319
 and this

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.920
 is a battle

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 that you

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.339
 cannot fight

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 you are

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.480
 dying in

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 your slavery

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.700
 to your

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.079
 sin

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:27.779
 and I'm

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 the only

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 one who

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.180
 can free

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.420
 you

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 the only

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:30.940
 one who

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.440
 can save

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 you

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.359
 you are

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:32.839
 dead in

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 your sins

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:33.759
 and only

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.380
 I can

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:34.839
 give you

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.259
 life

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.900
 but in

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.259
 order for

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.559
 that to

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:36.880
 happen

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.960
 I must

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 die

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:38.880
 in

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.160
 your

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.580
 place

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.220
 I must

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 be

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.960
 sacrificed

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.820
 substituting

00:22:41.820 --> 00:22:42.520
 my life

00:22:42.520 --> 00:22:43.280
 for your

00:22:43.280 --> 00:22:43.680
 life

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.320
 and I'm

00:22:44.320 --> 00:22:44.520
 going to

00:22:44.520 --> 00:22:44.800
 do it

00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:45.020
 on a

00:22:45.020 --> 00:22:45.380
 cross

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.700
 and that's

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.020
 your only

00:22:47.020 --> 00:22:47.400
 hope of

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.840
 salvation

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:48.820
 that's how

00:22:48.820 --> 00:22:49.400
 strong I

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.700
 am

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:52.500
 what if

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.100
 strength isn't

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:53.820
 what you think

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.160
 it is

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.800
 we all have a

00:22:54.800 --> 00:22:56.160
 much bigger

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.660
 problem

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.960
 than the need

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.520
 for a change

00:22:58.520 --> 00:22:59.020
 of political

00:22:59.020 --> 00:22:59.540
 management

00:22:59.540 --> 00:23:00.500
 in our

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 lives

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:02.280
 that the

00:23:02.280 --> 00:23:02.600
 Jews were

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.200
 looking for

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.160
 and Jesus

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.640
 didn't come

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.100
 to get rid

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.359
 of the

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.699
 Romans

00:23:05.699 --> 00:23:07.240
 he came

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.539
 to get

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:07.939
 rid

00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:08.839
 of death

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:10.740
 Jesus

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.299
 didn't come

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.619
 to give

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.279
 us a life

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.259
 that we

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.719
 tell him

00:23:13.719 --> 00:23:14.119
 to give

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.459
 us

00:23:14.459 --> 00:23:15.879
 he shows

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.219
 us the

00:23:16.219 --> 00:23:16.659
 life that

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.099
 we're really

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.799
 looking for

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:21.819
 only God

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.579
 can provide

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.899
 the sacrifice

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:25.379
 that ends

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:26.219
 death itself

00:23:26.219 --> 00:23:27.119
 we can't earn

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.859
 it and that's

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.500
 what grace is

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.139
 God's riches

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:29.779
 at Christ's

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.599
 expense

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.519
 unmerited

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.919
 favor

00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:32.500
 we didn't earn

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.679
 it

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.299
 it's given

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.659
 to us

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.099
 as a free

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.480
 gift

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.599
 that's what

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.119
 grace is

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.379
 and we're

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:36.679
 meant to

00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.079
 not only

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.639
 receive it

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:37.919
 but we're

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:38.240
 meant to

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.619
 give it

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:40.179
 and that

00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:40.579
 will never

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.079
 happen if

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.439
 we don't

00:23:41.439 --> 00:23:41.779
 give our

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.319
 lives to

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.719
 Jesus

00:23:42.719 --> 00:23:43.599
 as verse

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.319
 25 is

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.939
 talking about

00:23:44.939 --> 00:23:45.819
 and what

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.339
 happens when

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:46.759
 we do

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.639
 verse 26

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.179
 tells us

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:49.079
 we will be

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.480
 where he

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:49.879
 is

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.719
 and the

00:23:50.719 --> 00:23:51.159
 father will

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.899
 honor us

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:53.019
 but it's

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.519
 all because

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.899
 of our

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.319
 king

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:55.399
 our conquering

00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:55.679
 king

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:55.980
