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 so let's let's let's ask God to be with us before we look at his word our father in heaven we

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 simply pray that you would be here by your spirit this morning as we look at your word and study it

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 and meditate on it together thank you for the great and awesome truths it contains in Jesus name

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 so we have a relatively lengthy passage this is gonna bother me um so we're acts chapter two

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 and we're going to be reading verses 14 through 41 um i wonder if i might get a couple of volunteers

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 to maybe break that up and and read um read the entire passage for us any volunteers

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 okay so tyler why don't you start and then stop where it seems about a third way laurie you pick up

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 uh and do the same and then brian you finish this off nice and loud though okay because

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 yeah acts chapter two verse 14 uh but peter standing with the eleven lifted up his voice

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 and addressed them men of judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem let this be known to you and give

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 the ears to my words for these people are not drunk as you suppose it is only the third hour of the day

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 but this is what was uttered through the prophet joel and in the last days it shall be what god

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 declares that i will pour out my spirit on all flesh and your son and your daughter shall prophesy

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 and your young men shall have visions and your old men shall dream dreams even on my male servants

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 and female servants in those days i will pour out my spirit and they shall prophesy i will show wonders

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 in the heavens above and signs on the earth below blood and fire and vapor of snow the sun shall be

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 turned to darkness in the moon's blood before the day of the lord comes the great and magnificent day

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 and it shall come to pass if everyone who calls upon the name of the lord shall be saved

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 men of israel hear these words jesus of nazareth a man attested to you by god with mighty works and

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 wonders and signs that god did through him in your midst as you yourselves know this jesus delivered up

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 according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of god you crucified and killed by the hands of

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 lawless men god raised him up loose loosing the pangs of death because it was not possible for him to be

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 held by it for david says concerning him i saw the lord always before me for he is at my right hand that

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 i may not be shaken therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced my flesh also will dwell in hope

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 for you will not abandon my soul to hades or let your holy one see corruption you have made known to me

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 the path of life you will make me full of gladness with your presence brothers i may say to you with

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 confidence about the patriarch david that he both died and was buried and his tomb is with us to this

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 day being therefore a prophet and knowing that god had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of

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 his descendants on his throne he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of christ that he was not

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 abandoned to hades nor did his flesh see corruption this jesus god raised up

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 and of that we are all witnesses being therefore exalted at the right hand of god and having received

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 from the father the promise of the holy spirit he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing

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 and hearing for david did not descend into the heavens but he himself says the lord said to my lord sit at

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 my right hand until i make your enemies your footstool but all the house of israel therefore know

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 for certain that god has made him both lord and christ this jesus whom you crucified now when they heard

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 this they were cut to the heart and said to peter and to the rest of the apostles brothers what shall we

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 do and peter said to them repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of jesus christ for the

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 forgiveness of your sins and you will receive the gift of the holy spirit for the promise is for you

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 and for your children and for all who are far off everyone whom the lord our god calls to himself

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 and with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them saying save yourselves from the

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 crooked generation from this crooked generation so those who received his word were baptized and there

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 were at that day about three thousand souls okay great thank you so we can see that there's a summary

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 verse um if you look at verse 36 and peter says let all the house of israel therefore know for certain

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 that god has made him both lord and christ this jesus whom you crucified and then shortly after

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 after in verse 38 he says therefore repent okay so if we're going to understand i think the weight of

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 what's going on we have to think about the context that peter's speaking into um

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 we have the expectations of the people for what the messiah is going to be and um i want to read a couple

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 passages for you to just put a little flavor on the the uh uh may you of what peter's speaking into

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 um just after the resurrection happened okay so this is matthew chapter 27 this is the scene at the

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 crucifixion it's going to be familiar passage uh let me read a few verses for us

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 and over his head they put a charge against him which read this is jesus the king of the jews

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 then two robbers were crucified with him one on the right and one on the left and those who passed by

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 derided him wagging their heads and saying you would just you who would destroy the temple and rebuild it

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 in three days save yourself if you are the son of god come down from the cross

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 so also the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him saying he saved others he cannot

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 save himself he is the king of israel let him come down now from the cross and we will believe in him

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 he trusts in god let god deliver him if he desires him for he said i am the son of god

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 god so basically what's happening is jesus is in his ministry claiming to be uh the messiah to which

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 the jewish people perceive to be um a military ruler right who's going to come and liberate them from the

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 romans and that is part um being king of course is part of what the prediction of the messiah was to

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 be but there's also another side to being messiah which was which was what

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 right so uh the suffering servant uh motif which the people um weren't prepared for right so

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 um even people within jesus circle so i want to read another passage to to continue to flesh this out

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 just a little bit so this is um a few verses from the emmaus road account so familiar with jesus has

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 died he's been resurrected he's now encounters these two men on the emmaus road and this again is familiar

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 but let me read these verses for us and jesus said to them what is this conversation that you are holding

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 with each other as you walk and they stood still looking sad then one of them named cleopas answered

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 him are you the only visitor to jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these

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 days and he said to them what things and they said to him concerning jesus of nazareth a man who was a

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 prophet mighty indeed and word before god and all the people and how our chief priests and rulers

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 delivered him up to be condemned to death and crucified him but we had hoped that he was the one to redeem

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 israel and he said to them oh foolish ones and slow and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets that

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 had spoken was it not necessary that the christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory

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 and beginning with moses and all the prophets he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things

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 concerning himself okay so what we have is jesus himself

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 explaining that there was a multi-dimensional facet to being messiah right there was this suffering

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 servant who was to be the high priest the ultimate high priest of god's people who was going to suffer

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 and pay for sins and make a way for forgiveness of sins but also a whole on the other side there's a

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 whole nother dimension of christ which is his kingship his lordship over all and the people

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 could not really conceive of those two things blending together and so they had a a pretty

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 um narrow expectation of what messiah was going to be so that's if we if we have that in our backdrop

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 and then we go back again and look at verse 36 so peter says let all the house of israel therefore

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 know for certain that god has made jesus both lord and christ

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 this jesus whom you crucified so what do you think is our possible ways we could render

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 peter putting these two things out there side by side and saying there's a and b and jesus was actually

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 both a and b what what would those what are possibilities for those two things well what does he mean by lord

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 this is not a trick question but what does he mean by lord

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 god

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 what what category for what we were just talking about

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 if peter says yes this jesus who you said if you really are

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 king of the jews come on down from the cross by the way i hope we feel

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 i hope we can existentially feel the weight of

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 that moment where jesus is hanging on a cross and human beings are at the foot of the cross and

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 saying you said you were you said you were king we doubted you this whole time now we've pinned you onto a tree

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 let's see you prove it now which is interesting as we talk about the resurrection right because

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 there's a big proof is coming um anyways lord is master lord is

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 king when peter says jesus is lord it almost goes beyond the conception right of earthly king it is

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 lord so what do you think might he mean then when he uses the word christ

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 as a both and it it would be odd i think if those were synonyms that he would

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 put them side by side like that in that phraseology

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 so christ means messiah

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 uh but you know looking at it this way you might say ah the other picture of the messiah the suffering

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 yes so that's what i think is happening i think peter is trying to expand in the mind of his audience

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 that messiah by god's determination is a much broader um role and because if you think about it

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 the people all all saw jesus um get crucified this is just just happened and now the resurrection has

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 also happened and there's accounts of it floating all around and so the part of messiahship which is the

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 payment for sins is um in the background almost visually for these people at this time right

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 it's the kingship of jesus frankly that is even at this point

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 um jesus kingship has not been visually um

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 uh well we well let's ask the question um what type of proof

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 was offered the people that jesus was the king

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 um and i'll even i'll even expand the question to prior to his prior to his crucifixion and

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 resurrection what proofs did the people have that jesus was the messiah

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 um and what proofs were they not given so i want to think about that together what what what

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 were they shown and what were they not shown um the voice from heaven bearing him back to them

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 good yes

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 talk and the transfiguration they heard the voice again but only three three of the disciples heard

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 that right yes good and all the miracles but um a lot of people did miracles so that wasn't really what

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 they were looking for they were looking for they were looking for something

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 they carried the voice

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 right yes

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 right

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 they were

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 they were afraid so

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 they couldn't obey to a human being right

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 so jesus said be calm to the storm and the calm and the storm was calm so we could we could

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 roughly have a category that with that we would call signs and wonders

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 and within signs and wonders or miracles or maybe even the voice of god coming down in affirmation of jesus

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 um so there's there's there's that whole category of proofs if you want to if we want to

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 term it that way um what else though there's another big category

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 um we talk with authority and it's authority that

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 other religious leaders sometimes felt threatened by yes

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 yes so for example we do have we do have accounts where jesus took out the scroll and

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 read about the messiah and then rolled the scroll back up and says something like

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 this person that was just spoken of is here and you're misreading the scroll team

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 um that kind of thing um and

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 i think that would fall into your category of that he spoke in a in a in a way but that

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 i don't know that that's evidence right he could have been just

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 yes okay so we have the and this is where peter goes as part of his sermon here um to the old

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 testament predictions um and prophecies about the messiah which jesus uh fulfilled

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 but what types of proofs

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 were not given to the people

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 military and political conflict

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 okay the the kingship that they were expecting

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 there was very very little evidence of that humanly speaking right

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 um

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 um

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 we're gonna we're gonna think through that a little bit here coming up but i just want to put that on the table for us to think about

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 um

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 he raised people from the dead that's pretty

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 signs and wonders

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 which by the way

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 signs and wonders were also predicted as proofs of the messiah so they're kind of that's kind of in both categories

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 um

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 uh i'm i'm gonna argue that

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 what was done was enough to be in the category that should have trumped the people's

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 misunderstanding of

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 of what messiah was going to be

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 ben

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 yes so uh good point and so that's that's a whole nother part of the discussion is is um

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 i mean jesus says well even if a man were to come back from the dead

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 people still aren't going to believe which is ironic because who came back from the dead and who

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 so you're you're getting into

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 sort of

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 what does it

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 all these evidences at the end of the day

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 are not

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 the heart changing

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 power

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 right

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 but for now for this discussion i'm

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 for us to understand what's going on with what peter's saying

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 um

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 i want to i want to think about

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 um

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 these proofs that are shown and and not shown so

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 um

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 you know even if we go back to acts chapter one even the believers

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 um

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 are still sort of even the people who are with peter and who are who have

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 who have repented and are on are who are believing jesus even they are saying

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 they say

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 uh so

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 when they had come together they asked him jesus lord

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 will you at this time restore the kingdom to israel

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 it's like as if they're saying

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 all right it's it's go time now like we were we're all with you you're resurrected

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 but now you're really going to come and do what we thought you were going to do in the first place

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 our agenda

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 so let's start seeing some fireworks you know

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 and jesus said to them it is not for you to know times or seasons that the father has fixed by his

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 own authority

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 in other words

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 jesus is a real king

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 the real king determines

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 which threats are the real threats to the people and he goes regardless of what the masses are saying in the in the brew houses

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 right and deals with the real threats

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 and you can see the masses are still like hey it's time to it's time to pick pick up your kingship and

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 crush our immediate enemies

