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 Thank you very much indeed, Callum, and it's a great privilege to be here with you this evening.

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 It's lovely to see you all again, and I was very grateful for the opportunity to help Callum out and to be with you tonight.

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 When I mentioned to Carloway this morning that I was preaching in Stornoway tonight, somebody said to me,

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 are you preaching James McKeever out?

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 And I hadn't really thought of that.

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 No, I'm not really here to do that, but I do want to take the opportunity to give my very, very best wishes to James and Donna

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 and to express my sincere thanks for all that he's done for the congregation here,

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 but also for the church more widely in many, many years of faithful service to the Lord.

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 Well, we're here to worship God together, and we rejoice that we come together in the name of our risen Saviour, Jesus.

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 And we're going to sing to his praise from Psalm 95 in the Scottish Psalter on page 357.

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 Psalm 95 in the Scottish Psalter, page 357, singing verses 1 to 6.

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 O come, let us sing to the Lord.

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 Come, let us, everyone, a joyful noise make to the rock of our salvation.

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 And that's the amazing privilege that we have as we gather to worship again this evening.

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 We are coming together.

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 We are singing to the Lord.

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 We are bringing our joyful noise before him.

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 So we'll do that as we stand and sing together.

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 O come, let us sing to the Lord.

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 Come, let us, everyone, a joyful noise make to the rock of our salvation.

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 Let us, everyone, a joyful noise.

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 Make a joyful noise.

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 For God, a great God and great King, above all gods he is.

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 The Lord, a great God and great King, above all gods he is.

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 Yes, God.

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 Together you more, a brings ofこの zeal.

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 At Christ, Peter.

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 You know a gráfic illustrator.

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 It sing to this church.

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 You may what?

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 O come, please, all thoughts it suaắtest.

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 O come and let us worship him, let us bow down with all.

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 And honor it before the Lord, our maker let us call.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, we are so thankful that we can come to you this evening, that we can come and gather together publicly,

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 that we can meet together in the name of your son, Jesus, and that we can come together knowing that you've promised to be here.

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 And as we come into your presence, we come to worship you.

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 We come before you, our maker.

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 We come to bow down before you.

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 And we are so, so thankful that we have this privilege.

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 It's such a brilliant way for us to start a new week, to come together morning and evening on the first day of the week,

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 to rejoice in the reality of Jesus's resurrection,

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 to come together and to be renewed and refreshed in the joy and peace and hope of the gospel,

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 and to be reminded of everything that you have done for us through your son.

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 We're so thankful that we can come here to worship you, knowing that you're present with us,

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 that by your spirit you are always with us, that you've promised to never leave us nor forsake us.

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 You've promised to be with us all the days to the very end of the age.

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 And Father, we just thank you for that so much because we acknowledge before you tonight that we need you so, so much.

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 And so often we wonder and we go our own way and we come tonight confessing our sin before you.

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 We come acknowledging that our thoughts and our words and our actions are so often short of what your word commands.

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 So often we do stuff that we should not do and we fail to do the things that we should.

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 And we're frustrated and disappointed in ourselves.

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 And we come to you with repentant hearts, confessing our sins.

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 But we also come on the, we come standing not on our own strength,

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 but we come standing on the promises of the gospel,

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 that the blood of Jesus Christ washes away every sin.

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 And that in you we can have perfect redemption.

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 And in you we can have healing and cleansing and restoration.

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 And so we come so thankful that the gospel gives us hope.

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 And we come, Father, and you to be,

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 to be, for our hearts to be cleansed and renewed and refreshed

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 in the truth and the joy of the gospel of your son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And so we come to worship you and we come also to hear your voice.

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 And we pray, Father, that you'd be preparing our hearts to hear your word.

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 We pray that we would be receptive to it, that our minds would be attentive,

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 that we would have understanding, that we'd be able to see how we can apply your word to our lives.

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 And we pray that your word would be pressed right into our hearts

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 so that it would shape the way that we think and the way that we speak and the way we react

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 and the things that we aim for and the things that we long for would all be shaped by your word.

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 And so we pray that you would speak to every single one of us

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 and that your word would be reaching each one of us

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 and we know that your word will not return to you empty.

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 We thank you for everybody who's here tonight.

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 We pray, Father, that your blessing would be upon each one.

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 And we come all from very different circumstances.

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 And we come with just this week will have been different for all of us.

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 For some, it might have been a really good week.

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 For some, a really hard week.

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 For some, maybe a mixture of joys and sorrows.

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 And we come to you with different burdens and different fears, different doubts, different anxieties.

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 And we just come and lay it all before you.

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 And, Father, we don't want to hide anything from you.

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 We know that we can't and we don't want to.

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 We just want to lay our hearts open before you.

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 And we pray for every single person here that every single one would hear your voice speaking to them

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 and would know the nearness of your presence.

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 And that you would draw us all closer to you.

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 That for all of us who are following you, that we would be renewed and refreshed in our walk as disciples.

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 For those who have maybe wandered from you or feel that their faith is fading

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 or that their love is growing cold.

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 We pray that you would renew them and refresh them and wrap your arms around them and you tonight.

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 And for any here who maybe do not yet know you, for those who are seeking you,

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 or for those who are maybe just really not sure at all.

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 We pray, Father, that you would open our eyes and reveal yourself to us

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 in the most powerful way that we've ever experienced.

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 And that your word would just press into all of our hearts

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 and that you would meet with us and speak to us and draw us closer to you.

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 We pray for the congregation here that you would bless them in all the work that they are doing.

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 And as they reach such a significant milestone with James retiring,

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 we pray for the congregation that they would be so aware that pastors are always only ever under shepherds,

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 that the great shepherd is Jesus Christ and he is the same yesterday, today and forever.

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 And may they know the stability of your promises and your presence.

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 And we pray that as they look ahead to the future, as they seek your guidance,

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 we pray that they will be renewed and energized and strengthened for the work that you've given them to do.

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 And we pray for all the work of the gospel here,

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 that this congregation would continue to be a beacon of hope and light and joy to the town of Stornoway.

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 And we pray that the years to come would be years of great renewal and refreshing for this congregation

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 and for the whole town, that there would be spiritual awakening

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 and that the reality of eternity would be pressed onto people's hearts

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 and that people would come to hear the good news of Jesus

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 and come to find the hope and the peace and security that only he can give.

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 And so please bless the work of the gospel here.

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 We pray for James and Donna, that you would bless them abundantly as they move into this new chapter.

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 And we pray that their retirement would be a refreshing time,

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 but also a very, very fruitful time as they continue to serve you.

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 And we pray too for Colm and for Joanne as they serve you here,

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 that they would be upheld and strengthened by you

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 and that you'd bless all the work that they're doing for you.

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 And everybody else involved in the congregation, the elders and deacons,

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 everybody involved in the different activities that happen each week,

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 we pray that they'd be renewed, encouraged, energized and strengthened by you

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 as they continue the work of the gospel here.

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 And what we pray for this congregation, we pray for the church worldwide.

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 And we thank you that as we gather this evening,

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 we gather as part of a family of believers that extends all across the world.

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 And we pray that you would build up your church all across the nations.

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 And we pray that you would especially help those who are facing opposition and persecution,

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 but also maybe help those churches in areas where they've maybe felt things declining over recent years.

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 We pray for renewal and we pray that your church would just thrive this week and in all the weeks that lie ahead.

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 We pray all of these things, Father, so that your name would be glorified.

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 And we pray that this week and every week of our lives would be lived for you.

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 And we ask that you would bless us anew and have mercy on us in our time together just now.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing again this time from the Sing Psalms version of Psalm 57,

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 and that's on page 75.

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 Sing Psalms version of Psalm 57, and we're going to sing from verse 7 to the end of the psalm.

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 My heart is steadfast, Lord, with music I will sing.

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 Awake, my soul, wake harp and lyre, my song the dawn will bring.

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 If you know Psalm 57, you'll know the early part of it speaks a lot about being in distress and calling out to God for help.

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 And then these last verses just speak of the assurance and stability that God gives us in his great love.

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 So we'll stand and sing verses 7 to 11 to God's praise.

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 My heart is steadfast, Lord, with music I will sing.

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 Awake, my soul, wake harp and lyre, my song the dawn will bring.

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 Among the nations, Lord, to you I will give praise.

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 Among the peoples of the earth, my songs of you I'll raise.

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 Great is your steadfast love, which reaches to the sky.

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 Your constant faithfulness, O Lord, extends to heaven high.

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 Above the highest ends, O God, exalted thee.

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 And over all the earth, the hope, display your majesty.

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 Reading this evening is from Matthew chapter 11.

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 Thank you.

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 Matthew 11, and we'll read the whole chapter together.

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 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

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 Now, when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him,

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 Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?

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 And Jesus answered them, Go and tell John what you hear and see.

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 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, and lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear.

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 And the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

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 And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.

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 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John.

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 What did you go out into the wilderness to see?

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 A reed shaken by the wind?

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 What then did you go out to see?

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 A man dressed in soft clothing?

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 Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.

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 What then did you go out to see?

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 A prophet?

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 Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

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 This is he of whom it is written,

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 Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.

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 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women, there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist.

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 Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,

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 and the violent take it by force.

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 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John,

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 and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

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 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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 But to what shall I compare this generation?

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 It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates.

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 We played the flute for you, and you did not dance.

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 We sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.

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 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he is a demon.

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 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, look at him,

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 a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.

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 Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.

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 Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done,

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 because they did not repent.

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 Woe to you, Chorazin!

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 Woe to you, Bethsaida!

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 For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,

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 they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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 But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

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 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven?

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 You will be brought down to Hades.

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 For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom,

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 it would have remained until this day.

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 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment

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 for the land of Sodom than for you.

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 At that time, Jesus declared,

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 I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

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 that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding

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 and revealed them to little children.

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 Yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

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 All things have been handed over to me by my Father,

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 and no one knows the Son except the Father,

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 and no one knows the Father except the Son,

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 and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

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 for I am gentle and lowly in heart,

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 and you will find rest for your souls.

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 For my yoke is easy,

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 and my burden is light.

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 Amen.

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 May God add his blessing to the reading of his word.

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 Well, before we come back to that chapter,

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 we're going to sing again,

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 this time from Psalm 36 in the Scottish Psalter

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 on page 251.

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 Psalm 36 on page 251,

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 singing from verse 5.

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 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens.

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 Thy truth doth reach the clouds.

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 Thy justice is like mountains great.

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 Thy judgments deep as floods.

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 Five to nine,

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 and we'll stand and sing together to God's praise.

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 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens.

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 Thy truth doth reach the clouds.

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 Thy justice is like mountains great.

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 Thy judgments deep as floods.

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 Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

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 How precious is thy grace.

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 Therefore, in shadow of thy wings,

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 and sons their trust shall place.

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 They with the badness of thy heart

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 shall be well satisfied.

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 From rivers of thy pleasures,

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 the will drink to them provide.

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 Because of life,

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 the fountain pure

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 remains alone with thee.

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 And in that purest light of thine,

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 we clearly light shall see.

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 Amen.

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 Just as we turn to God's word,

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 let's pray for a moment.

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 Father, we pray that as your word is open before us,

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 that we will be open before you.

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 Please give us ears to hear.

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 Please give us minds that understand.

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 And please give us hearts that burn with love for you

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 and for one another.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I'd like us to turn together to Matthew chapter 11.

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 And I want us to look at the whole chapter.

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 So as we start,

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 perhaps we can read again the very first verse

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 and then the last couple of verses as well.

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 So starting at verse 1, we read,

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 when Jesus had finished instructing his 12 disciples,

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 he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

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 And then going all the way down to verse 28,

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 we hear the very famous words that Jesus said,

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 Come to me,

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 all who labor and are heavy laden,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

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 for I am gentle and lowly in heart,

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 and you will find rest for your souls.

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 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

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 At this time in Jesus' ministry,

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 he has sent his disciples out

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 to go proclaiming the message of the kingdom of God.

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 And you see in the previous chapter

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 that Jesus spends a lot of time

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 preparing his disciples for that work.

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 They are to go out as his messengers.

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 And as Jesus gets them ready,

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 and as he prepares them to go out as his messengers,

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 he warns them that as they go out

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 with the message of the gospel,

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 there's one thing that they and we

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 are guaranteed to find

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 in the mission field that we go into.

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 They're going to find obstacles.

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 Now, when we think about obstacles to Christianity,

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 we can immediately think of opposition.

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 So we think of people who are opposed to the gospel,

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 people who are hostile to the church,

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 and people who will deliberately try to hinder

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 and oppress the work that Jesus

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 has given his people to do.

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 And that is a reality.

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 That does happen.

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 Jesus himself experienced it.

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 The early church experienced it.

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 And many Christians today around the world

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 also experience it.

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 But opposition, external opposition to the gospel

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 is not the only obstacle that Christianity faces.

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 And I think we can maybe even say

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 that external opposition

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 is not the biggest obstacle that we face.

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 And I think one of the reasons we can say that

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 is because if you look at the history of the church,

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 one thing that you'll discover

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 that's very, very true again and again

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 is that when the church is oppressed,

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 it actually grows.

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 And the efforts to stop the advance of the kingdom

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 has never, ever stopped Jesus

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 from building his church.

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 And so if we're thinking about obstacles

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 in front of the gospel,

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 stuff that happens out there

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 and particularly hostility and opposition

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 towards the gospel

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 is not necessarily the biggest problem.

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 And that's because there's other obstacles

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 that can get away of the gospel.

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 And that's exactly what we find

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 in Matthew chapter 11.

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 We read that Jesus goes out preaching and teaching

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 and as he does so,

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 he encounters three big hurdles.

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 And I want us to think about these together

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 because we encounter exactly the same thing.

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 We see these hurdles in the people around us

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 and we also see them in our own hearts.

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 And these are obstacles

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 that will either stop us from coming to Jesus

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 or if we are following Jesus,

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 they will hinder us as we try to walk with him.

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 What are they?

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 Well, the three big obstacles

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 we're going to think about tonight are

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 being unsure,

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 being unfust,

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 and being unteachable.

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 Unsure,

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 unfust,

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 unteachable.

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 We see all of these in this chapter

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 and so I'll explain a little bit more

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 about what they mean

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 to begin with

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 and then we'll see what lessons

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 we can learn from them.

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 So number one,

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 being unsure.

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 We see that at the very beginning of the chapter.

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 If you look again at verse two,

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 we see,

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 when John the Baptist heard in prison

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 about the deeds of the Christ,

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 he sent word by his disciples

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 and said to him,

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 are you the one who is to come

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 or shall we look for another?

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 John the Baptist is one of the most important figures

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 in the Bible

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 and it's important to remember

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 that even though we read about John the Baptist

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 in the early chapters of the New Testament,

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 really John is the last of the Old Testament prophets.

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 And as Jesus explains in this chapter,

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 he is the messenger that is sent to announce

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 that the Messiah is coming.

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 And if you know about the story of John the Baptist,

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:59.480
 you'll know that he preached in the middle of nowhere

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 but crowds flocked to hear him.

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 He called people to repentance.

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 He challenged the authorities

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 who were oppressing people at that time.

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 He baptized Jesus.

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 He saw the Holy Spirit descend on him like a dove

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 and he pointed people to Jesus saying,

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 that's him.

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 Behold,

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 the Lamb of God.

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 And so in terms of the Bible

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 and in terms of theology,

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 John the Baptist is a giant

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 and yet here we find him doubting.

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 He's unsure.

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 Despite all that he saw,

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 despite all that he experienced,

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 now he's in prison

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 and he's just not sure.

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 And that obstacle of being unsure

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:55.299
 has been a huge challenge for the church ever since.

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 It affects us as Christians so often.

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 And so although I'm sure every believer in here

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:05.519
 can think of moments where things felt great,

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:07.240
 think of high moments in their experience

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.960
 when they felt confident and strong

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 and so assured

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 and so certain that God was there

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 and so aware of his love.

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 There's maybe times when you can think of that

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 and yet I'm sure there's been many times

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.559
 when you thought,

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.740
 is this real?

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:27.680
 Can I be sure about this?

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 Am I a Christian?

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 Does God ever actually hear me?

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.640
 Is he even there?

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 And for people who aren't yet Christians,

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:40.180
 I'm fairly confident

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:42.880
 that there are very few people,

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.920
 if anybody in here tonight,

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.220
 who says,

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:49.880
 I am philosophically hostile to Christianity.

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 I object to it on philosophical grounds.

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.440
 I am opposed to that message

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 and I am not willing to consider it.

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 I doubt anybody in here is thinking like that

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:03.539
 but I am sure that there are people in here tonight

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:05.379
 or people watching online

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:06.519
 and they're saying,

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.839
 I'm just not sure.

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.859
 I'm not opposed to Christianity.

