WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.400 Well, I don't know about you, but in our house, the Nye household has been pulling out some old favorite Christmas stories, both to watch and to read. 00:00:13.339 --> 00:00:16.699 One of my favorites is called Mooseltoe. 00:00:18.219 --> 00:00:19.879 Moose and mistletoe. 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:22.580 It's really funny. 00:00:22.660 --> 00:00:23.480 You'll have to read it. 00:00:24.080 --> 00:00:25.539 It's one of my kids' favorites. 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:29.320 My daughter absolutely adores the nutcracker tale. 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:36.219 But probably my favorite is this one right here, The Grinch. 00:00:37.100 --> 00:00:38.500 Anybody like this one? 00:00:39.380 --> 00:00:42.000 It's become a cultural classic. 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:52.960 And if you don't know the story, which I'm sure is a minority of you, all the Who's down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot. 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:56.820 But the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did not. 00:00:57.400 --> 00:00:58.640 And that's how the book starts. 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:07.099 And the Grinch is this horribly mean character who decides that he is going to steal Christmas from the Who's. 00:01:07.099 --> 00:01:12.000 And the way he does it is he becomes the anti-Santa Claus. 00:01:12.419 --> 00:01:15.239 And he dons a Santa Claus hat and coat. 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:18.259 And he invades their homes. 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:19.899 And instead of giving, he takes. 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:28.500 And he sucks every Christmas tradition, decoration, food, everything out of their house. 00:01:28.620 --> 00:01:30.340 Even the log for the fire. 00:01:30.900 --> 00:01:36.100 So that the crumbs that he leaves in their houses are much too small for all of their mouths. 00:01:36.099 --> 00:01:40.539 And it is a horrible thing to do. 00:01:40.539 --> 00:01:41.780 He steals Christmas. 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:47.699 And he loads it all up in his sleigh, pulled heroically by his little dog, Max. 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:48.659 Who knows how he does it. 00:01:48.659 --> 00:01:55.039 And he takes it up 3,000 feet up to the top of Mount Crumpet to dump it. 00:01:56.119 --> 00:01:58.379 And he is standing there. 00:01:58.500 --> 00:02:01.120 And it's balanced on the peak of Mount Crumpet. 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:03.219 And he's ready to shove it over the side. 00:02:03.299 --> 00:02:05.959 And he says, poo-poo to the Who's. 00:02:06.140 --> 00:02:07.719 He was grinchously humming. 00:02:08.079 --> 00:02:10.639 They're finding out now that no Christmas is coming. 00:02:11.219 --> 00:02:12.199 They're just waking up. 00:02:12.259 --> 00:02:13.680 I know just what they'll do. 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.120 Their mouths will hang open a minute or two. 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:19.800 And then all the Who's down in Whoville will all cry, boo-hoo. 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:25.960 That's a noise, grinned the Grinch, that I simply must hear. 00:02:26.640 --> 00:02:27.540 So he paused. 00:02:27.980 --> 00:02:30.040 And the Grinch put a hand to his ear. 00:02:30.920 --> 00:02:34.500 And he did hear a sound rising over the snow. 00:02:35.180 --> 00:02:36.260 It started in low. 00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:38.040 And then it started to grow. 00:02:40.100 --> 00:02:41.580 You've got to love Dr. Seuss. 00:02:41.580 --> 00:02:45.040 But the sound wasn't sad. 00:02:46.020 --> 00:02:46.219 Why? 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:48.200 This sound sounded merry. 00:02:49.140 --> 00:02:50.420 But it couldn't be so. 00:02:50.580 --> 00:02:52.480 But it was merry, very. 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:55.000 He stared down at Whoville. 00:02:55.260 --> 00:02:57.060 The Grinch popped his eyes. 00:02:57.780 --> 00:02:58.540 Then he shook. 00:02:59.100 --> 00:03:01.360 And what he saw was a shocking surprise. 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:05.420 Every Who down in Whoville, 00:03:05.780 --> 00:03:07.160 the tall and the small, 00:03:07.860 --> 00:03:08.760 was singing. 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:11.739 Without any presents at all. 00:03:12.699 --> 00:03:14.620 He hadn't stopped Christmas from coming. 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:15.679 It came. 00:03:16.019 --> 00:03:16.859 Somehow or other, 00:03:16.939 --> 00:03:18.699 it came just the same. 00:03:18.959 --> 00:03:20.120 This is when I start to tear up. 00:03:21.959 --> 00:03:23.759 Seriously, every time I read this to my kids, 00:03:23.819 --> 00:03:24.539 I'm like... 00:03:24.539 --> 00:03:27.019 And the Grinch, 00:03:27.099 --> 00:03:29.319 with his Grinch feet ice cold in the snow, 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:30.879 stood puzzling and puzzling. 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:32.400 How could it be so? 00:03:33.019 --> 00:03:34.319 It came without ribbons. 00:03:34.819 --> 00:03:36.199 It came without tags. 00:03:36.419 --> 00:03:39.219 It came without packages, boxes, or bags. 00:03:39.899 --> 00:03:41.560 And he puzzled three hours 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:43.180 till his puzzler was sore. 00:03:43.180 --> 00:03:45.680 And then, 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.120 the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. 00:03:50.060 --> 00:03:51.920 Maybe Christmas, he thought, 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.439 doesn't come from a store. 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:57.439 Maybe Christmas, perhaps, 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:00.580 means a little bit more. 00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:07.040 A little bit more. 00:04:10.100 --> 00:04:12.120 If a Grinch came to your house 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:16.560 and sucked all the Christmas traditions, 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:19.160 all the festivities, 00:04:19.900 --> 00:04:21.060 the lights, 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:22.220 the cookies, 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:23.960 the decorations, 00:04:24.220 --> 00:04:24.759 the activities, 00:04:24.960 --> 00:04:25.379 the presents, 00:04:25.520 --> 00:04:26.139 the stockings, 00:04:26.620 --> 00:04:28.220 sucked them completely out of your house. 00:04:28.220 --> 00:04:32.280 Is every physical evidence of Christmas 00:04:32.280 --> 00:04:34.240 completely gone? 00:04:36.380 --> 00:04:38.500 Would there be any Christmas left? 00:04:43.400 --> 00:04:44.940 Another way to ask this, 00:04:45.020 --> 00:04:46.700 my wife and I were talking about this the other day, 00:04:47.500 --> 00:04:49.520 what is the bare minimum, 00:04:50.540 --> 00:04:52.540 the lowest common denominator, 00:04:53.340 --> 00:04:54.880 that has to be there 00:04:54.880 --> 00:04:56.760 in order for Christmas 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:59.219 to be Christmas? 00:05:02.420 --> 00:05:05.360 Is there a center of gravity 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:08.719 to the whole Christmas season 00:05:08.719 --> 00:05:10.800 that if you could take it out, 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:12.980 Christmas would just implode 00:05:12.980 --> 00:05:15.560 or it would just be an empty shell? 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:21.339 You could almost ask the question this way, 00:05:21.339 --> 00:05:23.879 what is the glory 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:25.419 of Christmas? 00:05:28.219 --> 00:05:31.479 What is the center of gravity 00:05:31.479 --> 00:05:32.799 that weighs it all down? 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:34.439 What's the oomph 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.199 of Christmas? 00:05:37.979 --> 00:05:40.379 When the Bible uses the word glory 00:05:40.379 --> 00:05:42.099 to describe something 00:05:42.099 --> 00:05:42.779 or someone, 00:05:43.179 --> 00:05:45.839 it's getting at the idea of oomph, 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:47.859 weight, 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:49.379 gravity, 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:51.159 importance, 00:05:51.979 --> 00:05:52.439 fullness, 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:56.679 excellence on display. 00:05:58.939 --> 00:06:00.479 So what is the weight? 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:02.019 What is the oomph? 00:06:02.679 --> 00:06:05.219 What is the excellence on display 00:06:05.219 --> 00:06:06.359 at Christmas? 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:09.420 Well, 00:06:09.780 --> 00:06:10.920 I'd like to argue this morning 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:12.060 that the glory of Christmas 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:13.199 is this. 00:06:15.520 --> 00:06:16.740 The glory of Christmas 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:18.920 is that the fullness 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:20.220 of God's glory 00:06:20.220 --> 00:06:22.500 came to dwell 00:06:22.500 --> 00:06:24.000 with us 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:25.580 as one of us. 00:06:26.580 --> 00:06:28.220 The glory of Christmas 00:06:28.220 --> 00:06:29.800 is that the fullness 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:31.240 of God's glory 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:33.540 came to dwell with us 00:06:33.540 --> 00:06:35.240 as one of us. 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:36.980 Now, 00:06:37.020 --> 00:06:37.439 I don't want you 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:38.220 to move past that 00:06:38.220 --> 00:06:38.740 too quickly. 00:06:40.060 --> 00:06:41.200 Keep gazing at it. 00:06:41.780 --> 00:06:42.740 Look at that baby 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:44.580 in the donkey's feeding trough. 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:46.480 Get it in your mind's eye. 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:49.580 He is the fullness of God 00:06:49.580 --> 00:06:52.879 who became a human being 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:55.100 and did not cease 00:06:55.100 --> 00:06:55.939 from being God. 00:06:59.640 --> 00:07:00.960 Chew on that for a sec. 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:03.899 It's the most weighty, 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:05.599 the most wondrous, 00:07:05.779 --> 00:07:06.759 the most meaningful 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:09.339 thing that has ever happened. 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:11.379 God 00:07:11.379 --> 00:07:12.779 became 00:07:12.779 --> 00:07:14.120 man. 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:16.959 God 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:18.439 and humanity 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:20.199 united 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:21.919 in one person. 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:23.839 The God-man. 00:07:27.699 --> 00:07:28.879 And he's right there 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:29.899 in the manger 00:07:29.899 --> 00:07:31.579 swaddled 00:07:31.579 --> 00:07:32.980 and weak. 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:36.300 All of their glories 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:37.319 fade into the background. 00:07:40.139 --> 00:07:41.060 It's staggering. 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:42.639 It jars you 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:44.379 if you let it. 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:47.219 That's the glory 00:07:47.219 --> 00:07:47.759 of Christmas. 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:49.319 It's the glory 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:49.860 of history. 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:52.659 But why? 00:07:52.660 --> 00:07:54.920 Why 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:56.460 would the fullness 00:07:56.460 --> 00:07:57.460 of God's glory 00:07:57.460 --> 00:07:58.380 come to dwell 00:07:58.380 --> 00:07:59.040 with us 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:00.200 as one of us? 00:08:01.300 --> 00:08:02.360 What I'd like to do 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:03.320 with the rest of our time 00:08:03.320 --> 00:08:03.680 together 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:05.680 is I want to explore 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:06.780 that question 00:08:06.780 --> 00:08:08.040 by 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:09.740 sketching out 00:08:09.740 --> 00:08:10.560 the story 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:11.280 of glory 00:08:11.280 --> 00:08:12.520 in the Bible. 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:15.020 We're going to do it 00:08:15.020 --> 00:08:15.760 in three chapters. 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:17.240 Chapter one 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:18.700 is reflection 00:08:18.700 --> 00:08:19.800 and residence. 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:21.620 Chapter two 00:08:21.620 --> 00:08:22.860 replacement 00:08:22.860 --> 00:08:23.980 and removal. 00:08:24.960 --> 00:08:25.740 Chapter three 00:08:25.740 --> 00:08:27.020 re-entry 00:08:27.020 --> 00:08:28.420 and renewal. 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:29.360 You don't have to 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:29.840 remember that. 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:30.680 We're going to tackle 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:31.360 them one at a time. 