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 Father, we come to worship you and to lift up your name.

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 We come to say, God, that there's no one like you in all the earth, in all creation.

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 You stand alone, God. You are the one true God.

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 Father, when all creation falls away and fades away,

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 God, when the end of the world as we understand it has come,

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 God, you will still be eternally existing.

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 You will still be worshipped, God, by those that you have created.

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 God, you are the one true eternal God, and there's no one like you.

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 There's no one as majestic as you. There's no one as tender as you.

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 There's no one as strong and glorious as you.

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 There's none as merciful and gracious.

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 There's none so holy and set apart like you.

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 God, there's none so loving and welcoming.

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 God, we worship you this morning.

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 We come to align our hearts with what is true, with who you are.

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 Father, this morning as we pray for various churches in our city,

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 we want to pray for Ebsen and Trophina at Hope for All Church.

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 God, we really want to lift Ebsen's health before you this morning.

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 This young man that has planted a church, God, on the Kailun side.

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 Father, we know that he's gone through health challenges, and you know everything.

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 You know things better than we do.

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 We lift him up before you, and we ask, God, won't you be gracious?

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 We pray for restoration.

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 We pray for healing.

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 We pray strengthen his body, Lord.

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 We pray for a full and a speedy recovery.

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 We pray for him to be back preaching soon, Lord God.

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 God, we pray for their children and their children's health, God,

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 and the challenges that their children have faced health-wise.

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 Father, we pray for that church.

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 We pray for Hope for All Church, that leaders will emerge,

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 for there to be fruit, for numbers to increase, for people to get saved.

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 Pray for the Holy Spirit to be powerfully at work at Hope for All Church.

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 We really do lift up our brothers and sisters there before you this morning.

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 We stand with them.

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 And so, God, just as we sang, may your name be lifted up,

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 we pray not only in Watermark, but in Hong Kong.

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 May your name be lifted up, God.

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 And do so in that church, we pray.

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 Fathers, we think of our city this morning.

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 We pray for the orphans.

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 We pray for the orphan workers in our city.

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 We pray for Mother's Choice and other organizations like that that work with orphans.

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 God, we pray for children that are awaiting adoption in homes.

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 God, we pray, won't you draw near to them, God.

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 Won't you flood their hearts with your love, Lord God.

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 We pray for those families that are in the process, God, of waiting adoption.

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 God, won't you match the right children to the right families, Lord.

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 Pray, God, for Christians, God, that are obeying your command

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 to look after widows and orphans, Lord God.

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 We pray for financial support and blessing for those organizations.

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 And we ask, God, that your church really will be a light in our city, in this area, God.

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 That young children that are without parents and without families

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 will find families and find homes, God.

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 God, help us as Christians to know what to do and how to respond, Lord.

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 Give us courage, we pray.

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 Father, pray for Watermark, for opportunities to witness and to share our faith, God.

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 We pray, God, for conversations to start.

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 We pray that as a church we'll be more courageous.

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 We pray for people to come to know you, people that are not Christians,

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 to come to find the wonder of Jesus and to find grace, Lord God.

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 We pray for you, Holy Spirit, to draw people closer to yourself.

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 We pray for those in our midst that are starting to have conversations

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 with neighbors and colleagues and friends and family.

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 Oh, God, won't you be with us, we pray, God.

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 We pray the gospel go forward in Hong Kong.

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 And then, God, lastly, we pray for the Holy Spirit to be deeply at work in our church.

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 God, we pray not so much for the blessings of the Spirit,

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 but for you, Holy Spirit, yourself.

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 We so often feel your absence.

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 We find ourselves acting by our own spirit, our own initiative.

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 God, even this week in my own preparation, I confess I've been so self-reliant,

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 not reliant on you.

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 Oh, God, we need you.

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 Save us from being content with only a little measure of the Spirit, God.

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 Make us uncomfortable with how little we walk with you.

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 And teach us to know the fullness of your Spirit, we pray.

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 We pray these things in your wonderful name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's listen to God's Word being read to us this morning.

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 The scripture reading comes from Matthew 4.

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 Please follow along.

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 Your bulletins are on the screen.

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 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

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 And after fasting 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry.

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 And the tempter came and said to him,

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 If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.

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 But he answered,

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 It is written,

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 Men shall not live by bread alone,

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 but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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 Then the devil took him to the holy city

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 and set him on the pinnacle of the temple

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 and said to him,

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 If you are the Son of God,

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 throw yourself down,

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 for it is written,

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 He will command his angels concerning you,

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 and on their hands they will bear you up,

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 lest you strike your foot against stone.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Again it is written,

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 You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.

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 Again the devil took him to a very high mountain

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 and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

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 And he said to him,

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 All these I will give you,

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 if you will fall down and worship me.

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 Then Jesus said to him,

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 Be gone, Satan,

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 for it is written,

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 You shall worship the Lord your God,

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 and him only shall you serve.

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 Then the devil left him,

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 and behold,

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 angels came and were ministering to him.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great, thank you.

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 Echo.

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 Okay, well,

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 this morning we are looking at this

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 fairly well-known passage of Scripture,

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 the temptations of Jesus.

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 And we do so

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 as we continue to work through the book of Matthew,

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 Matthew's Gospel.

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 Matthew's Gospel is all about Jesus,

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 the King,

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 and His Kingdom.

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 And it's a book about the upside-down kingdom of Jesus.

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 Jesus came to inaugurate His kingdom,

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 but it's a kingdom which is so different

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 to the kingdoms of this world.

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 It is a kingdom which is true.

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 It is a kingdom which is eternal,

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 and its king is the one true king.

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 Now, last week,

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 we saw just before this,

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 the passage that precedes this

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 is Jesus getting baptized.

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 And He gets baptized by John the Baptist,

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 which was an unusual event.

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 It wasn't what John was expecting.

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 And yet,

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 at the end of this,

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 Jesus gets baptized.

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 He comes out of the water.

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 The heavens are opened.

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 The Holy Spirit descends upon Him.

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 And a voice is heard.

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 Jesus hears this voice.

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 And it's the voice of His Father.

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 And it's the voice that says,

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 This is my Son,

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 with whom I'm well pleased.

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 And as the Father does that,

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 He's affirming Jesus and His calling.

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 He's affirming Him as the Messiah King,

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 the one before whom one day

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 every nation will bow down,

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 all people will bow down.

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 But He's also affirming Him

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 as the suffering servant.

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 He's saying,

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 One day all nations will bow down before you,

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 but first you will go to the cross.

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 And so,

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 just having encountered this

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 out-of-this-world experience,

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 the Holy Spirit coming down,

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 this voice in the heavens,

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 this commissioning moment,

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 you'd expect that the next thing that happens

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 is Jesus gets on His horse and says,

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 Right, now's the time to bring in the kingdom.

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 Now's the time to get on the throne.

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 Now's the time to throw that victory party,

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 to nominate my cabinet,

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 announce my key positions in government.

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 Let's go.

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 But He doesn't.

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 He does something very unexpected.

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 The next thing that happens

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 is He gets led into the wilderness

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 for a time of testing.

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 The word there, testing,

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 could be temptation or testing.

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 And here's the Messiah King,

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 the Savior of the world.

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 Jesus is called to be the one true King,

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 and His call and His mandate

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 and His commissioning

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 as Son of God,

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 as Messiah King,

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 as suffering servant,

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 is put to the test.

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 Now, right up front,

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 or let's actually read the first verse.

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 Look at verse 1 with me

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 in Matthew chapter 4.

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 It says this,

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 Then Jesus was led up by the Holy Spirit

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 into the wilderness

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 to be tempted

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 or to be tested by the devil.

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 Now, straight away,

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 we learn two things here.

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 First thing is this,

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 it's worth noting

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 that what happens to Jesus here

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 is very often the pattern

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 for what happens with His followers.

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 Very often,

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 those of us that are followers of Jesus

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 have some kind of spiritual high,

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 or maybe you make a bold decision

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 to a step of obedience

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 or a step of faith.

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 You decide to follow Jesus.

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 Maybe you decide

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 that you're going to start witnessing

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 to a neighbor at work

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 or a colleague or a friend.

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 Maybe you decide to step up

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 into some position of leadership,

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 or you take a step

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 of great faith and obedience,

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 and you'd expect

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 that the next season after that,

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 after saying,

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 Okay, God,

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 I'm willing to trust you,

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 that God will pour His Holy Spirit

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 upon you,

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 and the next season

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 is one of ease and comfort.

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 God carrying you along

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 with His Holy Spirit.

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 But actually,

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 what happens is what?

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 Very often,

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 the life of followers of Jesus,

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 as we say,

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 Okay, God,

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 I'll trust you,

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 that call

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 is then tested.

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 We go straight into a season

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 of testing that call.

