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 Let me begin. I want to ask a question that I want you to think about carefully.

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! And I'm not asking for you to respond. In fact, I'd prefer you don't.

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 But just think to yourself, this is the question.

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 What do I really want the most?

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 What do I really want the most?

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 Put it another way, what's most important to me?

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 What's really most important?

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 What do I want?

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 What's most important?

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 As you think about this, here are some things that may help you recognize,

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 whether you'd like to admit it or not, what the answer is.

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 What makes you most happy?

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 What really just lights your fire?

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 That you're happy about.

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 What do you care about so much that you really don't have to be prompted to talk about it?

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 What are things that get you very irritated?

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 I mean, fire you up.

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 I want to confess that different ones of us have been hardwired by God to be fired up in moderately different fashions.

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 Do you follow what I'm saying?

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 I mean, some people are very public in their fired up-ness.

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 Other people are kind of like a slow burn.

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 They're like a coke fire.

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 They're hot.

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 But inside.

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 What does your moodiness say about what's important?

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 What causes you to have recurring bouts of anxiety?

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 Do you know what I'm talking about, anxiety?

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 It's circling the drain on an idea that you really don't have control over.

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 Let me come back again to ask you the question here.

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 What do I really want the most?

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 What is it that is most important to me?

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 Now, let me say that if you were to ask the average person on the street, what do you want the most?

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 What's most important?

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 Do you know what most people would say?

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 What would they say?

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 Tell me.

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 I just want to be happy.

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 I wouldn't immediately give the guy the smackdown over that.

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 I mean, I'm glad.

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 I appreciate the fact that the individual who'd tell me they really want to be happy didn't at least be so simplistic to say,

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 I want a million dollars.

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 I have to tell you that I have added something to my repertoire.

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 How many of you know that when you call some of these service lines, help lines, at the end of the conversation,

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 they always say, the last thing they say is, can I help you with anything else?

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 Right?

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 I mean, it's always the same thing.

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 Can I help you with anything else?

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 And my standard answer right now has been yes.

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 Of course, there's a long pause, and I wait just for a minute to let them think what's coming next, and I say, free cash.

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 You know, it's like, it hasn't worked.

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 But let's come back to the issue.

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 I want to be happy.

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 I really do.

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 Now, if you were to ask any child that has been instructed in the shorter catechism,

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 what is the chief end of man?

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 How many of you know?

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 Raise your hand and wave at me if you know what the answer is to the first question in the shorter catechism.

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 Raise your hand high.

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 I want it this high, like this.

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 Some of you...

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 Here, watch me.

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 Like this.

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 Okay.

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 Got it?

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 Okay.

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 It's all right.

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 What is the chief end of man?

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 It is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

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 What is the chief end of man?

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 It is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

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 John Piper, in his knockout book, Desiring God, that I would recommend you read if you're inclined to a little bit of sober labor of exceptional worth,

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 he kind of runs away.

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 It doesn't run away, but he kind of changes the tack a little bit on that.

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 He says, the chief end of man is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever.

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 So, I want you to think with me this morning of what John chapter 13, 31, and 32 have to say to this subject.

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 Let me read a passage to you.

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 When he had gone out, Jesus said,

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 Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

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 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and glorify him at once.

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 Now, it's not entirely true in every case, but as a general rule, when a word is repeated fairly often, there's a reason.

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 And it wouldn't hurt us to think, why does the Holy Spirit have so much to say about this subject of glory?

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 And so, what I want us to do this morning is take these two verses and think carefully about the incredible significance of the cross.

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 And I want to draw several powerful truths from the fact of these two verses and then bring some practical application to your life so that in the future,

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 if someone would say to you, what do you really want?

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 You would say, I want the glory of God.

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 And I can tell you by personal experience, you won't get there without persistent affection for the Lord Jesus Christ and a deliberate intention to move there.

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 Because guess how we're naturally wired?

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 How many of you have a lot of trouble really thinking about yourself occasionally?

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 You know, just every now and then someone has to bump you and say,

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 Tim, are you ever thinking about yourself?

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 You're so wonderful thinking about everybody else.

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 You know, I haven't had that happen.

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 But, you know, we want to learn to think about the glory of Christ and the Father.

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 And this passage hammers it.

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 So, let's look first of all at the glory of the cross.

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 And since we're going to spend so much time dealing with the subject of glory, and it's not a word we use very often.

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 How many of you used glory this last week?

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 You said, oh, glory.

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 You didn't.

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 I've got to tell you, Pastor Brock, who's in heaven, he used glory fairly often.

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 Anytime something happened wrong, he would say, oh, glory.

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 When I was a member, I remember hearing him say, oh, glory, over some problem.

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 He was like, what?

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 But for the most part, you and I don't use, oh, glory.

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 We don't talk about glory.

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 We think a lot about it, but we don't talk enough about it.

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 The idea of glory, the word glory, really carries with it the idea of worth, significance, honor, reputation.

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 If you were kind of tracking with the different songs we sang this morning, they had a lot to do with glory.

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 And the biblical word is most often connected with character, not just with events.

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 And as a reference to that, we will see that when the word is used in Scripture, it is speaking invariably about God and things he's done.