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:32.460 I'll be in a couple 00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:33.100 different passages 00:08:33.100 --> 00:08:33.680 but we're going to 00:08:33.680 --> 00:08:34.279 start at Genesis 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:35.060 chapter one. 00:08:35.259 --> 00:08:35.659 So if you would 00:08:35.659 --> 00:08:36.320 turn there with me. 00:08:36.759 --> 00:08:37.600 It's pretty easy to find. 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:38.840 Very beginning 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:39.379 of the Bible. 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:41.419 Genesis chapter one. 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:42.139 Let's explore 00:08:42.139 --> 00:08:43.139 this first chapter 00:08:43.139 --> 00:08:44.759 in our story 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:45.379 of glory. 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:47.620 Reflection 00:08:47.620 --> 00:08:48.980 and residence. 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:51.039 reflection 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:52.359 and residence. 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:54.659 One of the things 00:08:54.659 --> 00:08:55.259 that I've had the 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:55.979 privilege of doing 00:08:55.979 --> 00:08:58.019 for the most 00:08:58.019 --> 00:08:58.779 majority of my 00:08:58.779 --> 00:08:59.359 adult life 00:08:59.359 --> 00:09:00.759 is teaching 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:01.240 teenagers. 00:09:02.359 --> 00:09:03.539 And I've either 00:09:03.539 --> 00:09:03.979 been a teacher 00:09:03.979 --> 00:09:04.819 or a pastor 00:09:04.819 --> 00:09:06.359 and there's a reason 00:09:06.359 --> 00:09:07.099 it's a privilege 00:09:07.099 --> 00:09:08.039 is because teenagers 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:08.899 although they're 00:09:08.899 --> 00:09:09.379 really good at 00:09:09.379 --> 00:09:09.859 hiding it 00:09:09.859 --> 00:09:11.199 are almost as 00:09:11.199 --> 00:09:11.959 curious as my 00:09:11.959 --> 00:09:12.639 preschoolers. 00:09:13.740 --> 00:09:14.579 They ask 00:09:14.579 --> 00:09:15.539 good questions. 00:09:16.099 --> 00:09:16.679 Really good 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:17.139 questions. 00:09:17.139 --> 00:09:19.159 As long as they 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:19.639 can overcome 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:20.899 the uncoolness 00:09:20.899 --> 00:09:21.319 of asking 00:09:21.319 --> 00:09:21.860 questions. 00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:24.699 And one of the 00:09:24.699 --> 00:09:25.639 consistent questions 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:26.960 that I face 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:27.960 as a Bible 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:28.699 teacher or as a 00:09:28.699 --> 00:09:29.480 pastor for 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:30.620 teenagers is 00:09:30.620 --> 00:09:32.899 why did God 00:09:32.899 --> 00:09:33.799 make everything 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:34.259 anyway? 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:36.639 What made him 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:37.220 want to do 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:37.559 this? 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:39.500 Was he lonely? 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:40.120 Was he bored? 00:09:41.319 --> 00:09:42.120 It's a great 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:42.519 question. 00:09:42.700 --> 00:09:43.259 It's a fantastic 00:09:43.259 --> 00:09:43.679 question. 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:45.659 Now I'm not 00:09:45.659 --> 00:09:45.959 going to read 00:09:45.959 --> 00:09:46.239 the whole 00:09:46.239 --> 00:09:47.039 creation account 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:47.679 but what I 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:48.039 want to do 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:48.559 to begin to 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:49.039 answer this 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:50.879 question is 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:51.759 begin to look 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:53.219 at how good 00:09:53.219 --> 00:09:53.899 everything is 00:09:53.899 --> 00:09:55.059 and then that 00:09:55.059 --> 00:09:55.439 will lead us 00:09:55.439 --> 00:09:56.219 into the whole 00:09:56.219 --> 00:09:56.659 idea of 00:09:56.659 --> 00:09:57.179 reflection. 00:09:58.439 --> 00:09:58.799 So let's 00:09:58.799 --> 00:09:59.459 look at the 00:09:59.459 --> 00:09:59.979 beginning of 00:09:59.979 --> 00:10:00.719 the creation 00:10:00.719 --> 00:10:01.299 account. 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:02.120 Verse 3 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:04.039 God makes 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:04.459 something. 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:05.339 Let there be 00:10:05.339 --> 00:10:06.279 light he says 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:06.699 and there was 00:10:06.699 --> 00:10:07.879 light and God 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:09.019 saw that the 00:10:09.019 --> 00:10:09.859 light was 00:10:09.859 --> 00:10:10.899 good. 00:10:11.359 --> 00:10:11.699 So what he 00:10:11.699 --> 00:10:12.219 does is he 00:10:12.219 --> 00:10:12.719 speaks, 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:13.899 creates something 00:10:13.899 --> 00:10:15.259 and steps 00:10:15.259 --> 00:10:16.420 back and 00:10:16.420 --> 00:10:17.240 assesses his 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:18.160 creation and 00:10:18.160 --> 00:10:18.720 then he gives 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:19.540 it his quality 00:10:19.540 --> 00:10:20.620 control seal of 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:21.180 approval and he 00:10:21.180 --> 00:10:22.139 says good. 00:10:22.680 --> 00:10:23.279 It's good. 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:25.420 The whole of 00:10:25.420 --> 00:10:26.139 creation from 00:10:26.139 --> 00:10:27.500 the cosmos to 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:29.660 koala bears is 00:10:29.660 --> 00:10:30.940 soaked in 00:10:30.940 --> 00:10:33.820 goodness and 00:10:33.820 --> 00:10:34.320 not just 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:35.700 impersonal 00:10:35.700 --> 00:10:36.060 goodness. 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:37.160 No it's a 00:10:37.160 --> 00:10:38.660 reflection of 00:10:38.660 --> 00:10:40.060 the goodness of 00:10:40.060 --> 00:10:40.740 their creator. 00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:40.779 creator. 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:42.759 The whole 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:43.860 created order is 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:44.539 an overflow. 00:10:44.820 --> 00:10:45.539 It's a reflection 00:10:45.539 --> 00:10:46.539 of the goodness 00:10:46.539 --> 00:10:47.960 of the creator. 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:48.460 It's just a 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:49.480 sample of his 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:50.560 creativity, of his 00:10:50.560 --> 00:10:51.340 beauty, his 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:52.299 strength, his 00:10:52.299 --> 00:10:54.080 majesty, not to 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:54.460 mention his 00:10:54.460 --> 00:10:55.080 sense of humor. 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:55.779 I mean who 00:10:55.779 --> 00:10:56.320 else would come 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:56.680 up with the 00:10:56.680 --> 00:10:57.180 idea of a 00:10:57.180 --> 00:10:58.299 three-toed sloth 00:10:58.299 --> 00:10:59.299 that moves like 00:10:59.299 --> 00:11:01.039 .2 miles an 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:01.240 hour? 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:03.240 Or a flamingo 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:03.960 with ginormous 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:04.340 legs? 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:07.440 psalm 19 sums 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:08.240 it up the best. 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:08.940 The heavens 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:10.639 declare the 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:12.040 glory of God. 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:14.340 The sky above 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:15.940 proclaims his 00:11:15.940 --> 00:11:16.500 handiwork. 00:11:17.800 --> 00:11:19.560 The universe is 00:11:19.560 --> 00:11:21.340 24-7 busy 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:25.080 shouting out the 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:26.519 glory of the 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:27.720 creator, reflecting 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:29.639 his glory. 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:29.740 glory. 00:11:30.740 --> 00:11:32.059 It's a spectacle. 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:32.939 It's a lavish 00:11:32.939 --> 00:11:34.620 tribute to his 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:35.000 glory. 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:37.580 But wait, there's 00:11:37.580 --> 00:11:37.819 more. 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:39.759 Skip on down to 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:41.159 verse 26 and 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.080 27 of Genesis 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:43.559 1. 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:47.460 Verses 26 and 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:48.000 27. 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:49.820 Then God 00:11:49.820 --> 00:11:51.120 said, let us 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.240 make man in 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:53.899 our image after 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:55.259 our likeness. 00:11:56.019 --> 00:11:56.740 And let them 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.360 have dominion 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.200 over the fish of 00:11:58.200 --> 00:11:58.759 the sea and 00:11:58.759 --> 00:11:59.460 over the birds of 00:11:59.460 --> 00:12:00.080 the heavens and 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:00.779 over the livestock 00:12:00.779 --> 00:12:01.700 and over all the 00:12:01.700 --> 00:12:02.419 earth and over 00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:03.080 every creeping 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:03.940 thing that creeps 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:04.460 on the earth. 00:12:04.820 --> 00:12:06.480 So God created 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:08.799 man in his own 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:09.840 image. 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:11.279 In the image of 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:12.399 God, he created 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:12.759 him. 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:14.039 Male and female, 00:12:14.259 --> 00:12:15.539 he created them. 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:18.919 So here he makes 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:20.080 humans in his 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:20.940 image. 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:22.480 When you look at 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:23.879 a mirror, you 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:24.419 see yourself. 00:12:25.500 --> 00:12:26.419 But what you 00:12:26.419 --> 00:12:27.559 see is not 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:28.200 you. 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:29.740 It's a reflection 00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:30.340 of you. 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:32.559 When God looks 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:34.220 at humans, he 00:12:34.220 --> 00:12:36.000 sees a reflection, 00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:37.919 a mirror image 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:40.500 of his glory. 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:42.580 Sit and ponder 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:43.220 that one for a 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:43.419 sec. 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:45.279 Every person 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:45.940 that you see, 00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:46.539 every person 00:12:46.539 --> 00:12:47.120 sitting in this 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:47.980 room, is 00:12:47.980 --> 00:12:48.899 is actively 00:12:48.899 --> 00:12:50.480 reflecting the 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:51.539 image of the 00:12:51.539 --> 00:12:52.620 glory of the 00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:52.980 creator. 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.840 And we are 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:57.259 not God, but 00:12:57.259 --> 00:12:58.600 we image him. 00:12:58.820 --> 00:13:00.779 We reflect his 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:01.740 glory in a way 00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:02.860 that sloths and 00:13:02.860 --> 00:13:03.460 whales and 00:13:03.460 --> 00:13:05.159 koala bears, they 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:05.519 can't. 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.820 They do exhibit his 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:07.440 glory in many 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:08.120 other ways, but 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:09.019 not in the full 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:09.639 way that we do. 00:13:10.460 --> 00:13:11.139 So we are like 00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:12.120 walking, talking 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:12.620 mirrors. 