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 um

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 so

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 i'd like to think together about what what were the error what errors were the people making with regard to their

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 um belief

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 paradigm

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 they were thinking entirely in human times

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 yes

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 just what they could experience right there in that moment in that work

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 yes

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 they were taking the evidence

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 and

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 weighing the evidence

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 the evidence is

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 wrong wrongly by the way

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 i'm just gonna show one of my cards here what i'm actually trying

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 trying to do

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 we are the they

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 uh

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 so

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 right exactly thank you

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 i don't need to elaborate on that

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 um

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 what else what other what other errors clay

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 there's this sort of preconceived notion of what the savior would look like

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 and who the savior would associate with

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 instead of then when you have

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 somebody that comes and says they're the savior and now they're associating

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 cleaning prostitutes fee and

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 helping the lowest although that doesn't exactly fit their description instead

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 uh

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 right

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 that's

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 true

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 and

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 what's behind do you think

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 what's the heart attitude behind

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 people determining what their savior should look like for themselves

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 how much of them benefit them

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 i'm sorry what

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 how much of them benefit them

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 right but i'm after more of um

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 a diagnosis has to be made

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 for internally for people then they prescribe their own medicine and then they look for their medicine to come

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 and if it doesn't look like what they prescribe for themselves

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 their god ship

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 just got questioned

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 okay so

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 this goes all the way back to the garden

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 right which is

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:11.000
 we want to be

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:13.239
 our own boss

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 and we want to determine for ourselves even what we need to get out of a big hole like we're

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:22.839
 being oppressed by the romans and

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:25.399
 we need a military leader to come

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:31.959
 where were the people that are like we've got a huge sin problem between us and a holy god

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:38.759
 and if god's telling us that his savior is going to save on the level of ultimate spiritual reality

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.919
 we we need to submit to that

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.439
 right

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.639
 now

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:46.040
 this idea

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 that god knows what we need

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 is a is a huge lesson that i think

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.640
 this this

00:22:56.280 --> 00:22:58.280
 proclamation of the resurrection

00:22:59.560 --> 00:23:02.040
 hammers home and i'm going to try to show that here in a second

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.759
 um

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:10.680
 so in light of this the significance of the resurrection

00:23:11.639 --> 00:23:13.480
 let's let's shift into that and talk about that

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:16.200
 i think

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:19.240
 that the resurrection is god's way

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.799
 of shouting

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.680
 um

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:28.680
 a divine affirmation from heaven

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:31.320
 that jesus is

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:34.360
 the priestly sacrifice

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:36.519
 for sins that is acceptable

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.360
 and

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:40.200
 that jesus is

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.880
 the victorious king

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:45.640
 that has triumphed over his and our

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.600
 true

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.600
 greatest enemies

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 and eventually all enemies

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 and it's god's way

00:23:54.199 --> 00:23:56.759
 and this is the part i really want to emphasize because we're all from

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 of course

00:23:57.639 --> 00:24:00.199
 everyone here who's a believer is familiar with

00:24:00.199 --> 00:24:02.359
 the idea of the resurrection and that

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.319
 jesus died

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:05.959
 for sins and god said yes

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:10.599
 this was adequate i raise you to validate it

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:14.919
 or we might even connect it directly to those people at the foot of the cross saying

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.919
 if you really are the king

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.439
 prove it

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:21.480
 come on down and god proved it

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:23.080
 by not only having

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:25.880
 if he had come down from the cross in the middle of all that

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:27.720
 that would have been one thing but to be

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:31.640
 to be dead and buried and then come down off the cross as it were

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:32.920
 is

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:36.840
 a much louder declaration

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:40.920
 of affirmation of jesus right

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 but what i want to emphasize is the shouting part of it this is g this is god the

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.240
 father declaring

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:51.319
 declaring to the world

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:57.319
 that jesus is who he says that he is in all of his dimensions

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 and that

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.680
 frankly

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:07.319
 the things that are getting debated on ground level between human beings

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:10.680
 should be getting drowned out

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:19.320
 by the shouting of you know i like that that you brought up um this verbal affirmation of god on jesus

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.519
 um

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:23.240
 you know uh this is like that

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:28.279
 times a million that god would bring him back from the dead

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.720
 um

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.879
 and

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:31.960
 and

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:34.920
 here's

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.839
 why i'm saying that

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 were the people actually given the proofs that they wanted

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:46.920
 prior to i mean they're they're there with their hands on their hips saying okay

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:49.799
 you don't look like a king to us we're going to crucify you

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:55.480
 then when he was resurrected he still hasn't shifted into consummation of his

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:57.480
 kingship right

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.559
 visibly to the people

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 and it's almost as if peter's saying here's this great reality

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:07.879
 to reorder how you're how you're measuring everything

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.399
 now

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:15.480
 how is that relevant to us i think this is so relevant to us

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.759
 um

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.160
 when we are

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:28.039
 wrestling with our own doubts for example

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:32.200
 or when we have circumstances in our life

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:38.200
 that that if we were to just use the circumstances as the rubric

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:43.720
 for let's just take let's just say is god loving does god love me

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:49.480
 if we were to use this human circumstances only

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:53.559
 kind of like the people did at the time jesus showed up

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.839
 on earth

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:59.160
 what we're what conclusions might we be tempted to draw

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:03.240
 again this is not a trick question

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:07.160
 question

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.680
 i would be

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:11.960
 one of the worst person at that time

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.079
 because

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:15.400
 every day in the situation

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:17.319
 i look at the situation

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:19.559
 as a human being

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.759
 yes

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.039
 um

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:28.039
 you know for that matter

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.759
 um

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.319
 um

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:34.759
 we could say well what proofs do we have right now that jesus is king of the universe

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.960
 ourselves

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:40.680
 um

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:42.680
 jesus is absolutely

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:45.240
 on the throne reigning

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:47.960
 uh

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:50.920
 what proofs do we have humanly speaking

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.960
 uh

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.160
 for that

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.120
 so

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:03.000
 what's the what's the christian answer to this

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:06.920
 if if i if i have a brother that comes to me and he says man

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:09.080
 i've got this going on in my life

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:10.680
 i've got this going on in my life

00:28:11.560 --> 00:28:13.240
 i just read this book that

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:16.039
 really makes me wonder if

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:21.720
 god's loving at all you know what's our answer to that

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.360
 where are we pointed

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:30.279
 to

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:33.399
 by the new testament authors

00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:42.119
 romans 5 god's demonstrated his love for us that while we were still yet sinners he died for us and then

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:48.439
 the resurrection proves that it's the objective evidence so we look to the cross when

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.880
 we

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.840
 doubt

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:52.360
 god's loving god at all

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:55.960
 why would loving god send his own son to die for

00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:58.120
 sinners if he's not

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.320
 yes and

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:03.720
 so what i'm trying to argue is that

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:09.080
 that reality is in a whole different category it is not

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.920
 a counter argument that comes along against your

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:18.279
 doubts and it's like oh you know that it that it just sort of edges them out

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.279
 this is more like

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:24.360
 god saying this is ultimate reality

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.320
 and

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:30.360
 if we're just gonna be honest for a moment we are not given answers to every single one of our

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:37.000
 questions and i think that the passage from acts one has that flavor right it is not for you to know every

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:42.200
 thing that god's doing god is god god is king kings

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:45.240
 do things that they are free

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:47.000
 this is

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.319
 and so

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:49.799
 i think for us

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:54.279
 the question kind of swings around on us

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:58.839
 it's do we have that paradigm are we living out our christian life

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:01.000
 with that paradigm

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:06.720
 that this declaration and demonstration

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:11.500
 of what God has done in raising Jesus from the dead

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:15.819
 and validating his priestly role

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:18.380
 as a substitute sacrifice for us

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:22.319
 and also validating his kingly role

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:26.759
 as having authority over us.

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:33.019
 Are we holding that in the proper category of our heart

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:41.319
 so that these smaller issues

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:43.720
 are held in the proper perspective

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:46.799
 and considered by us to be smaller issues?

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.259
 Does that make sense?

00:30:56.759 --> 00:31:00.420
 I always have appreciated when I hear sermons

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:04.519
 or when I hear someone read passages

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:07.079
 that are along the lines of,

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:10.940
 what more could God do

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:18.420
 than to send his own son to us

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:23.140
 and then put a seal on it

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.960
 by raising him from the dead?

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:28.360
 Now, some people might answer,

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.460
 I'll tell you what he could do.

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:31.240
 He could walk in this room right now

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:33.360
 and he could answer all of our questions

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:36.160
 and he could stop all the suffering in the world.

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:39.360
 But really, if we say that,

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.720
 then what we're saying is,

00:31:41.280 --> 00:31:43.860
 well, we demand God to jump through our hoops

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:47.720
 and not be the king that he says he needs to be.

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:53.319
 And we now have made the same error

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:54.720
 where we've elevated ourselves

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:57.339
 to try to put ourselves back up

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.519
 on the board of directors.

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:04.740
 Jeff, I think no matter how far you dig into this,

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:07.660
 at some point you reach the limit of human understanding.

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.039
 Yes.

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:13.460
 And that's why we call it faith.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:15.460
 Because there are some, like the Bible says,

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:17.180
 faith is belief and things unseen.

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:20.900
 If God did everything that we wanted him to do

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:22.059
 to prove that he was God,

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:23.259
 he would no longer be God

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:25.120
 because he would not be requiring faith

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:26.360
 from us to believe in him.

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.860
 So we're not believing,

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.680
 it's not blinding.

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:30.200
 Each one of us in our lives

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:33.140
 have had experience where we know personally

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:37.740
 that God expressed his Godship

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:39.079
 to us and through us

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.680
 and through other people around us.

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:42.559
 And some of those experiences

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:44.920
 have been very traumatic and very painful.

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:48.820
 And we know that without the divinity of God,

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.680
 the grace of God,

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:51.340
 we wouldn't have made it through that.

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:54.259
 But I can't write that out mathematically

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.240
 and prove it sometimes.

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:57.180
 If someone comes to me,

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.380
 as you said earlier,

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:58.980
 and said,

00:32:59.060 --> 00:32:59.759
 I got this problem,

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.640
 I got that problem,

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.460
 and I read the Bible,

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.980
 and I want to know what God's going to do

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:04.560
 to solve my problems,

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.300
 my answer is,

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:07.039
 I can't answer that question for you.

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.839
 I don't know what God's going to do

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:10.279
 about your financial situation

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.879
 or your relationship situation.

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.940
 I don't know what God is going to do

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.839
 about each one of these specific,

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.940
 real human problems that you have.

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:20.460
 And if I could explain that to you,

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:23.659
 then there would be no more mystery left in God.

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:26.579
 There would be no more requirement for our faith.

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.639
 I think at some point,

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.940
 we have to understand

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:32.359
 that we can't explain everything to everybody

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.339
 for their satisfaction.

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:34.699
 And that's what happened

00:33:34.699 --> 00:33:37.419
 when Jesus was hanging on the cross.

