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 Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 7, verse 28.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 If it takes months to preach about Jesus' sermon, his first sermon, you could see how amazing his sermon was.

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 He gave all that in one sermon.

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 Unbelievable.

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 We're in Matthew chapter 7, verse 28.

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 Before I read, let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, as we sang earlier this morning, we rely on your Word.

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 We cling to your Word.

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 As your people, Lord.

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 We hold on to every word you speak.

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 So we now come eagerly.

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 And we want to hear from you again.

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 As you always do when we are gathered in your name.

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 You speak to us.

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 You address us.

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 In your Word.

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 From your Word.

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 So Lord.

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 With your Word, glorify your name.

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 Reveal yourself to us in the grace, in the love, and the authority of Jesus Christ, your Son.

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 That we might know you rightly.

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 Relate to you rightly.

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 That we might be healed.

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 For you are our great healer.

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 The great physician.

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 So meet with us in all of our sins, dysfunctions, diseases here this morning.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand as we honor God before we read His Word.

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 I'm going to start in Matthew 7, 28 and go to chapter 8, verse 17.

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 And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at His teaching.

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 For He was teaching them as one who had authority and not as their scribes.

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 When He came down from the mountain, great crowds followed Him.

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 And behold, a leper came to Him and knelt before Him, saying,

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 Lord, if You will, You can make me clean.

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 And Jesus stretched out His hand and touched Him, saying,

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 I will be clean.

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 And immediately His leprosy was cleansed.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest,

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 and offer the gift that Moses commanded for proof to them.

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 When He had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to Him,

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 appealing to Him,

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 Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.

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 And He said to Him,

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 I will come and heal Him.

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 But the centurion replied,

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 Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof,

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 but only say the word,

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 and my servant will be healed.

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 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me.

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 And I say to one,

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 Go, and he goes.

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 And to another,

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 Come, and he comes.

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 And to my servant,

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 Do this,

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 and he does it.

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 When Jesus heard this,

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 He marveled,

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 and said to those who followed Him,

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 Truly, I tell you,

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 with no one in Israel have I found such faith.

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 I tell you,

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 many will come from east and west

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 and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

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 while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness.

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 In that place,

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 there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 And to the centurion,

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 Jesus said,

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 Go,

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 let it be done for you as you have believed.

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 And the servant was healed at that very moment.

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 And when Jesus entered Peter's house,

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 he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.

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 He touched her hand,

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 and the fever left her.

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 And she rose and began to serve Him.

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 That evening they brought to Him many who were oppressed by demons,

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 and He cast out the spirits with a word

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 and healed all who were sick.

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 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah.

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 He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Whenever there's a party or a networking event,

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 and you encounter someone making grand and impressive claims about themselves,

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 or about the things that they have done,

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 or things that they know,

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 there's a follow-up question that someone in the group usually asks.

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 So, what do you do for a living?

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 Right?

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 It's an indirect question.

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 But the direct question that's underlying that indirect question is,

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 you know,

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 are these grand, impressive claims that you're making for real?

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 Are these claims related to your line of work or your field of expertise?

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 In other words,

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 do you have the authority to speak on such matters?

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 Who are you to make such grand claims?

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 That's the same question that's burning as we read the Sermon on the Mount,

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 as the hearers in the first century would have heard Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.

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 That's the same question that's burning in people's hearts.

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 Who are you?

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 Do you have the authority to say the kinds of things that you are saying, Jesus?

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 Because in the Beatitudes in chapter 5,

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 Jesus declared authoritatively,

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 these are the people to whom the kingdom of heaven belongs.

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 Who are you to say that?

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 How do you know?

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 And then Jesus set his teaching in chapter 5 of Matthew

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 over and against two millennia of Jewish legal teaching of the Old Testament,

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 all the legal precedents.

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 And then Jesus authoritatively declared how the Jewish leaders were wrong

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 and how he is right in saying,

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 you have heard that it was said,

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 but I say to you.

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 Setting himself in contrast over two millennia of Jewish legal tradition and teaching.

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 And he said, not only that,

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 that he has come to fulfill the entire law and the prophets in Matthew 5, 17 to 20.

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 Here's all the requirements of God's law.

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 I've come to fulfill it.

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 All of it.

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 Every jot and tittle.

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 Not a dot and iota will perish from the law.

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 Meaning he's saying even the very smallest part of the law,

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 he will himself fulfill it.

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 Not only that, he made even bolder claims.

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 And toward the end of his sermon in chapter 7 that we looked at,

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 Jesus declared himself to be the Lord

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 that people will call upon as judge on the final day of judgment.

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 People will come to Jesus and say,

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 Lord, Lord.

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 Lord.

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 And not only did Jesus say that only those who does the will of the Father will enter the kingdom of heaven,

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 he switched that at the end of his sermon and said,

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 whoever does my will,

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 whoever obeys my words,

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 he is the one who enters the kingdom of heaven.

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 These are grand claims.

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 What kind of man dares to speak in such a manner?

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 Who are you, Jesus?

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 That's what we see here in chapter 7, verse 28 to 29.

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 And this is the crowd's conclusion.

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 When Jesus had finished these sayings,

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 the crowds were astonished at his teaching.

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 Why were they astonished?

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 It says,

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 For he was teaching them as one who had authority and not as their scribes.

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 When Jesus first began to preach his sermon,

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 after climbing up into the mountain, chapter 5, verse 1 to 2,

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 he was speaking directly to his disciples, his inner circle of followers.

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 But we can see here that in the course of the sermon,

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 the crowds have assembled around him

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 to kind of observe and to eavesdrop on what he was teaching his disciples.

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 So this is the crowds that were observing the kind of things he was saying.

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 And they conclude that he taught as someone who had authority,

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 not like their scribes.

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 This is a fascinating and revealing observation.

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 Because who are these scribes?

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 These scribes are the Jewish legal scholars.

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 They're the ones who have the authority to teach the Jews what God's word says.

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 They're the ones who are sanctioned by the governing bodies.

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 They are the so-called experts, the establishment.

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 And yet here is Jesus.

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 From the perspective of the Jewish leaders,

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 Jesus is this upstart, itinerant preacher,

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 a carpenter's son.

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 And these people who hear him teach say,

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 oh, he has authority,

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 not the scribes.

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 It's an amazing statement.

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 When you go into a doctor's office or a professor's office,

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 you usually find on their walls the certifications and the diplomas.

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 This is a way of establishing your credentials.

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 I have the training.

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 I have the authority to speak on the things that I'm about to speak about.

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 That's how, in a sinful world, that is necessary.

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 Because people lie and there are fakes.

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 And so people need credentials.

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 And we need credentialing bodies.

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 And that's what these doctors and professors have.

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 And I think that's especially important in the age of YouTube and TikTok

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 when everybody can have a platform

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 and everybody can be a self-proclaimed authority on all kinds of things.

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 Right?

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 So this is important.

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 So I'm not poo-pooing such credentials.

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 Sorry, is that funny?

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 Yeah, funny word, yeah.

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 However, it's notable that Jesus did not have such credentials.

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 No human governing board gave Jesus any certification or authorization.

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 Jesus, in fact, it says in John 2.25,

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 needed no man to bear witness about him.

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 Why?

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 Because it says in John 5.37,

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 The Father who sent him has himself borne witness about him.

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 At Jesus' baptism, God the Father said,

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 This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.

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 That's Jesus' certification.

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 That's Jesus' authorization.

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 It did not come from man.

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 It came from God himself.

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 This is not human authority.

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 It's divine spiritual authority.

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 And when you look at someone with divine spiritual authority like Jesus,

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 all human authorities pale in comparison,

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 like a firefly that is buzzing in front of the sun.

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 And so they marveled that Jesus taught them as one who had authority and not as their scribes.

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 So that's the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 And in the following passages of chapters 8 and 9,

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 Matthew recounts nine miracle stories.

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 And they're intended to demonstrate Jesus' comprehensive authority over diseases

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 and natural disasters and demons and even over death itself.

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 These nine miracle stories are arranged in groups of three.

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 And today we're looking at the first group of three,

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 which highlight in particular Jesus' authority over diseases.

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 Jesus' authority as our healer.

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 And the main point of this passage is that Jesus is the Lord who has authority to heal us.

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 So first we're going to look at the leper.

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 Second, the Gentile centurion.

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 And third, we're going to look at the elderly and the infirm,

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 Peter's mother-in-law, that Jesus heals.

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 When Jesus comes down from the mountain,

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 the great crowds, it says, are following him.

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 At that very moment, there's a leper who takes an extraordinary risk

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 and makes a bold move in stopping Jesus in his tracks.

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 He approaches Jesus as he's walking with the crowds.

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 And then he kneels before Jesus and then he pleads,

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 Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.