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 We see this with Adam and Eve

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 in the Garden of Eden.

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 God commissions them

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 as His agents,

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 image bearers of God,

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 and what happens next?

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 Satan comes along

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 and says,

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 Huh,

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 let's just talk about that.

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 Has God really asked you to do this?

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 Has God really said that?

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 We'll think of the people of God

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 in the Old Testament.

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 They are delivered dramatically

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 out of Egypt.

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 The Passover lamb is sacrificed.

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 God dramatically saves them.

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 There are signs and wonders.

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 They get to the Red Sea.

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 They're in trouble.

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 The Red Sea opens.

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 They walk through,

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 and as they enter

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 the other side,

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 they're about to enter

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 the promised land,

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 what happens?

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 They experience a season

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 of testing.

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 And they test it

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 in the wilderness,

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 and they experience

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 some challenges.

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 Will they trust God

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 to feed them

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 and give them what they need,

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 or will they trust

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 their own devices?

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 Will they trust God

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 to look after them

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 and protect them,

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 or will they take matters

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 into their own hands?

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 Will they love and serve

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 and worship Yahweh,

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 the one true God,

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 or will they start

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 worshiping the gods

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 of the nations around them?

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 And friends,

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 this is true for the life

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 that Christ follows well.

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 You come with some

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 spiritual high,

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 you've just seen God

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 work dramatically,

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 God has done

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 something spectacular,

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 and the next thing,

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 Satan comes up,

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 and he sidles up next to you,

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 and he starts asking you questions,

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 filling your mind

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 with doubt,

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 or maybe putting

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 half-truths

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 into your mind.

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 Maybe for those of you

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 that are new Christians,

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 this has been your experience.

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 When you first become

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 a follower of Jesus,

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 you decide,

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 okay Christ,

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 have your way in my life.

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 You can have it all of me.

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 And the first six months

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 are just wonderful.

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 It feels like you've come home.

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 It feels like you've finally found

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 what your heart has been longing

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 for all your life.

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 It feels like you've found

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 a family,

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 and the first six months

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 are just wonderful.

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 And then what happens?

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 Suddenly you have questions,

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 and you have doubts,

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 and you wonder,

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 is this thing true?

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 Maybe it was just

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 a psychological phenomenon.

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 Maybe I was just emotional

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 at the time.

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 What's happening in that time?

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 I've seen it time and time again.

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 Your call to follow Jesus

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 is being tested.

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 Your newfound identity

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 as a Christ follower

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 is being tested.

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 Your obedience to Jesus

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 is being tested,

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 just like 1 Peter says.

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 He says our faith

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 gets passed through the fire

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 just like gold

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 is passed through the fire

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 to test the genuineness of it.

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 And that's what's happening

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 to Jesus here.

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 He gets baptized,

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 the heavens are open,

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 the Holy Spirit comes upon him,

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 the voice of God

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 affirms him

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 as the Messiah King,

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 and what happens?

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 The same Spirit

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 that anoints him

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 two verses before

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 now leads him

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 into the wilderness

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 for a time of testing.

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 But,

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 it's not God

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 who does the temptation.

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 Who causes the temptation?

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 What does it say?

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 It's the devil, right?

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 Look at what it says.

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 Jesus was led

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 by the Spirit

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 into the wilderness

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 to be tempted

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 by the devil.

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 And there's the second lesson

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 we learn.

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 And this is a two-fold lesson.

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 On the one hand,

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 we mustn't blame God

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 for temptation.

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 Temptation to sin

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 and sin itself

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 is always repulsive to God.

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 It's contrary

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 to His holiness.

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 And so,

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 when we face temptation,

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 we don't say,

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 oh, well, God's, you know,

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 the one that's causing me

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 to be tempted.

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 But at the same time,

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 we mustn't credit the devil

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 as if he is equal to God

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 and yet just opposite.

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 In other words,

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 God doesn't cause temptation,

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 but He does allow it

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 to come our way.

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 The devil's not equal to God,

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 but just opposite.

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 Even what the devil does

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 is within the bounds

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 of what God permits.

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 Now, I understand

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 that this is a mystery

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 to some extent,

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 and it's not always

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 that easy to understand.

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 But when I'm tempted

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 to sin,

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 when I'm tempted

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 to indulge myself,

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 when I'm tempted

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 to hold a grudge

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 against someone else,

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 that's not God tempting me.

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 That's my own sinful heart.

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 That's the devil

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 at work inside of me.

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 And yet,

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 I take great comfort

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 in the fact that God says,

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 even the temptation

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 I face is not,

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 or God never allows me

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 to be tempted

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 beyond what I can bear.

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 Even my own temptation,

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 God has allowed

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 and He knows what's going on

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 and He's carrying me

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 and He's saying,

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 Kevin, my grace

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 is sufficient for you

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 in the time.

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 Do you see that?

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 Jesus is led

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 into the wilderness

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 by the Spirit,

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 and yet,

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 it's the devil

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 that comes

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 and tempts Him.

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 Now,

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 let's dive into

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 these temptations

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 and see what they are

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 all about.

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 What's happening here?

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 So,

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 look at verse 2

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 with me.

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 It says this,

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 after fasting

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 for 40 days

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 and 40 nights,

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 Jesus was hungry.

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 Just possibly

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 a little bit hungry.

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 Okay,

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 you and I

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 would also be hungry

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 after 40 days

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 of no food.

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 The tempter came to Him

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 and said to Him,

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 if you are the Son of God,

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 why don't you command

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 these stones

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 to turn into bread

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 and satisfy your hunger?

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 Now,

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 let's think

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 what's going on here.

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 Who here thinks

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 that eating bread

00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:05.699
 is sinful?

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 Who here thinks

00:15:07.980 --> 00:15:08.679
 that eating bread

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 when you're hungry

00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:10.340
 is wrong?

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 No,

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 I don't think so either.

00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:13.059
 So,

00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:13.939
 what's going on here?

00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:15.779
 What's this temptation about?

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 Why is this a temptation

00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:18.199
 to say,

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 come on,

00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:19.379
 you're hungry,

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 eat some bread?

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 Well,

00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:22.000
 look at first

00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:22.559
 what He says.

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 He says,

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:23.559
 Jesus,

00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:25.100
 if you are the Son of God.

00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:25.939
 Now,

00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:27.460
 the devil is not here

00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:29.059
 actually questioning Jesus.

00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:29.740
 He's not saying,

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 listen,

00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:31.580
 I don't think you really

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 are who you say you are.

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 If you are,

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 prove it to me.

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 That's not what He's saying.

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 All the commentators tell us

00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:38.519
 the grammar here

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.340
 is such that

00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:40.259
 the devil is saying,

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 listen,

00:15:41.319 --> 00:15:41.659
 if,

00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.580
 as is the case,

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 you're the Son of God,

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 since you are the Son of God,

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 well,

00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.939
 that means something.

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 It means that

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 you are entitled

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 to ABC.

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 It means that

00:15:50.779 --> 00:15:52.439
 you can use your powers

00:15:52.439 --> 00:15:53.419
 as the Son of God

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 to do X,

00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:54.319
 Y,

00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:54.460
 Z.

00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:55.500
 Jesus,

00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.879
 since you're the Son of God,

00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.819
 why don't you just

00:15:57.819 --> 00:15:58.919
 indulge your flesh

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 a little bit

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 and please yourself?

00:16:02.060 --> 00:16:02.980
 And so what He's saying here

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.379
 is He's coming up to Jesus

00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:04.639
 and saying,

00:16:04.800 --> 00:16:05.060
 Jesus,

00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:06.740
 since you're the Son of God,

00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:07.920
 since you have this

00:16:07.920 --> 00:16:09.019
 special privilege,

00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:10.399
 why don't you use

00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:10.980
 your privileges?

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 Why don't you,

00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:12.720
 you're entitled

00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:14.639
 to satisfy your own desires,

00:16:15.060 --> 00:16:16.159
 but satisfy them

00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:17.240
 in your own way,

00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:19.639
 according to your own pleasure.

00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:21.180
 Satan isn't coming

00:16:21.180 --> 00:16:21.920
 and tempting him

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 to,

00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:22.600
 you know,

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 make food

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 in an improper way

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.700
 or to use a miracle

00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:26.919
 to prove that He's God

00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:28.480
 or to just think selfishly

00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:29.460
 without thinking of others.

00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:31.000
 This is a temptation

00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:32.740
 to pursue His desires

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.480
 that are centered

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.340
 on self,

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 on me.

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 What pleases me

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 completely devoid

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.919
 or divorced

00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:41.639
 from what is God

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.759
 saying about this to you?

00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:43.460
 See,

00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:43.960
 later on,

00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:44.300
 Jesus,

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:46.340
 how does Jesus respond?

