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 And ordinarily what we do is we work our way through books of the Bible.

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 So we just finished up walking through the book of Titus together.

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 Last week, if you remember, we spent nine weeks together walking through the book of Titus,

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 passage by passage by passage.

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 And if you are wondering how long is it going to take us to work our way through 66 chapters of Isaiah,

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 I have good news for you.

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 Don't fear.

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 We're not going from chapter 1 all the way through to chapter 66.

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 We're just going to focus in on one chapter.

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 For six weeks, we're going to be spending our time in chapter 55 of Isaiah,

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 this one beautiful chapter in this Old Testament prophecy, Isaiah chapter 55.

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 So if you would, go ahead and open up your Bibles to Isaiah chapter 55.

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 And we're going to look at verses 1 through 3 this morning.

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 If you're using the pew Bibles there in front of you, if you don't have your own Bible,

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 you can find that on page 576 of the pew Bibles there in front of you.

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 Either way, you'll want to have a Bible open because that's what I'm going to be reading and preaching from.

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 And I would like for your eyes to be there on God's word.

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 Isaiah 55 verses 1 through 3.

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 Follow along with me as I read.

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 Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters.

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 And he who has no money, come, buy and eat.

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 Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

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 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,

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 and your labor for that which does not satisfy?

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 Listen diligently to me and eat what is good,

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 and delight yourselves in rich food.

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 Incline your ear and come to me.

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 Hear that your soul may live.

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 Let's pray once more.

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 God, this invitation is beyond our greatest imagination.

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 Father, that we would be invited to come and to delight ourselves in you and be satisfied.

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 I pray, Father, that as this word is opened and preached,

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 even now, God, would you give us appetite for you and your glory.

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 We pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 One of my favorite movies growing up was Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

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 And it's amazing how when you look back on these themes of certain movies from a Christian perspective,

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 how much they rob, how much they steal from the story, the gospel.

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 You remember the story?

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 Charlie Bucket is a poor boy who lives on the outskirts of town

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 with about 100 of his family members who apparently all share one bed for some reason.

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 They're just dirt poor.

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 And every day on the way to and from school,

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 Charlie Bucket passes by Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

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 This ginormous, mysterious chocolate factory has been closed down to the public.

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 Nobody knows exactly what is going on in there.

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 Until one day, Willy Wonka decided to run a contest.

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 And, of course, as you know, he hid five golden tickets,

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 tucked them away inside the candy wrappers of the chocolate bars.

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 And whoever bought the right bar, whoever got the golden ticket,

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 would be welcome.

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 They could come join him in his chocolate factory,

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 not only for a guided tour of the factory by Mr. Wonka himself,

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 but they would also receive a lifetime supply of Willy Wonka chocolate products.

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 As every kid's dream, right?

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 A lifetime supply, full access to feast on whatever candy you want,

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 whenever you wanted, brought to you by the candy maker himself.

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 Well, what they didn't know was that Wonka was not just giving away chocolate.

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 He had planned, secretly, he had planned to give away the whole factory to the right child,

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 including his prized possession.

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 You remember what it was?

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 The everlasting gobstopper.

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 As this one piece of candy that would last forever,

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 never lose its taste, never lose its flavor,

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 it would change flavors, change color, never lose its luster.

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 It was always satisfying.

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 And you can imagine how for a poor boy like Charlie,

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 something like this was almost unimaginable.

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 While other children bought up as many chocolate bars as they could find,

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 poor Charlie buckets couldn't afford much,

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 he'd be lucky just to get his hands on one.

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 And you know the story, he miraculously found a piece of money in a snowbank,

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 ran to the store, bought a chocolate bar, and rips it open,

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 and there it is, the last golden ticket.

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 It's his invitation to the chocolate factory.

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 And this was his access, his invitation to a world of never-ending delight

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 in this magical world of chocolate and mystery.

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 A poor, desperate boy is invited to everlasting joy beyond his wildest dreams.

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 This is the gospel according to Wonka.

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 Well, as we come to Isaiah chapter 55 this morning,

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 we see the gospel according to Isaiah.

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 This book is an Old Testament prophecy.

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 It was written to Old Testament Israel while they were in exile.

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 It was written about 700 years before Jesus Christ ever stepped foot on earth.

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 But did you know it's commonly referred to as the fifth gospel?

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 The fifth gospel.

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 There's Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and all the way back here is Isaiah.

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 In fact, if you only read your New Testament,

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 never even opened up your Old Testament, which I don't recommend that you do,

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 if you ignored your Old Testament entirely, only read your New Testament,

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 you would still be pretty familiar with the book of Isaiah.

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 And depending on who you ask and how you add it up,

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 some say that out of the New Testament's 260 chapters,

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 over 90% contain some reference to this fifth gospel,

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 some allusion, some reference, some direct quote from the book of Isaiah.

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 Our chapter this morning, chapter 55 of the book of Isaiah,

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 our chapter that we'll be studying for the next several weeks,

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 is towards the end of a section of scripture

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 that is just overflowing with the message of the gospel.

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 Chapter 53, you might know chapter 53 of Isaiah.

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 It's one of the most popular, well-known passages in the Old Testament.

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 Chapter 53 showed the suffering servant,

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 dying in the place of sinners,

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 bearing the sins of many.

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 Chapter 4 portrayed a renewed creation,

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 with renewed joy, renewed relationship with God,

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 on the basis of that servant's work.

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 And now chapter 55 is an invitation to come.

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 It's an invitation to come and to feast.

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 It's an invitation to enter into true and lasting satisfaction for your soul.

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 So this morning, we begin our study in Isaiah 55,

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 with this invitation to come and feast.

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 And what we'll see this morning is three parts of the gospel according to Isaiah.

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 Three parts of the gospel according to Isaiah.

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 If you're taking notes, I encourage you to do so,

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 and help you follow along.

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 Three parts of the gospel according to Isaiah.

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 Isaiah, we are needy,

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 we are invited,

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 and God alone can satisfy forever.

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 I'll say that again.

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 We are needy,

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 we are invited,

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 and God alone can satisfy forever.

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 Well, clearly this chapter is an invitation to a feast.

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 Fresh water,

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 fresh milk,

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 wine,

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 and bread,

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 rich food,

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 a satisfying food,

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 as much as you can handle.

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 But there's a prerequisite there,

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 isn't there?

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 And there's a requirement here.

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 In order to come and eat,

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 you must be hungry.

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 In order to come drink,

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 you must be thirsty.

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 He says,

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 in order to buy a ticket,

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 guess what?

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 You must be broke.

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 You must be poor.

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 You must be needy.

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 Look there to verse 1 with me.

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 He says,

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 Come,

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 everyone who thirsts,

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 come to the waters.

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 And he who has no money,

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 come buy and eat.

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 Come buy wine and milk,

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 without money,

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 and without price.

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 Price.

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 Now this is an invitation to the world's greatest feast.

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 And when we hear that,

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 our ears,

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 our mind,

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 immediately goes to cost.

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 How much does it cost?

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 What's the price of admission?

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 Or at the very least,

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 what can I bring to the table?

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 Can I bring something to contribute?

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 But we have to see here in verse 1,

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 a prerequisite of us coming to this feast

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 is that we bring nothing with us.

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 In fact,

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 we couldn't afford it if we tried.

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 Church,

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 this is the bad news

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 that must come before the good news

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 of the gospel.

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 This is what the gospel tells us.

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 It tells us that we are,

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 in and of ourselves,

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 every one of us,

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 apart from the grace of God,

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 spiritually broke.