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 The word leprosy can refer to a range of disfiguring, debilitating, contagious skin diseases.

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 Because it was contagious, Leviticus 13 to 14,

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 which gives very detailed rules and stipulations about people with leprosy,

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 it said that lepers were to be regarded as ceremonially, ritually unclean.

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 They were required to wear torn clothes.

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 And they were required to let their hairs hang loose

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 so that it would be obvious to all passersby,

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 oh, there's a leper.

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 Oh, there's a leper.

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 Stay away.

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 Torn clothes, loose hair.

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 When being approached by people or when approaching people,

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 lepers were required to call out,

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 unclean, unclean,

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 to warn people that they were lepers that are approaching.

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 They couldn't just call out on their own,

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 just as loud as it would.

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 They had to actually cover their upper lip as they called out,

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 unclean, unclean.

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 It doesn't say why they had to cover their upper lip.

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 I imagine it's because you don't even want spittle coming out

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 that can potentially defile someone.

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 So imagine just how humiliating this disease is

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 and how socially isolating it is.

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 There were other things in the Old Testament

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 that made people ritually and ceremonially unclean,

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 like touching a corpse or bodily discharge

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 or touching something.

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 You know, these things caused uncleanness too,

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 but only temporarily.

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 And you could do the ritual cleansing

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 and wait a couple days or weeks,

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 depending on what it was,

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 and you'll be clean again.

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 With lepers, there's no such hope of an expiration date

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 of their uncleanness

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 because leprosy was permanent

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 and you were permanently unclean,

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 permanently cut off from society.

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 They were deemed dirty,

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 unfit for society.

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 And for this reason,

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 even though the New Testament

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 normally uses the language of healing for diseases,

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 when it comes to lepers,

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 it consistently uses language,

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 not of healing, but of cleansing.

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 So when Jesus instructs his 12 apostles

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 in Matthew 10, 8,

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 to go and proclaim the gospel,

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 proclaim the kingdom of God,

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 he adds this.

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 He says,

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 heal the sick,

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 raise the dead,

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 cleanse lepers.

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 Leprosy was medically incurable.

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 In 2 Kings 5, verse 7,

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 the king of Syria

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 sends his military commander, Naaman,

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 who had heard rumors

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 of an amazing,

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 wonder-working prophet in Israel,

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 to go to the land of Israel

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 so that he could receive healing for his leprosy.

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 And being an important person,

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 he goes straight to the king of Israel,

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 thinking that, of course,

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 he's the one who's going to know

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 where I can receive healing in Israel.

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 And when Naaman sends the letter over to him

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 from his own king, king of Syria,

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 the king reads it,

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 Israelite king,

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 and then he tears his clothes in indignation

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 and says,

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 am I God to kill and to make alive?

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 that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy?

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 Only consider and see how he's seeking a quarrel with me.

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 The king,

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 who has all the authority and power of his kingdom,

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 thinks that curing a leper is impossible,

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 on par with raising the dead.

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 So much so that he says,

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 am I God?

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 Only God can do that.

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 When we consider all this background,

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 then we can really appreciate the faith of this leper

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 and the risk that he took in approaching Jesus.

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 Perhaps it's also indicative of his desperation.

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 In other parts of the gospel,

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 in Matthew 20,

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 when, for example,

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 blind men are calling out to Jesus on the streets,

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 the crowds that follow him are annoyed by these blind men.

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 It's like,

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 hey,

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 stop shouting.

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 Move out of the way.

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 But these blind men were just a nuisance.

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 This leper is not just a nuisance.

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 He's a contagion.

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 He's a public health threat.

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 And they're in Jesus' way.

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 So imagine the gasping and crowds

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 and backing up as this leper is approaching Jesus.

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 And this leper falls on his knees before Jesus

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 and says in verse two,

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 Lord, if you will,

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 you can make me clean.

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 This is an amazing confession on a number of levels.

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 First, he addresses Jesus as Lord.

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 This is a Greek word that can be used conventionally

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 to mean sir,

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 as just a polite way of referring to your social superior.

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 But in the context of Matthew's gospel,

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 I want to argue that it's a more theologically loaded term.

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 It's a heavyweight term.

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 Because remember,

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 Jesus appropriates this title,

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 Lord,

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 for himself for the very first time

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 in the gospel of Matthew,

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 in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 in Matthew 7,

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 when he declares himself to be the judge and ruler

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 over all

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 on the final day of judgment.

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 He's Lord.

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 That's when he's first called Lord.

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 So that's in the background of our minds

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 when we come to this passage right on the heels of that.

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 And then this leper calls Jesus Lord.

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 Moreover,

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 the fact that this leper

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 believes that Jesus has the authority,

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 the power to heal him,

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 to cleanse him,

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 when all of Old Testament says,

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 leprosy,

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 no one cures but God,

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 also shows that he sees something more

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 than just a polite sir

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 when he calls him Lord.

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 He's acknowledging the lordship of Christ,

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 which is why he kneels before him,

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 which is the appropriate posture of subjection

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 and humility before your master.

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 And then this leper says,

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 if you will,

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 not if you can.

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 If you will,

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 you can make me clean.

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 It's such an amazing, commendable faith.

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 How many times do we ask God for things

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 and then we just lose track of it altogether?

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 We don't follow up about it

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 because we're not really expecting anything to happen.

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 That's not a prayer of if you will.

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 That's a prayer of if you can, God.

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 But this leper says,

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 if you can,

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 not if you can,

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 if you will,

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 then you can make me clean.

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 He submits himself to the authority of Jesus

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 and the willingness of Jesus to heal.

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 And Jesus' response is shocking.

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 He says in verse 3 that Jesus stretched out his hand

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 and touched him,

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 saying,

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 I will be clean.

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 Remember, this is no ordinary sick person.

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 This is a leper

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 with a contagious skin disease.

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 To touch a leper was to contract ceremonial defilement.

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 Not only ceremonial defilement,

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 it was to expose yourself to actual contagious disease.

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 So you can imagine the horror of the crowds

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 as Jesus is stretching out his hand to do that.

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 And Jesus is not like,

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 you know,

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 he's not pulling out these latex gloves

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 and putting it on before he touches him.

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 He just stretches out his hand

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 and touches the leper.

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 This leper probably has not had anyone,

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 anyone healthy,

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 anyone besides other lepers,

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 touch him in a long time.

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 It's a very humanizing

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 and compassionate gesture

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 from Lord Jesus

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 to stretch out his hand

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 and touch this leper.

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 And yes, it's true

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 that Jesus' usual mode of operation

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 when it came to healing

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 was to lay hands on them

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 and to heal them,

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 hands on people.

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 That is true

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 and that is somewhat what's going on here.

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 However,

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 you know,

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 Jesus didn't have to do that.

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 We know, for example,

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 from the immediately following passage

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 that Jesus can heal someone from a distance.

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 Jesus can heal people

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 without going there in person

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 and touching them.

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 So why couldn't he do the same here

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 with this dangerous leper?

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 He touches the leper

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 not out of necessity,

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 but out of compassion,

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 out of mercy.

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 He's not only cleansing this leper

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 of his leprosy,

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 he's also rehabilitating him

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 and healing him

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 from the pain of isolation,

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 rejection, and alienation.

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 And as he touches the leper,

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 Jesus says,

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 I will be clean.

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 The simplicity of that answer

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 just conveys the commanding authority

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 that Jesus has,

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 a simple indicative.

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 I will.

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 I am willing.

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 You asked me if you will,

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 I can make you clean.

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 You are right.

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 I will.

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 I'm willing.

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 And then simply a command,

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 be clean.

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 And it says in verse three,

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 immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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 It's no gradual fading

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 of the skin disease.

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 It's no natural healing over time.

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 Immediately,

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 with Jesus's word,

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 the leper is cleansed.

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 This immediate healing

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:47.119
 showcases Jesus's authority,

00:23:47.239 --> 00:23:48.559
 that he is the Lord

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.879
 who has the authority

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:51.079
 to heal us.

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.500
 Afterward,

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.539
 Jesus tells this leper

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.219
 in verse four,

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 see that you say nothing

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 to anyone,

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 but go show yourself

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 to the priest

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 and offer the gift

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 that Moses commanded

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:04.000
 for a proof to them.

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 In the gospels,

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.819
 especially in Mark,

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:09.100
 Jesus often tells people

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.799
 that he heals

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:11.200
 not to speak of the miracle.

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 We'll see this again later

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 in Matthew 9, 30,

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 and 12, 16.

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 And in Matthew 12, 17 to 21,

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 Matthew actually gives us

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:21.240
 the reason why Jesus does this

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 by quoting from Isaiah 42,

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 verses one to four.

