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Mark 4:21-34 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Alright, please take with me your copy of God's Word and turn to the Gospel of Mark chapter 4.
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I'm thankful for the people who are helping me with that. The bakers have the boys right now and I appreciate my parents kicking in to help with that a bit.
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But I'm feeling a little scatterbrained this morning. I was doing really well leading up to today, studying, kind of finishing my preparations yesterday.
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And then I fed our youngest, who's very allergic to peanut butter, peanut butter on accident yesterday, which caused vomiting and other joys yesterday evening.
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So, I just feel a little out of it today. So, join me and let's pray and let's see if we can get focused today on the text before us.
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Father, we do thank You this morning for the blessing of getting to come together and opening Your Word.
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And we so often treat it with neglect. We so often don't appreciate it for what it is, and that is Your Word to us.
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It has meant things for the church throughout history, but it means something for us now today, and it means something for every person in this room.
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Wherever they may be right now, it's a salve. It's a solution. It's an authority.
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And I pray, Father, that we will treat it as such.
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I pray, Father, that You will empower my speaking by Your Word, and that You'll empower all of our hearing, all of our application by Your Spirit,
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that we might be more like Your Son this day.
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He is worthy of all praise and all honor.
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He is magnificent to behold.
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And as such, Father, I pray that our lives give Him that proper praise.
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Help us this morning, Lord, and we pray this in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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So we're going to read together and deal with Mark chapter 4, verses 21 through 34.
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So please join me as I read this to you.
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And He said to them,
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Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed and not a stand?
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For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest, nor is anything secret except to come to light.
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If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
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And He said to them,
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Pay attention to what you hear.
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With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.
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For to the one who has, more will be given.
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And from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
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And He said,
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The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.
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He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows.
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He knows not how.
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The earth produces by itself first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
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But when the grain is ripe, it once He puts in the sickle because the harvest has come.
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And He said,
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With what can we compare to the kingdom of God?
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Or what parable shall we use for it?
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It is like a grain of mustard seed,
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which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
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Yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants
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and puts out large branches so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.
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With many such parables, He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it.
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He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to His own disciples,
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He explained everything.
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Now we have before us this morning four sayings,
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most of them being parables,
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one of them more of a proverbial explanation.
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And you can see those as each of them kind of begin with,
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the, and He said to them, or and He said.
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If you have a red letter edition as I do,
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those black, and He said to them, and He said, kind of stand out to me.
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And you see there's these four separate sayings.
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Again, being as they are primarily parables,
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remember that a parable is a lesser truth laid alongside a greater truth
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to help us understand that truth.
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We get the word parallel, our same English word for that,
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from the root in the Greek here, para,
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to lay alongside.
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And so we have this pause in the Gospel of Mark with this teaching.
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And it's not often that this happens.
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Mark moves pretty quickly.
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It's kind of the action gospel, so to speak.
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And he pauses here to express some of Jesus' teaching,
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and then again in chapter 13.
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And so it's good for us to really stop and ponder
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and really take a look at what's going on here.
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And so you may ask then,
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why are we going to deal with all four of these sayings on the same Sunday?
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And I've got to tell you this week,
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I didn't start out intending to deal with them all.
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I was really just going to speak about the very first one,
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verses 21 through 23.
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But they are tied together thematically.
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They are tied together thematically.
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Now to kind of help us see that theme,
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we have to remember where the Gospel of Mark began.
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And I just want you to draw your attention to chapter 1, verses 14 and 15,
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where Mark records,
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Now after John was arrested,
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Jesus came into Galilee,
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proclaiming the Gospel of God,
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the good news of God,
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and saying,
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the time is fulfilled,
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and the Kingdom of God is at hand.
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Repent and believe in the Gospel.
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Now we need to get this understanding right.
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What is the Gospel of the Kingdom of God?
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What was it that Jesus was coming and preaching?
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Because I fear that we are overly reductionist
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when we speak of what the Gospel is.
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When most of us talk of the Gospel,
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we are speaking of the redemption of souls.
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This is the only thing we are referring to when we talk about the Gospel.
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This message that we were sinners,
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dead in sin.
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That Jesus came and made a way
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by the propitiation of His life.
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That He died for us.
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That He was raised.
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He's seated at the right hand of the Father.
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And that when we will place faith in Him,
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we will have eternal life.
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And the Gospel certainly is this.
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In fact, it is this at its very core.
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If you remove any of those things,
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it ceases to be the Gospel.
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It is no longer good news.
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But it's not just that.
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It's that in its essence.
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It's that in its core.
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But it is not just that.
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Recall in Revelation 21, verse 5,
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when we see the new earth,
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the new heaven being established,
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Jesus says,
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Behold, I am making all things new.
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And this is what I mean by this.
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The Gospel of the Kingdom of God,
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this good news of the coming Kingdom,
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is the good news of God re-establishing order
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as it should be.
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Re-establishing the world
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as it was meant to be.
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Which at its core includes
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our ability to live in relation with Him.
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Our ability to worship Him
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with everything that we do.
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This is the main part of this Gospel message.
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But it includes other things.
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And that is,
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how is it that we now live
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in light of that reality?
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The redemption of our souls.
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What happens now?
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How then shall we live?
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And it must look different
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because we are now citizens
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of a greater kingdom.
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Not of this world,
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but of a heavenly world.
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And God is bringing to pass
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this process of making all things new.
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I was speaking with Ash about this yesterday.
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And I gave the analogy,
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it's very poor really,
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but I talked about an M&M.
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And an M&M in its core is chocolate.
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Without that,
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it ceases to be an M&M.
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It would be a really weird,
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empty candy shell.
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But an M&M also has a candy shell.
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At its core,
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the Gospel message
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is the redemption of souls.
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The candy coating,
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the extra thing,
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that thing that has effect then,
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is the redemption of other things
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in our world as well.
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We live in a fallen place.
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Sin has affected so much.
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The ability of our bodies to heal.
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It affects relationships.
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It affects how it is that we relate to the world.
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Work in your yard a little bit.
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That's sin.
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Pulling weeds is a result of sin.
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The work that was given to Adam in the garden
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became labor after the fall.
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These things were all destroyed by sin.
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And now,
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Christ is working to make these things new.
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All of this simply to say to you
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that those of us who are redeemed
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must look different.
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And we must make a difference in this world.
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And here's how we see these four sayings,
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parables,
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tied together.
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And that is,
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the theme of these
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is that we ought to receive
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the knowledge of the covenant kingdom of God
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and impart the same to others.
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We must do this with our words,
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first and foremost,
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but we also must be doing this
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with our actions.
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Now,
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fascinatingly,
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these are pulled together here,
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these four sayings together,
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but they're scattered
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in the synoptic gospels,
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in Matthew and Luke,
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all throughout the gospels.
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They're all throughout it.
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And at first,
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as I was studying,
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I thought,
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well,
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how interesting that Mark,
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led by the Spirit,
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pulled them together
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and showed them to us here.
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But I believe that Jesus
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spoke them in this order.
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Mark does a pretty good job
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of telling us
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where it is that he's at.
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We know that he has been
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by the Sea of Galilee,
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that he has drawn out into a boat
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and he has taught this parable
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of the sower.
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We see that in verse 10,
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he was alone later
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explaining things.
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And then in verse 35,
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they decide to get back
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into the boat
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and go across.
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So I think he's still
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in this mode of teaching.
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He's on the side
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of the Sea of Galilee.
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He's teaching these things
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and he's recording them
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all together
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as they were taught.
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As any good teacher does,
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he gets a good parable in mind
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and he uses it
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in multiple occasions
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at multiple times.
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I'm sure that Jesus
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didn't one time
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speak of these things,
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but he continued to teach
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what the kingdom of God
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would look like
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as he traveled
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and as he spoke
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to different audiences.
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And so,
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not only did the Spirit
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move Mark
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to record them
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in this way together,
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but I believe that Jesus
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spoke them in this way
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as well.
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And so therefore,
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we ought to pay careful attention
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to this theme
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that we ought to receive
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the knowledge
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of the coming kingdom of God
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and impart
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the same to others.
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And so,
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with each parable,
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I want to show you
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four things.