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:14.139 And we are 00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:15.159 designed to be 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:16.940 glory reflectors, 00:13:16.940 --> 00:13:18.780 par excellence, 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:21.440 scattering beams of 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:22.880 his goodness and 00:13:22.880 --> 00:13:24.160 his wisdom like 00:13:24.160 --> 00:13:24.920 human disco 00:13:24.920 --> 00:13:28.740 balls, magnifying, 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:30.380 making known his 00:13:30.380 --> 00:13:31.940 glory to all of 00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:33.260 creation and to 00:13:33.260 --> 00:13:33.640 each other. 00:13:34.640 --> 00:13:36.420 But what good is a 00:13:36.420 --> 00:13:38.520 mirror unless you're 00:13:38.520 --> 00:13:40.540 near it for it to 00:13:40.540 --> 00:13:41.140 reflect you? 00:13:41.139 --> 00:13:43.600 And now, we've got 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:44.139 the idea of 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:45.220 reflection down. 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:46.419 Let's get to this 00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:48.039 idea of residence in 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:48.779 this first chapter. 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:50.519 It's incredible. 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.559 Go to the beginning 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:52.519 of chapter 2 in 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:52.840 Genesis. 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:55.620 Let's flip the page 00:13:55.620 --> 00:13:56.980 or look across the 00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:57.279 page. 00:13:59.059 --> 00:13:59.919 Chapter 2. 00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:04.059 Thus the heavens and 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:04.620 the earth were 00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.679 finished, all the 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:06.360 host of them. 00:14:06.579 --> 00:14:07.339 And on the seventh 00:14:07.339 --> 00:14:08.299 day, God finished 00:14:08.299 --> 00:14:09.259 his works that he 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:10.139 had done, and he 00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:12.259 rested on the 00:14:12.259 --> 00:14:13.199 seventh day from 00:14:13.199 --> 00:14:14.099 all the work that 00:14:14.099 --> 00:14:14.679 he had done. 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:16.059 So God blessed the 00:14:16.059 --> 00:14:16.819 seventh day and made 00:14:16.819 --> 00:14:17.740 it holy because on 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:19.339 it God rested from 00:14:19.339 --> 00:14:20.360 all his work that he 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:21.539 had done in 00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:22.319 creation. 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:24.480 Now, I'm pretty 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:24.899 sure we're all 00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:25.919 agreed that God 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.959 resting doesn't mean 00:14:26.959 --> 00:14:27.740 he sat and took a 00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:28.019 breather. 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:29.559 He's God. 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:30.439 He doesn't get 00:14:30.439 --> 00:14:30.759 tired. 00:14:32.079 --> 00:14:33.120 What does it mean? 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:35.559 Well, it means a 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:36.319 couple of things, but 00:14:36.319 --> 00:14:37.019 one of the most 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:37.960 exciting things that 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:38.960 it points to is 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:39.399 this. 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:41.079 Genesis was written 00:14:41.079 --> 00:14:43.199 at a time when all 00:14:43.199 --> 00:14:44.059 the other pagan 00:14:44.059 --> 00:14:45.939 cultures around 00:14:45.939 --> 00:14:48.159 Israel worshipped 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:49.179 lots of different 00:14:49.179 --> 00:14:50.240 gods and they built 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:50.939 temples for them. 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:52.819 And the way that 00:14:52.819 --> 00:14:54.079 these ancient pagan 00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:55.220 cultures described 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:56.960 their gods living in 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:58.000 their society, 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.620 separate temples, 00:14:59.199 --> 00:15:00.259 it would say they 00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:01.559 rested in them. 00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:04.120 And so that rest 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:05.879 language is pointing 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:07.460 to an idea of a 00:15:07.460 --> 00:15:10.659 temple, of a divine 00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:11.659 residence. 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:14.379 What's so cool about 00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:15.919 this is that this is 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:17.759 saying that God has 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:19.419 just made an entire 00:15:19.419 --> 00:15:21.699 universe temple for 00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:25.980 him to reside in with 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:28.580 his glory reflectors, 00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:30.039 his image bearers, 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:32.960 us, so that we 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.259 would be near him, 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:36.100 residing with him, 00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:38.659 with his great glory, 00:15:39.180 --> 00:15:40.980 reflecting and enjoying 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:42.420 and delighting in him 00:15:42.420 --> 00:15:43.259 forever. 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:44.259 God created the universe 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.259 and he was 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:46.299 so that brings us 00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:47.340 back to the great 00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:48.600 question I keep hearing 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:49.100 from teenagers. 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:49.919 Why did God make 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:50.399 everything? 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:51.580 I think we can 00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:52.600 summarize it by saying 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:54.500 God created the 00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:55.299 universe not only to 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:57.960 be a theater of 00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:59.480 reflecting his glory 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:01.100 but also as a temple 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:02.700 in which his glory 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:04.840 could reside and be 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:07.000 with his image bearers 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:08.379 for his glory, 00:16:09.319 --> 00:16:10.580 which is, by the way, 00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:12.300 our great delight. 00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:14.240 That's God's plan. 00:16:16.180 --> 00:16:17.560 But tragically, as I'm 00:16:17.560 --> 00:16:18.700 sure that you know 00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:21.120 all too well, that's 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.000 not how the story of 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:22.759 glory continues. 00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:24.639 So we're ready for 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:25.280 chapter two. 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:28.300 Replacement and 00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:28.759 removal. 00:16:30.040 --> 00:16:31.660 Replacement and 00:16:31.660 --> 00:16:32.060 removal. 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:34.180 We're going to be in 00:16:34.180 --> 00:16:35.160 Romans chapter one, 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:36.520 so sorry for making you 00:16:36.520 --> 00:16:37.140 launch all the way 00:16:37.140 --> 00:16:37.900 across your Bible. 00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:39.319 So back, let's go to 00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:39.939 the New Testament, 00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:41.240 Romans chapter one. 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:45.199 Matthew, Mark, Luke, 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.120 and John are the four 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.539 gospels, then go to 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.539 Acts, and then Romans 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:49.419 is right after that. 00:16:50.459 --> 00:16:51.919 I'll let you have a 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.659 second to get there. 00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.759 One of the most 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:57.959 condemning lines in all 00:16:57.959 --> 00:16:59.639 of scripture is found 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.840 in Romans chapter one. 00:17:01.939 --> 00:17:02.860 And if you found it, 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:03.679 we're going to be in 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:06.180 verses 21 through 23. 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:07.600 We'll start in verse 00:17:07.600 --> 00:17:08.100 21. 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:10.299 Romans chapter one, 00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:12.539 verse 21. 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:16.500 As I read, listen for 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:19.259 glory language and 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:21.019 image language. 00:17:23.340 --> 00:17:24.820 For although they knew 00:17:24.820 --> 00:17:26.920 God, they did not honor 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:28.920 him as God or give 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:31.340 thanks to him, but they 00:17:31.340 --> 00:17:32.620 became futile in their 00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:33.380 thinking, and their 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:34.279 foolish hearts were 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.799 darkened. 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.720 Claiming to be wise, 00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:38.200 they became fools and 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:40.379 exchanged the glory of 00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:42.599 the immortal God for 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:44.759 images resembling mortal 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:46.700 man and birds and 00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:48.339 animals and reptiles. 00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:53.399 Part of the perverseness 00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:57.059 of sin is that we would 00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:59.160 take his precious glory 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:01.200 that we were designed to 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:03.680 soak in and reflect and 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.720 delight in and replace 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:06.980 it. 00:18:09.620 --> 00:18:11.340 Replace it with a lesser 00:18:11.340 --> 00:18:12.420 glory. 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:16.819 Sin is exchanging the 00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:19.200 glory of the undying 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:22.240 eternal God for images 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:25.440 of time-bound mortal 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.240 creatures. 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:29.299 Now, Paul here is 00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:30.859 describing idolatry. 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:33.380 Idolatry is the 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:35.180 fundamental sin in the 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.500 Bible. 00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:38.440 It is the unnaturally 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.539 natural tendency of the 00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:42.900 human heart to get a 00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:44.799 glimpse of God's glory in 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:47.099 some created thing that 00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.440 was meant to reflect him 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.980 and point us to him and 00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:51.839 say, hmm, there is 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:52.480 something good. 