 so the

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.439
 way of the

00:23:56.439 --> 00:23:56.699
 world

00:23:56.699 --> 00:23:57.399
 says this

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:59.179
 it's always

00:23:59.179 --> 00:23:59.679
 look for

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:00.159
 ways to

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:00.659
 gratify

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.219
 yourself

00:24:01.219 --> 00:24:02.099
 at the

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.699
 expense of

00:24:02.699 --> 00:24:03.399
 someone else

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:05.259
 the way

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.800
 of Jesus

00:24:05.800 --> 00:24:07.180
 is to

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.540
 give our

00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:08.220
 earthly lives

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.680
 away to

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.700
 him and

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.100
 then ask

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.519
 him to

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.080
 use us

00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:11.380
 in this

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.180
 world as

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.960
 instruments of

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.460
 his eternal

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.920
 mission

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:16.280
 sacrificially

00:24:16.280 --> 00:24:16.840
 giving our

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:17.420
 lives to

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.600
 God for

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:19.120
 the sake of

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.820
 his purposes

00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:21.060
 dying to

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.540
 our own

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:23.880
 that's the

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.340
 doorway to

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:24.920
 true life

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.200
 y'all

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:27.320
 and that's

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.640
 where the

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.300
 adventure that

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:28.740
 we're all

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.160
 seeking

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.940
 begins

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.840
 if you're

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.220
 coming to

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.600
 church

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:36.040
 and you're

00:24:36.040 --> 00:24:36.380
 wondering

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.620
 where's

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.000
 God

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.900
 so me

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.180
 may

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:42.300
 let me

00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:42.620
 let me

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.160
 say something

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.720
 I'll take a

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.180
 risk saying

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.460
 this

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.960
 okay

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.820
 here's the

00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.200
 thing I've

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.560
 observed

00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:50.279
 feel free to

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.640
 do what you

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.019
 want with

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.560
 it

00:24:51.560 --> 00:24:53.060
 20

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:53.340
 something

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:53.740
 years in

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.040
 churches

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:57.440
 this is a

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.200
 math formula

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.819
 thinking plus

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:01.579
 thinking equals

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.299
 more thinking

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:04.759
 thinking's

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:04.960
 going to

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.440
 drive you

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.819
 mad

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:08.500
 we've done

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.899
 a lot of

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.200
 thinking

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.180
 we've got a

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.440
 lot of

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.000
 information

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:13.879
 what you're

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:15.059
 seeking is a

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.740
 different formula

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:18.059
 and I've

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.559
 discovered this

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.879
 in my own

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.480
 life maybe I

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.740
 should say

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.159
 what I'm

00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.440
 seeking

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.639
 thinking

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:23.079
 plus field

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.420
 work

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:25.039
 living these

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.539
 things out

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.100
 equals

00:25:26.100 --> 00:25:26.759
 discoveries

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:28.300
 which goes

00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:28.820
 back and

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.600
 re-informs

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.100
 the thinking

00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:30.880
 which leads

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.300
 to more

00:25:31.300 --> 00:25:31.800
 field work

00:25:31.800 --> 00:25:32.340
 which leads

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.660
 to more

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.100
 discoveries

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:34.060
 and you

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.980
 grow in

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.600
 Jesus as

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:35.820
 you do

00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:36.120
 that

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:38.240
 the field

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.600
 work is

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.060
 going out

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:39.440
 and living

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.640
 this in

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.200
 places that

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.800
 are uncomfortable

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:44.720
 perhaps you

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.279
 only have a

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.759
 friend group

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.380
 of Christians

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.820
 maybe the

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.279
 start is to

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.700
 get outside

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.120
 that friend

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.380
 group

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:51.360
 perhaps you

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:52.120
 are inundated

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:53.039
 by non-Christians

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.339
 in your