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 And there,

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:28.000
 I'm not quoting the full thing,

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 but part of it,

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 it says that the Messiah

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:31.400
 will not quarrel

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.539
 or cry aloud,

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 nor will anyone hear

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:35.640
 his voice in the streets.

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:37.960
 In other words,

00:24:38.580 --> 00:24:40.080
 Jesus is never going

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:41.080
 to be showboating.

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.900
 He's never going

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:44.440
 to be posting advertisements

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.019
 of himself

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 all across towns

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.279
 of this wonder worker

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.580
 that is coming into town.

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 That's not the way

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.880
 he does his miracles.

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.180
 Jesus does not want

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.220
 to stir up

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.620
 a feverish crowd

00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.340
 of followers

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 because that will prevent him,

00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.880
 hamper him

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.960
 from doing the mission

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.980
 that he has set out to do,

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.700
 which is to proclaim

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.640
 the kingdom of God.

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 God.

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 So instead,

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.820
 Jesus tells him,

00:25:08.020 --> 00:25:08.480
 go quietly,

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.980
 go to the priest,

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.759
 make the appropriate offering

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 as specified

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.880
 in Leviticus 13 to 14

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 so that you can be

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:16.180
 formally declared

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.360
 clean by the priest

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 and reenter society.

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 And then,

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:25.079
 in verses 5 to 6,

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:25.879
 the scene moves

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 to Capernaum

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.539
 where a centurion

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.759
 comes forward to Jesus

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 appealing to him,

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.339
 Lord,

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.579
 my servant

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.659
 is lying paralyzed

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 at home,

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.279
 suffering terribly.

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 A centurion

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 is an officer

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 in the Roman army

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 and Capernaum

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 is Roman-occupied territory

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 and this,

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.120
 all centurions

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.940
 would have been

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:49.000
 Gentiles

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 and we know this

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.920
 explicitly

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:52.140
 because verse 10

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.860
 tells us,

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.700
 Jesus says,

00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.660
 truly I tell you,

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.799
 with no one in Israel

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:57.360
 have I found such faith.

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 So Jesus is saying

00:25:58.620 --> 00:26:00.200
 that this Gentile centurion

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.299
 has more faith

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.200
 than I've seen

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.100
 in all Israel,

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.360
 among all the Jews.

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:06.880
 So this is a Gentile centurion.

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 Apparently,

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.259
 this centurion's servant

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.940
 is paralyzed.

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 We don't know exactly

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.759
 what that means.

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.819
 He's suffering terribly.

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.819
 Maybe he has strokes.

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 Maybe he has polio.

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 We have no idea.

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.779
 But whatever the case,

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.859
 it's something for which

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:20.180
 there is no easy

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.160
 medical solution

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:22.599
 because there was

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:24.200
 a quick or accessible

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.019
 medical solution.

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 Then this centurion

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.420
 with means

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.900
 could have simply

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.740
 gone to the doctors

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.359
 and gotten it.

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 And this centurion too,

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.579
 like the leper,

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 addresses Jesus as Lord.

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:39.000
 And this is remarkable

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.940
 because it's followed

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:41.019
 immediately by him

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.779
 referring to

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.799
 my servant.

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.160
 The centurion

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:46.660
 is himself a lord.

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.680
 He has a servant

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.619
 under his authority.

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.879
 And yet,

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:52.200
 he calls Jesus

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.480
 his lord.

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:57.940
 This is all upside down

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.440
 because in Roman society,

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.799
 the Romans are

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:02.079
 the occupying powers.

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.680
 The Jews are the occupied.

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.759
 Roman centurion

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.859
 is an officer

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.759
 in the Roman army

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:11.480
 of the powerful occupiers

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.980
 and his social standing

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.940
 is higher than that

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.420
 of Jesus

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.920
 in the Roman Empire.

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.920
 And yet,

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:19.119
 the centurion too

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:20.019
 humbles himself

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:22.119
 and calls Jesus

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.200
 lord.

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.059
 Again,

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.940
 the fact that he has faith

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:28.079
 that Jesus has

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.059
 this kind of authority

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.279
 shows it's no mere

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.599
 polite sir.

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.440
 It's lord.

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:36.279
 The lord of authority.

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.379
 The lord

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.359
 over creation.

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.000
 Jesus responds

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.660
 in verse 7

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.899
 in the ESV.

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.160
 It says,

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.799
 I will come

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.639
 and heal him.

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.700
 Is anybody

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.579
 using the NIV

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.399
 or the CSB,

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.259
 New International Version,

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.639
 or the,

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.379
 okay,

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.460
 a few of you

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:56.559
 at the Christian Standard Bible?

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.579
 So those two versions

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:59.019
 have a question.

00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.539
 Is that right?

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.420
 You guys have

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.059
 a question

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:02.359
 instead of a statement.

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.460
 It says,

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:05.380
 am I to come

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.200
 and heal him?

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.640
 Jesus asks a question

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.740
 instead.

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.180
 This is,

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.799
 the uncertainty

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.420
 about this

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.940
 is because

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:14.000
 in the original manuscript

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.620
 in the Greek

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:16.140
 there are no punctuation marks.

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.240
 So you have to use

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.779
 the context

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.259
 to determine

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.039
 whether it's a statement

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.819
 or a question.

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.299
 So it could be either.

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:23.039
 It's a judgment call

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.920
 and you can't be sure

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:25.120
 but I do lean toward

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:25.840
 the NIV

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:27.400
 and the CSB's translation

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.779
 in this instance.

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.240
 Because of the way

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.799
 it parallels

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.700
 Jesus' interaction

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.819
 with the Gentile woman,

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.619
 the Canaanite woman

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:35.039
 later in Matthew 15

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:36.240
 verse 21 to 28.

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.740
 First,

00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.799
 these are the only

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.879
 two miracle stories

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:41.339
 in the Gospel of Matthew

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:42.480
 where the beneficiaries

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.559
 of Jesus' healing

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:45.039
 are explicitly said

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.980
 to be Gentiles.

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.379
 And then second,

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.299
 these are the only

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.299
 two miracle stories

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.220
 in Matthew

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.879
 where Jesus

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:53.099
 heals someone

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.980
 from a distance.

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.539
 And third,

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.399
 these are the only

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:58.460
 two miracle stories

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.000
 in Matthew

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.919
 where Jesus

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:01.159
 commends

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:02.480
 the extraordinary

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.279
 faith

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.840
 of the people

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.660
 who came to him.

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.460
 So there's a lot

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:06.980
 of parallels.

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.580
 He says to the centurion

00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:09.080
 in verse 10,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.200
 truly I tell you

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.300
 with no one in Israel

00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:12.540
 have I found such faith.

00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:13.920
 To the Canaanite woman

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.800
 in 1528,

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.420
 Jesus says,

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.900
 oh woman,

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.620
 great is your faith.

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.259
 I think these parallels

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.900
 are deliberate

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.640
 and for that reason

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:22.060
 I expect other aspects

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:23.120
 of Jesus' interaction

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:24.740
 with this Gentile centurion

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.300
 to match

00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:26.120
 his interaction

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:27.100
 with this Gentile

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.840
 Canaanite woman

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.360
 later on

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:30.599
 in Matthew 15.

00:29:31.699 --> 00:29:32.879
 In Matthew 15,

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:34.179
 if you know the story,

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.899
 the Canaanite woman

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.719
 asks Jesus

00:29:35.719 --> 00:29:37.159
 to heal her daughter

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:38.179
 who is oppressed,

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.899
 sorely oppressed

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.459
 by a demon

00:29:39.459 --> 00:29:41.679
 and Jesus does not

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.879
 immediately assent

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:44.599
 like he does here

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.899
 according to the ESV transition.

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.119
 I will come and heal him.

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.979
 No, he says first,

00:29:49.219 --> 00:29:49.439
 no.

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.179
 He says,

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:52.419
 I was sent only

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:53.479
 to the lost sheep

00:29:53.479 --> 00:29:54.459
 of the house of Israel.

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.859
 It isn't right

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:57.119
 to take the children's bread

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:58.319
 and throw it to the dogs.

00:29:59.439 --> 00:30:00.979
 Jesus initially refuses.

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:01.859
 Why?

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:03.799
 In order to test

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:05.519
 the Gentile woman's faith,

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:08.079
 are you willing

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:09.299
 to humble yourself

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.839
 as a Gentile before me?

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.699
 Acknowledge that

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:14.000
 I am a Jewish Messiah,

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.259
 that salvation

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.299
 is from the Jews

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.599
 and are we willing

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.699
 to beg for mercy?

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:22.339
 And this woman's

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.500
 extraordinary faith,

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.579
 her great faith

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.319
 overcomes

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:27.059
 Jesus' initial refusal.

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.919
 And then Jesus

00:30:29.919 --> 00:30:30.759
 commends her faith

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.599
 and heals her daughter.