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First,
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the revelation
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of the kingdom of growth,
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or the kingdom growth.
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Secondly,
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the response
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of kingdom growth.
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Thirdly,
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the mystery
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of kingdom growth.
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And fourthly,
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the magnitude
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of kingdom growth.
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So firstly,
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the revelation
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of kingdom growth.
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Verses 21-23,
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and he said to them,
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is a lamp brought in
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to be put under a basket
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or under a bed
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and not a stand?
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For nothing is hidden
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except to be made manifest,
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nor is anything secret
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except to come to light.
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If anyone has ears to hear,
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let him hear.
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And the key here to seeing,
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what is it that Jesus
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is communicating to us?
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What is this light
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that he is speaking of,
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this lamp?
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And that is himself.
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Verse 22,
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he says,
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nothing is hidden
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except to be made manifest,
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nor is anything secret
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except to come to light.
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And this is the stage
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in history
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that that is happening.
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Right?
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They had messianic prophecy
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up to this point.
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Now the Messiah
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is standing before them.
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Something that was hidden
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has now been made manifest.
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Something that was secret
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has now come to light.
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John 8-12,
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Jesus says,
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I am the light of the world.
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Whoever follows me
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will not walk in darkness,
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but will have the light of life.
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Luke records this same thing
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parable in Luke 11-33,
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but just before that,
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in verse 32,
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we see this record,
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the men of Nineveh
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will rise up at the judgment
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with this generation
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and condemn it.
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For they repented
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at the preaching of Jonah,
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and behold,
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something greater than Jonah
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is here.
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The revelation of God to man.
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He is the way of repentance.
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Jonah preached to Nineveh
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that they should repent
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and turn back to God.
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Jesus is now
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that greater Jonah.
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John 14-6,
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Jesus says,
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I am the way
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and the truth
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and the life.
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No one comes to the Father
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except through me.
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And this is why
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verse 23 says,
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if anyone has ears to hear,
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let him hear.
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And all he's saying is,
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if you have had your mind
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open to the realities
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of the gospel,
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hear the realities
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of the gospel.
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Don't just take it in,
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but take it into your heart.
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Let it have effect
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in who you are.
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In Numbers chapter 21,
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we see Israel
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in the wilderness
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and they have complained
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to Moses
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of their situation.
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They are desiring
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to go back to captivity
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where things were
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a little bit easier for them.
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And God sends
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as a punishment to them
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what are called
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fiery serpents.
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Serpents that were
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biting them
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and they were dying
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as a result of this.
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We see in verse 6,
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it says,
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Then the Lord sent
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fiery serpents
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among the people
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and they bit the people
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so that many people
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of Israel died.
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And the people
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came to Moses
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and said,
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listen to this repentance,
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they came to Moses
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and said,
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We have sinned
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for we have spoken
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against the Lord
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and against you.
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Pray to the Lord
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that He take away
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the serpents from us.
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We see this picture
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of repentance.
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So Moses prayed
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for the people.
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In verse 8,
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And the Lord said
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to Moses,
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Make a fiery serpent
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and set it on a pole
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and everyone who is bitten
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when he sees it
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shall live.
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So they make a statue,
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an image of a fiery serpent
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and they put it on a pole.
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So when people are bitten
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they come and they look at it
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and they live.
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So Moses made a bronze serpent
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and set it on a pole
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and if a serpent bit anyone
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he would look at the bronze serpent
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and live.
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And then we get
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such wonderful commentary
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about what this was meant
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to foreshadow.
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So here we have a people
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who were stricken
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by an affliction
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because of their sin
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against God.
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Because of their sin
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against God
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they are dying.
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And Moses prays on behalf.
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He intercedes for them
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and God gives them
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a way to live.
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He gives them a way
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to avoid the punishment
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of this bite
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and to live.
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John chapter 3
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beginning in verse 14.
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And as Moses lifted up
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the serpent in the wilderness
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so must the Son of Man
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be lifted up
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that whoever believes in Him
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may have eternal life.
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for God so loved the world
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that He gave His only Son
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that whoever believes in Him
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should not perish
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but have eternal life.
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I hope that verse 16
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was very familiar to you.
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Did you know that this was
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the story that's being spoken of
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that precedes that?
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Just as Moses lifted up
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the servant
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so the Son of Man
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was lifted on a cross
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and He was crucified.
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So that whoever believes
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in that redemptive work
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that He accomplished
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on the cross
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can have eternal life
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and can avoid
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the punishment
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that our sin brought.
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So Jesus is the light.
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As Mark is recording it here
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He is the lamp
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that is meant to be
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lifted up.
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But how do we do that?
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How do we do that
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in our world?
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The very same parable
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is recorded in the Sermon
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on the Mount
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in Matthew chapter 5
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and Jesus teaches it
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a little bit differently
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beginning in verse 14.
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He says,
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You are the light
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of the world.
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You.
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Speaking to the believers there
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You are the light
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of the world.
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A city set on a hill
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cannot be hidden.
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Nor do people light a lamp
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and put it under a basket
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but on a stand
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and it gives light
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to all in the house.
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In the same way
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let your light shine
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before others
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so that they may see
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your good works
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and give glory
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to your Father
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who is in heaven.
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So Jesus is the light
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and we are the light.
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How is it that we are the light?
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Because we have Christ.
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Because Christ lives in us.
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Because the gospel
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has done a work
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in our hearts
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and it has made us new.
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But don't miss
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that therefore
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we should look
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like Christ.
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The way we put the lamp
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on the stand
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is that we live
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as He has called us
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to live.
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We live set apart
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from this world.
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We look different
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from this world.
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And you must ask yourself
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that question
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do I look different
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from this world?
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And I'm not talking
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about exterior trappings.
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That is not what I mean.
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We shouldn't dress
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in some strange garb
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make clothing
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out of burlap
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or something like that
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so that we look different
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from the world
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in that way.
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We shouldn't set ourselves
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apart from the world.
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We shouldn't become monastic.
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Many things,
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good things
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were accomplished
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through monastic movements
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but by and large
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these people
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removed themselves
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from the sake of holiness
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from the world
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and therefore
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weren't light at all.
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They were a city
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in a valley.
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They were a lamp
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that was covered up.
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They were,
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in our analogy here,
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a lamp that was stuck
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underneath the bed.
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We're meant to live
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in this world
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and to function
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in this world
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so that we can exalt
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Christ in this world.
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So that we can be
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light in this place.
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The vision statement
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of Christ's family church
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is that we exist
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to glorify God
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by experiencing,
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proclaiming,
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and displaying
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the supremacy
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of Jesus Christ
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in all things
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to all peoples.
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I hope that you've
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memorized that.
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I hope that every time
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I mention it now
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you go,
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oh yeah,
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oh I know that thing.
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Right?
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There it is.
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Can you remember it?
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We ought to first
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be experiencing this
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to be a reality
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in our lives.
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Right?
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If Christ is not supreme,
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if Christ doesn't reign
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over all things
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in your life,
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that should be true of you.
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You should yield
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things to Christ.
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You should desire
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that Christ be
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more precious
18:44
than anything
18:44
that this world
18:45
has to offer
18:45
because He is.
18:49
You should stop
18:50
trading lesser pleasure
18:52
for that greater pleasure.
18:54
The great pleasure
18:55
of knowing
18:56
Jesus Christ
18:57
as Lord.
18:58
We should experience
18:59
this to be true
19:00
in our lives.
19:00
And I think
19:01
that too often
19:02
we don't.
19:03
Far too often
19:04
we worship
19:05
the things of this world.
19:06
Far too often
19:07
we are led astray
19:08
by the sundry items
19:10
of this world.
19:11
Right?
19:11
We don't behold
19:12
Jesus' face
19:13
and have everything else
19:14
in this world
19:15
just grow dim.
19:17
Right?
19:17
But this world
19:18
has such
19:18
a shininess
19:21
to it
19:21
for us.
19:23
We love
19:24
to hold it
19:24
and we love
19:25
to look it over
19:26
and call it
19:27
our precious.
19:28
Jesus
19:28
is precious.
19:29
This world
19:30
is not.
19:33
Tolkien interjection
19:34
there.