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.299 It is created by God to 00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.460 reflect God's glory and 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.559 to inspire me to delight 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:56.839 in him. 00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:57.420 But you know what? 00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:59.120 I think I will take it, 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:00.960 turn it into God instead, 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:03.039 find my all in all in it 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.400 and not in the one who 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:04.799 made it. 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:08.120 It is a classic example 00:19:08.120 --> 00:19:09.380 of this in Exodus 32. 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.079 You don't have to turn 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.299 there. 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:11.400 Let's tell you the story. 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:14.039 God's people, Israel, had 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:16.120 already beheld his glory, 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:17.660 not only in the incredible 00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:19.720 rescue from slavery in 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:21.960 Egypt, but also they're 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:22.920 right at the base of 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:24.460 Mount Sinai and God's 00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:26.380 visual glory is on 00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:28.000 display right there on 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.660 the mountain in the 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.400 form of a thunderstorm. 00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:31.620 They've heard his voice 00:19:31.620 --> 00:19:32.059 speak. 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.600 They've been following 00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:35.640 his glory cloud until 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:36.319 it led him to the 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.640 mountain. 00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:38.259 No other people in 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.360 history have seen so 00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:41.019 many visual glory 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:43.019 fireworks as these 00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:44.839 people, but right here 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.940 at the base of a 00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:47.259 mountain where God is 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:49.740 visually displaying his 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:53.019 spectacular glory, they 00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.900 take a bunch of gold, 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:56.420 they melt it into a 00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:58.460 image of a domestic 00:19:58.460 --> 00:20:00.819 animal, they call it 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:02.000 God, and they worship 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.279 it. 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.799 Worshiping something that 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:07.559 is even less than a 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:09.279 copy of a copy when the 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.339 original is right there 00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:10.920 in front of you. 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.700 I mean, there are just 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:14.220 no words for the sheer 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:17.480 audacity and stupidity of 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.539 this kind of glory 00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:20.480 replacing idolatry. 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:24.579 And yet, this is us. 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.880 This is me. 00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.259 This is you. 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:31.920 We replace the glory of 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:34.259 God with created things 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:35.720 that were only meant to 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:37.559 reflect him and point us 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:37.900 to him. 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:42.600 We exchange the eternal 00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:44.240 pleasure of his glorious 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:47.300 presence for short-lived 00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:49.660 thrills of pleasure, power, 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.980 wealth, status, recognition, 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.800 entertainment, fill in the 00:20:53.800 --> 00:20:54.040 blank. 00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:58.100 And in so doing, not only do 00:20:58.100 --> 00:21:00.680 we replace his glory, but we 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:03.100 ridicule it and we rob God 00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:03.960 of his glory. 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:06.880 We ridicule it by reducing 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:09.640 his infinite goodness to a 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:11.880 petty thing and exchanging 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.920 and exalting his creation 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.539 over him. 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:18.420 And worst of all, we rob him 00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:21.180 of his glory by seeking to 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:23.240 exalt ourselves over him. 00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:26.779 We crowd him out of his 00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:28.880 rightful place, demanding 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:31.380 recognition and ultimately 00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:33.779 worship for ourselves. 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:38.140 If we were designed to be 00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:39.880 mirrors reflecting the glory 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:41.200 of God, then we have 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.700 become mirrors that bent 00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:46.799 in on ourselves, seeking 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:49.000 to reflect ourselves, seeking 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:50.059 to delight in ourselves. 00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.720 The problem is that mirrors 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.000 that do that get shattered. 00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:56.019 And that's what happens to 00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.279 us. 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:59.120 There is a natural consequence 00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.880 to this too. 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.460 We've looked at the 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.480 replacement. 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.480 Now let's look at the 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.920 removal. 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:08.539 We get removed from his 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:11.220 glorious presence, which by 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.839 the way is our only good and 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.759 our greatest good. 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:17.220 If you flip back to Genesis for 00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.120 just a moment, I'd like to show 00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.559 you something. 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.400 The nice thing is it's all the 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:21.140 way back to the beginning. 00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:25.140 Genesis chapter 3. 00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:28.280 Adam and Eve have just done some 00:22:28.280 --> 00:22:29.140 glory replacing. 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:33.160 They've replaced God's glory with 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:34.259 the glory of self. 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:37.880 They have replaced his rule with 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.920 their own self-rule. 00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.700 And they've declared themselves 00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.680 independent from God. 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:44.600 And then his glory draws near. 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:46.320 Look at verse 8 of chapter 3. 00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.940 Genesis 3 verse 8. 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:52.019 And they heard the sound of the 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:54.279 Lord God walking in the garden in 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.400 the cool of the day. 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:58.340 And the man and his wife hid 00:22:58.340 --> 00:23:00.980 themselves from the presence of the 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:03.000 Lord God among the trees of the 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.240 garden. 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:08.600 Their greatest delight, the very joy 00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:10.840 that they were made for, draws near 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:12.859 and they run. 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:16.500 They remove themselves from his 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.039 presence. 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:22.099 They hide in fear and shame. 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:26.759 And this leads us to verse 23 of the 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.359 same chapter. 00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:30.679 Therefore the Lord God sent them out of 00:23:30.679 --> 00:23:32.240 the garden of Eden to work the ground 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.419 from which he is taken. 00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:38.579 God finishes and formalizes the 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.519 removal process. 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:42.339 Adam and Eve began it. 00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:43.699 And then God 00:23:43.699 --> 00:23:45.779 finishes it up. 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:48.519 He sent them out from his presence. 00:23:48.699 --> 00:23:50.959 He blocked them off from his glory. 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.299 Which they themselves have already 00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.579 done. 00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.639 And if you keep on reading Genesis, 00:23:56.459 --> 00:23:58.659 the evil and the perversion that 00:23:58.659 --> 00:24:01.419 results from this removal from his 00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:03.379 glory is shocking. 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.619 And it's heartbreaking. 00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:09.119 But I don't think we need to read 00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.419 Genesis to know that, do we? 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:13.619 You and I know that pretty well. 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.259 We're very well aware of our unnaturally 00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:22.139 natural tendency to replace God's 00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:24.779 glory and to rob him of his glory. 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:28.179 To remove ourselves far from him. 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:31.339 Each one of us knows pretty well that 00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:33.259 sense of shame and I want to hide and 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.879 get out of here. 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:35.940 I don't want to be exposed. 00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:40.680 We are those curved in mirrors. 00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:43.040 Those mirrors bent in on ourselves. 00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:46.080 And we're shattered and we're broken. 00:24:48.560 --> 00:24:50.240 But the story of glory continues. 00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:53.300 And there's a light of hope that dawns. 00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:55.260 Chapter 3. 00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:58.480 Re-entry and renewal. 00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:01.819 Re-entry and renewal. 