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 But behind that is not just the act of what he has done, but what it tells us about his nature and his heart.

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 So kind of mark this in your thinking.

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 The word glory is about honor, worth, and significance.

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 And the most common use of the word glory in Scripture is really used in connection with our triune God.

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 One theologian put it this way, that the word glory is a word that speaks of God in such a fashion that glorifying God means calling attention to his greatness

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 and showing his supreme value by delighting in him and cherishing in him.

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 Glorifying God means drawing attention or marking his supreme greatness.

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 Let me give you an illustration of that.

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 Over in Matthew chapter 5, remember when Jesus said,

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 You are the salt of the earth, you're the light of the world.

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 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works.

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 And they say, wow, God is pretty spectacular.

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 Right?

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 So there is a sense in which one of the things that we ought to always be thinking about is how does this make God look?

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 Look, we have had the privilege of hosting Franklin County Board of Election for five weeks in this building.

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 And I have to tell you that every interaction that our people have had,

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 whether it's an Awana worker coming in here early to work on Awana on Monday night,

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 or one of our ladies walking through the lobby,

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 or someone doing custodial work,

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 or one of our pastors,

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 the consistent thing that has taken place is that you as a fellowship have shown kindness

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 and a sweet disposition to all those people.

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 Hundreds of them have come through here.

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 They invited me to go to their honors banquet because of you.

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 I don't want to go.

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 I'm going to send one of the pastors.

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 I shouldn't say that.

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 But I am not a social animal.

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 I wasn't born for that.

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 You know, it's like, but I'll go, you know.

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 Let your light so shine before men that they will see your good works and what?

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 Glorify your Father.

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 Your heart, affected by the glory of God,

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 has displayed a kindness that has been so exceptional.

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 That's the common conversation I've heard from hundreds of people the last five weeks.

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 And so when we think this morning about this issue of glory,

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 I want you to understand that it means calling attention to His greatness

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 and showing a supreme value.

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 Why did we host Franklin County Board of Elections?

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 At the heart of it is because we are here to show the character and heart of Christ.

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 Isn't that right?

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 That's why we did what we did on Monday night.

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 That's why we're doing the food drive.

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 We are interested in having other people have an opportunity

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 to see the character of our God and our Savior.

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 So here we are in verse 31.

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 Judas has gone out into the night to betray Jesus and bring about His crucifixion.

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 Knowing that the cross was only hours away,

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 here is Jesus now with the remaining disciples,

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 and here's what He says.

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 Look at the verse there in 31.

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 When He'd gone out, Jesus said,

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 Now!

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 This is it!

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 Now is the Son of Man glorified!

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 Can you imagine that?

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 Against the backdrop of that brutal rendering of His body,

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 the absolute vile betrayal of one of His own disciples,

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 Jesus Christ called the cross the moment of His glory.

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 Incidentally, He referred to Himself here in this statement as the Son of Man.

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 He was pointing to His humanity,

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 which He has taken on for all of eternity,

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 for the glory of the Father,

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 and for our redemption.

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 And here He is looking forward to the cross,

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 and He says,

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 Now is the Son of Man glorified.

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 It's interesting to stop just for a moment

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 and consider

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 that He referred to no other aspect of His human existence that way.

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 I can think of.

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 There had certainly been moments in His public ministry

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 that were pretty glorious.

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 I mean, can you imagine

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 the glory of Him cleansing the temple?

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 My Father's house is a house of prayer,

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 and you have made it a den of thieves,

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 and it is time for me to bring smack down on you.

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 And how one man could clean out,

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 just imagine,

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 someone stomping in to the Supreme Court

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 and the White House at the same time

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 and cleaning both of them,

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 one guy with nothing but a little whip.

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 I have to tell you,

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 the thing that terrified people

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 was not the strength of Christ,

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 but the character and holiness of His calling.

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 And He, that was pretty glorious,

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 I would think.

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 He didn't call it that way.

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 Another thing that I think about is,

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 remember,

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 when He was baptized,

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 remember He came out of the water,

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 and we have the dove come down,

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 and we have the voice of God,

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 and it says,

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 this is my beloved Son

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 in whom I am well pleased.

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 Listen to Him.

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 That's pretty spectacular.

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 I mean, how many of you have had God

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 say something like that

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 after your baptism?

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 No.

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 Terrify me if it did.

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 And it won't.

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 Let's try another one.

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 The transfiguration.

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 I mean, that was pretty spectacular.

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 In fact, if you were to read

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 in the Apostles' Epistles,

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 well, that's a word full, isn't it?

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 The Apostles' Epistles.

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 Don't go there.

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 But in Peter,

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 remember when He says,

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 we beheld His glory.

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 When He was on the Mount

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 of Transfiguration,

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 it wiped Him out.

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 We beheld His glory.

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 Did Jesus refer to the transfiguration

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 as the moment of His glory?

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 No.

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 He says this.

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 He says,

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 now,

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 the cross,

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 that's my hour

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 of glory.

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 I can't help,

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 and I debate whether I should or not,

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 and here I go.

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 So, I remember years ago

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 when Mel Gibson came out

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 with his, you know,

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 what was that movie?

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 I'm forgetting.

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 The Passion.

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 Okay.