19:34
On accident.
19:36
Right?
19:38
Now catch
19:39
that we are also
19:40
meant to proclaim
19:41
the truth
19:42
of this reality.
19:43
Right?
19:44
Our religion
19:45
is a religion
19:45
of words.
19:46
Now hear me carefully.
19:47
Don't...
19:48
God works
19:49
a change in our heart
19:50
where we worship
19:51
in spirit
19:51
and truth
19:52
but we worship
19:52
in truth.
19:53
Right?
19:54
We have been given
19:54
the gospel message
19:55
in words
19:57
and I praise God
19:58
for it.
19:58
We are unique
19:59
in this way
19:59
that it is okay
20:00
that the Bible
20:01
is translated
20:02
into our language
20:03
that we can translate
20:04
it into other languages
20:05
that we can propagate
20:06
it all around
20:08
the world.
20:09
Right?
20:09
If you are a Muslim
20:10
it is not okay
20:11
for the Koran
20:12
to be translated
20:13
into English.
20:14
Right?
20:14
It is not considered
20:15
the Word of God.
20:17
Right?
20:18
These translations
20:19
are precious to us.
20:20
These words come
20:21
and they bring
20:22
life.
20:24
Now if anybody
20:24
ever asks you
20:25
what translation
20:26
I preach from
20:26
just tell them
20:27
the original.
20:28
Just say that
20:29
because some people
20:30
get really
20:30
into their translations
20:32
and somehow
20:33
think they are inspired.
20:34
They are not
20:34
the original inspired.
20:36
Right?
20:36
The Greek
20:37
that we would read here
20:38
is the inspired
20:39
Word of God
20:40
and this is
20:40
that translation
20:41
that comes to us
20:42
we must proclaim.
20:43
This is how people
20:44
hear the gospel
20:45
and believe in it.
20:46
We must proclaim it
20:47
far and wide.
20:50
But we also must
20:51
display it.
20:53
Matthew chapter 5
20:53
verse 16
20:54
in the same way
20:54
let your light
20:55
shine before others
20:56
so that they
20:56
may see what?
20:58
Not your proclamation.
20:59
That's not what
20:59
he says here.
21:00
That they may see
21:00
your good works
21:02
and give glory
21:03
to your Father
21:03
who is in heaven.
21:05
We must display
21:06
this reality.
21:07
If it's true to us
21:08
that Jesus Christ
21:08
is supreme
21:09
to all things
21:10
in the world
21:11
and we're saying
21:13
that
21:13
probably Christians
21:14
get that more
21:15
right than anything
21:16
but we're not
21:18
displaying it.
21:19
What good is it
21:20
for anybody?
21:21
If you go around
21:22
telling somebody
21:23
that they should
21:23
believe in something
21:25
that it will
21:25
change their life
21:27
and your life
21:27
looks like theirs
21:28
what good is it?
21:30
It is pointless.
21:32
It's not good news
21:32
at all.
21:33
It's just news.
21:35
We've got to ask
21:36
ourselves
21:36
is our world
21:38
a better place
21:39
because of our church?
21:40
Is our world
21:41
better
21:42
because Christ Family
21:43
Church
21:44
exists?
21:46
Is your world
21:47
better?
21:47
The spheres
21:48
that you run in
21:49
are you
21:50
making change
21:53
where you are?
21:54
And here's where
21:54
this idea
21:55
of redeeming souls
21:56
and redeeming
21:57
other things
21:58
as well
21:59
comes into play
21:59
that the kingdom
22:00
of God
22:00
is about
22:01
reestablishing
22:02
God's order
22:03
the way things
22:04
are meant to be
22:05
which hear me
22:05
clearly
22:06
is primarily
22:07
about souls
22:08
primarily
22:08
about that
22:10
but it also means
22:11
that you will be
22:12
the best
22:12
possible employee
22:14
you can possibly be
22:15
because God
22:16
has redeemed
22:16
your soul
22:17
he has also
22:17
redeemed
22:18
your work ethic
22:19
that your employer
22:21
will say
22:21
I think that the gospel
22:23
that Nathan preaches
22:24
is insanity
22:25
but man am I glad
22:26
he's around
22:26
he is a good
22:28
employee
22:28
I never have to ask him
22:30
to do anything twice
22:31
when he gets done
22:32
with a project
22:33
he comes and asks
22:33
for another project
22:35
I never catch him
22:37
sitting down
22:37
he makes me
22:39
more money
22:40
I am glad
22:40
he is here
22:41
we should be the best
22:43
possible
22:44
employees
22:45
you should be
22:46
the best
22:47
possible
22:48
students
22:48
you don't have
22:50
to agree
22:51
with everything
22:51
your professors
22:52
teach you
22:52
in fact
22:53
I would strongly
22:53
encourage you
22:54
not to agree
22:55
with everything
22:55
that your professors
22:56
teach you
22:57
but as you
22:59
disagree with them
23:00
in the class
23:01
they should be
23:01
thankful
23:02
that you were
23:02
a student
23:03
in their class
23:04
Nathan doesn't
23:06
agree with
23:06
anything I say
23:08
I was a sociology
23:09
major
23:09
so I very often
23:10
didn't agree
23:11
with the very
23:11
liberal agendas
23:12
that are weaved
23:14
throughout that
23:14
degree program
23:15
Nathan doesn't
23:17
agree with
23:17
anything that I
23:18
say
23:18
man does he
23:19
disagree graciously
23:21
and boy does he
23:22
pour his heart
23:23
into the reading
23:23
and into the writing
23:24
and boy does he
23:25
engage in conversation
23:26
he's a good
23:27
student and I'm
23:28
glad he's in my
23:29
class
23:30
do people say
23:30
this of us
23:31
I disagree with
23:32
him I think
23:32
he's crazy
23:33
but I'm glad
23:33
he's around
23:34
are your
23:36
neighbors
23:36
glad that you're
23:38
their neighbors
23:38
I'm thinking
23:40
about all this
23:40
felt a conviction
23:41
that I need to
23:42
take better care
23:43
of my yard
23:43
I should care
23:45
about the state
23:46
of my yard
23:47
because I should
23:48
care about the
23:48
property value
23:49
of my neighbors
23:49
I should want
23:50
the hedges to
23:51
be trimmed
23:51
and the grass
23:52
edged and do
23:53
all that kind
23:53
of thing
23:54
to the glory
23:54
of God
23:55
so that they
23:55
know that I
23:56
care about
23:57
them
23:58
those crazy
23:59
Christians always
24:00
having Bible
24:00
studies over at
24:01
their house
24:01
and clogging up
24:02
our street with
24:02
cars on Wednesday
24:03
night
24:03
but they sure
24:05
are good to
24:06
the neighborhood
24:06
are you
24:08
renters
24:09
are you good
24:09
tenants
24:10
are you taking
24:11
care of the
24:12
property that's been
24:12
given to you
24:13
you pay your
24:14
rent late all
24:15
the time
24:16
there are very
24:17
real and very
24:18
practical ways
24:19
that we should be
24:20
putting light
24:21
on a stand
24:22
don't limit it
24:24
just to a sphere
24:25
don't say that I
24:27
am a student
24:28
I am an employee
24:29
I play a sport
24:31
and then I'm a
24:31
Christian
24:32
Christianity is
24:33
the defining thing
24:34