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:05.599 Have you ever been reading a story or 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:07.579 watching a movie and then all of a 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:09.460 sudden an old character that you 00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:11.240 thought was written out of the story 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:14.220 suddenly re-enters after an absence? 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:17.160 I'm thinking like Gandalf from Lord of the 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.440 Rings. 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.400 If you haven't, I'm totally going to 00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.960 spoil it for you. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.259 I'm sorry. 00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:23.600 He falls into the abyss. 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.600 You think he's gone. 00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:26.319 And then he comes back. 00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:28.600 He re-enters the story and hope 00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:29.279 dawns again. 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.660 Well, the same thing happens with God's 00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.960 glory in the story of glory. 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:37.000 God has been at work since the garden. 00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:40.059 He's been initiating relationship by 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.440 grace with a guy named Abraham. 00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:45.980 He's given, he's made a people out of 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:47.500 his descendants and he's called the 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.440 people to himself. 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.559 Even rescued them from Egypt. 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.900 And then his glory shows up again in 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.640 the book of Exodus. 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:56.799 Would you turn to Exodus 24 for me? 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.500 Exodus 24. 00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.680 Referenced it earlier with the story of 00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.799 the golden calf, but 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:09.859 God's glory shows up on a mountain and 00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:11.579 God's people are beholding it. 00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.519 And 00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:15.819 it makes you realize 00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:17.759 his glory is re-entering. 00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.379 There's hope still. 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.139 Only this time 00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:22.919 his glory is veiled. 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.119 And it's a little scary. 00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.659 So 00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:29.759 look at verses 15 through 18 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:32.659 in chapter 24. 00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:35.980 This gives us just a taste of 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:38.279 what God's people get to see. 00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.300 Verse 15. 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:44.080 Moses went up on the mountain 00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:46.240 and the cloud covered the mountain. 00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.900 The cloud is God's glory 00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.700 made manifest. 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.980 The glory of the Lord dwelt 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.680 on Mount Sinai 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:54.600 and the cloud covered it 00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:55.680 six days. 00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.220 And on the seventh day 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.800 he called to Moses out of the midst 00:26:58.800 --> 00:26:59.360 of the cloud. 00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:01.500 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:03.179 was like a devouring fire 00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:04.299 on the top of the mountain 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:06.199 in the sight of the people of Israel. 00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:08.000 Moses entered the cloud 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.519 and went up on the mountain. 00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.719 And Moses was on the mountain 00:27:10.719 --> 00:27:11.519 40 days 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.479 and 49. 00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.299 And so 00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:16.279 and there's another part of Exodus 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.439 where people are like 00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:18.279 Moses 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.579 you got to handle this. 00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:21.179 We can't bear 00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:22.339 being so close 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.479 to this glory. 00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.819 It's frightening to us. 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.339 And for a glory replacing 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.519 and glory robbing people 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.799 the pure glory of God 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.700 would be kind of frightening. 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.700 So Moses goes up 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.599 as a mediator. 00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:34.379 He's a middle man. 00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.200 He's a priest 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.519 who can relate to God 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.779 on behalf of the people. 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:39.179 He can also relate to the people 00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:40.240 on behalf of God. 00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:41.519 And God wants 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.519 to reside 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.619 with his people 00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.659 so they can see 00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.480 his glory 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.339 and be satisfied 00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.159 with his glory. 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.679 His glory is reentered 00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:50.980 but it has to be veiled. 00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.619 It can't be unveiled. 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.619 They would die. 00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:57.039 And also 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.439 there has to be a mediator. 00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.879 Someone to go back and forth. 00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.500 And so 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.019 to summarize 00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.119 the rest of the story 00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.960 of Exodus 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:06.379 his people can't go up 00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.659 to be where he is 00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.480 because of their sins 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.939 so he comes down 00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:11.639 and comes to be 00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.619 where they are. 00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.559 He gives Moses 00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.879 these really fancy 00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.659 instructions 00:28:15.659 --> 00:28:16.819 to build a tent 00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:18.019 called a tabernacle 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.119 so that his glory 00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.879 can reside 00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.559 with his people 00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.439 and yet be veiled. 00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:23.299 Veiled in a tent. 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:25.519 And the glory 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.480 has to have priests 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.819 mediators 00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.859 who can relate to 00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.960 God on behalf 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.419 of the people 00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:31.259 and relate to the people 00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.180 on behalf of God. 00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.299 But even though 00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.799 it's veiled 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.759 and it needs a mediator 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:37.159 the glory has reentered. 00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.480 Hope. 00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.759 There's movement. 00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:41.079 The plot's going. 00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.099 And once his people 00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.000 get to the land 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.519 that he has for them 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:47.440 the land is pictured 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.980 in the Bible 00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.659 as a place 00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.759 where it's kind of 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:51.619 a recapitulation 00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.500 of Eden 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:54.159 of the garden 00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:55.779 so that 00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:57.399 God's glory 00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:58.479 and God's people 00:28:58.479 --> 00:28:59.219 can be together 00:28:59.219 --> 00:28:59.799 again. 00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.639 As long as 00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:03.059 his glory is veiled 00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.619 in a temple 00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:05.299 and there's mediators 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.839 priests 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:07.039 and they obey 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.539 his word 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:09.359 and they follow him. 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.639 Israel failed 00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.459 miserably. 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.219 They vomit. 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.699 Ultimately 00:29:15.699 --> 00:29:16.639 in the book 00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.259 of Ezekiel 00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:19.179 he gets a vision 00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.700 of the glory 00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.080 of God 00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.860 departing 00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.660 out of the temple 00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.240 and standing 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.160 outside the city 00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.700 of Jerusalem 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.600 in judgment 00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:27.360 and Israel 00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:28.320 gets demolished 00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:29.700 by the Babylonians 00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.460 and God's people 00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.220 are banished. 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.060 They've been removed 00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:34.420 from God's presence 00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.019 once again. 00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.620 But then 00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:38.940 in Ezekiel 43 00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:40.820 there's this promise 00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:42.700 that God's glory 00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.539 is going to come back. 00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.000 He's going to come back 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.560 and reenter 00:29:45.560 --> 00:29:46.340 a new temple. 