WEBVTT

00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:10.919
 If you would open up your Bibles, please, to your pew Bibles, to page 995 or to the Gospel of Mark, chapter 2, 1-12.

00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:15.780
 We started the Gospel of Mark last week, and we continue our way through.

00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:27.420
 This past May, many people witnessed the coronation of King Charles III to be the King of England.

00:00:27.420 --> 00:00:38.300
 And if you're familiar with British monarchy, you know that King Charles' kingship is not an absolute monarchy.

00:00:39.300 --> 00:00:41.960
 He doesn't have all authority.

00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:48.719
 Rather, the British monarchy is a constitutional monarchy.

00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:51.540
 It's Parliament calling the shots.

00:00:51.539 --> 00:01:01.780
 Which means, King Charles is, by and large, a figurehead position.

00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:16.900
 A very prized, highly traditional, very expensive figurehead position.

00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:19.620
 A lot of this.

00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:32.719
 For many people, both non-Christians and Christians,

00:01:34.780 --> 00:01:42.080
 Jesus Christ, the God-King, is treated as a figurehead position.

00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:47.780
 Important in some ways.

00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:49.039
 Traditions, yes.

00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:04.039
 We have a real knack for reducing Jesus to a figurehead in our lives.

00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:08.439
 What do you think?

00:02:09.979 --> 00:02:11.460
 How do you relate to Jesus?

00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:18.400
 Thinking about your life, do you treat Him as a figurehead?

00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:24.060
 Or are you acknowledging Him for who He is?

00:02:24.820 --> 00:02:30.040
 And are you coming under His loving and real authority in your life?

00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:32.800
 Can you point to areas where you're saying,

00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:34.840
 Yeah, I'm beholding Him.

00:02:35.020 --> 00:02:36.120
 Yes, I'm bowing to Him.

00:02:36.260 --> 00:02:37.460
 Yes, I'm obeying Him.

00:02:37.460 --> 00:02:47.500
 You know, the difference between a figurehead king and a fully functional reigning king is authority.

00:02:47.500 --> 00:02:53.259
 Authority is the right to act on behalf of another person.

00:02:54.219 --> 00:02:57.000
 It's the right to give orders.

00:02:57.139 --> 00:03:00.340
 It's the right to make decisions on behalf of other people.

00:03:00.539 --> 00:03:03.319
 It's the right to require obedience.

00:03:03.659 --> 00:03:05.719
 Parents exercise authority over children.

00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.479
 Judges exercise authority in the courtroom.

00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:11.080
 Bosses exercise authority over employees.

00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:14.080
 Even doctors exercise authority with their patients.

00:03:15.300 --> 00:03:23.160
 And this morning, we will see the surprising authority of the Son of Man.

00:03:24.220 --> 00:03:25.400
 Jesus Christ.

00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:27.100
 God's King.

00:03:27.880 --> 00:03:29.780
 And it is good news.

00:03:29.780 --> 00:03:36.819
 Because coming under the loving, authoritative reign of Jesus is good for us.

00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:40.020
 How do you change?

00:03:40.060 --> 00:03:49.180
 How do you change from living as if Jesus is just a figurehead to living with Jesus as He truly is?

00:03:49.259 --> 00:03:50.979
 The God King who reigns over all.

00:03:50.979 --> 00:03:57.340
 Well, you behold His authority and you bow to His authority.

00:03:57.340 --> 00:04:00.300
 You've got to take Him seriously.

00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:09.099
 You can't sentimentalize King Jesus into some kind of peripheral figurehead status.

00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:16.340
 This morning, we get a big dose of the authority of Jesus.

00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:18.980
 So here's what I'm going to do.

00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:22.160
 I'm going to walk you through Mark chapter 2 verses 1 through 12.

00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:27.300
 And there are some surprising twists and turns in this passage.

00:04:28.200 --> 00:04:31.400
 I'll bring it to a point and then I'll apply it to two groups of people.

00:04:31.860 --> 00:04:34.640
 Non-Christians in the room and Christians in the room.

00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:37.760
 So, let me set the scene.

00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:45.000
 Last week, we learned that Jesus, that Mark is setting out to demonstrate that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:52.339
 Pastor Zach provided a weekly update that points out the beginning of Mark and the end of Mark.

00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:58.139
 Both bookend Mark with these confessions of Jesus as the Son of God.

00:04:58.819 --> 00:05:03.899
 And so the whole book of Mark is to demonstrate that Jesus is God King.

00:05:03.899 --> 00:05:09.279
 After Jesus comes on the scene, the first thing He says is,

00:05:09.379 --> 00:05:14.919
 Hey, because the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe the gospel.

00:05:15.259 --> 00:05:18.459
 From there, in chapter 1, we see some interesting things.

00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:22.539
 Jesus calls His first disciples, Simon and Andrew, James and John.

00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:28.060
 And then in verses 35 through 39, there's this really interesting interaction between Peter and Jesus

00:05:28.060 --> 00:05:29.519
 in which Jesus says in verse 38,

00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.179
 Hey, the reason why I came is to preach.

00:05:32.180 --> 00:05:38.800
 But for the rest of chapter 1, we see Jesus healing people.

00:05:39.660 --> 00:05:45.060
 21 through 28, healing a man of an unclean spirit in the synagogue on the Sabbath.

00:05:45.220 --> 00:05:48.379
 29 through 31, He heals Simon's mother-in-law.

00:05:48.699 --> 00:05:57.220
 32 through 34, He heals a bunch of people with diseases and casts out demons from His house in Capernaum.

00:05:57.220 --> 00:06:02.340
 40 through 40 and 45, Jesus heals this leper.

00:06:02.740 --> 00:06:08.000
 He cleanses him by healing him because leprosy made him unclean.

00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:09.620
 He couldn't be with God's people.

00:06:09.900 --> 00:06:11.380
 And Jesus healed them, cleansed them.

00:06:11.540 --> 00:06:14.480
 And surprise, surprise, all throughout chapter 1,

00:06:14.860 --> 00:06:19.280
 you've got these mobs of people gathering around Jesus,

00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:21.379
 primarily because He's healing people.

00:06:25.059 --> 00:06:29.699
 Which leads us into now Mark chapter 2, 1 through 12.

00:06:29.799 --> 00:06:30.479
 Hear God's Word.

00:06:31.119 --> 00:06:33.299
 And when He returned to Capernaum after some days,

00:06:33.379 --> 00:06:35.099
 it was reported that He was at home.

00:06:35.819 --> 00:06:38.279
 And many were gathered together so that there was no more room,

00:06:38.339 --> 00:06:39.139
 not even at the door,

00:06:39.339 --> 00:06:41.159
 and He was preaching the Word to them.

00:06:41.599 --> 00:06:44.459
 And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic carried by four men.

00:06:44.459 --> 00:06:47.180
 And when they could not get near Him because of the crowd,

00:06:47.339 --> 00:06:48.879
 they removed the roof above Him.

00:06:49.819 --> 00:06:51.039
 And when they had made an opening,

00:06:51.339 --> 00:06:53.639
 they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

00:06:53.939 --> 00:06:55.579
 And when Jesus saw their faith,

00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:56.219
 He said,

00:06:56.539 --> 00:07:00.939
 Son, your sins are forgiven.