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 We are bankrupt.

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 We are incapable of bringing anything good to the table.

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 We have nothing to offer.

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 And Ephesians tells us,

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 Paul tells us in Ephesians chapter 2,

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 before God saved us in Christ,

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 we were dead in our trespasses and sins

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 in which we once walked.

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 Dead in our trespasses and sins.

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 Dead men don't eat.

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 Dead men don't cook.

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 Dead men don't bring anything to the table.

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 They are dead.

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 We have to understand this

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 before we get too far into this chapter

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 that he's making the point

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 we cannot buy our way.

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 We cannot earn our way.

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 We cannot work our way into this feast.

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 And that is exactly the point.

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 This feast is not for those

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 who are well-fed and rich.

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 It's not for those

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 who are satisfied already.

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 It is for those

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 who realize by the grace of God

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 that they are poor and needy.

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 We don't like to think of ourselves this way.

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 Do we?

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 We like to think of ourselves

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 as capable,

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 as worthy,

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 as respectable,

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 not needy.

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 But those put together,

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 well-resourced, well-fed people,

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 it's clear they cannot come.

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 They do not meet the qualifications.

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 The fact that they think they are qualified

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 makes them, in fact,

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 unqualified to come.

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 The Bible is clear.

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 It does not matter

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 how materially rich you are,

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 how well-respected,

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 how prosperous you are.

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 Spiritually speaking,

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 every one of us is broke.

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 And it is broken,

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 poor,

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 desperately needy people

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 that Jesus came to save.

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 Amen?

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 Amen?

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 Amen.

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 This is what drove the Pharisees crazy,

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 isn't it?

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 The Pharisees,

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 you might remember,

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 they were the religious elite

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 in Jesus' day.

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 They were the teachers of the law.

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 They were masters of the word of God.

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 They were well-respected,

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 and they made sure

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 that they were well-respected.

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 And they could not stand

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 that when Jesus came,

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 he didn't really care too much

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 for their resumes.

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 He was not impressed

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 by their knowledge.

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 Instead, what Jesus did

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 was he went out to the fringes.

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 He went out to the poor

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 and to the marginalized.

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 He went to the rejected.

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 He went to the needy.

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 He spent his time with them.

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 And so he says things

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 like what Pete read for us earlier.

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 He says things like,

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 come to me,

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 all who labor

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 and are heavy laden,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 That sounds an awful lot

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 like Isaiah 55, doesn't it?

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 Those who are tired,

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 those who are weary,

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 those who are weak,

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 those who are needy,

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 come to me.

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 Those who are thirsty,

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 come to me.

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 Those who are hungry,

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 come to me.

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 Those who are poor,

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 come to me.

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 He says things like,

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 blessed are the poor in spirit,

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are the meek,

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 for they shall inherit the earth.

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 Blessed are those

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 who hunger and thirst

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 for righteousness,

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 for they shall be what?

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 Satisfied.

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 He doesn't say,

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 blessed are those

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 who have it all together already.

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 Blessed are those

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 who are full of themselves.

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 Blessed are those

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 who don't need anything.

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 This bothered the Pharisees.

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 Because they were blind

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 to their own spiritual poverty.

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 And it really bothered them

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 when Jesus started spending

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 so much time with sinners.

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 I mean, how could he do this?

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 How could he go

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 and spend time with them?

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 You may remember the story

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 of when Jesus met

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 a tax collector named Levi

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 sitting at his tax booth.

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 Now there's a lot in the Bible

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 that doesn't exactly correlate

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 with our day and our time,

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 but one thing that hasn't changed

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 is people back then

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 hated paying taxes

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 as much as people now

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 hate paying taxes.

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 Levi was a tax collector.

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 People hated tax collectors.

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 These men would come

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 take your money

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 and often they would help themselves

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 to a little bit extra,

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 a little bit off the top,

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 so they would be rich

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 and they made sure

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 everybody else

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 was not as rich as them.

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 They were not

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 well-received people.

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 And so when Jesus came

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 to the tax collector Levi

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 in Luke chapter 5,

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 this righteous teacher

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 and this sinful thief,

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 and Jesus looked at him

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 and simply said,

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 come follow me.

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 What did Levi do?

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 He left everything

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 and followed him.

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 The Pharisees didn't like this.

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 But apparently Levi went

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 and told all his friends

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 because Luke 5 29,

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 it says,

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 Levi made him a great feast

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 in his house

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 and there was a large company

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 of tax collectors

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 and others

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 reclining at table

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 with them.

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 And the Pharisees

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 and their scribes

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 grumbled at his disciples

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 saying,

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 why do you eat and drink

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 with tax collectors

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 and sinners?

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 And Jesus answered them,

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 hear this,

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 those who are well

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 have no need

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 of a physician,

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 but those who are sick

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 I have not come

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 to call the righteous

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 but sinners

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 to repentance.

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 I have not come

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 to call the righteous

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 but sinners

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 to repentance.

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 Why do you eat

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 with tax collectors

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 and sinners?

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 Why would Jesus

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 come into the home

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 of a sinful man

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 and associate

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 with his rabble

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 of sinful people?

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 Why would he feast

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 with sinners?

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 If only the Pharisees

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 had studied Isaiah 55,

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 a little more closely,

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 they might have understood

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 they are the only ones

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 invited.

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 Jesus did not come

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 to call the righteous

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 but sinners

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 to repentance.

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 sins.

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 Now of course,

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 the Pharisees

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 were just as sinful

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 as anybody else.

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 They were plenty sinful

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 just like us.

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 The only difference

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 between them

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 and these other sinners

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 was that they

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 didn't think so.

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 They were blinded

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 to their sin.

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 They didn't realize

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 their thirst.

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 They didn't realize

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 their hunger.

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 They didn't realize

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 their poverty.

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 And so Jesus says,

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 before you come

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 and feast with me,

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 God says,

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 before you come

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 and feast on me,

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 you must recognize

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 your need.

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 You are a sinner

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 in great need

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 of a Savior.

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 One more example

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 from the book of Luke.

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 Chapter 18.

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 Chapter 18.

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 The parable of

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 the Pharisee

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 and the tax collector.

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 Luke says in verse 9,

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 chapter 18.

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 Jesus told this parable

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 to some who trusted

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 in themselves

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 that they were righteous

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 and treated other people

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 with contempt.

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 Okay, so you see

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 the audience here.

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 And he goes on

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 to tell this parable

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 of two men

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 going to the temple

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 to pray.

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 One of them

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 was a Pharisee,

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 this religious elite.

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 The other was

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 a tax collector,

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 a clear sinner.

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 And it says,

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 the Pharisee

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 prayed like this,

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 God, I thank you

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 that I am not

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 like other men.

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 extortioners,

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 unjust,

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 adulterers,

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 even like this

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 tax collector.

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 And he pulls out

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 his resume

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 for God to read.

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 He says,

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 I fast twice a week.

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 I give tithes

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 of all that I get.

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 God,

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 aren't I just awesome?

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 But the tax collector,

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 standing far off,

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 would not even

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 lift up his eyes

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 to heaven,

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 but beat his breast,

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 saying,

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 God,

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 be merciful to me,

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 a sinner.

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 Now here's

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 the most striking

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 part of this story.

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 Jesus says

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 in verse 14,

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 I tell you,

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 this man,

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 this man,

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 the sinner,

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 the tax collector,

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 this man,

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 went down

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 to his house

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 justified

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 rather than the other.

