WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.379 Let me begin by having you turn in your Bibles this morning to 1 Corinthians chapter 2. 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:21.679 ! I will not preach next week. So that means you get to this week. 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:21.679 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:43.060 What I'm asking you to look at this morning is one that reflects probably one of the more consistent things I say from the pulpit. 00:00:48.820 --> 00:00:53.019 And that has to do with my dependence upon your prayer. 00:00:53.020 --> 00:00:59.960 Next week I will not ask you to pray for Pastor Shearer. 00:01:02.020 --> 00:01:03.480 I'm doing it this week. 00:01:06.600 --> 00:01:13.340 And as is appropriate, I want to frame that request in the light of Scripture, 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:20.020 knowing that God's people will pay attention to that carefully and think of it soberly. 00:01:20.019 --> 00:01:25.780 1 Corinthians chapter 1, verse 3, 00:01:25.899 --> 00:01:29.979 I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling. 00:01:31.979 --> 00:01:39.979 No man should ever come to the pulpit to preach the Word of God without these things in his heart. 00:01:39.980 --> 00:01:52.159 And that is the reason why over the years you've heard me say over and over again that I am desperately dependent upon your prayers. 00:01:54.439 --> 00:02:05.740 Truthfully, I remember hearing Pastor Brock teach on the place of prayer in affecting the ear with which Tim Knoyer listened to preaching. 00:02:05.739 --> 00:02:10.780 I sat back there where Kevin Yankovich is sitting presently. 00:02:11.299 --> 00:02:13.139 The pews were colored differently. 00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:18.900 But Judith and I had our youngest son, Samuel, in the nursery then. 00:02:19.359 --> 00:02:22.180 And he was a high-kneed child. 00:02:22.180 --> 00:02:28.620 I said that because he's sitting back there and I thought I'd take a cheap shot and get away with it. 00:02:30.260 --> 00:02:31.800 That was really not the truth. 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:34.760 Don't send me an email on that. 00:02:34.900 --> 00:02:37.219 Other things are okay, but that was just a joke. 00:02:37.219 --> 00:02:44.020 But I remember hearing Pastor Brock teach on the role of prayer. 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:47.419 Listen to me. 00:02:48.620 --> 00:02:52.319 It changed the way Tim Knoyer listened to sermons. 00:02:52.319 --> 00:03:07.479 It made me realize that Tim Knoyer had a part to play in taking a frail instrument, imperfect at best, 00:03:09.060 --> 00:03:14.280 and pleading with the Spirit of God to help that individual bring the Word of God with clarity, 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:20.240 with simplicity, and with passion. 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:28.680 And like I said, I will not give an introduction such as this next week. 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:30.459 Because you understand the logic of that, don't you? 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:33.639 But look at verse 4. 00:03:33.799 --> 00:03:35.620 This is what I want you to remember. 00:03:35.620 --> 00:03:40.979 And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, 00:03:41.219 --> 00:03:45.459 but in demonstration of the Spirit and in power. 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:59.079 That's always the desire of a man who preaches the Word of God. 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:04.819 That what is seen is the evidence of the power of the Spirit of God 00:04:04.819 --> 00:04:11.280 working to touch the lives of people for the glory of Christ. 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:17.680 Now, I said you're getting two today. 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:18.879 That's number one. 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:19.740 Click that off. 00:04:19.939 --> 00:04:20.439 Move on. 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.360 1 John chapter 3. 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:33.180 How many of you here would admit that sometimes you're a little full of yourself? 00:04:35.340 --> 00:04:36.080 Besides me. 00:04:36.300 --> 00:04:42.580 I mean, you know, I remember when I heard Paul David Tripp admit that he was the biggest problem he had. 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:47.699 Now, I had been struggling with coming to grips with that, but he said it so well. 00:04:47.699 --> 00:04:49.199 It's like, I can buy that. 00:04:49.300 --> 00:04:51.519 Yes, I am a problem. 00:04:54.759 --> 00:05:01.500 And strangely enough, that problem doesn't really show up in my devotional life or my prayer life. 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:04.500 It shows up in particular when I'm around other people. 00:05:06.459 --> 00:05:08.680 Because I'd like to think that they're the problem. 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:19.100 And I would admit that relationships always bring sinners into close proximity with each other, 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:23.660 but we don't tend to see it that way. 00:05:23.660 --> 00:05:37.860 And 1 John is all about helping professing believers understand the significance of the question of, 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:39.640 am I really saved? 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:50.060 We're looking this morning at 1 John chapter 3, verse 1, just as an intro, 00:05:50.460 --> 00:05:52.640 and then more particularly at verse 16. 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:53.620 But let me read that to you. 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:54.180 It says there, 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:58.300 See what kind of love the Father has given unto us, 00:05:59.060 --> 00:06:02.439 that we should be called the children of God. 00:06:04.599 --> 00:06:08.319 I hope you have never gotten over that reality. 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:16.899 That the unbelievable blessing that you have of being God's child 00:06:16.899 --> 00:06:21.000 and having a personal relationship with the Lord of glory 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:27.339 is something that at every moment puts a smile on your face when you stop and think about it. 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:37.979 In fact, it is the remedy to much of our moodiness and surliness and unhappiness in life. 00:06:38.039 --> 00:06:38.959 Wouldn't you agree with that? 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.579 Here's Paul saying, and when he says, 00:06:42.779 --> 00:06:46.180 Behold, I can't get my head around the fullness of what it's saying. 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:47.439 It's like, wow! 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:54.839 Behold what manner, what kind of love the Father has given unto us 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:58.259 that we should be called the children of God. 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:00.319 It's overwhelming. 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:09.980 Paul then kind of plays out through, or not Paul, but John plays out through the remainder of the first part. 00:07:10.620 --> 00:07:17.959 He talks about the fact that this thought ends up having an effect upon the way we live. 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:27.159 And if you are sitting here this morning and your heart is touched with the sweetness of the truth 00:07:27.159 --> 00:07:31.219 that you're the child of God, well, one of the takeaways as a result of that 00:07:31.219 --> 00:07:35.959 is that you end up with a greater sensitivity to the issue of personal sin. 00:07:37.719 --> 00:07:41.639 This morning, as I was spending time in prayer, 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:50.860 I found myself lamenting, just grieving of heart with one of the recurring battles of my own heart. 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:51.939 How many of you have those? 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:53.779 A couple areas where, you know, just like, 00:07:54.219 --> 00:07:54.699 You know what? 00:07:54.819 --> 00:07:57.019 I really wish this didn't happen anymore, 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:02.479 and I didn't have those kind of lousy, low-life, unacceptable, godless thoughts. 00:08:02.659 --> 00:08:04.139 How many of you are in that space with me? 