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 And pretty spectacular.

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 I remember someone got up

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 in Cedarville Chapel

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 and said,

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 and I heard this by way of rumors,

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 so I don't know it to be firsthand,

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 but someone said,

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 this was going to be

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 the most significant

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 evangelistic event

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 since Pentecost.

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 How many of you know

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 what hyperbole is?

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 Jared?

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 Over-exaggeration.

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 It's like,

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 hello?

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 Anyway,

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 I,

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 the Passion of the Christ

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 kind of made clear

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 that he suffered,

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 but I got to tell you,

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 the suffering of Jesus

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 is not the thing

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 that brought glory

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 to his name.

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 I heard,

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 I read on the internet,

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 of course,

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 everything you read

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 on the internet

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 is true,

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 but I heard on the internet

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 that Morocco,

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 a fish,

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:49.880
 fisherman,

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 was put through

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 a grinder.

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 That's pretty spectacular,

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 right?

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 You know,

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 it's like,

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 yuck,

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 bad.

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 Jesus suffered,

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 but the thing that is glorious

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 is not his suffering

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 particularly.

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 The thing that is spectacular

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 about Christ

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 is all of the above.

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 And as we read there

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 in verse 32,

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 and skip ahead,

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 it says,

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 now is the Son of Man glorified

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 and God is glorified in him.

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 Okay?

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 What we understand,

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 actually the latter part of 31

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 is what I meant to say,

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 we understand that Jesus

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 saw the cross

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 not only as the means

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 of his glory,

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 but he also saw the cross

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 as the means

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 of his Father's glory.

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 Jesus brought glory

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 to his Father

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 by dying on the cross

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 for our sins.

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 And that is what is meant

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 when the text says

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 God is glorified in him.

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 Jesus understood

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 that his perfect

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 and willing obedience

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 to the Father

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 glorified the Father.

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 Father.

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 And I wonder

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 whether or not

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 you think about the cross

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 first and foremost

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 as being something

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 that glorifies Christ.

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 Think about it.

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 Most of us,

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 when we think about the cross,

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 our first thought

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 is to bring ourself

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 into the frame.

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 You know,

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 hey,

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 the cross

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 is tremendously

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 significant to me,

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 right?

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 Were it not for the cross,

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 I would be a sinner

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 directly on my way

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 to hell

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 and have no hope

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 of redemption

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 lost forever.

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 I did a funeral

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 on Friday

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 that was

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 a wonderful

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 gospel opportunity,

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 but it broke my heart.

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 The sorrow

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 in that room

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 was palpable.

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 It was just,

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 it was there.

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 And were it not

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 for the fact

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 that I had

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 the sweet privilege,

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 by the way,

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 funerals are

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 captive audiences

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 for me.

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 Do you understand that?

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 I'll take any funeral

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 you throw my way.

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 Any funeral.

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 So long as I get

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 to be free

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 with the gospel.

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 And here,

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 I can say to people

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 whose hearts

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 are broken

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 in the face of death,

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 there is only

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 one hope

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 for you

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 and it's Jesus Christ

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 who died on the cross

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 and rose again.

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 And so here is Jesus

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 as he looks

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 towards the cross,

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 he looks

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 at that event

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 and he says,

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 this is it.

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 Now I'm going to give you

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 a summary

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 of the Bible.

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 Genesis chapter 3

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 verse 15,

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 remember when

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 God shows up

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 in the garden

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 and is talking

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 to two individuals,

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 Adam and Eve

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 and he brings

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 the snake

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 into the conversation

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 and he says,

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 listen,

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 he will crush

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 your head

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 and you will

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 bruise his heel.

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 It is called

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 proto-evangelism.

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 The first

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 indication

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:03.000
 of the gospel.

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 And how does

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 the story end

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 over in Revelation

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 chapter 5?

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 what we find

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 there is this

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 just absolutely

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 wonderful picture

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 of the glory

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 of Christ

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 in heaven.

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 And as people

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 are worshiping

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 God in chapter 4

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 of Revelation

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 and Christ

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 in chapter 5,

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 do you know

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 how they address

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 Jesus over and over

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.740
 again in chapter 5?

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 What do they say?

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 Worthy is the

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 lamb.

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 I don't know

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 about you

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 but that gives me

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 cold chills.

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 I like to know

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 that the story

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 didn't happen

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 just kind of

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 like a warm night

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 and mushrooms

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 popping up.

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 God put a lot

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 of thought

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 into this

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 and pulled it

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 off over

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 millenniums.

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 And here is

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 Jesus

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 looking at the

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 cross

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 as the moment

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 in history

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 where the plan

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.519
 of redemption

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 ordained by

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.600
 the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 before the foundation

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 of the world

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 was coming

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 into full fruition

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 and evidence.

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 Now notice

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:11.079
 what we read

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:13.220
 in verse 32.

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 If God is glorified

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.859
 in Him

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:17.519
 God will glorify

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.039
 Him

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:19.420
 in Himself.

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 How many of you

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 just don't raise

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 your hands

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 but a question

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 how many of you

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.759
 have struggled

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.539
 with giving glory

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.200
 to other people?

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 You are just

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 the most holy group

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 I've ever been around.