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:33.379
 I think the same sequence

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:33.839
 is happening

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.439
 in our passage.

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:35.700
 In verse 7,

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:37.000
 Jesus is not immediately

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.460
 assenting

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.700
 to the centurion's request.

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:40.159
 If he was just saying,

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.139
 I will come and heal him,

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:41.720
 I think it's a little

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.319
 presumptuous

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.899
 of the centurion

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:43.299
 to be like,

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.119
 oh, no, no, no,

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.740
 you don't come.

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.259
 You know,

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.779
 I mean, this is,

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.720
 you can't come,

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.139
 you're not worried,

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.019
 I'm not worried to have you.

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.720
 He's saying,

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.419
 I'll come.

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.159
 Just, you know what I mean?

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.460
 He's saying,

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:50.759
 no, no,

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.099
 I don't think

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.679
 that's what's going on.

00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.419
 I think he's saying,

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.439
 shall I myself

00:30:56.439 --> 00:30:57.980
 come and heal him?

00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:00.559
 And he's pushing back,

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.879
 challenging him,

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.720
 asking the question.

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:04.220
 I think this is just

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.359
 translation is confirmed

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.039
 by the fact that

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.539
 in the Greek,

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:08.039
 Jesus uses an emphatic

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.240
 first person pronoun,

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.599
 I myself.

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:12.599
 Shall I myself

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:14.619
 come and heal him?

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.379
 Should I,

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:20.000
 a Jewish Messiah,

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:22.119
 come to your house,

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.339
 a Gentile,

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.139
 that no Jews

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.420
 would enter into,

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.280
 no law-abiding Jews

00:31:26.280 --> 00:31:26.800
 would enter into

00:31:26.800 --> 00:31:27.360
 in those days,

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:29.000
 to heal your servant?

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:32.000
 Jesus is again

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:33.840
 testing the centurion's faith.

00:31:35.040 --> 00:31:36.420
 Does he have the humility

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.120
 to acknowledge

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:38.440
 the appropriate place

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.180
 of Gentiles

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.340
 in salvation history?

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.300
 That salvation is first

00:31:42.300 --> 00:31:43.200
 from the Jews

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:44.440
 before it goes out

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.280
 among the Gentiles.

00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:47.220
 Is he willing

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.900
 to humble himself

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.600
 before Jesus?

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.960
 Good for this

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:52.080
 Gentile centurion,

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:53.580
 he passes Jesus' test

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.399
 with flying colors.

00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:56.079
 He replies in verses

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.720
 eight to nine,

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.099
 Lord,

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.960
 I am not worthy

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.859
 to have you come

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.480
 under my roof,

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.819
 but only say the word

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.939
 and my servant

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.539
 will be healed.

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:06.079
 For I too am a man

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.720
 under authority

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.740
 with soldiers under me.

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.720
 I say to one,

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.480
 go and he goes

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.960
 and to another,

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.939
 come and he comes

00:32:10.939 --> 00:32:11.859
 and to my servant,

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:13.059
 do this and he does it.

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.720
 He is saying,

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.799
 of course,

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.240
 Jesus,

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.039
 of course,

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:17.439
 Lord,

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:19.119
 I'm a Gentile,

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:20.279
 I'm not worthy

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.939
 to have you come

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.739
 under my roof.

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:23.119
 I wasn't presuming

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.959
 that you would do that.

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.639
 However,

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.919
 I am a soldier

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:27.739
 in a military hierarchy

00:32:27.739 --> 00:32:28.639
 and I understand

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.939
 the nature of authority.

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:32.159
 I know that all you need

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:34.299
 to do is say the word

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.819
 and it will be done.

00:32:38.159 --> 00:32:39.079
 The centurion,

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:39.939
 like anyone

00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:40.659
 who has ever served

00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:41.399
 in the armed forces,

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.699
 understands authority.

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:44.439
 He knows what it's like

00:32:44.439 --> 00:32:45.439
 to be under authority.

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.399
 He knows what it's like

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.259
 to have authority

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.259
 over others.

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:50.019
 As the saying goes,

00:32:50.300 --> 00:32:50.740
 I don't know

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.780
 where this originated from,

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:53.600
 but if your commanding officer

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:54.820
 says jump,

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:56.320
 you don't ask,

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.300
 why?

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.660
 You ask,

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.660
 how high, sir?

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.280
 And then you jump.

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.480
 This centurion

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.460
 is used to that.

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.320
 He says go,

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.900
 they go.

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.900
 He says come,

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.380
 they come.

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.320
 He says do this,

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.240
 they do it

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.960
 because he has

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.360
 authority over them.

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.680
 And this is especially

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.680
 important in the military

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.819
 hierarchy because

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.740
 you have to,

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.960
 and they're always

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.799
 trying to during

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:28.039
 training

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:29.860
 to break the soldiers,

00:33:30.340 --> 00:33:31.400
 to get in the habit

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.640
 of obeying authority

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.640
 because people are not

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.100
 used to that,

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.420
 I think,

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.720
 especially,

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:37.039
 and because if you,

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.279
 you have to assume

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.340
 that your authority figure

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:40.259
 knows better than you.

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.079
 You have to assume

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.779
 that you don't have

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.680
 complete information

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:44.100
 because if you doubt

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:44.680
 and question

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.220
 and delay

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.799
 and hesitate

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.339
 and you don't

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.980
 follow orders

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.600
 in the military,

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.140
 you can mean

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:48.880
 life or death.

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.819
 So the centurion

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.860
 knows and understands

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.319
 authority.

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.220
 So,

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.519
 but what he's

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.380
 implying is

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.980
 staggering.

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.279
 He's implying

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.420
 that Jesus

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.420
 has authority

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:05.240
 over

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.759
 disease.

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:11.059
 Yeah,

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.300
 sure,

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.219
 human beings,

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.500
 like,

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:14.000
 they can understand

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.340
 you,

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.139
 so you can command

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.840
 them to do things

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.019
 and they'll do it,

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.239
 but a disease?

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:21.099
 Who has authority

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.059
 over disease?

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.360
 He's implying,

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.699
 suggesting that Jesus

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:28.019
 is the Lord

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:29.219
 of creation,

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.699
 the Lord

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.579
 by whom

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.440
 the world

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.480
 came to be,

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.800
 the Lord

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.560
 of heaven and earth,

00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:36.960
 who has authority

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.340
 over even sickness

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:39.080
 and health

00:34:39.080 --> 00:34:39.880
 and life

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.400
 and death

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.519
 and all he needs

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.620
 to do is say

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:43.220
 the word,

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:46.440
 leave paralysis

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:50.019
 and it leaves.

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.940
 Jesus is the Lord

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.980
 who has authority

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.720
 to heal us.

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.820
 This leads to

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.860
 Jesus' commendation

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.519
 of a centurion

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.280
 in verse 10.

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.619
 Truly I tell you,

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.400
 with no one in Israel

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.599
 have I found such faith.

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.639
 It's amazing

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.019
 that it says

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:05.380
 that Jesus marveled

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.480
 at this man's faith.

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:07.420
 That word marvel

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.159
 or amazed

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:09.019
 is usually used

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:10.200
 to refer to people

00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:10.780
 being amazed

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.539
 by Jesus.

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.860
 This here

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.900
 is the only place

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.420
 where it's used

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.840
 of Jesus being amazed

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.780
 by someone else.

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:18.539
 Imagine having that

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.519
 in your spiritual bio.

00:35:20.100 --> 00:35:20.740
 This man

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:22.039
 made Jesus marvel

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.720
 at his faith.

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.780
 Amazing.

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:32.700
 And then that commendation

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.460
 is followed by

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.280
 an amazing promise

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:35.360
 in verses 11 to 12.

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.140
 I tell you,

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:37.620
 many will come

00:35:37.620 --> 00:35:38.579
 from east and west

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.480
 and recline at table

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.920
 with Abraham,

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.800
 Isaac, and Jacob

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.800
 in the kingdom of heaven

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.840
 while the sons

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.380
 of the kingdom

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.019
 will be thrown

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:45.500
 into the outer darkness.

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.840
 In that place

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.539
 there will be weeping

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.460
 and gnashing of teeth.

00:35:49.120 --> 00:35:50.059
 What is in view here

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.800
 is the heavenly

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.900
 messianic banquet

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:53.420
 that Isaiah 25

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.820
 verse 6 prophesied of

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:56.860
 and speaks of

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:58.140
 reclining at table

00:35:58.140 --> 00:35:58.940
 like lying down

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.360
 at table

00:35:59.360 --> 00:35:59.960
 which is what

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.500
 how people

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.280
 in the ancient Near East

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:04.940
 dine when they're eating

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.480
 especially at a feast.

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.860
 So this is referring

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.740
 to a feast.