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.479
 In fact, I respect it.

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:16.099
 But I'm just not convinced.

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:20.200
 So often we face that obstacle of being unsure.

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:23.299
 Second obstacle Jesus encountered

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:27.279
 is the obstacle of people being unfussed.

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.779
 You see that in verse 16 and 17.

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.139
 Jesus says,

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:33.180
 But to what shall I compare this generation?

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:36.079
 It's like children sitting in the marketplaces

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:37.720
 and calling to their playmates,

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.960
 We played the flute for you

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.019
 and you did not dance.

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.599
 We sang a dirge

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:43.500
 and you did not mourn.

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:46.819
 Here, Jesus is describing the general public,

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:48.680
 the people that he has been encountering,

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:50.299
 this generation as he calls them,

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.700
 in verse 16.

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:53.740
 And then in verse 20 to 24,

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:55.859
 he talks about the towns

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:57.140
 where he has visited

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:58.420
 and where he's preached.

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:00.559
 And in describing these places,

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:02.120
 he doesn't say that they're hostile.

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.460
 He doesn't say that they're aggressive.

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:06.559
 He doesn't say that they're atheists.

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.240
 None of these are the problem.

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.200
 The big problem

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:13.620
 is that people just aren't bothered.

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:17.359
 So if a flute is played,

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.220
 they don't dance.

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:20.599
 If a dirge is sung,

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.420
 they don't mourn.

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.060
 In other words,

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.420
 the general public

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:27.100
 is just not that fussed.

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:31.900
 And that numbness

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:33.240
 in the public

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.220
 that means that

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:37.220
 the stuff that should make them

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.460
 either dance for joy

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:40.300
 or mourn

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:42.759
 just bounces off them.

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:45.120
 They're not interested.

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.800
 They're not fussed.

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.320
 They're not bothered.

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.900
 And instead,

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.660
 people are distracted,

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:53.100
 uninterested,

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.900
 indifferent.

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.380
 And of course,

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:56.120
 you can see straight away

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:58.000
 that it's exactly the same today.

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:00.080
 Don't ever think

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.820
 that Jesus lived

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.860
 in a different world

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.400
 from the world

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.060
 that we live in.

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:04.300
 It's exactly the same

00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:04.820
 just now.

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.040
 Today,

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.040
 we are surrounded

00:31:08.040 --> 00:31:09.720
 by a general public

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:11.840
 that is just not that fussed.

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:13.079
 that numbness.

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.220
 And that numbness

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.839
 is a huge,

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.759
 huge obstacle

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.980
 to the gospel.

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:20.779
 And so often we see that,

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:22.159
 that the life-changing message

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.579
 of Jesus,

00:31:22.699 --> 00:31:23.659
 the best news

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:24.240
 that the world

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.339
 has ever heard

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:26.539
 is just lost

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.480
 in a fog

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.839
 created by,

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:30.099
 I don't know,

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:32.019
 the latest big celebrity news

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.779
 that's come out

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:34.000
 or the latest thing

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.859
 that we need to buy

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:37.039
 or the latest video

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.939
 that you need to see

00:31:37.939 --> 00:31:38.439
 on TikTok

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:40.000
 or whatever it might be.

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.660
 It's so easy

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:43.380
 for us to stumble

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.039
 at the obstacle

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.240
 of being unfussed.

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.839
 And then the third obstacle

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.900
 that Jesus encountered

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.500
 in this chapter

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.599
 is people

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.819
 who were unteachable.

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.119
 You see that

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:55.380
 in verses 25 to 26.

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.579
 At that time,

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.400
 Jesus declared,

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.480
 I thank you, Father,

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:01.240
 Lord of heaven and earth,

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.279
 that you've hidden

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.920
 these things

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.740
 from the wise

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.619
 and understanding

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:06.000
 and revealed them

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:07.019
 to little children.

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.359
 Yes, Father,

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.579
 for such

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:11.059
 was your gracious will.

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:13.679
 In summing up everything

00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:14.919
 in this chapter,

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.199
 Jesus gives this

00:32:16.199 --> 00:32:17.079
 beautiful description

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.759
 of how God

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.639
 does not choose

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:20.299
 the intellectual elite

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.919
 of the day.

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.799
 He doesn't choose

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.619
 the experts

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:24.259
 to be the first recipients

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.099
 of the gospel.

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:29.019
 And as he does that,

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.539
 he insists

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.579
 that instead

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.279
 the gospel

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.899
 is being revealed

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.559
 to people

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.259
 who are like

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.980
 little children.

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:38.059
 It's not for the big,

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.679
 important,

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.759
 know-it-alls.

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.579
 It's for the people

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.259
 who will come

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.779
 like a child.

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.460
 And there's loads

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.000
 that we could say

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.599
 about that.

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.779
 I want to focus

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.240
 on the fact

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:49.259
 that these verses

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.059
 are revealing

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:51.679
 and reinforcing

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:53.079
 another massive obstacle

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.679
 to the gospel,

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.299
 the obstacle

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.919
 of being unteachable.

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.960
 For the religious leaders,

00:32:58.179 --> 00:33:00.539
 for the intellectual elite,

00:33:00.679 --> 00:33:02.379
 the fact that they were wise

00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:03.519
 and understanding

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.460
 was not actually

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.079
 an advantage.

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:07.339
 It was an obstacle

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:09.259
 because it meant

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.599
 that they were

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.399
 unteachable.

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.759
 They thought they knew it all

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:14.579
 and so they weren't

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:16.220
 willing to listen.

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:18.279
 Jesus went to preach

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.399
 and teach

00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:20.579
 in their cities.

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:23.119
 People ignored him

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:25.059
 because they didn't think

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.519
 that they needed

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.579
 to learn anything.

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.299
 And again,

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:30.099
 that's still a massive obstacle

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:31.599
 that we face today.

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.480
 Many people resist

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.299
 the teaching of Jesus

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.420
 not because they're

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:37.039
 aggressive and hostile

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:38.279
 but because

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.220
 when it comes to

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.120
 the big questions of life,

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.940
 they're already confident

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.839
 in their own answers.

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:44.299
 They're settled in their mind

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:47.339
 and they do not feel

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:48.740
 that they need to be taught

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:50.160
 by Jesus.

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.319
 And yet,

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.700
 the whole concept

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.940
 of being teachable

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.279
 is fundamental

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:58.640
 to being a disciple of Jesus.

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.599
 That's what the word

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.299
 disciple means.

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.779
 It means to be a learner.

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:03.619
 And that's exactly

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.639
 what we have to do

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:06.059
 in order to become disciples

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:07.420
 and in order to live

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.619
 as disciples.

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.639
 We need to learn

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.519
 from Jesus.

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.679
 But in order to learn,

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.159
 we need to be teachable.

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.559
 In order to be teachable,

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.340
 we need to acknowledge

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.900
 that there's stuff

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.699
 that we don't know.

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.739
 In order to acknowledge

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.320
 that there's stuff

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:19.000
 that we don't know,

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:20.279
 we have to admit

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:21.079
 our weaknesses.

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:23.179
 And that's maybe

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.500
 the hardest thing of all.

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.980
 So often,

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.039
 we're held back

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.759
 by the obstacle

00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:31.579
 of being unteachable.

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.219
 And so these are

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:35.119
 the three big obstacles

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:36.099
 that you see in this chapter.

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.980
 Being unsure,

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.159
 being unfust,

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.860
 being unteachable.

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.400
 What's all of that

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.599
 teaching us tonight?

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.619
 Well, looking at

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.440
 these three categories,

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.820
 the obvious question

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.500
 that you can start with

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.779
 is saying,

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.719
 well, which one are you?

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.659
 Are you unsure?

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:54.880
 Or are you unfust?

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:56.159
 Or are you unteachable?

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.839
 And thinking,

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.599
 well, which one of these

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:59.319
 categories do I fall into?

00:34:59.399 --> 00:35:00.279
 Am I like John the Baptist?

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.719
 Am I like the crowds

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.859
 that weren't responding?

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:04.019
 Am I like the religious

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:06.299
 elite that refused

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:06.980
 to listen?

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.619
 And we might think,

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.319
 well, maybe I'm more

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:08.920
 in this category.

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.839
 You might think of other people

00:35:09.839 --> 00:35:10.179
 and think, well,

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.719
 they're definitely

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.559
 in that category.

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:13.759
 Do you know

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.579
 what the truth is?

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.859
 I think the truth is

00:35:17.859 --> 00:35:18.599
 that rather than

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.359
 picking one,

00:35:20.879 --> 00:35:21.579
 I think that

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:25.179
 in lots of different ways,

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:27.719
 we are all of them.

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.039
 These are traps

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.219
 that we all fall into.

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:35.079
 These are obstacles

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:38.059
 that we all trip up over.

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.399
 And that's true

00:35:39.399 --> 00:35:40.199
 whether you're a Christian

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:41.779
 or whether you're not sure yet

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.559
 if you're a Christian

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.739
 or not.

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:45.839
 We all have times

00:35:45.839 --> 00:35:47.199
 when we're unsure.

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:49.079
 John the Baptist had doubts.

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.219
 We're the same.

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:52.399
 We all have areas

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:53.939
 of our lives

00:35:53.939 --> 00:35:55.519
 that are important to God

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.239
 but we're just not

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:57.039
 that fussed about.

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:59.119
 Things that we just

00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:00.419
 try not to think about

00:36:00.419 --> 00:36:02.619
 that we'd rather

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:04.019
 just stay numb to.

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:06.959
 And we all have ways

00:36:06.959 --> 00:36:09.480
 in which we're unteachable.

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.559
 We've all got ways

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:13.759
 in which we'd far rather

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:15.480
 people listen to us

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:17.659
 than we would listen

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.819
 to them.

00:36:20.399 --> 00:36:21.940
 And these obstacles

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:24.019
 are serious

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:25.259
 because they will

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:26.619
 prevent you

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:28.759
 from becoming a Christian

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:29.980
 if you're not yet a Christian.

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:33.420
 And they will hinder you

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:35.519
 in your walk with Jesus

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.019
 if you are already

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:38.099
 a believer.

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:40.379
 They'll spoil your relationship

00:36:40.379 --> 00:36:41.799
 with your Savior.

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:44.280
 So what's the answer?

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.720
 What do we do?

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.600
 Well, when we talk

00:36:49.600 --> 00:36:50.560
 about stuff like this

00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:51.360
 it's very easy

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.960
 to start saying

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:53.680
 well, you need to

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:55.220
 rid your life

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.920
 of obstacles

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:57.539
 and you need

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.440
 to come to Jesus.

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:00.039
 And in many ways

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:01.600
 you think

00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:02.039
 well that's maybe

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.740
 what the pattern

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.420
 of the chapter

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.920
 is saying

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.380
 because you've got

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:06.260
 that great call

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.700
 at the end

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:07.740
 where Jesus asks us

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.800
 to come to him

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.580
 and we're thinking

00:37:09.580 --> 00:37:10.039
 okay, right

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.180
 I can see these hurdles

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.639
 in my life

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.759
 I need to overcome them

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.799
 and get back to Jesus.

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.179
 And so

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:15.960
 you kind of almost imagine

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:17.759
 you're on a journey

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.359
 home

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:20.079
 and you're crossing

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.899
 maybe you're going

00:37:20.899 --> 00:37:21.579
 across the moor

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:21.960
 or something

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.440
 maybe it's just because

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.279
 I've driven from Carly

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:24.299
 I'm thinking in these terms

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:25.679
 but you've got to

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:27.139
 climb over

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:28.440
 all sorts of obstacles

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.379
 you've got to get over

00:37:29.379 --> 00:37:30.619
 fences and ditches

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.119
 and walls

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:32.299
 and you'll get there.

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:32.899
 And so

00:37:32.899 --> 00:37:33.940
 I could say to you

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:35.219
 if you can

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:36.799
 jump over the ditch

00:37:36.799 --> 00:37:38.079
 of being unsure

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:39.699
 if you can push

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.500
 through the bog

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.800
 of being unfussed

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:43.019
 if you can break

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.679
 down the wall

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:44.900
 of being unteachable

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.739
 then you'll get

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.260
 to Jesus

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:48.019
 and then everything

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.800
 will be fine.

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.840
 I could stand here

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.219
 and say

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:51.639
 you need to overcome

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:52.940
 the obstacles

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:54.639
 and come to Jesus.

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.920
 It would be so easy

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.679
 to say that

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:59.760
 but I don't think

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:00.539
 that's what this chapter

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.119
 is saying

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:04.579
 and I don't think

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.219
 that that's what

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.739
 the gospel

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.940
 is telling us to do.

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:09.139
 the gospel

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.280
 is not saying

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:12.559
 overcome the obstacles

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.539
 and get to Jesus.

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.159
 The gospel

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.780
 is saying

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:19.119
 come to Jesus

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:22.139
 and the obstacles

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:23.240
 will disappear.

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:28.059
 And that's summed up

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:29.220
 in the amazing words

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.960
 that Jesus makes

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.480
 at the end

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.420
 of the chapter

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.460
 in verse 28.

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:33.300
 Come to me

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:34.500
 all who labor

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:36.059
 and are heavy laden

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:37.360
 and I will give you rest.

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.599
 Take my yoke upon you

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.579
 and learn from me

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.860
 for I am gentle

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:42.400
 and lowly in heart

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.860
 and you will find

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:45.920
 rest for your souls.

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.920
 Jesus is saying

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:48.079
 come to me

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:50.119
 and learn from me.

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.699
 And that's what

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.340
 we need to do

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:53.019
 when we face

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.579
 these obstacles

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.240
 we need to go

00:38:54.240 --> 00:38:55.360
 straight to Jesus

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:57.599
 and learn from him.

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.780
 And these obstacles

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.400
 will disappear.

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:03.079
 So that means

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:04.700
 when you are unsure

00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:06.900
 come to Jesus

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:08.960
 and learn from him.

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.400
 You see something

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.920
 so amazing

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.579
 in this chapter

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:13.200
 that when John's message

00:39:13.200 --> 00:39:13.740
 of uncertainty

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.639
 comes to Jesus

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.559
 Jesus gives him

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:17.200
 such a brilliant reply.

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:17.980
 He says to them

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.639
 in verse 4

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.980
 go and tell John

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:21.240
 what you hear

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:22.500
 and see.

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:23.900
 The blind receive

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.380
 their sight

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:25.160
 and the lame walk.

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.940
 Lepers are cleansed

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.639
 and the deaf hear

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:28.019
 and the dead are raised up

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:29.000
 and the poor have good news

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.639
 preached to them

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.859
 and blessed is the one

00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:31.559
 who is not offended

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.059
 by me.

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:33.420
 The key words are these

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.519
 go and tell them

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:35.480
 what you see

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:36.400
 and hear.

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.940
 In other words

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.900
 Jesus points

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:39.460
 the unsure person

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:41.039
 to objective

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:42.799
 verifiable truth.

00:39:42.879 --> 00:39:43.299
 Now this is

00:39:43.299 --> 00:39:44.599
 incredibly important

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.460
 in terms of

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.079
 our understanding

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.699
 of Christianity

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:48.139
 and our whole

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:50.299
 view of the gospel

00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:51.679
 because so many people

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.259
 get this wrong.

00:39:52.379 --> 00:39:53.000
 So many people

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.940
 think that faith

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.799
 is believing

00:39:54.799 --> 00:39:55.279
 in something

00:39:55.279 --> 00:39:56.139
 that's vague

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:57.500
 and mystical

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:59.039
 and something

00:39:59.039 --> 00:39:59.579
 that doesn't

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.780
 necessarily tie in

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.300
 with the facts

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.699
 so we think

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.300
 well yes

00:40:02.300 --> 00:40:02.940
 I've got facts

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.340
 over here

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:03.739
 but I've got

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.219
 my faith

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:04.739
 over here

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.679
 and I'm just

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.119
 going to hold

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:06.599
 on to that

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.079
 even though

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.739
 it doesn't

00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:08.980
 align with the facts.

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.880
 That's not the gospel.

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:11.199
 That is not the gospel.

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.980
 That's not the way

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.980
 Christianity works.