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:46.879
 He says,

00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:48.120
 He doesn't say,

00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:48.720
 no,

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.580
 the Messiah is not

00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:50.500
 allowed to eat bread.

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.440
 He doesn't say that.

00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.200
 He says,

00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:53.120
 it is written,

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:54.620
 man shall not live

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.539
 by bread alone,

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 but by every word

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 that comes from

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 the mouth of God.

00:16:59.240 --> 00:16:59.360
 See,

00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.139
 Satan's coming saying,

00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:00.480
 Jesus,

00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:01.940
 you've got this natural life here,

00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:03.460
 you've got this spiritual life here,

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:05.900
 just keep these two separated

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:06.980
 and you,

00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.299
 one,

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 just satisfy yourself,

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.259
 your own way,

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:10.180
 your own desires,

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:11.059
 your own pleasure.

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 And don't worry about,

00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:13.380
 you can deal with that

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 when you go to synagogue

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 on Saturday.

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 And Jesus is saying,

00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.180
 this life,

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.460
 divorced from relationship

00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:20.140
 with God,

00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:21.440
 is contrary to how God

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.140
 has organized

00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:22.820
 organized

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 and called me

00:17:23.840 --> 00:17:25.100
 to live my life.

00:17:26.040 --> 00:17:26.980
 Man shall not live

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:28.520
 just by desires alone,

00:17:28.800 --> 00:17:29.860
 but by every word

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 that comes

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.900
 from the mouth of God.

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 Friends,

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 isn't that exactly

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.640
 what Satan comes

00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:35.580
 and did to Adam

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 and Eve in the garden?

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 He says,

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.580
 look at this fruit.

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 You have needs,

00:17:39.560 --> 00:17:40.500
 you have desires.

00:17:40.820 --> 00:17:41.759
 God's put you in charge

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.460
 of all the stuff.

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 You're entitled

00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:44.960
 to satisfy your desires.

00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:47.620
 It's just a little dragon fruit.

00:17:47.820 --> 00:17:48.580
 Dragon fruit's not going

00:17:48.580 --> 00:17:49.400
 to harm anyone.

00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:50.560
 I'm sure it was dragon fruit

00:17:50.560 --> 00:17:51.400
 in the garden of Eden.

00:17:52.800 --> 00:17:53.240
 Friends,

00:17:53.280 --> 00:17:53.940
 isn't that how Satan

00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:55.300
 comes and tempts you and I?

00:17:56.120 --> 00:17:56.940
 For most of us,

00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:58.140
 the temptations we face

00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:58.860
 are not going to be

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 to rob a bank

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.920
 or to start

00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:02.460
 an international drug cartel

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.500
 or something like that.

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 How's he going to come?

00:18:05.520 --> 00:18:06.020
 He's going to say,

00:18:06.100 --> 00:18:07.060
 you've got desires.

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.900
 You've got sexual desires.

00:18:09.020 --> 00:18:09.640
 It's natural.

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:11.100
 It's part of your body.

00:18:11.300 --> 00:18:12.680
 That's just dissatisfied.

00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:14.840
 You've got financial desires

00:18:14.840 --> 00:18:15.340
 and needs.

00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:15.920
 It's natural.

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.560
 There's nothing wrong

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 with a bit of wealth.

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 Come just indulge

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 in that a little bit.

00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:20.940
 You've got relational desires

00:18:20.940 --> 00:18:22.460
 or whatever it is,

00:18:22.560 --> 00:18:23.420
 leisure desires.

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 Just indulge in that.

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 Friends,

00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:26.580
 is it wrong

00:18:26.580 --> 00:18:27.620
 to pursue a relationship?

00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:28.080
 No,

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 not at all.

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 Is it wrong

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.520
 to work hard?

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.520
 Is it wrong

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 to save money

00:18:32.300 --> 00:18:32.880
 for the future?

00:18:33.360 --> 00:18:33.920
 Is it wrong

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 to eat bread

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 when you're hungry?

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 Of course not.

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 But what Jesus

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 is saying is this.

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 He's saying,

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 the life of a Christ follower

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 rejects the idea

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 that I'm entitled

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 to whatever pleases me

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 in whatever way

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 that it pleases me.

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 A Christian is someone

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 who lives by faith

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 that God himself

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 satisfies me

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 and all my pleasures

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 and all my desires

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 come off filtered

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 within the channel

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 of God,

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 what is your will

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 for my life?

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 You see that?

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:02.019
 Man doesn't live

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.940
 by bread alone,

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 but it's God.

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 What is your word saying?

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 What are you saying

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.859
 about this area of desire?

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.480
 What are you saying

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.279
 about this relationship?

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:09.980
 What are you saying

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:11.180
 about my relationship

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.740
 to money?

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.940
 What are you saying

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 about my relationship

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.519
 to everything in life?

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 Jesus is saying,

00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:17.620
 the decisions I make

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 aren't based on

00:19:18.360 --> 00:19:19.120
 what I feel,

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:19.980
 what I desire,

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 but what aids

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.759
 my relationship

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 with God.

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 And so he says,

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 it is written,

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.880
 God has spoken,

00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:27.079
 God has said,

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 I do not live

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 by pleasure alone,

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 but that which comes

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:33.240
 from God.

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 See friends,

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:35.360
 what Jesus shows us here

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:36.079
 is that food

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 and work

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 and relationships

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 and overseas holidays

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 and university degrees

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 and children

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 and promotion

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 and mobile phones

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 and fashion.

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 These things aren't wrong.

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 They're gifts from God.

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 He's made them.

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 He doesn't denounce them

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.759
 as evil.

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 He's not opposed

00:19:51.939 --> 00:19:52.679
 to these things.

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 Later on in the Gospels,

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.599
 Jesus will make food

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 and feed 5,000 people.

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 Jesus will turn water

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.319
 into wine.

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 He can turn stones

00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:01.759
 into bread.

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 But he's saying

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:04.279
 that every pleasure

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.740
 of God

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:06.980
 is approached

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.680
 through the filter

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.140
 of God.

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:09.200
 What aids my relationship

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.740
 with you?

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.279
 I do not live

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.720
 by relationships alone

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.559
 or work alone

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:15.879
 or overseas holidays alone,

00:20:15.879 --> 00:20:17.379
 but my relationship

00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:18.980
 with my heavenly Father.

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.680
 Does that make sense?

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:21.900
 Okay.

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.299
 Let's look at the second thing.

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 Let's look at verse 5 to 7.

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 Now,

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.640
 the devil comes

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:28.420
 to Jesus again

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:30.380
 and he takes him

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.220
 up to a high point

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.820
 of a building

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 and he says,

00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.160
 Jesus,

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.120
 since you are

00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:35.019
 the Son of God,

00:20:35.800 --> 00:20:36.360
 why don't you

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:37.200
 throw yourself down?

00:20:37.320 --> 00:20:38.420
 For God has promised

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.900
 to always look after you.

00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:41.140
 God has promised

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:42.019
 that nothing

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:43.560
 will go wrong with you.

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.580
 God has promised

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:45.380
 that not even

00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:47.420
 your small baby toe

00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:48.960
 will get a tiny scratch.

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.200
 He's promised

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.880
 to look after you

00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.600
 to make your life

00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:52.720
 go comfortably

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:54.620
 and to always

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.660
 be there at your side

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.880
 and why don't you

00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.380
 test him?

00:20:57.840 --> 00:20:58.740
 Check if he's good

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.940
 for his word.

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:00.640
 Now,

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.280
 the devil's

00:21:01.280 --> 00:21:02.320
 learning something here.

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:02.760
 He's learning

00:21:02.760 --> 00:21:03.300
 that Jesus

00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:04.580
 doesn't just respond

00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:05.560
 according to desire,

00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.760
 but he always says,

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.860
 what has God said?

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.300
 And so the devil here

00:21:09.300 --> 00:21:10.140
 quotes the scriptures

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:10.600
 and says,

00:21:10.820 --> 00:21:11.840
 remember what God said

00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:12.640
 in Psalm 91,

00:21:13.260 --> 00:21:14.160
 that every one

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.680
 of your needs

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.960
 he will take care of.

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:16.940
 Now,

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.320
 of course,

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.860
 the devil is quoting

00:21:18.860 --> 00:21:19.340
 the scriptures

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:20.140
 out of context,

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 right?

00:21:21.060 --> 00:21:21.980
 Jesus calls him

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:23.400
 the father of lies.

00:21:24.260 --> 00:21:25.100
 The devil will take

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:25.640
 God's word

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.700
 and he'll slightly

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.700
 adjust it

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.480
 or twist it

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.400
 or put it

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:30.420
 in a certain context

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.200
 to make it say

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.860
 something other

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.680
 than what it means.

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.759
 And so what's

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.580
 the devil saying here?

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:36.059
 He's tempting Jesus

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.740
 with a kind of

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.880
 prosperity gospel.