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:04.539 Thank you. 00:08:04.599 --> 00:08:06.579 Mike, there's one of us here, okay? 00:08:06.579 --> 00:08:14.439 And I remember thinking of the passage in Hebrews 1, verse 9, 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:20.979 where the author, unknown, recites a passage in the Psalms. 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:25.159 Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity. 00:08:25.259 --> 00:08:29.899 And I found myself this morning as I was in prayer and preparation for the Lord's table 00:08:29.899 --> 00:08:38.480 just saying, Lord, I so hate sin, and I long to grow in grace. 00:08:40.319 --> 00:08:44.939 And in the passage we see in 1 John is, hey, we are the children of God, 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.620 and the truth of the matter is is that we're not what we will be, 00:08:48.779 --> 00:08:53.759 but, man, thinking about it has an effect upon our lives. 00:08:53.759 --> 00:09:02.059 And as the apostle unpacks the portion of passage, 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:04.419 he deals with this issue of sin, 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:08.340 and he brings it around to a very, very practical challenge in terms of relationship 00:09:08.340 --> 00:09:13.860 and really challenges us to kind of think through the issue of 00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:20.319 whether or not our relationships with one another are marked by the love of Christ. 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:26.080 And I'm not going to take the time to deal with that piece of it. 00:09:26.140 --> 00:09:29.900 What I want to do is have you put your finger on verse 16 00:09:29.900 --> 00:09:35.540 because it is an absolutely central truth in the believer's life. 00:09:37.040 --> 00:09:45.480 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:57.920 It's appropriate that a passage such as this be part of our time around the Lord's table. 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:00.399 There's a connectedness. 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:05.899 You remember that when Paul is correcting the church at Corinth 00:10:05.899 --> 00:10:09.120 regarding their time around the Lord's table, 00:10:09.340 --> 00:10:11.920 he reminds them that when we take these elements, 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:15.399 he says, you do show forth the Lord's death. 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:20.720 The bread and the cup are reminders of Jesus dying for us. 00:10:20.820 --> 00:10:24.700 And so here we are in a companion passage over in 1 John 3 00:10:24.700 --> 00:10:30.680 where the apostle, as he is reminding us of our relationship with Christ, 00:10:30.899 --> 00:10:33.180 and he's reminding us of the significance of that, 00:10:33.420 --> 00:10:36.340 he makes this kind of foundational statement. 00:10:37.800 --> 00:10:39.460 This is what love looks like. 00:10:41.680 --> 00:10:44.340 Jesus died for us. 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:45.340 Jesus died for us. 00:10:45.340 --> 00:10:49.440 And since we are at the table and we are going to be taking these elements, 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:53.320 I think it's appropriate for us to recognize what we're not doing today. 00:10:55.460 --> 00:11:03.200 For one thing, we recognize that the enemy of our souls is great at leading us astray, 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:10.060 and even we who are well-framed and relatively mature believers, 00:11:10.160 --> 00:11:14.360 how many of you would admit that there are times when your mind just is not connected 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:16.080 to the things it should be connected to? 00:11:17.420 --> 00:11:21.440 I mean, there are some of us here that perhaps spend an hour, 00:11:21.500 --> 00:11:22.960 an hour and a half in our devotional life. 00:11:23.020 --> 00:11:24.340 We get up early in the morning and do it, 00:11:24.540 --> 00:11:28.600 and I can tell you this, that even when you're engaged in that level of discipline, 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:32.740 there are times that you can go through the motions and your heart's not in it. 00:11:34.259 --> 00:11:37.639 And so I would appeal to you that when we come to this table that we are careful 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:42.120 that we don't just get caught up and led astray by the enemy of our souls. 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:47.600 So let's recognize that for one thing, we're really not engaged in a saving ritual. 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:52.700 I remember talking with an individual not too long ago who said to me, 00:11:53.100 --> 00:11:58.259 oh, I've missed communion for so long, it just doesn't feel right. 00:12:00.300 --> 00:12:04.779 And I've got to tell you, I can understand that. 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:10.500 But on the other hand, I don't want any believer to ever end up having the idea 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:15.279 that you kind of lose all kinds of points with God if you don't take communion necessarily. 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:21.759 I mean, there are some people that are bed fast. 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:25.620 There are some people that are in the military, 00:12:25.740 --> 00:12:29.139 and there are reasons, various reasons, they don't engage in the Lord's table. 00:12:29.659 --> 00:12:33.600 And so don't think to yourself that when you take communion, 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:35.939 you get kind of extra points with the Father. 00:12:38.179 --> 00:12:41.819 Satan has actually deceived many into thinking that the bread and the cup 00:12:41.820 --> 00:12:46.640 are a means of salvation, and that actually taking the bread and the cup 00:12:46.640 --> 00:12:53.860 is one of the ways that you assure yourself of your eternal destiny. 00:12:55.220 --> 00:12:59.640 The false teaching surrounding that proposes that every time communion 00:12:59.640 --> 00:13:07.500 is actually offered, that the priest is making a fresh sacrifice of Christ for our sins. 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:11.940 That is an unholy teaching. 00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:16.100 And it is clearly contradictory to the Scriptures. 00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:18.679 I want you to take just a moment. 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:21.259 You're there in 1 John, and we're going to come back to it. 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:27.519 But I want you to turn in your Bible over to Hebrews 7, verse 27, 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:29.779 and mark what it says, 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:34.960 talking about Jesus in relationship to the priestly sacrifices 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:37.220 that were made in the Old Testament. 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:37.820 He says this, 00:13:37.820 --> 00:13:39.840 He had no need, like those high priests, 00:13:40.220 --> 00:13:43.440 to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, 00:13:44.800 --> 00:13:48.660 and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all. 00:13:48.660 --> 00:13:52.200 And I would encourage you, underline that in your Bible, 00:13:52.420 --> 00:13:53.980 once for all. 00:13:54.660 --> 00:13:57.060 Once for all. 00:13:57.059 --> 00:14:02.719 We find a very similar statement over in Hebrews 10. 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.039 And in verse 10, here's what it says, 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:09.119 And by that will, 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:15.259 Jesus referring, or the passage referring to Jesus coming to obey the will of the Father, 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:15.639 it says, 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:20.379 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ 00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:22.059 once for all. 00:14:22.099 --> 00:14:24.559 Now stop just for a moment and listen and look up. 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:27.439 This is a little unusual statement, 00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:29.599 once for all, once for all. 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:31.979 You don't find that kind of repetition 00:14:31.979 --> 00:14:38.199 without understanding that the Spirit of God wants to be clear 00:14:38.199 --> 00:14:40.659 that we're not misled. 00:14:41.859 --> 00:14:47.579 It's pretty hard to get around a once for all statement, isn't it? 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:50.500 It's there to remind us. 