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:13.679
 In fact

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.059
 if you want

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:15.079
 the best example

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:16.820
 of that kind

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.599
 of separation

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.559
 between faith

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:19.340
 and facts

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:20.239
 one place

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:21.019
 where you see it

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:22.239
 quite tragically

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:24.400
 is in secular

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.320
 humanism's

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.460
 approach to death

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.360
 because you will see

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.539
 people who are

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:29.059
 humanists

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:29.760
 whose world view

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.039
 is saying

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.860
 that there is no God

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.559
 that there is nothing

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:32.139
 supernatural

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.900
 that there is nothing

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.800
 beyond this life

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.579
 and yet when someone

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.539
 they love dies

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.579
 they will say

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:39.280
 that they're with us

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:41.800
 that they're watching

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.639
 over us

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:45.440
 that we'll meet again

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:47.480
 and I can completely

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.300
 understand why people

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.840
 are saying that

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.679
 because a cold

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.119
 harsh

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:51.920
 consistently secular

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.740
 view of death

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.340
 is something that

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:54.059
 very few people

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:55.039
 can actually live with

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.659
 but that idea

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.579
 that there's something

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:58.079
 that idea

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:59.819
 that we'll meet again

00:40:59.819 --> 00:41:00.980
 that idea

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.440
 that there's

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:03.319
 another side

00:41:03.319 --> 00:41:05.679
 that's not faith

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:08.399
 that's guessing

00:41:08.399 --> 00:41:11.779
 faith in terms

00:41:11.779 --> 00:41:12.519
 of how the Bible

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:13.339
 understands it

00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:14.619
 is not guesswork

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.779
 it's not vague

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:16.879
 it's not blind

00:41:16.879 --> 00:41:18.139
 it is grounded

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:19.559
 on objective

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:21.460
 verifiable truth

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:22.420
 and that's why

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:23.239
 when John comes

00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:23.759
 with his doubts

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.600
 Jesus doesn't say

00:41:24.600 --> 00:41:24.860
 to him

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.860
 keep the faith

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:27.040
 feel the energy

00:41:27.040 --> 00:41:29.340
 be true to yourself

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.780
 and everything

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.360
 will be fine

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:32.600
 he doesn't talk

00:41:32.600 --> 00:41:33.260
 like that

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:35.420
 instead Jesus

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:36.900
 says to the messenger

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:38.180
 go and tell John

00:41:38.180 --> 00:41:39.180
 the facts

00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:41.080
 about what you've

00:41:41.080 --> 00:41:41.500
 seen

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.580
 and heard

00:41:42.580 --> 00:41:44.700
 real blind people

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.140
 have received

00:41:45.140 --> 00:41:45.720
 their sight

00:41:45.720 --> 00:41:47.100
 real lame people

00:41:47.100 --> 00:41:47.660
 walk

00:41:47.660 --> 00:41:49.000
 real people

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.880
 who are lepers

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:51.520
 have been cleansed

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.239
 and it's all

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:52.840
 reminding us

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.460
 that the gospel

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:54.380
 is grounded

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:55.539
 on objective

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:57.460
 verifiable truth

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:57.980
 in other words

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.539
 it's grounded

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:59.099
 on stuff

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:00.019
 that's real

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:01.759
 the miracles

00:42:01.759 --> 00:42:02.300
 of Jesus

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:03.599
 really happened

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.579
 the ministry

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.079
 of Jesus

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:06.159
 really happened

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:07.039
 the betrayal

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.539
 arrest

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.599
 and crucifixion

00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:09.000
 of Jesus

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.880
 really happened

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.800
 and most importantly

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:11.840
 of all the resurrection

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.980
 of Jesus

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:14.840
 really happened

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.519
 these are

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:16.940
 objective truths

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:18.199
 they're real events

00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:19.199
 that really happened

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:20.899
 and they're verifiable

00:42:20.899 --> 00:42:23.139
 through the historical record

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:24.339
 that the Bible gives us

00:42:24.339 --> 00:42:25.000
 and that's why

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:26.819
 eyewitness testimony

00:42:26.819 --> 00:42:29.019
 is at the heart

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.779
 of the gospel

00:42:29.779 --> 00:42:30.460
 it's the heart

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:31.079
 at the heart

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:32.419
 of the New Testament's message

00:42:32.419 --> 00:42:33.460
 the New Testament

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:34.559
 is not a collection

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.859
 of religious meditations

00:42:35.859 --> 00:42:39.379
 it's an eyewitness record

00:42:39.379 --> 00:42:41.239
 Christianity

00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:42.859
 is not grounded

00:42:42.859 --> 00:42:43.399
 on stuff

00:42:43.399 --> 00:42:44.000
 that we hope

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.419
 is true

00:42:44.419 --> 00:42:46.539
 it's grounded

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:47.079
 on stuff

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:48.099
 that is

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:48.879
 true

00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:51.380
 and you might

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:52.619
 be skeptical

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.000
 of that

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.519
 maybe you do

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:54.059
 reject it

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:54.780
 maybe you know

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.280
 people

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:56.420
 who reject it

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:57.760
 if that's the case

00:42:57.760 --> 00:42:58.720
 I want you to imagine

00:42:58.720 --> 00:42:59.360
 that Matthew

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:00.300
 was sitting next to you

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:00.760
 right now

00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:02.559
 that he was sitting

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.300
 in the pew next to you

00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:03.740
 and if you're watching

00:43:03.740 --> 00:43:04.059
 at home

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:04.800
 sitting on the sofa

00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:05.579
 beside you

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:06.720
 and you could turn

00:43:06.720 --> 00:43:07.140
 to him and say

00:43:07.140 --> 00:43:07.440
 Matthew

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:08.220
 see all this stuff

00:43:08.220 --> 00:43:08.619
 you wrote

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:10.840
 it didn't happen

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:12.760
 you were wrong

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:16.320
 I think if you said that

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:17.400
 Matthew would say to you

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:18.160
 hold on a minute

00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:21.159
 I was there

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:25.619
 I was there

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:28.839
 and I saw it

00:43:28.839 --> 00:43:34.259
 and when John

00:43:34.259 --> 00:43:35.199
 comes to Jesus

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:35.879
 with his doubts

00:43:35.879 --> 00:43:36.619
 and his uncertainty

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:38.119
 that's what Jesus

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:39.079
 is pointing him towards

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:40.519
 verifiable

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:41.579
 objective

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:42.579
 truth

00:43:42.579 --> 00:43:43.819
 and the amazing

00:43:43.819 --> 00:43:44.420
 thing about this

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:44.799
 you might think

00:43:44.799 --> 00:43:45.480
 why is Thomas

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:46.279
 going on about this

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:47.700
 the thing that's so

00:43:47.700 --> 00:43:48.880
 important about this

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:50.820
 about objective

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:52.600
 verifiable truth

00:43:52.600 --> 00:43:54.300
 is that it means

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:55.840
 that no matter

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:57.380
 how much you doubt

00:43:57.380 --> 00:44:00.140
 that has absolutely

00:44:00.140 --> 00:44:01.220
 no bearing

00:44:01.220 --> 00:44:02.060
 whatsoever

00:44:02.060 --> 00:44:03.660
 on the fact

00:44:03.660 --> 00:44:05.280
 that it's true

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:08.560
 doubts don't

00:44:08.560 --> 00:44:10.080
 change facts

00:44:10.080 --> 00:44:13.180
 doubts don't

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:14.560
 change the truth

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:16.159
 some facts

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:16.179
 some facts

00:44:16.179 --> 00:44:17.199
 are hard

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:17.820
 to believe

00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:18.920
 I find it

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:19.579
 hard to believe

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:20.259
 that my heart

00:44:20.259 --> 00:44:21.239
 beats every single

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:22.099
 second of my life

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:23.960
 since my mother's womb