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.079
 Let me ask the question

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 a little slower

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.599
 because I may have

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.159
 confused you

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.659
 a little bit.

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.039
 How many of you

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.599
 have struggled

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.559
 with giving glory

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.379
 to other people?

00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:44.599
 How many of you

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.339
 this is a little

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.879
 more comfortable

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.859
 how many of you

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.759
 have tried to diminish

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.819
 the glory of other people?

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:51.000
 They buy a new car

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.539
 and you think

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.159
 they shouldn't have

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.759
 one that good.

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.220
 And so

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.899
 when you have

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.379
 an opportunity

00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:56.299
 to make an observation

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.480
 about their car purchases

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.579
 you have something

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.179
 to say about

00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.939
 no that's not a car

00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:00.319
 I'd buy.

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:02.559
 I'd be more frugal

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.279
 and I'd probably

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.000
 give at least

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.419
 $30 of the whole

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:06.240
 entire process

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.059
 to missions.

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.460
 You know

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.539
 I'm generous

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.339
 to a fault.

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 We always

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.720
 we're

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.480
 we're

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.460
 thinking about

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.019
 ourselves

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.939
 too often.

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.679
 By the way

00:23:16.679 --> 00:23:17.599
 the little sidebar

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.559
 I've probably

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.039
 said it more

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.619
 than once

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:21.419
 people that think

00:23:21.419 --> 00:23:21.939
 a lot about

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:22.259
 themselves

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.379
 are invariably

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:24.220
 pretty unhappy.

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.179
 How many of you

00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:26.679
 have learned that?

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:29.559
 Just one of you.

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.599
 the rest of you

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.879
 are still learning.

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:32.960
 Okay?

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.679
 People who think

00:23:34.679 --> 00:23:35.440
 a lot about

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:35.779
 themselves

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:37.079
 are invariably

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.779
 unhappy.

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:42.299
 Back to the text.

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.279
 When we

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.460
 give him

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.099
 glory

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:49.720
 he is

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.559
 glorified

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.919
 and the one

00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:52.759
 who gives him

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.179
 glory

00:23:53.179 --> 00:23:54.359
 is glorified.

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.359
 The math

00:23:58.359 --> 00:24:00.079
 is bulletproof.

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.000
 He that

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.500
 exalts

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.000
 himself

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:05.439
 shall be

00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:07.059
 abased.

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.579
 That means

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.099
 you try to

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.719
 puff yourself

00:24:09.719 --> 00:24:09.979
 up

00:24:09.979 --> 00:24:10.439
 he is going

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:10.699
 to do

00:24:10.699 --> 00:24:11.019
 what?

00:24:11.979 --> 00:24:12.519
 He's going

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.740
 to let

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.159
 the air

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.419
 out of

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.019
 your tires.

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:16.339
 If you

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.619
 humble

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.139
 yourself

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:17.539
 what is

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:17.799
 he going

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.240
 to do?

00:24:19.199 --> 00:24:19.339
 Huh?

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.319
 What?

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.000
 What's he

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.439
 going to do?

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.199
 If you

00:24:22.199 --> 00:24:22.419
 would

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:23.359
 by the way

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.399
 you have

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:25.199
 the responsibility

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.940
 of humbling

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.519
 yourself

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:28.819
 and the

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.220
 way to

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.460
 humble

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.920
 yourself

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.460
 is by

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.000
 remembering

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.539
 God is

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.840
 on the

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.059
 throne

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.360
 and he

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:33.019
 is supremely

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.660
 significant

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.380
 and it's

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:34.920
 all about

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.360
 him

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:38.160
 and when

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.720
 you humble

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.160
 yourself

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.559
 he will

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.000
 do what?

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.039
 He'll put

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.519
 just a little

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.900
 more air

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.400
 in the tires

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.819
 to help

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.039
 you.

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.259
 Do what?

00:24:45.580 --> 00:24:45.900
 Does anybody

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.420
 know what

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.380
 his intention

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:47.799
 is?

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 It is not

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 so you get a

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.960
 big head

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.279
 and start

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.019
 taking credit

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.319
 for you.

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.080
 You know

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:53.319
 what?

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.700
 I gave

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.139
 glory to

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.399
 God

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:54.779
 and now

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:54.939
 I'm

00:24:54.939 --> 00:24:55.179
 pretty

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:55.779
 special.

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 Down

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 it goes.

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 Okay.

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.480
 Back to

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.939
 the text

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 because I

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.539
 want you

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.919
 to focus

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:03.259
 on the

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.579
 text.

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 Here we

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.460
 are.

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.899
 There's

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:06.139
 verse 32.

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 If God

00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:07.659
 is glorified

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.000
 in him

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.439
 God will

00:25:08.439 --> 00:25:09.259
 also glorify

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.639
 him in

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.139
 himself.

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 So keep

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 in mind

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.379
 that one

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.139
 of Christ's

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.859
 goals in

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 his final

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.240
 words to

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 his disciple

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.399
 before the

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.319
 cross was

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.759
 to give

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.439
 them hope

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 in a truth

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 that would

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.819
 prepare them

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 for what

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.779
 was coming.

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.399
 That's

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:24.879
 important to

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.240
 understand.