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:56.659 The sacrifice of Christ sufficient and once for all. 00:14:57.460 --> 00:15:00.679 I want you to understand that when we come to this table, 00:15:01.059 --> 00:15:05.220 we are not here, not only to not engage in a saving ritual, 00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:07.120 but we're not just going through the motions. 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:13.120 And one of the characteristics of our fellowship in preparing for the Lord's table 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:18.480 is that invariably, the Wednesday before we come to this table, 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:22.500 there is a portion in the prayer bulletin reminding us of the fact 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:24.179 that the Lord's table is coming, 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:27.320 and there are things that we should prepare for in prayer. 00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:33.460 I'm all in favor of taking a quiet moment to quiet your heart 00:15:33.460 --> 00:15:34.620 before you take the elements, 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:40.159 but how many of you admit that sometimes that can be pretty just functional? 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:41.539 I mean, you know what I'm saying? 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:47.240 Probably a more practical way to really get down to the nut of the matter 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:50.740 would be to turn to your wife on Saturday evening and say, 00:15:50.819 --> 00:15:56.620 honey, are there any sin areas in my life that you think I need to repent of 00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:58.500 before I take communion tomorrow morning? 00:16:00.219 --> 00:16:02.100 That's a really comfortable thought, isn't it? 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.139 Inviting your wife to help you realize where you are struggling. 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:10.319 I mean, the last time your wife probably had a comment to say 00:16:10.319 --> 00:16:13.179 about your spiritual deficiencies, how did you receive it? 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:17.019 Probably what you said is, who are you to talk to me? 00:16:17.699 --> 00:16:20.779 You low-life, struggling sinner that you are. 00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:23.039 You know, it's like, but here's my point, okay? 00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:25.159 Hey, hey, come on. 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:30.240 We should realize that we've got to be careful 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:31.539 that we're not going through the motions, 00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:37.500 and that means that we carefully do exactly what it says in 1 Corinthians 11, 00:16:37.719 --> 00:16:40.059 where it says, examine yourself, 00:16:41.579 --> 00:16:43.099 that you not be judged with the world. 00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:48.839 And so, if you are into multitasking, and I think you are, 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:51.579 some of you are already thinking about what lunch is, 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.959 so you can handle this one too, 00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:56.480 just go ahead and say to the Lord, help me to listen with one ear, 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:58.600 and with my spirit, kind of my heart, 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:01.220 kind of consider, are there attitudes I have 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:03.180 that really aren't pleasing to you? 00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:10.120 Do I have some unconfessed sin that needs to be cared for 00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:11.240 before I come to the elements? 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:13.819 And so, I want to remind you that what we're not doing today 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:15.220 is we're not just going through the motions. 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:19.620 What we are here to do this morning is think deeply 00:17:19.620 --> 00:17:21.839 on Christ's death for us, 00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:23.500 because I've got to tell you something, listen to me. 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:27.920 What He has done for us means everything to me, 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:30.599 and it means everything to you who know Christ. 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:36.319 It is the foundation for the way we live and act and think. 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:36.940 Isn't that right? 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.579 Isn't it right? 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:46.299 And it helps us to remind ourselves again and again and again 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:48.980 of who Jesus is and what He's done for me, 00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:53.019 because it has a tendency of redirecting, correcting, 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:56.759 and helping me get back in the space that I need to be. 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.259 So here we are with this little verse, 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:06.360 and the apostle says this. 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:07.160 He says, listen, 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:13.500 this is how we know love. 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:18.660 He laid down His life for us. 00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:22.440 So let's look at that very simple statement 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:25.000 and recognize that when it says 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.160 He laid down His life for us, 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:28.599 what it is telling us is that 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:32.740 Jesus made a voluntary choice. 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:39.339 Jesus' death on the cross was not kind of a quirk of fate. 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:43.759 It was not a cruel display of the heartless attitudes 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:45.500 of the Jewish leaders, 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:47.459 though they were heartless and godless. 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:50.279 What we understand is that 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.879 what took place on the cross 00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:54.019 is something that the Lord Jesus 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:56.500 consciously and deliberately chose to do. 00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:59.500 You are there in 1 John. 00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:01.159 I want you to look at a companion passage 00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:03.359 that amplifies this statement. 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:05.779 Turn back to John's gospel, 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:08.939 to John chapter 10, verse 17. 00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:16.359 John chapter 10, verse 17. 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:23.980 For this reason the Father loves me, 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:26.939 because I lay down my life 00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:28.539 that I may take it up again. 00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:33.959 I lay down my life. 00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:37.599 There are some things that you and I 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:38.559 have been forced to do 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:40.240 because they're necessary, 00:19:40.399 --> 00:19:41.500 that sometimes we do things 00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:43.980 because other people expect us to do them. 00:19:45.419 --> 00:19:47.259 But what Jesus is saying here 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:49.619 is that His decision to die for us 00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:51.759 was something that He chose to do. 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:54.559 It wasn't an accident. 