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.699
 I find it hard

00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:25.320
 to believe that

00:44:25.320 --> 00:44:25.920
 that it's just

00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:26.299
 beating

00:44:26.299 --> 00:44:29.219
 when you're standing

00:44:29.219 --> 00:44:29.759
 here it's beating

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.340
 more like this

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:34.440
 and your heart

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:34.960
 is beating

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.559
 and beating

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:36.079
 and beating

00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:36.420
 and beating

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:36.980
 I find it hard

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:37.340
 to believe

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:37.820
 that in the last

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:38.519
 80 odd years

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:38.900
 there's been

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:40.079
 7 billion

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:40.920
 child births

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:41.599
 on planet earth

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:43.980
 but it's true

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:44.500
 I find it hard

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:44.799
 to believe

00:44:44.799 --> 00:44:45.119
 that there's

00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:45.719
 this thing

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:47.279
 that I can't

00:44:47.279 --> 00:44:47.619
 taste

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.279
 I can't see

00:44:48.279 --> 00:44:49.039
 I can't smell

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:50.279
 I can't touch

00:44:50.279 --> 00:44:51.559
 I can't feel

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:53.420
 and it keeps

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:53.759
 all of us

00:44:53.759 --> 00:44:54.219
 on the ground

00:44:54.219 --> 00:44:55.900
 and in fact

00:44:55.900 --> 00:44:56.219
 it holds

00:44:56.219 --> 00:44:56.719
 the universe

00:44:56.719 --> 00:44:58.460
 and the orbiting

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:59.059
 of planets

00:44:59.059 --> 00:44:59.420
 and everything

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.839
 together

00:44:59.839 --> 00:45:00.339
 gravity

00:45:00.339 --> 00:45:02.519
 I find it hard

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:02.980
 to sometimes

00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:03.299
 believe

00:45:03.299 --> 00:45:03.639
 that there's

00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:03.940
 this thing

00:45:03.940 --> 00:45:04.380
 that I can't

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:04.539
 feel

00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:04.819
 that it can

00:45:04.819 --> 00:45:05.219
 still pull

00:45:05.219 --> 00:45:05.559
 me to the

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:05.900
 ground

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:07.940
 but my

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.559
 doubts

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:09.400
 have no

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:09.960
 effect

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.619
 whatsoever

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:11.160
 on the fact

00:45:11.160 --> 00:45:11.460
 that these

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:11.800
 things are

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.119
 true

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:16.039
 and that's

00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:16.760
 so true

00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:17.200
 about the

00:45:17.200 --> 00:45:17.619
 gospel

00:45:17.619 --> 00:45:18.680
 because your

00:45:18.680 --> 00:45:19.300
 doubts

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:19.700
 which we

00:45:19.700 --> 00:45:20.440
 all have

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:21.380
 your doubts

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:24.039
 have no

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:24.559
 effect

00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:25.260
 whatsoever

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:28.079
 on the fact

00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:28.480
 that all of

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:28.780
 this is

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:29.180
 true

00:45:29.180 --> 00:45:32.660
 and that's

00:45:32.660 --> 00:45:33.220
 why if

00:45:33.220 --> 00:45:33.940
 you're unsure

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:34.559
 Jesus is

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.079
 saying come

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.840
 to me

00:45:35.840 --> 00:45:37.340
 and learn

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:38.019
 from me

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:39.320
 learn the

00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:39.800
 facts

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:40.700
 from me

00:45:40.700 --> 00:45:41.980
 everyone

00:45:41.980 --> 00:45:42.400
 doubts

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:43.039
 the greatest

00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:43.320
 doubt

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:43.680
 John the

00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:44.000
 Baptist

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:45.140
 doubted

00:45:45.140 --> 00:45:45.559
 and he was

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:45.980
 fulfilling

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.880
 the prophetic

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:47.380
 appearance

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:48.000
 of Elijah

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.700
 Elijah

00:45:48.700 --> 00:45:49.620
 doubted

00:45:49.620 --> 00:45:50.140
 as well

00:45:50.140 --> 00:45:50.980
 if you look

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.300
 at his

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:51.740
 life

00:45:51.740 --> 00:45:52.880
 these guys

00:45:52.880 --> 00:45:53.380
 all had

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:53.880
 incredible

00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:54.640
 experiences

00:45:54.640 --> 00:45:56.620
 and you

00:45:56.620 --> 00:45:57.000
 have maybe

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:57.700
 had incredible

00:45:57.700 --> 00:45:58.180
 experiences

00:45:58.180 --> 00:45:58.559
 but the

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:59.079
 certainty

00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.760
 and the

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:00.180
 high of

00:46:00.180 --> 00:46:00.400
 those

00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:00.800
 incredible

00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:01.320
 experiences

00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:02.039
 don't always

00:46:02.039 --> 00:46:02.539
 last the

00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:03.120
 distance

00:46:03.120 --> 00:46:04.039
 but what

00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:04.800
 will last

00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:05.740
 is objective

00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:06.779
 truth

00:46:06.779 --> 00:46:08.219
 the fact

00:46:08.219 --> 00:46:08.539
 that you

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.319
 are safe

00:46:09.319 --> 00:46:11.039
 and the

00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:11.539
 fact that if

00:46:11.539 --> 00:46:12.059
 you're trusting

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:12.579
 in Jesus

00:46:12.579 --> 00:46:13.139
 he is

00:46:13.139 --> 00:46:13.659
 everything

00:46:13.659 --> 00:46:14.339
 that you

00:46:14.339 --> 00:46:14.679
 need

00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:15.539
 often we

00:46:15.539 --> 00:46:16.139
 are plagued

00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:16.379
 by the

00:46:16.379 --> 00:46:17.019
 same question

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:17.539
 as John

00:46:17.539 --> 00:46:18.519
 that question

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:18.879
 shall I

00:46:18.879 --> 00:46:19.219
 look for

00:46:19.219 --> 00:46:19.579
 another

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:22.359
 shall I

00:46:22.359 --> 00:46:22.759
 look for

00:46:22.759 --> 00:46:23.139
 another

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:24.339
 so some

00:46:24.339 --> 00:46:24.839
 people find

00:46:24.839 --> 00:46:25.279
 that Jesus

00:46:25.279 --> 00:46:25.699
 is too

00:46:25.699 --> 00:46:26.119
 much for

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:26.299
 them

00:46:26.299 --> 00:46:26.500
 and they're

00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:26.819
 like I

00:46:26.819 --> 00:46:27.099
 don't really

00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:27.419
 want to

00:46:27.419 --> 00:46:27.759
 know about

00:46:27.759 --> 00:46:28.019
 Jesus

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:28.299
 and they

00:46:28.299 --> 00:46:28.579
 just

00:46:28.579 --> 00:46:29.119
 kind of

00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:30.099
 push him

00:46:30.099 --> 00:46:30.339
 away

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:31.160
 I think

00:46:31.160 --> 00:46:31.640
 more

00:46:31.640 --> 00:46:32.160
 people

00:46:32.160 --> 00:46:33.780
 find that

00:46:33.780 --> 00:46:34.340
 Jesus is

00:46:34.340 --> 00:46:34.980
 not enough

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.519
 for them

00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:37.000
 and that's

00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:37.340
 true for

00:46:37.340 --> 00:46:37.740
 Christians

00:46:37.740 --> 00:46:38.079
 and it's

00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:38.579
 true for

00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:39.280
 unbelievers

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:40.100
 and we

00:46:40.100 --> 00:46:40.579
 feel this

00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:41.100
 need to

00:46:41.100 --> 00:46:41.460
 look for

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:41.760
 another

00:46:41.760 --> 00:46:42.120
 we think

00:46:42.120 --> 00:46:42.420
 yes I've

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:42.800
 got Jesus

00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:44.200
 but should

00:46:44.200 --> 00:46:44.480
 I look

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:45.059
 for another

00:46:45.059 --> 00:46:46.579
 and so we

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:47.039
 look for

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.700
 security

00:46:47.700 --> 00:46:48.980
 in our

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:49.380
 health

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:49.800
 or in

00:46:49.800 --> 00:46:50.100
 our

00:46:50.100 --> 00:46:50.620
 possessions

00:46:50.620 --> 00:46:51.760
 we look

00:46:51.760 --> 00:46:52.680
 for a

00:46:52.680 --> 00:46:53.079
 sense of

00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:53.800
 self-worth

00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:54.640
 and identity

00:46:54.640 --> 00:46:55.519
 in what

00:46:55.519 --> 00:46:56.200
 other people

00:46:56.200 --> 00:46:56.720
 think of

00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:56.920
 us

00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:57.200
 we look

00:46:57.200 --> 00:46:57.860
 for attention

00:46:57.860 --> 00:46:58.940
 and affirmation

00:46:58.940 --> 00:46:59.940
 on social

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:00.300
 media

00:47:00.300 --> 00:47:01.200
 we look

00:47:01.200 --> 00:47:01.720
 for hope

00:47:01.720 --> 00:47:02.519
 in politics

00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:03.280
 we look

00:47:03.280 --> 00:47:03.940
 for joy

00:47:03.940 --> 00:47:05.400
 in sport

00:47:05.400 --> 00:47:07.240
 and

00:47:07.240 --> 00:47:09.019
 if we are

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.579
 doing that

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:10.159
 if we are

00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:11.300
 looking for

00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:11.900
 meaning and

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.579
 security and

00:47:12.579 --> 00:47:13.000
 hope and

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:13.460
 peace in

00:47:13.460 --> 00:47:13.940
 another

00:47:13.940 --> 00:47:15.720
 it's because

00:47:15.720 --> 00:47:16.240
 we're looking

00:47:16.240 --> 00:47:16.680
 at Jesus

00:47:16.680 --> 00:47:17.159
 and we're

00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:17.740
 unsure

00:47:17.740 --> 00:47:19.860
 we're unsure

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:21.059
 that he's

00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:21.680
 enough

00:47:21.680 --> 00:47:24.240
 and we

00:47:24.240 --> 00:47:24.740
 all do

00:47:24.740 --> 00:47:25.119
 that from

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:25.700
 time to

00:47:25.700 --> 00:47:26.019
 time we

00:47:26.019 --> 00:47:26.720
 all struggle

00:47:26.719 --> 00:47:27.139
 with doubts

00:47:27.139 --> 00:47:27.599
 but if

00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:28.279
 you are

00:47:28.279 --> 00:47:29.419
 struggling

00:47:29.419 --> 00:47:29.879
 with doubts

00:47:29.879 --> 00:47:30.239
 if you're

00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:30.759
 a Christian

00:47:30.759 --> 00:47:31.399
 who is

00:47:31.399 --> 00:47:31.699
 struggling

00:47:31.699 --> 00:47:32.219
 with doubts

00:47:32.219 --> 00:47:32.759
 I want

00:47:32.759 --> 00:47:33.099
 you to

00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:33.539
 imagine

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:34.339
 that right

00:47:34.339 --> 00:47:34.739
 now you

00:47:34.739 --> 00:47:35.079
 could do

00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:35.439
 what John

00:47:35.439 --> 00:47:35.839
 the Baptist

00:47:35.839 --> 00:47:36.259
 did

00:47:36.259 --> 00:47:37.419
 remember John

00:47:37.419 --> 00:47:37.819
 the Baptist

00:47:37.819 --> 00:47:38.379
 got one of

00:47:38.379 --> 00:47:39.139
 his friends

00:47:39.139 --> 00:47:39.759
 to say go

00:47:39.759 --> 00:47:40.259
 and ask

00:47:40.259 --> 00:47:40.539
 him

00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:42.239
 go and ask

00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:42.500
 him

00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:44.500
 and so I

00:47:44.500 --> 00:47:44.899
 want you to

00:47:44.899 --> 00:47:45.299
 imagine that

00:47:45.299 --> 00:47:45.619
 you can do

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:45.939
 the same

00:47:45.939 --> 00:47:46.399
 imagine that

00:47:46.399 --> 00:47:46.919
 right now you

00:47:46.919 --> 00:47:47.419
 could send a

00:47:47.419 --> 00:47:48.319
 messenger to

00:47:48.319 --> 00:47:48.899
 Jesus in

00:47:48.899 --> 00:47:49.359
 heaven and

00:47:49.359 --> 00:47:49.939
 say are you

00:47:49.939 --> 00:47:50.480
 the saviour

00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:50.939
 who is to

00:47:50.939 --> 00:47:52.119
 come or

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:52.539
 should I look

00:47:52.539 --> 00:47:53.019
 for another

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:55.139
 am I really

00:47:55.139 --> 00:47:56.399
 safe and

00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:57.300
 secure with

00:47:57.300 --> 00:47:58.559
 you and

00:47:58.559 --> 00:47:59.200
 I think that

00:47:59.200 --> 00:47:59.599
 if you did

00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:00.119
 that Jesus

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.700
 would say to

00:48:00.700 --> 00:48:01.300
 your messenger

00:48:01.300 --> 00:48:03.139
 go and tell

00:48:03.139 --> 00:48:04.380
 them what

00:48:04.380 --> 00:48:05.760
 you see and

00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:08.200
 hear and

00:48:08.200 --> 00:48:08.599
 your friend

00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:09.019
 would come

00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:10.000