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:38.720
 He's saying,

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.059
 Jesus,

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:39.799
 God has promised

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.580
 that nothing

00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:41.660
 will go wrong

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.080
 with you.

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.019
 Your life

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.759
 will be blessed.

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.160
 Whatever difficult

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.319
 situation you find

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:46.840
 yourself in,

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:48.000
 you find yourself

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.039
 falling from a building,

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.140
 you find yourself

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.640
 in trouble,

00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:52.039
 whatever difficult

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:53.059
 situation you find

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.539
 yourself in,

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:54.960
 he will deliver you.

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.059
 He will look after you.

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.960
 He'll never let

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.940
 anything go wrong

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.240
 with you.

00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:59.940
 Just test him.

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.119
 Throw yourself down.

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.899
 See what I mean.

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.460
 And what he's doing

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.259
 is he's tempting

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.299
 Jesus with the belief

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.599
 that God owes you

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.480
 a safe life,

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.799
 a comfortable life,

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:10.240
 a blessed life,

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:12.519
 a life without inconvenience.

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:14.960
 Friends,

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.700
 have you and I

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.539
 bought the lie

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:19.019
 that God promises us

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.919
 that nothing will ever

00:22:19.919 --> 00:22:21.039
 go wrong with our lives?

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:23.019
 That whatever situation

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:24.159
 we find ourselves in,

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.880
 that God will just

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:26.200
 suddenly swoop us up

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:28.160
 and pick us up

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.660
 and that he won't

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.400
 let us scratch

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.560
 our baby toe?

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:31.660
 Friends,

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.680
 have we bought the lie

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:34.100
 that God is only good

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:35.160
 and he's only trustworthy

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.360
 because he makes our lives

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:36.920
 comfortable,

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.880
 convenient,

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.779
 and he doesn't allow

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.500
 any difficulty

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.340
 to come our way?

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.480
 Friends,

00:22:41.540 --> 00:22:42.440
 have Satan convinced us

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.759
 that God is only good

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.420
 and trustworthy

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.759
 and worthy of worship

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:47.460
 if nothing goes wrong

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.080
 in your life?

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.800
 That every time

00:22:49.800 --> 00:22:50.980
 you face a challenge,

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:52.240
 God must surely

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.500
 save you from that challenge,

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.140
 otherwise he's not

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.980
 worthy of worship.

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.220
 Friends,

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.940
 if we're a Christian

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:58.160
 because God did something

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.880
 good in our life

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.779
 once upon a time,

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.880
 like he healed our child

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:02.000
 or he gave you a job

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.420
 or he gave you a child

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:05.200
 or he saved your marriage,

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.759
 if that's the reason

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.420
 why we're a Christian

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.579
 because God did some

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.299
 good thing,

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.400
 like we felt like

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.140
 we were falling off

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.579
 the building

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.299
 and God suddenly

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.859
 swooped up

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.900
 and caught us,

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.519
 then maybe we're not

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.319
 actually a Christian

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.339
 because we love God

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.119
 but because we love

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.559
 ourselves.

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.680
 And we're asking God

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.620
 to serve us

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.759
 rather than us

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.880
 serving him.

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.259
 In fact,

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.860
 we may just be using God

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:28.580
 and not worshiping him

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.799
 and we may not be

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.580
 Christians at all.

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:33.420
 What's Jesus' response

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:33.920
 to this?

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.220
 Well, he quotes

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.620
 Deuteronomy chapter 6

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.799
 which recounts the way

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.640
 that the Israelites

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.740
 were in their own wilderness

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:41.120
 and they're grumbling

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:42.019
 and they're moaning

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:43.060
 and they're saying,

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.200
 God, we thought

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.840
 you were good.

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:46.080
 We thought you were

00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:47.200
 meant to look after us.

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.580
 Where's our food?

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.339
 And then God

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.059
 gives them food.

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.359
 And they say,

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:51.139
 where's the water?

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.720
 And God gives them water.

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.779
 And then they say,

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.819
 where's the meat?

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.899
 We're tired of bread.

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.419
 And every step of the way

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.019
 they're moaning

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.559
 and grumbling

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.339
 because things aren't

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.980
 going their way.

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:01.419
 And they start to wonder,

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.740
 God, are you really good?

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:06.000
 Are you really trustworthy?

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:09.000
 Should we really worship you

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.379
 when things don't go our way?

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.720
 And they're saying,

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.480
 God, it feels like

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.259
 we're falling here

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:14.099
 and we're your angels

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.819
 to save us,

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.639
 to pick us up.

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.119
 And what does God say?

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.939
 He says,

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:19.199
 why are you testing me?

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.859
 Why are you checking

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.799
 whether I'm still

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.500
 worthy of worship

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.319
 just because things

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.000
 aren't going the way

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.379
 that you expect them to be?

00:24:25.959 --> 00:24:26.739
 Don't you know

00:24:26.739 --> 00:24:28.199
 that I know what I'm doing?

00:24:28.979 --> 00:24:30.099
 Why are you putting me

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.979
 to the test

00:24:30.979 --> 00:24:33.099
 as if I'm only honest,

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.359
 good or trustworthy

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.279
 when things will go

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.719
 the way that you want them to?

00:24:37.479 --> 00:24:38.539
 And so Jesus responds

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:38.979
 to Satan.

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.259
 He says,

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.079
 Satan, don't give me

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.619
 your nonsense.

00:24:41.719 --> 00:24:42.279
 I'm sure that's what

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.259
 the original Greek says.

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.179
 He says,

00:24:44.219 --> 00:24:44.859
 God is good

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:46.059
 and he's trustworthy

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:47.359
 and I will not

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.059
 put him to the test.

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.959
 What's Jesus saying?

00:24:49.439 --> 00:24:49.819
 He's saying,

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:51.199
 the life of a Christian

00:24:51.199 --> 00:24:52.299
 rejects the lie

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.279
 that I deserve

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.139
 God's blessing

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.879
 and protection

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:56.439
 and lives by faith

00:24:56.439 --> 00:24:57.419
 that God is good

00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:58.219
 all the time

00:24:58.219 --> 00:24:58.719
 and he knows

00:24:58.719 --> 00:24:59.439
 what he's doing

00:24:59.439 --> 00:25:00.859
 not just when he does

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:02.459
 miracles that benefit me.

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:03.919
 Okay?

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.859
 Does that make sense?

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.379
 Okay.

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.379
 I hope so.

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.719
 Let's look at

00:25:08.719 --> 00:25:11.079
 the third temptation.

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.259
 Look at verse 8

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.919
 with me.

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.759
 Satan now comes

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.120
 and he brings

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:16.140
 the final temptation

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:17.220
 and he says this

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.680
 verse 8.

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.100
 Again,

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.840
 the devil took him

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:20.180
 up to a very high mountain

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.100
 and he showed him

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.300
 all the kingdoms

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:23.019
 of the world

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.860
 and their glory.

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:25.039
 And he said to him,

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.180
 all these things

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.960
 I will give you

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.240
 if you fall down

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.800
 and worship me.

00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:30.720
 Now,

00:25:30.800 --> 00:25:32.160
 what's Satan saying here?

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.340
 What's going on here?

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.720
 Remember

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:36.539
 the passage

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.460
 just before this

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.240
 that we spoke about

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.720
 last week.

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.740
 Jesus is baptized,

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:40.279
 right?

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.940
 And as he comes out,

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.800
 we said it earlier,

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.779
 this voice comes

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:45.200
 and this voice

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.759
 from the heavens,

00:25:46.820 --> 00:25:47.759
 which is God's voice,

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.519
 speaks to him

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:48.860
 and says,

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:50.160
 this is my beloved son,

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.259
 which is a quote

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.300
 from Psalm chapter 2.

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.480
 And it's a quote

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.200
 that speaks about

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.160
 how Christ is

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:56.460
 the Messiah King.

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.420
 He is the one

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.019
 who will one day

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:59.120
 rule the whole world.

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.800
 And then he says,

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.900
 this is my son

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:02.580
 with whom I am well pleased,

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.160
 which is a quote

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.180
 from Isaiah 42,

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.660
 talking about how

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:07.400
 Jesus is the suffering servant.

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.940
 And what God is doing

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.080
 is he's commissioning

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.699
 Jesus saying,

00:26:11.199 --> 00:26:11.980
 you are the one

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.679
 true king,

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.659
 the Messiah king,

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.720
 but the way

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.359
 that you will

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.659
 get to glory

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.939
 is through the cross.

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.119
 You're the king,

00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:20.480
 but you're the suffering servant.

00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:21.480
 In other words,

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.960
 this is a road

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.639
 to glory,

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.419
 but the road

00:26:24.419 --> 00:26:24.879
 to glory

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:26.439
 passes through Calvary.