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 For everyone

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 who exalts himself

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 will be humbled,

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 but the one

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 who humbles himself

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 will be exalted.

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 Church,

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 which one

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 are we more like?

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 Before we step foot

00:19:00.979 --> 00:19:02.079
 into this great

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:03.519
 feast of God

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:05.319
 portrayed in Isaiah 55,

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 our hearts

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 must be humbled.

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 We must recognize

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 our need

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 and our poverty.

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 Do you see yourself

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 as righteous,

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 as more deserving

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 of the grace of God

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 than anybody else,

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 more deserving

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:21.440
 of the presence of God

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 than anybody else?

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 The bad news

00:19:25.060 --> 00:19:25.779
 of the gospel

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.860
 is we are

00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:28.620
 desperately sinful.

00:19:29.360 --> 00:19:30.200
 We bring nothing

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:31.279
 good to the table.

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 Sinful beyond

00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:34.220
 our wildest imagination,

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:36.240
 but the good news

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.360
 of the gospel

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:38.500
 is that that is

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.620
 exactly who

00:19:39.620 --> 00:19:40.980
 Christ came to save.

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 which is the second

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:45.779
 part of the gospel

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.779
 according to Isaiah

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.660
 this morning.

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 The second part

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 of the gospel

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.860
 according to Isaiah.

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 We are invited.

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 We are invited.

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 The good news

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.299
 of the gospel

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.360
 for sinners

00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:01.500
 like us

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.299
 is that we

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 are invited

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 to come.

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 Four times

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:07.380
 in these three verses

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 we hear this

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:09.700
 gospel invitation,

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 don't we?

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 It says,

00:20:11.600 --> 00:20:12.059
 come everyone

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 who thirsts,

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.420
 come to the waters.

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 He who has no money,

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 come buy and eat.

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 And down in verse 3

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 he says,

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:21.059
 incline your ear

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:22.920
 and come to me.

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 Hear that your soul

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:26.120
 may live.

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 Because,

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.860
 chapter 53,

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 because he has

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 borne our griefs

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:32.080
 and carried our sorrows.

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.680
 Because he was

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.640
 pierced for our

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.480
 transgressions

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.460
 and crushed

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.380
 for our iniquities.

00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:39.020
 Because of the work

00:20:39.020 --> 00:20:39.760
 of Christ

00:20:39.760 --> 00:20:40.820
 on the cross,

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:42.680
 we are invited

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.640
 to come

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:45.440
 and live.

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 This is what we call

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:50.020
 the general call

00:20:50.020 --> 00:20:51.180
 of the gospel.

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:53.380
 The general call

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.660
 of the gospel.

00:20:54.800 --> 00:20:55.820
 The gospel message

00:20:55.820 --> 00:20:57.320
 is a promise

00:20:57.320 --> 00:20:59.760
 of eternal life.

00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:01.660
 It's a promise

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.740
 of forgiveness

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:04.220
 of sins,

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:05.660
 everlasting joy

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.200
 in the presence

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.700
 of God

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.320
 on the basis

00:21:07.320 --> 00:21:08.400
 of the work

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:09.000
 of Christ,

00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:09.680
 his life,

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.320
 his death,

00:21:10.580 --> 00:21:11.380
 his resurrection

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:12.860
 received by grace

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.620
 through faith.

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.860
 It costs you nothing

00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:16.019
 because he has already

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.900
 paid the price

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.460
 of admission.

00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:19.540
 We simply must receive

00:21:19.540 --> 00:21:20.480
 it by faith

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.820
 as a gift

00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:23.180
 by turning from our sin,

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.600
 by trusting in

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:25.500
 our Savior.

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.420
 That's the gospel.

00:21:27.040 --> 00:21:28.259
 That's the gospel message.

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:30.259
 And that invitation

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:31.880
 to come to the Father

00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:34.580
 is broadly cast out,

00:21:34.780 --> 00:21:35.960
 generally, broadly,

00:21:36.340 --> 00:21:37.160
 into the ears

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:38.620
 of any who would hear it.

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.060
 Come.

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.980
 Come to Christ.

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.620
 Turn from your sin

00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.240
 and live.

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.300
 Turn from your sin.

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 Trust in your Savior.

00:21:46.060 --> 00:21:46.300
 Come.

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 Have your sins forgiven.

00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:47.900
 Come.

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 Listen that your soul

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.280
 may live.

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:53.180
 But not everybody comes,

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:53.860
 do they?

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:57.819
 Only those who are

00:21:57.819 --> 00:22:00.199
 effectively called

00:22:00.199 --> 00:22:01.539
 will, in fact,

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:03.799
 come to the Lord.

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:07.939
 And that effectual call

00:22:07.939 --> 00:22:09.859
 where through the preaching

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.859
 of the gospel,

00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:12.579
 through the extending

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:14.439
 broadly of this invitation,

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:17.199
 through our personal evangelism,

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:19.299
 sinners hear the good news

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.000
 of the gospel

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:22.859
 and are spiritually reborn again

00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:24.299
 of His Spirit.

00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.279
 Regenerated.

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 Born again.

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 It is extended to all,

00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:29.039
 but sadly,

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:32.299
 it is not received by all.

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 And that's where

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.899
 our statement of faith,

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.500
 we confess,

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.759
 concerning the freeness

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.639
 of salvation.

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 It reads like this.

00:22:42.439 --> 00:22:43.699
 We believe that salvation

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:44.859
 is offered freely

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:47.079
 to all in the gospel

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:49.359
 and that it is the immediate

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.759
 duty of all

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:52.199
 to accept the gospel

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.500
 by a humble,

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.299
 repentant,

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.600
 and obedient faith.

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.140
 Hear this.

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:59.240
 There is nothing

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.000
 that prevents

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.880
 the salvation

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:02.740
 of the greatest sinner

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.539
 on earth

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:05.519
 but His own depravity

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:07.460
 and voluntary rejection

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.360
 of the gospel

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:09.680
 which results

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:11.680
 in just condemnation.

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:17.400
 Jesus told another parable

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:19.600
 in Matthew chapter 22.

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:23.939
 of a rich king

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 who wanted to throw

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.079
 a banquet.

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.839
 He wanted to throw

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.799
 a wedding feast

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.759
 for his son.

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:31.179
 And so he sent out

00:23:31.179 --> 00:23:32.059
 servants out

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.839
 into the streets

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:34.199
 to call those

00:23:34.199 --> 00:23:34.859
 who were invited

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:36.559
 to come to the feast.

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:39.819
 But they would not come.

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:43.039
 So he sent more servants

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:44.159
 out into the streets

00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:45.279
 and sent out the call,

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.859
 the invitation,

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.339
 come,

00:23:46.459 --> 00:23:47.159
 come celebrate,

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.759
 come enjoy the food,

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.800
 come enjoy the wine.

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:51.360
 My son is getting married,

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.220
 everything's ready,

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:52.720
 come on,

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.540
 come to the feast.

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.540
 But again,

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.220
 they paid

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:57.400
 no attention

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:59.019
 and went off

00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:00.100
 about their business.

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.200
 They were too busy

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.500
 to come.

00:24:02.560 --> 00:24:02.920
 In fact,

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:04.060
 some were so bothered

00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:05.480
 by hearing this invitation

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.900
 over and over

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:08.040
 and over again

00:24:08.040 --> 00:24:08.700
 that they treated

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.980
 the servants shamefully

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.500
 and killed them.

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.740
 So he says,

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.759
 the king executed judgment.