00:07:05.339 --> 00:07:07.479
 Now some of the scribes were sitting there,

00:07:07.679 --> 00:07:08.620
 questioning in their hearts,

00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:11.159
 why does this man speak like that?

00:07:11.919 --> 00:07:13.139
 He is blaspheming.

00:07:13.139 --> 00:07:15.419
 And who can forgive sins but God alone?

00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:18.159
 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in His Spirit

00:07:18.159 --> 00:07:19.919
 that they thus questioned within themselves,

00:07:20.139 --> 00:07:20.719
 said to them,

00:07:21.180 --> 00:07:23.300
 Why do you question these things in your hearts?

00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:25.279
 Which is easier to say to the paralytic,

00:07:25.379 --> 00:07:26.139
 your sins are forgiven,

00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:28.659
 or to say, rise, take up your bed, and walk.

00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:30.759
 But that you may know

00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:33.120
 that the Son of Man has authority

00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.279
 on earth to forgive sins,

00:07:35.599 --> 00:07:36.740
 He said to the paralytic,

00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:39.019
 I say to you, rise, pick up your bed,

00:07:39.099 --> 00:07:39.879
 and go home.

00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:41.699
 And He rose,

00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:43.579
 and immediately picked up His bed,

00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:44.879
 and went out before them all,

00:07:44.939 --> 00:07:45.939
 so that they were all amazed,

00:07:46.019 --> 00:07:46.779
 and glorified God,

00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:47.120
 saying,

00:07:47.579 --> 00:07:50.379
 We never saw anything like this!

00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:54.240
 In verses 1-5,

00:07:54.500 --> 00:07:58.459
 we have this surprise declaration by Jesus.

00:07:58.459 --> 00:08:02.659
 I mean, He makes a really surprising statement.

00:08:03.719 --> 00:08:04.379
 In verse 1,

00:08:04.579 --> 00:08:07.120
 He just got back from some kind of like ministry tour

00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:10.019
 in kind of the Galilee, Capernaum area,

00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:11.680
 and He comes back home,

00:08:12.039 --> 00:08:13.219
 and word spreads,

00:08:13.419 --> 00:08:13.899
 He's home!

00:08:13.899 --> 00:08:18.719
 What I love about that,

00:08:19.719 --> 00:08:21.959
 is it just gets to the humanity of Jesus.

00:08:22.060 --> 00:08:23.899
 He's probably renting a place in Capernaum.

00:08:24.899 --> 00:08:26.599
 It's where He was.

00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:27.739
 He had an address.

00:08:28.099 --> 00:08:29.500
 People knew where to find Him.

00:08:30.859 --> 00:08:31.439
 Verse 2,

00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:33.840
 again, there's this kind of like

00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:35.579
 overwhelming response.

00:08:35.899 --> 00:08:36.899
 It's a little surprising.

00:08:37.459 --> 00:08:38.439
 Many were gathered together

00:08:38.439 --> 00:08:39.860
 so that there was no more room,

00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:40.759
 not even at the door.

00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.319
 Jesus' house in Capernaum

00:08:43.319 --> 00:08:46.000
 was packed with people.

00:08:47.899 --> 00:08:50.139
 We see the same thing in 1-33,

00:08:50.419 --> 00:08:52.039
 just people showing up at His house.

00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:55.819
 They've heard that He's a healer,

00:08:56.439 --> 00:08:57.939
 and they're bringing with Him

00:08:57.939 --> 00:08:59.580
 people to be healed.

00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:01.360
 And it's in verse 3

00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.340
 where things start getting interesting.

00:09:03.939 --> 00:09:04.779
 It ratchets up.

00:09:06.659 --> 00:09:07.720
 And they came,

00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:09.299
 bringing to Him a paralytic

00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:10.779
 carried by four men.

00:09:11.819 --> 00:09:13.259
 So four men show up

00:09:13.259 --> 00:09:15.439
 carrying a fifth man on a bed,

00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:16.079
 a paralytic,

00:09:16.219 --> 00:09:17.219
 which at least means

00:09:17.219 --> 00:09:18.159
 He couldn't walk.

00:09:20.699 --> 00:09:21.879
 And they're carrying Him

00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:23.259
 to Jesus' house in Capernaum.

00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:27.099
 But let me ask you,

00:09:27.859 --> 00:09:29.719
 so far with what we know

00:09:29.719 --> 00:09:32.519
 leading up to Mark 2, 1-12,

00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:35.819
 these four men are bringing

00:09:35.819 --> 00:09:37.419
 this paralytic to Jesus

00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:39.980
 for what reason?

00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:42.799
 To heal Him.

00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:46.120
 I mean, these four guys

00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:47.439
 want their friend

00:09:47.439 --> 00:09:49.679
 to be fully restored,

00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:51.939
 to have his body fully restored

00:09:51.939 --> 00:09:53.740
 so that he can walk again.

00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:55.500
 You know, there are a lot of people

00:09:55.500 --> 00:09:56.559
 in this room right now

00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.299
 who are experiencing

00:09:58.299 --> 00:09:59.779
 a similar longing,

00:09:59.779 --> 00:10:01.179
 maybe for yourself

00:10:01.179 --> 00:10:02.600
 or somebody else,

00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:03.819
 whether by disease

00:10:03.819 --> 00:10:05.019
 or by age.

00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:06.039
 You're not seeing

00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:07.139
 like you used to see.

00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:08.519
 You're not hearing

00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:10.100
 like you used to hear.

00:10:10.980 --> 00:10:12.799
 Your body's not functioning

00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:14.980
 like it used to function.

00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:17.139
 And there's a longing.

00:10:19.079 --> 00:10:20.600
 I want to be made whole.

00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:25.240
 I want everything to work.

00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:29.139
 We can all relate with that.

00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:33.180
 In verse 4,

00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:38.100
 we have another development.

00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:40.440
 These four guys

00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:43.259
 are industrious guys.

00:10:44.779 --> 00:10:46.080
 It's a little bit of a surprise.

00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:47.940
 These four men

00:10:47.940 --> 00:10:49.139
 show up to Jesus' house.

00:10:49.299 --> 00:10:50.539
 There's like a giant house party

00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:50.980
 going on.

00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:51.820
 They can't get in.

00:10:52.779 --> 00:10:53.180
 And so like,

00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:54.000
 okay, what do we do?

00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:56.820
 And they go up

00:10:56.820 --> 00:10:57.899
 onto the roof of the house.

00:10:58.039 --> 00:10:58.179
 Now,

00:10:58.779 --> 00:10:59.940
 in 21st century

00:10:59.940 --> 00:11:01.600
 Kenosha area,

00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:02.580
 roofs

00:11:02.580 --> 00:11:04.019
 have shingles,

00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:05.440
 some kind of like

00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:07.200
 roof wrap,

00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:08.519
 then kind of

00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:10.399
 some plywood decking.

00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:11.779
 And so it's not like

00:11:11.779 --> 00:11:12.399
 you can just kind of

00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:13.419
 put your fingernail on there

00:11:13.419 --> 00:11:14.580
 and pull something up, right?

00:11:15.980 --> 00:11:17.399
 First century Capernaum,

00:11:17.740 --> 00:11:18.779
 the buildings were made

00:11:18.779 --> 00:11:19.639
 out of different things.