about you if you've
24:35
been found in
24:36
Christ
24:36
and therefore it
24:37
should permeate
24:38
every aspect
24:39
of your living
24:40
this is the way
24:43
we can be
24:43
radically
24:44
different
24:45
from our
24:46
Christian culture
24:47
and I don't
24:47
want to be
24:48
different from
24:48
our Christian
24:48
culture
24:49
I want our
24:49
Christian culture
24:50
to live to
24:50
this standard
24:51
like I hope
24:51
they all look
24:52
like that
24:53
but we certainly
24:54
don't need to
24:55
look like those
24:56
who don't
24:57
experience
24:57
proclaim or
24:58
display the
24:58
supremacy of
24:59
Jesus Christ
24:59
we do the
25:00
very opposite
25:01
of that
25:01
we look like
25:02
everyone
25:03
else
25:04
there's a
25:06
very practical
25:08
aspect of
25:10
this parable
25:10
is a lamp
25:12
brought in to
25:12
be put under
25:13
a basket
25:13
or under a
25:14
bed and not
25:15
a stand
25:16
no
25:16
of course
25:18
not
25:18
that is
25:18
crazy
25:19
you are
25:22
the light
25:22
of Christ
25:22
shine
25:24
2 Corinthians
25:26
chapter 4
25:27
verse 6
25:28
and then
25:28
verse 13
25:29
Paul writes
25:31
for God
25:32
who said
25:32
let light
25:33
shine out
25:33
of darkness
25:34
has shown
25:34
in our
25:35
hearts
25:35
to give
25:36
the light
25:37
of the
25:37
knowledge
25:37
of the
25:38
glory
25:38
of God
25:38
in the
25:39
face
25:39
of Jesus
25:40
Christ
25:40
since we
25:42
have the
25:42
same
25:43
spirit
25:43
of faith
25:43
according
25:44
to what
25:44
has been
25:44
written
25:44
I
25:45
believed
25:46
and so
25:46
I
25:47
spoke
25:47
we
25:48
also
25:48
believe
25:49
and so
25:50
we
25:50
also
25:51
speak
25:52
so
25:52
there's
25:52
the
25:52
connection
25:53
for you
25:54
very
25:54
beautifully
25:54
laid out
25:55
by Paul
25:56
for us
25:56
that
25:56
God
25:57
who said
25:57
light
25:58
shine
25:58
out of
25:58
darkness
25:58
he is
25:59
the one
25:59
that
25:59
has shown
26:00
Christ
26:01
in our
26:01
hearts
26:02
and so
26:02
we
26:02
believed
26:04
we
26:04
speak
26:05
this
26:06
should
26:06
have
26:07
some
26:07
real
26:07
effect
26:08
remember
26:09
that
26:09
we're
26:09
coming
26:10
off
26:10
the
26:10
parable
26:11
of the
26:11
sower
26:11
Jesus
26:13
I believe
26:14
if we
26:14
are really
26:15
analyzing this
26:16
as the
26:17
sower
26:17
but we've
26:18
also been
26:18
given the
26:18
task
26:19
of sowing
26:20
right
26:21
and it's
26:22
going to
26:22
look this
26:22
way
26:23
putting light
26:23
on a
26:24
stand
26:24
sowing
26:25
the seed
26:26
we
26:29
ought to
26:29
respond
26:30
the
26:30
response
26:30
of
26:31
kingdom
26:31
growth
26:31
verse 24
26:32
and he
26:32
said to
26:32
them
26:33
pay
26:33
attention
26:34
to
26:34
what
26:34
you
26:34
hear
26:34
with
26:35
the
26:35
measure
26:35
you
26:35
use
26:36
it
26:36
will
26:36
be
26:36
measured
26:36
to
26:36
you
26:36
and still
26:37
more
26:37
will be
26:37
added
26:37
to
26:37
you
26:38
for
26:38
the
26:38
one
26:38
who
26:38
has
26:39
more
26:39
will
26:39
be
26:39
given
26:39
and from
26:40
the
26:40
one
26:40
who
26:40
has
26:40
not
26:40
even
26:41
what
26:41
he
26:41
has
26:41
will
26:42
be
26:42
taken
26:42
away
26:42
now
26:43
notice
26:43
in
26:43
verse
26:43
24
26:44
he
26:44
says
26:44
pay
26:44
attention
26:45
to
26:45
what
26:45
you
26:45
hear
26:45
in
26:46
verse
26:46
23
26:46
he
26:46
said
26:47
if
26:47
anyone
26:47
has
26:47
ears
26:47
to
26:47
hear
26:48
let
26:48
him
26:48
hear
26:49
in
26:49
verse
26:49
33
26:50
and
26:50
34
26:50
he
26:50
says
26:50
with
26:51
many
26:51
such
26:51
parables
26:51
he
26:51
spoke
26:52
to
26:52
the
26:52
word
26:52
to
26:52
them
26:53
meaning
26:53
the
26:53
crowd
26:54
as
26:54
they
26:54
were
26:54
able
26:55
to
26:55
hear
26:55
it
26:56
he
26:56
did
26:56
not
26:56
speak
26:57
to
26:57
them
26:57
without
26:57
a
26:57
parable
26:57
but
26:57
privately
26:58
to
26:58
his
26:58
own
26:58
disciples
26:59
he
26:59
explained
27:00
everything
27:01
so
27:01
so
27:03
the idea
27:04
here
27:04
behind
27:04
hearing
27:05
is not
27:05
!
27:05
simply
27:05
hearing
27:06
but
27:06
hearing
27:06
and
27:06
acting
27:07
it's
27:07
hearing
27:08
that
27:08
has
27:08
an
27:08
effect
27:08
it's
27:09
hearing
27:09
and
27:10
believing
27:11
so
27:12
we
27:12
need
27:13
to
27:13
respond
27:13
and
27:13
there
27:13
should
27:14
be
27:14
a
27:14
response
27:16
to
27:16
this
27:16
kingdom
27:17
growth
27:17
Romans
27:19
10
27:19
17
27:19
says
27:19
faith
27:20
comes
27:20
from
27:20
hearing
27:20
and
27:21
hearing
27:21
through
27:22
the
27:22
word
27:22
of
27:23
Christ
27:24
Ephesians
27:25
1
27:25
13
27:25
in
27:26
him
27:26
you
27:26
also
27:26
when
27:27
you
27:27
heard
27:27
the
27:27
word
27:28
of
27:28
truth
27:28
the
27:29
gospel
27:29
of
27:29
your
27:29
salvation
27:30
and
27:30
believed
27:30
in
27:31
him
27:31
were
27:31
sealed
27:32
with
27:32
the
27:32
promised
27:32
Holy
27:33
Spirit
27:34
there
27:34
must
27:35
be
27:35
a
27:35
hearing
27:36
and
27:37
a
27:37
response
27:37
and
27:37
that
27:38
is
27:38
what
27:38
Jesus
27:38
is
27:38
talking
27:38
about
27:38
when
27:39
he
27:39
talks
27:39
about
27:39
with
27:39
the
27:40
measure
27:40
you
27:40
use
27:40
it
27:41
will
27:41
be
27:41
measured
27:41
to
27:41
you
27:41
insert
27:43
into
27:43
this
27:43
faith
27:44
with
27:44
the
27:44
measure
27:44
of
27:44
faith
27:45
you
27:45
use
27:46
it
27:46
will
27:46
be
27:46
measured
27:46
to
27:47
you
27:47
and
27:47
still
27:47
more
27:48
will
27:48
be
27:48
added
27:48
to
27:48
you
27:49
for
27:50
the
27:50
one
27:50
who
27:50
has
27:50
more
27:50
will
27:50
be
27:51
given
27:51
and
27:51
from
27:51
the
27:51
one
27:51
!
27:51
who
27:51
has
27:52
not
27:52
who
28:04
and
28:04
if
28:04
we
28:04
want
28:04
to
28:04
see
28:05
the
28:06
gospel
28:07
message
28:07
have
28:08
root
28:08
in
28:08
our
28:08
hearts
28:08
and
28:09
exercise
28:11
faith
28:11
in
28:11
us
28:12
we
28:12
also
28:12
must
28:13
exercise
28:14
that
28:14
faith
28:15
in
28:15
growth
28:16
Proverbs
28:16
13
28:16
4
28:17
says
28:17
the soul
28:18
of the
28:18
sluggard
28:19
craves
28:19
and gets
28:20
nothing
28:20
while the
28:21
soul
28:21
of the
28:22
diligent
28:22
is
28:23
richly
28:24
supplied
28:24
the soul
28:25
of the
28:25
sluggard
28:26
those
28:27
who
28:27
are
28:27
lazy
28:27
in
28:27
their
28:27
faith
28:28
those
28:28
who
28:29
live
28:29
as if
28:30
faith
28:30
does
28:30
not
28:31
matter
28:31
crave
28:33
!
28:34
the
28:36
diligent
28:34
those
28:34
who
28:35
pursue
28:35
Christ
28:36
in
28:36
faith
28:36
are
28:37
richly
28:38
supplied
28:38
J.C.