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.079
 He says,

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:18.799
 he destroyed those murderers

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:20.359
 and burned their city.

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.259
 And then he sent

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.400
 his servants again.

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.380
 Go therefore

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.759
 into the roads

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.859
 and invite

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.000
 to the wedding feast

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.680
 as many as you can find.

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.240
 And the servants

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.519
 went out into the road

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:35.059
 and gathered all they could,

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:36.299
 both good and bad,

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.980
 so that the wedding hall

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:40.119
 was filled with guests.

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:44.799
 Here's the sad reality,

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.599
 church.

00:24:47.239 --> 00:24:48.899
 You can hear

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:51.099
 the general call

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.399
 of the gospel

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:55.719
 time after time

00:24:55.719 --> 00:24:57.139
 after time

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:58.419
 after time.

00:24:58.419 --> 00:24:59.959
 You can know it

00:24:59.959 --> 00:25:01.279
 inside and out.

00:25:01.439 --> 00:25:02.739
 You can come to church

00:25:02.739 --> 00:25:03.679
 every week

00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:04.839
 from the time you're one

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:06.259
 to the time you're 101

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:10.000
 and never actually come.

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:11.339
 to Christ.

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:15.599
 You must hear

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.439
 the good news

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:17.719
 in order to believe it,

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:20.799
 but only hearing

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:22.439
 this general call

00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:23.219
 of the gospel

00:25:23.219 --> 00:25:25.719
 will not save you.

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:28.879
 You must come

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:30.299
 to Christ.

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.639
 So Jesus concludes

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.419
 this parable

00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:35.079
 by saying,

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:36.460
 many are called

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.179
 generally,

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.859
 but few

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.399
 are chosen

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:42.039
 effectively.

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.759
 You must

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:45.000
 come.

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.720
 How do we do that?

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.559
 How do we

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.299
 come

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.919
 and feast,

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.279
 accept this invitation

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.000
 to come

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.359
 and delight ourselves

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.039
 in the Lord?

00:25:58.199 --> 00:25:58.879
 He tells us,

00:25:58.939 --> 00:25:59.339
 doesn't He?

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.779
 Isaiah.

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.419
 In Isaiah 55.

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:04.140
 It's by listening

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:06.060
 and trusting

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:07.800
 the Word of God.

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:10.000
 By listening

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.680
 and trusting

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:13.920
 the Word of God.

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.640
 It's not just

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.440
 to hear,

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:17.740
 it's to listen.

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.120
 Verse 2,

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.960
 Isaiah 55,

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.740
 verse 2.

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:21.880
 He says,

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.259
 listen diligently

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.960
 to me

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.480
 and eat what is good.

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.960
 Verse 3,

00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:28.039
 incline your ear

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.180
 and come to me

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.779
 here

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.980
 that your soul

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.639
 may live.

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.940
 So how do we

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.180
 come to the Lord?

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.839
 It's by listening

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.440
 diligently

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.799
 to the Word of God.

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.500
 How do we come

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.319
 into the presence

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.940
 of God?

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.460
 How do we

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.960
 enter into His presence

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.759
 so that we might

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:45.200
 satisfy our soul?

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:47.480
 It is by feasting

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.659
 on the Word

00:26:48.659 --> 00:26:49.740
 of God.

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:52.019
 What does Jesus say?

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.859
 Man does not live

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.740
 by bread alone

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.779
 but by every what?

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.500
 Word.

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.700
 From the mouth

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.960
 of God.

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.019
 Are any of you

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:02.019
 spiritually dry?

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.160
 Are any of you

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:06.960
 spiritually hungry?

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.920
 You're invited

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:10.460
 to come

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.720
 and to feast

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:13.059
 on the Word of God.

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.460
 Are you weary?

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.600
 Are you thirsty?

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.640
 Are you poor?

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.460
 Are you needy?

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:19.819
 Come and hear God speak.

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.259
 Come that your soul

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.860
 might live.

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:23.019
 Do you want to know

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.360
 God more?

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.519
 Come and listen

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.440
 to His Word.

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:28.100
 Do you want to grow

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:29.440
 as a disciple of Christ?

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.220
 Do you want to grow

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.660
 in your love for God

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.620
 as His child?

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.360
 Open up the book

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:35.360
 and read.

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.900
 But don't just hear it.

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.320
 Church,

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.580
 listen

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.779
 diligently.

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.279
 Listen

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.539
 to your Father

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.120
 speak

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:44.380
 life-giving

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.380
 words.

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.380
 faith.

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.500
 And then

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:50.700
 go out into the streets

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:53.300
 and invite others

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:54.760
 to come feast

00:27:54.760 --> 00:27:55.720
 with us.

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:59.340
 Faith comes through

00:27:59.340 --> 00:27:59.740
 hearing

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.280
 and hearing

00:28:00.280 --> 00:28:01.540
 through the Word

00:28:01.540 --> 00:28:02.740
 of God.

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.319
 What does Paul

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.640
 say in Romans?

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.400
 How then

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.099
 will they call

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.539
 on Him

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:06.859
 in whom

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.319
 they have not

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.900
 believed?

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.180
 How are they

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.700
 to believe

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.279
 in Him

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.579
 of whom

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.099
 they have never

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.480
 heard?

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.099
 And how are they

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.660
 to hear

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.740
 without someone

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.279
 preaching?

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.180
 And how are they

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.900
 to preach

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:17.019
 unless they

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.460
 are sent?

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.819
 Church,

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.960
 we have been

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.759
 sent.

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.660
 Jesus Christ

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.519
 commanded us,

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.160
 go therefore

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:25.200
 and make disciples

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.200
 of all nations,

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.180
 baptizing them

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.799
 in the name

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.420
 of the Father

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.359
 and the Son

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.559
 and the Holy Spirit,

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.099
 teaching them

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.500
 to observe

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.299
 everything I have

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.959
 commanded you

00:28:32.959 --> 00:28:33.379
 and lo,

00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:34.019
 I am with you

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.519
 always,

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.639
 even to the

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.500
 uttermost ends

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.259
 of the earth.

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.099
 We have been

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.779
 commissioned

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:40.099
 to go out

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:41.099
 into the streets

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:42.500
 as His servants

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.500
 and invite

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.539
 as many as we

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.039
 could find

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.399
 to come feast

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:47.259
 their souls

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.159
 on the Word

00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:49.119
 of God.

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.839
 Our privilege,

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.359
 church,

00:28:52.439 --> 00:28:53.619
 as God's ambassadors

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.459
 is to be the

00:28:54.459 --> 00:28:55.319
 mouthpiece

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.599
 of this invitation.

00:28:57.459 --> 00:28:58.599
 This invitation

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.719
 in Isaiah 55.

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.039
 We don't know

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.879
 who the Lord

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.519
 will call

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.440
 effectively

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.460
 unto salvation,

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.980
 but we do know

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.579
 how they will

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:06.920
 come.

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.579
 It's through

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.680
 the proclamation

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:11.220
 of the gospel.

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.039
 It is through

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.299
 the church

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.220
 effectively

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.039
 going out

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:17.460
 and obeying

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.819
 this great commission.

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.539
 We have been

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.240
 entrusted

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.639
 as servants

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.339
 of the King

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.180
 with the task

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.119
 to go into

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.839
 the streets

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:26.259
 and invite them

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.079
 to come.

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.039
 Everyone who thirsts,

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:30.379
 everyone who hungers,

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:32.000
 everyone who's poor,

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.620
 everyone who's needy,

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:35.700
 come to the waters

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.920
 and drink.