00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:21.679
 It's an arid place.

00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:23.360
 And so how it was set up

00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:25.740
 is there was a living area

00:11:25.740 --> 00:11:26.779
 in a house,

00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:28.379
 and then on the outside

00:11:28.379 --> 00:11:29.440
 there was a stairwell

00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:31.519
 leading up to the roof,

00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:32.879
 which was actually

00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:34.659
 functionally like a patio.

00:11:36.700 --> 00:11:37.720
 And so these guys say,

00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:38.659
 okay, we can't get in.

00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:40.159
 Let's go up the stairs

00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:40.960
 to the roof,

00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:42.720
 and they rip open

00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:43.940
 the roof.

00:11:43.940 --> 00:11:46.600
 Surely there's support beams

00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:46.980
 in there,

00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:48.940
 but you're just making it

00:11:48.940 --> 00:11:50.040
 out of stuff that's around.

00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:50.940
 So sticks,

00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:51.600
 brush,

00:11:52.260 --> 00:11:52.600
 mud,

00:11:52.820 --> 00:11:54.060
 stucco-y like stuff,

00:11:54.260 --> 00:11:55.380
 so you can pull it off.

00:11:56.760 --> 00:11:57.100
 So like,

00:11:57.140 --> 00:11:58.000
 we're going to drop them in.

00:12:00.300 --> 00:12:01.400
 You've got to admire

00:12:01.400 --> 00:12:03.560
 their initiative.

00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.339
 And so they drop them down.

00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:10.039
 They make a big enough opening

00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:11.539
 for them to lower

00:12:11.539 --> 00:12:13.739
 their friend in.

00:12:14.099 --> 00:12:14.500
 And again,

00:12:14.719 --> 00:12:16.299
 what is everybody expecting?

00:12:18.019 --> 00:12:19.459
 For Jesus to heal them.

00:12:21.139 --> 00:12:21.579
 Surprise.

00:12:22.379 --> 00:12:23.199
 Look what Jesus does.

00:12:24.439 --> 00:12:24.939
 Verse 5.

00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:26.459
 And when Jesus saw their faith,

00:12:26.579 --> 00:12:27.639
 He said to the paralytic,

00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:29.699
 rise,

00:12:30.059 --> 00:12:30.839
 take up your bed,

00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:31.539
 and go home.

00:12:31.539 --> 00:12:31.939
 No.

00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:34.039
 No.

00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:35.399
 Son.

00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:37.539
 Your sins

00:12:37.539 --> 00:12:39.319
 are forgiven.

00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:41.379
 Now, if you were to ask

00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:42.740
 the paralytic at that time,

00:12:43.939 --> 00:12:44.360
 hey, um,

00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:45.339
 what were you thinking

00:12:45.339 --> 00:12:45.939
 at that moment?

00:12:47.099 --> 00:12:47.699
 He'd probably say,

00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:48.480
 well, I didn't know

00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:48.980
 what to say.

00:12:49.079 --> 00:12:49.480
 I was kind of like,

00:12:49.620 --> 00:12:51.319
 thanks, Jesus, I think.

00:12:53.219 --> 00:12:54.719
 Thanks for forgiving me.

00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:57.199
 But I really wanted to walk.

00:12:58.980 --> 00:12:59.639
 Or maybe,

00:12:59.779 --> 00:13:00.539
 maybe let's say

00:13:00.539 --> 00:13:01.439
 you were one of the

00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:02.660
 four and I was with you

00:13:02.660 --> 00:13:03.300
 on the roof.

00:13:03.800 --> 00:13:04.520
 We just dropped

00:13:04.520 --> 00:13:05.120
 our friend in.

00:13:06.020 --> 00:13:07.060
 We hear Jesus say,

00:13:07.140 --> 00:13:07.620
 son, your sins

00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:07.980
 are forgiven.

00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:08.360
 Do you know what

00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:08.980
 I would ask you?

00:13:09.940 --> 00:13:10.660
 What did He say?

00:13:13.060 --> 00:13:13.720
 Is He moving?

00:13:16.160 --> 00:13:16.600
 I mean,

00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:17.340
 we would all

00:13:17.340 --> 00:13:18.480
 have been surprised

00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:20.900
 in an underwhelming

00:13:20.900 --> 00:13:21.560
 sense,

00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:22.180
 wouldn't we?

00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.400
 Forgiveness?

00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.100
 we want our friend

00:13:27.100 --> 00:13:27.579
 to walk.

00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:31.480
 I'm guessing most people

00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:32.879
 in Jesus' house

00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.519
 that day

00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:35.120
 were thinking that

00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:36.639
 the paralytic's

00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:37.519
 greatest need

00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:39.939
 was to walk.

00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:42.480
 Not Jesus.

00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:45.340
 At this moment,

00:13:45.459 --> 00:13:46.259
 Jesus addressing

00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:47.399
 that paralytic,

00:13:48.459 --> 00:13:49.220
 His greatest need,

00:13:49.620 --> 00:13:50.980
 all of our greatest need,

00:13:51.620 --> 00:13:52.679
 His need for forgiveness

00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:53.259
 of sins.

00:13:53.819 --> 00:13:54.579
 It's our sins

00:13:54.579 --> 00:13:55.459
 that separate us

00:13:55.459 --> 00:13:55.919
 from God.

00:13:56.219 --> 00:13:57.139
 It's our sins

00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:58.779
 that provoke God's wrath.

00:13:59.139 --> 00:14:00.519
 It's our sin

00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:01.839
 that has caused

00:14:01.839 --> 00:14:02.959
 such difficulty

00:14:02.959 --> 00:14:04.139
 in our own lives

00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:04.679
 and the lives

00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:05.319
 of others.

00:14:08.539 --> 00:14:09.179
 This morning,

00:14:09.239 --> 00:14:09.759
 you came into

00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:10.539
 this sanctuary.

00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:13.579
 What did you come in

00:14:13.579 --> 00:14:14.159
 thinking was your

00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:15.000
 greatest need today?

00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:18.679
 New Jordans?

00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:21.419
 Cancer?

00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:24.159
 Tucking away 15%

00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:24.579
 every year

00:14:24.579 --> 00:14:25.199
 for retirement?

00:14:26.699 --> 00:14:28.179
 Moving up the ladder

00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:28.799
 of your career?

00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:32.959
 Behold your King.

00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:36.059
 And He is saying

00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:37.620
 our greatest need

00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:39.419
 is the forgiveness

00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:40.099
 of our sins.

00:14:40.239 --> 00:14:40.759
 Surprise!

00:14:43.699 --> 00:14:44.120
 God,

00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.779
 He throws His curveball

00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.259
 at us,

00:14:46.479 --> 00:14:47.599
 but He's not done

00:14:47.599 --> 00:14:48.359
 with surprises.

00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:50.079
 If you now

00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:50.739
 would look at

00:14:50.739 --> 00:14:53.259
 verses 6-9,

00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:54.639
 we're going to see

00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:55.839
 a surprising insight

00:14:55.839 --> 00:14:57.159
 from the Son of Man.