00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:58.619 It wasn't something that just happened. 00:19:58.619 --> 00:20:01.919 The Son of God, our Savior, 00:20:01.919 --> 00:20:03.859 the one who has redeemed me 00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:05.959 and has blessed me with all spiritual blessings 00:20:05.959 --> 00:20:06.719 in the heavenlies, 00:20:07.179 --> 00:20:09.219 consciously and deliberately chose 00:20:09.219 --> 00:20:11.659 to lay aside His pre-incarnate glory 00:20:11.659 --> 00:20:14.379 and to come here and live on this earth 00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:17.259 a sinless life and to die for my sins. 00:20:18.959 --> 00:20:21.759 The wonder of His choice is really magnified 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:23.039 when we stop and consider 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:25.519 the glory of the one making the choice. 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:28.339 And it should overwhelm us. 00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:31.220 It should overwhelm us. 00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:37.119 I have not watched any basketball yet. 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:41.319 But I have friends that are out on Facebook 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.980 and I do check to see where they are. 00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.059 And I have, 00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:46.019 some of you remember Tom Watkins, 00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:47.119 Dr. Tom Watkins. 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:49.519 He is a Michigan State fan. 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:52.379 And every one of his posts, 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:55.539 he must be going to the games quite a bit 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:57.980 because I hear him post this and post that 00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.859 and post the other thing. 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:02.619 And I get the sense that he's pretty encouraged right now. 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:06.059 I mean, Michigan State basketball 00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:08.000 is kind of really pretty neat. 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.639 And I'm thinking, 00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:12.099 so that's good. 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.680 That's good. 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.599 He's a great guy. 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:18.339 But I want my heart to be more affected 00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:21.740 by the sweetness of what Jesus has done for me 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:24.659 than any sport activity ever. 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.399 You got that? 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.219 And so, 00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:33.119 when we think about Christ's voluntary death for us, 00:21:33.679 --> 00:21:35.159 it ought to overwhelm us. 00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:39.339 That's what the apostle is saying. 00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:41.339 This is what love looks like. 00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:45.019 Jesus laid down his life for us. 00:21:45.899 --> 00:21:46.179 And so, 00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:47.480 hammer that home 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:49.399 in your life. 00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.599 Jesus died 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:52.439 by his own choice. 00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:55.519 Scripture actually goes to quite a detail 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.839 to help us get that fact 00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:57.500 in our minds. 00:21:57.959 --> 00:21:58.179 And so, 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.019 we're going to take some time 00:21:59.019 --> 00:22:00.399 and work our way through the Gospels 00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.480 in relationship to that. 00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.159 Keep your finger 00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:03.859 there in 1 John. 00:22:03.939 --> 00:22:05.000 We will come back to that. 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:06.319 But go to Matthew 27, 00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.879 verse 50, 00:22:07.959 --> 00:22:08.619 first of all. 00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:11.699 Matthew 27, 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.599 verse 50. 00:22:12.739 --> 00:22:14.000 Jesus died 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.339 voluntarily. 00:22:16.219 --> 00:22:17.679 And Jesus cried out again 00:22:17.679 --> 00:22:18.539 with a loud voice 00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:20.559 and yielded up his spirit. 00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.099 Now, 00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:22.099 what does that say? 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:26.299 In most cases, 00:22:26.479 --> 00:22:27.859 death comes upon people 00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:29.500 just as a 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:31.459 providential flow 00:22:31.459 --> 00:22:32.719 of the process 00:22:32.719 --> 00:22:33.299 of 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.479 dying. 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.620 dying. 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.940 It's not like, 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.039 and I have been 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.420 in the hospital room 00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:40.279 and at the bedside 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:41.400 of many individuals 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:42.660 over the years of ministry, 00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.779 and I've watched 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:45.099 a number of individuals die. 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:46.420 It's not like anybody says, 00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.620 hey, 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.380 you know what? 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.000 I'm out of here 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.900 in a minute and a half. 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.140 It happens when God 00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.779 in his plan 00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.460 ordains it. 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.519 But Jesus 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:56.779 chose the moment 00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.400 of his death. 00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.579 And here's what it says there. 00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.720 In verse 50, 00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.120 he said, 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.759 and he cried out 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.400 with a loud voice 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.620 and yielded up his spirit. 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.940 He chose 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:06.620 to die for us. 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:07.980 We're in Matthew. 00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:08.700 I want you to turn 00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:10.160 to Luke 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:11.900 chapter 23 00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:15.440 verse 46. 00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.600 Luke chapter 23 00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:17.560 verse 46. 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.940 Then Jesus 00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.700 called out, 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.340 calling out 00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:23.080 with a loud voice, 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.300 said, 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:23.620 Father, 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.259 into your hands 00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.300 I commit my spirit. 