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:26.980
 Okay?

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.759
 What's Satan

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.379
 saying here

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:29.960
 when he says,

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.359
 Jesus,

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.599
 I will give you

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.639
 all the kingdoms

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.399
 of the world

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:34.879
 in all their glory,

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.199
 if only

00:26:36.199 --> 00:26:37.460
 you'll worship me.

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:40.539
 he's offering him

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:42.120
 glory

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:43.340
 without the cross.

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.880
 He's offering him

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.600
 the end result.

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.059
 He's saying,

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.740
 Jesus,

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.960
 that cross

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.759
 is not going to be

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.420
 very nice.

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.980
 I will organize

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.000
 a shortcut for you.

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.120
 I will allow you

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:54.400
 to get to the end goal

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.720
 without needing to suffer,

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.460
 without needing

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.519
 to humiliate yourself,

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.079
 without needing

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.539
 to go through

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.180
 the painful,

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.900
 humiliating experience

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:02.140
 of the cross.

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.420
 Jesus,

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.559
 I'll offer you glory

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:06.039
 without Calvary.

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:09.039
 Friends,

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.620
 is this not

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.660
 one of the most

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.960
 subtle and sinister

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.920
 and yet pervasive

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:14.380
 temptations we face?

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.940
 Satan comes to us

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.539
 and says,

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.940
 I'll offer you

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:20.360
 control of your life.

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:22.120
 I'll offer you glory.

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.819
 Why don't you

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.460
 just be lord

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.299
 of your own life?

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.539
 Why don't you

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:26.880
 be lord

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.640
 of your own kingdom?

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.440
 Without any cost

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.980
 involved,

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.759
 all you have to do

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.059
 is just make a deal

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.519
 with me.

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.640
 Without any cost,

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.460
 you can avoid

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.880
 the cost of the cross.

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:39.020
 You can avoid

00:27:39.020 --> 00:27:40.520
 the cost of humiliation.

00:27:41.040 --> 00:27:41.660
 You can avoid

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:43.080
 the cost of humbling yourself.

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.259
 You can avoid

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.320
 the cost of repentance.

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.700
 I'll give you

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.200
 what you want.

00:27:47.280 --> 00:27:48.360
 Just make a simple deal

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:49.240
 with me.

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:51.580
 Except the problem is,

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.440
 whenever we make

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.240
 a deal with the devil,

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.220
 it does come

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.820
 with a price.

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:55.960
 In fact,

00:27:56.040 --> 00:27:56.520
 one of the things

00:27:56.520 --> 00:27:57.940
 about the devil

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.920
 is that it always

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.960
 comes with a price

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.740
 far more

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.340
 than we're willing

00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:01.860
 to pay.

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.060
 I don't know

00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:03.440
 if you've ever

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.420
 had this experience

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.320
 where you've bought

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.840
 something

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:07.500
 and it's something

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.380
 really expensive.

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.039
 You thought you've

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.860
 done all your homework

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.820
 and you've checked it out

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:13.039
 and you say,

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.360
 okay,

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.279
 I'm going to do it.

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.680
 Maybe it's

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.700
 whatever it is.

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.580
 Then only later,

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:18.980
 afterwards,

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.660
 you realize

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.400
 there are all these

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.160
 hidden costs.

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.580
 There's this service cost

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:23.400
 and there's this fee

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.140
 that's been added

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.759
 and there's this

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.680
 small fine print

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:27.060
 and because you did it

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:27.560
 in this way,

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.620
 there's this extra fee.

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.360
 Has that ever happened

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.700
 to you?

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.400
 You feel the sense

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.980
 of regret.

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.759
 You feel like,

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.859
 oh my goodness,

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.379
 if I'd known

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:34.920
 how much it was

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.519
 going to cost me,

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.119
 I would never

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.879
 have done that.

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.000
 And you feel this

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:40.019
 like sick in your stomach

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.900
 feeling that actually

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.960
 cost you far more

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.960
 than you bargained for.

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.200
 Do you know that feeling?

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.660
 Friends,

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.559
 when you make a deal

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.079
 with the devil,

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.339
 it's like that

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.339
 but only a million

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.200
 times worse.

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.519
 In your mind's eye,

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.019
 you think,

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:52.700
 okay,

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:54.200
 I know how this works.

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.660
 Yeah,

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.799
 it might cost me that

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:57.279
 but I'll get all this benefit.

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.420
 Friends,

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.359
 it always,

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.220
 always,

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.160
 always,

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.620
 costs a million times

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:03.980
 more than you

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.759
 bargained for.

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:07.160
 And that's what the devil's doing.

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.480
 He's coming and he's offering

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.319
 Jesus that

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:10.299
 and he offers it to us.

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.440
 He offers it to us

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.339
 every single day

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.400
 to have all the kingdoms

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:13.960
 of the world

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.980
 and all their splendor,

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.940
 all their glory.

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:16.900
 And he says,

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.740
 you won't even have to

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.420
 humble yourselves.

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.339
 You won't have to admit

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.860
 you're a sinner.

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.680
 You can avoid the humiliation

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.440
 of repentance.

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:25.120
 Just come and listen to me.

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.779
 And really,

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.279
 in essence,

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.440
 this is what the whole

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.680
 of the passage is about.

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.799
 It's about

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:32.299
 who are you going to serve?

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:34.279
 Are you going to serve yourself

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.740
 or are you going to serve

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.920
 the one true God?

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:39.099
 And so Jesus' response is this,

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.460
 it is written,

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.399
 you shall worship

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:42.359
 the Lord your God

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.779
 and him only

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.099
 shall you serve.

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.700
 And this really is the essence

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.899
 of the entire passage.

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.859
 Who are you going to serve?

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.680
 Yourself

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.940
 or the one true God?

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.839
 Friends,

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:53.460
 there's only one person

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.240
 that is rightly,

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:56.019
 that can rightly occupy

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.960
 the throne of our lives.

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:58.180
 There's only one person

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.360
 who is worthy of our worship.

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:01.180
 There's only one being

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.460
 that is worthy

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.480
 and trustworthy enough

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.640
 for us to give our lives

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.100
 to him,

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:07.100
 the one true God.

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.880
 You shall worship God

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.720
 and him only

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:11.319
 shall you serve.

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.920
 Jesus tells us

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.779
 that Christian faith

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:16.000
 rejects the delusion

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:17.200
 that self-glory

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:20.539
 and living for ourselves

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:22.380
 is the way to go,

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.460
 but that serving

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.400
 the one true God,

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.559
 he alone is worthy

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.160
 of our worship.

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.480
 No matter what

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.640
 the cost.

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.279
 No matter

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.320
 what the cost.

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.480
 Now,

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:34.740
 how do we respond

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.279
 to this?

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:36.960
 How do we respond

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.940
 to temptation

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.740
 and testing

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.940
 when temptation

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.940
 comes our way?

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:42.300
 I want to suggest

00:30:42.300 --> 00:30:43.060
 two responses

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.740
 from this passage.

00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.420
 Well, this passage

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.900
 gives us two ways

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.560
 to respond.

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.540
 Two ways to stand

00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:48.240
 against the schemes

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.740
 of the devil.

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.080
 The first is

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:51.100
 be ruthless

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:52.220
 with temptation.

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:54.240
 Ruthless means

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:56.539
 be extreme.

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:58.000
 Don't compromise.

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.640
 Don't make any deals.

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.579
 Be ruthless

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.380
 with temptation.

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.160
 And secondly,

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.880
 rejoice in Christ

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.339
 your king.

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:06.319
 Look at verse 10

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.640
 with me

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.480
 if you've got your Bible

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.299
 on the bulletin.

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.000
 Satan comes and says,

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.460
 Jesus,

00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:11.059
 I'll offer you

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.660
 all the kingdoms

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.120
 of the world.

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.640
 I'll offer you

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.519
 all their glory.

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:15.160
 Just bow down

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:16.339
 and honor me.

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.980
 And Jesus says,

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:19.440
 what does he say first?

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.559
 He says,

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.360
 Satan,

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.500
 be gone.

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.380
 Get your bags

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.880
 and get out of here.

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.640
 Be gone.

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.299
 And friends,

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.700
 remember,

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:31.080
 Jesus says the same thing

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:32.200
 just before he's about

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.039
 to be crucified.

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.620
 Peter comes up to him.

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.900
 Jesus tells his disciples,

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.640
 listen,

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.340
 the Son of Man

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.360
 is about to be crucified.

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.640
 He's about to be nailed

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.220
 to the cross

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.200
 for the sins of the world.

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:44.500
 And Peter comes up to him

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.759
 and says,

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.799
 never, Lord.

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.420
 Never.

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.480
 It shouldn't happen to you.

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:47.920
 He says,

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.779
 you are the Christ.

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.799
 You are the Messiah.