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.620
 One thing

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.020
 that we keep

00:29:40.020 --> 00:29:40.700
 talking about

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:43.420
 is personal evangelism.

00:29:44.020 --> 00:29:44.520
 Have you heard me

00:29:44.520 --> 00:29:45.260
 mention that before?

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.520
 One area

00:29:47.520 --> 00:29:48.260
 that we want

00:29:48.260 --> 00:29:49.500
 to see this group

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.180
 of people,

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.820
 this church,

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.700
 grow in

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.620
 in the years to come

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:55.280
 is personal evangelism.

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:56.160
 Our strategy

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.860
 for reaching

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.580
 the lost

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.460
 in all in all,

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.460
 for reaching

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.199
 our community,

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.220
 for ministering

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.059
 to our community,

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.359
 our strategy

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.199
 for the growth

00:30:04.199 --> 00:30:05.220
 of this church,

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.259
 our strategy

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.039
 for the growth

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.939
 of every one

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.419
 of you

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.740
 is that we

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.899
 would share

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.720
 the gospel,

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:13.059
 that we would

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.740
 be equipped

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.460
 personally,

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.679
 every one of us

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.379
 to share

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.740
 the good news

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:19.099
 of the gospel.

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.179
 So who do you

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:20.679
 know

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:22.539
 that needs

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.139
 to be invited

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:23.619
 to come?

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:26.479
 Who do you

00:30:26.479 --> 00:30:26.919
 know

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:28.379
 that is

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:29.019
 spiritually

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:30.339
 thirsty?

00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:31.000
 And maybe

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.519
 that's you

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.279
 this morning.

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:33.959
 And maybe

00:30:33.959 --> 00:30:35.159
 you've realized

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:36.079
 now by the grace

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.500
 of God

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.099
 you've heard

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.979
 this invitation,

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.479
 you've heard

00:30:38.479 --> 00:30:39.039
 this message

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.759
 time and time

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.059
 again,

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.739
 you recognize

00:30:40.739 --> 00:30:41.579
 your need

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.039
 but you've

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:43.339
 never actually

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:44.199
 come.

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:44.919
 Friend,

00:30:44.979 --> 00:30:45.439
 you're invited

00:30:45.439 --> 00:30:46.679
 now to come

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:48.119
 and to listen

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:49.039
 and to put

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.639
 your trust

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:51.099
 in Christ.

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:53.459
 but what's

00:30:53.459 --> 00:30:53.959
 the point?

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.679
 What's so

00:30:56.679 --> 00:30:57.199
 great about

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:58.319
 this feast

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.740
 that we

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.959
 come back

00:31:00.959 --> 00:31:01.500
 to it time

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.899
 and time

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.319
 again?

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.819
 Friend,

00:31:04.199 --> 00:31:04.939
 the gospel

00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:05.679
 invites you

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:06.439
 not only

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:07.599
 to forgiveness

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.339
 which is

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.819
 wonderful,

00:31:09.959 --> 00:31:10.519
 not only

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.099
 to peace

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.799
 with God

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.299
 which is

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:13.219
 wonderful,

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.839
 not only

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:15.119
 to escape

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.959
 from judgment

00:31:15.959 --> 00:31:17.279
 and condemnation

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.259
 and hell,

00:31:19.459 --> 00:31:20.019
 the good

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.619
 news of

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.259
 the gospel

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.400
 is that

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.879
 we are

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.440
 invited

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.299
 to be

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.240
 satisfied

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.639
 in God

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.740
 forever.

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.559
 This is

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.079
 the third

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.680
 part

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.660
 of the gospel

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.639
 according

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.539
 to Isaiah.

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.339
 Third,

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.180
 God

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.940
 alone

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.480
 will satisfy.

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.619
 God

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.740
 alone

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:43.599
 will satisfy.

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:45.759
 If we

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.900
 don't believe

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.840
 this,

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:49.440
 we will

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.700
 never

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.060
 come.

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:53.060
 If we

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.660
 don't

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.340
 genuinely

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:55.300
 believe

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:56.360
 that God

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:56.800
 alone

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:57.840
 can satisfy

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.540
 the needs

00:31:58.540 --> 00:31:58.860
 of our

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.160
 soul,

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.620
 we will

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.280
 never

00:32:00.280 --> 00:32:01.240
 come

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.940
 to the

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.259
 Father.

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.200
 Do you

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.440
 know the

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.900
 reason why

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.340
 so many

00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:05.780
 don't

00:32:05.780 --> 00:32:06.120
 come?

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.080
 When we

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.580
 look at

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:09.440
 what God

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.100
 is offering

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:10.540
 in this

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:10.940
 feast,

00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:12.180
 this water

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.860
 that gives

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:13.560
 life,

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.380
 this milk

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.660
 that nourishes

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.200
 and gives

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.920
 strength,

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.920
 this wine

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.500
 that gives

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.060
 joy,

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.780
 bread that

00:32:19.780 --> 00:32:20.580
 satisfies our

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.120
 hunger and

00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:21.720
 nourishes our

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.080
 soul,

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.620
 why would

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.580
 anybody not

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:24.280
 come?

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:26.100
 He tells us

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.740
 in verse 2,

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.500
 Isaiah 55

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.920
 verse 2,

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.000
 it's because

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.700
 verse 2,

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.620
 we spend

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.300
 our money

00:32:35.300 --> 00:32:36.080
 for that

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.760
 which is

00:32:36.760 --> 00:32:37.760
 not bread

00:32:37.760 --> 00:32:39.440
 and we

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.120
 labor for

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.820
 that which

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.800
 does not

00:32:41.800 --> 00:32:43.140
 satisfy.

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:45.620
 In other

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:45.880
 words,

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.660
 we don't

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.240
 come to

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.860
 the feast

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.759
 because we

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.580
 have filled

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.120
 ourselves

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.720
 already,

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.780
 or so we

00:32:52.780 --> 00:32:53.300
 think,

00:32:54.020 --> 00:32:54.520
 we're not

00:32:54.520 --> 00:32:55.400
 hungry because

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:55.860
 we've been

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:57.620
 snacking on

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.560
 empty calories

00:32:58.560 --> 00:32:59.280
 no less.

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:01.460
 This is a

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.400
 sad depiction

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:03.360
 of our

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:04.200
 pursuit of

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.780
 pleasure,

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:05.900
 our pursuit

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.580
 of joy,

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.240
 our pursuit

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.480
 of satisfaction

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.840
 in anything

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.759
 other than

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.259
 God

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.180
 himself.

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.700
 Isaiah

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.220
 tells us

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.540
 we are

00:33:14.540 --> 00:33:15.200
 desperately

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.980
 poor,

00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:16.700
 yet we

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.200
 continue to

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.640
 spend

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.380
 ourselves

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.980
 for that

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.340
 which is

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:20.380
 not bread

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.280
 and that

00:33:21.280 --> 00:33:21.600
 which will

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.220
 not

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.240
 satisfy.

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.000
 Jeremiah

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.680
 the prophet,

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.180
 he had

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.580
 something to

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:27.980
 say about

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.440
 this.

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.240
 God spoke

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.620
 through

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.100
 Jeremiah

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:31.840
 the prophet

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.440
 to his

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.220
 people in

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.400
 Israel in

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.360
 exile again

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:36.259
 and he

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.600
 says in

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:36.960
 Jeremiah

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.740
 chapter 2

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.520
 verse 13,

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.020
 he says

00:33:39.020 --> 00:33:39.380
 this,

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:41.400
 my people

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.000
 have committed

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.900
 two evils.