00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.220 And having said this, 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.440 he breathed his last. 00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.660 Into your hands 00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.620 I commit 00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:31.460 my spirit. 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.320 This is 00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:34.420 an act 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.700 Jesus did 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.420 voluntarily. 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.600 John chapter 19 00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.259 verse 30. 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:43.560 John chapter 19 00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:45.160 verse 30. 00:23:49.800 --> 00:23:50.700 When Jesus 00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.380 had received 00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.500 the sour wine, 00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.640 he said, 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.519 it is finished. 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:56.200 And he bowed 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.700 his head 00:23:56.700 --> 00:24:00.759 and gave 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.680 up 00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:04.120 his spirit. 00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.480 So when you take 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:10.960 the bread 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.880 this morning, 00:24:12.580 --> 00:24:14.720 when you take 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.360 the cup 00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.360 this morning, 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:18.220 I want you 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.740 to meditate 00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.680 upon the thought 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.360 that Jesus 00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:21.960 chose 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.799 of his own 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.360 free will 00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:24.120 to die for you. 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:26.519 he died 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.939 for you. 00:24:28.239 --> 00:24:29.379 And the truth 00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:29.719 of the matter 00:24:29.719 --> 00:24:30.119 is, 00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.539 is that 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:32.519 if we 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.439 think 00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:34.279 carefully 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.219 about our 00:24:35.219 --> 00:24:35.799 own 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:37.319 wickedness 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:39.819 and the 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.539 just 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.359 punishment 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.239 at the hands 00:24:42.239 --> 00:24:42.859 of a holy 00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.399 God, 00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:45.119 the fact 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.699 that Jesus 00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.399 died in 00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:47.319 my place 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.559 is 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.579 overwhelming. 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:49.699 coming. 00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.119 I have 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.439 to tell 00:24:56.439 --> 00:24:56.679 you 00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:59.159 that there 00:24:59.159 --> 00:24:59.859 is benefit 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:01.439 in reminding 00:25:01.439 --> 00:25:02.679 myself over 00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.359 and over 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.319 again of 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.879 what Jesus 00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.339 has done 00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.779 for me. 00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:08.039 And the 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.579 practical 00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.619 exercise this 00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.059 morning of 00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.599 taking a 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.059 portion of 00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:13.240 bread and 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.819 taking a 00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:15.259 cup that 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.179 reminds me 00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.799 of both 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:18.099 his death 00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.679 for me. 00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.779 And the 00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.519 new covenant 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.699 is something 00:25:21.699 --> 00:25:22.459 that should 00:25:22.459 --> 00:25:23.819 reorient 00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:25.240 and reframe 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.599 my natural 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.519 tendency of 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.359 being just 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.419 a little bit 00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:31.459 self-focused. 00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.619 There's 00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.039 something else 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.399 that I want 00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:36.579 you to 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.099 understand as 00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.399 you look at 00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:38.019 this passage. 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.899 Going back 00:25:38.899 --> 00:25:39.459 to 1 John 00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:40.079 chapter 3, 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:43.059 he laid 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.439 down his 00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:44.500 life for 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.000 us. 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:47.160 And the 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.539 fact that 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.279 he died 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.059 for us, 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.539 I want 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.779 you to 00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.240 recognize 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.880 that Christ's 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.640 work was 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.059 sufficient. 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.819 It wasn't 00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.259 wasted. 