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:39.079
 Even after he rose from the dead,

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:41.039
 people were still trying to get him

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.240
 to explain things to them

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:43.679
 in terms that they could understand

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:46.639
 rather than getting them to understand

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:50.379
 that if you took an act of faith on their part

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:52.179
 in response to the grace of God,

00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:55.179
 there are a lot of people

00:33:55.179 --> 00:33:56.740
 and I've had conversations with people

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:59.619
 that have challenged me to prove that God exists

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:01.899
 because they don't believe God exists.

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:05.400
 I don't have an answer to prove that God exists

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:07.900
 because there is a point where

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:09.900
 human understanding stops

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:13.820
 and we can't fully understand God.

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.980
 Yeah.

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:18.639
 Yeah, I think that

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:23.619
 another way of sort of articulating

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:26.180
 what you said is that

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:27.880
 Keller says this.

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:29.559
 I think it's a nice formulation.

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.420
 You know, God,

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.820
 he doesn't give us all the answers

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:34.840
 to all of our questions.

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.860
 He doesn't give us a perfect argument,

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:39.360
 but he does give us a perfect person.

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:40.980
 And

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:45.299
 the embodiment of that person

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.699
 is like God's way of saying,

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:49.360
 this is the way home to me,

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:51.900
 but you don't get to invent your own way.

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:53.740
 So you have to accept

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:55.860
 this on my terms.

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.200
 And I think

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:59.579
 this sermon,

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.880
 we see a lot,

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:02.460
 we see some people

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:04.099
 that God wakes up

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.800
 through this sermon

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.320
 that says,

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.780
 I will accept your terms.

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.780
 We crucified

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:10.039
 the Son of God.

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.639
 And I don't think

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.680
 they understood everything.

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.400
 Obviously,

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.039
 they didn't

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:16.780
 because we have so much evidence

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.340
 of what

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.980
 the true believers

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.900
 are saying to Jesus

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.860
 after the fact.

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.280
 You know,

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.980
 they didn't get

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.079
 all their doubts answered.

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.480
 They didn't get

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.380
 everything resolved.

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:28.059
 This greater light

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.920
 shone on them

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.300
 and they're like,

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:32.079
 they just said,

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.059
 we're jumping off,

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:34.460
 we're jumping into this.

00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:36.860
 We don't have to have

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.400
 all the answers.

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.680
 Now,

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:40.039
 I think a lot of answers

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.840
 can be had.

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:42.180
 So I don't want to say

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:43.480
 that I think this is a cop-out

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.039
 where we

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:45.880
 don't have to get serious

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.880
 about looking at what

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.900
 God has given us

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:49.780
 by way of certain arguments

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.960
 and all that.

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.599
 But having walked along

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:54.079
 with God for a good long while now,

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:55.420
 being 47 years old,

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:57.139
 I am ready to say

00:35:57.139 --> 00:36:00.240
 the person of Jesus

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:02.160
 has to trump my doubts.

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.599
 It's the simplest way

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.160
 to say it.

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:06.160
 The resurrected Jesus

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:08.300
 as Savior and Lord

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:10.880
 is sufficient for me

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:12.220
 or he's not.

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:13.519
 And

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:16.659
 I am thankful

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.319
 to report,

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.219
 just from my own

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:19.559
 personal witness to you,

00:36:19.819 --> 00:36:20.000
 that

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:22.779
 God has really met me

00:36:22.779 --> 00:36:23.839
 personally in that way.

00:36:23.959 --> 00:36:24.099
 I mean,

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.719
 I feel

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:26.199
 whenever I

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:27.439
 start tilting my head,

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.639
 I'm like,

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:27.939
 man,

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.959
 what do I do

00:36:28.959 --> 00:36:29.500
 with this

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.799
 thing over here?

00:36:30.859 --> 00:36:31.439
 What do I do

00:36:31.439 --> 00:36:32.799
 with this poor girl

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.299
 that was born

00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:33.980
 into a ghetto

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:35.299
 and

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:37.039
 had no chance

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.299
 it seems like

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:39.179
 and then died

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:40.179
 some horrible death

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:43.539
 and in my heart,

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:43.879
 I'm like,

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.980
 how is God fair

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.919
 and how is that right

00:36:45.919 --> 00:36:46.759
 and how is he loving?

00:36:46.859 --> 00:36:48.179
 It's just this one little example

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.599
 of a rock I get

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.059
 in my shoe

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.779
 from time to time.

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:52.259
 But then I look to Jesus

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.739
 and I say,

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:52.899
 well,

00:36:52.919 --> 00:36:53.319
 wait a minute.

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:56.219
 It can't be

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:57.399
 that God's not loving

00:36:57.399 --> 00:36:58.259
 because

00:36:58.259 --> 00:37:01.039
 I have this greater truth

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:02.359
 that drowns that out.

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:04.179
 But I don't have my answer.

00:37:05.359 --> 00:37:06.440
 I can't write

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.519
 a pamphlet on it

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.719
 that's going to make

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:10.000
 someone that hates God

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.539
 in their heart

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:12.320
 not hate him

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.219
 if they're not going

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:14.059
 to look to the person

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.559
 of Jesus

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:16.500
 to let that trump

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:18.579
 the other things

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.559
 they don't understand.

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:24.099
 I had written down here

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:25.159
 to discuss together

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.659
 some,

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:27.139
 to kind of drill

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.800
 into

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.579
 this next,

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.719
 so Peter says,

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:32.579
 repent.

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:34.280
 So there's this call

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:35.559
 to these folks

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.400
 to repent.

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.440
 repent.

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:40.920
 And it's a command

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:42.220
 and it's a call

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:45.019
 and there is the promise

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:46.119
 that God will forgive

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:47.019
 whoever repents

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:49.200
 right on the heels

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:49.920
 of this command

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.460
 to repent.

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.900
 But I thought

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.460
 it would be helpful

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:53.579
 for us to think about,

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:56.059
 let's say you were

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.740
 one of the people

00:37:56.740 --> 00:37:57.320
 there listening

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:58.000
 to that sermon.

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:59.400
 And let's say,

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.460
 it is probably likely

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.420
 that some of those people

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:03.139
 were at the crucifixion scene.

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.539
 I mean,

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:04.379
 Peter says,

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:07.920
 you crucified him.

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:12.159
 I think that's probably

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:13.480
 literal for a lot

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.000
 of the folks

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:15.079
 that were listening

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.799
 to this sermon.

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:18.239
 Now when Peter says,

00:38:18.359 --> 00:38:19.199
 you've got to repent

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:22.500
 and receive this forgiveness

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.920
 that your high priest

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:25.379
 Jesus has done for you.

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:28.079
 If you imagine

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.960
 these folks

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:30.199
 actually repenting

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:31.579
 for individual sins,

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:34.519
 what do you think

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:36.719
 would be

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.880
 on the top

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.480
 of the list?

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.139
 Because sometimes

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.659
 I think we,

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.019
 we,

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.659
 we're like,

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:44.940
 okay,

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.119
 yeah,

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:45.980
 repent from my sins.

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.460
 So it's like,

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:47.400
 it's sort of,

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:47.960
 you know,

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:49.639
 so I just walked up

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.059
 and I'm like,

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.599
 I'm sorry,

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.019
 you know,

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:52.179
 everything I've sinned

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.619
 is terrible

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:54.119
 and I need forgiveness.

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.519
 But,

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:56.539
 you know,

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.360
 if we take Peter

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:58.019
 as a case,

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.779
 Peter denied Jesus,

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.119
 right?

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.039
 He denied Jesus,

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.940
 he denied Jesus.

00:39:02.279 --> 00:39:03.519
 Then Jesus came back

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:05.000
 and pulled him aside

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:08.719
 and forgave Peter

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:10.480
 in a personal way

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:12.199
 and Jesus knew

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.800
 what was going on

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.500
 in Peter's heart.

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:15.139
 I think that's true

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.779
 of all of us

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:16.320
 when we come,

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:17.639
 when we come to repent.

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.900
 We're not repenting

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.519
 generically,

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.059
 right?

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.059
 So,

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:23.019
 what do you think

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:24.599
 was on the top

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.320
 three bullets

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:28.039
 of the typical person

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:28.539
 that was one

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:29.340
 of the 3,000

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:29.880
 that turned

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.300
 and said,

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:30.500
 yeah,

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:30.940
 I'm in,

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.500
 I want it?

00:39:34.180 --> 00:39:35.160
 No super right

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:35.940
 or wrong answer here.

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:37.320
 I just want to think

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:38.079
 together about it.

00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:41.120
 Maybe some of them

00:39:41.120 --> 00:39:42.000
 have been in the crowd

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:43.960
 cheering on the crucifixion

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:46.039
 or witnessing it

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:47.460
 and agreeing with it

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.940
 and needed to repent

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:52.600
 for that level

00:39:52.600 --> 00:39:53.360
 of participation.

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:54.079
 because,

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:56.920
 because they had it wrong,

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.599
 right?

00:39:57.720 --> 00:39:57.920
 So,

00:39:58.660 --> 00:39:59.940
 that repentance means

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:01.039
 I was cheering

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:02.120
 but I had it wrong

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:03.079
 but what part,

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:05.019
 what parts do you think

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.500
 they're like,

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:05.660
 well,

00:40:05.720 --> 00:40:06.760
 we had this wrong,

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.740
 I had this specific

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.500
 thing wrong?

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:15.960
 going my own way,

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.920
 choosing to do

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.639
 what I think

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.420
 is right

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:20.059
 instead of

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.960
 listening for God's

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:23.159
 will and plan.

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.559
 And it sort of goes

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:28.619
 to Satan

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:31.719
 offering Christ

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:32.260
 the kingdom

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:33.219
 and that's

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:34.719
 what everybody wants,

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:35.539
 the whole kingdom

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.179
 of the world.

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:37.899
 mindless.

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.259
 Yes.

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.679
 Yes.

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:45.000
 And related to it

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.279
 as somebody's already said,

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.000
 you know,

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:49.299
 my theological

00:40:49.299 --> 00:40:50.339
 understanding

00:40:50.339 --> 00:40:51.719
 of the Messiah

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.179
 which,

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.299
 you know,

00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:54.319
 was a true part

00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:54.839
 of the picture

00:40:54.839 --> 00:40:55.960
 for most Jews,

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.179
 you know,

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:57.059
 the conquering king

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:58.179
 he will be.

00:41:00.399 --> 00:41:00.960
 But,

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:03.519
 repenting from

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:05.279
 my theology

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:05.859
 to saying

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:07.099
 okay,

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.140
 now I get it.

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.660
 Jesus

00:41:08.660 --> 00:41:10.059
 was right

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.500
 and

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.760
 things he was

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:12.240
 calling me

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.820
 to understand

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.340
 differently.

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.800
 That's right.

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.160
 Now,

00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:17.000
 I'm ready to

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:18.220
 believe.

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.599
 Yes.

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:23.500
 Certainly there

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:23.760
 would have been

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.920
 more concrete sins.

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:25.960
 Yes.

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:26.940
 Yes.

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.039
 Yes.

00:41:27.140 --> 00:41:27.440
 Yes.

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.880
 Yes.

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.480
 Yes.

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.660
 Yes.

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:31.059
 Yes.

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:32.719
 Yes.