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.879
 workplace

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:55.019
 perhaps the

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.559
 start is to

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.220
 start talking

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.859
 about your

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.460
 faith there

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.500
 and taking a

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.920
 step out

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.519
 and having a

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.379
 community around

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:01.299
 you to help

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.940
 you do that

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:04.839
 but we have

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.339
 all of the

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.899
 knowledge in

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.500
 our minds

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.779
 that we need

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.619
 to go and

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.639
 live but the

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.799
 discipleship that

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.539
 you're seeking to

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.079
 become like

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.539
 Jesus

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:15.399
 what Jesus was

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:16.299
 saying there is

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:18.000
 it happens

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.619
 through suffering

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:20.199
 you don't go

00:26:20.199 --> 00:26:20.919
 seek suffering

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:21.759
 but when we

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.439
 live for him

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:22.979
 we will

00:26:22.979 --> 00:26:24.119
 suffer and

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.679
 we don't do

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:25.239
 it alone as

00:26:25.239 --> 00:26:25.619
 Christians

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.959
 you're not

00:26:26.959 --> 00:26:27.699
 going to find

00:26:27.699 --> 00:26:29.519
 it in a

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.039
 really neatly

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:31.839
 packaged lesson

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:33.219
 you're going to

00:26:33.219 --> 00:26:34.079
 find it in a

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.779
 very messy

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:36.159
 life filled

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.799
 with death

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.839
 and suffering

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:40.059
 that God

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.959
 uses for his

00:26:40.959 --> 00:26:41.379
 glory

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:43.219
 continuing to

00:26:43.219 --> 00:26:43.899
 give you joy

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.579
 and hope and

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.159
 peace in the

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.719
 midst of it

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:46.539
 and a community

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.339
 of people looking

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.000
 forward to a

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.759
 future hope

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:50.259
 as you walk

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.819
 in this broken

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.919
 world until he

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.619
 makes it brand

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:52.899
 new

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:54.379
 that's what will

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.099
 form you in the

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.779
 image of Jesus

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:58.980
 that's who you

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.339
 need

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:01.159
 we find him

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:02.299
 in his word

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.599
 we find him

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.740
 in his spirit

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.619
 by his people

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.299
 working in our

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.339
 lives and his

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.059
 spirit working in

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.639
 our own lives

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:10.220
 start there

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.859
 start there

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:13.359
 only God can

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:13.879
 provide the

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.519
 sacrifice

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.859
 that ends

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.500
 death itself

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.119
 but imagine

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.679
 y'all one

00:27:17.679 --> 00:27:17.939
 day

00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:20.159
 you're in

00:27:20.159 --> 00:27:20.419
 heaven

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:21.759
 and someone

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.159
 in heaven

00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.699
 comes and

00:27:22.699 --> 00:27:23.379
 cross references

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.039
 you in a

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.599
 chapter of

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.159
 your life

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:26.079
 that impacted

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.759
 their life

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.679
 to say now

00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:28.019
 we're here

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.379
 together

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.939
 that's real

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:31.599
 that actually

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.179
 can happen

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:33.179
 but it starts

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:33.779
 with you going

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.899
 out and living

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.619
 where you are

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.459
 and taking

00:27:36.459 --> 00:27:36.879
 these steps

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.439
 of faith

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:39.719
 one theologian

00:27:39.719 --> 00:27:40.539
 says the altar

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.719
 is a place

00:27:41.719 --> 00:27:42.419
 of sacrifice

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:44.099
 the altar is

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.699
 at the center

00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:45.500
 of the church

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.599
 and the church

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.259
 is at the center

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:48.059
 of the community

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.880
 why

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:50.079
 because sacrifice

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.940
 is at the center

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.579
 of community

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:53.980
 what did God

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.400
 the father

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.420
 sacrifice for the

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.279
 community of heaven

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:58.880
 his only son

00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:01.319
 and Jesus is about

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.279
 to win the battle

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:04.019
 and the battlefield