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:51.180
 You shouldn't have to die

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.740
 on the cross.

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.279
 And then Peter comes

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.379
 and he's starting to

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:56.139
 persuade Jesus

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:57.079
 not to go to the cross.

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.119
 And what does Jesus say?

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.339
 He doesn't say,

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.279
 Peter,

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.379
 let me just explain this

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.240
 to you one more time.

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.099
 He says,

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.500
 Satan,

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.700
 get behind me.

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.700
 And friends,

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.980
 sometimes we need to do that

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.639
 with temptation.

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.379
 We can't coddle it

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.799
 and just say,

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.119
 okay,

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.339
 well,

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.500
 let's see if I can make a deal.

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:13.139
 Sometimes we need to be ruthless.

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.399
 Be gone.

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.399
 Get out of here.

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.420
 Pack your bags

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.500
 and go.

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.720
 Friends,

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:20.059
 sometimes we need to get angry

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.740
 with temptation

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.440
 and the devil.

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.980
 He's lying to you.

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.299
 He's deceiving you.

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:26.099
 He's the father of lies.

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.339
 And Jesus has come

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.200
 to give you life

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.720
 and life to the full.

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.720
 And Satan

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:32.759
 has come to rob you of life.

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.740
 He's come to destroy your life.

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.900
 He's come to destroy

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.640
 your relationships.

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.859
 He's come to destroy

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.680
 your self-worth.

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.819
 He's come to destroy

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:41.000
 your relationship with Jesus.

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:43.039
 He's coming to kill you.

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:45.279
 And sometimes,

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.879
 let me put it this way,

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:48.200
 1 Peter says that

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:50.680
 the devil's like a roaring lion.

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:52.700
 He wants to devour you.

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:54.299
 He wants to tear you apart.

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.639
 He wants to take your marriage

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.720
 and strip it.

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.799
 He wants to take

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:59.379
 your dating relationship

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:00.399
 and destroy it.

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.980
 He wants to take

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.779
 your reputation

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:03.139
 and leave it in tatters.

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.240
 He wants to take

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.019
 your self-worth

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:06.139
 and your confidence

00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:07.740
 and rip it to shreds.

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:09.460
 He wants to kill you

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.720
 and devour you

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.819
 like a roaring lion.

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.200
 Except,

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.839
 he's very sneaky.

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.640
 He'll come to you

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.220
 and pretend

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.220
 to be a kitten.

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.900
 He'll ask you

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.819
 just to stroke him.

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.799
 And you'll look very cute

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:24.319
 and very appealing

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:26.240
 until he grows up

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.660
 and he kills you.

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.839
 Friends,

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.940
 can I ask us,

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.539
 what sin

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.400
 or what temptation

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:35.500
 are we holding on to?

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:37.599
 What sin

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.299
 or temptation

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:39.619
 have we made a deal with?

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:42.380
 Maybe you feel like,

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:46.140
 I've given in so many times,

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.319
 what's the point in fighting?

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:49.640
 Maybe you feel like pornography.

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.220
 It's like,

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.619
 I just can't beat this thing.

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.980
 I've given in so many times,

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.279
 what's the point?

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.940
 Why do I even fight

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.500
 one more time?

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.480
 It's just going to happen again.

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.000
 I might as well

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.759
 just go with it.

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.819
 Friends,

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.519
 you fight.

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.039
 Get some fight.

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.880
 Get some steel.

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.839
 Get some backbone

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:05.380
 and kick that thing.

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.320
 You tell the devil,

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.320
 get out of here.

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:09.140
 Pack your bags and go.

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:12.380
 Maybe it's offense.

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.500
 Maybe it's bitterness.

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:15.019
 Maybe somebody's let you down.

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.980
 Someone's hurt you.

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.079
 This is probably

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:19.039
 one of the biggest temptations

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.519
 for me.

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.920
 It's so hard

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.920
 to let that thing go.

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.380
 I just play that situation

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:25.320
 over and over in my mind.

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.380
 I play what they said

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:28.099
 and I play what I said

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.500
 and then I remind myself

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.119
 just once more

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.820
 what they said

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:32.640
 and then I just remind myself

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:34.099
 how sorry I feel for myself

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.739
 and how unjust it was

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:37.739
 and how unrighteous they were

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:39.559
 and how I don't deserve that

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:41.639
 and I just remind myself again

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:43.579
 of just how badly

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.239
 I've been treated.

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.159
 Woe is me.

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.339
 Friends,

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.539
 self-pity is a form

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.480
 of self-glory

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.839
 because it's all about me

00:34:49.839 --> 00:34:50.759
 and I want to be king

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:52.219
 and I don't want to be treated badly.

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.460
 Friends,

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.099
 is there bitterness?

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:55.099
 Is there unforgiveness?

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.639
 Is there offense

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.819
 that you're holding on to?

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.380
 Friends,

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.000
 be ruthless

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.800
 with temptation.

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.720
 You kick that thing

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:03.400
 out of the house.

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.599
 Be gone.

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.980
 Sometimes the best response

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.800
 we can give to Satan,

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.380
 his lies

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.240
 and his temptations

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:10.880
 is be gone.

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.360
 Get out of here.

00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:13.579
 But then

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.400
 there's a second way

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.980
 to respond

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:16.079
 and this is

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.320
 rejoice in Christ

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.780
 your king.

00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:18.980
 Now,

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:20.180
 in some ways

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:21.420
 this is one of the most

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.200
 important things

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:23.280
 and so I want to land

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.680
 with this

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.640
 but it's one of the most

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:25.160
 important things.

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.900
 I want you to listen

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:27.440
 and take careful attention

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.960
 to this.

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.599
 The thing of standing

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.300
 against temptation

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:34.300
 is probably not new

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:35.079
 for any of us.

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.559
 I doubt there's anybody

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.960
 here that has never

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:39.059
 thought about the concept

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:40.240
 of I should stand up

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:41.079
 against temptation.

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:41.940
 I mean,

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.880
 we all know it, right?

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.920
 We all know that we

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.780
 should serve Christ

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.920
 our Lord.

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:47.059
 We all know that we

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.900
 probably shouldn't give in

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.880
 to our natural desires.

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.340
 We all know that we

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:51.300
 shouldn't test God.

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.440
 We all know that there's

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.200
 one true God

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:54.440
 and he alone is king.

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.539
 These are things

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.179
 that we know

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.159
 and we know that we

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.980
 shouldn't use God

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.619
 for ourselves.

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.639
 We know that we

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.259
 shouldn't wallow

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:01.699
 in self-glory

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:03.679
 and yet we still do it.

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.960
 We still give in.

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.639
 We still mess up

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.519
 time and time again.

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.440
 We buy the line.

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.159
 We make a deal

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.579
 with the devil.

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.539
 We pay the price.

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:12.079
 We abandon restraint

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:13.179
 and we give in to pleasure.

00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:14.859
 Why do we do it?

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.719
 If we know these things,

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:17.859
 why do we still do it?

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.719
 Well,

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.579
 the answer is not

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.980
 because we are ignorant

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.960
 of the truth.

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.960
 We probably know

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.940
 and understand the truth.

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.779
 The answer is

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.420
 because there's something

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.539
 going on in our hearts

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.739
 at our deepest,

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:29.619
 most fundamental level,

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:31.559
 our hearts love ourselves.

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:33.460
 We love self-worship

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.840
 and self-glory.

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:36.159
 Notice all of these

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:37.900
 temptations are about me,

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:39.079
 my desires,

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:40.099
 my security,

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.219
 my glory.

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.739
 And what that means,

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.099
 friends,

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:44.059
 is that we're in deep,

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.860
 deep trouble

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:46.559
 because what we need

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.380
 is more than just

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.059
 more teaching

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:49.059
 and more than just

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.960
 more knowledge.

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:51.159
 What we need

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.900
 is a savior,

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.900
 someone to rescue,

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.039
 someone to change us,

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:55.079
 someone to change

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.719
 the disposition

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.920
 of our hearts.

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.840
 We need someone

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:59.000
 to come alongside us

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.639
 in that moment

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:00.259
 of temptation

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:01.320
 and to pick us up

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:02.420
 and to put his arm

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.940
 around us

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.840
 and to carry us

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:05.039
 over the finishing line.

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:08.579
 There's a story,

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:10.559
 1992,

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:12.460
 the Barcelona Olympics.

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.380
 Some of you might know

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.759
 the story,

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.840
 very famous story.

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.820
 There's a British runner

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:18.380
 called Derek Redmond

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:20.700
 and he has made it

00:37:20.700 --> 00:37:22.460
 to the Olympic Games.

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:24.059
 He's a 400 meter runner

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:26.300
 and he's obviously

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:27.400
 mid-20s.