 back saying

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:11.119
 I saw

00:48:11.119 --> 00:48:13.420
 Jesus at

00:48:13.420 --> 00:48:13.940
 the right

00:48:13.940 --> 00:48:14.639
 hand of the

00:48:14.639 --> 00:48:17.320
 father and

00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:18.099
 I heard him

00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:18.860
 praying to

00:48:18.860 --> 00:48:19.700
 the father and

00:48:19.700 --> 00:48:20.360
 he mentioned

00:48:20.360 --> 00:48:20.880
 your name

00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:21.579
 loads of

00:48:21.579 --> 00:48:23.820
 times and

00:48:23.820 --> 00:48:24.660
 I saw your

00:48:24.660 --> 00:48:25.360
 name written

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:26.019
 in permanent

00:48:26.019 --> 00:48:27.420
 ink in his

00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:27.800
 book of

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:30.000
 life and

00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:30.280
 I saw

00:48:30.280 --> 00:48:30.700
 God the

00:48:30.700 --> 00:48:31.680
 father smile

00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:32.740
 when I

00:48:32.740 --> 00:48:33.280
 mentioned your

00:48:33.280 --> 00:48:34.579
 name and

00:48:34.579 --> 00:48:35.280
 I saw that

00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:35.579
 they were

00:48:35.579 --> 00:48:36.260
 preparing a

00:48:36.260 --> 00:48:37.059
 place for

00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:41.559
 you and

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:41.840
 when you

00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:42.280
 think about

00:48:42.280 --> 00:48:42.740
 all that you

00:48:42.740 --> 00:48:43.660
 realize I

00:48:43.660 --> 00:48:44.059
 don't need to

00:48:44.059 --> 00:48:44.320
 look for

00:48:44.320 --> 00:48:47.360
 another in

00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:47.880
 Jesus I

00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:48.579
 have everything

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:49.659
 that I

00:48:49.659 --> 00:48:50.059
 need

00:48:50.059 --> 00:48:53.279
 another way to

00:48:53.279 --> 00:48:53.639
 think about

00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:53.960
 it is to

00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:54.279
 ask the

00:48:54.279 --> 00:48:55.699
 question where

00:48:55.699 --> 00:48:56.400
 do you feel

00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:57.400
 you're most

00:48:57.400 --> 00:48:58.880
 special what

00:48:58.880 --> 00:48:59.420
 when I ask

00:48:59.420 --> 00:48:59.719
 that question

00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:00.139
 what pops

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:00.440
 into your

00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:01.059
 head where

00:49:01.059 --> 00:49:01.500
 do you feel

00:49:01.500 --> 00:49:01.739
 that you're

00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:02.880
 most special

00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:03.639
 now there's

00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:03.920
 lots of

00:49:03.920 --> 00:49:04.239
 things that

00:49:04.239 --> 00:49:04.539
 make us

00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:05.000
 feel special

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:05.340
 but where

00:49:05.340 --> 00:49:05.739
 do you feel

00:49:05.739 --> 00:49:06.079
 at your

00:49:06.079 --> 00:49:07.739
 most special

00:49:07.739 --> 00:49:08.819
 is it with

00:49:08.819 --> 00:49:09.799
 another so

00:49:09.799 --> 00:49:10.699
 is it when

00:49:10.699 --> 00:49:11.219
 you do well

00:49:11.219 --> 00:49:12.079
 at work and

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:12.440
 you come on

00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:13.179
 thinking I've

00:49:13.179 --> 00:49:13.579
 done really

00:49:13.579 --> 00:49:14.039
 well at work

00:49:14.039 --> 00:49:14.659
 today is it

00:49:14.659 --> 00:49:14.980
 when you get

00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:15.400
 really good

00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:16.739
 results in

00:49:16.739 --> 00:49:17.779
 school is it

00:49:17.779 --> 00:49:18.159
 when you're

00:49:18.159 --> 00:49:18.459
 getting on

00:49:18.459 --> 00:49:18.819
 really well

00:49:18.819 --> 00:49:19.119
 with your

00:49:19.119 --> 00:49:20.319
 friends is it

00:49:20.319 --> 00:49:20.819
 when you go

00:49:20.819 --> 00:49:22.039
 and get

00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:22.819
 some exercise

00:49:22.819 --> 00:49:23.699
 is it when

00:49:23.699 --> 00:49:24.159
 you get lots

00:49:24.159 --> 00:49:24.679
 of attention

00:49:24.679 --> 00:49:25.939
 on social

00:49:25.939 --> 00:49:27.899
 media if

00:49:27.899 --> 00:49:28.879
 it is then

00:49:28.879 --> 00:49:29.819
 it means that

00:49:29.819 --> 00:49:30.219
 even if you're

00:49:30.219 --> 00:49:30.779
 a Christian you

00:49:30.779 --> 00:49:31.479
 don't understand

00:49:31.479 --> 00:49:32.019
 Christianity

00:49:32.019 --> 00:49:33.859
 well enough

00:49:33.859 --> 00:49:34.779
 yet because

00:49:34.779 --> 00:49:35.939
 the place

00:49:35.939 --> 00:49:36.739
 where you are

00:49:36.739 --> 00:49:37.099
 at your

00:49:37.099 --> 00:49:38.539
 most special

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:41.659
 is when

00:49:41.659 --> 00:49:42.179
 Jesus is

00:49:42.179 --> 00:49:42.599
 looking at

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:42.819
 you

00:49:42.820 --> 00:49:47.840
 that is

00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:48.160
 when you

00:49:48.160 --> 00:49:48.440
 are at

00:49:48.440 --> 00:49:48.580
 your

00:49:48.580 --> 00:49:49.200
 most

00:49:49.200 --> 00:49:49.840
 special

00:49:49.840 --> 00:49:51.120
 most

00:49:51.120 --> 00:49:51.539
 precious

00:49:51.539 --> 00:49:51.880
 because

00:49:51.880 --> 00:49:52.280
 you are

00:49:52.280 --> 00:49:53.220
 never

00:49:53.220 --> 00:49:54.300
 as special

00:49:54.300 --> 00:49:55.100
 anywhere

00:49:55.100 --> 00:49:55.580
 else

00:49:55.580 --> 00:49:57.140
 as you

00:49:57.140 --> 00:49:57.620
 are to

00:49:57.620 --> 00:49:58.000
 him

00:49:58.000 --> 00:50:01.160
 and all

00:50:01.160 --> 00:50:01.420
 of this

00:50:01.420 --> 00:50:01.900
 is reminding

00:50:01.900 --> 00:50:02.300
 us that

00:50:02.300 --> 00:50:02.700
 when we

00:50:02.700 --> 00:50:03.680
 are unsure

00:50:03.680 --> 00:50:04.980
 when we

00:50:04.980 --> 00:50:05.440
 feel like

00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:05.900
 our faith

00:50:05.900 --> 00:50:06.519
 is wobbling

00:50:06.519 --> 00:50:07.559
 we don't

00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:07.900
 need to

00:50:07.900 --> 00:50:08.440
 fix those

00:50:08.440 --> 00:50:08.820
 doubts

00:50:08.820 --> 00:50:09.420
 in order

00:50:09.420 --> 00:50:09.740
 to get

00:50:09.740 --> 00:50:10.120
 back to

00:50:10.120 --> 00:50:10.360
 Jesus

00:50:10.360 --> 00:50:10.840
 we just

00:50:10.840 --> 00:50:11.140
 need to

00:50:11.140 --> 00:50:11.600
 get back

00:50:11.600 --> 00:50:11.780
 to

00:50:11.780 --> 00:50:12.260
 Jesus

00:50:12.260 --> 00:50:14.660
 and come

00:50:14.660 --> 00:50:15.040
 to him

00:50:15.040 --> 00:50:15.520
 and learn

00:50:15.520 --> 00:50:16.080
 from him

00:50:16.080 --> 00:50:17.520
 and he

00:50:17.520 --> 00:50:18.160
 will take

00:50:18.160 --> 00:50:19.540
 all those

00:50:19.540 --> 00:50:19.960
 doubts

00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:20.600
 away

00:50:20.600 --> 00:50:22.280
 that's such

00:50:22.280 --> 00:50:22.820
 an important

00:50:22.820 --> 00:50:23.480
 reminder for

00:50:23.480 --> 00:50:23.780
 us as

00:50:23.780 --> 00:50:24.040
 Christians

00:50:24.040 --> 00:50:24.340
 and if

00:50:24.340 --> 00:50:24.600
 someone's

00:50:24.600 --> 00:50:25.020
 not yet

00:50:25.020 --> 00:50:25.420
 a Christian

00:50:25.420 --> 00:50:26.320
 when you

00:50:26.320 --> 00:50:26.520
 doubt

00:50:26.520 --> 00:50:26.860
 where do

00:50:26.860 --> 00:50:27.200
 you go

00:50:27.200 --> 00:50:27.720
 where do

00:50:27.720 --> 00:50:28.060
 you go

00:50:28.060 --> 00:50:28.380
 when you're

00:50:28.380 --> 00:50:28.740
 unsure

00:50:28.740 --> 00:50:29.180
 when you're

00:50:29.180 --> 00:50:29.460
 unsure

00:50:29.460 --> 00:50:30.060
 about life

00:50:30.060 --> 00:50:30.560
 and death

00:50:30.560 --> 00:50:31.040
 and time

00:50:31.040 --> 00:50:31.640
 and eternity

00:50:31.640 --> 00:50:32.200
 and life

00:50:32.200 --> 00:50:32.680
 and meaning

00:50:32.680 --> 00:50:33.520
 and purpose

00:50:33.520 --> 00:50:33.820
 and who

00:50:33.820 --> 00:50:34.220
 you really

00:50:34.220 --> 00:50:34.500
 are

00:50:34.500 --> 00:50:35.040
 if you are

00:50:35.040 --> 00:50:35.360
 unsure

00:50:35.360 --> 00:50:35.820
 about that

00:50:35.820 --> 00:50:36.040
 stuff

00:50:36.040 --> 00:50:38.220
 where do

00:50:38.220 --> 00:50:38.640
 you go

00:50:38.639 --> 00:50:45.500
 when you're

00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:46.339
 unfussed

00:50:46.339 --> 00:50:46.940
 is our

00:50:46.940 --> 00:50:47.639
 second hurdle

00:50:47.639 --> 00:50:48.299
 the second

00:50:48.299 --> 00:50:48.759
 ones are

00:50:48.759 --> 00:50:49.159
 much quicker

00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:49.739
 I won't be

00:50:49.739 --> 00:50:50.059
 as long

00:50:50.059 --> 00:50:51.000
 with these

00:50:51.000 --> 00:50:52.219
 when you're

00:50:52.219 --> 00:50:53.039
 unfussed

00:50:53.039 --> 00:50:55.139
 what do

00:50:55.139 --> 00:50:55.579
 you do

00:50:55.579 --> 00:50:56.980
 you come

00:50:56.980 --> 00:50:57.739
 straight to

00:50:57.739 --> 00:50:58.079
 Jesus

00:50:58.079 --> 00:50:59.460
 and learn

00:50:59.460 --> 00:51:00.339
 from him

00:51:00.339 --> 00:51:01.579
 now this

00:51:01.579 --> 00:51:02.319
 obstacle again

00:51:02.319 --> 00:51:02.960
 confronts us

00:51:02.960 --> 00:51:03.500
 as Christians

00:51:03.500 --> 00:51:03.859
 and it

00:51:03.859 --> 00:51:04.480
 confronts us

00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:05.119
 if we're

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:05.719
 not yet

00:51:05.719 --> 00:51:06.980
 a Christian

00:51:06.980 --> 00:51:07.379
 and a good

00:51:07.379 --> 00:51:07.659
 way of

00:51:07.659 --> 00:51:08.259
 diagnosing

00:51:08.259 --> 00:51:08.859
 this question

00:51:08.859 --> 00:51:09.159
 of being

00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:09.699
 unfussed

00:51:09.699 --> 00:51:09.959
 is to

00:51:09.959 --> 00:51:10.599
 ask yourself

00:51:10.599 --> 00:51:11.539
 what makes

00:51:11.539 --> 00:51:12.199
 you mourn

00:51:12.199 --> 00:51:12.559
 and what

00:51:12.559 --> 00:51:12.919
 makes you

00:51:12.919 --> 00:51:13.339
 dance

00:51:13.339 --> 00:51:14.859
 what makes

00:51:14.859 --> 00:51:15.459
 you mourn

00:51:15.459 --> 00:51:16.199
 and what

00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:16.659
 makes you

00:51:16.659 --> 00:51:17.199
 dance

00:51:17.199 --> 00:51:19.459
 and all

00:51:19.459 --> 00:51:20.059
 too often

00:51:20.059 --> 00:51:21.039
 the answer

00:51:21.039 --> 00:51:21.419
 to those

00:51:21.419 --> 00:51:22.079
 two questions

00:51:22.079 --> 00:51:22.739
 is that

00:51:22.739 --> 00:51:23.480
 it's stuff

00:51:23.480 --> 00:51:24.779
 that actually

00:51:24.779 --> 00:51:25.879
 doesn't matter

00:51:25.879 --> 00:51:26.859
 very much

00:51:26.859 --> 00:51:28.519
 so if I

00:51:28.519 --> 00:51:29.019
 ask myself

00:51:29.019 --> 00:51:29.379
 the question

00:51:29.379 --> 00:51:29.919
 what makes

00:51:29.919 --> 00:51:30.699
 me dance

00:51:30.699 --> 00:51:32.039
 the answer

00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:33.059
 the instinctive

00:51:33.059 --> 00:51:33.579
 answer is

00:51:33.579 --> 00:51:34.159
 sport

00:51:34.159 --> 00:51:35.319
 so I

00:51:35.320 --> 00:51:35.780
 I was

00:51:35.780 --> 00:51:36.120
 hoping

00:51:36.120 --> 00:51:36.559
 that I'd

00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:36.980
 be dancing

00:51:36.980 --> 00:51:37.380
 on Friday

00:51:37.380 --> 00:51:37.660
 night

00:51:37.660 --> 00:51:37.980
 I was

00:51:37.980 --> 00:51:38.320
 actually

00:51:38.320 --> 00:51:38.940
 it was

00:51:38.940 --> 00:51:39.460
 a dirge

00:51:39.460 --> 00:51:39.860
 on Friday

00:51:39.860 --> 00:51:40.200
 night

00:51:40.200 --> 00:51:42.100
 when Scotland

00:51:42.100 --> 00:51:42.519
 played

00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:43.300
 Germany

00:51:43.300 --> 00:51:44.880
 but if Scotland

00:51:44.880 --> 00:51:45.600
 win if they can

00:51:45.600 --> 00:51:46.019
 get something

00:51:46.019 --> 00:51:46.660
 against Switzerland

00:51:46.660 --> 00:51:47.200
 and if they can

00:51:47.200 --> 00:51:48.320
 beat Hungary

00:51:48.320 --> 00:51:49.440
 I'll be dancing

00:51:49.440 --> 00:51:50.620
 in my heart

00:51:50.620 --> 00:51:51.640
 with joy

00:51:51.640 --> 00:51:52.940
 and it's the same

00:51:52.940 --> 00:51:53.900
 with lots of other

00:51:53.900 --> 00:51:55.480
 sporting things

00:51:55.480 --> 00:51:56.380
 I'm sure loads of

00:51:56.380 --> 00:51:57.019
 people here are the same

00:51:57.019 --> 00:51:57.600
 but you know

00:51:57.600 --> 00:51:58.240
 it doesn't really

00:51:58.240 --> 00:51:58.980
 matter does it

00:51:58.980 --> 00:52:00.660
 it's not really

00:52:00.660 --> 00:52:01.440
 that important

00:52:01.440 --> 00:52:05.700
 and the same

00:52:05.700 --> 00:52:06.800
 same thing happens

00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:07.659
 in terms of mourning

00:52:07.659 --> 00:52:08.860
 except the other

00:52:08.860 --> 00:52:09.400
 way around

00:52:09.400 --> 00:52:11.599
 every day the news

00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:12.659
 is singing dirges

00:52:12.659 --> 00:52:13.200
 to us

00:52:13.200 --> 00:52:14.139
 of all sorts of

00:52:14.139 --> 00:52:15.200
 stuff that's going

00:52:15.200 --> 00:52:16.559
 on in the world

00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:17.780
 we see suffering

00:52:17.780 --> 00:52:18.820
 and injustice

00:52:18.820 --> 00:52:20.000
 and oppression

00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:21.619
 and yet I ask

00:52:21.619 --> 00:52:21.920
 myself

00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:22.920
 do I really mourn

00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:23.519
 when I see that

00:52:23.519 --> 00:52:24.000
 or does it just

00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:24.700
 bounce off me

00:52:24.700 --> 00:52:26.179
 I just

00:52:26.179 --> 00:52:27.820
 see it

00:52:27.820 --> 00:52:28.460
 again and again

00:52:28.460 --> 00:52:30.420
 and it just

00:52:30.420 --> 00:52:31.559
 bounces off me

00:52:31.559 --> 00:52:34.179
 and sometimes

00:52:34.179 --> 00:52:35.340
 I realise that

00:52:35.340 --> 00:52:38.000
 I dance about

00:52:38.000 --> 00:52:38.599
 things that don't

00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:39.159
 really matter

00:52:39.159 --> 00:52:40.960
 and I fail to mourn

00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:42.059
 about things that do

00:52:42.059 --> 00:52:44.679
 Jesus responds

00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:45.740
 to that obstacle

00:52:45.740 --> 00:52:47.159
 of being unfussed

00:52:47.159 --> 00:52:50.220
 by talking about

00:52:50.220 --> 00:52:50.940
 a crucial

00:52:50.940 --> 00:52:52.280
 but probably

00:52:52.280 --> 00:52:53.599
 a surprising topic

00:52:53.599 --> 00:52:55.539
 he talks about

00:52:55.539 --> 00:52:56.179
 judgement

00:52:56.179 --> 00:52:58.239
 and so

00:52:58.239 --> 00:52:59.319
 if you are

00:52:59.319 --> 00:53:00.159
 unfussed

00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:01.059
 Jesus is saying

00:53:01.059 --> 00:53:01.919
 come to me

00:53:01.919 --> 00:53:03.079
 and learn

00:53:03.079 --> 00:53:04.460
 about judgement

00:53:04.460 --> 00:53:05.199
 now

00:53:05.199 --> 00:53:06.079
 you hear that

00:53:06.079 --> 00:53:06.279
 and you think

00:53:06.279 --> 00:53:06.619
 oh man

00:53:06.619 --> 00:53:07.219
 that sounds a bit

00:53:07.219 --> 00:53:07.519
 heavy

00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:09.039
 and we kind of

00:53:09.039 --> 00:53:10.299
 recoil from that

00:53:10.299 --> 00:53:11.940
 idea of judgement

00:53:11.940 --> 00:53:12.639
 and you know

00:53:12.639 --> 00:53:13.339
 when you look at

00:53:13.339 --> 00:53:14.519
 Matthew 11

00:53:14.519 --> 00:53:15.059
 you have these

00:53:15.059 --> 00:53:15.779
 beautiful words

00:53:15.779 --> 00:53:16.159
 at the end

00:53:16.159 --> 00:53:16.879
 where Jesus is saying

00:53:16.879 --> 00:53:17.399
 come to me

00:53:17.399 --> 00:53:17.919
 all who labour

00:53:17.919 --> 00:53:18.659
 and are heavy laden

00:53:18.659 --> 00:53:19.599
 and then you just

00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:20.399
 look a few verses