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.460
 is a cross

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:07.700
 the grain of wheat

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.720
 must fall to the

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.480
 ground and die

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.480
 in order to bear

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.619
 much fruit

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.579
 what does that

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:12.819
 mean

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:14.019
 it's a metaphor

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.000
 for the end

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.599
 of death

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.619
 and the hope

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.419
 of the resurrection

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:18.739
 the honor

00:28:18.739 --> 00:28:19.579
 of the father

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:21.219
 and the place

00:28:21.219 --> 00:28:22.199
 where Jesus

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.739
 is

00:28:22.739 --> 00:28:24.419
 okay that

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:24.979
 y'all that's

00:28:24.979 --> 00:28:25.399
 the hope

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:26.079
 of salvation

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.779
 that we talk

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.239
 about in

00:28:27.239 --> 00:28:27.759
 Christianity

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.879
 that we will

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.579
 be resurrected

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.879
 that we too

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.239
 are going

00:28:31.239 --> 00:28:31.819
 to conquer

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.299
 death

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.659
 and the hope

00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.119
 is found

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.799
 when we follow

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.279
 him or we

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.079
 serve him

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:37.000
 we lay our

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.779
 lives down

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.919
 as living

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.719
 sacrifices

00:28:39.719 --> 00:28:40.439
 as Galatians

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.380
 220 says

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:42.320
 I've been

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:42.860
 crucified

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.740
 with Christ

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:45.220
 it's no longer

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.320
 I who live

00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:47.559
 but Christ

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.019
 who lives

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.539
 in me

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.900
 and the life

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.740
 I now live

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.380
 in the flesh

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:52.620
 I live by faith

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.900
 in the son of God

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.600
 who loved me

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.900
 and gave himself

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.779
 for me

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:59.360
 what if strength

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.240
 isn't what you

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.880
 think it is

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.920
 and this is the

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.779
 beautiful thing

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.860
 that we come

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.279
 to end on

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.480
 our king may

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.980
 have ridden in

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.559
 on a donkey

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:09.200
 but he's going

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.799
 to return on

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.419
 something far

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:11.059
 more powerful

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.599
 than a war

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.000
 horse

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.759
 he will return

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.539
 on the clouds

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.919
 with the army

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.440
 of angels

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:18.180
 on a mission

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.019
 to make things

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.599
 brand new

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.159
 and to take

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:20.759
 his servants

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.159
 home

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:22.759
 he's coming

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.279
 back

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.740
 and the next

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.399
 time we won't

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.399
 need palm branches

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.740
 because the trees

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.720
 themselves will be

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.700
 clapping their hands

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.500
 for you shall go

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.220
 out in joy

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.099
 and be led

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.039
 forth in peace

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.680
 the mountains

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.500
 and the hills

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.099
 before you

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.619
 shall break

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.539
 forth into singing

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.519
 and all the trees

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.220
 of the fields

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.279
 shall clap

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.879
 their hands

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:42.440
 amen

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.980
 amen

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:45.900
 so what if

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.460
 strength isn't

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.000
 what you think

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.279
 it is

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.859
 here would be

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.539
 my challenge

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:50.139
 where and how

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:50.819
 do you hold

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.400
 space

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.839
 for God's

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.099
 strength

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.779
 in your life

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:55.000
 that's a good

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.720
 question to start

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.279
 to ask

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.680
 before we can

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.420
 serve we've got

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.940
 to know who

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.500
 we're serving

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:01.579
 and God offers

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.319
 us his strength

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.920
 and his purpose

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.599
 on this earth

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.920
 until we're with

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.379
 him in honor

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:06.099
 but the cost

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.839
 he says is our

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.240
 life

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.660
 and maybe

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.120
 you've never

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:09.660
 done that

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:11.599
 today can be

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.279
 the day that you

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.200
 actually ask the

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.759
 king to ride

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.420
 into your heart

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:16.420
 offering your

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:17.039
 life to him

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:18.240
 asking him to

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.980
 be your king

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.579
 and to save

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:21.180
 you and to

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.920
 set you free

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.319
 and to give

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.079
 you true life

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:24.160
 by his life

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.720
 giving spirit

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.240
 my challenge

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.720
 to you would

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:27.180
 be make this

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.680
 the day of

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.180
 salvation

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:30.059
 give your life

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.620
 to Jesus

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:32.019