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:35.199
 In the

00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:35.599
 Israelite

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:36.079
 society.

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:41.059
 Yes.

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:49.619
 Yes.

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:51.139
 nationalistic pride

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:53.679
 sense of superiority. We are the Jews

00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:55.199
 and

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:57.679
 Romans shouldn't be ruling over us. This isn't

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:59.359
 right, but just the sort of superiority

00:41:59.359 --> 00:42:00.719
 complex that they all have.

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:01.500
 Yep.

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:03.940
 Yep, because

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:07.159
 right after

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:09.699
 you repent and get brought

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:11.539
 into the community of

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:13.460
 believers, right after that

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:15.639
 Jesus, well

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:17.599
 in the passage that we just read, Jesus

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:19.380
 gets asked, so when are we going to start

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:20.559
 really kicking some

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:23.340
 bottom

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:24.180
 and

00:42:24.180 --> 00:42:27.400
 he's like

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:29.680
 you don't worry about that. I've got a

00:42:29.680 --> 00:42:31.800
 job for you to do. And job number one

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:33.320
 is to go to the Samaritans

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:35.480
 and

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:37.500
 preach the gospel to them and then many

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:39.300
 of them receive the gospel.

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:41.160
 The Samaritans. It's like

00:42:41.160 --> 00:42:43.079
 that would have been

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:45.579
 that's a huge

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:47.519
 evidence to them that their whole world

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:49.699
 their whole system, their whole paradigm

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:51.460
 is they've got to

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:53.579
 and I think the point that I think is so

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:55.360
 helpful for us to see is that

00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:57.519
 they had to receive that

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:59.579
 from God. They had to be willing to

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:01.679
 say, okay, teach us

00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:03.719
 because that

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:05.679
 didn't happen. I don't think that happened

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:07.599
 overnight. I think that

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:09.719
 happened over

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:11.239
 time. It's like

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:13.199
 and the key

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:15.199
 thing is the trust and faith

00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:16.699
 to not come off the

00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:17.339
 when God

00:43:17.339 --> 00:43:18.819
 says, okay, now accept this.

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:21.139
 Now accept that these dietary laws are not

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:21.579
 everything.

00:43:22.799 --> 00:43:24.559
 Now accept this. Now accept that

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:26.439
 circumcision, this thing that you thought was just

00:43:26.439 --> 00:43:27.299
 baked in

00:43:27.299 --> 00:43:30.739
 is not going to be

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:33.039
 absolutely necessary. It's hard for us to feel

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:34.319
 the weight of some of these things,

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:35.200
 but

00:43:35.200 --> 00:43:37.140
 the underlying

00:43:37.140 --> 00:43:38.519
 heart disposition

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:39.360
 is

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:42.260
 that we are willing to

00:43:42.260 --> 00:43:43.039
 receive

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:45.200
 what God has

00:43:45.200 --> 00:43:46.519
 for us both in

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:48.440
 the forgiveness

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:50.340
 of our own sins and the establishing us

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:51.880
 as children, but also in

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:53.680
 God's call on us

00:43:53.680 --> 00:43:56.300
 and the mission that he gives us

00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:57.780
 that I feel

00:43:57.780 --> 00:44:00.220
 sure folks did not understand

00:44:00.220 --> 00:44:00.660
 or

00:44:00.660 --> 00:44:02.580
 it just required

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:04.880
 submission to God.

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:09.559
 I do think the more

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:11.960
 to your point, Peter, I do think that

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:14.779
 there was a way that

00:44:14.779 --> 00:44:16.799
 that Jewish folks typically were

00:44:16.799 --> 00:44:18.039
 viewing their own

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:20.279
 standing before God

00:44:20.279 --> 00:44:21.940
 with regard to their moral

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:22.699
 to the law

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:23.539
 and that

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:25.960
 this outpouring of the spirit

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:28.719
 brought much more of a

00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:30.619
 sermon on the mount

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:31.480
 style

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:34.699
 verdict

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:35.980
 where people

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:39.440
 were waking up to the fact that

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:41.240
 oh, wait a minute, I need a divine

00:44:41.240 --> 00:44:41.860
 savior

00:44:41.860 --> 00:44:44.420
 to bridge a divine gap

00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:45.400
 that's caused by my

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:46.179
 by my sin

00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:48.380
 which was yet another

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:51.820
 thing that had to be received by faith

00:44:51.820 --> 00:44:52.240
 by

00:44:52.240 --> 00:44:53.039
 by people

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:56.900
 okay, so

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:58.500
 I do want to

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:59.460
 make sure that we

00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:00.800
 hit and observe

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:02.119
 this sort of good news

00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:02.860
 that some

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:06.099
 Peter mentions here

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:07.179
 at the tail end of the passage

00:45:07.179 --> 00:45:08.059
 if you look at me

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:10.840
 back in verse

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:13.119
 let's go back to verse 38

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:19.500
 Peter said to them

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:21.420
 repent and be baptized

00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:23.920
 every one of you

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.719
 in the name of

00:45:24.719 --> 00:45:25.779
 Jesus Christ

00:45:25.779 --> 00:45:26.639
 for the forgiveness

00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:27.500
 of your sins

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:28.960
 and you will receive

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:30.279
 the gift of the Holy Spirit

00:45:30.279 --> 00:45:32.199
 and then he says

00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:34.000
 for the promise

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:35.359
 is for you

00:45:35.359 --> 00:45:36.500
 and for your children

00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:38.139
 and for all

00:45:38.139 --> 00:45:39.139
 who are far off

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:41.440
 everyone

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:42.340
 whom the Lord

00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:42.739
 our God

00:45:42.739 --> 00:45:43.579
 calls to himself

00:45:43.579 --> 00:45:45.780
 so what's the promise?

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:52.820
 why that terminology?

00:45:52.820 --> 00:45:53.320
 yes

00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:57.220
 I'm sorry

00:45:57.220 --> 00:46:01.539
 a son

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:03.300
 to become a son

00:46:03.300 --> 00:46:04.059
 to become

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:05.360
 a child of God

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:05.980
 okay

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:10.100
 do we see

00:46:10.100 --> 00:46:11.000
 any specifics

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:12.180
 here in the text

00:46:12.180 --> 00:46:12.900
 that we might

00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:14.120
 hang on

00:46:14.120 --> 00:46:14.500
 the

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:15.960
 that terminology

00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:16.760
 of promise

00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:18.700
 forgiveness

00:46:18.700 --> 00:46:19.600
 of sins

00:46:19.600 --> 00:46:21.620
 and the Holy Spirit

00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:24.859
 if the forgiveness

00:46:24.859 --> 00:46:25.619
 of sins

00:46:25.619 --> 00:46:26.279
 and receiving

00:46:26.279 --> 00:46:27.019
 the Holy Spirit

00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:28.159
 does not come

00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:29.259
 by God's promise

00:46:29.259 --> 00:46:30.139
 to give it to us

00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:30.880
 if we repent

00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:31.960
 what are some

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:32.759
 other channels

00:46:32.759 --> 00:46:33.579
 that we might

00:46:33.579 --> 00:46:34.299
 imagine

00:46:34.299 --> 00:46:36.099
 that getting right

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:36.559
 with God

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:37.559
 would come through?