00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:48.439 And 00:29:48.439 --> 00:29:49.919 it's going to bring 00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.559 renewal 00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:52.339 to the human heart 00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.119 to be able 00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:54.839 to be in God's presence 00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:56.299 and live 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:58.559 and reflect his presence 00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.199 once again. 00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.500 Well time passes 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.059 a new temple 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.619 is built 00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:04.659 but nothing like 00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.879 Ezekiel's vision 00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.740 comes to pass. 00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:08.279 And 00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:09.399 God's people 00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:09.879 are wondering 00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:11.500 when will God's glory 00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.339 come to reside 00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.059 with us again? 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.699 When is he going 00:30:14.699 --> 00:30:15.279 to reenter 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.420 and it's going 00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:17.099 to be the same 00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.660 as it was? 00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.740 When will he renew us 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.639 so that we can 00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.759 behold his glory 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:23.839 like we were meant to? 00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.920 That's getting us ready 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.480 for the glory 00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.960 of Christmas. 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.519 If you turn 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.440 to John chapter 1 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:44.259 If we look at John 1 00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:46.059 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John 00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.920 in the New Testament 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:49.019 fourth book in 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:53.299 If we look at the gospel 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.759 of John 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.900 the first five verses 00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:56.320 he describes 00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:57.759 this person 00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.980 named the word 00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:01.380 in the beginning 00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:02.180 was the word 00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.759 and the word 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.839 was with God 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.440 and the word 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:06.779 was God 00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:09.059 He was in the beginning 00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:10.319 with God 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:13.120 the ultimate glory 00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.779 reflector 00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:16.500 All things were made 00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.079 through him 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.099 and without him 00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.819 was not anything 00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.839 made that was made 00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:21.339 in him was life 00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:24.400 and the life 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:25.000 was the light 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.480 of men 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:27.240 the light shines 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.759 in the darkness 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.319 and the darkness 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.819 has not overcome it 00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:31.400 so we get a glimpse 00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.099 of hope 00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:33.559 there's a person 00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.539 out there 00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:36.319 who is God 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.519 and yet he's 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:39.700 distinct from God 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:43.019 and all things 00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.799 were made through him 00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:45.279 he is God's 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.680 perfect self-reflection 00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.920 he's the ultimate mirror 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:50.380 because he is God 00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:53.940 and check out 00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.640 what verse 14 00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.340 says about him 00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:57.240 this is the glory 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.780 of Christmas 00:31:57.780 --> 00:32:02.480 and the word 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.860 became flesh 00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:07.160 and the word 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.420 became 00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:10.300 flesh 00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:17.040 God's 00:32:17.040 --> 00:32:17.760 perfect 00:32:17.760 --> 00:32:18.380 mirror 00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:20.960 the ultimate 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.660 image 00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.560 of God 00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:23.080 the ultimate 00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.620 glory 00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.300 reflecting 00:32:24.300 --> 00:32:25.340 mirror 00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:27.300 became 00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:28.980 flesh 00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:33.380 God's glory 00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.880 is laying 00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:35.580 on a feeding trough 00:32:35.580 --> 00:32:37.220 he's visible 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.780 we can see 00:32:38.780 --> 00:32:39.920 his glory 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:42.620 look at the rest 00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.160 of the verse 00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:44.400 verse 14 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.560 the word 00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:46.460 became flesh 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.460 flesh 00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.519 and dwelt 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.980 among us 00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:50.680 the word 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.180 in the original 00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.519 language 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.079 is literally 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:53.279 to pitch 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.720 your tent 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:57.019 God 00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:59.620 God's 00:32:59.620 --> 00:32:59.920 fullness 00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.720 of glory 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.019 has come 00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.500 to pitch 00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.079 his tent 00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:05.279 among us 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:07.460 just as God's 00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.240 glory resided 00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.019 with his people 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.779 in a veiled 00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.240 tent 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.920 in the wilderness 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:12.200 now God 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.640 has pitched 00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.080 his tent 00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:13.620 to reside 00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:14.140 among us 00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.640 once again 00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.039 but not 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.779 as a place 00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:17.100 as a person 00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:19.060 in a temple 00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:20.240 of flesh 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.200 and bone 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.860 just like the 00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.539 Christmas hymn 00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.580 that we sang 00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:24.400 Hark the Herald 00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:26.140 veiled in flesh 00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.279 the Godhead 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.000 see 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.740 hail 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.880 incarnate 00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.580 deity 00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:33.980 and the next 00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.399 phrase 00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:35.819 we have seen 00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.059 it 00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:37.359 we have seen 00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:38.079 his glory 00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:39.179 glory as of 00:33:39.179 --> 00:33:39.919 the only son 00:33:39.919 --> 00:33:40.519 from the father 00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.859 full of grace 00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.379 and truth 00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:43.339 God's glory 00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:44.559 has re-entered 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.399 the story 00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:46.500 pursuing 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.619 his cracked 00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.759 mirrors 00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.980 pursuing 00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.759 his broken 00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:52.079 image bearers 00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:53.199 he arrived 00:33:53.199 --> 00:33:54.319 and he came 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:55.240 to renew 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.799 us 00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:58.139 and if we 00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.619 see 00:33:58.619 --> 00:34:00.019 not in the way 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:01.099 that John 00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.599 the apostle 00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.079 saw 00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.819 he got to see 00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.639 with physical eyes 00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:04.899 but plenty of people 00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.359 saw Jesus 00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:06.059 with physical eyes 00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:07.000 and didn't see 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.119 the way that really 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.559 counts 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.359 which is seeing 00:34:09.359 --> 00:34:09.940 and trusting 00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.539 and believing 00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.440 and understanding 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.519 by faith 00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:14.279 if we see 00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.920 this child 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.980 the glory 00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.539 of God 