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.220
 He's been training

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:30.400
 for decades

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.460
 since a young boy

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.519
 running at school,

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.900
 got to high school,

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:35.539
 running in all the competitions.

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:37.420
 There his talent

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.059
 was noticed

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:39.720
 and people said,

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:39.860
 hey,

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.420
 you've really got

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.240
 something in you.

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.280
 And so even

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.360
 as a high school student,

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:45.539
 he starts making sacrifices,

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.660
 getting coaches,

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.880
 watching his diet,

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.940
 starts training,

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.119
 getting fitter,

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.760
 stronger,

00:37:51.160 --> 00:37:52.300
 goes to college

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:54.420
 and spends thousands

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:55.280
 if not millions

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:55.880
 of dollars

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.760
 on coaches

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:58.000
 and training exercises,

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.760
 regimes,

00:37:59.160 --> 00:38:00.360
 extremely disciplined,

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:02.519
 becomes a professional athlete

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:04.200
 and makes it

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:05.119
 to the Olympic Games.

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.820
 And so it's 1992,

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:08.519
 he's at the Olympic Games

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.260
 in Barcelona,

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:11.160
 his first heat's coming

00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:13.400
 and he smokes it.

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:15.680
 Does brilliantly.

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:17.140
 Gets through to the next heat.

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:18.619
 The next heat comes

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:21.299
 and he does fantastically

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:22.079
 and he gets through

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.879
 to the finals.

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:25.219
 And now it's the finals

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:26.500
 of the 400 meters,

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:28.359
 the Olympic Games

00:38:28.359 --> 00:38:30.079
 and he is pitted

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:31.980
 to be a medalist.

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:33.319
 They think he's probably

00:38:33.319 --> 00:38:33.759
 going to finish

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.500
 in the top three

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:36.059
 if not get the gold medal.

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.639
 He's one of the favorites.

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:42.579
 And his race comes up,

00:38:42.879 --> 00:38:44.019
 he goes to the starting line,

00:38:44.319 --> 00:38:45.019
 does the whole thing,

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.659
 gets ready,

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.480
 goes down,

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.099
 the gun goes off

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:49.920
 and he's out of the blocks

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:52.059
 and he's giving it his all.

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.400
 He goes past

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:54.639
 the first 100 meters

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.940
 and as he gets past

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.440
 the 100 meters,

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.460
 I think we've got a picture,

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.920
 as he gets past

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.960
 the 150 meters,

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:01.800
 he feels his hamstring going

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:03.380
 and he's out.

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:05.719
 And he falls to the ground

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:06.639
 and everyone else

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:08.320
 just comes sprinting past him

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:09.360
 and leaves him

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.980
 in the trail.

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.800
 And there he is

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:13.780
 on the greatest world stage,

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:15.099
 he's lying on the floor,

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:16.179
 he's grabbing his hamstring,

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:17.679
 he's in absolute agony.

00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:19.280
 But it's not just the agony,

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.059
 it's the pain

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:21.619
 of decades of training.

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:23.280
 Everything he's given his life to

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:25.159
 in one second is gone.

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:26.619
 And it's all done,

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:27.199
 it's finished.

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.240
 He's fallen,

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.079
 he's on the ground.

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:31.139
 And the crowd,

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:31.980
 I don't know whether

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.559
 to watch him

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.960
 or to watch the winners,

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.260
 right?

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:35.340
 And the guys go past

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:36.300
 and they finish the race.

00:39:37.080 --> 00:39:38.160
 And the crowd starts

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:39.000
 to get on their feet

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.760
 and they're cheering him

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:40.440
 and he gets up

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.360
 and he tries to hobble

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:42.680
 and he hobbles about 10 meters

00:39:42.680 --> 00:39:43.539
 and he falls down

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.180
 to the ground again.

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:45.220
 He can't hobble anymore.

00:39:46.120 --> 00:39:47.120
 And at that moment,

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:47.840
 a man,

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.680
 an older man,

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:50.260
 jumps over the barricade

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:52.039
 and he runs onto the track.

00:39:52.700 --> 00:39:54.000
 And the security guards

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.860
 try and stop him

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.420
 because he's not allowed

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.840
 to do that.

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.460
 And he's fighting

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.460
 the security guards off

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.780
 and he's saying,

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.800
 let me get to him,

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.320
 let me get to him.

00:39:59.640 --> 00:40:00.640
 And he gets to him

00:40:00.640 --> 00:40:01.800
 and Derek Redman

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:03.039
 tries to push this guy away

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:04.260
 until he realizes

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:05.600
 who it is.

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:07.340
 And it's his dad.

00:40:08.560 --> 00:40:10.080
 And his dad picks him up

00:40:10.080 --> 00:40:11.539
 and he puts his arm around him

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:13.460
 and for the next 250 meters,

00:40:13.600 --> 00:40:15.800
 they hobble to the finish line

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:17.700
 and he crosses the line

00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:19.400
 with his dad holding him.

00:40:20.720 --> 00:40:21.200
 Friends,

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:23.820
 you and I don't just need

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:25.560
 a good instruction

00:40:25.560 --> 00:40:26.700
 how to beat temptation.

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:28.320
 We don't just need

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:31.500
 three ways to get better

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:33.100
 at getting through life.

00:40:33.580 --> 00:40:34.019
 Friends,

00:40:34.080 --> 00:40:35.880
 if you and I have sinned this week,

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:37.140
 like you and I have,

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.460
 if you and I have done

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.700
 something wrong this week,

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:41.000
 what we don't just need

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.900
 is someone in the crowd

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.119
 saying,

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:42.760
 get up,

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.420
 get up,

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.440
 sort yourself out.

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.660
 What we need

00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:46.300
 is a savior

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:47.599
 who will come alongside us

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.420
 and pick us up

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.280
 and will come

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:50.059
 and carry us

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:51.720
 over the finishing lines.

00:40:52.160 --> 00:40:52.480
 Friends,

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.519
 have you sinned this week?

00:40:54.140 --> 00:40:55.059
 Have you messed up?

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.860
 Have you fallen?

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.880
 Maybe you've fallen spectacularly

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:59.780
 and you're embarrassed about it.

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:00.940
 Maybe even ashamed.

00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.019
 Friends,

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.660
 have you wallowed

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.379
 self-pity

00:41:03.379 --> 00:41:04.239
 or self-glory?

00:41:04.879 --> 00:41:05.980
 Have you bought the lie

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.779
 that you're entitled

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.579
 to gratify

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:08.259
 and fulfill

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:09.539
 your own fleshly desires,

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.420
 your own ways

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:12.219
 on your own terms?

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.319
 Friends,

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:14.460
 if you're a Christian this morning,

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:15.259
 you have a savior

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:16.819
 who came to forgive you

00:41:16.819 --> 00:41:17.659
 and cover you.

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.799
 But you have a savior

00:41:18.799 --> 00:41:19.599
 who did more than that.

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:20.759
 He came to pick you up

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.739
 and to carry you

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:22.980
 over the finishing line.

00:41:23.399 --> 00:41:24.059
 You have one

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:25.579
 who has ultimate compassion

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:26.359
 and tenderness.

00:41:26.779 --> 00:41:27.279
 You have one

00:41:27.279 --> 00:41:27.960
 who has gone through

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.879
 every trial

00:41:28.879 --> 00:41:29.739
 that you've gone through,

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.819
 who's been tempted

00:41:30.819 --> 00:41:31.779
 in every way

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:33.259
 and a million times more

00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:34.179
 and he knows

00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:34.939
 what you've gone through

00:41:34.939 --> 00:41:36.099
 and yet you've got one

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:37.639
 who is uncompromised,

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:39.899
 who then not a single accusation

00:41:39.899 --> 00:41:40.659
 can stick to him,

00:41:40.819 --> 00:41:41.939
 one who is spotless

00:41:41.939 --> 00:41:42.899
 and trustworthy

00:41:42.899 --> 00:41:44.059
 and he's come

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:45.500
 to bring you to himself.

00:41:46.839 --> 00:41:47.239
 Friends,

00:41:47.279 --> 00:41:48.000
 if you're not a Christian

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.539
 this morning,

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:49.459
 do you know what that means?

00:41:50.339 --> 00:41:51.500
 It means you're on your own.

00:41:52.399 --> 00:41:53.399
 It means that you carry

00:41:53.399 --> 00:41:54.519
 your sin all on your own.

00:41:55.319 --> 00:41:56.239
 It means that the crowds

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:56.839
 may be shouting

00:41:56.839 --> 00:41:57.719
 that you stand up,

00:41:57.779 --> 00:41:58.519
 pick yourself up,

00:41:58.519 --> 00:42:00.019
 but you do not have a Savior

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:01.400
 who has come to do it for you.

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:03.679
 You come to Jesus

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:05.119
 and he has come to do it for you.