00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:42.779
 yes

00:46:42.779 --> 00:46:43.339
 okay

00:46:43.339 --> 00:46:43.659
 so

00:46:43.659 --> 00:46:45.059
 this is not

00:46:45.059 --> 00:46:46.319
 you know

00:46:46.319 --> 00:46:49.339
 this is Christianity 101

00:46:49.339 --> 00:46:50.039
 but

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:51.000
 Christianity 101

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:52.460
 is pretty crazy

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:53.059
 awesome

00:46:53.059 --> 00:46:54.800
 and profound

00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:57.420
 yes

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:58.019
 I think

00:46:58.019 --> 00:46:58.420
 that

00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:59.920
 we don't

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:00.500
 want to

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:01.139
 lose

00:47:01.139 --> 00:47:02.719
 the impact

00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:03.539
 of Peter

00:47:03.539 --> 00:47:04.079
 saying

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:04.679
 right here

00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:05.400
 right after

00:47:05.400 --> 00:47:05.940
 he told

00:47:05.940 --> 00:47:07.099
 right after

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:07.440
 he told

00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:07.679
 people

00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:08.400
 you literally

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:09.159
 crucified

00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:09.679
 the son

00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:10.079
 of God

00:47:10.079 --> 00:47:10.280
 I mean

00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:10.579
 could you

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:11.000
 imagine

00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:11.500
 the weight

00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:11.760
 of that

00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:12.019
 if you

00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:12.500
 had seen

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:12.659
 that

00:47:12.659 --> 00:47:12.920
 with your

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:13.119
 own

00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:13.460
 eyes

00:47:13.460 --> 00:47:14.300
 and then

00:47:14.300 --> 00:47:14.800
 he says

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:15.599
 this forgiveness

00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:16.119
 that's being

00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:17.019
 offered to you

00:47:17.019 --> 00:47:18.000
 is being offered

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.599
 to you

00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:20.400
 by God's

00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:21.000
 promise to

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:21.719
 deliver it

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:22.280
 by

00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:23.119
 in the name

00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:23.679
 of Jesus

00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:25.280
 and it's another

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:25.900
 way of saying

00:47:25.900 --> 00:47:26.960
 free of charge

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:27.579
 to you

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:29.219
 because

00:47:29.219 --> 00:47:30.519
 you could

00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:31.019
 never

00:47:31.019 --> 00:47:33.619
 make yourself

00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:34.699
 right with God

00:47:34.699 --> 00:47:35.639
 and that's the

00:47:35.639 --> 00:47:36.260
 whole point

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:37.340
 of why

00:47:37.340 --> 00:47:37.760
 Jesus

00:47:37.760 --> 00:47:38.780
 had to

00:47:38.780 --> 00:47:40.699
 be crucified

00:47:40.699 --> 00:47:43.839
 and be

00:47:43.839 --> 00:47:44.219
 the high

00:47:44.219 --> 00:47:44.619
 priest

00:47:44.619 --> 00:47:45.079
 right

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:59.599
 yes

00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:03.879
 yes

00:48:03.879 --> 00:48:04.879
 yes

00:48:04.879 --> 00:48:09.379
 yep

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:10.980
 and so

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:11.880
 this is

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:12.920
 the

00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:14.420
 new covenant

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:15.260
 this is

00:48:15.260 --> 00:48:16.160
 one of the

00:48:16.160 --> 00:48:16.579
 first things

00:48:16.579 --> 00:48:17.200
 of the new

00:48:17.200 --> 00:48:17.579
 covenant

00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:18.740
 that was the

00:48:18.740 --> 00:48:19.340
 old covenant

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:19.980
 you might

00:48:19.980 --> 00:48:20.400
 long

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:20.800
 I will

00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:21.079
 be your

00:48:21.079 --> 00:48:21.440
 God

00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:22.300
 and the

00:48:22.300 --> 00:48:22.640
 covenant

00:48:22.640 --> 00:48:23.000
 if you

00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:23.340
 remember

00:48:23.340 --> 00:48:24.320
 there's

00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:25.059
 the animal

00:48:25.059 --> 00:48:25.420
 that was

00:48:25.420 --> 00:48:25.800
 split

00:48:25.800 --> 00:48:27.300
 and the

00:48:27.300 --> 00:48:27.900
 participants

00:48:27.900 --> 00:48:28.200
 of the

00:48:28.200 --> 00:48:28.440
 covenant

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:29.160
 had to

00:48:29.160 --> 00:48:29.460
 clean

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:29.920
 and let

00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:30.220
 it be

00:48:30.220 --> 00:48:30.680
 to me

00:48:30.680 --> 00:48:31.200
 like this

00:48:31.200 --> 00:48:31.660
 animal

00:48:31.660 --> 00:48:32.039
 that

00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:32.500
 break the

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:32.840
 covenant

00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:33.960
 well

00:48:33.960 --> 00:48:34.840
 they had

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:35.079
 written

00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:35.519
 covenant

00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:36.280
 they had

00:48:36.280 --> 00:48:36.500
 been

00:48:36.500 --> 00:48:38.660
 but this

00:48:38.660 --> 00:48:39.200
 is the

00:48:39.199 --> 00:48:40.059
 this is

00:48:40.059 --> 00:48:40.359
 the new

00:48:40.359 --> 00:48:40.719
 covenant

00:48:40.719 --> 00:48:42.399
 so

00:48:42.399 --> 00:48:47.419
 when

00:48:47.419 --> 00:48:48.379
 people

00:48:48.379 --> 00:48:49.899
 hear this

00:48:49.899 --> 00:48:50.739
 the promise

00:48:50.739 --> 00:48:51.139
 was

00:48:51.139 --> 00:48:51.960
 was it

00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:52.579
 it was

00:48:52.579 --> 00:48:52.819
 to the

00:48:52.819 --> 00:48:53.059
 Hebrews

00:48:53.059 --> 00:48:53.439
 it was

00:48:53.439 --> 00:48:53.859
 to my

00:48:53.859 --> 00:48:54.139
 children

00:48:54.139 --> 00:48:55.779
 it was

00:48:55.779 --> 00:48:56.219
 to

00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:56.719
 you

00:48:56.719 --> 00:48:57.319
 people

00:48:57.319 --> 00:48:57.819
 the people

00:48:57.819 --> 00:48:58.199
 who might

00:48:58.199 --> 00:48:58.779
 choose to

00:48:58.779 --> 00:48:58.939
 draw

00:48:58.939 --> 00:48:59.379
 the promise

00:48:59.379 --> 00:49:00.659
 and now

00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:01.139
 it says

00:49:01.139 --> 00:49:02.000
 it's for

00:49:02.000 --> 00:49:02.299
 you

00:49:02.299 --> 00:49:03.219
 and your

00:49:03.219 --> 00:49:03.579
 children

00:49:03.579 --> 00:49:05.319
 and all

00:49:05.319 --> 00:49:05.939
 who are

00:49:05.939 --> 00:49:07.059
 far off

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:07.919
 Samaritans

00:49:07.920 --> 00:49:10.659
 yes

00:49:10.659 --> 00:49:11.920
 so this

00:49:11.920 --> 00:49:12.440
 is another

00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:13.139
 breaking of

00:49:13.139 --> 00:49:13.719
 that political

00:49:13.719 --> 00:49:14.339
 paradigm

00:49:14.339 --> 00:49:16.000
 that identification

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:17.739
 of wait

00:49:17.739 --> 00:49:18.239
 we are

00:49:18.239 --> 00:49:18.579
 God's

00:49:18.579 --> 00:49:18.980
 people

00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:19.659
 oh

00:49:19.659 --> 00:49:21.759
 now

00:49:21.759 --> 00:49:22.159
 who is

00:49:22.159 --> 00:49:22.480
 the other

00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:22.779
 party

00:49:22.779 --> 00:49:23.099
 of the

00:49:23.099 --> 00:49:23.420
 house

00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:24.920
 Jesus

00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:25.679
 established

00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:26.019
 it

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:28.219
 and the

00:49:28.219 --> 00:49:28.759
 other party

00:49:28.759 --> 00:49:29.739
 is you

00:49:29.739 --> 00:49:31.559
 and for

00:49:31.559 --> 00:49:31.940
 those who

00:49:31.940 --> 00:49:32.299
 believe

00:49:32.299 --> 00:49:33.379
 your children

00:49:33.379 --> 00:49:35.079
 and all

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:35.359
 who are

00:49:35.359 --> 00:49:36.239
 far off

00:49:36.239 --> 00:49:37.039
 yes

00:49:37.039 --> 00:49:37.139
 yes

00:49:37.139 --> 00:49:45.559
 yes

00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:49.839
 thank you for

00:49:49.839 --> 00:49:50.239
 bringing that

00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:50.919
 up because

00:49:50.919 --> 00:49:51.500