00:14:59.059 --> 00:15:00.199
 So He's just kind of

00:15:00.199 --> 00:15:00.519
 said,

00:15:00.659 --> 00:15:00.779
 okay,

00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.059
 Son,

00:15:01.099 --> 00:15:01.799
 your sins are forgiven.

00:15:03.739 --> 00:15:04.639
 And then the story

00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:05.599
 takes another term

00:15:05.599 --> 00:15:06.219
 because look at

00:15:06.219 --> 00:15:06.899
 verse 6.

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:08.779
 Someone is there,

00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:11.699
 the scribes.

00:15:13.699 --> 00:15:14.120
 Now,

00:15:14.199 --> 00:15:14.839
 some of the scribes

00:15:14.839 --> 00:15:15.879
 were sitting there

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:17.019
 questioning in their hearts,

00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:18.779
 why does this man

00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:19.480
 speak like that?

00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:20.179
 He's blaspheming.

00:15:20.179 --> 00:15:20.960
 Who can forgive sins

00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:21.559
 but God alone?

00:15:22.699 --> 00:15:22.899
 Now,

00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:23.579
 the scribes,

00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:24.360
 if you're not familiar,

00:15:24.579 --> 00:15:25.720
 were the Jewish

00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:26.779
 religious professionals

00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:27.620
 of the day

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.659
 and more likely

00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:29.139
 than not,

00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:30.259
 they're there

00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:31.340
 not just to be like,

00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:31.620
 oh,

00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:33.139
 let's get some

00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:33.799
 really good teaching

00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:34.240
 from Jesus.

00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:35.939
 They're more like

00:15:35.939 --> 00:15:37.340
 arms crossed,

00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:37.919
 kind of like,

00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:39.779
 okay.

00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:42.419
 they would have been

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:43.459
 like the doctrine

00:15:43.459 --> 00:15:44.480
 and morality police

00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:44.879
 of the day.

00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:47.559
 So they're checking out

00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:48.559
 what Jesus is saying,

00:15:48.819 --> 00:15:49.579
 arms crossed,

00:15:50.339 --> 00:15:50.959
 making sure that

00:15:50.959 --> 00:15:51.699
 He measures up.

00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.939
 And at the moment

00:15:52.939 --> 00:15:54.159
 that Jesus says,

00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:54.799
 Son,

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.039
 your sins are forgiven,

00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:57.360
 that just got

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:57.919
 their attention.

00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:01.019
 They're sitting there

00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:04.620
 thinking in their minds,

00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:06.019
 why does this man

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.679
 speak like that?

00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.419
 He's blaspheming.

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:08.279
 Who can forgive sins

00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:08.939
 but God alone?

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:11.620
 Why does this man

00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:13.899
 speak like that?

00:16:15.059 --> 00:16:15.659
 A man.

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:18.100
 What is he saying

00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:18.759
 that for?

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:21.980
 Blasphemy

00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:24.459
 is a false claim

00:16:24.459 --> 00:16:25.039
 to be God.

00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:27.139
 Or,

00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:28.939
 it's a false claim

00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:29.759
 to do something

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.720
 only God can do

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:32.059
 and by making that claim,

00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.980
 you're claiming to be God.

00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:33.519
 So,

00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.159
 blasphemy

00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.100
 is a false claim

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.620
 to be God.

00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.740
 And they are saying

00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.519
 in their hearts,

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:39.000
 why is this guy

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.639
 saying this?

00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.799
 It's blasphemous.

00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:42.360
 He's claiming to be God

00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.659
 because he just said

00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:45.759
 this guy's sin

00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.299
 is forgiven.

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:48.240
 And then they say,

00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:49.139
 who can forgive sins

00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:49.840
 but God alone?

00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:52.240
 That is a true statement.

00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:55.379
 Only God can forgive sins

00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:56.039
 that have been committed

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.679
 against Him

00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:58.199
 and every sin we commit,

00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:59.059
 whether against Him

00:16:59.059 --> 00:16:59.460
 directly

00:16:59.460 --> 00:17:00.899
 or against somebody else,

00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:02.120
 is always against Him.

00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:06.240
 Who can forgive sins

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:06.940
 but God alone?

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:07.960
 So,

00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.700
 here's what's interesting.

00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:09.500
 So,

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.099
 Jesus

00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:11.599
 has this paralytic

00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:12.599
 dropped in front of Him

00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:14.019
 and instead of healing Him,

00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:14.359
 He says,

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:15.119
 your sins are forgiven.

00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:16.160
 And then we learn

00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:17.079
 from these scribes

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.980
 that that's like

00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:19.000
 a major faux pas

00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:20.079
 because He's

00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:21.799
 seemingly being blasphemous.

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:25.299
 But make no mistake,

00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:28.799
 Jesus is intentionally

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:32.559
 making a God-sized claim.

00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:35.259
 And then in verse 8,

00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:37.480
 there's more surprise.

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:40.019
 And immediately Jesus,

00:17:40.159 --> 00:17:41.019
 perceiving in His spirit

00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:43.980
 that they thus questioned

00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:44.779
 within themselves,

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.200
 said to them,

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.019
 why do you question

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.839
 these things in your hearts?

00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:48.200
 Why do you question

00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:48.980
 my authority

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:50.419
 to forgive this man's sin

00:17:50.419 --> 00:17:51.559
 in your hearts?

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:53.519
 subtle

00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:55.779
 but profound.

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.480
 Jesus

00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:59.139
 knows

00:17:59.139 --> 00:18:00.740
 what they're thinking.

00:18:02.399 --> 00:18:03.759
 He's reading them.

00:18:04.399 --> 00:18:05.599
 Not their faces,

00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:07.779
 their hearts.

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:10.399
 What's inside them.

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:13.119
 That's something

00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:14.240
 that only God can do,

00:18:14.659 --> 00:18:14.899
 friends.

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.220
 And so,

00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:19.659
 from this surprise

00:18:19.659 --> 00:18:21.519
 insight,

00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:25.839
 Jesus confronts them.

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.819
 Why do you question

00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.379
 my authority

00:18:28.379 --> 00:18:29.339
 to forgive this man's sin?

00:18:29.399 --> 00:18:30.159
 And then He says to them,

00:18:30.419 --> 00:18:31.079
 hey, which is easier?

00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:31.799
 You tell me.

00:18:32.919 --> 00:18:33.720
 Which is easier?

00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:35.319
 For me to say

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.440
 to this paralytic,

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.299
 your sins are forgiven,

00:18:37.639 --> 00:18:38.480
 or to say

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.319
 to this paralytic,

00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:41.079
 rise,

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.819
 take up your bed

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.759
 and go home.

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.720
 Which one's easier?

00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:48.240
 It seems like Jesus is

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:51.120
 kind of backing Himself

00:18:51.120 --> 00:18:51.660
 into a corner

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.279
 a little bit here.

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:54.019
 What is He doing?

00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.880
 What's easier?

00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.640
 Is it easier

00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.559
 to say to someone,

00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.339
 your sins are forgiven,

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:03.000
 what you can't see,

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:05.259
 or say to someone,

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.019
 hey,

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.720
 rise,

00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:07.960
 take up your bed

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.779
 and walk?

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:10.579
 What you can see.

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:12.359
 One doesn't obligate you

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:12.839
 to anything,

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.819
 the other does.