28:40
Ryle
28:41
in a
28:41
commentary
28:41
on this
28:42
text
28:42
said
28:42
do we
28:43
wish
28:43
to
28:43
grow
28:43
in
28:44
grace
28:44
do
28:45
we
28:45
desire
28:45
to
28:45
have
28:46
a
28:46
stronger
28:46
faith
28:46
brighter
28:47
hope
28:47
and
28:48
clearer
28:48
knowledge
28:48
beyond
28:49
doubt
28:50
we
28:50
do
28:50
if
28:50
we
28:50
are
28:51
true
28:51
Christians
28:51
then
28:52
let
28:52
us
28:52
live
28:53
fully
28:53
up
28:54
to
28:54
our
28:54
light
28:54
and
28:55
improve
28:56
every
28:56
opportunity
28:57
so
28:59
we
28:59
have
29:00
this
29:00
picture
29:01
here
29:01
in
29:02
the
29:02
parables
29:02
of
29:02
the
29:02
revelation
29:04
and
29:04
the
29:04
response
29:05
of
29:06
kingdom
29:06
growth
29:07
then
29:08
in
29:08
verse
29:08
26
29:09
we
29:09
see
29:09
the
29:09
mystery
29:10
of
29:11
kingdom
29:11
growth
29:11
the
29:12
mystery
29:13
and
29:13
he
29:13
said
29:13
the
29:14
kingdom
29:14
of
29:14
God
29:14
is
29:14
if
29:14
a
29:15
man
29:15
should
29:15
scatter
29:15
seed
29:15
on
29:16
the
29:16
ground
29:16
he
29:16
sleeps
29:17
and
29:17
rises
29:17
night
29:18
and
29:18
day
29:18
and
29:18
the
29:18
seed
29:18
sprouts
29:19
and
29:19
grows
29:19
he
29:19
knows
29:20
not
29:20
how
29:20
the
29:21
earth
29:21
produces
29:22
by
29:22
itself
29:22
first
29:23
the
29:23
blade
29:23
then
29:24
the
29:24
ear
29:24
then
29:25
the
29:25
full
29:25
grain
29:25
in
29:26
the
29:26
ear
29:26
but
29:26
when
29:34
only
29:34
mark
29:34
records
29:35
this
29:36
parable
29:37
and
29:37
the
29:38
point
29:38
of it
29:38
is
29:39
that
29:39
there
29:39
is
29:39
much
29:40
beyond
29:40
man's
29:41
comprehension
29:41
and
29:42
control
29:43
in the
29:44
expanse
29:44
of the
29:44
kingdom
29:45
of
29:45
God
29:45
there's
29:45
much
29:45
beyond
29:46
man's
29:46
comprehension
29:47
and
29:48
control
29:48
in
29:49
expanse
29:49
of the
29:50
kingdom
29:50
of
29:50
God
29:50
the
29:51
seed
29:51
must
29:51
be
29:52
sown
29:52
we
29:53
must
29:53
propagate
29:54
the
29:55
truth
29:55
we
29:55
must
29:56
put
29:56
the
29:56
lamp
29:57
on
29:57
a
29:57
stand
29:58
right
29:58
but
29:59
there's
29:59
much
29:59
beyond
30:00
that
30:00
that
30:00
we
30:00
will
30:00
not
30:01
understand
30:02
now at
30:03
this
30:03
point
30:03
let me
30:04
give
30:04
you
30:04
a
30:04
little
30:04
bit
30:04
of
30:04
a
30:04
warning
30:05
as
30:05
you
30:05
study
30:05
parables
30:06
to
30:06
not
30:06
over
30:07
analyze
30:07
them
30:08
right
30:08
you
30:08
can
30:09
dissect
30:09
this
30:09
into
30:09
little
30:10
tiny
30:10
pieces
30:10
and
30:10
miss
30:11
the
30:11
point
30:11
altogether
30:11
you
30:12
could
30:12
do
30:13
this
30:13
by
30:13
saying
30:13
wait
30:14
wait
30:14
who
30:14
is
30:14
who
30:15
is
30:15
the
30:15
man
30:15
who
30:16
is
30:16
it
30:16
that
30:16
he's
30:17
talking
30:17
about
30:17
here
30:18
is
30:18
the
30:19
man
30:19
us
30:19
is
30:20
the
30:20
man
30:21
us
30:21
we
30:21
scatter
30:21
seed
30:22
and
30:22
we
30:22
don't
30:22
know
30:22
how
30:22
we
30:23
sleep
30:23
and
30:23
rise
30:23
we
30:23
don't
30:24
know
30:24
what's
30:24
happening
30:24
right
30:25
we
30:26
could
30:26
say
30:27
that
30:27
but
30:27
we
30:27
also
30:28
see
30:28
that
30:28
the
30:28
man
30:28
then
30:29
puts
30:29
in
30:29
the
30:29
sickle
30:29
he
30:30
reaps
30:30
a
30:30
harvest
30:31
so
30:31
wait
30:32
a
30:32
second
30:32
do
30:32
we
30:32
reap
30:33
a
30:33
harvest
30:33
is
30:34
it
30:34
us
30:34
that
30:34
reaps
30:35
the
30:35
harvest
30:35
when
30:35
there's
30:36
maturity
30:36
what
30:37
is
30:38
he
30:38
talking
30:38
about
30:38
in
30:38
this
30:39
regard
30:39
or
30:39
how
30:40
about
30:40
the
30:40
symbolism
30:41
of
30:41
rising
30:42
night
30:42
and
30:42
day
30:43
you
30:43
could
30:43
overthink
30:44
that
30:44
as
30:44
well
30:45
the
30:46
key
30:46
to
30:46
all
30:46
of
30:46
this
30:47
though
30:47
is
30:47
to
30:47
see
30:47
that
30:48
he
30:48
knows
30:49
not
30:50
how
30:51
he
30:52
knows
30:52
not
30:53
how
30:55
1st
30:57
corinthians
30:57
3
30:57
5
30:58
and
30:58
9
30:58
there
30:59
was
30:59
debate
30:59
in
30:59
the
30:59
corinthian
31:00
church
31:00
about
31:01
whom
31:02
followed
31:03
who
31:03
in
31:04
verse
31:04
5
31:04
Paul
31:05
writes
31:05
what
31:05
then
31:06
is
31:06
apollos
31:06
what
31:07
is
31:07
paul
31:08
servants
31:09
through
31:09
whom
31:09
you
31:09
believed
31:10
as
31:10
the
31:10
lord
31:10
assigned
31:10
to
31:11
each
31:11
i
31:12
planted
31:13
!