 um

00:49:51.500 --> 00:49:53.000
 the that

00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:53.679
 language of

00:49:53.679 --> 00:49:54.239
 the promise

00:49:54.239 --> 00:49:54.879
 i think would

00:49:54.879 --> 00:49:55.959
 absolutely have

00:49:55.959 --> 00:49:56.319
 been

00:49:56.319 --> 00:49:58.500
 a

00:49:58.500 --> 00:49:59.879
 i think his

00:49:59.879 --> 00:50:01.119
 peter's hearers

00:50:01.119 --> 00:50:02.159
 would absolutely

00:50:02.159 --> 00:50:03.079
 have picked up

00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:04.420
 on and

00:50:04.420 --> 00:50:05.179
 connected that

00:50:05.179 --> 00:50:06.039
 promise back

00:50:06.039 --> 00:50:06.500
 to the

00:50:06.500 --> 00:50:07.179
 messiah

00:50:07.179 --> 00:50:08.980
 and um

00:50:08.980 --> 00:50:10.500
 it's

00:50:10.500 --> 00:50:11.400
 it's uh

00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:13.500
 they were

00:50:13.500 --> 00:50:14.340
 expecting a new

00:50:14.340 --> 00:50:14.739
 covenant

00:50:14.739 --> 00:50:17.179
 right of course

00:50:17.179 --> 00:50:17.599
 they had like the

00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:18.079
 deal that they

00:50:18.079 --> 00:50:18.579
 had an old

00:50:18.579 --> 00:50:18.880
 covenant

00:50:18.880 --> 00:50:19.420
 they keep

00:50:19.420 --> 00:50:20.039
 their part

00:50:20.039 --> 00:50:20.360
 yes

00:50:20.360 --> 00:50:20.960
 they thought

00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:21.840
 that that

00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:22.319
 was it

00:50:22.319 --> 00:50:22.819
 and then

00:50:22.819 --> 00:50:23.440
 it would be

00:50:23.440 --> 00:50:23.679
 that

00:50:23.679 --> 00:50:24.779
 and they

00:50:24.779 --> 00:50:25.299
 would be

00:50:25.299 --> 00:50:26.679
 you know

00:50:26.679 --> 00:50:28.219
 yes

00:50:28.219 --> 00:50:29.360
 whatever it

00:50:29.360 --> 00:50:29.759
 would be

00:50:29.759 --> 00:50:31.340
 this is the

00:50:31.340 --> 00:50:31.719
 right order

00:50:31.719 --> 00:50:32.179
 of God

00:50:32.179 --> 00:50:32.940
 and us

00:50:32.940 --> 00:50:34.599
 and oh

00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:34.940
 wait

00:50:34.940 --> 00:50:35.899
 there's

00:50:35.899 --> 00:50:37.000
 this is

00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:37.259
 different

00:50:37.259 --> 00:50:38.879
 and it's

00:50:38.879 --> 00:50:39.559
 not just

00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:40.000
 for

00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:40.899
 Hebrew

00:50:40.899 --> 00:50:41.299
 blood

00:50:41.299 --> 00:50:44.419
 yes

00:50:44.419 --> 00:50:45.339
 and never

00:50:45.339 --> 00:50:46.219
 and really

00:50:46.219 --> 00:50:46.599
 it never

00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:47.219
 was

00:50:47.219 --> 00:50:48.279
 um

00:50:48.279 --> 00:50:48.899
 uh

00:50:48.899 --> 00:50:49.179
 but

00:50:49.179 --> 00:50:50.699
 but no

00:50:50.699 --> 00:50:51.019
 that's a

00:50:51.019 --> 00:50:51.559
 great point

00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:52.079
 um

00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:53.739
 any other

00:50:53.739 --> 00:50:54.480
 thoughts or

00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:54.899
 questions

00:50:54.899 --> 00:50:55.279
 peter

00:50:55.279 --> 00:50:55.719
 i just

00:50:55.719 --> 00:50:56.480
 um

00:50:56.480 --> 00:50:59.079
 i think

00:50:59.079 --> 00:50:59.599
 complimented

00:50:59.599 --> 00:51:00.119
 that idea

00:51:00.119 --> 00:51:00.619
 it was

00:51:00.619 --> 00:51:01.059
 really good

00:51:01.059 --> 00:51:02.139
 really key

00:51:02.139 --> 00:51:02.400
 point

00:51:02.400 --> 00:51:02.820
 um

00:51:02.820 --> 00:51:04.559
 i think

00:51:04.559 --> 00:51:04.820
 um

00:51:04.820 --> 00:51:07.099
 the promise

00:51:07.099 --> 00:51:09.019
 there's a

00:51:09.019 --> 00:51:09.699
 promised land

00:51:09.699 --> 00:51:10.440
 associated with

00:51:10.440 --> 00:51:10.840
 the promise

00:51:10.840 --> 00:51:11.320
 right there's

00:51:11.320 --> 00:51:11.860
 still a

00:51:11.860 --> 00:51:12.400
 an earthly

00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:13.119
 inheritance

00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:13.699
 i think

00:51:13.699 --> 00:51:14.059
 that

00:51:14.059 --> 00:51:14.940
 doesn't

00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:15.420
 it seems

00:51:15.420 --> 00:51:15.980
 doesn't seem

00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:16.299
 like it's

00:51:16.299 --> 00:51:17.119
 totally being

00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:18.519
 being um

00:51:18.519 --> 00:51:20.139
 dismissed

00:51:20.139 --> 00:51:20.679
 by peter

00:51:20.679 --> 00:51:21.179
 right so

00:51:21.179 --> 00:51:21.759
 peter is

00:51:21.759 --> 00:51:22.179
 peter

00:51:22.179 --> 00:51:23.159
 peter is not

00:51:23.159 --> 00:51:23.619
 saying

00:51:23.619 --> 00:51:25.079
 peter is not

00:51:25.079 --> 00:51:26.059
 spiritualizing

00:51:26.059 --> 00:51:26.880
 the promised

00:51:26.880 --> 00:51:27.559
 land right

00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:27.980
 and he's

00:51:27.980 --> 00:51:28.579
 actually not

00:51:28.579 --> 00:51:29.179
 not

00:51:29.179 --> 00:51:29.900
 saying

00:51:29.900 --> 00:51:30.460
 there is

00:51:30.460 --> 00:51:31.000
 no promised

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:31.480
 land here

00:51:31.480 --> 00:51:31.820
 anymore

00:51:31.820 --> 00:51:32.759
 because i

00:51:32.759 --> 00:51:33.099
 think very

00:51:33.099 --> 00:51:33.559
 much present

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:33.799
 in their

00:51:33.799 --> 00:51:34.380
 minds is

00:51:34.380 --> 00:51:35.039
 is there's

00:51:35.039 --> 00:51:35.420
 a there's

00:51:35.420 --> 00:51:35.480
 a

00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:37.039
 to the

00:51:37.039 --> 00:51:37.320
 land

00:51:37.320 --> 00:51:37.759
 flowing with

00:51:37.759 --> 00:51:38.019
 milking

00:51:38.019 --> 00:51:38.279
 honey

00:51:38.279 --> 00:51:38.579
 you know

00:51:38.579 --> 00:51:38.980
 this is

00:51:38.980 --> 00:51:39.659
 the this

00:51:39.659 --> 00:51:39.880
 is the

00:51:39.880 --> 00:51:40.299
 inheritance

00:51:40.299 --> 00:51:40.659
 that we

00:51:40.659 --> 00:51:41.139
 have as

00:51:41.139 --> 00:51:41.519
 sons

00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:42.000
 right

00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:43.099
 um

00:51:43.099 --> 00:51:43.500
 this is

00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:44.000
 this is

00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:44.460
 part of

00:51:44.460 --> 00:51:44.960
 the promises

00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:45.759
 this thing

00:51:45.759 --> 00:51:46.699
 this this

00:51:46.699 --> 00:51:47.099
 shalom

00:51:47.099 --> 00:51:47.659
 this heavenly

00:51:47.659 --> 00:51:48.119
 kingdom

00:51:48.119 --> 00:51:48.820
 that is

00:51:48.820 --> 00:51:49.219
 coming

00:51:49.219 --> 00:51:49.679
 and is

00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:50.119
 given to

00:51:50.119 --> 00:51:50.400
 us

00:51:50.400 --> 00:51:50.639
 right

00:51:50.639 --> 00:51:51.139
 so i

00:51:51.139 --> 00:51:51.299
 just think

00:51:51.299 --> 00:51:51.420
 it's

00:51:51.420 --> 00:51:51.679
 important

00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:52.460
 to notice

00:51:52.460 --> 00:51:53.800
 that peter

00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:54.260
 is not

00:51:54.260 --> 00:51:54.940
 debunking

00:51:54.940 --> 00:51:55.340
 that or

00:51:55.340 --> 00:51:56.199
 saying no

00:51:56.199 --> 00:51:56.539
 that's not

00:51:56.539 --> 00:51:56.780
 a real

00:51:56.780 --> 00:51:57.260
 thing we're

00:51:57.260 --> 00:51:57.579
 not we're

00:51:57.579 --> 00:51:57.960
 not moving

00:51:57.960 --> 00:51:59.079
 there he's

00:51:59.079 --> 00:51:59.599
 just saying

00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:00.820
 that promised

00:52:00.820 --> 00:52:02.019
 land is

00:52:02.019 --> 00:52:02.720
 for everyone

00:52:02.720 --> 00:52:05.740
 yes um

00:52:05.740 --> 00:52:07.500
 and i do

00:52:07.500 --> 00:52:07.960
 think in the

00:52:07.960 --> 00:52:09.039
 context of

00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:10.539
 talking about

00:52:10.539 --> 00:52:11.619
 the resurrection

00:52:11.619 --> 00:52:12.340
 talking about

00:52:12.340 --> 00:52:13.300
 who jesus is

00:52:13.300 --> 00:52:13.659
 in these

00:52:13.659 --> 00:52:14.720
 these different

00:52:14.720 --> 00:52:15.400
 roles and

00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:16.300
 then having

00:52:16.300 --> 00:52:16.920
 the the

00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:17.400
 reality of

00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:17.940
 the resurrection

00:52:17.940 --> 00:52:18.800
 just flat

00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:19.460
 out preached

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:20.320
 you know to

00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:20.960
 affirm who

00:52:20.960 --> 00:52:21.639
 jesus is

00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:22.339
 and then

00:52:22.339 --> 00:52:22.719
 connecting

00:52:22.719 --> 00:52:23.119
 that to

00:52:23.119 --> 00:52:23.420
 forgiveness

00:52:23.420 --> 00:52:24.039
 of sins

00:52:24.039 --> 00:52:24.519
 and then

00:52:24.519 --> 00:52:25.039
 referring to

00:52:25.039 --> 00:52:25.559
 the promise

00:52:25.559 --> 00:52:26.599
 i do think

00:52:26.599 --> 00:52:27.019
 the promise

00:52:27.019 --> 00:52:27.900
 is multi-dimensional

00:52:27.900 --> 00:52:29.940
 so i i i

00:52:29.940 --> 00:52:30.819
 would say

00:52:30.819 --> 00:52:31.960
 um that

00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:33.500
 um that's

00:52:33.500 --> 00:52:34.219
 that topic

00:52:34.219 --> 00:52:34.659
 is like

00:52:34.659 --> 00:52:35.119
 obviously

00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:37.039
 a large

00:52:37.039 --> 00:52:38.199
 topic um

00:52:38.199 --> 00:52:38.839
 and that

00:52:38.839 --> 00:52:40.980
 i would agree

00:52:40.980 --> 00:52:41.940