00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.380 His death 00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.839 was more 00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.519 than voluntary, 00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.079 and when I 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.480 say more 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.099 than voluntary, 00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.079 I do not 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.619 mean in any 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.099 way to take 00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.500 away from 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.819 the fact 00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.099 that it 00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.759 was voluntary, 00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.579 but it 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.099 was more 00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.799 than voluntary. 00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.799 It was 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:09.059 necessary and 00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.779 sufficient for 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.640 our sins. 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:12.880 the action 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.240 that is 00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.960 spoken of 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.180 here in 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.820 the text 00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:17.000 refers to 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.560 something that 00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:18.300 is done 00:26:18.300 --> 00:26:18.660 and the 00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.259 matter is 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.759 settled. 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.320 It's 00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.780 finished. 00:26:23.300 --> 00:26:24.380 Jesus didn't 00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.020 die to give 00:26:25.020 --> 00:26:25.720 us a model 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.840 of how to 00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:27.140 live a 00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:28.120 sacrificial life, 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.020 though his 00:26:29.020 --> 00:26:29.759 life is a 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.320 model of how 00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:30.640 to live 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.440 sacrificially. 00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:33.860 His death 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.360 was the 00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:36.080 only completely 00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:37.020 appropriate and 00:26:37.020 --> 00:26:37.860 necessary 00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:39.480 substitution 00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.960 for our 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.319 death. 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:44.200 I know 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.240 that theologians 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.839 can dispute 00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:48.920 about wording, 00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.420 and I think 00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.019 it's appropriate 00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.900 to do so. 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:53.259 Some have 00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.259 a great deal 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.120 of angst 00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.700 over saying 00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.700 Jesus died 00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:58.000 our death. 00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.440 They think 00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.920 that we should 00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.599 say Jesus 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.599 died for us, 00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.880 and I struggle 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.640 to make a 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.980 distinction because 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:06.160 I believe Jesus 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:07.160 died in my 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.620 place. 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:08.980 And so, 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.740 when we stop 00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.259 to think about 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.579 it this 00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:10.819 morning, 00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.259 I want you 00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.259 to respond 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.940 as you take 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.360 the bread 00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.839 and cup. 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.319 Think, 00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.380 you died 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.819 for me, 00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.759 for my sins, 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.259 in my 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.700 place. 00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.339 It's 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.779 interesting, 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.319 in John 00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.980 chapter 1, 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.599 verse 29, 00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:24.940 when John 00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.319 the Baptist 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.900 saw Jesus 00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.240 coming, 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.559 he said, 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.079 behold the 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.700 Lamb of God 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.640 that takes 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.799 away the 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.420 sin of the 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.779 world. 00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.279 That's neat. 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:32.920 That's a 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.220 blessing. 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.920 I want you 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.400 to think back 00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:36.059 to that passage 00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.740 that I referred 00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.700 to earlier in 00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.900 Hebrews chapter 10, 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.920 verse 10, 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.740 and then also 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.400 in 14, 00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.420 and just kind 00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.099 of fix this 00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.759 in your mind 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.799 that Christ 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:46.059 Jesus died 00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:47.579 for our sins 00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.559 and it is 00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.079 completed. 00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.860 It's done. 00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:51.120 It's finished. 