00:53:20.399 --> 00:53:21.579
 back and he's talking

00:53:21.579 --> 00:53:22.219
 about all sorts

00:53:22.219 --> 00:53:22.739
 of judgement

00:53:22.739 --> 00:53:23.219
 and you think

00:53:23.219 --> 00:53:24.139
 how can these

00:53:24.139 --> 00:53:25.079
 things go together

00:53:25.079 --> 00:53:27.579
 but we mustn't

00:53:27.579 --> 00:53:28.039
 come to that

00:53:28.039 --> 00:53:28.440
 conclusion

00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:29.099
 we mustn't

00:53:29.099 --> 00:53:29.440
 think that

00:53:29.440 --> 00:53:29.980
 these things

00:53:29.980 --> 00:53:31.219
 are incompatible

00:53:31.219 --> 00:53:31.880
 what we have

00:53:31.880 --> 00:53:32.319
 to remember

00:53:32.319 --> 00:53:32.960
 is judgement

00:53:32.960 --> 00:53:33.699
 is actually

00:53:33.699 --> 00:53:34.719
 an incredibly

00:53:34.719 --> 00:53:36.219
 precious thing

00:53:36.219 --> 00:53:37.299
 and I think

00:53:37.299 --> 00:53:37.759
 that we can

00:53:37.759 --> 00:53:38.420
 prove that

00:53:38.420 --> 00:53:38.940
 I think we can

00:53:38.940 --> 00:53:39.360
 prove that

00:53:39.360 --> 00:53:40.119
 judgement is

00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:41.319
 a very precious

00:53:41.319 --> 00:53:42.159
 thing

00:53:42.159 --> 00:53:43.940
 when we see

00:53:43.940 --> 00:53:44.739
 something that

00:53:44.739 --> 00:53:45.480
 is seriously

00:53:45.480 --> 00:53:46.659
 wrong in life

00:53:46.659 --> 00:53:48.699
 we don't hear

00:53:48.699 --> 00:53:49.420
 people say

00:53:49.420 --> 00:53:51.099
 we demand

00:53:51.099 --> 00:53:52.079
 judgement

00:53:52.079 --> 00:53:53.400
 people don't

00:53:53.400 --> 00:53:53.900
 tend to say

00:53:53.900 --> 00:53:54.980
 I want judgement

00:53:54.980 --> 00:53:56.139
 I need judgement

00:53:56.139 --> 00:53:56.860
 I long

00:53:56.860 --> 00:53:57.559
 for judgement

00:53:57.559 --> 00:53:58.420
 people don't

00:53:58.420 --> 00:53:58.980
 tend to say

00:53:58.980 --> 00:53:59.400
 that

00:53:59.400 --> 00:54:01.440
 instead they

00:54:01.440 --> 00:54:01.980
 say something

00:54:01.980 --> 00:54:02.440
 else

00:54:02.440 --> 00:54:04.160
 they say

00:54:04.160 --> 00:54:05.119
 we demand

00:54:05.119 --> 00:54:06.240
 justice

00:54:06.240 --> 00:54:07.980
 people see

00:54:07.980 --> 00:54:08.599
 something that's

00:54:08.599 --> 00:54:09.360
 seriously wrong

00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:10.599
 and they demand

00:54:10.599 --> 00:54:11.500
 justice

00:54:11.500 --> 00:54:13.660
 they crave

00:54:13.660 --> 00:54:15.260
 justice

00:54:15.260 --> 00:54:16.840
 they want

00:54:16.840 --> 00:54:18.180
 the wrong

00:54:18.180 --> 00:54:19.360
 to be put

00:54:19.360 --> 00:54:19.760
 right

00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:21.519
 but look at

00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:21.840
 those two

00:54:21.840 --> 00:54:22.240
 phrases

00:54:22.239 --> 00:54:23.379
 we demand

00:54:23.379 --> 00:54:23.959
 judgement

00:54:23.959 --> 00:54:25.959
 we demand

00:54:25.959 --> 00:54:26.759
 justice

00:54:26.759 --> 00:54:28.459
 what's the

00:54:28.459 --> 00:54:28.979
 difference

00:54:28.979 --> 00:54:33.099
 nothing

00:54:33.099 --> 00:54:36.500
 it's talking

00:54:36.500 --> 00:54:36.819
 about the

00:54:36.819 --> 00:54:37.459
 same thing

00:54:37.459 --> 00:54:40.319
 it's talking

00:54:40.319 --> 00:54:41.000
 about exactly

00:54:41.000 --> 00:54:41.419
 the same

00:54:41.419 --> 00:54:41.819
 thing

00:54:41.819 --> 00:54:42.459
 that means

00:54:42.459 --> 00:54:42.759
 that when

00:54:42.759 --> 00:54:43.619
 Jesus responds

00:54:43.619 --> 00:54:44.059
 to our

00:54:44.059 --> 00:54:44.979
 unfussedness

00:54:44.979 --> 00:54:45.439
 by teaching

00:54:45.439 --> 00:54:46.059
 about judgement

00:54:46.059 --> 00:54:46.539
 he's not

00:54:46.539 --> 00:54:47.119
 being harsh

00:54:47.119 --> 00:54:47.459
 or heavy

00:54:47.459 --> 00:54:47.899
 he's actually

00:54:47.899 --> 00:54:48.379
 talking about

00:54:48.379 --> 00:54:48.739
 something

00:54:48.739 --> 00:54:49.559
 that every

00:54:49.559 --> 00:54:50.359
 human heart

00:54:50.360 --> 00:54:51.220
 craves

00:54:51.220 --> 00:54:53.720
 humanity

00:54:53.720 --> 00:54:54.240
 shouts

00:54:54.240 --> 00:54:55.240
 we demand

00:54:55.240 --> 00:54:55.800
 justice

00:54:55.800 --> 00:54:56.240
 when we

00:54:56.240 --> 00:54:56.920
 see something

00:54:56.920 --> 00:54:57.880
 that's wrong

00:54:57.880 --> 00:54:58.660
 do you know

00:54:58.660 --> 00:54:59.300
 who demands

00:54:59.300 --> 00:54:59.760
 justice

00:54:59.760 --> 00:55:00.220
 most of

00:55:00.220 --> 00:55:00.760
 all

00:55:00.760 --> 00:55:04.000
 God

00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:07.160
 and that's

00:55:07.160 --> 00:55:07.480
 why the

00:55:07.480 --> 00:55:07.780
 day of

00:55:07.780 --> 00:55:08.140
 judgement

00:55:08.140 --> 00:55:08.519
 that this

00:55:08.519 --> 00:55:08.780
 chapter

00:55:08.780 --> 00:55:09.280
 speaks

00:55:09.280 --> 00:55:09.660
 about

00:55:09.660 --> 00:55:11.160
 is not

00:55:11.160 --> 00:55:11.860
 a day

00:55:11.860 --> 00:55:13.760
 of fire

00:55:13.760 --> 00:55:14.760
 and brimstone

00:55:14.760 --> 00:55:15.599
 and divine

00:55:15.599 --> 00:55:16.260
 brutality

00:55:16.260 --> 00:55:17.140
 it is a

00:55:17.140 --> 00:55:17.700
 day of

00:55:17.700 --> 00:55:18.600
 impeccable

00:55:18.600 --> 00:55:19.580
 justice

00:55:19.580 --> 00:55:21.960
 it's a

00:55:21.960 --> 00:55:22.320
 day when

00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:22.800
 everything

00:55:22.800 --> 00:55:23.540
 that's wrong

00:55:23.540 --> 00:55:23.960
 will be

00:55:23.960 --> 00:55:24.440
 called

00:55:24.440 --> 00:55:25.380
 to account

00:55:25.380 --> 00:55:27.140
 and all

00:55:27.140 --> 00:55:27.500
 of that

00:55:27.500 --> 00:55:28.300
 makes perfect

00:55:28.300 --> 00:55:28.700
 sense

00:55:28.700 --> 00:55:29.560
 what is the

00:55:29.560 --> 00:55:30.300
 one thing

00:55:30.300 --> 00:55:31.720
 that oppression

00:55:31.720 --> 00:55:32.600
 and injustice

00:55:32.600 --> 00:55:33.300
 need in order

00:55:33.300 --> 00:55:34.060
 to thrive

00:55:34.060 --> 00:55:34.540
 if you think

00:55:34.540 --> 00:55:35.360
 about a

00:55:35.360 --> 00:55:36.080
 society where

00:55:36.080 --> 00:55:36.560
 corruption

00:55:36.560 --> 00:55:37.180
 oppression

00:55:37.180 --> 00:55:38.380
 injustice

00:55:38.380 --> 00:55:39.440
 thrives

00:55:39.440 --> 00:55:39.780
 what's the

00:55:39.780 --> 00:55:40.080
 one thing

00:55:40.080 --> 00:55:41.320
 that's

00:55:41.320 --> 00:55:41.780
 needed for

00:55:41.780 --> 00:55:42.100
 that to

00:55:42.100 --> 00:55:42.420
 happen

00:55:42.420 --> 00:55:43.320
 you need

00:55:43.320 --> 00:55:43.900
 a society

00:55:43.900 --> 00:55:44.460
 where people

00:55:44.460 --> 00:55:44.840
 aren't

00:55:44.840 --> 00:55:45.880
 fussed

00:55:45.880 --> 00:55:47.180
 and they

00:55:47.180 --> 00:55:47.539
 just turn

00:55:47.539 --> 00:55:47.880
 a blind

00:55:47.880 --> 00:55:48.200
 eye

00:55:48.200 --> 00:55:49.579
 while all

00:55:49.579 --> 00:55:50.440
 these things

00:55:50.440 --> 00:55:51.019
 begin to

00:55:51.019 --> 00:55:51.340
 emerge

00:55:51.340 --> 00:55:52.400
 weeds

00:55:52.400 --> 00:55:52.820
 don't get

00:55:52.820 --> 00:55:53.360
 very far

00:55:53.360 --> 00:55:53.840
 in a

00:55:53.840 --> 00:55:54.200
 garden

00:55:54.200 --> 00:55:54.599
 if the

00:55:54.599 --> 00:55:55.000
 gardener

00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:55.300
 is very

00:55:55.300 --> 00:55:55.760
 fussy

00:55:55.760 --> 00:55:57.220
 but they'll

00:55:57.220 --> 00:55:57.660
 thrive

00:55:57.660 --> 00:55:58.960
 if he's

00:55:58.960 --> 00:55:59.599
 not bothered

00:55:59.599 --> 00:56:00.980
 and that's

00:56:00.980 --> 00:56:01.420
 why Jesus

00:56:01.420 --> 00:56:02.160
 responds to

00:56:02.160 --> 00:56:02.579
 the not

00:56:02.579 --> 00:56:03.220
 botheredness

00:56:03.220 --> 00:56:03.500
 of this

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:03.940
 generation

00:56:03.940 --> 00:56:04.599
 by talking

00:56:04.599 --> 00:56:05.240
 about

00:56:05.240 --> 00:56:05.960
 judgement

00:56:05.960 --> 00:56:06.599
 and at

00:56:06.599 --> 00:56:06.980
 the heart

00:56:06.980 --> 00:56:07.240
 of that

00:56:07.240 --> 00:56:07.460
 is the

00:56:07.460 --> 00:56:07.900
 fact that

00:56:07.900 --> 00:56:08.079
 the

00:56:08.079 --> 00:56:08.420
 judgement

00:56:08.420 --> 00:56:09.039
 of God

00:56:09.039 --> 00:56:09.599
 is going

00:56:09.599 --> 00:56:10.000
 to put

00:56:10.000 --> 00:56:10.480
 right the

00:56:10.480 --> 00:56:10.880
 things

00:56:10.880 --> 00:56:11.519
 that are

00:56:11.519 --> 00:56:12.000
 wrong

00:56:12.000 --> 00:56:12.579
 that's

00:56:12.579 --> 00:56:13.200
 why God's

00:56:13.200 --> 00:56:13.480
 judgement

00:56:13.480 --> 00:56:13.880
 is such

00:56:13.880 --> 00:56:14.380
 a wonderful

00:56:14.380 --> 00:56:14.860
 thing

00:56:14.860 --> 00:56:15.800
 it's putting

00:56:15.800 --> 00:56:16.740
 right everything

00:56:16.740 --> 00:56:17.700
 that's wrong

00:56:17.700 --> 00:56:18.440
 and that's

00:56:18.440 --> 00:56:19.039
 why Jesus

00:56:19.039 --> 00:56:19.980
 is calling

00:56:19.980 --> 00:56:20.720
 these towns

00:56:20.720 --> 00:56:21.240
 and these

00:56:21.240 --> 00:56:21.559
 cities

00:56:21.559 --> 00:56:22.539
 and us

00:56:22.539 --> 00:56:24.320
 to repent

00:56:24.320 --> 00:56:26.380
 because repentance

00:56:26.380 --> 00:56:27.079
 is a turning

00:56:27.079 --> 00:56:28.059
 away from

00:56:28.059 --> 00:56:28.599
 injustice

00:56:28.599 --> 00:56:29.260
 it's a turning

00:56:29.260 --> 00:56:29.820
 away from

00:56:29.820 --> 00:56:30.360
 what's wrong

00:56:30.360 --> 00:56:31.320
 it's a turning

00:56:31.320 --> 00:56:32.160
 towards

00:56:32.160 --> 00:56:32.960
 Jesus

00:56:32.960 --> 00:56:34.220
 towards the

00:56:34.220 --> 00:56:34.740
 one who is

00:56:34.740 --> 00:56:35.260
 righteous

00:56:35.260 --> 00:56:36.240
 to his

00:56:36.240 --> 00:56:37.420
 very core

00:56:37.420 --> 00:56:38.200
 and it's all

00:56:38.200 --> 00:56:39.039
 reminding us

00:56:39.039 --> 00:56:40.180
 that to Jesus

00:56:40.180 --> 00:56:41.300
 right and wrong

00:56:41.300 --> 00:56:41.800
 matter

00:56:41.800 --> 00:56:42.700
 injustice and

00:56:42.700 --> 00:56:43.140
 oppression

00:56:43.140 --> 00:56:43.900
 matter

00:56:43.900 --> 00:56:44.420
 discrimination

00:56:44.420 --> 00:56:45.340
 and prejudice

00:56:45.340 --> 00:56:46.260
 matter

00:56:46.260 --> 00:56:47.139
 exploitation

00:56:47.139 --> 00:56:48.039
 and abuse

00:56:48.039 --> 00:56:48.840
 matter

00:56:48.840 --> 00:56:49.760
 if there's

00:56:49.760 --> 00:56:50.579
 one thing

00:56:50.579 --> 00:56:51.300
 that's true

00:56:51.300 --> 00:56:51.960
 about Jesus

00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:53.139
 it's that he

00:56:53.139 --> 00:56:53.880
 is never

00:56:53.880 --> 00:56:54.960
 ever

00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:56.480
 unfussed

00:56:56.480 --> 00:57:00.019
 and that's

00:57:00.019 --> 00:57:00.480
 why we need

00:57:00.480 --> 00:57:01.039
 to be so

00:57:01.039 --> 00:57:01.619
 careful

00:57:01.619 --> 00:57:03.340
 about finding

00:57:03.340 --> 00:57:04.039
 a false

00:57:04.039 --> 00:57:04.599
 security

00:57:04.599 --> 00:57:05.940
 in indifference

00:57:05.940 --> 00:57:06.940
 it's so easy

00:57:06.940 --> 00:57:07.440
 to think that

00:57:07.440 --> 00:57:07.960
 in terms of

00:57:07.960 --> 00:57:08.400
 what's true

00:57:08.400 --> 00:57:08.860
 and false

00:57:08.860 --> 00:57:09.220
 and right

00:57:09.220 --> 00:57:09.639
 and wrong

00:57:09.639 --> 00:57:11.320
 we're safer

00:57:11.320 --> 00:57:12.340
 to be unfussed

00:57:12.340 --> 00:57:13.320
 and maybe

00:57:13.320 --> 00:57:13.760
 there's people

00:57:13.760 --> 00:57:14.019
 in here

00:57:14.019 --> 00:57:14.420
 who are like

00:57:14.420 --> 00:57:14.579
 that

00:57:14.579 --> 00:57:14.940
 you've been

00:57:14.940 --> 00:57:15.400
 raised

00:57:15.400 --> 00:57:16.840
 to know

00:57:16.840 --> 00:57:17.340
 the gospel

00:57:17.340 --> 00:57:17.700
 you've been

00:57:17.700 --> 00:57:18.059
 raised to

00:57:18.059 --> 00:57:18.440
 think about

00:57:18.440 --> 00:57:18.820
 all of this

00:57:18.820 --> 00:57:19.000
 stuff

00:57:19.000 --> 00:57:19.180
 and you

00:57:19.180 --> 00:57:19.360
 think

00:57:19.360 --> 00:57:19.680
 yeah but

00:57:19.680 --> 00:57:20.220
 it's safer

00:57:20.220 --> 00:57:20.720
 I'm just

00:57:20.720 --> 00:57:21.820
 I'm not

00:57:21.820 --> 00:57:22.200
 going to

00:57:22.200 --> 00:57:24.059
 make a

00:57:24.059 --> 00:57:24.519
 conclusion

00:57:24.519 --> 00:57:26.300
 I'm not

00:57:26.300 --> 00:57:26.480
 going to

00:57:26.480 --> 00:57:26.760
 make a

00:57:26.760 --> 00:57:27.120
 judgment

00:57:27.120 --> 00:57:28.220
 I'm going

00:57:28.220 --> 00:57:28.660
 to stay

00:57:28.660 --> 00:57:29.519
 on middle

00:57:29.519 --> 00:57:29.680
 ground

00:57:29.680 --> 00:57:30.059
 we think

00:57:30.059 --> 00:57:30.360
 that's

00:57:30.360 --> 00:57:30.539
 safe

00:57:30.539 --> 00:57:31.019
 it's not

00:57:31.019 --> 00:57:31.500
 safe

00:57:31.500 --> 00:57:35.539
 it's not

00:57:35.539 --> 00:57:36.039
 safe

00:57:36.039 --> 00:57:38.019
 because right

00:57:38.019 --> 00:57:38.579
 and wrong

00:57:38.579 --> 00:57:39.420
 do matter

00:57:39.420 --> 00:57:40.099
 and the tragic

00:57:40.099 --> 00:57:40.599
 thing is that

00:57:40.599 --> 00:57:41.400
 being unfussed

00:57:41.400 --> 00:57:42.019
 is not simply

00:57:42.019 --> 00:57:42.480
 saying you know

00:57:42.480 --> 00:57:42.860
 I'm not going

00:57:42.860 --> 00:57:43.219
 to enforce

00:57:43.219 --> 00:57:43.599
 what I think

00:57:43.599 --> 00:57:43.940
 is right

00:57:43.940 --> 00:57:44.579
 being unfussed

00:57:44.579 --> 00:57:45.019
 is also

00:57:45.019 --> 00:57:45.739
 saying I'm

00:57:45.739 --> 00:57:45.960
 going to

00:57:45.960 --> 00:57:46.619
 turn a blind

00:57:46.619 --> 00:57:46.980
 eye

00:57:46.980 --> 00:57:48.199
 to stuff