31:13
apollos
31:14
watered
31:14
but
31:15
god
31:15
gave
31:16
the
31:16
growth
31:16
so
31:17
neither
31:17
he
31:18
knew
31:18
plants
31:18
nor
31:18
he
31:18
knew
31:19
waters
31:19
as
31:19
anything
31:19
but
31:20
only
31:20
god
31:20
who
31:20
gives
31:21
the
31:21
growth
31:21
he
31:22
who
31:22
plants
31:22
and
31:23
he
31:23
who
31:23
waters
31:23
are
31:23
one
31:24
and
31:24
each
31:24
will
31:24
receive
31:25
his
31:25
wages
31:25
according
31:26
to
31:26
his
31:26
labor
31:26
for
31:27
we
31:27
are
31:27
god's
31:28
fellow
31:28
workers
31:28
you
31:29
are
31:29
god's
31:30
field
31:30
god's
31:32
building
31:33
so
31:34
the
31:34
point
31:34
of the
31:35
parable
31:35
here
31:35
is
31:35
simply
31:36
that
31:36
we
31:37
should
31:37
sow
31:38
we
31:39
should
31:39
sow
31:40
and
31:41
we
31:41
should
31:41
trust
31:42
that
31:42
god
31:42
will
31:42
bring
31:43
about
31:43
the
31:43
coming
31:44
of
31:44
his
31:45
kingdom
31:45
now
31:46
certainly
31:47
i will
31:47
say to
31:47
you
31:47
that
31:48
it's
31:48
a bit
31:48
important
31:48
i think
31:49
to
31:49
understand
31:49
verse
31:50
29
31:50
but
31:50
when
31:50
the
31:50
grain
31:51
is
31:51
ripe
31:51
at once
31:51
he
31:52
puts
31:52
in
31:52
the
31:52
sickle
31:53
because
31:53
the
31:54
harvest
31:54
has
31:54
come
31:54
and
31:55
i
31:55
believe
31:55
that
31:55
he's
31:55
referring
31:56
here
31:56
to
31:56
final
31:57
judgment
31:58
the
31:58
final
31:59
in
31:59
gathering
31:59
so
32:00
as
32:00
he
32:00
speaks
32:01
of
32:01
the
32:02
grain
32:03
being
32:03
ripe
32:03
he's
32:04
speaking
32:04
of
32:04
the
32:04
church
32:05
when
32:05
the
32:05
church
32:05
has
32:06
been
32:06
completed
32:06
when
32:06
the
32:06
number
32:07
are
32:07
finally
32:07
added
32:08
this
32:08
harvest
32:09
will
32:09
finally
32:09
come
32:10
and
32:10
i
32:10
believe
32:10
that
32:10
because
32:11
this
32:12
language
32:13
he
32:13
uses
32:13
kind
32:14
of
32:14
harkens
32:15
back
32:15
to
32:15
Joel
32:15
chapter
32:16
3
32:16
verse
32:17
11
32:17
through
32:18
16
32:18
Joel
32:21
writes
32:21
through
32:22
the
32:23
inspiration
32:23
hasten
32:24
and come
32:24
all you
32:24
surrounding
32:25
nations
32:25
and gather
32:26
yourselves
32:26
there
32:27
bring down
32:28
your warriors
32:28
oh lord
32:29
let the
32:29
nations
32:30
stir
32:30
themselves
32:30
up
32:31
and come
32:31
up to
32:31
the
32:31
valley
32:32
of
32:32
jehoshaphat
32:33
who was
32:33
the
32:33
fourth
32:34
king
32:34
of
32:34
judah
32:34
and
32:35
it
32:35
means
32:35
jehovah
32:36
has
32:36
judged
32:36
for
32:37
there
32:37
i
32:37
will
32:37
sit
32:37
to
32:38
judge
32:38
all
32:38
the
32:38
surrounding
32:39
nations
32:39
put
32:40
in
32:40
the
32:40
sickle
32:41
for
32:41
the
32:41
harvest
32:41
is
32:42
ripe
32:42
go
32:43
in
32:43
tread
32:43
for
32:43
the
32:43
wine
32:44
press
32:44
is
32:44
full
32:44
the
32:51
the
33:00
lord
33:01
is
33:02
a
33:03
refuge
33:03
to
33:03
his
33:03
people
33:04
a
33:04
stronghold
33:05
to
33:06
the
33:06
people
33:06
of
33:07
Israel
33:08
so
33:09
we
33:09
know
33:10
that
33:10
there
33:10
is
33:10
a
33:10
coming
33:11
judgment
33:11
and
33:12
as
33:13
we
33:13
scatter
33:14
seed
33:14
as
33:15
we
33:15
sow
33:15
it
33:16
and
33:16
we
33:16
don't
33:16
know
33:16
how
33:17
it
33:17
is
33:17
exactly
33:18
that
33:18
God
33:18
is
33:18
going
33:18
to
33:18
work
33:18
in
33:19
people's
33:19
hearts
33:19
and
33:20
bring
33:20
about
33:20
growth
33:20
in
33:21
the
33:21
church
33:21
we
33:22
can
33:22
take
33:22
comfort
33:22
in
33:22
the
33:23
fact
33:23
that
33:23
plants
33:24
are
33:24
planted
33:25
and
33:25
nobody
33:25
knows
33:25
how
33:26
they
33:26
grow
33:26
and
33:26
how
33:26
they
33:26
come
33:26
up
33:26
but
33:27
they
33:27
do
33:27
we
33:28
have
33:29
a
33:29
little
33:29
more
33:29
understanding
33:30
than they
33:30
would have
33:30
have
33:30
had
33:30
at
33:30
this
33:30
time
33:31
about
33:31
how
33:31
seeds
33:31
actually
33:32
function
33:32
they
33:32
didn't
33:33
know
33:33
they
33:34
got
33:34
seed
33:34
into
33:35
the
33:35
ground
33:35
and
33:36
by
33:36
some
33:36
miracle
33:37
it
33:38
came
33:38
up
33:38
and
33:39
it
33:39
grew
33:39
and
33:39
yielded
33:40
a
33:40
crop
33:40
and
33:41
it
33:41
was
33:41
harvested
33:42
and
33:42
that's
33:43
what
33:43
we're
33:43
meant
33:43
to
33:43
understand
33:44
here
33:44
that
33:45
as
33:45
we
33:45
put
33:45
our
33:46
lamp
33:46
on
33:46
a
33:46
stand
33:47
as
33:47
we
33:47
find
33:48
ourselves
33:48
working
33:48
to
33:49
increase
33:49
our
33:49
faith
33:50
that
33:51
God
33:51
himself
33:52
will
33:52
bring
33:53
growth
33:54
as
33:55
this
33:55
judgment
33:56
is
33:56
finally
33:56
coming
33:57
God
33:57
will
33:57
bring
33:58
growth
33:58
in
33:59
perfection
34:00
the
34:01
church
34:01
will
34:01
be
34:01
completed
34:02
the
34:02
way
34:02
it's
34:02
meant
34:02
to
34:02
be
34:03
complete
34:03
and
34:03
then
34:03
the
34:04
harvest
34:05
!
34:05
will
34:05
come
34:06
I
34:07
hope
34:07
that
34:07
all
34:08
of
34:08
you
34:08
are
34:08
laborers
34:08
in
34:09
the
34:09
gospel
34:09
and
34:10
that
34:10
you
34:10
desire
34:10
to
34:11
see
34:11
Christ
34:11
return
34:12
you
34:12
can
34:12
take
34:12
heart
34:13
that
34:13
the
34:13
work
34:13
will
34:14
be
34:14
finished
34:14
we
34:15
can
34:15
know
34:15
that
34:15
we
34:15
need
34:16
to
34:16
keep
34:16
on
34:16
working
34:16
because
34:17
he's
34:17
yet
34:17
to
34:17
come
34:17
back
34:18
the
34:18
harvest
34:18
is
34:18
yet
34:18
to
34:18
come
34:19
therefore
34:19
the
34:19
work
34:19
is
34:20
yet
34:20
to
34:21
be
34:21
finished
34:22
!