00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.019 How many of you 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.880 like to occasionally 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.700 get kind of wrapped 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.440 up in studies 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.279 just to find out 00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:58.339 if it's really so? 00:27:58.339 --> 00:28:01.579 I was studying 00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:02.279 this morning 00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.279 the Greek word 00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.119 tetelestai 00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:06.019 and I have 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.419 to confess 00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:06.839 to you 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.379 that I 00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:08.659 can think 00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:08.859 of 00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:11.799 who was 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.459 Evangelism 00:28:12.459 --> 00:28:13.179 Explosion's 00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:13.539 pastor? 00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.079 Can anybody 00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.419 help me 00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:14.699 with that? 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.419 James Kennedy. 00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.220 I remember 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.859 hearing James 00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.480 Kennedy say 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.000 that the word 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.740 tetelestai 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.480 means paid 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.879 in full. 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:23.660 I can't say 00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.320 that I found 00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:25.000 that actually 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.560 in further 00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:26.600 research today 00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:28.200 or last week. 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.280 And one of the 00:28:30.280 --> 00:28:30.900 advantages is that 00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.620 you guys can sit 00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.300 here and Google 00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:33.020 right now 00:28:33.020 --> 00:28:33.580 and find out 00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.080 if I'm right. 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.960 Don't do that! 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:38.180 But here's my 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.460 point. 00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.420 Hey, we ought 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.000 to pay attention 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.180 to being accurate 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.680 and careful. 00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:43.200 What it does 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.000 mean is that 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.360 the matter 00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.779 is settled. 00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.380 It's done. 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:49.059 So this morning 00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.600 as you think 00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.500 about what 00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.440 Christ has done 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.120 I want you 00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.539 to understand 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.100 when he said 00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:54.220 it is finished 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:56.519 he meant 00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.200 that this 00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.640 work of 00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.120 redemption 00:28:58.120 --> 00:29:00.700 this work 00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.620 of giving 00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.600 you salvation 00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:04.420 this work 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.200 of assuring 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.980 your eternal 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.680 destiny 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.620 and where 00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.019 you will 00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:09.100 spend all 00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:10.000 of eternity 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.980 the matter 00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:12.160 is finished 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:13.000 it's done 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.980 it's settled 00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.019 there's nothing 00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.180 else to add 00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.740 to that. 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.100 I think 00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.600 of the words 00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:20.360 of the song 00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:21.600 that says 00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:22.080 this 00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:23.640 I need 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.060 no other 00:29:24.060 --> 00:29:24.539 argument 00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.460 I need 00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.900 no other 00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.259 plea 00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.060 it is enough 00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.420 that 00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.620 Jesus 00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.400 died 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.380 and that 00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.019 he died 00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:32.019 for me. 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:35.779 so this 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.039 morning 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.400 as I 00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.980 ask the 00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.619 men to 00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:37.879 come 00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.180 and we 00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.480 will 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.160 gather 00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.420 around 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.579 the 00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.839 table 00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.139 now 00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.400 I 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.559 want 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:41.660 you 00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:41.779 to 00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:41.920 think 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.059 to 00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.480 yourself 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.119 this 00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.279 is 00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.619 love 00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:46.319 Jesus 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.740 laid 00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.019 down 00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.240 his 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.700 life 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:49.019 for me 00:29:49.019 --> 00:30:09.700 I 00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:09.900 want 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.019 you 00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.440 