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:10.940
 It's the end time feast

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:12.000
 of the kingdom of heaven

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.680
 where Abraham,

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.660
 Isaac, and Jacob

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.859
 will also be present.

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.759
 So Jesus is echoing

00:36:16.759 --> 00:36:18.159
 the prophecies

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.940
 of Isaiah 59

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.119
 19 and Malachi 1

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.899
 11 which speaks

00:36:21.899 --> 00:36:23.420
 of from the east

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.980
 to the west

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.599
 from the rising

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:24.960
 of the sun

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.399
 to the setting

00:36:25.399 --> 00:36:25.920
 of the sun

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.119
 nations from all

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.839
 over the world

00:36:27.839 --> 00:36:30.659
 coming to worship God.

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.619
 It will no longer

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.719
 be Jews only

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.279
 who submit

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:35.299
 to the kingship of God

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:36.000
 and worship him

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.879
 in the kingdom of heaven

00:36:36.879 --> 00:36:37.940
 but it will also be

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:39.119
 the Gentile nations

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.879
 who do that.

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:42.599
 because of his

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:44.460
 amazing faith

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.840
 this centurion

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:47.680
 becomes the harbinger

00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.860
 of that

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.240
 in gathering

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:51.119
 of the Gentiles

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.519
 to come.

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.840
 He becomes

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:54.380
 one of the first fruits

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:56.640
 of that Gentile harvest

00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:58.740
 that Jesus brings about.

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.619
 This is why

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.500
 after his death

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:02.059
 and resurrection

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.660
 Jesus commissions

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:04.260
 his disciples

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.140
 not to go to

00:37:05.140 --> 00:37:06.280
 the people of Israel

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:06.740
 only

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:08.519
 which was the case

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:10.139
 during Jesus' life

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.920
 before his death

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:12.059
 but after his death

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.460
 and resurrection

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.259
 he commissions them

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:14.099
 to go and make

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:16.079
 disciples of all nations.

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.579
 It's the broadening

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.460
 and the extending

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:20.440
 of this mission of God

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.300
 to save

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.800
 and seek

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.639
 and save the lost.

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.599
 In fact

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.920
 Jesus prophesies here

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:27.219
 that many of the Jews

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:28.559
 the sons of the kingdom

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.880
 will be thrown

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:31.219
 into the outer darkness

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:32.719
 where there is

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.320
 weeping

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.019
 and gnashing

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.659
 of teeth.

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.159
 Gnashing

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:36.639
 probably suggests anger

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.980
 just grinding teeth

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.559
 and anger.

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.340
 He's saying

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:41.240
 that many of the Jews

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:42.679
 will reject Jesus

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.559
 as their Messiah

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.139
 and therefore

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:45.099
 will be cast out

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.920
 which is consistent

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.780
 with the parables

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.699
 of the parable

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.860
 of the defaulting tenants

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.780
 in Matthew 21

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:51.340
 as well as the parable

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.119
 of the wedding feast

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.980
 in chapter 22

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:55.199
 where many of the sons

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:55.820
 of the kingdom

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.400
 the Jews

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.079
 are invited

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:58.000
 but they refuse

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.519
 to come

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:59.539
 to the wedding feast.

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.800
 Of course

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.659
 Jesus is not saying

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.219
 that all Jews

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.760
 are excluded

00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:04.760
 because he is a Jew

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.840
 and all his apostles

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.360
 are Jews

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:07.640
 but rather he is speaking

00:38:07.640 --> 00:38:08.380
 of the radical

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.360
 reconstitution

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:10.300
 of the people

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.800
 of God

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.740
 that you will no longer

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.960
 be Jews only

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:14.160
 it's now both Jews

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:15.539
 and Gentiles.

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:17.599
 So this centurion

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.599
 becomes the first

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.680
 of many Gentiles

00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:20.420
 who will come

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.360
 to follow Jesus

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.440
 in the New Testament

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:23.140
 and beyond

00:38:23.140 --> 00:38:24.940
 and his servant

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:26.360
 is healed immediately

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.900
 like the leper

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.800
 he says in verse 13

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.400
 Jesus said

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.740
 go

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:31.000
 let it be done

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.360
 for you

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:32.320
 as you have believed

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:33.099
 and the servant

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.620
 was healed

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:35.679
 at that very moment

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.559
 again highlighting

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.259
 the authority

00:38:37.259 --> 00:38:37.940
 of Jesus

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.699
 to heal

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.920
 instantaneous

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:41.779
 miraculous healing.

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.859
 That brings us

00:38:43.859 --> 00:38:44.639
 to the final healing

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.500
 miracle of this section

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.619
 verse 14 to 17.

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:48.179
 The first story

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.639
 was about

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.839
 the outcast leper

00:38:49.839 --> 00:38:50.639
 the second story

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.599
 is about this alien

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:53.099
 the foreign Gentile

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:54.559
 and this third story

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.359
 is also about

00:38:55.359 --> 00:38:56.099
 someone who is

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.920
 usually overlooked

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:57.579
 in society

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:59.219
 and this third category

00:38:59.219 --> 00:39:00.000
 is the elderly

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.940
 and the infirm.

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:03.659
 Jesus is at

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.539
 Peter's house

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.200
 in Capernaum

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:06.980
 and notice that

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.920
 Peter is not the one

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.800
 who asks Jesus

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.400
 to heal

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:11.200
 his mother-in-law.

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.679
 I don't know why

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.760
 when a young person

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.360
 is sick

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:18.000
 usually people ask

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.780
 pray for healing

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:20.679
 when a really

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.559
 really old person

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.059
 is sick

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:23.940
 people sometimes

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.679
 ask for prayer

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.659
 that they would

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.400
 die well

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:28.480
 maybe quick

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.780
 quickly and painlessly

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:32.400
 the expectations

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:33.580
 change as people

00:39:33.580 --> 00:39:34.140
 age

00:39:34.140 --> 00:39:35.060
 and maybe

00:39:35.060 --> 00:39:35.760
 that's the case

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:36.460
 here

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.700
 it's normal

00:39:37.700 --> 00:39:38.660
 and expected

00:39:38.660 --> 00:39:39.620
 for an elderly

00:39:39.620 --> 00:39:40.900
 person to be infirm

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:43.860
 but Jesus

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:45.000
 does not overlook

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:46.680
 this elderly

00:39:46.680 --> 00:39:47.240
 woman either

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:49.580
 he is the one

00:39:49.580 --> 00:39:50.760
 who first sees her

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:52.780
 he is the one

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:54.080
 who first initiates

00:39:54.080 --> 00:39:54.780
 and approaches her

00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:55.580
 and touches her

00:39:55.580 --> 00:39:55.880
 hand

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:58.220
 and Jesus

00:39:58.220 --> 00:39:59.280
 commanding authority

00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:00.059
 is evident again

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.720
 in verse 15

00:40:00.720 --> 00:40:00.980
 when it says

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.539
 that fever

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:02.820
 left her

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:05.500
 it's an incredible

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:06.760
 use of personification

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:08.220
 the personifying

00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:09.000
 of fever

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.539
 fever

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.820
 fevers don't have

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.200
 feet

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:11.840
 they're not people

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.539
 they don't leave

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.680
 right

00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:15.160
 and yet

00:40:15.160 --> 00:40:16.519
 that language

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.519
 kind of highlights

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.380
 it dramatizes

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:19.680
 what the story

00:40:19.680 --> 00:40:20.360
 of the centurion

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:21.079
 just said

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:22.340
 if you have

00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:22.760
 authority

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.539
 you say go

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:24.160
 and they go

00:40:24.160 --> 00:40:24.519
 and you say

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:24.880
 come

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.579
 and they come

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:27.019
 and when Jesus

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:28.180
 touched Peter's

00:40:28.180 --> 00:40:28.840
 mother-in-law's

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.160
 hand

00:40:29.160 --> 00:40:30.160
 this fever

00:40:30.160 --> 00:40:30.880
 suddenly grew

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.280
 feet

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:31.820
 and then he

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.300
 fled

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:36.460
 that's the kind

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.920
 of authority

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.440
 that Jesus

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:38.480
 wields

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:41.340
 this woman

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.720
 who was

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.180
 formerly

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:43.440
 useless

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:44.280
 unable to help

00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:44.880
 with anything

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:46.119
 now

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:47.579
 rises up

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:49.640
 to serve

00:40:49.640 --> 00:40:52.980
 and it leads

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.480
 to a full

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:53.940
 evening of

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:54.599
 busy ministry

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.739
 where many

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.539
 are exercised

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.099
 and healed

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.659
 and again

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.019
 Jesus'

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.639
 authority

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.400
 is highlighted

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:00.699
 it says

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:01.420
 in verse 16

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.940
 he cast

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.500
 out demons

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:04.039
 with a word

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:06.480
 say the word

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:06.900
 Jesus

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:08.480
 with a word

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.019
 he casts

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.699
 out demons

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:10.900
 there's no need

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.360
 for elaborate

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:11.860
 rituals

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.460
 and bells

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:13.199
 and incenses

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:14.199
 just a simple

00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.719
 word

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:16.579
 and then Matthew

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.460
 gives us a summary

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:18.039
 of what has taken

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:18.619
 place so far

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.199
 with a quotation

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:20.279
 from Isaiah 53

00:41:20.279 --> 00:41:20.960
 verse 4

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:22.159
 he took

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.900
 our illnesses

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:23.519
 and bore

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:23.960
!