 he's who

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.500
 you're seeking

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:34.359
 and watch the

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.980
 great adventure

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.559
 that he sends

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.079
 you on as you

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.599
 give your life

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.000
 to him

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.000
 stepping out

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.500
 into the world

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.879
 that's all

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.480
 around you

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.939
 it now becomes

00:30:40.939 --> 00:30:41.779
 something brand

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.079
 new

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:43.799
 people aren't

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.359
 just passing

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:44.779
 by

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:46.779
 they become

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:49.179
 opportunities for

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.579
 you to share

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.019
 the love of

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.419
 Christ

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:52.099
 and it happens

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.579
 right where you

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.199
 already are

00:30:53.199 --> 00:30:55.199
 maybe you

00:30:55.199 --> 00:30:55.980
 already know

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.179
 him

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:59.099
 my challenge

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.339
 would be

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.740
 this

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:01.539
 look for the

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.279
 spaces in your

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.099
 life where he's

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.679
 calling you to

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.359
 serve others

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.359
 in his

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.859
 strength

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:07.219
 maybe that

00:31:07.219 --> 00:31:07.779
 little tug

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.139
 that you've

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.479
 got that

00:31:08.479 --> 00:31:09.019
 person at

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.500
 work you

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.519
 just think

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.939
 about maybe

00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.439
 mention it

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:11.639
 to

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:13.359
 maybe it's

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.899
 that person

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.500
 that's cutting

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.000
 your hair

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.279
 and you're

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.839
 like I just

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.459
 want to say

00:31:16.459 --> 00:31:16.819
 something

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.319
 when they ask

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.879
 this question

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.919
 maybe it's

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.519
 that neighbor

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:21.240
 across the street

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.879
 that drives you

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.599
 crazy and runs

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.039
 a boat

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.839
 factory

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:26.819
 does that sound

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.099
 like I'm

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.519
 speaking from

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.079
 experience

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:31.500
 runs a boat

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.639
 mechanical shop

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.119
 in the driveway

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.759
 across from your

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:35.079
 house that you

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.599
 need to love

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.259
 and die to

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:38.439
 yourself to

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:38.899
 love him

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.439
 Derek

00:31:39.439 --> 00:31:41.259
 but look for

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.799
 those spaces

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.519
 in your life

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.319
 perhaps they're

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.839
 new spaces

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.399
 perhaps they're

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:44.899
 old and they're

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.619
 forgotten spaces

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.159
 that you need

00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:46.619
 to revisit

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.899
 he's got a

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.599
 purpose for you

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.119
 and all those

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.699
 that's why

00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:50.179
 you're there

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:51.359
 that's why

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.759
 you're there

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.879
 and get ready

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.579
 for what happens

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.099
 when you start

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.539
 taking those

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.139
 steps of faith

00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:55.859
 because it

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:57.219
 it will blow

00:31:57.219 --> 00:31:57.639
 your world

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.059
 to pieces

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.599
 in a great

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:58.939
 way

00:31:58.939 --> 00:32:00.419
 and the stories

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:01.139
 bring them

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:01.779
 back and share

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.039
 them

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.259
 bear witness

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:04.819
 bear witness

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.759
 as they did

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.579
 to the resurrection

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.399
 of Lazarus

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.659
 okay our God

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:09.339
 is a strength

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:11.119
 he's a strength

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.859
 that you can't

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.859
 find anywhere else

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.459
 and he offered

00:32:13.459 --> 00:32:14.419
 his life for you

00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:15.240
 and he offers

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.059
 you the opportunity

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:17.059
 to serve him

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:18.979
 in his strength

00:32:18.979 --> 00:32:20.759
 a life-giving

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.919
 spirit that will

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.419
 live in you

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.699
 forever

00:32:22.699 --> 00:32:23.179
 and if he's

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:23.740
 your king

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:25.940
 then one day

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.279
 he's going

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.700
 to welcome

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.079
 you

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.640
 and it's

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.000
 going to be

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:29.000
 something far

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.539
 greater than

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.059
 a military

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.480
 welcome

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.880
 or a celebrity

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.420
 arrival

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.559
 or a homecoming

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:33.980
 parade

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:35.039
 he actually

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.539
 will give you

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.180
 an invitation

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.880
 to call

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.339
 what's called

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:38.120
 the marriage

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.759
 supper of the

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.079
 lamb

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.420
 where we sit

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.740
 with him

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.380
 at the table

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.299
 in eternity

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:44.779
 and joy

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:46.920
 right next

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.480
 to Jesus

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:49.420
 so go invite

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.980
 somebody