 that it's not

00:52:41.940 --> 00:52:42.619
 an abrogation

00:52:42.619 --> 00:52:43.699
 of older

00:52:43.699 --> 00:52:44.559
 promises but

00:52:44.559 --> 00:52:45.339
 but the c

00:52:45.339 --> 00:52:46.019
 but there's a

00:52:46.019 --> 00:52:46.920
 pointing going

00:52:46.920 --> 00:52:48.599
 on that

00:52:48.599 --> 00:52:49.940
 the promised

00:52:49.940 --> 00:52:51.019
 land ultimately

00:52:51.019 --> 00:52:51.619
 is going to

00:52:51.619 --> 00:52:53.000
 be all

00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:53.339
 of god's

00:52:53.339 --> 00:52:54.079
 people restored

00:52:54.079 --> 00:52:54.579
 with god

00:52:54.579 --> 00:52:55.920
 forever in

00:52:55.920 --> 00:52:57.519
 in heaven

00:52:57.519 --> 00:52:58.960
 right um

00:52:58.960 --> 00:53:00.819
 so um

00:53:00.819 --> 00:53:02.619
 other thoughts

00:53:02.619 --> 00:53:03.259
 or questions

00:53:03.259 --> 00:53:04.759
 i don't know

00:53:04.759 --> 00:53:05.299
 if um

00:53:05.299 --> 00:53:06.579
 what

00:53:06.579 --> 00:53:14.539
 whatever heaven

00:53:14.539 --> 00:53:15.099
 means right

00:53:15.099 --> 00:53:15.739
 what was the

00:53:15.739 --> 00:53:16.199
 understanding

00:53:16.199 --> 00:53:16.480
 and we

00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:16.840
 do we need

00:53:16.840 --> 00:53:17.059
 to get

00:53:17.059 --> 00:53:17.599
 back to

00:53:17.599 --> 00:53:17.960
 what the

00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:18.299
 situation

00:53:18.299 --> 00:53:18.639
 is

00:53:18.639 --> 00:53:18.900
 doing

00:53:18.900 --> 00:53:21.079
 or even

00:53:21.079 --> 00:53:21.579
 what ours

00:53:21.579 --> 00:53:21.900
 is

00:53:21.900 --> 00:53:22.799
 we don't

00:53:22.799 --> 00:53:23.059
 know

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:27.799
 yeah

00:53:27.799 --> 00:53:29.380
 go ahead

00:53:29.380 --> 00:53:30.699
 we're going

00:53:30.699 --> 00:53:31.139
 there all

00:53:31.139 --> 00:53:31.559
 right let's

00:53:31.559 --> 00:53:32.259
 open it up

00:53:32.259 --> 00:53:33.079
 heaven is a

00:53:33.079 --> 00:53:33.480
 christian

00:53:33.480 --> 00:53:33.920
 president

00:53:33.920 --> 00:53:35.440
 oh my

00:53:35.440 --> 00:53:35.980
 goodness

00:53:35.980 --> 00:53:38.559
 yes it's

00:53:38.559 --> 00:53:38.920
 already

00:53:38.920 --> 00:53:39.619
 passed we

00:53:39.619 --> 00:53:40.079
 had jimmy

00:53:40.079 --> 00:53:40.400
 quarter

00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:45.780
 so heaven

00:53:45.780 --> 00:53:47.300
 uh the bible

00:53:47.300 --> 00:53:47.960
 tells us some

00:53:47.960 --> 00:53:48.420
 things about

00:53:48.420 --> 00:53:49.639
 it but it

00:53:49.639 --> 00:53:50.660
 is beyond

00:53:50.660 --> 00:53:52.079
 our clear

00:53:52.079 --> 00:53:52.700
 comprehension

00:53:52.700 --> 00:53:53.500
 what that

00:53:53.500 --> 00:53:54.139
 would be like

00:53:54.139 --> 00:53:55.680
 the picture is

00:53:55.680 --> 00:53:56.240
 so much bigger

00:53:56.240 --> 00:53:56.559
 than we

00:53:56.559 --> 00:53:57.180
 realized the

00:53:57.180 --> 00:53:57.840
 plan is so

00:53:57.840 --> 00:53:58.340
 much bigger

00:53:58.340 --> 00:53:59.380
 than we

00:53:59.380 --> 00:54:01.160
 realized um

00:54:01.159 --> 00:54:03.299
 but what i

00:54:03.299 --> 00:54:03.739
 really wanted

00:54:03.739 --> 00:54:04.079
 to say

00:54:04.079 --> 00:54:06.859
 uh uh you

00:54:06.859 --> 00:54:07.519
 talked about

00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:08.219
 the shout

00:54:08.219 --> 00:54:10.899
 yes um and

00:54:10.899 --> 00:54:12.460
 i believe for

00:54:12.460 --> 00:54:14.000
 you know the

00:54:14.000 --> 00:54:14.819
 women at the

00:54:14.819 --> 00:54:15.579
 tomb and the

00:54:15.579 --> 00:54:16.639
 disciples you

00:54:16.639 --> 00:54:17.000
 know and

00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:18.259
 thomas you

00:54:18.259 --> 00:54:18.839
 know seeing

00:54:18.839 --> 00:54:19.599
 the wounds of

00:54:19.599 --> 00:54:20.480
 jesus and his

00:54:20.480 --> 00:54:21.139
 hands inside

00:54:21.139 --> 00:54:22.519
 you know that

00:54:22.519 --> 00:54:23.519
 came across as

00:54:23.519 --> 00:54:24.579
 a big shout

00:54:24.579 --> 00:54:26.779
 um often in

00:54:26.779 --> 00:54:27.559
 our lives we

00:54:27.559 --> 00:54:28.779
 hear the we

00:54:28.779 --> 00:54:29.399
 only hear the

00:54:29.399 --> 00:54:30.920
 echoes yes

00:54:30.920 --> 00:54:31.360
 of the

00:54:31.360 --> 00:54:33.019
 shell um

00:54:33.019 --> 00:54:35.000
 and jesus i

00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:35.680
 think maybe

00:54:35.680 --> 00:54:36.300
 made reference

00:54:36.300 --> 00:54:37.039
 to that when

00:54:37.039 --> 00:54:37.460
 he said

00:54:37.460 --> 00:54:37.980
 blessed are

00:54:37.980 --> 00:54:38.440
 you thomas

00:54:38.440 --> 00:54:38.940
 you know you

00:54:38.940 --> 00:54:39.579
 believe see

00:54:39.579 --> 00:54:40.700
 but more

00:54:40.700 --> 00:54:41.260
 blessed are

00:54:41.260 --> 00:54:41.860
 those you

00:54:41.860 --> 00:54:42.320
 know who

00:54:42.320 --> 00:54:43.159
 won't see

00:54:43.159 --> 00:54:44.360
 and who

00:54:44.360 --> 00:54:44.960
 won't hear

00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:46.079
 the full

00:54:46.079 --> 00:54:46.840
 volume shout

00:54:46.840 --> 00:54:47.539
 you know but

00:54:47.539 --> 00:54:48.420
 just echoes

00:54:48.420 --> 00:54:50.019
 yes of that

00:54:50.019 --> 00:54:52.740
 um and so

00:54:52.740 --> 00:54:53.880
 as people just

00:54:53.880 --> 00:54:54.720
 hear echoes we

00:54:54.720 --> 00:54:55.740
 really do

00:54:55.740 --> 00:54:57.880
 the you

00:54:57.880 --> 00:54:58.320
 know the

00:54:58.320 --> 00:54:59.039
 full

00:54:59.039 --> 00:55:02.340
 church and

00:55:02.340 --> 00:55:03.000
 and all the

00:55:03.000 --> 00:55:03.420
 things god

00:55:03.420 --> 00:55:04.039
 has provided

00:55:04.039 --> 00:55:05.039
 you know since

00:55:05.039 --> 00:55:05.539
 the shout

00:55:05.539 --> 00:55:06.940
 you know to

00:55:06.940 --> 00:55:08.259
 reinforce those

00:55:08.259 --> 00:55:09.119
 echoes for us

00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:10.500
 and to help

00:55:10.500 --> 00:55:11.820
 us at those

00:55:11.820 --> 00:55:12.619
 tough times

00:55:12.619 --> 00:55:13.139
 um

00:55:13.139 --> 00:55:17.420
 um what i was

00:55:17.420 --> 00:55:17.860
 saying before

00:55:17.860 --> 00:55:18.639
 about not being

00:55:18.639 --> 00:55:20.139
 clear i think

00:55:20.139 --> 00:55:21.579
 two pictures

00:55:21.579 --> 00:55:22.880
 of where god

00:55:22.880 --> 00:55:24.300
 wants us to

00:55:24.300 --> 00:55:25.460
 be by the

00:55:25.460 --> 00:55:25.840
 time this

00:55:25.840 --> 00:55:26.539
 life is over

00:55:26.539 --> 00:55:27.760
 is like

00:55:27.760 --> 00:55:29.980
 joe who

00:55:29.980 --> 00:55:31.200
 you know

00:55:31.200 --> 00:55:31.600
 was really

00:55:31.600 --> 00:55:32.420
 struggling with

00:55:32.420 --> 00:55:33.080
 his theology

00:55:33.080 --> 00:55:34.460
 and what he

00:55:34.460 --> 00:55:35.120
 expected to

00:55:35.120 --> 00:55:35.620
 happen in

00:55:35.620 --> 00:55:36.880
 life and

00:55:36.880 --> 00:55:37.720
 his this

00:55:37.720 --> 00:55:38.080
 great

00:55:38.080 --> 00:55:38.720
 disappointment

00:55:38.720 --> 00:55:41.460
 uh and

00:55:41.460 --> 00:55:42.340
 god apparently

00:55:42.340 --> 00:55:43.019
 never gives

00:55:43.019 --> 00:55:43.780
 him an

00:55:43.780 --> 00:55:45.480
 answer as

00:55:45.480 --> 00:55:46.440
 i read it

00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:47.740
 you know why

00:55:47.740 --> 00:55:48.180
 this has

00:55:48.180 --> 00:55:48.660
 happened to

00:55:48.660 --> 00:55:49.600
 him joe

00:55:49.600 --> 00:55:51.060
 certainly there's

00:55:51.060 --> 00:55:51.920
 no hint that

00:55:51.920 --> 00:55:52.980
 joe learns

00:55:52.980 --> 00:55:54.219
 about satan

00:55:54.219 --> 00:55:54.880
 you know

00:55:54.880 --> 00:55:55.980
 conversation with

00:55:55.980 --> 00:55:56.340
 god and

00:55:56.340 --> 00:55:56.880
 their bet

00:55:56.880 --> 00:55:58.420
 so to speak

00:55:58.420 --> 00:55:59.420
 on whether

00:55:59.420 --> 00:56:00.579
 somebody

00:56:00.579 --> 00:56:02.420
 would be

00:56:02.420 --> 00:56:03.059
 good

00:56:03.059 --> 00:56:04.679
 even when it

00:56:04.679 --> 00:56:05.159
 doesn't seem

00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:06.099
 good for him

00:56:06.099 --> 00:56:06.559
 to be good

00:56:06.559 --> 00:56:07.240
 anymore you

00:56:07.240 --> 00:56:07.780
 know good for

00:56:07.780 --> 00:56:08.960
 goodness sake

00:56:08.960 --> 00:56:09.780
 uh

00:56:09.780 --> 00:56:12.440
 but he does

00:56:12.440 --> 00:56:13.139
 like you said

00:56:13.139 --> 00:56:14.079
 get the person

00:56:14.079 --> 00:56:15.159
 of jesus or

00:56:15.159 --> 00:56:16.179
 get the person

00:56:16.179 --> 00:56:16.980
 of god at the

00:56:16.980 --> 00:56:17.639
 end and that's

00:56:17.639 --> 00:56:18.300
 enough for him

00:56:18.300 --> 00:56:19.400
 even though he

00:56:19.400 --> 00:56:20.500
 doesn't get the

00:56:20.500 --> 00:56:21.900
 explanation he

00:56:21.900 --> 00:56:22.719
 has some idea

00:56:22.719 --> 00:56:23.780
 that there's so

00:56:23.780 --> 00:56:24.519
 much more going

00:56:24.519 --> 00:56:25.480
 on here that i

00:56:25.480 --> 00:56:26.119
 have a clue

00:56:26.119 --> 00:56:28.440
 about so i

00:56:28.440 --> 00:56:28.900
 just have to

00:56:28.900 --> 00:56:29.940
 trust the

00:56:29.940 --> 00:56:32.380
 lord uh and

00:56:32.380 --> 00:56:33.980
 jesus in in

00:56:33.980 --> 00:56:34.639
 his life on

00:56:34.639 --> 00:56:35.500
 earth you know

00:56:35.500 --> 00:56:37.659
 as far as his

00:56:37.659 --> 00:56:38.619
 first life you

00:56:38.619 --> 00:56:39.119
 know he ends

00:56:39.119 --> 00:56:40.460
 up dead on the

00:56:40.460 --> 00:56:42.179
 cross uh

00:56:42.179 --> 00:56:43.920
 but as a human

00:56:43.920 --> 00:56:46.320
 being those

00:56:46.320 --> 00:56:47.679
 difficult times

00:56:47.679 --> 00:56:49.299
 transformed him

00:56:49.299 --> 00:56:49.960
 with regard to

00:56:49.960 --> 00:56:50.639
 his human nature

00:56:50.639 --> 00:56:51.099
 i believe

00:56:51.099 --> 00:56:52.239
 and to the

00:56:52.239 --> 00:56:53.379