34:36
It's
34:43
hard
34:43
to
34:44
understand
34:44
how
34:45
it is
34:45
that
34:46
God
34:46
works
34:46
redemption
34:47
in
34:47
men's
34:47
souls
34:48
it's
34:49
difficult
34:49
to
34:49
understand
34:50
this
34:50
is
34:50
the
34:50
way
34:50
the
34:50
spirit
34:51
functions
34:51
it
34:51
blows
34:52
where
34:52
it
34:52
will
34:53
like
34:53
the
34:53
wind
34:54
but
34:55
yet
34:55
it
34:56
is
34:56
our
34:56
task
34:56
to
34:57
sow
34:58
it
34:58
is
34:58
our
34:58
task
34:59
to
34:59
scatter
34:59
seed
35:00
it
35:00
is
35:00
our
35:00
task
35:01
to
35:01
propagate
35:02
put
35:03
the
35:03
lamp
35:03
on
35:03
the
35:04
stand
35:04
right
35:05
here's
35:05
the
35:05
laying
35:06
of
35:07
stories
35:08
to
35:08
help
35:08
us
35:08
understand
35:09
a
35:10
greater
35:10
truth
35:10
right
35:11
and
35:11
as
35:11
we
35:11
do
35:12
this
35:12
we
35:12
can
35:12
also
35:13
take
35:13
heart
35:13
in
35:14
the
35:14
magnitude
35:14
of
35:15
kingdom
35:15
growth
35:15
so
35:16
that
35:16
was
35:16
the
35:16
mystery
35:16
of
35:17
kingdom
35:17
growth
35:17
how
35:18
about
35:18
the
35:18
magnitude
35:19
of
35:19
kingdom
35:19
growth
35:20
verse
35:21
30
35:21
he said
35:22
with
35:22
what
35:22
can
35:22
we
35:22
compare
35:22
the
35:22
kingdom
35:23
of
35:23
God
35:23
or
35:23
what
35:23
parable
35:24
shall
35:24
we
35:24
use
35:24
for
35:25
it
35:25
it
35:25
is
35:25
like
35:25
a
35:26
grain
35:26
of
35:26
mustard
35:26
seed
35:27
which
35:27
when
35:27
sown
35:35
branches
35:36
that
35:36
the
35:36
birds
35:37
of
35:37
the
35:37
air
35:37
can
35:37
make
35:37
nests
35:38
in
35:38
its
35:39
shade
35:39
now
35:40
what
35:40
he
35:40
is
35:40
saying
35:40
here
35:41
of
35:41
the
35:41
mustard
35:41
would
35:41
have
35:41
been
35:42
incredibly
35:42
understood
35:42
by them
35:43
it's
35:43
likely
35:44
the
35:44
black
35:44
mustard
35:44
which
35:45
has
35:45
just
35:46
a
35:46
minuscule
35:47
seed
35:48
those
35:49
of you
35:50
who
35:50
cook
35:50
go home
35:51
and
35:51
get
35:51
your
35:52
mustard
35:52
seed
35:52
out
35:52
they
35:52
are
35:53
tiny
35:53
little
35:54
little
35:54
flecks
35:55
smaller
35:56
than
35:56
grass
35:57
seed
35:57
mustard
35:58
seed
35:58
is
35:58
don't
35:59
go to
36:00
the
36:00
grocery
36:00
store
36:00
and
36:01
take
36:01
the
36:01
caps
36:01
off
36:01
things
36:02
but
36:02
see
36:02
if
36:02
you
36:02
can
36:02
find
36:02
a
36:02
clear
36:02
bottle
36:03
and
36:03
see
36:03
how
36:03
tiny
36:04
mustard
36:05
seed
36:05
is
36:05
it's
36:05
really
36:06
little
36:07
it's
36:07
certainly
36:07
the
36:07
smallest
36:08
seeds
36:08
of
36:09
all
36:09
the
36:09
earth
36:09
but
36:10
this
36:10
plant
36:10
which
36:11
was
36:11
used
36:12
for
36:12
oil
36:12
and
36:12
a
36:13
condiment
36:13
they
36:13
used
36:14
mustard
36:14
back
36:14
then
36:14
as well
36:15
apparently
36:15
could
36:16
reach
36:16
heights
36:17
of
36:17
nine
36:17
feet
36:18
so
36:18
in
36:18
a
36:18
garden
36:19
this
36:19
would
36:19
have
36:19
been
36:19
a
36:19
massive
36:20
plant
36:20
and
36:20
what
36:21
he's
36:21
saying
36:21
here
36:21
is
36:22
not
36:22
the
36:22
largest
36:22
plant
36:23
it's
36:23
the
36:23
largest
36:23
plant
36:24
in
36:24
the
36:25
garden
36:25
that
36:26
you
36:26
would
36:26
have
36:26
had
36:26
at
36:26
your
36:26
home
36:27
it's
36:27
a
36:27
huge
36:28
plant
36:28
that
36:28
would
36:28
have
36:29
produced
36:29
these
36:30
seeds
36:31
and
36:31
what
36:31
he's
36:32
doing
36:32
here
36:32
is
36:32
he's
36:32
contrasting
36:33
something
36:33
with
36:34
an
36:34
insignificant
36:35
beginning
36:36
but
36:37
with
36:37
an
36:37
impressive
36:38
final
36:39
size
36:39
that's
36:40
what
36:40
he's
36:40
doing
36:40
for
36:40
us
36:40
with
36:41
an
36:41
insignificant
36:41
beginning
36:42
and
36:42
an
36:42
impressive
36:43
final
36:43
size
36:44
we
36:44
see
36:45
that
36:45
to
36:45
be
36:45
the
36:45
case
36:45
of
36:46
Jesus
36:46
life
36:46
as
36:47
he's
36:47
going
36:47
around
36:47
and
36:48
teaching
36:48
we
36:48
see
36:48
thousands
36:49
gathered
36:49
but
36:49
yet
36:50
so
36:50
few
36:50
believe
36:51
we
36:51
see
36:52
such
36:52
a
36:52
small
36:53
number
36:53
finally
36:54
once
36:54
he's
36:55
crucified
36:55
and
36:55
they
36:55
don't
36:56
know
36:56
what
36:56
to
36:56
do
36:56
we
36:57
see
36:57
such
36:57
a
36:57
small
36:58
number
36:58
of
36:59
devoted
36:59
followers
37:00
that
37:00
are
37:00
still
37:01
with
37:01
him
37:01
it
37:01
seems
37:01
so
37:02
small
37:02
and
37:03
so
37:03
insignificant
37:04
but
37:06
he's
37:06
telling
37:06
us
37:06
of the
37:07
great
37:07
significance
37:07
that
37:08
will
37:08
one
37:08
day
37:08
be
37:08
true
37:09
and
37:10
if
37:10
you
37:10
find
37:10
in
37:11
your
37:11
life
37:11
now
37:11
that
37:11
the
37:12
little
37:12
things
37:12
you're
37:12
doing
37:12
seem
37:13
so
37:13
insignificant
37:14
the
37:14
little
37:14
seed
37:15
that
37:15
you're
37:15
sowing
37:16
along
37:16
the
37:17
way
37:17
you
37:17
can
37:17
take
37:17
heart
37:18
that
37:18
the
37:18
kingdom
37:19
of
37:19
God
37:19
will
37:20
have
37:20
an
37:20
impressive
37:20
final
37:21
size
37:22
all
37:24
the
37:24
things
37:24
he
37:25
has
37:25
said
37:25
to
37:25
us
37:25
so
37:25
far
37:26
praise
37:27
God
37:27
for
37:27
this
37:28
parable
37:28
that's
37:28
only
37:28
recorded
37:29
in
37:29
mark
37:29
of
37:29
the
37:30
seed
37:30
growing
37:30
and
37:30
how
37:30
it
37:31
is
37:31
that
37:31
it
37:31
grows
37:32
!