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.380
 our diseases

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:26.199
 this verse

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:26.860
 is part of

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:28.199
 the most famous

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.920
 servant song

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.619
 of Isaiah

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:31.079
 in Isaiah 52

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:31.699
 and 53

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:33.480
 and it prophesies

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:34.920
 of the Messiah

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:35.699
 the coming Messiah

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:37.460
 and we read this

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.619
 for assurance of pardon

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.900
 it says in Isaiah 53

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.980
 verses 3 to 5

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:42.719
 he was despised

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.300
 and rejected

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:43.860
 by men

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:45.440
 a man of sorrows

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.059
 and acquainted

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.639
 with grief

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:47.880
 and as one

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.400
 from whom

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:49.420
 men hide their faces

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.320
 he was despised

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:51.000
 and we esteemed

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.539
 him not

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:52.619
 surely

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.940
 he has borne

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.960
 our griefs

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:55.719
 and carried

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:56.820
 our sorrows

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:58.059
 yet we esteemed

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.920
 him stricken

00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:00.079
 smitten by God

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.800
 and afflicted

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:02.039
 but he was

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.659
 pierced

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:04.059
 for our transgressions

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.980
 he was crushed

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:06.159
 for our iniquities

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:07.360
 upon him

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:08.539
 was the chastisement

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:09.099
 that brought

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.980
 us peace

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:11.400
 and with his wounds

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:12.360
 we are healed

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:14.980
 Jesus is the fulfillment

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.880
 of this prophecy

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.599
 that's what

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.659
 that's what Matthew

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:18.320
 is telling us

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:20.099
 Jesus is the man

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:20.960
 of sorrows

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:22.099
 who has borne

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:23.000
 our griefs

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.380
 and carried

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:24.300
 our sorrows

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:26.199
 or as Matthew

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.639
 puts it

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:28.099
 he took our illnesses

00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:29.280
 and bore

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:30.099
 our diseases

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:32.079
 when Jesus

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:33.139
 the son of God

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:34.219
 took on human flesh

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:35.400
 and lived as a man

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:35.980
 here on earth

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.619
 he embraced

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.659
 the full range

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:39.019
 of human suffering

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.659
 and sorrows

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:40.839
 he wept

00:42:40.839 --> 00:42:41.539
 at the sight

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.299
 of death

00:42:42.299 --> 00:42:43.539
 at his friend

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:44.399
 Lazarus' tomb

00:42:44.399 --> 00:42:45.480
 he saw many

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:46.239
 who were sick

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:47.559
 and sorely oppressed

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.179
 by demons

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:49.099
 and Jesus

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:50.460
 did not stay aloof

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:51.379
 quarantined from

00:42:51.379 --> 00:42:51.819
 our sorrows

00:42:51.819 --> 00:42:52.319
 and sufferings

00:42:52.319 --> 00:42:53.119
 he came into

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.699
 our world

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.879
 to take up

00:42:54.879 --> 00:42:55.879
 our sufferings

00:42:55.879 --> 00:42:57.879
 and he dealt

00:42:57.879 --> 00:42:58.319
 with us

00:42:58.319 --> 00:42:59.219
 compassionately

00:42:59.219 --> 00:43:00.239
 as we see

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:00.920
 in this

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:02.179
 morning's passage

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:04.179
 but Jesus

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:04.879
 did not come

00:43:04.879 --> 00:43:05.619
 merely to deal

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:06.659
 with our sicknesses

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:08.639
 because if

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.399
 that were the case

00:43:09.399 --> 00:43:10.179
 he would be

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.539
 dealing with

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:11.059
 the symptoms

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.399
 only

00:43:11.399 --> 00:43:11.719
 and not

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:12.239
 with the root

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:12.679
 disease

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.279
 and the cost

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:14.719
 because the

00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:15.019
 leper

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.519
 who was healed

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:16.099
 by Jesus

00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:17.980
 and the

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.379
 centurion

00:43:18.379 --> 00:43:18.779
 servant

00:43:18.779 --> 00:43:20.679
 and Peter's

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:21.159
 mother-in-law

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:22.480
 they all

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:23.059
 eventually

00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:24.239
 died again

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:28.259
 because the

00:43:28.259 --> 00:43:29.139
 wages of sin

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.959
 is death

00:43:29.959 --> 00:43:31.099
 in fact

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:31.959
 all diseases

00:43:31.959 --> 00:43:33.399
 and all

00:43:33.399 --> 00:43:34.519
 suffering

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:35.059
 in this world

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:36.319
 is a symptom

00:43:36.319 --> 00:43:37.459
 is an effect

00:43:37.459 --> 00:43:38.419
 of sin

00:43:38.419 --> 00:43:40.039
 which has come

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:40.699
 into our world

00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:42.779
 if Jesus

00:43:42.779 --> 00:43:43.539
 does not save

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:44.279
 us from sin

00:43:44.279 --> 00:43:44.859
 then he is not

00:43:44.859 --> 00:43:45.879
 a complete savior

00:43:45.879 --> 00:43:48.019
 but thanks be to God

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:49.119
 Jesus came to deal

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:50.000
 with our sins

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:51.399
 once and for all

00:43:51.399 --> 00:43:52.639
 and that's

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:53.559
 really the main

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:54.299
 main point

00:43:54.299 --> 00:43:55.440
 of Isaiah 53

00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:57.579
 it uses the metaphor

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.159
 of sickness

00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:58.759
 and diseases

00:43:58.759 --> 00:43:59.380
 and how Jesus

00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:00.179
 takes those things

00:44:00.179 --> 00:44:01.079
 away from us

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:02.619
 and to speak also

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:03.299
 of how he takes

00:44:03.299 --> 00:44:04.039
 our sins away

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:04.360
 from us

00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:05.079
 and that's exactly

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:06.079
 how 1 Peter

00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:06.679
 chapter 2

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:07.299
 verse 24

00:44:07.299 --> 00:44:08.679
 cites Isaiah 53

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:09.799
 he says

00:44:09.799 --> 00:44:10.799
 he himself

00:44:10.799 --> 00:44:12.460
 bore our sins

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:13.480
 in his body

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:14.119
 on the tree

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:15.179
 that we might

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:15.960
 die to sin

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.579
 and live to

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.039
 righteousness

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:19.239
 by his wounds

00:44:19.239 --> 00:44:20.860
 you have been

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:21.519
 healed

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:24.179
 from our sins

00:44:24.179 --> 00:44:25.239
 we are saved

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:26.300
 by his wounds

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:27.039
 on the cross

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.579
 because Jesus

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.239
 on the cross

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:28.840
 was bearing

00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:29.840
 our sins

00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:31.539
 and so it is

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:32.179
 not inappropriate

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:33.099
 then to see

00:44:33.099 --> 00:44:34.179
 in these healing

00:44:34.179 --> 00:44:34.800
 miracles

00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:36.440
 a picture

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:37.480
 of the healing

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:37.960
 that Jesus

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.659
 accomplishes

00:44:38.659 --> 00:44:39.719
 in our lives

00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:40.400
 as sinners

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:43.039
 because we are

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:44.019
 all in one sense

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.460
 lepers

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:47.239
 sin is contagious

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:50.320
 if you doubt that

00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:50.980
 read the newspaper

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:53.840
 sin is contagious

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:54.579
 it's the greatest

00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:55.539
 contagion that has

00:44:55.539 --> 00:44:56.320
 ever existed

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:57.360
 in the history

00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:57.940
 of humanity

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:59.280
 we are all

00:44:59.280 --> 00:44:59.800
 lepers

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:01.599
 we all

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:02.240
 deserve

00:45:02.240 --> 00:45:03.260
 to stay

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:04.159
 far away

00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:04.800
 from Jesus

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:05.559
 far away

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:06.199
 from God

00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:07.760
 and at a distance