to pray 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.740 with 00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.019 me 00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:13.000 before 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.200 we 00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.400 take 00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.639 these 00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.099 elements 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:18.939 father 00:30:18.939 --> 00:30:21.459 I can 00:30:21.459 --> 00:30:21.679 only 00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:21.980 refer 00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.339 to my 00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.539 own 00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:22.859 heart 00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:25.599 and I 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:25.759 know 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.000 how 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.379 easy 00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.779 it is 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.139 for me 00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.539 as I 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.759 come 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.119 to this 00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.459 table 00:30:28.459 --> 00:30:29.359 to be 00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:31.439 careless 00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:32.079 in my 00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.519 own 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:34.019 examination 00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:37.039 that is 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.559 unfitting 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:39.480 given the 00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.879 seriousness 00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.339 of the 00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.659 warning 00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.039 that we 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.579 find in 00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:41.859 1st 00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.299 Corinthians 00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.919 regarding 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.700 taking 00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.340 this 00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:47.220 time of 00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.660 remembrance 00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.460 in an 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.880 unworthy 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.440 fashion 00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:52.460 I 00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.840 struggle 00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:53.100 with 00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.300 sin 00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:53.700 father 00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:56.259 and I 00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.580 am very 00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.000 thankful 00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.660 for the 00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.800 time of 00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.120 coming 00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:00.039 this morning 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.820 before you 00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.920 and asking 00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.380 for the 00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.920 spirit's 00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.259 help 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.120 that I 00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.560 deal 00:31:04.560 --> 00:31:05.700 with 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.360 humility 00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:08.519 and 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.000 spirit 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.600 enabled 00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.740 objectivity 00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.560 with sin 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:12.940 and Tim 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.440 Kenoyer's 00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:13.799 life 00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:17.299 I'm thankful 00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.299 that Jesus 00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:19.099 died for me 00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.559 that I 00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.639 do not 00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.039 have to 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.460 stay a 00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.079 slave to 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.379 sin 00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:25.759 I'm thankful 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.500 that because 00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.940 of what 00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.599 Jesus has 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.099 done for 00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.339 me 00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.079 that my 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.720 relationships 00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.480 and attitudes 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.059 towards 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.679 others 00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:34.480 are liberated 00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.039 from being 00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.899 so entirely 00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.539 consumed 00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.339 with myself 00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:40.439 and enabled 00:31:40.439 --> 00:31:40.879 by your 00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.459 spirit to 00:31:41.459 --> 00:31:42.039 be focused 00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.599 upon the 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.079 glory of 00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.459 Christ 00:31:43.459 --> 00:31:43.799 and the 00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.220 needs 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.899 of those 00:31:45.899 --> 00:31:46.259 you bring 00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.619 to me 00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:49.559 and father 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.899 I would 00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.299 pray that 00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.839 this morning 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:52.419 with a 00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:53.019 hatred for 00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.699 sin and a 00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:54.480 love for 00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.799 the Lord 00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.459 Jesus that 00:31:55.459 --> 00:31:55.740 I would 00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.319 long to 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.259 grow to 00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.799 be more 00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.919 like 00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.959 him 00:31:59.959 --> 00:32:02.879 and I 00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.199 pray this 00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:03.500 for his 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.879 glory 00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:05.599 amen 00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:07.779 but 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