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:15.740
 So it is easier

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:17.279
 to say that your sins

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.839
 are forgiven

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:18.839
 because there's no way

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.420
 to prove it.

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:22.920
 And Jesus is showing them that.

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.000
 He's admitting

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:27.000
 that His declaration,

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:27.500
 Son,

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.339
 your sins are forgiven,

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:29.779
 would be difficult to prove,

00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.960
 easier said than done.

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:35.559
 But Jesus,

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:38.660
 He's working the room.

00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:42.480
 Jesus has everyone

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:43.440
 in the room

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:45.600
 right where He wants them.

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:47.120
 He's intentionally

00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:48.579
 raising these things.

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:50.240
 He's intentionally pitting

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:51.319
 what He said

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:52.100
 about forgiveness

00:19:52.100 --> 00:19:53.220
 to what He said

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:54.220
 about causing this guy

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:55.100
 to stand up and walk.

00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:56.140
 He's intentionally

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:57.100
 put them at odds.

00:19:57.099 --> 00:20:02.599
 Behold your King.

00:20:04.459 --> 00:20:05.459
 He's in control.

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:08.959
 He's using this moment

00:20:08.959 --> 00:20:09.819
 for His purposes.

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.679
 Which brings us now

00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:13.240
 to verses 10 through 11.

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:17.079
 A surprising statement

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.759
 of His authority.

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:22.480
 So Jesus has been setting up

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.480
 a mic drop moment.

00:20:24.679 --> 00:20:25.439
 In verse 9,

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.299
 He's just said,

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:26.859
 okay,

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:28.379
 what's easier

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:29.899
 to say this guy's forgiven

00:20:29.899 --> 00:20:30.699
 or to tell him

00:20:30.699 --> 00:20:31.480
 to get up and walk.

00:20:31.719 --> 00:20:32.099
 We're like,

00:20:32.199 --> 00:20:32.379
 oh,

00:20:32.459 --> 00:20:33.279
 it's easier to say,

00:20:33.439 --> 00:20:33.559
 hey,

00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.219
 your sins are forgiven.

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.059
 You can't prove it.

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:35.939
 But if you tell him

00:20:35.939 --> 00:20:36.519
 to get up and walk,

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.419
 you've got to show that.

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:40.319
 And so in verse 10,

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.059
 look what He says.

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:45.399
 But that you may know

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:47.159
 that the Son of Man

00:20:47.159 --> 00:20:48.659
 has authority on earth

00:20:48.659 --> 00:20:50.839
 to forgive sins.

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:54.399
 So He's answering

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.679
 their blasphemy question.

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:58.000
 Who is this guy?

00:20:58.560 --> 00:20:59.160
 Does He know

00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.900
 He's blaspheming?

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.700
 Only God can forgive sins.

00:21:02.060 --> 00:21:02.580
 Jesus is like,

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.100
 yeah?

00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:03.180
 Yeah?

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.259
 That title,

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:08.960
 Son of Man,

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.259
 is the first time

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.320
 it's used in the Gospel

00:21:11.320 --> 00:21:11.820
 of Mark.

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.060
 It's used a total

00:21:13.060 --> 00:21:14.320
 of 14 times

00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:15.660
 in the Gospel of Mark.

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.720
 And the Son of Man

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:18.140
 is a very important title.

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.860
 Just as the Son of God

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:21.380
 is a very important title,

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.580
 the Son of Man

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.819
 is a very important title.

00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:24.759
 And so the first one

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.720
 we see is here.

00:21:26.199 --> 00:21:27.939
 It's the Son of Man

00:21:27.939 --> 00:21:28.559
 has the authority

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.220
 to forgive sins.

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:30.679
 If you flip now

00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:32.659
 to the end of chapter 2,

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.759
 verse 28,

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.799
 the Son of Man,

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:36.199
 Jesus is speaking of Himself,

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:36.960
 is saying,

00:21:37.439 --> 00:21:37.899
 the Son of Man

00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:39.500
 is Lord even of the Sabbath,

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.619
 which is a claim

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.279
 of authority

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.819
 over the Sabbath day,

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:44.220
 which only God can make.

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:46.660
 And then,

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.500
 as you get through

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.700
 the Gospel of Mark,

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.140
 Jesus starts referring

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.680
 to Himself

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.640
 as the Son of Man

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.400
 in 8.31,

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:54.420
 He starts teaching

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.140
 His disciples

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:56.120
 that the Son of Man

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:57.860
 must be given up,

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.900
 He'll be killed,

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.940
 and on the third day

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:01.200
 be raised from the dead.

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.960
 Chapter 9,

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.559
 verse 31,

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.380
 same thing.

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.360
 The Son of Man

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:06.140
 is going to be killed

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:07.339
 and on the third day

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:08.920
 raised from the dead.

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.079
 Chapter 10,

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:11.500
 verses 33 and 34,

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.559
 the Son of Man

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.180
 will suffer,

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.839
 be killed,

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.720
 and on the third day

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.359
 will rise.

00:22:15.679 --> 00:22:16.139
 Chapter 10,

00:22:16.199 --> 00:22:16.759
 verse 45,

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.859
 the Son of Man

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:19.139
 did not come to be served,

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:20.119
 but to serve

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:21.439
 and to give His life

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:23.619
 as a ransom for many.

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.359
 See the connection

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:28.619
 between the Son of Man

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.899
 and the saving work

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.339
 of Jesus?

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.980
 So what,

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:35.159
 where is this title

00:22:35.159 --> 00:22:35.980
 coming from?

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:38.279
 Did Jesus just make it up?

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.819
 If you flip back

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.359
 in your Bibles,

00:22:42.439 --> 00:22:43.240
 in your pew Bibles,

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:45.439
 it's on page 884,

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:47.359
 it's Daniel chapter 7,

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:49.379
 this is where the title

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:50.079
 comes from,

00:22:50.419 --> 00:22:51.119
 the Son of Man,

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:54.899
 and it is phenomenal.

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.220
 Daniel's a prophet

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.240
 and he's prophesying

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.359
 in chapter 7,

00:23:01.419 --> 00:23:02.539
 verses 13 and 14.

00:23:02.679 --> 00:23:03.299
 Let me read you

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.959
 what he says.

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:07.079
 I saw in the night visions

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.880
 and behold,

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.680
 with the clouds of heaven

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.519
 there came one

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.680
 like a Son of Man.

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.660
 That's the title.

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:14.059
 Son of Man.

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.360
 And he came to the

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:18.200
 Ancient of Days,

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:19.079
 God the Father,

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:21.279
 and was presented

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.180
 before him

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.559
 the Ancient of Days,

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.819
 and to him,

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.319
 the Son of Man,

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.420
 was given

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.960
 dominion

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:30.880
 and glory

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:33.400
 and a kingdom

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:35.779
 that all peoples,

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.620
 nations,

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.680
 and languages

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:39.700
 should serve him.

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.880
 Kiss the Son.

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.880
 His dominion

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:44.279
 is an everlasting dominion

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.559
 which shall not

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.259
 pass away

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.880
 and his kingdom

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:48.340
 one that shall not

00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:49.059
 be destroyed.

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:50.359
 You see,

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:52.259
 this title,

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.980
 the Son of Man,

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:54.899
 is a kingly title,

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.940
 a messianic title.