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.920
 They have

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.960
 forsaken me,

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:46.960
 the fountain

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.580
 of living

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.040
 waters,

00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:49.520
 and they

00:33:49.520 --> 00:33:50.140
 have hewed

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:51.200
 out cisterns

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:52.140
 for themselves,

00:33:53.040 --> 00:33:54.520
 broken cisterns

00:33:54.520 --> 00:33:55.400
 that can hold

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:56.760
 no water.

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.180
 You see

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.520
 these two

00:33:58.520 --> 00:33:58.920
 evils,

00:33:59.020 --> 00:33:59.380
 they have

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:00.640
 forsaken me,

00:34:00.760 --> 00:34:01.160
 the fountain

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.660
 of living

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.120
 waters,

00:34:02.260 --> 00:34:02.860
 the all

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.680
 satisfying

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.340
 fountain of

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:05.040
 living waters,

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.600
 this fountain

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.140
 of life

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:06.680
 and joy,

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.519
 but not

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.440
 only that,

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.880
 they have

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.519
 also just

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.019
 tried to

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.740
 create their

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:12.200
 own cisterns

00:34:12.200 --> 00:34:13.119
 and they're

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.340
 broken cisterns

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.000
 that can hold

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.280
 no water

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.820
 and of course

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.680
 all of us

00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:18.180
 are guilty

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.760
 of this

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.240
 type of

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:19.960
 idolatry.

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.700
 We turn

00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:22.180
 from the

00:34:22.180 --> 00:34:22.700
 fountain of

00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:23.579
 life and

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.480
 joy and

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.300
 peace and

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.260
 satisfaction and

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.840
 we try to

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.360
 find it

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.280
 ourselves in

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.599
 other things.

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.260
 That's what

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.360
 idolatry is.

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.180
 We try to

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:32.639
 find that

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.860
 satisfaction in

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.720
 money,

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.619
 in success,

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.339
 in a

00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:38.139
 relationship,

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.599
 in sex,

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.859
 in a child,

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:42.019
 in respect.

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:43.839
 Every one of

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.440
 us, whether we

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.199
 realize it or

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:46.059
 not, we

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.399
 worship idols.

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.299
 Idols are

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:50.460
 anything that

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.379
 we turn to

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:52.199
 for the

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:53.519
 satisfaction that

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.739
 only God

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.839
 can provide.

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.559
 Jeremiah says

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:57.980
 they are

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.599
 broken

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.500
 cisterns.

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:01.379
 They can't

00:35:01.379 --> 00:35:02.239
 hold water

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:03.759
 and yet we

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.819
 form them

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.819
 and we

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.659
 trust them.

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.319
 and we

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:07.899
 turn to

00:35:07.899 --> 00:35:08.679
 them and

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.440
 we rely on

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.719
 them to

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.299
 quench our

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:10.919
 thirst but

00:35:10.919 --> 00:35:11.859
 they never

00:35:11.859 --> 00:35:12.980
 will.

00:35:13.379 --> 00:35:14.079
 Sadly, they

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:15.799
 are broken.

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.279
 Several weeks

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:23.879
 ago, you

00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.339
 might remember

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:25.940
 we talked

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.319
 about the

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:27.059
 lawsuit that

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.480
 was filed

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.059
 against Red

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.379
 Bull.

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.779
 You remember

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.079
 that?

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.579
 And their

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.779
 slogan, it'll

00:35:31.779 --> 00:35:32.119
 give you

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.719
 wings.

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:34.279
 consumers

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:35.259
 claimed it

00:35:35.259 --> 00:35:35.779
 was false

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:36.559
 advertising.

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:36.959
 They'd been

00:35:36.959 --> 00:35:37.559
 drinking Red

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.959
 Bull for

00:35:37.959 --> 00:35:38.639
 years and

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.759
 never once

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.119
 had they

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.779
 grown a

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:41.339
 pair of

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:41.899
 wings.

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.239
 And they

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.739
 won the

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.779
 lawsuit, believe

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.319
 it or not.

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.719
 Well, in

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:48.079
 2016, there

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.859
 was yet another

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.819
 food-related

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.759
 lawsuit.

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.519
 This time, it

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.939
 was against

00:35:51.939 --> 00:35:52.959
 company against

00:35:52.959 --> 00:35:53.679
 company, two

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.939
 food companies.

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.439
 Hungry

00:35:55.439 --> 00:35:56.179
 Man versus

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.000
 Heinz.

00:35:57.939 --> 00:35:58.480
 Hungry

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.519
 Man, the

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.460
 frozen meal

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.159
 company, it

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.619
 had a

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.079
 slogan.

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.059
 Anybody

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.500
 remember what

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:03.860
 it was?

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.760
 Satisfy your

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.159
 craving.

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:08.619
 Hungry

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.099
 Man will

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:10.099
 satisfy your

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.440
 craving.

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.760
 They had

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.480
 trademarked it

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:12.119
 and everything.

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:12.980
 They were the

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.539
 only frozen

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.240
 food company

00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:14.679
 who could

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.599
 say that

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.639
 their frozen

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.380
 meals would

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:18.820
 satisfy your

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.280
 craving.

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.519
 But the

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.539
 marketing geniuses

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:21.980
 over at

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.840
 Heinz got

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.400
 together and

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.119
 they came up

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:25.320
 with Devour

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.920
 Foods.

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.360
 It was their

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.119
 own frozen

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.440
 food line and

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.960
 they drafted

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.320
 up their

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:30.740
 own unique

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.619
 slogan.

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.800
 Devour

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.420
 Foods will

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:34.519
 satisfy your

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.400
 cravings.

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.559
 There's an

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.900
 S.

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.119
 It's plural.

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.780
 More than

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.659
 one.

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.019
 There's an

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.519
 S at the

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.940
 end of it.

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.220
 And of

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:43.039
 course, the

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.480
 good people

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:43.860
 over at

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.139
 Hungry

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.619
 Man took

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.320
 issue with

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.920
 this because

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.940
 they were

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.260
 the only

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:47.639
 ones who

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.200
 could satisfy

00:36:48.200 --> 00:36:48.820
 your craving.

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.780
 But Heinz

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.159
 over here,

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:50.480
 they said,

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.079
 well, you

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.579
 can satisfy

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.099
 a craving,

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.559
 but we

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.980
 satisfy

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.760
 cravings.

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.559
 We can

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.099
 do it all.

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:56.840
 And if I

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.320
 were bold

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.840
 enough, I

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.420
 would file a

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.079
 lawsuit against

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.780
 them both

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:01.139
 because as we

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.960
 all know,

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.880
 frozen food

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.440
 does not

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.200
 satisfy your

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:05.159
 cravings.

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.720
 Whether one

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.860
 or many,

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.539
 not for long

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.280
 at least.

00:37:11.180 --> 00:37:12.300
 You may be

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:13.240
 satisfied for a

00:37:13.240 --> 00:37:13.820
 moment, you

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.360
 heat it up,

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.900
 you eat it,

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:15.980
 your belly's

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:17.099
 full, but

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.860
 within a couple

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.659
 hours, you're

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.420
 hungry again,

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.920
 it doesn't

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:21.740
 last, and

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.400
 even the best

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:23.039
 meal of your

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:24.099
 life, I know

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.780
 Thanksgiving's

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.260
 coming up.

00:37:26.240 --> 00:37:26.800
 We will

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:28.320
 feast and

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:29.400
 be satisfied

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.960
 temporarily.