00:57:48.199 --> 00:57:48.500
 that I

00:57:48.500 --> 00:57:48.920
 know

00:57:48.920 --> 00:57:50.159
 is wrong

00:57:50.159 --> 00:57:51.500
 and

00:57:51.500 --> 00:57:53.300
 we have

00:57:53.300 --> 00:57:53.960
 to apply

00:57:53.960 --> 00:57:54.480
 the same

00:57:54.480 --> 00:57:54.780
 kind of

00:57:54.780 --> 00:57:55.300
 consistency

00:57:55.300 --> 00:57:56.199
 to a

00:57:56.199 --> 00:57:56.500
 religious

00:57:56.500 --> 00:57:56.980
 position

00:57:56.980 --> 00:57:57.380
 as we

00:57:57.380 --> 00:57:57.539
 would

00:57:57.539 --> 00:57:57.880
 to the

00:57:57.880 --> 00:57:58.280
 ethical

00:57:58.280 --> 00:57:59.119
 situations

00:57:59.119 --> 00:57:59.440
 that we

00:57:59.440 --> 00:57:59.800
 see

00:57:59.800 --> 00:58:00.420
 in the

00:58:00.420 --> 00:58:00.800
 world

00:58:00.800 --> 00:58:01.560
 around

00:58:01.560 --> 00:58:02.019
 us

00:58:02.019 --> 00:58:02.500
 it's

00:58:02.500 --> 00:58:02.680
 so

00:58:02.680 --> 00:58:02.900
 easy

00:58:02.900 --> 00:58:03.120
 to

00:58:03.120 --> 00:58:03.480
 think

00:58:03.480 --> 00:58:03.880
 that

00:58:03.880 --> 00:58:04.080
 it's

00:58:04.080 --> 00:58:04.340
 safer

00:58:04.340 --> 00:58:04.700
 to be

00:58:04.700 --> 00:58:05.080
 indifferent

00:58:05.080 --> 00:58:05.360
 that

00:58:05.360 --> 00:58:05.580
 it's

00:58:05.580 --> 00:58:05.940
 better

00:58:05.940 --> 00:58:06.500
 to be

00:58:06.500 --> 00:58:07.100
 unfussed

00:58:07.100 --> 00:58:07.340
 it's

00:58:07.340 --> 00:58:07.660
 not

00:58:07.660 --> 00:58:08.019
 true

00:58:08.019 --> 00:58:08.400
 if you

00:58:08.400 --> 00:58:08.700
 were to

00:58:08.700 --> 00:58:09.160
 ask a

00:58:09.160 --> 00:58:09.640
 reporter

00:58:09.640 --> 00:58:10.860
 who is

00:58:10.860 --> 00:58:11.080
 in

00:58:11.080 --> 00:58:11.480
 Gaza

00:58:11.480 --> 00:58:12.160
 what do

00:58:12.160 --> 00:58:12.280
 you

00:58:12.280 --> 00:58:12.519
 think

00:58:12.519 --> 00:58:12.640
 of

00:58:12.640 --> 00:58:13.060
 everything

00:58:13.060 --> 00:58:13.860
 that's

00:58:13.860 --> 00:58:14.060
 going

00:58:14.060 --> 00:58:14.440
 on

00:58:14.440 --> 00:58:14.860
 here

00:58:14.860 --> 00:58:16.500
 would

00:58:16.500 --> 00:58:16.620
 you

00:58:16.620 --> 00:58:16.800
 want

00:58:16.800 --> 00:58:16.920
 their

00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:17.180
 answer

00:58:17.180 --> 00:58:17.360
 to

00:58:17.360 --> 00:58:17.580
 be

00:58:17.580 --> 00:58:19.560
 I'm

00:58:19.560 --> 00:58:19.960
 indifferent

00:58:19.960 --> 00:58:24.180
 and

00:58:24.180 --> 00:58:24.280
 on

00:58:24.280 --> 00:58:24.380
 the

00:58:24.380 --> 00:58:24.519
 day

00:58:24.519 --> 00:58:24.660
 of

00:58:24.660 --> 00:58:25.080
 judgment

00:58:25.080 --> 00:58:27.280
 if

00:58:27.280 --> 00:58:27.560
 God

00:58:27.560 --> 00:58:27.940
 asks

00:58:27.940 --> 00:58:28.140
 you

00:58:28.140 --> 00:58:28.360
 what

00:58:28.360 --> 00:58:28.480
 do

00:58:28.480 --> 00:58:28.600
 you

00:58:28.600 --> 00:58:28.900
 think

00:58:28.900 --> 00:58:29.019
 of

00:58:29.019 --> 00:58:29.200
 my

00:58:29.200 --> 00:58:29.640
 son's

00:58:29.640 --> 00:58:29.960
 death

00:58:29.960 --> 00:58:30.199
 do

00:58:30.199 --> 00:58:30.340
 you

00:58:30.340 --> 00:58:30.539
 want

00:58:30.539 --> 00:58:30.679
 your

00:58:30.679 --> 00:58:31.000
 answer

00:58:31.000 --> 00:58:31.199
 to

00:58:31.199 --> 00:58:31.519
 be

00:58:31.519 --> 00:58:33.880
 I'm

00:58:33.880 --> 00:58:34.300
 indifferent

00:58:34.300 --> 00:58:38.920
 there are

00:58:38.920 --> 00:58:39.579
 times when

00:58:39.579 --> 00:58:39.860
 we are

00:58:39.860 --> 00:58:40.820
 all far

00:58:40.820 --> 00:58:41.199
 too

00:58:41.199 --> 00:58:42.000
 unfussed

00:58:42.000 --> 00:58:42.679
 Jesus is

00:58:42.679 --> 00:58:42.880
 saying

00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:43.619
 come to

00:58:43.619 --> 00:58:44.039
 me

00:58:44.039 --> 00:58:45.159
 and learn

00:58:45.159 --> 00:58:48.440
 and then

00:58:48.440 --> 00:58:48.880
 last of

00:58:48.880 --> 00:58:49.199
 all

00:58:49.199 --> 00:58:50.860
 when we

00:58:50.860 --> 00:58:51.019
 are

00:58:51.019 --> 00:58:51.900
 unteachable

00:58:51.900 --> 00:58:53.639
 Jesus is

00:58:53.639 --> 00:58:53.800
 saying

00:58:53.800 --> 00:58:54.380
 come to

00:58:54.380 --> 00:58:54.720
 me

00:58:54.720 --> 00:58:55.740
 and learn

00:58:55.740 --> 00:58:56.619
 from

00:58:56.619 --> 00:58:56.900
 me

00:58:56.900 --> 00:58:57.420
 I'll be

00:58:57.420 --> 00:58:57.780
 very very

00:58:57.780 --> 00:58:58.240
 brief here

00:58:58.239 --> 00:58:58.459
 because

00:58:58.459 --> 00:58:58.759
 time

00:58:58.759 --> 00:58:58.939
 is

00:58:58.939 --> 00:58:59.319
 running

00:58:59.319 --> 00:58:59.659
 out

00:58:59.659 --> 00:59:02.299
 Jesus

00:59:02.299 --> 00:59:02.519
 is

00:59:02.519 --> 00:59:02.699
 telling

00:59:02.699 --> 00:59:02.879
 us

00:59:02.879 --> 00:59:03.039
 here

00:59:03.039 --> 00:59:03.299
 something

00:59:03.299 --> 00:59:03.479
 that's

00:59:03.479 --> 00:59:03.639
 so

00:59:03.639 --> 00:59:04.000
 important

00:59:04.000 --> 00:59:04.239
 he's

00:59:04.239 --> 00:59:04.419
 telling

00:59:04.419 --> 00:59:04.579
 us

00:59:04.579 --> 00:59:04.679
 that

00:59:04.679 --> 00:59:04.819
 the

00:59:04.819 --> 00:59:05.339
 answer

00:59:05.339 --> 00:59:06.019
 to

00:59:06.019 --> 00:59:06.939
 unteachableness

00:59:06.939 --> 00:59:07.859
 is to

00:59:07.859 --> 00:59:08.279
 come to

00:59:08.279 --> 00:59:08.519
 him

00:59:08.519 --> 00:59:09.639
 not to

00:59:09.639 --> 00:59:09.979
 stay away

00:59:09.979 --> 00:59:10.339
 from him

00:59:10.339 --> 00:59:10.799
 but to

00:59:10.799 --> 00:59:11.239
 come to

00:59:11.239 --> 00:59:11.479
 him

00:59:11.479 --> 00:59:12.859
 we must

00:59:12.859 --> 00:59:13.439
 come to

00:59:13.439 --> 00:59:13.579
 him

00:59:13.579 --> 00:59:14.119
 but if

00:59:14.119 --> 00:59:14.519
 we come

00:59:14.519 --> 00:59:14.839
 to him

00:59:14.839 --> 00:59:15.159
 we have

00:59:15.159 --> 00:59:15.519
 to come

00:59:15.519 --> 00:59:15.859
 to him

00:59:15.859 --> 00:59:16.099
 in a

00:59:16.099 --> 00:59:16.419
 certain

00:59:16.419 --> 00:59:16.859
 way

00:59:16.859 --> 00:59:18.759
 we have

00:59:18.759 --> 00:59:19.139
 to come

00:59:19.139 --> 00:59:19.659
 to him

00:59:19.659 --> 00:59:20.699
 like

00:59:20.699 --> 00:59:21.319
 children

00:59:21.320 --> 00:59:23.260
 that's

00:59:23.260 --> 00:59:23.380
 what

00:59:23.380 --> 00:59:23.559
 he's

00:59:23.559 --> 00:59:24.160
 saying

00:59:24.160 --> 00:59:24.480
 there

00:59:24.480 --> 00:59:25.000
 in

00:59:25.000 --> 00:59:25.180
 verse

00:59:25.180 --> 00:59:25.820
 25

00:59:25.820 --> 00:59:26.600
 you've

00:59:26.600 --> 00:59:26.800
 hidden

00:59:26.800 --> 00:59:27.000
 these

00:59:27.000 --> 00:59:27.240
 things

00:59:27.240 --> 00:59:27.480
 from the

00:59:27.480 --> 00:59:27.720
 wise

00:59:27.720 --> 00:59:27.860
 and

00:59:27.860 --> 00:59:28.380
 understanding

00:59:28.380 --> 00:59:28.680
 you've

00:59:28.680 --> 00:59:29.019
 revealed

00:59:29.019 --> 00:59:29.380
 them

00:59:29.380 --> 00:59:29.960
 to

00:59:29.960 --> 00:59:30.380
 little

00:59:30.380 --> 00:59:31.340
 children

00:59:31.340 --> 00:59:31.880
 now we

00:59:31.880 --> 00:59:32.260
 can easily

00:59:32.260 --> 00:59:32.580
 think that

00:59:32.580 --> 00:59:32.960
 that's a bit

00:59:32.960 --> 00:59:33.800
 humiliating

00:59:33.800 --> 00:59:36.000
 and so

00:59:36.000 --> 00:59:36.420
 often

00:59:36.420 --> 00:59:37.640
 that's part of the

00:59:37.640 --> 00:59:38.320
 reason why we're

00:59:38.320 --> 00:59:38.900
 unteachable

00:59:38.900 --> 00:59:39.340
 because we

00:59:39.340 --> 00:59:40.380
 don't want

00:59:40.380 --> 00:59:41.260
 our insecurities

00:59:41.260 --> 00:59:42.420
 exposed

00:59:42.420 --> 00:59:43.019
 but the

00:59:43.019 --> 00:59:43.539
 truth is

00:59:43.539 --> 00:59:44.300
 coming to

00:59:44.300 --> 00:59:44.660
 Jesus

00:59:44.660 --> 00:59:45.280
 with a

00:59:45.280 --> 00:59:46.140
 childlike

00:59:46.140 --> 00:59:47.340
 teachableness

00:59:47.340 --> 00:59:48.760
 is not

00:59:48.760 --> 00:59:49.600
 humiliating

00:59:49.599 --> 00:59:51.079
 it is

00:59:51.079 --> 00:59:52.059
 liberating

00:59:52.059 --> 00:59:54.400
 because it

00:59:54.400 --> 00:59:55.420
 frees us

00:59:55.420 --> 00:59:56.699
 from feeling

00:59:56.699 --> 00:59:57.199
 like we need

00:59:57.199 --> 00:59:58.119
 to impress

00:59:58.119 --> 00:59:59.980
 it frees us

00:59:59.980 --> 01:00:00.319
 from the

01:00:00.319 --> 01:00:00.799
 pressure of

01:00:00.799 --> 01:00:01.179
 having all

01:00:01.179 --> 01:00:01.739
 the answers

01:00:01.739 --> 01:00:03.059
 it frees us

01:00:03.059 --> 01:00:03.619
 from the

01:00:03.619 --> 01:00:03.960
 feeling that

01:00:03.960 --> 01:00:04.360
 we have to

01:00:04.360 --> 01:00:04.980
 prove ourselves

01:00:04.980 --> 01:00:05.599
 and put on

01:00:05.599 --> 01:00:06.019
 this good

01:00:06.019 --> 01:00:06.619
 outward show

01:00:06.619 --> 01:00:07.000
 that makes

01:00:07.000 --> 01:00:07.619
 it look like

01:00:07.619 --> 01:00:08.219
 we understand

01:00:08.219 --> 01:00:09.019
 and look like

01:00:09.019 --> 01:00:09.980
 we're sorted

01:00:09.980 --> 01:00:10.860
 and it's all

01:00:10.860 --> 01:00:11.480
 amazing

01:00:11.480 --> 01:00:12.299
 it's all an

01:00:12.299 --> 01:00:13.119
 amazing reminder

01:00:13.119 --> 01:00:14.219
 that in order

01:00:14.219 --> 01:00:14.719
 to come to

01:00:14.719 --> 01:00:15.360
 Jesus you don't

01:00:15.360 --> 01:00:16.059
 need to know

01:00:16.059 --> 01:00:16.719
 everything about

01:00:16.719 --> 01:00:17.139
 the Bible

01:00:17.139 --> 01:00:17.599
 you don't need

01:00:17.599 --> 01:00:18.019
 to have all

01:00:18.019 --> 01:00:18.460
 sorts of

01:00:18.460 --> 01:00:18.940
 abilities

01:00:18.940 --> 01:00:19.700
 and skills

01:00:19.700 --> 01:00:20.139
 you don't need

01:00:20.139 --> 01:00:20.579
 to have some

01:00:20.579 --> 01:00:20.880
 kind of

01:00:20.880 --> 01:00:21.380
 amazing

01:00:21.380 --> 01:00:22.280
 experience

01:00:22.280 --> 01:00:22.619
 and you

01:00:22.619 --> 01:00:23.039
 definitely

01:00:23.039 --> 01:00:23.519
 don't need

01:00:23.519 --> 01:00:23.800
 to get

01:00:23.800 --> 01:00:24.300
 yourself up

01:00:24.300 --> 01:00:24.619
 to some

01:00:24.619 --> 01:00:25.079
 kind of

01:00:25.079 --> 01:00:25.519
 elite

01:00:25.519 --> 01:00:26.280
 standard

01:00:26.280 --> 01:00:27.280
 you just

01:00:27.280 --> 01:00:27.780
 need to

01:00:27.780 --> 01:00:28.260
 know

01:00:28.260 --> 01:00:28.980
 that you

01:00:28.980 --> 01:00:29.700
 need him

01:00:29.700 --> 01:00:32.840
 and then

01:00:32.840 --> 01:00:33.179
 you can

01:00:33.179 --> 01:00:33.740
 come to

01:00:33.740 --> 01:00:34.400
 him as

01:00:34.400 --> 01:00:35.059
 you are

01:00:35.059 --> 01:00:37.800
 in many

01:00:37.800 --> 01:00:38.559
 ways that's

01:00:38.559 --> 01:00:40.400
 the defining

01:00:40.400 --> 01:00:41.179
 characteristic

01:00:41.179 --> 01:00:42.720
 of a

01:00:42.720 --> 01:00:43.200
 child

01:00:43.200 --> 01:00:45.860
 it's that

01:00:45.860 --> 01:00:46.079
 they're

01:00:46.079 --> 01:00:46.700
 dependent

01:00:46.699 --> 01:00:48.859
 and that's

01:00:48.859 --> 01:00:49.460
 exactly how

01:00:49.460 --> 01:00:49.960
 we come

01:00:49.960 --> 01:00:50.500
 to Jesus

01:00:50.500 --> 01:00:51.019
 that's

01:00:51.019 --> 01:00:51.539
 exactly how

01:00:51.539 --> 01:00:51.859
 we live

01:00:51.859 --> 01:00:52.299
 our lives

01:00:52.299 --> 01:00:53.319
 as followers

01:00:53.319 --> 01:00:54.399
 of Jesus

01:00:54.399 --> 01:00:55.019
 we come

01:00:55.019 --> 01:00:55.480
 to him

01:00:55.480 --> 01:00:56.500
 as children

01:00:56.500 --> 01:00:57.000
 we come

01:00:57.000 --> 01:00:57.319
 with a

01:00:57.319 --> 01:00:57.839
 childlike

01:00:57.839 --> 01:00:58.219
 faith

01:00:58.219 --> 01:00:58.819
 and we

01:00:58.819 --> 01:00:59.439
 learn

01:00:59.439 --> 01:01:00.199
 from him

01:01:00.199 --> 01:01:00.839
 what's the

01:01:00.839 --> 01:01:01.500
 key difference

01:01:01.500 --> 01:01:02.059
 between a

01:01:02.059 --> 01:01:02.519
 child and

01:01:02.519 --> 01:01:02.960
 an adult

01:01:02.960 --> 01:01:05.859
 the key

01:01:05.859 --> 01:01:06.339
 difference

01:01:06.339 --> 01:01:06.799
 is that

01:01:06.799 --> 01:01:07.119
 children

01:01:07.119 --> 01:01:07.599
 grow

01:01:07.599 --> 01:01:10.039
 adults

01:01:10.039 --> 01:01:10.599
 don't

01:01:10.599 --> 01:01:13.739
 and that's

01:01:13.739 --> 01:01:14.699
 that's part

01:01:14.699 --> 01:01:15.139
 of what that

01:01:15.139 --> 01:01:15.579
 image of

01:01:15.579 --> 01:01:15.940
 coming to

01:01:15.940 --> 01:01:16.360
 Jesus as

01:01:16.360 --> 01:01:16.799
 a child

01:01:16.799 --> 01:01:17.460
 is teaching

01:01:17.460 --> 01:01:17.699
 us

01:01:17.699 --> 01:01:18.139
 we'll come

01:01:18.139 --> 01:01:18.559
 to him

01:01:18.559 --> 01:01:19.619
 come to him

01:01:19.619 --> 01:01:20.119
 in order to

01:01:20.119 --> 01:01:20.619
 learn

01:01:20.619 --> 01:01:21.299
 in order to

01:01:21.299 --> 01:01:21.659
 grow

01:01:21.659 --> 01:01:22.239
 in order to

01:01:22.239 --> 01:01:23.259
 never stop

01:01:23.259 --> 01:01:24.159
 growing

01:01:24.159 --> 01:01:25.739
 under his

01:01:25.739 --> 01:01:26.199
 care

01:01:26.199 --> 01:01:27.219
 and his

01:01:27.219 --> 01:01:28.239
 protection

01:01:28.239 --> 01:01:30.719
 so these

01:01:30.719 --> 01:01:31.179
 are three

01:01:31.179 --> 01:01:31.619
 big

01:01:31.619 --> 01:01:32.460
 obstacles

01:01:32.460 --> 01:01:34.420
 being unsure

01:01:34.420 --> 01:01:35.539
 being unfust

01:01:35.539 --> 01:01:36.739
 being unteachable

01:01:36.739 --> 01:01:37.519
 these are

01:01:37.519 --> 01:01:38.179
 obstacles that

01:01:38.179 --> 01:01:38.659
 we have to

01:01:38.659 --> 01:01:39.179
 be aware

01:01:39.179 --> 01:01:39.539
 of

01:01:39.539 --> 01:01:40.860
 and the

01:01:40.860 --> 01:01:41.519
 truth is

01:01:41.519 --> 01:01:43.820
 all three

01:01:43.820 --> 01:01:44.300
 of them

01:01:44.300 --> 01:01:46.119
 are

01:01:46.119 --> 01:01:46.739
 exhausting

01:01:46.739 --> 01:01:49.239