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:08.579
 cry out

00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:09.559
 with covering

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:10.320
 our upper lips

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:11.360
 unclean

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:12.840
 unclean

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:13.880
 stay away

00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:14.340
 from me

00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:17.079
 that's the faith

00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:17.780
 that we deserve

00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:20.600
 but in Jesus

00:45:20.600 --> 00:45:21.240
 God

00:45:21.240 --> 00:45:22.200
 reached out

00:45:22.200 --> 00:45:22.940
 his hand

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:23.340
 and he

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:24.300
 touched us

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:28.060
 an amazing

00:45:28.060 --> 00:45:28.880
 thing about that

00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:29.440
 is that

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:30.000
 you know

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:31.040
 in the Old Testament

00:45:31.040 --> 00:45:31.600
 it was taken

00:45:31.600 --> 00:45:32.140
 for granted

00:45:32.140 --> 00:45:33.700
 when

00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:35.840
 holy things

00:45:35.840 --> 00:45:36.340
 things that have

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:37.180
 been consecrated

00:45:37.180 --> 00:45:37.800
 for holiness

00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:39.620
 are touched

00:45:39.620 --> 00:45:40.720
 by unclean

00:45:40.720 --> 00:45:41.260
 things

00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:42.180
 or people

00:45:42.180 --> 00:45:42.740
 people

00:45:42.740 --> 00:45:44.280
 will touch

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:45.100
 who are unclean

00:45:45.100 --> 00:45:46.060
 and unconsecrated

00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:46.900
 non-priests

00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:47.719
 if they were

00:45:47.719 --> 00:45:48.199
 to touch

00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:48.920
 consecrated

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:49.619
 holy things

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:50.599
 they would

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:51.440
 defile them

00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:54.019
 make those

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.779
 things unclean

00:45:54.779 --> 00:45:56.119
 right

00:45:56.119 --> 00:45:57.420
 but if the

00:45:57.420 --> 00:45:59.219
 if the person

00:45:59.219 --> 00:46:00.360
 if a person

00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:01.019
 you know

00:46:01.019 --> 00:46:02.699
 touches something

00:46:02.699 --> 00:46:04.059
 they didn't

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.779
 become holy

00:46:04.779 --> 00:46:05.460
 by those things

00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:06.320
 they instead

00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:07.299
 spread the

00:46:07.299 --> 00:46:07.779
 unholiness

00:46:07.779 --> 00:46:08.659
 the uncleanness

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:09.340
 by their act

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:11.320
 Haggai chapter 2

00:46:11.320 --> 00:46:12.219
 verse 11 to 13

00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:13.559
 makes this explicit

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:15.820
 that the person

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:16.659
 unconsecrated

00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:17.159
 person

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:18.299
 does not

00:46:18.299 --> 00:46:18.980
 become holy

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.659
 by coming into

00:46:19.659 --> 00:46:20.119
 contact with

00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:20.779
 holy things

00:46:20.779 --> 00:46:21.699
 but he does

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:22.719
 become unclean

00:46:22.719 --> 00:46:23.239
 when he comes

00:46:23.239 --> 00:46:23.699
 into touch

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:24.500
 with unclean

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:25.000
 things

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:26.940
 uncleanness

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:27.659
 is contagious

00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:28.559
 holiness

00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:29.360
 is not

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:30.940
 generally

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.380
 speaking

00:46:31.380 --> 00:46:32.079
 this is the

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:34.119
 but remarkably

00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:34.679
 in the case

00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:35.320
 of the leper

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:36.259
 this works

00:46:36.259 --> 00:46:36.980
 exactly in

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.440
 reverse

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:39.740
 instead of

00:46:39.740 --> 00:46:40.659
 Jesus becoming

00:46:40.659 --> 00:46:41.340
 leprous

00:46:41.340 --> 00:46:42.920
 and uncleanness

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:43.599
 and unholiness

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:44.599
 spreading to him

00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:46.000
 this leper

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.780
 is made

00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:47.360
 clean

00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:49.179
 how does that

00:46:49.179 --> 00:46:49.659
 happen

00:46:49.659 --> 00:46:50.679
 how does it

00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:51.159
 work

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:52.019
 because that's

00:46:52.019 --> 00:46:52.539
 not how it

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:52.980
 worked in the

00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:53.460
 Old Testament

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:57.639
 uncleanness

00:46:57.639 --> 00:46:57.920
 here

00:46:57.920 --> 00:46:58.820
 cleanness of

00:46:58.820 --> 00:46:59.440
 Jesus spreads

00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:00.059
 because it's a

00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:00.519
 picture of what

00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:01.420
 Jesus accomplishes