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:32.740
 It doesn't

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:34.360
 satisfy forever.

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.960
 It's momentary,

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.860
 it's temporary,

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:38.160
 and Isaiah

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:39.200
 and Jeremiah

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:40.180
 show us that's

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.900
 how it is with

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.519
 our idols.

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.940
 We believe the

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.780
 advertisement

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:47.200
 that this job,

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:48.360
 this feeling,

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.500
 this accomplishment,

00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:50.600
 this raise,

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.440
 this child,

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.699
 will satisfy

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.559
 the needs

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.699
 of my soul,

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:55.619
 but once you

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:57.159
 dig in and

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.940
 consume it,

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.940
 you get it,

00:37:59.299 --> 00:38:00.639
 you realize it

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.779
 doesn't live up

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.559
 to the hype,

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.179
 and you're left

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:04.539
 hungry again.

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:06.019
 You have spent

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:07.099
 your money on

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:08.779
 not bread.

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.960
 Why do you

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.619
 spend your money

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.539
 for that which

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.159
 is not bread?

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.960
 Why do you

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.940
 labor for that

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.920
 which does not

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.000
 satisfy?

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:22.460
 church,

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:24.039
 God invites

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:25.079
 us in

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:26.299
 Isaiah 55

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:28.079
 to listen

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:29.039
 diligently

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.159
 to me

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:31.319
 and eat

00:38:31.319 --> 00:38:32.619
 what is

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.199
 good.

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.719
 Delight

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.420
 yourselves

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:36.339
 in rich

00:38:36.339 --> 00:38:37.400
 food.

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.619
 Incline

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.219
 your ear

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.839
 and come

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:40.539
 to me

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.279
 here

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:42.219
 that your

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:43.019
 soul

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:44.360
 may live.

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.819
 Here's what

00:38:44.819 --> 00:38:45.199
 he's telling

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.639
 us.

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.259
 True

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.799
 joy

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:49.380
 and true

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.199
 life

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:51.199
 true

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.859
 lasting

00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:52.799
 satisfaction

00:38:52.799 --> 00:38:53.739
 is found

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.859
 in God

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:55.779
 and God

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.500
 alone.

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.379
 He alone

00:38:58.379 --> 00:38:59.159
 can satisfy

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:00.119
 the desires,

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:01.139
 the cravings,

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.759
 the need

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.519
 of your soul,

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.099
 and he has

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:04.519
 no competitors.

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.559
 This is what

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.199
 we were made

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.579
 for.

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:09.039
 What is the

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.679
 chief end

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.319
 of man?

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.879
 The chief end

00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.259
 of man

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:13.359
 is to glorify

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:13.839
 God

00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:15.039
 and enjoy

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.879
 him forever.

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.699
 This is what

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.259
 we were made

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.880
 for.

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.240
 We were

00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:19.080
 created

00:39:19.080 --> 00:39:20.240
 to delight

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.920
 ourselves

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.660
 in God,

00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:21.980
 to be

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.540
 satisfied

00:39:22.540 --> 00:39:23.280
 in him.

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.780
 So every

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:25.240
 desire that

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.740
 we have

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.860
 for love,

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.640
 for joy,

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.520
 for acceptance,

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:29.460
 for pleasure,

00:39:30.180 --> 00:39:31.200
 every craving

00:39:31.200 --> 00:39:32.180
 for satisfaction

00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:33.280
 is ultimately

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:34.440
 and only

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.260
 fulfilled

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:36.680
 in him.

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:37.980
 And this

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.460
 is what

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.000
 Christ

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.600
 came

00:39:39.600 --> 00:39:40.440
 to do.

00:39:41.640 --> 00:39:42.320
 We're told

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:43.380
 in 1 Peter 3

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:44.300
 verse 18.

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.300
 For Christ

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:46.460
 also suffered

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.539
 once for sins,

00:39:47.660 --> 00:39:48.240
 the righteous

00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:49.920
 for the unrighteous,

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:51.039
 that he might

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:52.220
 bring us

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:53.420
 to God.

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:56.079
 The best

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.680
 part of the

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:57.400
 gospel is

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:58.579
 not forgiveness,

00:39:58.840 --> 00:39:59.200
 it's not

00:39:59.200 --> 00:39:59.980
 freedom from

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.480
 sin,

00:40:00.660 --> 00:40:01.000
 it's not

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:02.160
 freedom from

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:02.860
 death or

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.619
 disease or

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.140
 suffering,

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:04.720
 it's not even

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.200
 that we might

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:06.280
 be reunited

00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:06.700
 with our

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:07.420
 lost loved

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:07.860
 ones and

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.579
 family members.

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:10.160
 The best

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:11.180
 part of the

00:40:11.180 --> 00:40:12.480
 gospel is

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.000
 that we

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.519
 get to

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.079
 feast

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.880
 forever

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.619
 on the

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:15.980
 goodness

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:17.300
 of God.

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.920
 And it

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:19.460
 will take

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:21.159
 all of

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:21.840
 eternity

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.960
 for us

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.760
 to explore

00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:24.639
 the goodness

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.900
 of God.

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:28.699
 One commentator,

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:30.280
 J. Alec Motier,

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:31.240
 says this,

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.559
 The Lord

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.420
 himself is

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:34.000
 the feast.

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:35.880
 Just as

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.820
 true food

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:37.679
 restores the

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:38.760
 body debilitated

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:40.000
 by not bread,

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:41.360
 so the food

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:42.079
 of the Lord's

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.420
 word,

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.960
 brings the

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:44.000
 whole person

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.760
 to the

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:45.780
 life that

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.539
 is life

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:47.599
 indeed.

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.579
 Is your

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.619
 soul hungry?

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.940
 Do you

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:55.240
 hunger and

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:56.400
 thirst to

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:57.219
 be satisfied

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:58.519
 in God?

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:01.079
 You are

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:02.679
 invited to

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:04.199
 come to

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:06.179
 feast that

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:06.619
 your soul

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.400
 might live.

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:08.019
 God

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:09.780
 and

00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:10.340
 Jesus

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.780
 told

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.860
 another

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.320
 parable

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:12.559
 in

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:12.820
 Luke

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.240
 chapter

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.860
 15.

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.220
 You all

00:41:14.220 --> 00:41:14.500
 know it

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:14.740
 as the

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:15.059
 parable

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.820
 of the

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.240
 prodigal

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:16.619
 son.

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.760
 A man

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:20.059
 had

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:21.360
 two sons

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:21.579
 of the

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:21.820
 younger

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:22.559
 dishonored

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.119
 his father

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:23.660
 by asking

00:41:23.660 --> 00:41:24.519
 for his

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:24.980
 share of

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.079
 the

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.500
 inheritance

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:26.139
 early.

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.599
 While his

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.039
 father was

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.599
 still living,

00:41:27.680 --> 00:41:28.039
 he basically

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.360
 said,

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:29.019
 you're as

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.320
 good as

00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:29.820
 dead to

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:30.039
 me,

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:30.420
 just give

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:30.700
 me the

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:30.940
 money,

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.400
 because that's

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.740
 all I

00:41:31.740 --> 00:41:32.260
 really want

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:32.740
 anyways.

00:41:33.520 --> 00:41:34.080
 And the

00:41:34.080 --> 00:41:34.780
 father gave

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.020
 it to

00:41:35.020 --> 00:41:35.200
 him.