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.059
 Here were

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 his disciples

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.559
 who were

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 going to be

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.599
 absolutely

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.439
 trashed,

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 blown out

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.899
 by the

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 cross.

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.500
 Their

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.899
 hero,

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.339
 the one

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.639
 they'd been

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.220
 following for

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.759
 three years,

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 was going to

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.639
 hang on the

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.119
 cross and

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.639
 suffer the

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.679
 most cruel

00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:41.500
 death.

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 And their

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.139
 entire

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:44.179
 worldview of

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 life was

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:44.819
 going to be

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 just shattered.

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 He says,

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 don't worry

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.799
 about it.

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.919
 Don't worry

00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:49.319
 about it.

00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:50.619
 That which I

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.220
 am doing on

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.819
 the cross is

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.279
 all for the

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.879
 glory of God

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.260
 and I want

00:25:53.260 --> 00:25:53.460
 you to

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.040
 understand the

00:25:54.040 --> 00:25:54.280
 math.

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.080
 When I

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:55.660
 give glory

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.000
 to the

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.320
 Father,

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.880
 he'll see

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.320
 to it that

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:57.920
 glory comes

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.380
 back to

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.620
 me.

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 Jesus

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.740
 wanted to

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.080
 see,

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:03.040
 Jesus wanted

00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.780
 his disciples

00:26:03.780 --> 00:26:04.740
 to see more

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.420
 than his

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.800
 physical

00:26:05.800 --> 00:26:06.280
 suffering.

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.280
 He wanted

00:26:08.280 --> 00:26:09.500
 them to

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.240
 understand that

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.720
 there was

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.340
 more that was

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.840
 going to take

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.360
 place than

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.000
 his separation

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.460
 from the

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.840
 Father.

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.180
 Behind the

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.880
 suffering that

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.420
 he was going

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.940
 to endure

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.779
 was the

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.759
 most merciful,

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.380
 the most

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:21.019
 wonderful,

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.860
 the most

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.460
 noble,

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.299
 the most

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.920
 dramatic

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.779
 display of

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.460
 the wisdom

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.340
 and love

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:27.799
 of God

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.539
 of all

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.220
 of eternity.

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.299
 Forever.

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.500
 When people

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.680
 think about

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.200
 Christ,

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.860
 they will

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.820
 think about

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.640
 the cross.

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:37.920
 Do you

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.620
 understand that?

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:44.099
 And what

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.899
 Jesus also

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.379
 wanted his

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.139
 disciples to

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.839
 understand is

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:48.979
 that his

00:26:48.979 --> 00:26:49.719
 death for our

00:26:49.719 --> 00:26:50.559
 sins according

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:50.979
 to the

00:26:50.979 --> 00:26:51.739
 Father's will

00:26:51.739 --> 00:26:52.639
 was all

00:26:52.639 --> 00:26:53.599
 for the

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.279
 Father's

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.779
 glory.

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.479
 And at

00:26:58.479 --> 00:26:58.979
 the same

00:26:58.979 --> 00:26:59.439
 time,

00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:01.299
 his Father

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.859
 would act

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.179
 for the

00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:02.819
 glory of

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.299
 his Son.

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.939
 There is

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.579
 an if

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.960
 in the

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.879
 logic here.

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.039
 Look at

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.740
 the passage.

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.240
 If God

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.059
 is glorified

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.839
 in him,

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.720
 that's a

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.079
 condition.

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.419
 God will

00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:20.480
 also glorify

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.720
 him in

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.199
 himself.

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.919
 If God

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.939
 is glorified,

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.599
 God will

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.379
 glorify the

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:26.980
 one that

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.559
 brings him

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:27.939
 glory.

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.319
 Will you

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.819
 kind of fix

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.119
 that in

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.639
 your minds?

00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:32.699
 How many

00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:32.799
 of you

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.119
 understand

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.439
 that?

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.500
 Let me

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.740
 try some

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.019
 of this

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.659
 perverse

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.559
 Christian

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.319
 math for

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.559
 you.

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.720
 Here we

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:39.879
 go.

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.179
 Are you

00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:40.419
 following

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.639
 me?

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.539
 It is

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.799
 more

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.240
 blessed

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:44.299
 to...

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.159
 The word

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.559
 blessed

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.359
 actually means

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.779
 happier.

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.619
 Being a

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.079
 genuine

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.839
 heartfelt

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.579
 giver

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.419
 is more

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:51.079
 enjoyable

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:52.099
 than being

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.659
 a greedy

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.879
 self-focused

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.759
 circling the

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.740
 drain thinker.

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.720
 Right?

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.359
 Jesus said

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.859
 this,

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.119
 he who

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.179
 saves his

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.899
 life will

00:28:02.899 --> 00:28:03.500
 lose it.

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.220
 He who's

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.680
 interested

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.079
 in his

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.920
 glory is

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.160
 going to

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.660
 lose it.

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.460
 He who

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.380
 loses his

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.120
 life gives

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.880
 glory to

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.339
 the one who

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.000
 deserves it,

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.640
 namely God,

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:14.160
 will be

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.720
 glorified.