 being

01:01:49.239 --> 01:01:49.820
 unsure

01:01:49.820 --> 01:01:50.860
 is exhausting

01:01:50.860 --> 01:01:51.320
 always

01:01:51.320 --> 01:01:51.960
 worrying

01:01:51.960 --> 01:01:53.500
 always

01:01:53.500 --> 01:01:54.139
 doubting

01:01:54.139 --> 01:01:55.440
 always

01:01:55.440 --> 01:01:56.119
 uncertain

01:01:56.119 --> 01:01:57.800
 being

01:01:57.800 --> 01:01:58.440
 unfust

01:01:58.440 --> 01:01:59.219
 is exhausting

01:01:59.219 --> 01:01:59.900
 constantly

01:01:59.900 --> 01:02:00.239
 trying to

01:02:00.239 --> 01:02:00.619
 find a

01:02:00.619 --> 01:02:01.139
 distraction

01:02:01.139 --> 01:02:01.900
 to fill

01:02:01.900 --> 01:02:02.360
 our minds

01:02:02.360 --> 01:02:02.699
 so that we

01:02:02.699 --> 01:02:03.019
 don't have

01:02:03.019 --> 01:02:03.400
 to think

01:02:03.400 --> 01:02:03.980
 about the

01:02:03.980 --> 01:02:04.639
 big questions

01:02:04.639 --> 01:02:05.139
 of life

01:02:05.139 --> 01:02:05.460
 so that we

01:02:05.460 --> 01:02:05.860
 don't have

01:02:05.860 --> 01:02:06.639
 to be

01:02:06.639 --> 01:02:07.079
 confronted

01:02:07.079 --> 01:02:07.400
 by the

01:02:07.400 --> 01:02:07.779
 stuff that

01:02:07.779 --> 01:02:08.019
 really

01:02:08.019 --> 01:02:08.440
 matters

01:02:08.440 --> 01:02:09.279
 and being

01:02:09.280 --> 01:02:10.220
 unteachable

01:02:10.220 --> 01:02:11.120
 is exhausting

01:02:11.120 --> 01:02:11.960
 because we

01:02:11.960 --> 01:02:12.220
 have to

01:02:12.220 --> 01:02:12.640
 constantly

01:02:12.640 --> 01:02:13.100
 try and give

01:02:13.100 --> 01:02:13.600
 this impression

01:02:13.600 --> 01:02:13.860
 that we

01:02:13.860 --> 01:02:14.160
 know it

01:02:14.160 --> 01:02:14.360
 all

01:02:14.360 --> 01:02:14.640
 that we're

01:02:14.640 --> 01:02:15.220
 not silly

01:02:15.220 --> 01:02:15.540
 and that

01:02:15.540 --> 01:02:15.800
 we're not

01:02:15.800 --> 01:02:15.960
 going to

01:02:15.960 --> 01:02:16.180
 make a

01:02:16.180 --> 01:02:16.500
 mistake

01:02:16.500 --> 01:02:16.800
 and we've

01:02:16.800 --> 01:02:17.019
 got to

01:02:17.019 --> 01:02:17.360
 keep up

01:02:17.360 --> 01:02:17.880
 this big

01:02:17.880 --> 01:02:19.660
 wonderful

01:02:19.660 --> 01:02:20.140
 outward

01:02:20.140 --> 01:02:20.660
 appearance

01:02:20.660 --> 01:02:21.040
 of being

01:02:21.040 --> 01:02:21.560
 competent

01:02:21.560 --> 01:02:22.460
 and capable

01:02:22.460 --> 01:02:24.340
 and sorted

01:02:24.340 --> 01:02:25.260
 it's all

01:02:25.260 --> 01:02:26.260
 exhausting

01:02:26.260 --> 01:02:27.560
 and yet in

01:02:27.560 --> 01:02:28.080
 the face of

01:02:28.080 --> 01:02:28.360
 all of

01:02:28.360 --> 01:02:28.700
 these

01:02:28.700 --> 01:02:29.100
 Jesus

01:02:29.100 --> 01:02:29.500
 says

01:02:29.500 --> 01:02:30.040
 come to

01:02:30.040 --> 01:02:30.320
 me

01:02:30.320 --> 01:02:31.200
 and learn

01:02:31.200 --> 01:02:31.860
 from

01:02:31.860 --> 01:02:32.140
 me

01:02:32.140 --> 01:02:32.519
 and the

01:02:32.519 --> 01:02:33.080
 result

01:02:33.079 --> 01:02:37.279
 is that

01:02:37.279 --> 01:02:37.599
 you will

01:02:37.599 --> 01:02:37.940
 find

01:02:37.940 --> 01:02:38.539
 rest

01:02:38.539 --> 01:02:42.799
 you will

01:02:42.799 --> 01:02:43.079
 find

01:02:43.079 --> 01:02:43.759
 rest

01:02:43.759 --> 01:02:45.420
 for your

01:02:45.420 --> 01:02:46.019
 souls

01:02:46.019 --> 01:02:49.340
 if you

01:02:49.340 --> 01:02:49.739
 are

01:02:49.739 --> 01:02:50.860
 recognizing

01:02:50.860 --> 01:02:51.299
 the fact

01:02:51.299 --> 01:02:51.699
 tonight

01:02:51.699 --> 01:02:52.099
 that there

01:02:52.099 --> 01:02:52.779
 are times

01:02:52.779 --> 01:02:54.279
 and ways

01:02:54.279 --> 01:02:54.659
 that you're

01:02:54.659 --> 01:02:55.199
 unsure

01:02:55.199 --> 01:02:57.019
 unfust

01:02:57.019 --> 01:02:58.340
 and

01:02:58.340 --> 01:02:59.039
 unteachable

01:02:59.039 --> 01:03:00.759
 Jesus

01:03:00.759 --> 01:03:01.619
 is not

01:03:01.619 --> 01:03:02.099
 saying

01:03:02.099 --> 01:03:03.440
 sort

01:03:03.440 --> 01:03:03.759
 yourself

01:03:03.759 --> 01:03:04.119
 out

01:03:04.119 --> 01:03:07.099
 he's

01:03:07.099 --> 01:03:07.280
 saying

01:03:07.280 --> 01:03:07.599
 come

01:03:07.599 --> 01:03:07.820
 to

01:03:07.820 --> 01:03:08.199
 me

01:03:08.199 --> 01:03:10.000
 learn

01:03:10.000 --> 01:03:10.239
 from

01:03:10.239 --> 01:03:10.559
 me

01:03:10.559 --> 01:03:12.380
 and I

01:03:12.380 --> 01:03:12.539
 will

01:03:12.539 --> 01:03:12.820
 give you

01:03:12.820 --> 01:03:13.259
 rest

01:03:13.259 --> 01:03:15.780
 may God

01:03:15.780 --> 01:03:16.239
 grant that

01:03:16.239 --> 01:03:16.860
 we'd all

01:03:16.860 --> 01:03:17.300
 come to

01:03:17.300 --> 01:03:17.539
 him

01:03:17.539 --> 01:03:18.179
 amen

01:03:18.179 --> 01:03:18.539
 let's

01:03:18.539 --> 01:03:18.820
 pray

01:03:18.820 --> 01:03:22.699
 Lord

01:03:22.699 --> 01:03:23.019
 Jesus

01:03:23.019 --> 01:03:23.460
 we

01:03:23.460 --> 01:03:24.920
 acknowledge

01:03:24.920 --> 01:03:25.300
 that there's

01:03:25.300 --> 01:03:25.780
 times that

01:03:25.780 --> 01:03:25.940
 we're

01:03:25.940 --> 01:03:26.440
 unsure

01:03:26.440 --> 01:03:29.460
 and there's

01:03:29.460 --> 01:03:30.039
 times when

01:03:30.039 --> 01:03:30.240
 we're

01:03:30.240 --> 01:03:30.840
 unfust

01:03:30.840 --> 01:03:33.099
 and there's

01:03:33.099 --> 01:03:33.380
 lots of

01:03:33.380 --> 01:03:33.800
 times when

01:03:33.800 --> 01:03:33.940
 we're

01:03:33.940 --> 01:03:34.599
 unteachable

01:03:34.599 --> 01:03:37.380
 and we

01:03:37.380 --> 01:03:37.860
 just thank

01:03:37.860 --> 01:03:38.240
 you so

01:03:38.240 --> 01:03:38.900
 much that

01:03:38.900 --> 01:03:39.400
 you are

01:03:39.400 --> 01:03:40.079
 calling us

01:03:40.079 --> 01:03:41.340
 all to

01:03:41.340 --> 01:03:41.740
 come to

01:03:41.740 --> 01:03:42.000
 you

01:03:42.000 --> 01:03:43.780
 and so we

01:03:43.780 --> 01:03:44.139
 do that

01:03:44.139 --> 01:03:44.539
 together

01:03:44.539 --> 01:03:45.099
 just now

01:03:45.099 --> 01:03:45.820
 laying all

01:03:45.820 --> 01:03:46.360
 of these

01:03:46.360 --> 01:03:46.980
 obstacles

01:03:46.980 --> 01:03:47.960
 before you

01:03:47.960 --> 01:03:50.519
 and laying

01:03:50.519 --> 01:03:51.139
 our burdens

01:03:51.139 --> 01:03:51.720
 at your

01:03:51.720 --> 01:03:52.039
 feet

01:03:52.039 --> 01:03:53.840
 and we

01:03:53.840 --> 01:03:54.440
 rest in

01:03:54.440 --> 01:03:54.760
 you

01:03:54.760 --> 01:03:56.520
 in your

01:03:56.520 --> 01:03:57.060
 wisdom

01:03:57.060 --> 01:03:57.660
 your

01:03:57.660 --> 01:03:58.260
 goodness

01:03:58.260 --> 01:04:00.360
 and

01:04:00.360 --> 01:04:01.200
 your

01:04:01.200 --> 01:04:01.960
 indescribable

01:04:01.960 --> 01:04:02.340
 love

01:04:02.340 --> 01:04:04.000
 we thank

01:04:04.000 --> 01:04:04.360
 you so

01:04:04.360 --> 01:04:04.780
 much and

01:04:04.780 --> 01:04:05.120
 we pray

01:04:05.120 --> 01:04:05.600
 that every

01:04:05.600 --> 01:04:05.920
 one of

01:04:05.920 --> 01:04:06.600
 us would

01:04:06.600 --> 01:04:07.040
 be drawn

01:04:07.040 --> 01:04:07.640
 closer to

01:04:07.640 --> 01:04:08.220
 you tonight

01:04:08.220 --> 01:04:09.460
 and we

01:04:09.460 --> 01:04:09.840
 pray that as

01:04:09.840 --> 01:04:10.340
 we go into

01:04:10.340 --> 01:04:10.680
 a new

01:04:10.680 --> 01:04:11.740
 week we

01:04:11.740 --> 01:04:12.220
 be able

01:04:12.220 --> 01:04:12.980
 to live

01:04:12.980 --> 01:04:13.640
 every day

01:04:13.640 --> 01:04:14.520
 of that

01:04:14.520 --> 01:04:15.140
 week with

01:04:15.140 --> 01:04:15.440
 our eyes

01:04:15.440 --> 01:04:15.860
 fixed on

01:04:15.860 --> 01:04:16.080
 you

01:04:16.079 --> 01:04:17.440
 amen

01:04:17.440 --> 01:04:26.519
 we're going

01:04:26.519 --> 01:04:27.039
 to close

01:04:27.039 --> 01:04:27.559
 with sing

01:04:27.559 --> 01:04:28.139
 psalms

01:04:28.139 --> 01:04:28.840
 34

01:04:28.840 --> 01:04:36.480
 singing from

01:04:36.480 --> 01:04:37.219
 verse 8

01:04:37.219 --> 01:04:37.619
 that's on

01:04:37.619 --> 01:04:38.480
 page 40

01:04:38.480 --> 01:04:40.800
 come taste

01:04:40.800 --> 01:04:41.240
 and see

01:04:41.240 --> 01:04:41.699
 the lord

01:04:41.699 --> 01:04:42.219
 is good

01:04:42.219 --> 01:04:42.539
 who

01:04:42.539 --> 01:04:43.000
 trusts

01:04:43.000 --> 01:04:43.460
 in him

01:04:43.460 --> 01:04:43.699
 is

01:04:43.699 --> 01:04:44.139
 blessed

01:04:44.139 --> 01:04:45.139
 oh fear

01:04:45.139 --> 01:04:45.659
 the lord

01:04:45.659 --> 01:04:46.179
 you his

01:04:46.179 --> 01:04:46.480
 saints

01:04:46.480 --> 01:04:47.000
 with need

01:04:47.000 --> 01:04:47.719
 you will

01:04:47.719 --> 01:04:48.340
 not be

01:04:48.340 --> 01:04:49.139
 oppressed

01:04:49.139 --> 01:04:49.599
 we'll sing

01:04:49.599 --> 01:04:50.679
 8 to

01:04:50.679 --> 01:04:51.179
 14

01:04:51.179 --> 01:04:51.740
 and we'll

01:04:51.740 --> 01:04:52.380
 stand and

01:04:52.380 --> 01:04:52.900
 sing together

01:04:52.900 --> 01:04:53.400
 to god's

01:04:53.400 --> 01:04:53.719
 praise

01:04:53.719 --> 01:04:58.619
 come taste

01:04:58.619 --> 01:05:00.079
 and see

01:05:00.079 --> 01:05:02.019
 the lord

01:05:02.019 --> 01:05:03.779
 is good

01:05:03.779 --> 01:05:04.599
 who

01:05:04.599 --> 01:05:05.819
 trusts

01:05:05.819 --> 01:05:07.579
 in him

01:05:07.579 --> 01:05:08.379
 is

01:05:08.379 --> 01:05:09.980
 blessed

01:05:09.980 --> 01:05:12.219
 oh fear

01:05:12.219 --> 01:05:13.980
 the lord

01:05:13.980 --> 01:05:14.559
 you

01:05:14.559 --> 01:05:15.459
 saints

01:05:15.459 --> 01:05:17.299
 with need

01:05:17.299 --> 01:05:18.019
 you

01:05:18.019 --> 01:05:19.299
 will

01:05:19.299 --> 01:05:20.279
 not

01:05:20.279 --> 01:05:21.179
 be

01:05:21.179 --> 01:05:22.399
 oppressed

01:05:22.400 --> 01:05:24.980
 young

01:05:24.980 --> 01:05:26.940
 lions

01:05:26.940 --> 01:05:27.920
 may

01:05:27.920 --> 01:05:28.340
 grow

01:05:28.340 --> 01:05:29.760
 weak

01:05:29.760 --> 01:05:31.200
 and faint

01:05:31.200 --> 01:05:33.300
 and hunger

01:05:33.300 --> 01:05:35.639
 for their

01:05:35.639 --> 01:05:37.099
 food

01:05:37.099 --> 01:05:38.619
 but

01:05:38.619 --> 01:05:39.539
 those

01:05:39.539 --> 01:05:40.380
 who

01:05:40.380 --> 01:05:41.000
 wait

01:05:41.000 --> 01:05:42.539
 upon

01:05:42.539 --> 01:05:44.480
 the lord

01:05:44.480 --> 01:05:45.639
 will

01:05:45.639 --> 01:05:46.599
 not

01:05:46.599 --> 01:05:47.539
 lack

01:05:47.539 --> 01:05:48.860
 any

01:05:48.860 --> 01:05:50.680
 good

01:05:50.679 --> 01:05:52.319
 come

01:05:52.319 --> 01:05:52.339
 come

01:05:52.339 --> 01:05:53.259
 hear

01:05:53.259 --> 01:05:54.259
 my

01:05:54.259 --> 01:05:55.419
 children

01:05:55.419 --> 01:05:57.179
 gather

01:05:57.179 --> 01:05:58.579
 round

01:05:58.579 --> 01:05:59.759
 and

01:05:59.759 --> 01:06:00.699
 listen

01:06:00.699 --> 01:06:02.059
 to

01:06:02.059 --> 01:06:03.199
 my

01:06:03.199 --> 01:06:04.419
 word

01:06:04.419 --> 01:06:06.159
 and

01:06:06.159 --> 01:06:06.960
 i

01:06:06.960 --> 01:06:07.819
 will

01:06:07.819 --> 01:06:08.779
 help

01:06:08.779 --> 01:06:09.339
 you

01:06:09.339 --> 01:06:11.579
 understand

01:06:11.579 --> 01:06:13.259
 how

01:06:13.259 --> 01:06:13.960
 you

01:06:13.960 --> 01:06:15.079
 may

01:06:15.079 --> 01:06:15.819
 fear

01:06:15.819 --> 01:06:17.000
 the

01:06:17.000 --> 01:06:18.419
 lord

01:06:18.420 --> 01:06:20.159
 does

01:06:20.159 --> 01:06:22.159
 anyone

01:06:22.159 --> 01:06:24.159
 delight

01:06:24.159 --> 01:06:26.220
 in life

01:06:26.220 --> 01:06:28.119
 and long

01:06:28.119 --> 01:06:29.720
 to see

01:06:29.720 --> 01:06:30.880
 good

01:06:30.880 --> 01:06:32.320
 days

01:06:32.320 --> 01:06:33.680
 then

01:06:33.680 --> 01:06:34.639
 keep

01:06:34.639 --> 01:06:35.420
 your

01:06:35.420 --> 01:06:36.300
 tongue

01:06:36.300 --> 01:06:37.059
 from

01:06:37.059 --> 01:06:38.280
 evil

01:06:38.280 --> 01:06:39.720
 speech

01:06:39.720 --> 01:06:40.840
 your

01:06:40.840 --> 01:06:41.599
 lips

01:06:41.599 --> 01:06:42.700
 from

01:06:42.700 --> 01:06:43.880
 lying

01:06:43.880 --> 01:06:45.760
 ways

01:06:45.760 --> 01:06:47.760
 depart

01:06:47.760 --> 01:06:48.760
 and

01:06:49.480 --> 01:06:49.760
 turn

01:06:49.760 --> 01:06:50.760
 from

01:06:50.760 --> 01:06:51.760
 evil

01:06:52.380 --> 01:06:53.760
 paths

01:06:53.760 --> 01:06:54.760
 and

01:06:54.760 --> 01:06:55.880
 practice

01:06:55.880 --> 01:06:57.540
 what

01:06:57.540 --> 01:06:58.140
 is

01:06:58.140 --> 01:06:59.900
 right

01:06:59.900 --> 01:07:00.760
 desire

01:07:01.420 --> 01:07:02.760
 to

01:07:02.760 --> 01:07:03.800
 know

01:07:03.800 --> 01:07:04.760
 the

01:07:04.760 --> 01:07:05.760
 way

01:07:05.760 --> 01:07:06.600
 of

01:07:06.600 --> 01:07:07.180
 peace

01:07:07.180 --> 01:07:08.760
 pursue

01:07:08.760 --> 01:07:09.760
 it

01:07:10.380 --> 01:07:11.040
 with

01:07:11.040 --> 01:07:12.100
 your

01:07:12.100 --> 01:07:12.760
 might

01:07:12.760 --> 01:07:15.020
 as

01:07:15.020 --> 01:07:15.120
 you

01:07:15.120 --> 01:07:15.260
 go

01:07:15.260 --> 01:07:15.420
 into

01:07:15.420 --> 01:07:15.560
 a

01:07:15.560 --> 01:07:15.680
 new

01:07:15.680 --> 01:07:15.840
 week

01:07:15.840 --> 01:07:16.240
 together

01:07:16.240 --> 01:07:16.780
 may

01:07:16.780 --> 01:07:16.980
 the

01:07:16.980 --> 01:07:17.380
 grace

01:07:17.380 --> 01:07:17.660
 of

01:07:17.660 --> 01:07:17.820
 our

01:07:17.820 --> 01:07:18.100
 lord

01:07:18.100 --> 01:07:18.400
 jesus

01:07:18.400 --> 01:07:18.940
 christ

01:07:18.940 --> 01:07:19.560
 the

01:07:19.560 --> 01:07:19.780
 love

01:07:19.780 --> 01:07:19.940
 of

01:07:19.940 --> 01:07:20.320
 god

01:07:20.320 --> 01:07:20.840
 and

01:07:20.840 --> 01:07:21.000
 the

01:07:21.000 --> 01:07:21.340
 fellowship

01:07:21.340 --> 01:07:21.500
 of

01:07:21.500 --> 01:07:21.620
 the

01:07:21.620 --> 01:07:21.820
 holy

01:07:21.820 --> 01:07:22.280
 spirit

01:07:22.280 --> 01:07:22.900
 be

01:07:22.900 --> 01:07:23.120
 with

01:07:23.120 --> 01:07:23.240
 you

01:07:23.240 --> 01:07:23.600
 all

01:07:23.600 --> 01:07:24.740
 amen

01:07:42.760 --> 01:07:53.560
 he