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.259
 It's the title

00:23:58.259 --> 00:24:00.059
 of the Son of God

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:01.139
 who would come

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:02.099
 and set up

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.720
 a kingdom

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.599
 to reign forever

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.599
 and would be

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.519
 indestructible,

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.839
 comprised of people

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.859
 from every tongue,

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.319
 time,

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.500
 every tongue,

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.359
 tribe,

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.220
 and nation.

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.759
 It's a big deal.

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.299
 It's a big deal.

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:22.379
 Jesus is saying,

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:25.039
 I'm that guy.

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.579
 Every time the word

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.000
 Son,

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.519
 or that phrase

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.039
 Son of Man

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.599
 comes up,

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.559
 you're to be thinking

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.339
 Daniel 7,

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.759
 13,

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.200
 and 14.

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.279
 Every time

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:34.299
 it's used.

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:38.240
 The thing is,

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.019
 and this is

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.039
 the crazy

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.919
 upside down

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.899
 kingdom of God,

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:45.099
 the crazy thing is

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.759
 that the

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.279
 Son of God,

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.519
 the Son of Man

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.379
 is going to

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.000
 establish

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.059
 His forever

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.200
 and indestructible

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.059
 kingdom of people

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.240
 from all nations

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:56.960
 through suffering,

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.539
 through the giving

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.359
 of His life

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.180
 on the cross,

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.639
 and by being

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.700
 raised from the dead.

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.960
 That's how He's

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.539
 going to establish

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.019
 His kingdom.

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.160
 And so when Jesus

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:09.940
 is talking here

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.740
 about an authority

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.500
 given to the

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.480
 Son of Man,

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:16.420
 it's the God-man,

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.319
 the God-king,

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.679
 who's going to

00:25:18.679 --> 00:25:19.700
 establish a kingdom,

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.639
 a forever kingdom

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.939
 of those who will

00:25:21.939 --> 00:25:23.319
 forever be forgiven,

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:27.119
 that you may know

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:28.159
 that the Son of Man

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:29.079
 may have authority

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:30.299
 on earth

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.779
 to forgive sins.

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:33.079
 Who can forgive sins

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.139
 but God alone?

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.839
 And Jesus is saying,

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.899
 that's right!

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:40.379
 Because I'm the Son of Man.

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.679
 God in the flesh.

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.740
 Establishing the forever

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.579
 kingdom of God.

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.420
 And so then He turns

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.240
 to the paralytic.

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:53.059
 He's like to the scribe,

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.799
 so that you may know

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.640
 that I'm the Son of Man.

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.380
 He turns to the paralytic

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.740
 and says,

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.120
 rise.

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.180
 Take your mat.

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.220
 Go home.

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.519
 This is

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:07.740
 an astounding claim

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.420
 of Jesus

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:12.059
 that He is the Son of Man.

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:14.980
 The surprising

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:17.059
 authority

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:18.379
 of the Son of Man

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:19.639
 is that He can

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:21.919
 forgive sins.

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:24.039
 And what's even more

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.960
 surprising is

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.440
 He can forgive sins

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.759
 because He's actually

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.819
 God in the flesh.

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:30.119
 And what's even more

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:31.059
 surprising is that

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.119
 He can forgive sins

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:33.059
 because He's God

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.579
 in the flesh

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:35.379
 and He died for sinners

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.319
 like you and me.

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.439
 authority.

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.399
 That's a compelling

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:43.200
 kind of authority.

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.899
 Leveraged in love.

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:50.639
 What happens?

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.539
 212.

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:55.939
 A surprise walkout.

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.919
 We read,

00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.500
 and He, the paralytic,

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.000
 rose

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:06.559
 and immediately

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.400
 picked up His bed

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.980
 and went out

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.740
 before them all

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.839
 so that they were

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.259
 all amazed

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.859
 and glorified God

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.079
 saying,

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.960
 we never saw

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.859
 anything like this.

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.480
 Everyone in the house,

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.640
 everyone packed

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.460
 in Jesus' house

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.960
 witnessed what

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.519
 just happened.

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.200
 The arms

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.059
 crossed

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.140
 scribes,

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.980
 the four guys

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.660
 up on the roof

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.000
 still,

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.480
 they're like,

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:28.700
 huh?

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.700
 And everybody

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.420
 else in the room,

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.779
 do you know

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:33.079
 who else got to see it?

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.319
 You did.

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.279
 You did.

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.619
 This is a historical

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.140
 account

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:41.980
 of the Son of Man

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:43.619
 and it's here

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.700
 so that you can

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.299
 see Him.

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.839
 You can behold

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.440
 your King.

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.400
 You can see

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.180
 His authority.

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.799
 You can ponder

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:52.039
 what this means.

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.299
 Here's what just

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.660
 happened.

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.220
 By demonstrating

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.079
 His authority

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:01.339
 to heal the paralytic,

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:03.459
 what you could see.

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:06.159
 Jesus just

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:06.899
 proved

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.740
 His authority

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.799
 to forgive sin

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:11.099
 what you can't see.

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.319
 He just

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.419
 refuted the claim

00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:15.319
 of blasphemy.

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.259
 He just said,

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.459
 no.

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:20.039
 I'm legit.

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.639
 I'm the real deal.

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.359
 Yes,

00:28:23.459 --> 00:28:24.099
 only God

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:25.119
 can forgive sins.

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.639
 And yes,

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.379
 I am that God.

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:31.300
 I'm the Son of Man.

00:28:31.760 --> 00:28:33.080
 I am the Son of God.

00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:34.040
 Because Jesus

00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:35.020
 is God,

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:37.020
 He has authority

00:28:37.020 --> 00:28:39.260
 to forgive sins.

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:42.379
 But the people

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.960
 in the house

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:45.019
 kind of

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.599
 kind of

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.359
 missed that point

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.200
 to be honest with you.

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.059
 They're amazed

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.839
 at this guy

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:54.099
 that got up

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:55.460
 when

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.879
 the miracle

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:58.940
 was actually

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.720
 to demonstrate

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:02.359
 who Jesus is.

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.519
 The Son of Man.

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.940
 So it's a

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.839
 surprise walkout,

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.500
 but what is

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.500
 surprising still

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.799
 is

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:12.859
 they don't seem

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.740
 to understand

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.539
 who they're

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.439
 in the presence of.

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:18.839
 God in the midst.

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.480
 Who wants

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.279
 to forgive sins.

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.259
 I think if they

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.859
 understood

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:25.319
 what just happened,

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.199
 I think someone

00:29:27.199 --> 00:29:27.859
 would have said,

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:30.279
 forgive me too.

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.740
 Forgive me too.

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:32.839
 who?

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.519
 Apparently

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:41.059
 they don't think

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.720
 that their greatest

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.579
 need is forgiveness

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.519
 of their sins.

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.440
 So what is

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.160
 the point of this?

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.420
 What is the point

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.579
 of Mark chapter 2

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.180
 1 through 12?

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.019
 In a general sense,

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.599
 it's to behold

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.220
 your King.

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.819
 To see Jesus.

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.059
 Jesus.

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.279
 I mean,

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:59.279
 we've seen

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.119
 this incredible

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:01.240
 response to Jesus.