37:32
It
37:32
is
37:32
the
37:32
work
37:32
of
37:33
God
37:33
that
37:33
this
37:33
happens
37:34
and
37:34
we
37:34
can
37:34
take
37:34
heart
37:34
in
37:35
knowing
37:35
that
37:35
he
37:35
will
37:35
also
37:36
bring
37:37
to
37:37
pass
37:37
his
37:38
kingdom
37:38
and
37:38
it
37:39
will
37:39
be
37:39
impressive
37:40
as
37:42
unimpressive
37:43
as it
37:43
seems
37:43
at some
37:43
time
37:44
it
37:44
will
37:45
be
37:46
impressive
37:47
I
37:48
think
37:48
rightly
37:49
he's
37:49
drawing
37:50
from
37:50
some
37:50
imagery
37:50
that
37:51
can
37:51
be
37:51
found
37:51
in
37:52
Ezekiel
37:52
chapter
37:52
17
37:53
as
37:54
well
37:54
as
37:54
chapter
37:55
31
37:55
which
37:56
is
37:56
the
37:56
imagery
37:56
of
37:57
a
37:57
cedar
37:57
a
37:58
great
37:59
cedar
37:59
tree
38:02
in
38:24
the
38:24
cedar
38:25
tree
38:26
of
38:26
the
38:26
United
38:27
States
38:27
or
38:28
any
38:28
other
38:29
nation
38:29
in
38:29
this
38:29
world
38:29
that
38:30
we
38:30
see
38:30
as
38:30
profitable
38:31
and
38:31
does
38:31
well
38:32
that
38:33
those
38:34
that
38:34
have
38:34
gathered
38:34
underneath
38:35
it
38:35
and
38:35
to
38:35
receive
38:36
its
38:36
benefit
38:36
there
38:36
will
38:37
be
38:37
a
38:37
much
38:37
greater
38:38
benefit
38:39
there
38:39
will
38:39
be
38:39
a
38:39
much
38:40
greater
38:40
in
38:41
gathering
38:41
and
38:42
here
38:42
he
38:42
says
38:42
this
38:42
mustard
38:43
plant
38:44
is
38:45
large
38:45
enough
38:46
that
38:47
the
38:47
birds
38:47
of
38:47
the
38:47
air
38:47
can
38:48
make
38:48
nests
38:48
in
38:49
its
38:49
shade
38:49
that
38:49
they
38:50
will
38:50
be
38:50
comforted
38:51
in
38:51
this
38:52
setting
38:53
so
38:54
the
38:54
kingdom
38:55
of
38:55
God
38:55
will
38:55
have
38:55
a
38:56
great
38:56
great
38:58
magnitude
39:01
and I
39:02
experience
39:02
this
39:02
to be
39:03
true
39:03
of
39:03
myself
39:03
that
39:04
people
39:04
want to
39:04
be
39:05
a part
39:05
of
39:05
something
39:05
that's
39:06
larger
39:06
than
39:06
themselves
39:07
beloved
39:08
guess
39:08
what
39:09
if you
39:10
are a
39:10
Christian
39:11
you are
39:11
you are
39:12
part of
39:13
something
39:13
that is
39:13
so much
39:14
bigger
39:14
than you
39:14
can
39:14
even
39:15
fathom
39:16
coming
39:17
here
39:18
to
39:18
Christ
39:18
family
39:18
church
39:18
may
39:19
not
39:19
seem
39:19
like
39:19
a
39:19
big
39:19
deal
39:20
it's
39:20
not
39:20
to be
39:21
totally
39:21
honest
39:21
it's
39:21
really
39:22
not
39:22
right
39:23
the
39:24
number
39:24
here
39:24
right
39:25
we're
39:25
not
39:26
wrapped
39:26
up
39:27
in
39:27
this
39:27
rapture
39:27
look
39:28
at
39:28
what
39:28
God
39:28
is
39:28
doing
39:29
in
39:29
this
39:29
place
39:30
this
39:30
is
39:30
incredible
39:30
right
39:32
but he
39:32
is
39:32
doing
39:33
a
39:33
work
39:33
and
39:34
he
39:34
wants
39:34
to
39:34
use
39:35
the
39:35
faithful
39:35
to
39:36
accomplish
39:36
it
39:36
he
39:36
wants
39:37
to
39:37
use
39:37
little
39:38
churches
39:38
!
39:39
like
39:39
ours
39:39
to
39:46
receive
39:46
the
39:47
truth
39:47
of
39:47
God
39:47
and
39:48
to
39:48
see
39:48
other
39:48
people
39:49
receive
39:49
the
39:49
truth
39:50
of
39:50
God
39:50
this
39:50
is
39:50
the
39:50
great
39:51
high
39:52
calling
39:52
of
39:52
those
39:52
who
39:53
are
39:53
found
39:53
in
39:53
Christ
39:53
this
39:54
is
39:54
the
39:54
point
39:55
of
39:55
the
39:55
gospel's
39:56
mark
39:56
mark
39:58
mark's
39:59
gospel
39:59
right
40:00
the point
40:01
I've said
40:01
to you
40:01
from the
40:02
beginning
40:02
is that
40:02
this
40:03
is
40:03
a
40:03
rhetorical
40:04
commentary
40:04
rhetoric
40:05
these
40:06
days
40:06
is
40:06
an
40:06
argument
40:07
with
40:07
no
40:07
meaning
40:07
it
40:08
wasn't
40:08
then
40:08
right
40:09
he
40:09
is
40:09
intentionally
40:10
laying
40:11
out
40:11
for
40:11
us
40:12
an
40:12
argument
40:13
that
40:13
would
40:13
cause
40:14
us
40:14
to
40:14
believe
40:14
that
40:15
Jesus
40:15
is
40:15
the
40:15
Christ
40:16
we
40:17
saw
40:17
that
40:17
at
40:17
the
40:17
end
40:17
of
40:18
chapter
40:18
three
40:18
this
40:19
setting
40:20
where
40:20
we
40:20
see
40:20
people
40:20
accusing
40:21
him
40:21
of
40:21
being
40:21
a
40:22
lunatic
40:22
a
40:22
liar
40:23
and
40:23
some
40:23
who
40:23
called
40:24
him
40:24
Lord
40:24
he's
40:25
convincing
40:25
us
40:25
to
40:26
call
40:26
Jesus
40:27
Lord
40:27
and
40:27
then
40:27
to
40:27
live
40:28
like
40:28
that's
40:28
true
40:29
to
40:30
call
40:30
him
40:30
Lord
40:30
and
40:31
then
40:31
follow
40:32
him
40:32
to
40:32
be
40:33
a
40:33
disciple
40:33
that
40:34
makes
40:35
disciples
40:41
this
40:41
looks
40:42
like
40:42
many
40:42
of
40:43
us
40:43
grew
40:43
up
40:43
in
40:43
churches
40:44
and
40:44
we
40:44
had
40:44
what
40:45
this
40:45
looks
40:46
like
40:46
the
40:46
way
40:46
we
40:46
should
40:47
live
40:47
in
40:47
this
40:47
world
40:47
reduced
40:48
way
40:49
down
40:49
reduced
40:50
maybe
40:51
to
40:51
just
40:51
handing
40:51
out
40:52
a
40:52
track
40:52
or
40:52
heaven
40:53
forbid
40:53
laying
40:54
it
40:54
on
40:54
the
40:54
back
40:54
of
40:54
a
40:54
urinal
40:55
reduced
40:56
to
40:56
this
40:57
simple
40:57
little
40:58
message
40:59
and
40:59
that
41:00
is
41:00
the
41:00
core
41:00
and
41:00
it
41:01
is
41:01
beautiful
41:01
but
41:02
there
41:02
is
41:03
a
41:03
bigger
41:03
message
41:04
!
41:04
of
41:04
the
41:04
coming
41:04
of
41:05
the
41:05
kingdom
41:05
of
41:05
God
41:05
there
41:06
is
41:06
a
41:06
bigger
41:06
message
41:06
that
41:07
this
41:07
world
41:07
is
41:08
winding
41:08
down
41:08
it
41:09
is
41:09
being
41:10
destroyed
41:11
it
41:11
is
41:11
being
41:11
destroyed
41:12
by
41:12
sin
41:12
but
41:13
the
41:13
kingdom
41:13
of
41:13
God
41:13
is
41:13
winding
41:14
up
41:14
things
41:14
are
41:14
getting
41:15
good
41:15
for
41:16
the
41:16
people
41:16
of
41:16
God
41:16
his
41:17
church
41:17
is
41:17
expanding
41:18
we
41:18
are
41:18
being
41:19
perfected
41:19
day
41:20
by
41:20
day
41:20
and
41:21
someday
41:21
fully
41:22
and
41:22
finally
41:23
and
41:23
I
41:23
urge
41:24
it
41:24
to
41:24
come
41:24
Jesus
41:25
is
41:25
going
41:25
to
41:25
come
41:26
back
41:26
and
41:26
re-establish
41:27
he's
41:27
going
41:28
to
41:28
say
41:28
behold
41:29
I
41:29
make
41:29
all
41:30
things
41:31
new
41:31
and
41:32
we
41:32
live
41:32
in
41:32
that
41:33
reality
41:33
we
41:34
live
41:34
in
41:34
that
41:34
realm
41:35
and
41:35
we
41:35
need
41:35
to
41:35
start
41:36
acting
41:36
like
41:36
we
41:37
live
41:37
in
41:37
that
41:38
reality
41:38
we
41:39
need
41:39
to
41:39
start
41:40
showing
41:40
this
41:41
world
41:41
that
41:41
there
41:41
is
41:41
a
41:42
better
41:42
way
41:42
and
41:42
it
41:42
is
41:42
the
41:43
way
41:43
of
41:43
God
41:43
that
41:46
they
41:46
might
41:46
find
41:46
that
41:47
in
41:47
Christ
41:48
let's
41:49
pray
41:49
together