 man you know

00:56:53.379 --> 00:56:54.440
 god wanted him

00:56:54.440 --> 00:56:55.859
 to be and the

00:56:55.859 --> 00:56:56.339
 kind of person

00:56:56.339 --> 00:56:57.059
 he wants us to

00:56:57.059 --> 00:56:58.059
 be so we

00:56:58.059 --> 00:56:58.919
 have to live

00:56:58.919 --> 00:57:01.359
 uh knowing

00:57:01.359 --> 00:57:01.960
 there's so much

00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:02.339
 more to the

00:57:02.339 --> 00:57:03.659
 picture we just

00:57:03.659 --> 00:57:04.259
 see a little bit

00:57:04.259 --> 00:57:05.699
 of it and we

00:57:05.699 --> 00:57:06.239
 just have to

00:57:06.239 --> 00:57:06.980
 trust god to

00:57:06.980 --> 00:57:07.419
 do a time

00:57:07.419 --> 00:57:07.759
 plan

00:57:07.759 --> 00:57:11.480
 we have to

00:57:11.480 --> 00:57:12.199
 yeah we have

00:57:12.199 --> 00:57:12.839
 to tune our

00:57:12.839 --> 00:57:13.960
 we have to tune

00:57:13.960 --> 00:57:15.440
 our heart to

00:57:15.440 --> 00:57:16.239
 the places where

00:57:16.239 --> 00:57:17.059
 god is shouting

00:57:17.059 --> 00:57:19.239
 the loudest

00:57:19.239 --> 00:57:21.719
 um we have

00:57:21.719 --> 00:57:22.719
 two sacraments

00:57:22.719 --> 00:57:24.159
 in protestant

00:57:24.159 --> 00:57:25.519
 christianity one

00:57:25.519 --> 00:57:27.019
 is baptism and

00:57:27.019 --> 00:57:27.880
 one is

00:57:27.880 --> 00:57:29.400
 communion communion

00:57:29.400 --> 00:57:31.320
 is a picture

00:57:31.320 --> 00:57:33.139
 of the broken

00:57:33.139 --> 00:57:34.400
 body of jesus

00:57:34.400 --> 00:57:35.900
 and it is a

00:57:35.900 --> 00:57:36.820
 food that if

00:57:36.820 --> 00:57:37.579
 you go without

00:57:37.579 --> 00:57:39.199
 you will starve

00:57:39.199 --> 00:57:40.519
 and die and

00:57:40.519 --> 00:57:41.420
 it is also a

00:57:41.420 --> 00:57:42.619
 picture of the

00:57:42.619 --> 00:57:44.219
 blood of god

00:57:44.219 --> 00:57:45.460
 himself that

00:57:45.460 --> 00:57:46.059
 has been shed

00:57:46.059 --> 00:57:46.679
 for us

00:57:46.679 --> 00:57:49.419
 and here's

00:57:49.419 --> 00:57:50.919
 maybe we'll

00:57:50.919 --> 00:57:51.519
 just close with

00:57:51.519 --> 00:57:52.879
 this i think

00:57:52.879 --> 00:57:54.639
 this is god

00:57:54.639 --> 00:57:55.980
 has raised jesus

00:57:55.980 --> 00:57:56.559
 from the dead

00:57:56.559 --> 00:57:57.519
 he has established

00:57:57.519 --> 00:57:58.359
 and affirmed him

00:57:58.359 --> 00:57:59.259
 in every way

00:57:59.259 --> 00:58:03.000
 possible and

00:58:03.000 --> 00:58:04.039
 then he's given

00:58:04.039 --> 00:58:05.359
 us a tangible

00:58:05.359 --> 00:58:09.980
 method to say

00:58:09.980 --> 00:58:11.199
 don't forget

00:58:11.199 --> 00:58:12.939
 this thing

00:58:12.939 --> 00:58:15.439
 let it be the

00:58:15.439 --> 00:58:16.500
 thing that

00:58:16.500 --> 00:58:17.099
 trumps

00:58:17.099 --> 00:58:19.779
 and drowns out

00:58:19.779 --> 00:58:21.639
 some of these

00:58:21.639 --> 00:58:22.379
 other things

00:58:22.379 --> 00:58:23.119
 i know

00:58:23.119 --> 00:58:23.759
 that you're on

00:58:23.759 --> 00:58:24.279
 a pilgrimage

00:58:24.279 --> 00:58:25.699
 i didn't give

00:58:25.699 --> 00:58:26.519
 everyone else the

00:58:26.519 --> 00:58:26.939
 answers

00:58:26.939 --> 00:58:27.919
 you're not having

00:58:27.919 --> 00:58:28.639
 all the answers

00:58:28.639 --> 00:58:30.019
 frankly i might

00:58:30.019 --> 00:58:30.579
 just add

00:58:30.579 --> 00:58:31.699
 it's impossible

00:58:31.699 --> 00:58:32.299
 that we would

00:58:32.299 --> 00:58:32.739
 have all the

00:58:32.739 --> 00:58:33.019
 answers

00:58:33.019 --> 00:58:33.939
 it's ridiculous

00:58:33.939 --> 00:58:34.539
 i mean even

00:58:34.539 --> 00:58:35.119
 with human

00:58:35.119 --> 00:58:35.859
 reason we could

00:58:35.859 --> 00:58:36.299
 take a step

00:58:36.299 --> 00:58:36.799
 back and go

00:58:36.800 --> 00:58:38.140
 who do we

00:58:38.140 --> 00:58:38.980
 how could we

00:58:38.980 --> 00:58:40.100
 possibly imagine

00:58:40.100 --> 00:58:41.080
 that we're going

00:58:41.080 --> 00:58:41.760
 to understand

00:58:41.760 --> 00:58:42.640
 god's sovereignty

00:58:42.640 --> 00:58:43.519
 and man's free

00:58:43.519 --> 00:58:43.760
 will

00:58:43.760 --> 00:58:45.860
 how could we

00:58:45.860 --> 00:58:46.820
 even possibly

00:58:46.820 --> 00:58:47.820
 think that if

00:58:47.820 --> 00:58:48.380
 god tried to

00:58:48.380 --> 00:58:49.220
 explain the dual

00:58:49.220 --> 00:58:50.039
 nature of christ

00:58:50.039 --> 00:58:50.539
 to us

00:58:50.539 --> 00:58:51.980
 that we would

00:58:51.980 --> 00:58:52.600
 understand it

00:58:52.600 --> 00:58:53.240
 instead what

00:58:53.240 --> 00:58:54.039
 he's given us

00:58:54.039 --> 00:58:56.679
 is a shout

00:58:56.679 --> 00:58:57.300
 from heaven

00:58:57.300 --> 00:58:58.940
 that these

00:58:58.940 --> 00:58:59.679
 things are true

00:58:59.679 --> 00:59:00.139
 and you need

00:59:00.139 --> 00:59:00.860
 to trust me

00:59:00.860 --> 00:59:02.279
 and you need

00:59:02.279 --> 00:59:02.880
 to rest in

00:59:02.880 --> 00:59:03.139
 that

00:59:03.139 --> 00:59:04.659
 and you need

00:59:04.659 --> 00:59:06.880
 to prioritize

00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:08.539
 the conversations

00:59:08.539 --> 00:59:09.259
 inside your

00:59:09.259 --> 00:59:10.119
 heart along

00:59:10.119 --> 00:59:10.840
 the lines of

00:59:10.840 --> 00:59:11.480
 what i've said

00:59:11.480 --> 00:59:12.360
 is most important

00:59:12.360 --> 00:59:13.579
 i'm not saying

00:59:13.579 --> 00:59:14.300
 that's easy

00:59:14.300 --> 00:59:16.579
 but that's

00:59:16.579 --> 00:59:17.199
 what i think

00:59:17.199 --> 00:59:19.000
 is a good

00:59:19.000 --> 00:59:19.820
 takeaway from

00:59:19.820 --> 00:59:20.759
 for us from

00:59:20.759 --> 00:59:21.539
 this um

00:59:21.539 --> 00:59:23.059
 from looking

00:59:23.059 --> 00:59:23.300
 at the

00:59:23.300 --> 00:59:23.699
 resurrection

00:59:23.699 --> 00:59:24.299
 in this

00:59:24.299 --> 00:59:25.339
 passage

00:59:25.339 --> 00:59:27.859
 so

00:59:27.859 --> 00:59:29.839
 let's close

00:59:29.839 --> 00:59:30.279
 there

00:59:30.279 --> 00:59:30.939
 um

00:59:30.939 --> 00:59:31.739
 and i'll

00:59:31.739 --> 00:59:32.480
 pray for us

00:59:32.480 --> 00:59:35.819
 our father

00:59:35.819 --> 00:59:36.159
 in heaven

00:59:36.159 --> 00:59:36.539
 we

00:59:36.539 --> 00:59:38.980
 praise you

00:59:38.980 --> 00:59:40.219
 for

00:59:40.219 --> 00:59:42.539
 your mighty

00:59:42.539 --> 00:59:44.559
 acts of

00:59:44.559 --> 00:59:45.519
 salvation

00:59:45.519 --> 00:59:47.039
 that you

00:59:47.039 --> 00:59:47.919
 have clearly

00:59:47.919 --> 00:59:48.639
 demonstrated

00:59:48.639 --> 00:59:50.419
 there is

00:59:50.419 --> 00:59:50.899
 no

00:59:50.899 --> 00:59:52.699
 confusion

00:59:52.699 --> 00:59:52.899
 salvation

00:59:52.899 --> 00:59:54.339
 about your

00:59:54.339 --> 00:59:54.839
 gospel

00:59:54.839 --> 00:59:56.819
 help us

00:59:56.819 --> 00:59:58.079
 to believe

00:59:58.079 --> 00:59:59.079
 and help us

00:59:59.079 --> 00:59:59.699
 to receive

00:59:59.699 --> 01:00:00.239
 what you have

01:00:00.239 --> 01:00:00.779
 for us

01:00:00.779 --> 01:00:01.480
 in jesus

01:00:01.480 --> 01:00:02.719
 help us to

01:00:02.719 --> 01:00:03.659
 receive jesus

01:00:03.659 --> 01:00:05.939
 as merciful

01:00:05.939 --> 01:00:07.099
 savior that

01:00:07.099 --> 01:00:07.719
 paid for all

01:00:07.719 --> 01:00:08.439
 of our sins

01:00:08.439 --> 01:00:09.899
 and help us

01:00:09.899 --> 01:00:10.779
 to enthrone him

01:00:10.779 --> 01:00:11.519
 on our hearts

01:00:11.519 --> 01:00:12.900
 and to submit

01:00:12.900 --> 01:00:12.920
 and to submit

01:00:12.920 --> 01:00:13.559
 to him as

01:00:13.559 --> 01:00:13.920
 king

01:00:13.920 --> 01:00:16.679
 and help us

01:00:16.679 --> 01:00:17.800
 to see this

01:00:17.800 --> 01:00:18.519
 world rightly

01:00:18.519 --> 01:00:19.599
 and to not

01:00:19.599 --> 01:00:20.340
 be rattled

01:00:20.340 --> 01:00:22.159
 by all

01:00:22.159 --> 01:00:22.500
 the

01:00:22.500 --> 01:00:24.780
 small

01:00:24.780 --> 01:00:26.300
 things of

01:00:26.300 --> 01:00:26.900
 this life

01:00:26.900 --> 01:00:28.739
 that sometimes

01:00:28.739 --> 01:00:29.239
 bring into

01:00:29.239 --> 01:00:29.820
 question

01:00:29.820 --> 01:00:32.000
 um

01:00:32.000 --> 01:00:32.880
 your character

01:00:32.880 --> 01:00:34.739
 but father

01:00:34.739 --> 01:00:35.380
 may we fix

01:00:35.380 --> 01:00:35.780
 our eyes

01:00:35.780 --> 01:00:36.440
 on jesus

01:00:36.440 --> 01:00:37.500
 and may we

01:00:37.500 --> 01:00:38.099
 be filled

01:00:38.099 --> 01:00:38.539
 with his

01:00:38.539 --> 01:00:39.119
 love

01:00:39.119 --> 01:00:40.900
 by your

01:00:40.900 --> 01:00:41.340
 spirit

01:00:41.340 --> 01:00:42.119
 and father

01:00:42.119 --> 01:00:42.519
 we pray

01:00:42.519 --> 01:00:43.900
 for all

01:00:43.900 --> 01:00:44.880
 the work

01:00:44.880 --> 01:00:45.340
 that you've

01:00:45.340 --> 01:00:45.740
 given us

01:00:45.740 --> 01:00:46.159
 to do

01:00:46.159 --> 01:00:46.639
 and what

01:00:46.639 --> 01:00:46.860
 you've

01:00:46.860 --> 01:00:47.240
 called us

01:00:47.240 --> 01:00:47.579
 to do

01:00:47.579 --> 01:00:47.900
 we pray

01:00:47.900 --> 01:00:48.220
 that you

01:00:48.220 --> 01:00:48.420
 would

01:00:48.420 --> 01:00:49.619
 fill us

01:00:49.619 --> 01:00:51.280
 and give

01:00:51.280 --> 01:00:51.760
 us everything

01:00:51.760 --> 01:00:52.360
 that we need

01:00:52.360 --> 01:00:52.840
 to step

01:00:52.840 --> 01:00:53.360
 out and

01:00:53.360 --> 01:00:53.900
 to serve

01:00:53.900 --> 01:00:54.480
 you and

01:00:54.480 --> 01:00:54.920
 to love

01:00:54.920 --> 01:00:56.159
 you and

01:00:56.159 --> 01:00:56.639
 to love

01:00:56.639 --> 01:00:57.240
 other people

01:00:57.240 --> 01:00:58.320
 and I

01:00:58.320 --> 01:00:58.599
 thank you

01:00:58.599 --> 01:00:58.920
 for this

01:00:58.920 --> 01:00:59.400
 time that

01:00:59.400 --> 01:01:00.039
 we've had

01:01:00.039 --> 01:01:00.340
 together

01:01:00.340 --> 01:01:00.900
 this morning

01:01:00.900 --> 01:01:01.280
 in jesus

01:01:01.280 --> 01:01:01.639
 name

01:01:01.639 --> 01:01:02.059
 amen

01:01:02.059 --> 01:01:08.519
 see you