00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.179 as the one 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.559 who is 00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.500 God's ultimate 00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:19.880 mirror 00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.839 came to restore 00:34:20.839 --> 00:34:21.639 God's broken 00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.259 mirror 00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:23.039 God's broken 00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:25.779 glory reflectors 00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:27.980 then it renews us 00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:30.980 and the fullest 00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.579 display 00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.820 is in John 00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.599 chapter 12 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:35.519 feel free to 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.000 skip over there 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.420 real quick 00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:38.280 in John 00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:39.000 chapter 12 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.960 Jesus just 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:41.000 enters Jerusalem 00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.699 for the last 00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.119 time 00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:43.199 he's there 00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:44.699 ultimately 00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.760 to die 00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:50.960 and the way 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.460 that God 00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.119 talks about 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:53.059 Jesus' glory 00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:54.679 in the book 00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.260 of John 00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:57.320 is not 00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.200 in terms 00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:58.680 of 00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.440 the mount 00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.340 of transfiguration 00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.840 where his 00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.360 clothes are 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.760 shining 00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.100 and his 00:35:02.100 --> 00:35:02.580 face is 00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:02.960 beaming 00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.920 but it's 00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.480 in terms 00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.000 of this 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:07.240 look at 00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:07.900 verse 23 00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.440 of John 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.160 chapter 12 00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:10.920 this is the 00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.360 glory 00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.860 of 00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:14.960 the 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.300 son of 00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.680 God 00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:17.540 the hour 00:35:17.540 --> 00:35:18.140 has come 00:35:18.140 --> 00:35:19.320 Jesus said 00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.240 for the 00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.940 son of man 00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.800 to be glorified 00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:23.039 truly 00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.340 truly 00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.820 I say 00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.100 to you 00:35:24.100 --> 00:35:24.480 unless 00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.920 a grain 00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.320 of wheat 00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.720 falls 00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.120 into the 00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:26.380 earth 00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.900 and dies 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.420 it remains 00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:27.780 alone 00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.100 but if 00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.560 it dies 00:35:28.560 --> 00:35:29.019 it bears 00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.440 much 00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.300 fruit 00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.260 skip down 00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.519 to verse 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.080 27 00:35:32.080 --> 00:35:33.340 now my 00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:33.740 soul 00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.440 is troubled 00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.500 and what 00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.840 shall I 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.060 say 00:35:36.060 --> 00:35:36.380 father 00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.920 save me 00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.380 from this 00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.720 hour 00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.740 but for 00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:38.900 this 00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.200 purpose 00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:39.500 I have 00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.820 come 00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.160 to this 00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:40.500 hour 00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.380 father 00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.060 glorify 00:35:42.060 --> 00:35:42.320 your 00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.700 name 00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:42.960 and then 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.240 a voice 00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.460 came 00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.880 from heaven 00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.820 I have 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.420 glorified 00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.539 it 00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:45.800 and I 00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:45.940 will 00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.420 glorify 00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.740 it 00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.420 again 00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.740 so what 00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.000 is the 00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.320 glory 00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.940 of Christ 00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:51.400 what is 00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.619 the 00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:51.980 fullest 00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.679 display 00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.360 of God's 00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.760 glory 00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.700 that we 00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:55.039 get to 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.420 behold 00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.880 at Christmas 00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.260 time 00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:57.920 is that 00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.460 this baby 00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.860 who is 00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.240 the glory 00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.720 of God 00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:00.519 came to 00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.099 glorify 00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.579 God 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.559 by dying 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.820 on a 00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.200 cross 00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:06.920 the place 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.460 it's this 00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:07.840 beautiful 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.720 good news 00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:10.240 where he 00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.840 took on 00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.400 the doomed 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.900 fate 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:13.019 of glory 00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:14.099 replacers 00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.639 and glory 00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.099 robbers 00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.860 like us 00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.599 as the 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.000 perfect 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.460 glory 00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.099 reflector 00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:19.059 as our 00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.460 substitute 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:21.380 and this 00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:21.920 is what 00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.460 renews 00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.740 us 00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:25.139 Paul 00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.579 says in 00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.860 2nd 00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.199 Corinthians 00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:27.000 that as 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.720 we behold 00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:28.539 this stunning 00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.079 glory 00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.539 of this 00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.380 good news 00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:32.360 we are 00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.780 changed 00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.139 we are 00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.780 transformed 00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:35.199 in 2nd 00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.500 Corinthians 00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.980 he says 00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.440 this is the 00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.980 light of 00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.519 the gospel 00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.900 of the 00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.199 glory 00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.780 of Christ 00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.099 who is 00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.679 the image 00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.720 of God 00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:41.599 beholding 00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.139 this glory 00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.920 we get 00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.179 to be 00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.699 transformed 00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.679 into his 00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.659 same image 00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.480 from one 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.079 degree of 00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.699 glory to 00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.139 another 00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:52.679 when the 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:52.980 Grinch 00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.659 beheld 00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:55.039 the glory 00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.579 of Christmas 00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:57.659 when he 00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.279 realized that 00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:58.639 Christmas 00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.879 isn't from 00:36:59.879 --> 00:37:00.359 a store 00:37:00.359 --> 00:37:02.019 but it's 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.699 something a 00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.019 little bit 00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.379 more 00:37:03.379 --> 00:37:04.659 his heart 00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.179 grew three 00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.960 sizes that 