00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:01.559
 I mean,

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:02.419
 mobs of people

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:03.559
 are coming after him.

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.359
 We've seen

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:05.819
 a surprise declaration.

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.559
 Instead of him

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.519
 healing somebody,

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.220
 he says,

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.019
 your sins are forgiven.

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.460
 Instead of,

00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:11.159
 you know,

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:14.200
 him kind of

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.899
 ignoring

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:16.179
 what the scribes

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.559
 were thinking,

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.960
 he knew exactly

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:19.119
 what they were thinking.

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.460
 The surprise

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.159
 insight.

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.159
 He knows

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.839
 what's going on

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.339
 in their hearts.

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:23.919
 He knows

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.480
 what's going on

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.039
 in your hearts.

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.660
 Surprise authority.

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.079
 Who can forgive

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.339
 sins but God alone?

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:35.519
 The Son of Man can't

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:37.539
 because he is God.

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.980
 The surprise walkout.

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:42.079
 This divine healing

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:43.059
 of the paralytic

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:44.279
 evidences

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:46.620
 the divine forgiving

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:48.519
 of the paralytic.

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.640
 So the point is,

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.579
 behold your King.

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:54.399
 Jesus in all of

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.299
 His authority

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:58.220
 can forgive sins

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.960
 because He's fully God.

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.599
 So you behold

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.299
 His authority

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:04.240
 and then you bow

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.119
 to His authority.

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.579
 Which means for us,

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:09.480
 we must stop

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.480
 acknowledging Jesus

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:14.199
 just as a figurehead

00:31:14.199 --> 00:31:16.519
 and start revering

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:18.119
 Jesus as our

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:20.159
 all-authoritative King.

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:21.700
 in two weeks time

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:23.440
 on our

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.160
 10th anniversary

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.680
 as a church.

00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:24.940
 Do you know

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.660
 what I get to preach on?

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.740
 I get to preach on

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:28.120
 the end of Mark chapter 4

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:29.519
 and all of chapter 5.

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.540
 And what it is

00:31:30.540 --> 00:31:32.080
 is story after story

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:32.880
 of Jesus'

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.620
 comprehensive authority

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:36.019
 over all things.

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:40.040
 How do you stop

00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:40.900
 living as if

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:42.279
 Jesus is a

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.680
 mere figurehead?

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:47.140
 And you behold

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.660
 Him

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:49.700
 in all

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.600
 His authority

00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:51.640
 and you bow

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.320
 to Him

00:31:52.320 --> 00:31:54.120
 confessing Him

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.900
 as your King.

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.960
 Earlier I said

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.220
 that

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.860
 to come under

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.500
 the loving

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.460
 authoritative reign

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.860
 of Jesus

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.740
 is good news.

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.360
 And you might be thinking

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.539
 well how is that good news?

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.259
 That doesn't sound

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.180
 good news to me.

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.180
 Because the same

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.620
 Jesus,

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.700
 the Son of Man

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:12.000
 that we're

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.920
 seeing here,

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.839
 He's alive

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:15.039
 and He has

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.880
 full authority

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.920
 to forgive

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:18.839
 all of your sins.

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.599
 All of them.

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.079
 The authority

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.759
 by which Jesus

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:25.220
 spoke to the paralytic

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.619
 Son,

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.599
 your sins are forgiven

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:28.299
 is the same authority

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:29.019
 in which Jesus

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:30.599
 can say to you,

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.660
 Child,

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:33.019
 your sins

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.539
 are forgiven.

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:39.019
 Now if you're wondering,

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.819
 He forgives

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.920
 not simply because

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.980
 He's the Son of God

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.779
 God's King.

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.180
 That's essential.

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.920
 The basis of His

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.360
 forgiveness

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:49.059
 is not just that

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.960
 He's the God King

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.380
 but that He died

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.420
 in the place

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.079
 of sinners.

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.259
 He paid

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.779
 the price

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:57.160
 for our sin.

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.799
 That's the King's

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.220
 ransom.

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:05.120
 By His ransom

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.579
 payment,

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.559
 He is gathering

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.220
 people from

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.200
 every tongue,

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.120
 tribe,

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.960
 and nation

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:11.880
 into a new

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.460
 people.

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.660
 The kingdom

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.740
 of the saved

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:18.960
 on earth.

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.920
 So,

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.980
 let's apply this.

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:24.920
 If Jesus

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:26.200
 has defined

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.900
 authority to

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.680
 forgive your sins,

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.420
 what does that mean

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.819
 for you if you're

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.240
 non-Christian?

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.640
 Well,

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:30.940
 if you're a

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.400
 non-Christian

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.180
 in the house,

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:34.180
 God's

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:35.120
 what's clear here

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.759
 is that your

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.980
 greatest need

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:38.640
 according to

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:38.980
 Jesus,

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.539
 according to

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.400
 God in the flesh,

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.500
 is the forgiveness

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.220
 of your sins.

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:49.340
 Your sin

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:50.180
 has separated

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.960
 you from God.

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.220
 Your sin

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.980
 has provoked

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.880
 the just wrath

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.420
 of God

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.560
 and He will be

00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:57.740
 just and glorified

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.560
 to pour that out

00:33:58.560 --> 00:33:59.460
 on you for eternity.

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:03.120
 But you do not

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:04.799
 have to pay

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.380
 for your own

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.140
 sin because

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:07.519
 this King

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.840
 has died

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.960
 for you.

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.380
 All you need

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.820
 to do

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:15.440
 is to cry out

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.280
 to King Jesus

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.980
 for forgiveness.

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:17.699
 You don't

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:20.000
 have the

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.579
 authority

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.920
 to forgive

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.960
 your own

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.300
 sin

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.340
 against God.

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.179
 Only God

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.559
 has that

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:26.920
 authority.

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.039
 So you must

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:29.300
 admit to Him

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.000
 you've been

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.440
 sinning

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.039
 against Him

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.620
 and then

00:34:31.620 --> 00:34:32.480
 admit to Him

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.400
 in the same breath

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.480
 oh you only

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.320
 can forgive me.

00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:39.860
 And when you

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.280
 do that

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.740
 for the very

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.420
 first time

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.240
 you become

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:42.680
 a Christian.

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.340
 You become

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.800
 a follower

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.240
 of Him.

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.960
 And so you

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.560
 can pray it

00:34:47.560 --> 00:34:47.960
 in a prayer

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.440
 like this.

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.760
 You say

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.220
 something to

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.560
 the extent

00:34:49.560 --> 00:34:49.920
 of Lord

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.240
 Jesus,

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.519
 King

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.860
 Jesus,

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.340
 will you

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.780
 forgive me

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.480
 of all my

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.880
 sins that

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.080
 I have

00:34:54.080 --> 00:34:54.380
 committed

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.100
 against you?

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.720
 The ones

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:56.120
 I know,

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.460
 the ones

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.940
 I don't

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.240
 know,

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.920
 and will

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.320
 you bring

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.900
 me into

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.580
 your kingdom,

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.340
 the kingdom

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.380
 of the saved,

00:35:01.580 --> 00:35:02.280
 and completely

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.140
 forgive me

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:04.000
 and I will

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.660
 gladly live

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:05.080
 under your

00:35:05.080 --> 00:35:05.660
 authority for

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:06.059
 the rest of

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.440
 my life.