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:18.660
 If God

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.579
 is glorified,

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:22.640
 God will

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.319
 glorify the

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.440
 one that

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.880
 brings him

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.220
 glory.

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.440
 I'll not

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.980
 leave off the

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.460
 last little

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.000
 part of the

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.559
 verse here,

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.200
 but the

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.720
 little statement

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.440
 that is made

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.559
 in himself is

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.579
 pointing out a

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.480
 very interesting

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.759
 theological fact.

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.279
 How many of

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.059
 you got your

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.659
 hands around

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.079
 the Trinity

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.519
 issue?

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:41.819
 I mean,

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.259
 it's like you

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.699
 got that one.

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:44.119
 It's, you

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.379
 know, you

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:44.699
 can answer

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:44.919
 that.

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.460
 It's like,

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.139
 yeah.

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.579
 How can,

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.299
 what's it

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.839
 saying is

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.639
 that when

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.220
 God the

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.899
 Father gives

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.439
 glory to

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:53.859
 the Son,

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.339
 guess what

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.699
 happens?

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.279
 It comes

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.759
 how?

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.960
 Back to

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.319
 the Father.

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.419
 How do you

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:01.119
 separate the,

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.059
 well, if

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.220
 Jesus, we're

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.620
 all into

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.259
 this, if I

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.880
 give him

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.480
 glory, I'm

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.839
 not going to

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.299
 have some

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.779
 left for

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.160
 me.

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.920
 No.

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:14.299
 God, in

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.200
 glorifying his

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:17.299
 Son, there's

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.740
 a nice little

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.220
 word coming

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:20.019
 here, that

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:21.200
 glory redounds,

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.819
 redounds.

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.539
 That's got a

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.000
 ring to it,

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.640
 just a simple

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.120
 one, it's not

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.559
 a hard one,

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.319
 it just means

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.000
 it comes back.

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.180
 So God,

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.380
 Jesus gives

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.100
 glory to the

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:32.200
 Father, and

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:33.019
 the Father gives

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.799
 glory to the

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.700
 Son, and we

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.299
 wrap up the

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.200
 story by here's

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.660
 the statement,

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.339
 and it comes

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.960
 back, it just

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.579
 comes back.

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.740
 So here's some

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.660
 closing thoughts

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:43.420
 on glory and

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.940
 the cross.

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.700
 Listen, I want

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.119
 to say this

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:51.200
 carefully, we

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.879
 diminish the

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:53.220
 glory of God

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.920
 and the glory of

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:55.139
 Jesus Christ when

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.879
 we think about

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.559
 the cross as

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.480
 only being about

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.980
 us.

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.720
 I think that's

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.240
 important to get

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.799
 our heads around.

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:00.859
 them.

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.839
 The truth of

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.299
 the matter is,

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.940
 is our first

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.500
 thoughts about

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.019
 the cross, and

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:06.259
 am I blessed by

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.680
 the cross?

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.480
 Are you blessed

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.019
 by the cross?

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:09.039
 That is undeniably

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.359
 true.

00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.759
 But our first

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.539
 thought about the

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.099
 glory of the

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.819
 cross should be

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:14.079
 that it magnifies

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:15.619
 the unbelievable

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:17.059
 glory of God.

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:23.159
 Our appreciation

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:24.519
 for the cross

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.639
 should first of

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:27.819
 all reflect our

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.960
 appreciation for the

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.360
 glory of God.

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.539
 Yes, he died for

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:33.880
 us, but Jesus

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.920
 also died for the

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.480
 glory of the

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.819
 Father.

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.600
 And it is

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.319
 appropriate in

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.200
 this passage to

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.259
 see that his main

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.000
 goal was to

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.640
 glorify the

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:42.960
 Father.

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.799
 That was the

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.440
 most important

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.120
 thing he had in

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.480
 mind.

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.819
 Remember in the

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.600
 garden when he

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.480
 prayed, if it's

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.319
 possible, let this

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.360
 cup pass from me?

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.420
 Nevertheless,

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.640
 what?

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:57.800
 In essence, what

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.400
 he was saying is

00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:00.080
 it's about you.

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.240
 And I want to

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.280
 appeal to you that

00:31:03.280 --> 00:31:05.000
 it is noble, it's

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.920
 appropriate for us

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:07.080
 to appreciate the

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.960
 significance of the

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:09.280
 cross in redeeming

00:31:09.280 --> 00:31:10.060
 us.

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.480
 But more than

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:13.380
 that, the

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.160
 significance of the

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.100
 cross is the glory

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:16.240
 that redounds to the

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.420
 character of God

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.120
 and to Christ.

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:21.180
 And so we who

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.860
 seek to follow

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.780
 Jesus should be

00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:24.140
 focused on living

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.180
 our lives for

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.660
 his glory.

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.580
 Jesus was willing

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.440
 to live and Jesus

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.280
 was willing to die

00:31:29.280 --> 00:31:30.000
 for the glory of

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.400
 the Father.

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.460
 And that's the way

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.140
 it should be for

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.600
 us.

00:31:33.560 --> 00:31:35.200
 So try this.