00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.299 day 00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:09.139 he was 00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:09.819 transformed 00:37:09.819 --> 00:37:10.639 beholding the 00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.139 glory of 00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.480 Christmas 00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.719 Christmas 00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:14.280 and that 00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:14.860 is God's 00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.380 intent for 00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.639 us 00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:17.280 to behold 00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:18.240 his glory 00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:18.960 dwelling 00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.659 among us 00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.219 residing 00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.860 with us 00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:22.159 to renew 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.519 us 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:25.380 and one 00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:25.679 day he'll 00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.079 return 00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:28.139 with unshielded 00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.500 glory 00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:30.659 and we will 00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.199 behold him 00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.059 face to face 00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:35.219 we will 00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.840 reflect his 00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.500 glory like 00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.460 disco balls 00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:40.759 what we 00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.340 once hid 00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:41.759 from 00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:42.699 which 00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:44.279 once would 00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:44.900 have destroyed 00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.400 us 00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:47.199 will then 00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.699 give us 00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.179 eternal 00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:48.639 delight 00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:51.000 and his 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.559 glory will 00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.219 reside with 00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.900 us forever 00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:56.400 Revelation 21 00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.000 is just 00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.500 astounding 00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.119 go home and 00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.440 give it a 00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.659 read 00:37:58.659 --> 00:38:00.480 it's the 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.119 new residence 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.659 that we will 00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.219 have with 00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.500 him 00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.000 and listen 00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.460 to this 00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:05.699 and I saw 00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.219 no temple 00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.599 in that 00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:06.900 city 00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:09.299 no need 00:38:09.299 --> 00:38:10.219 for veiled 00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:11.079 glory there 00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:13.699 for its 00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.739 temple is 00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.219 the Lord 00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:16.019 God the 00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.400 Almighty 00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.099 and the 00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.380 Lamb 00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:19.679 whereas 00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:20.199 before 00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:21.719 the universe 00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:22.139 was a 00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.619 temple of 00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.199 God's glory 00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.639 now 00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:25.579 the new 00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:25.960 Jerusalem 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:27.819 he is 00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.319 the temple 00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:32.200 and the 00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:32.559 city has 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.180 no need 00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:33.740 of sun 00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:34.280 or moon 00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.820 to shine 00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.220 on it 00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:36.200 for the 00:38:36.200 --> 00:38:36.680 glory of 00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:37.320 God gives 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:37.800 it light 00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:38.700 and its 00:38:38.700 --> 00:38:39.080 lamp 00:38:39.080 --> 00:38:39.780 is the 00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.059 Lamb 00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:42.500 full 00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.140 renewal 00:38:43.140 --> 00:38:45.380 all because 00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:45.680 of that 00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:46.180 glorious 00:38:46.180 --> 00:38:46.720 reentry 00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:49.900 this is the 00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.360 glory of 00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:50.800 Christmas 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:52.420 feast on 00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.900 it church 00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:55.200 is this the 00:38:55.200 --> 00:38:55.840 glory of your 00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.320 Christmas 00:38:56.320 --> 00:39:01.280 we are 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:01.820 distracted 00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.320 people 00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:04.120 maybe you 00:39:04.120 --> 00:39:04.400 came in 00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:04.620 pretty 00:39:04.620 --> 00:39:05.140 distracted 00:39:05.140 --> 00:39:05.460 and you 00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.940 can't see 00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.260 this 00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:08.360 we are 00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.660 weak 00:39:08.660 --> 00:39:09.160 people 00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:10.960 maybe you 00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.340 came in 00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:11.860 feeling pretty 00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.500 weak and 00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:13.500 empty and 00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.000 exhausted 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.980 by life 00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:18.039 we are 00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.420 broken 00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:18.900 people 00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:20.460 we are 00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.740 shattered 00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:21.420 by sin 00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:25.159 God's 00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.840 glory is 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.300 able to 00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:27.019 renew us 00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:28.300 whether 00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:28.860 broken 00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:30.360 distracted 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.099 or weak 00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:32.360 lift your 00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:33.000 eyes to 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.420 the glory 00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.920 of Christmas 00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:38.260 let's 00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.500 pray 00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:46.960 father 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.400 thank you 00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:48.579 for the 00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.219 immense 00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:52.099 mercy that 00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.400 you have 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.739 shown 00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:55.119 giving us 00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.780 new birth 00:39:55.780 --> 00:39:56.280 into a 00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:56.980 living hope 00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.460 of your 00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.920 glory 00:39:57.920 --> 00:40:01.340 your glory 00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:04.000 veiled in 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.760 flesh in the 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:05.340 son of God 00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:07.700 who came to 00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:09.200 restore broken 00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:10.960 glory reflectors 00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.579 like us 00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:14.180 God I pray 00:40:14.180 --> 00:40:14.500 that this 00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.940 truth would 00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.340 sink down 00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.880 deep into 00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.800 our hearts 00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:17.180 and that 00:40:17.180 --> 00:40:17.820 we would 00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.280 like the 00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:18.660 Grinch 00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:20.180 be changed 00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:24.099 father I pray 00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.940 particularly that 00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:26.779 you would 00:40:26.779 --> 00:40:27.699 help our 00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:28.719 distracted eyes 00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.579 to fixate 00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.839 on the 00:40:30.839 --> 00:40:31.399 glory of 00:40:31.399 --> 00:40:31.699 Jesus 00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:34.599 help those 00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.019 father who 00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.519 are weak 00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:37.759 to attach 00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:38.619 themselves by 00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:39.319 faith and 00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:39.899 then be made 00:40:39.899 --> 00:40:40.339 strong 00:40:40.339 --> 00:40:41.460 to the glory 00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.059 of Jesus 00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:44.559 father I pray 00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:45.039 for those who 00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.539 are broken 00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.299 shattered by 00:40:46.299 --> 00:40:46.699 sin 00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:48.440 pray that they 00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:49.000 would find 00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.579 renewal 00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:51.159 in the glory 00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:51.619 of Jesus 00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:55.719 we thank you 00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.299 God for your 00:40:56.299 --> 00:40:56.779 goodness and 00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:57.500 kindness to us 00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:59.719 in Jesus name 00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.119 amen