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.760
 There you

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:06.960
 go.

00:35:07.140 --> 00:35:07.559
 That's it.

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.700
 That's how

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.200
 it starts.

00:35:11.080 --> 00:35:11.539
 Does anyone

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.140
 in the room

00:35:12.140 --> 00:35:13.500
 want to become

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.860
 a Christian

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.160
 today?

00:35:18.160 --> 00:35:18.940
 It starts

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:20.059
 with beholding

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.580
 your king

00:35:20.580 --> 00:35:21.740
 and then

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.600
 bowing to

00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:23.240
 him for the

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:24.000
 first time,

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.240
 confessing him

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.519
 as your

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.819
 Lord.

00:35:28.359 --> 00:35:28.739
 Well,

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.039
 what does

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.459
 this mean,

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.759
 this authority

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.219
 of Jesus

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:32.279
 over sin

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:33.019
 to forgive

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.219
 sin?

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.479
 What does

00:35:33.479 --> 00:35:34.019
 this mean

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.939
 if you're

00:35:34.939 --> 00:35:35.439
 a Christian

00:35:35.439 --> 00:35:35.799
 in the

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.039
 room?

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:40.379
 Follow me.

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.779
 It means

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:41.339
 two things.

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:42.819
 Number one,

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:44.859
 if Jesus

00:35:44.859 --> 00:35:45.559
 has authority

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.959
 to forgive

00:35:45.959 --> 00:35:46.459
 all of your

00:35:46.459 --> 00:35:46.739
 sins,

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.179
 Christian,

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:49.339
 and he

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:49.759
 paid for

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.319
 all of your

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:50.959
 sins on

00:35:50.959 --> 00:35:51.500
 the cross,

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.599
 Christian,

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:54.440
 and Christian,

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.559
 all of your

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.960
 sins have

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.319
 been fully

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:57.699
 forgiven.

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.319
 Period.

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:02.079
 If you

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.860
 are regularly

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:05.239
 haunted by

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:05.960
 the condemning

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:07.940
 ghosts of

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:09.599
 past sins,

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:12.039
 you speak

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.920
 to those

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:14.039
 ghouls,

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.279
 the words

00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:15.779
 of your

00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.559
 king from

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.259
 the cross,

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:17.980
 it is

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.539
 finished.

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.739
 He paid

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.119
 for that.

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.400
 It's no

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.599
 longer

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:24.940
 over my

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.219
 head.

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.500
 There is

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.860
 therefore

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:30.079
 now no

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.779
 condemnation

00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:31.440
 for those

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:31.799
 who are

00:36:31.799 --> 00:36:32.719
 in Christ

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:32.980
 Jesus.

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.599
 It's

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.219
 because he's

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:37.480
 the authoritative

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:37.880
 king.

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.719
 Christian,

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.380
 you need

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.960
 not despair

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.380
 over your

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.019
 past sins

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:45.039
 because the

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.699
 forgiveness of

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.980
 those is not

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.599
 dependent on

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.860
 you.

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.519
 It's dependent

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.500
 on the

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.279
 son of man.

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:52.920
 his authority

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.180
 is finished

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:54.620
 work.

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.960
 It's done.

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:56.920
 Behold your

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.340
 king.

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.620
 Bow to your

00:36:58.620 --> 00:36:59.060
 king.

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.880
 Boast in

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.280
 your king.

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:03.920
 Secondly,

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.940
 in light of

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.400
 his authority

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.840
 to forgive

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.460
 your sins

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:10.060
 and in light

00:37:10.060 --> 00:37:10.660
 of his

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:11.400
 comprehensive

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.460
 authority over

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.040
 all things

00:37:13.040 --> 00:37:13.600
 you'll see in

00:37:13.600 --> 00:37:14.220
 two weeks,

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.279
 Jesus.

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:18.019
 It's time to

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.439
 turn from

00:37:18.439 --> 00:37:19.959
 living as if

00:37:19.959 --> 00:37:20.679
 Jesus is just

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.259
 a figurehead.

00:37:23.359 --> 00:37:23.759
 And to

00:37:23.759 --> 00:37:25.259
 start bowing

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.859
 to Jesus

00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:27.119
 day after

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:29.319
 day as

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:29.899
 your all

00:37:29.899 --> 00:37:30.339
 loving,

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.839
 all authoritative

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:33.239
 king over

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.699
 all.

00:37:33.919 --> 00:37:34.299
 You just

00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:35.219
 behold him

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:36.359
 and you bow

00:37:36.359 --> 00:37:36.939
 to him

00:37:36.939 --> 00:37:38.299
 day by day

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:39.219
 and you say

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.739
 today,

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.559
 King Jesus,

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.539
 I live

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.039
 for you.

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.500
 Let me

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.019
 wrap it up.

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.659
 King Jesus

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:48.599
 is no

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:48.779
 mere

00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:49.500
 figurehead.

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.960
 He's not

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.599
 just waving.

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.920
 He's

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.420
 reigning.

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.219
 He's the

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:59.039
 all authoritative

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.900
 God king,

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.019
 the son of

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.940
 man who

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.840
 is building

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:04.199
 right now

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:05.539
 his forever

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:07.239
 indestructible

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:08.940
 multinational

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.719
 church.

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:13.259
 this morning

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:14.019
 you saw the

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:15.019
 surprising

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:16.480
 authority of

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.980
 the son of

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.360
 man to

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:18.119
 forgive sins.

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.940
 And you're

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.340
 going to see

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:22.000
 his authority

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.860
 on display

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:24.019
 again and

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:25.039
 again and

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.460
 again.

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:28.119
 Because he

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.739
 is the son

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.119
 of God.

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:32.019
 He is our

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.340
 king.

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:34.179
 It's good

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.539
 news.

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.679
 Behold

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.099
 your king

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:39.480
 and bow

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:39.799
 to him.

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.480
 Let's pray.

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.380
 Lord Jesus,

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.799
 you are the

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.559
 king of the

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.320
 upside down

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:49.719
 kingdom and

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:50.340
 you by your

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:50.820
 mercy and

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.360
 grace have

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.779
 brought us

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:51.960
 in.

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:53.500
 Thank you

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:53.980
 Lord Jesus

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.599
 for forgiving

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.079
 our sins.

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.840
 We trust in

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.980
 authoritative

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.820
 pronouncement

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.279
 that it's

00:38:58.279 --> 00:38:58.699
 done.

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.139
 And we

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.779
 are free.

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.920
 Free from

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:05.039
 being condemned.

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.679
 Free from

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.400
 the lies.

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.360
 Free from

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.780
 the fear.

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:12.880
 God,

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.140
 would you

00:39:13.140 --> 00:39:13.559
 help us

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.140
 now to

00:39:14.140 --> 00:39:14.480
 live the

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.000
 balance of

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.660
 this day

00:39:15.660 --> 00:39:17.420
 in light of

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:17.760
 who you

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.039
 are.

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.579
 In your name

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.019
 we pray.

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:20.900
 Amen.

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.039
 Amen.

00:39:22.620 --> 00:39:23.039
 Amen.

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.480
 Amen.

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.860
 Amen.

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.900
 Amen.