00:31:38.560 --> 00:31:39.660
 The next time you

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:41.180
 think about how

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.780
 many of you have

00:31:41.780 --> 00:31:42.220
 ever had a

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.920
 conversation and

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.420
 left and then

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.240
 afterwards thought of

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.820
 things you could

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:45.620
 have said, should

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:46.420
 have said, wish

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.240
 you'd said, and

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.720
 are glad you

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.060
 didn't.

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.040
 One of the

00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:52.780
 advantages of being

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:54.299
 68 is that I've

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.359
 had so many

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:58.579
 absolute bombs in

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.639
 things I said off

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.460
 the cuff that I've

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.180
 at least learned to

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.940
 pace myself.

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.539
 That's it.

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.220
 You know, it's

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.099
 like, yeah.

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.279
 But then my little

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.339
 old perverted mind

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:08.440
 still goes in

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.980
 circles, you know,

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:10.180
 I could have said

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.639
 this.

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.319
 Yeah.

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:14.440
 I should have.

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.599
 This would have

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.000
 helped, you know.

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.259
 No.

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:23.759
 So, I want you

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:25.440
 the next time you

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.879
 find yourself going

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:29.039
 in that hamster

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.440
 cage logic.

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:30.879
 How many of you

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.319
 understand what I

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.920
 mean by hamster

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.579
 cage logic?

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.079
 How many of you

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.819
 ever seen hamsters

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.879
 getting exercise in a

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.140
 cage?

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.379
 You know, just

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.660
 like, it's a very,

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.720
 very little circle and

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.579
 they're just worked up

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.720
 to death, you know.

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:46.140
 Hamster cage logic.

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.980
 That's when you are

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.579
 the center.

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:50.120
 You know, and so

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:51.339
 next time you find

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.220
 yourself thinking that

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.839
 way, just stop and

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.000
 say, just a minute,

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.099
 Tim, Tim, stop,

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.519
 stop, stop.

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:57.319
 How does this bring

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.360
 glory to God?

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.920
 How does this bring

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.740
 glory to God?

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:04.460
 How does this bring

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.279
 glory to God?

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.860
 We should be focused

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.920
 on living our lives

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.599
 for His glory.

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.860
 Another little truth

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.579
 that I want you to put

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.440
 your hands around here

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:21.299
 is that God honors

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:22.140
 those who honor Him.

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.860
 God honors those

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.579
 who honor Him.

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.839
 There is no heavenly

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:30.180
 logic in the Word

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:35.440
 that proposes that a

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.839
 man who defies the

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.720
 Scripture in being

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:39.019
 self-focused and about

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.519
 himself is ever going

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.599
 to receive the glory

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.839
 and the encouragement

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:44.759
 and the strengthening of

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.620
 the Spirit of God.

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:48.199
 God, I've got to say

00:33:48.199 --> 00:33:48.839
 this carefully.

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:52.299
 I think our

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:54.159
 preponderance today

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:57.099
 on all the heartaches

00:33:57.099 --> 00:34:00.599
 and sorrow that I see

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:02.379
 in many people's lives

00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:03.899
 is most often a

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.959
 reflection of the fact

00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:06.039
 that they're not very

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:08.000
 focused on the only one

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:09.500
 who they will focus on

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.839
 for all of eternity.

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.699
 Does that make sense?

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.559
 Huh?

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.259
 Everybody listen.

00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:16.839
 What we're doing now

00:34:16.839 --> 00:34:17.679
 is warm up for the

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.199
 main event.

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.939
 Now, thankfully,

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.599
 when we're there,

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.379
 we're not going to be

00:34:21.379 --> 00:34:22.259
 obsessed with all the

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:23.119
 other things going on

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.599
 around us,

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.759
 but it doesn't hurt to

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.619
 focus on hitting the

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.359
 ball properly.

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:28.439
 The ball, the thing

00:34:28.439 --> 00:34:29.259
 that we're focused on

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:30.019
 is the glory and

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:31.119
 supremacy of Christ,

00:34:31.399 --> 00:34:32.500
 and if that's what

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.199
 we're going to occupy

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:34.099
 ourselves with in

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.259
 eternity, we ought to

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:36.039
 understand that when

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:37.299
 we honor God, He lifts

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:37.780
 us up.

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:43.140
 When you make much

00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:46.019
 of yourself, when

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.740
 you're obsessed with

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.700
 your own sufferings,

00:34:48.580 --> 00:34:49.900
 when you're just

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.840
 overwhelmed by your

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.720
 own mistreatment or

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.860
 circumstances, and when

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.580
 you think you're better

00:34:53.580 --> 00:34:54.360
 than others or more

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.680
 deserving, the fact of

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:56.460
 the matter is that God

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.340
 steps out of the way

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:59.539
 and He lets you run

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:01.840
 your own unhappy path.

00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:04.080
 He will not bring glory

00:35:04.080 --> 00:35:05.400
 to the one who does

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:06.660
 not glorify Himself.

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:10.860
 Finally, the day is

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:15.220
 coming when all will

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.740
 honor Him.

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:18.720
 That is stunning to me.

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.260
 Do you understand

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.560
 that?

00:35:25.560 --> 00:35:26.560
 The thought is

00:35:26.560 --> 00:35:28.100
 profoundly encouraging

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.800
 for one.

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.640
 The thought is

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:30.660
 profoundly troubling

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.240
 for another.