00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:02.019
 on the cross

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:04.000
 on the cross

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.559
 he bears

00:47:04.559 --> 00:47:05.480
 our sins

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:06.700
 he absorbs

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:07.699
 the father's

00:47:07.699 --> 00:47:08.539
 just wrath

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:10.419
 so that

00:47:10.419 --> 00:47:11.319
 instead of

00:47:11.319 --> 00:47:11.879
 us

00:47:11.879 --> 00:47:13.059
 our unholy

00:47:13.059 --> 00:47:13.619
 sinners

00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:14.099
 lepers

00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:14.559
 coming into

00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:15.039
 contact with

00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:15.259
 Jesus

00:47:15.259 --> 00:47:15.839
 spreading our

00:47:15.839 --> 00:47:16.559
 uncleanness

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:17.099
 to him

00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:19.259
 his cleanness

00:47:19.259 --> 00:47:20.519
 is brought

00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:21.039
 to us

00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:22.899
 we are

00:47:22.899 --> 00:47:23.239
 declared

00:47:23.239 --> 00:47:23.899
 righteous

00:47:23.899 --> 00:47:27.919
 maybe some

00:47:27.919 --> 00:47:28.539
 of you feel

00:47:28.539 --> 00:47:29.519
 this morning

00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:30.119
 you're

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:31.059
 weighing

00:47:31.059 --> 00:47:31.659
 you're weighed

00:47:31.659 --> 00:47:32.219
 down by your

00:47:32.219 --> 00:47:32.719
 own sin

00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:33.259
 and guilt

00:47:33.259 --> 00:47:35.139
 as we were

00:47:35.139 --> 00:47:35.879
 praying this

00:47:35.879 --> 00:47:36.179
 morning

00:47:36.179 --> 00:47:37.559
 this passage

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:38.639
 came to mind

00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:39.719
 for Lauren

00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:40.219
 and we'll share

00:47:40.219 --> 00:47:40.500
 with you

00:47:40.500 --> 00:47:40.919
 from Psalm

00:47:40.919 --> 00:47:41.619
 34 verse

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.019
 18

00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:43.199
 the Lord

00:47:43.199 --> 00:47:43.799
 is near

00:47:43.799 --> 00:47:44.119
 to the

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:44.819
 broken hearted

00:47:44.819 --> 00:47:45.599
 and saves

00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:46.239
 the crushed

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:47.019
 in spirit

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:51.179
 if you are

00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:51.799
 feeling that

00:47:51.799 --> 00:47:52.639
 guilt and shame

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:53.019
 and thinking

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:53.440
 that God

00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:53.799
 would not

00:47:53.799 --> 00:47:54.480
 want anything

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:55.059
 to do

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:55.699
 with me

00:47:55.699 --> 00:47:57.379
 see the

00:47:57.379 --> 00:47:57.839
 picture of

00:47:57.839 --> 00:47:58.119
 Jesus

00:47:58.119 --> 00:47:58.779
 who stretches

00:47:58.779 --> 00:47:59.159
 out his

00:47:59.159 --> 00:47:59.579
 hand and

00:47:59.579 --> 00:48:00.179
 touches the

00:48:00.179 --> 00:48:00.500
 leper

00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:01.859
 and be

00:48:01.859 --> 00:48:02.319
 clean

00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:05.300
 maybe you're

00:48:05.300 --> 00:48:06.000
 an unbeliever

00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:06.539
 here this

00:48:06.539 --> 00:48:06.760
 morning

00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:08.820
 you feel

00:48:08.820 --> 00:48:09.160
 like an

00:48:09.160 --> 00:48:09.660
 outsider

00:48:09.660 --> 00:48:10.300
 looking in

00:48:10.300 --> 00:48:13.440
 maybe you

00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:13.780
 feel like

00:48:13.780 --> 00:48:14.559
 that Gentile

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:15.160
 centurion

00:48:15.160 --> 00:48:16.519
 I'm not

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:16.960
 worthy to

00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:17.220
 have you

00:48:17.220 --> 00:48:17.539
 come into

00:48:17.539 --> 00:48:18.100
 my house

00:48:18.100 --> 00:48:22.059
 but Jesus

00:48:22.059 --> 00:48:23.180
 again here

00:48:23.180 --> 00:48:23.720
 teaches us

00:48:23.720 --> 00:48:24.300
 in this picture

00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:25.160
 when he heals

00:48:25.160 --> 00:48:26.580
 the centurion's

00:48:26.580 --> 00:48:27.019
 servant

00:48:27.019 --> 00:48:29.280
 if you have

00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:29.679
 the faith

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:30.039
 to say

00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:30.759
 just say

00:48:30.759 --> 00:48:31.360
 the word

00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:31.780
 Jesus

00:48:31.780 --> 00:48:33.759
 just say

00:48:33.759 --> 00:48:34.219
 the word

00:48:34.219 --> 00:48:34.980
 I will

00:48:34.980 --> 00:48:35.599
 cling to

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:36.179
 your word

00:48:36.179 --> 00:48:36.920
 if you

00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:37.280
 say

00:48:37.280 --> 00:48:37.960
 saved

00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:38.340
 if you

00:48:38.340 --> 00:48:38.800
 say

00:48:38.800 --> 00:48:39.519
 cleansed

00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:39.780
 and I

00:48:39.780 --> 00:48:39.940
 will

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:40.259
 believe

00:48:40.259 --> 00:48:40.579
 it

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:42.920
 if you

00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:43.340
 have that

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:43.599
 faith

00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:44.039
 you will

00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:44.259
 be

00:48:44.259 --> 00:48:44.659
 clean

00:48:44.659 --> 00:48:47.000
 do you

00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:47.259
 believe

00:48:47.259 --> 00:48:47.659
 that Jesus

00:48:47.659 --> 00:48:48.139
 is the

00:48:48.139 --> 00:48:48.340
 savior

00:48:48.340 --> 00:48:48.820
 who died

00:48:48.820 --> 00:48:49.199
 for your

00:48:49.199 --> 00:48:49.360
 sins

00:48:49.360 --> 00:48:49.659
 and was

00:48:49.659 --> 00:48:49.980
 raised

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:50.300
 from the

00:48:50.300 --> 00:48:50.480
 dead

00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:50.940
 for you

00:48:50.940 --> 00:48:53.079
 do you

00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:53.340
 cling

00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:53.659
 to his

00:48:53.659 --> 00:48:54.039
 word

00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:55.880
 Romans 8

00:48:55.880 --> 00:48:56.340
 33

00:48:56.340 --> 00:48:56.820
 34

00:48:56.820 --> 00:48:57.080
 says

00:48:57.080 --> 00:48:57.260
 who

00:48:57.260 --> 00:48:57.500
 shall

00:48:57.500 --> 00:48:57.760
 bring

00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:57.940
 any

00:48:57.940 --> 00:48:58.340
 charge

00:48:58.340 --> 00:48:58.660
 against

00:48:58.660 --> 00:48:59.039
 God's

00:48:59.039 --> 00:48:59.420
 elect

00:48:59.420 --> 00:49:00.160
 it

00:49:00.160 --> 00:49:00.300
 is

00:49:00.300 --> 00:49:00.660
 God

00:49:00.660 --> 00:49:00.920
 who

00:49:00.920 --> 00:49:01.780
 justifies

00:49:01.780 --> 00:49:02.360
 who

00:49:02.360 --> 00:49:02.840
 is

00:49:02.840 --> 00:49:03.039
 to

00:49:03.039 --> 00:49:03.580
 condemn

00:49:03.580 --> 00:49:04.580
 Christ

00:49:04.580 --> 00:49:04.960
 Jesus

00:49:04.960 --> 00:49:05.340
 is the

00:49:05.340 --> 00:49:05.559
 one

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:06.120
 who died

00:49:06.120 --> 00:49:06.500
 more than

00:49:06.500 --> 00:49:06.720
 that

00:49:06.720 --> 00:49:07.019
 who was

00:49:07.019 --> 00:49:07.460
 raised

00:49:07.460 --> 00:49:07.680
 who is

00:49:07.680 --> 00:49:07.940
 at the

00:49:07.940 --> 00:49:08.200
 right

00:49:08.200 --> 00:49:08.400
 hand

00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:08.820
 of God

00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:09.460
 who indeed

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:09.620
 is

00:49:09.620 --> 00:49:10.240
 interceding

00:49:10.240 --> 00:49:11.000
 for us

00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:11.580
 God

00:49:11.580 --> 00:49:11.740
 the

00:49:11.740 --> 00:49:11.980
 father

00:49:11.980 --> 00:49:12.160
 has

00:49:12.160 --> 00:49:12.460
 appointed

00:49:12.460 --> 00:49:12.860
 Jesus

00:49:12.860 --> 00:49:13.200
 as

00:49:13.200 --> 00:49:13.380
 the

00:49:13.380 --> 00:49:13.680
 Lord

00:49:13.680 --> 00:49:13.940
 and

00:49:13.940 --> 00:49:14.360
 judge

00:49:14.360 --> 00:49:14.760
 over

00:49:14.760 --> 00:49:15.180
 all

00:49:15.180 --> 00:49:17.080
 if

00:49:17.080 --> 00:49:17.360
 he

00:49:17.360 --> 00:49:17.660
 has

00:49:17.660 --> 00:49:18.000
 said

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:18.200
 over

00:49:18.200 --> 00:49:18.580
 you

00:49:18.580 --> 00:49:20.420
 clean

00:49:20.420 --> 00:49:21.980
 if

00:49:21.980 --> 00:49:22.260
 he

00:49:22.260 --> 00:49:22.519
 has

00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:22.720
 said

00:49:22.720 --> 00:49:22.900
 over

00:49:22.900 --> 00:49:23.260
 you

00:49:23.260 --> 00:49:24.120
 justified

00:49:24.120 --> 00:49:25.600
 then

00:49:25.600 --> 00:49:25.760
 who

00:49:25.760 --> 00:49:25.920
 are

00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:26.280
 you

00:49:26.280 --> 00:49:27.660
 to say

00:49:27.660 --> 00:49:27.920
 oh

00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:28.280
 no

00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:28.580
 I

00:49:28.580 --> 00:49:28.800
 cannot

00:49:28.800 --> 00:49:29.100
 be

00:49:29.100 --> 00:49:30.480
 I

00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:30.760
 cannot

00:49:30.760 --> 00:49:31.019
 be

00:49:31.019 --> 00:49:31.440
 cleansed

00:49:31.440 --> 00:49:31.980
 I

00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:32.240
 cannot

00:49:32.240 --> 00:49:32.500
 be

00:49:32.500 --> 00:49:32.820
 forgiven

00:49:32.820 --> 00:49:33.320
 I

00:49:33.320 --> 00:49:33.620
 cannot

00:49:33.620 --> 00:49:34.019
 be

00:49:34.019 --> 00:49:34.960
 I'm

00:49:34.960 --> 00:49:35.160
 under

00:49:35.160 --> 00:49:35.920
 condemnation

00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:40.000
 cling

00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:40.019
 cling

00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:40.380
 to

00:49:40.380 --> 00:49:40.680
 the

00:49:40.680 --> 00:49:41.059
 word

00:49:41.059 --> 00:49:41.720
 of

00:49:41.720 --> 00:49:41.980
 Jesus

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:42.400
 Christ

00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:42.619
 this

00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:42.820
 morning

00:49:42.820 --> 00:49:44.780
 I

00:49:44.780 --> 00:49:45.200
 will

00:49:45.200 --> 00:49:46.880
 be

00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:47.619
 clean

00:49:47.619 --> 00:49:49.119
 let's

00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:49.300
 pray

00:49:49.300 --> 00:49:49.659
 together

00:49:49.659 --> 00:50:06.619
 yes

00:50:06.619 --> 00:50:06.899
 father

00:50:06.899 --> 00:50:07.119
 we

00:50:07.119 --> 00:50:07.379
 are

00:50:07.379 --> 00:50:09.299
 sinful

00:50:09.299 --> 00:50:13.719
 we

00:50:13.719 --> 00:50:14.059
 are

00:50:14.059 --> 00:50:14.819
 lepers

00:50:14.819 --> 00:50:16.719
 gentiles

00:50:16.719 --> 00:50:17.259
kers

00:50:17.259 --> 00:50:16.719
 this

00:50:46.719 --> 00:50:51.159
 to seek and save the lost.

00:50:57.099 --> 00:50:59.299
 We thank you that now because of him,

00:50:59.919 --> 00:51:03.259
 we who were once aliens and foreigners and strangers

00:51:03.259 --> 00:51:05.139
 have been brought near,

00:51:06.679 --> 00:51:11.980
 that you are near us, that you indwell us.

00:51:11.980 --> 00:51:17.099
 God, please reassure all your saints here this morning

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:20.480
 of the word you have declared over them in Jesus.

00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:24.519
 And Lord, grant all unbelievers here now,

00:51:24.820 --> 00:51:25.619
 non-Christians here,

00:51:26.199 --> 00:51:28.000
 the faith to cling to your word.

00:51:30.599 --> 00:51:31.519
 Be clean.

00:51:35.840 --> 00:51:38.340
 In Jesus' name we pray, amen.