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:36.420
 And so

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:36.800
 the son

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.460
 went off

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.000
 and lived

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.600
 recklessly

00:41:38.600 --> 00:41:39.360
 and spent

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:40.060
 all his

00:41:40.060 --> 00:41:40.760
 money on

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:41.480
 things that

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.040
 would not

00:41:42.040 --> 00:41:42.880
 satisfy.

00:41:43.180 --> 00:41:43.600
 And suddenly

00:41:43.600 --> 00:41:44.140
 there was a

00:41:44.140 --> 00:41:44.700
 famine in

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.240
 the land,

00:41:45.240 --> 00:41:46.020
 and he

00:41:46.020 --> 00:41:46.660
 was hungry

00:41:46.660 --> 00:41:48.440
 and thirsty

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:50.340
 and poor

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:52.320
 and needy.

00:41:53.680 --> 00:41:54.200
 And so

00:41:54.200 --> 00:41:54.600
 he said,

00:41:54.680 --> 00:41:55.280
 I'll go back

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:55.920
 to my father

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.760
 and I'll ask

00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:57.400
 for forgiveness.

00:41:57.580 --> 00:41:58.060
 Maybe at least

00:41:58.060 --> 00:41:58.440
 he'll let me

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.080
 be like one

00:41:59.080 --> 00:41:59.760
 of his servants

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.380
 and I can get

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:01.060
 a good meal,

00:42:01.140 --> 00:42:01.520
 I can work

00:42:01.520 --> 00:42:02.020
 at his house

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.539
 and eat.

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.340
 But when he

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:04.119
 started on his

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:05.059
 way back home,

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:06.099
 the father saw

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:06.880
 him from a

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:08.039
 long way off.

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.599
 And Luke

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.300
 says he felt

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:11.159
 compassion on

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:11.400
 him.

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:13.360
 And he ran

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:14.300
 to him.

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.920
 And he embraced

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.320
 him.

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.699
 And he kissed

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:18.059
 him.

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.219
 And he wouldn't

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:19.679
 even let him

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.239
 finish his

00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:20.759
 apology.

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:21.519
 He ordered

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:22.039
 that they bring

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.659
 out the best

00:42:22.659 --> 00:42:23.440
 robe and put

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.800
 it on his

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.519
 back and a

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.179
 ring for his

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:25.719
 finger and

00:42:25.719 --> 00:42:26.539
 shoes for his

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.659
 feet and to

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.219
 kill the

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:29.400
 fattened calf

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:30.699
 and prepare it

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:31.539
 so that they

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:32.759
 could feast

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:34.420
 and celebrate.

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.400
 For this my

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:37.460
 son was dead

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.880
 and is alive

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.279
 again.

00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:41.179
 He was lost

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:42.860
 and is now

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:43.659
 found.

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:47.079
 Can you imagine

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:47.719
 what a joy

00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:48.320
 that must have

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:48.559
 been?

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.699
 For the son

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:51.360
 to come back

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:51.940
 home having

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:53.119
 nothing to offer

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.719
 whatsoever,

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:55.519
 broken and

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:56.639
 humbled and

00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.099
 poor,

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:57.980
 not just to come

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:59.300
 back and enjoy

00:42:59.300 --> 00:43:00.079
 a feast,

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:00.679
 not just to

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:01.420
 enjoy rich

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:02.039
 food and

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:02.740
 drink wine

00:43:02.740 --> 00:43:03.059
 and to

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:03.460
 celebrate,

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:04.740
 but to be

00:43:04.740 --> 00:43:06.059
 restored to

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.880
 his father

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:08.719
 and to be

00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:09.719
 with him

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:11.099
 and to be

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:12.579
 embraced by

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.119
 him and to

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:14.059
 be welcomed

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:15.780
 back home.

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:17.920
 Friend,

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.860
 that is the

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.639
 call of

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:21.000
 Isaiah 55.

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.619
 Come ye

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:24.039
 sinners,

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:24.820
 poor and

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.360
 needy,

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:26.780
 weak and

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:27.100
 wounded,

00:43:27.580 --> 00:43:28.100
 sick and

00:43:28.100 --> 00:43:28.460
 sore.

00:43:28.640 --> 00:43:29.480
 Jesus ready

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:30.340
 stands to

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:31.300
 save you

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:32.560
 full of

00:43:32.560 --> 00:43:32.960
 pity,

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:34.260
 love and

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:34.680
 power.

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:35.060
 Would you

00:43:35.060 --> 00:43:35.420
 come?

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:36.580
 Would you

00:43:36.580 --> 00:43:36.960
 come?

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:38.240
 Would you

00:43:38.240 --> 00:43:38.560
 come?

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:40.100
 Let's pray.

00:43:44.620 --> 00:43:45.300
 Lord,

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.140
 we thank you

00:43:46.140 --> 00:43:47.560
 for your

00:43:47.560 --> 00:43:48.240
 heart that's

00:43:48.240 --> 00:43:48.880
 displayed in

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:49.480
 this passage

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:49.880
 that you

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.420
 would invite

00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:51.240
 sinners like

00:43:51.240 --> 00:43:51.780
 us to

00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:52.760
 come and

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:53.019
 to be

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.940
 satisfied in

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:54.160
 you.

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.640
 Nothing else

00:43:55.640 --> 00:43:56.280
 can satisfy

00:43:56.280 --> 00:43:57.180
 the needs

00:43:57.180 --> 00:43:57.440
 of our

00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:57.720
 soul,

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.220
 but you

00:43:58.220 --> 00:43:58.519
 and you

00:43:58.519 --> 00:43:58.960
 alone.

00:43:59.120 --> 00:43:59.620
 We thank

00:43:59.620 --> 00:44:00.560
 you that

00:44:00.560 --> 00:44:01.080
 through the

00:44:01.080 --> 00:44:01.500
 work of

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:02.100
 Christ you

00:44:02.100 --> 00:44:02.660
 have made

00:44:02.660 --> 00:44:03.960
 a way for

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.480
 us to be

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:05.240
 forgiven and

00:44:05.240 --> 00:44:05.680
 to be

00:44:05.680 --> 00:44:07.040
 restored to

00:44:07.040 --> 00:44:07.500
 our father.

00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:09.500
 We pray that

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:09.900
 we would leave

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.360
 this place

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:11.660
 encouraged and

00:44:11.660 --> 00:44:12.100
 with the good

00:44:12.100 --> 00:44:12.800
 news of this

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:14.660
 invitation quick

00:44:14.660 --> 00:44:15.300
 off of our

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:16.100
 lips to any

00:44:16.100 --> 00:44:16.460
 who would

00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:16.680
 hear.

00:44:17.640 --> 00:44:18.340
 We pray this

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:18.660
 in Jesus'

00:44:18.660 --> 00:44:18.980
 name.

00:44:19.700 --> 00:44:19.980
 Amen.

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:20.100
 Amen.

00:44:20.100 --> 00:44:20.140
 Amen.

00:44:20.140 --> 00:44:20.160
 Amen.

00:44:20.160 --> 00:44:20.180
 Amen.

00:44:20.180 --> 00:44:20.200
 Amen.

00:44:20.200 --> 00:44:20.240
 Amen.

00:44:20.240 --> 00:44:20.260
 Amen.

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:20.280
 Amen.

00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:21.240
 Amen.

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:22.180
 Amen.

00:44:22.180 --> 00:44:22.240
 Amen.

00:44:22.240 --> 00:44:22.280
 Amen.

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:22.300
 Amen.

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:22.320
 Amen.

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:26.260
 Amen.