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.640
 and watch him

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:50.940
 work

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:52.099
 and remember

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.559
 that if you

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.140
 are in Christ

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.660
 that's your

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.320
 future hope

00:32:55.320 --> 00:32:57.060
 so

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:59.020
 only if he's

00:32:59.020 --> 00:32:59.360
 your king

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.560
 though

00:32:59.560 --> 00:33:01.060
 only if he's

00:33:01.060 --> 00:33:01.380
 your king

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:03.680
 I hope that

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.400
 that encourages

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.980
 you in some

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.840
 way today

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.740
 wherever you

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.200
 are and I'd

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.580
 say if you

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.040
 want to talk

00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:08.580
 about any of

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:09.000
 that kind of

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.180
 stuff just

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.580
 come down

00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:11.960
 front afterwards

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.740
 because that's

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.200
 real easy

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.580
 or call us

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:16.560
 we're here

00:33:16.560 --> 00:33:17.280
 because walking

00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:17.740
 through life

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.180
 is tough

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:19.520
 and y'all

00:33:19.520 --> 00:33:19.759
 are getting

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.300
 beat down

00:33:20.300 --> 00:33:20.780
 every single

00:33:20.780 --> 00:33:21.080
 week

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:22.319
 and you

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.480
 need

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.919
 encouragement

00:33:22.919 --> 00:33:23.980
 and I hope

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.220
 that you

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.599
 find it

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:24.879
 here

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:27.359
 but sometimes

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.740
 it means

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.279
 reaching out

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.539
 and saying

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:28.980
 hey I need

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.419
 encouragement

00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:29.980
 we're here

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.259
 for you

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.539
 we do

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.819
 too

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.960
 right

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.399
 this world

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:32.899
 is a rough

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.240
 place

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.779
 but God

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.179
 has got

00:33:34.179 --> 00:33:34.500
 something

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.740
 bigger

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.159
 for you

00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:36.240
 and the

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.460
 hope of

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.879
 the resurrection

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.579
 is real

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.859
 and remember

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:39.919
 the Bible

00:33:39.919 --> 00:33:41.519
 is real

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:43.079
 start reading

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.379
 it start

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:43.960
 spending time

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.240
 with your

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.539
 savior

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.579
 watch what

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:45.899
 he'll do

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.159
 with you

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.639
 we love

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:46.779
 you

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.179
 I'm gonna

00:33:47.179 --> 00:33:47.639
 end there

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:47.899
 I could

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.259
 talk for

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.539
 hours

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.839
 I'm not

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.180
 going to

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.460
 because you

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.720
 know you're

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:49.940
 hungry

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.700
 I love

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:50.819
 you

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.119
 and let's

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.440
 pray

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.619
 father

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:54.759
 oh goodness

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.440
 you're amazing

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.440
 thank you

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.859
 that we can

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.339
 stand in

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.639
 freedom

00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.879
 we can

00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.480
 love you

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.379
 but Lord

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.659
 we can

00:34:00.659 --> 00:34:00.980
 admit

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.500
 weakness

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.299
 that that's

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.539
 what you

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.119
 say strength

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.420
 is

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.159
 your power

00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:04.519
 is made

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.960
 perfect

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.279
 in our

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.700
 weakness

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:07.519
 so God

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:09.179
 I embrace

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.639
 weakness

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.880
 and I pray

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.380
 that we do

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.679
 too

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.559
 that we don't

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.179
 fear it

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:14.159
 will you use

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.559
 the people

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.199
 in this place

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.619
 to change

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.099
 this city

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:17.099
 will you show

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:18.000
 them father

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.519
 the love

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.079
 that you

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.599
 give them

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.199
 as they

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.559
 love one

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:20.820
 another

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.139
 will you

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.460
 give us

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.960
 the encouragement

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.360
 from the

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.880
 Holy Spirit

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.480
 will you show

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.019
 us this week

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.440
 the people

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.760
 that you've

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.119
 called us

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.679
 to impact

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.579
 by simply

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.159
 just loving

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.599
 and showing

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.960
 up

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.860
 in your

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.159
 name

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.059
 thank you

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.519
 Lord Jesus

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.980
 I pray

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.420
 this in

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.780
 the holy

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.099
 name of

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.400
 Christ

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.980
 amen

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:35.099
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00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.619
 information

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.460
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00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.880
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00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.159
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