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.579
 He's inviting you

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.739
 not just to become religious,

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:09.059
 he's offering to come

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.679
 and pick you up

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.920
 and carry you over the line.

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:13.139
 And that's what Matthew's telling us.

00:42:13.759 --> 00:42:15.019
 What Matthew's showing us here

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:16.619
 is that Jesus faced

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:17.199
 the temptation

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:18.059
 that Adam and Eve

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:19.199
 faced in the Garden of Eden

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.980
 and they failed

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.559
 and they fell.

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:22.059
 Jesus is facing

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:23.000
 the same temptation

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:24.019
 that the people of God

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:25.400
 faced in the wilderness desert

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:26.440
 and they failed

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.039
 and they fell.

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:28.460
 Jesus is facing

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.519
 the same temptations

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.440
 that you face

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:31.139
 and I face

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:32.119
 every single day

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.900
 and friends,

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.719
 we fail

00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:35.079
 and we fall.

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:37.320
 But here is one.

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:39.519
 Here is a true Israelite.

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:41.199
 Here is a true Adam.

00:42:41.759 --> 00:42:43.119
 Here is a true son of Adam

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:43.980
 that went through

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:44.860
 every temptation

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:45.400
 that you and I

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.420
 could ever go through

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:49.380
 and is absolutely spotless.

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:51.559
 Not a single accusation

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:52.900
 has stuck to him.

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:54.460
 And as he does that,

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.559
 he's serving notice

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.659
 that he came

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:57.559
 not just to show us

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:58.500
 how to be better

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:59.779
 but to defeat sin

00:42:59.779 --> 00:43:00.340
 and evil

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:01.400
 on its own grounds.

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:03.179
 He came to dismantle

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:04.059
 the work of the devil

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:05.500
 by exposing its lies

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:06.460
 and ultimately

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:07.159
 he would do so

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:07.900
 by ending up

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:09.059
 on the cross.

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.539
 I want to read

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:12.039
 a quote to us

00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:13.340
 by William Collier.

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.119
 Listen to this.

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:15.380
 It says,

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:16.559
 Jesus' temptation

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:17.279
 in the wilderness

00:43:17.279 --> 00:43:19.000
 does not primarily

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:20.400
 sketch a moral story

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:21.900
 providing helpful hints

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:23.240
 on how we too

00:43:23.240 --> 00:43:24.079
 with a bit of Jesus'

00:43:24.240 --> 00:43:24.800
 inspiration

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:26.599
 can conquer temptation.

00:43:27.680 --> 00:43:29.019
 Jesus' hostile standoff

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.539
 with evil

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.599
 was a reprisal

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:31.860
 for all that humanity

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:32.460
 had lost

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:34.019
 in the Garden of Eden

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:35.579
 or that we could never

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:36.860
 on our own regain.

00:43:37.700 --> 00:43:38.880
 When Jesus emerged

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:39.500
 from the wilderness

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:40.099
 at Victor,

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:41.380
 his triumph

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:42.700
 signaled evil

00:43:42.700 --> 00:43:43.260
 was doomed

00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:44.260
 to obliteration.

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:45.860
 Humanity was destined

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:46.420
 for joy.

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.660
 In other words,

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:49.039
 Jesus did not merely

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:50.059
 wink and make evil

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.599
 disappear.

00:43:51.259 --> 00:43:51.619
 Rather,

00:43:51.739 --> 00:43:52.380
 he walked into

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:53.639
 the bowls of evil

00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:54.779
 and defeated evil

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.679
 on its own terms.

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:57.000
 First in a wilderness

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:58.559
 and then on a cross.

00:43:59.279 --> 00:44:00.420
 Jesus did not merely

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:01.360
 cover evil.

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:03.779
 In his humble humanity,

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:05.500
 he dismantled it.

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.539
 Friends,

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:07.299
 and this gives us

00:44:07.299 --> 00:44:09.299
 reason both to rejoice

00:44:09.299 --> 00:44:10.320
 with much joy

00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:11.559
 and celebration

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:12.500
 and it gives us

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:13.019
 the courage

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:13.820
 to fight on.

00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:15.179
 We can fight

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:16.079
 because we know

00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:16.460
 that sin

00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:17.759
 doesn't ultimately satisfy.

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:19.019
 We can fight

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.579
 because we know

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:20.279
 that it's a lie

00:44:20.279 --> 00:44:21.420
 which promises the world

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:22.719
 but it only enslaves us

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.519
 and entraps us.

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.579
 We can fight

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:25.500
 because we have a Savior

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:26.739
 who came to defeat it,

00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:28.039
 who came to lift us

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:29.139
 out off of the muck

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.739
 and the dirt

00:44:29.739 --> 00:44:30.360
 and the surge

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:31.340
 we find ourselves in

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:32.400
 and to carry us

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:33.239
 over the line

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:34.619
 with his victor's crown.

00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:35.739
 Friends,

00:44:35.819 --> 00:44:36.559
 this week you and I

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.319
 will be tempted.

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:38.599
 We will be tempted

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:40.099
 to satisfy our own desires

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:41.079
 on our own terms,

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:42.860
 fulfill our own pleasures.

00:44:43.759 --> 00:44:43.960
 Friends,

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:44.980
 this week we will be tempted

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:46.659
 to feel entitled

00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:47.779
 that God owes us.

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.800
 He owes us

00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:50.140
 a good and comfortable life,

00:44:50.700 --> 00:44:51.400
 a life of ease

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:52.340
 and blessedness.

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:53.800
 This week we will be tempted

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.860
 to build our own kingdom,

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:56.960
 to seek our own peace of glory.

00:44:57.800 --> 00:44:58.060
 Friends,

00:44:58.160 --> 00:44:59.420
 this week let's be ruthless.

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 Let's tell Satan

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 to get out of here.

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 Let's fight

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 with resolve.

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 But more than that,

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 let's rejoice

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 in the Savior

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 who came

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 to pick us up,

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 to cover our shame,

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 to cover our sin

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 and to carry us home

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 with him.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 we thank you

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 and we revel, God,

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 that where we have fallen

00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:28.900
 and sinned,

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 you, Christ,

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 are spotless.

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 God,

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 we thank you

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 and we revel

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 and we rejoice

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 and we delight

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 in the fact that you,

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:36.799
 God,

00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:38.699
 are the only one

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 that's worthy, God.

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:39.559
 God,

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 where Satan tempts us

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:45.000
 to despair

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 and he tells us

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 of the guilt within,

00:45:48.059 --> 00:45:48.960
 upward we look

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 and we see you there,

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 you who made an end

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 to all our sin.

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 And God,

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 that gives us confidence

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 to keep going

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 and reason to rejoice.

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:58.960
 Father,

00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:00.480
 we pray that even now,

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:00.780
 God,

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:02.000
 won't you set us free

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 from the lies

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 and the accusation

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 of the evil one, God?

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 Won't you set us free

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 from the despair, God,

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.759
 that so easily

00:46:09.759 --> 00:46:10.779
 covers our hearts?

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 Jesus,

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 won't you come

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 and pick us up

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:15.759
 where we have fallen

00:46:15.759 --> 00:46:17.199
 and we are lying

00:46:17.199 --> 00:46:17.820
 on the ground,

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 hopeless and helpless?

00:46:20.300 --> 00:46:20.559
 Jesus,

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 won't you come

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 and lift up our heads

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 and lift up our hearts

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 and carry us

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 to the finishing line,

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 Lord God?

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 Jesus,

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 we pray,

00:46:29.179 --> 00:46:30.320
 come and draw near to us.

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:32.300
 Come and remind us,

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 God,

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 that our hope

00:46:33.179 --> 00:46:34.340
 is in you.

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:41.619
 we ask you,

00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:41.840
 God,

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 to do these things

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 in your name.

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:44.840
 Amen.

00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:45.039
 Amen.

00:46:45.279 --> 00:46:45.960
 Amen.

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:46.079
 Amen.

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:46.179
 Amen.

00:46:46.179 --> 00:46:46.420
 Amen.

00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:49.380
 Amen.

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:51.699
 Amen.

00:46:51.699 --> 00:46:51.820
 Amen.

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:53.880
 Amen.

00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:54.400
 Amen.

00:47:01.139 --> 00:47:03.279
 Amen.

00:47:03.279 --> 00:47:04.340
 Amen.

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.179
 Amen.

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:05.599
 Amen.

00:47:05.980 --> 00:47:06.420
 Amen.

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:06.920
 Amen.

00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:11.119
 Amen.

00:47:11.179 --> 00:47:12.900
 Amen.

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:13.259
 Amen.

00:47:13.259 --> 00:47:13.320
 Amen.

00:47:13.340 --> 00:47:13.699
 Amen.

00:47:13.759 --> 00:47:14.000
 Amen.

00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:14.300
 Amen.