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:37.120
 Do you think that in

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:39.960
 hell, the unrepentant

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:41.460
 sinner will not bring

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.239
 glory to God?

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:42.799
 And what is the

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:43.139
 answer?

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.380
 The unrepentant,

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.339
 hard-hearted,

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.960
 absolutely rebellious

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.839
 sinner in hell will

00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:50.039
 bring glory to God.

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:55.859
 All will glorify God.

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.380
 God will glorify God.

00:35:56.380 --> 00:36:01.720
 And I would encourage you

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:03.800
 to recognize that one of

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.640
 the things that we who

00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:05.800
 know Christ are going to

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:07.880
 do is we are going to

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:10.019
 spend eternity enjoying

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:11.559
 His presence, just

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:14.000
 lavishing in the absolute

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:16.519
 joy of bringing glory to

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.880
 Him.

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:19.300
 Get the picture for me

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.460
 here.

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:22.599
 Here is a boy who is

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.880
 dating a girl.

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:27.619
 And the girl is really

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:29.559
 pretty insecure and a

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.759
 little bit obsessed with

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.179
 herself.

00:36:33.819 --> 00:36:35.079
 They're standing on the

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:37.960
 beach during their

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.319
 honeymoon.

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.759
 And it is the most

00:36:40.759 --> 00:36:42.400
 spectacular sunset.

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:45.680
 And the guy in all his

00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:46.960
 innocence says to the

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.800
 girl that he's just

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:49.559
 married, honey, isn't

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.680
 that spectacular?

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.539
 And she says, what?

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.079
 You're not thinking about

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.360
 me?

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.320
 Get a life.

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.539
 Okay?

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.980
 I've bumped into people who

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:11.980
 have no imagination of what

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:13.179
 the joy and glory of heaven

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.840
 is going to be like.

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.360
 Do you know what it's

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.719
 going to be?

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.780
 It is going to be occupied

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:18.639
 with the one absolute

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:23.079
 supreme God and Savior of

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.639
 this universe.

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:26.199
 And we will worship Him

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.980
 forever.

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.840
 So there's some of you here

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:32.139
 this morning that need to

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:33.179
 do what I had to do this

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.480
 week.

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.719
 There's some of you that

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.420
 need to say, you know,

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:44.019
 God, I have spent too much

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:45.139
 of my energy thinking

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:47.000
 about me and it's not been

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:48.139
 very productive.

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.440
 I repent.

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:53.240
 And I, with conscious

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:54.880
 deliberation, pray that you

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:57.500
 would help me glorify you.

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.659
 There's some of you here

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.700
 that actually need to put

00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:04.019
 feet to that prayer and go

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:05.400
 talk to other people and say,

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.940
 you know what?

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:07.679
 The way I've treated you is

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.940
 reflective of the fact that

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:11.159
 I've been all about me and

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.840
 not about Him.

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:17.139
 Do you know what really

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:18.079
 strains relationships?

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:22.119
 It's when we take God out of

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:23.039
 the picture and insert

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:24.340
 ourselves into His place.

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:26.039
 It just makes messes.

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.800
 Your wife probably knows

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.519
 you've been doing it.

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.539
 She just doesn't have the

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.260
 nerve to tell you.

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:33.760
 But go ahead and suck it up

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:34.700
 and let her know the fact.

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.180
 I got the memo.

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:38.180
 I heard pastor's sermon and

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:39.400
 the Holy Spirit convicted me.

00:38:39.660 --> 00:38:40.880
 I've been a self-focused

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:42.660
 person and the reason I've

00:38:42.660 --> 00:38:43.860
 been such a jerk is I've not

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.880
 been worshiping Christ.

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:49.160
 There's some of you here

00:38:49.160 --> 00:38:50.220
 this morning that do not

00:38:50.220 --> 00:38:51.440
 know the Lord Jesus Christ

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.740
 and there is no remedy for

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:56.720
 your soul except in Jesus.

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.920
 And here's Jesus looking at

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.860
 the cross and He says the

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:02.059
 first thing about this is the

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.800
 glory of the Father.

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.840
 He also died because He

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.280
 loves you.

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:10.220
 He died to offer to you

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:11.619
 complete forgiveness for all

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.360
 of your sins.

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:15.380
 And for you to walk out the

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:16.659
 door and say no thank you

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:18.880
 or I don't really care about

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:20.860
 what you have to offer is a

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.539
 sobering thought.

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.720
 I want you to ponder that.

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 Let's close in prayer.

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 Our precious Father in God

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 this morning as we think

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 about our Savior, the

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 glorious work on the cross,

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 we marvel.

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 We're beside ourselves when

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 we think of how you planned

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 redemption.

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 willingly taking your Son to be

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 our sacrifice.

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 And we're thankful for how the

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 story ends.

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 We will spend all of eternity,

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 we who know you, in worship

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 before your throne saying,

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 worthy is the Lamb.

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 we want that expression to be

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 well practiced.

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 And so we, with humility,

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 commit ourselves to live lives

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 that bring glory to your name,

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 not our own.

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 We rededicate ourselves to that

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 great and holy purpose this

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 morning for the glory and the

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 testimony of Christ.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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