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And in this episode, the Pharisees and Sadducees come out, and John says to them, he tells of Christ and says in verses 11 through 12, he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry.
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He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit in fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
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The short of it is he will gather his people, the wheat, while judging the unrepentant, the chaff.
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And so right after this foretelling by John, what do we read? Verse 13, then Jesus came.
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Matthew's making it overtly obvious, just with that one word, then, that Jesus is the one of whom John spoke.
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Of course, God's declaration of his son will make that abundantly clear, but even here in verse 13, we have enough to demonstrate Jesus is greater than John.
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We also learn from verse 13 that Jesus identifies with his people.
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Jesus identifies with his people.
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Continuing there, Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him.
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Matthew begins his gospel account with a genealogy in chapter 1, verse 1.
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That genealogy, if you recall, is organized around the Babylonian exile.
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He gives 14 generations before the exile, 14 generations in the midst of exile, and 14 generations after exile.
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Although, for Matthew and the Old Testament, for that matter, they speak in such a way that the exile never really truly ended.
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There's never full reconciliation with God.
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There's never the Davidic king long-awaited, long-expected, that would rule forever.
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The temple is not quite what you expect at the end of the Old Testament.
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And so there's this sense of, we're still not home yet.
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Things are not all right.
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And just one example of how Matthew views this ongoing exile
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is his fulfillment quotation from Jeremiah 31, verse 15,
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which says,
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Now Matthew quotes this in chapter 2, verse 18,
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after Herod has killed a bunch of children.
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And then Matthew says this passage is fulfilled.
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Yet, Jeremiah, in his context,
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is speaking of a time when God's people are led in captivity.
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So this is one indication, among many,
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that Matthew views his present moment,
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first century A.D., the time of Christ,
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as still yet a time of exile.
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Israel is not made at home.
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In fact, when you look at every one of the fulfillment quotations
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in Matthew chapters 1 through 4,
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of which there are many,
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every single one is speaking in a context of exile.
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And so Matthew sees this ongoing exile,
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and he makes it clear, too, in chapter 1,
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that the cause of this exile is sin.
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Just as Israel was led in captivity in the Old Testament
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due to their idolatry and wickedness,
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so, too, in Jesus' day,
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did the people remain in exile for their sin.
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He indicates this not only by the baptism of repentance
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that we're reading about,
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but in chapter 1, verse 21,
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the angel of the Lord says to Joseph,
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of the Christ child,
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he says,
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you shall call his name Jesus,
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for he will save his people
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from their sins.
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Okay, so,
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here's how all this ties in
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to Jesus identifying
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with his people.
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Jesus comes
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to be baptized
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in the Jordan,
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in the wilderness.
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So, again,
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Matthew is playing on this exile theme
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to say something about
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Christ.
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There's a lot of symbolic imagery
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conveyed by baptism.
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The submersion of baptism
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signifies being under the wrath of God.
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Of course, you think of this
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because of the flood
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in Genesis 6.
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You also might think
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of the Exodus account
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when Moses leads Israel
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through the Red Sea.
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It's parted.
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God parts it
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so they can pass through safely,
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but then he collapses it
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to crush Egypt,
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Pharaoh's army.
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So, it is both a salvation
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for Israel
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and a judgment
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on Egypt.
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And so,
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I think Matthew
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intends our minds
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to think about
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all these things.
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Perhaps most directly,
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though,
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he intends us to recall
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Joshua.
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For one,
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Joshua's name
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is the same as Jesus's,
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and we translate it in English
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or transliterate
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as Joshua.
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In Hebrew,
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it's Yeshua.
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But Jesus is just
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the Greek transliteration
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of Yeshua as well.
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So, it's the same name.
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You might call
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the book of Joshua
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the book of Jesus
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in a sense, right?
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Same name.
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And it simply means
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God saves.
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And more so,
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recall
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the Jordan
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in Joshua.
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In Joshua chapter 3
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through 4,
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God parts the Jordan
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so Joshua
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can lead Israel
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out of the wilderness,
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out of the exile,
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so to speak,
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into the promised land
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and conquer
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it.
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So, Jesus,
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in great humility,
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is identifying
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with his people Israel.
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He does this
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by reenacting
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their entire history.
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And Matthew
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shows us this.
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It began in the genealogy,
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continues in chapter 2
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where he's persecuted
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by Herod
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and has to flee
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to Egypt
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like Moses
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was persecuted
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by Pharaoh.
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further still now
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in chapter 3
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the baptism
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reenacting
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several significant
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Old Testament moments
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in the story
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and life of Israel.
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And it goes on
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if you read chapter 4
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Jesus goes further
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into the wilderness
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to be tempted
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by the devil
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while he's hungry.
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That sounds a lot
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like Israel
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in the wilderness.
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And then chapter 5
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Jesus ascends the mount
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and gives
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teaching on the law.
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Well, that sounds a lot
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like Moses
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and Israel.
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And this goes on
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and on and on
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throughout Matthew
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but you get the point.
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Matthew is carefully
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weaving this story
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to show how Jesus
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identifies
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with Israel.
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He is
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the new Israel.
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So in his great humility
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in his great wisdom
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and mercy
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Christ is symbolically
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saying
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through the act
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of this baptism
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I will take on
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my people's exile.
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I will take on
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their sin
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by going in
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to exile.
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I will bear
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what they have
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born.
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Now by itself
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that doesn't make
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sense.
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How does Jesus
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entering exile
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help his people?
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And since he is
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without sin
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born of the virgin
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why would he
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participate
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in a baptism
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of repentance
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to begin with?
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This kind of thinking
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I think
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is what led
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to John's objection
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in verse 14.
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Did you notice
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he would have
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prevented him
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saying I have
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need of you
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but you come
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to me?
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So why would
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John
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baptize Jesus?
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Why would Jesus
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initiate this?
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Well we then
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learn from Jesus
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response that
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Jesus
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is the savior
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of his people.
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Jesus is the
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savior
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of his people.
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Go ahead
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and look at
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verse 15.
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Jesus answers
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John saying
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permit it for
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now in this
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manner it is
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fitting for us
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to fulfill
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all righteousness.
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Now Jesus
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is not saying
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that the act
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of baptism
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saves us.
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This is not
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a proof text
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for so-called
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baptismal
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regeneration.
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We are saved
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by grace alone
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through faith alone
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apart from
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works of the
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law.
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Just one
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example
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consider the
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thief on the
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cross whom
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Jesus forgives
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and promises
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today you
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will be with
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me in
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paradise.
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Clearly the
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thief in his
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final moments
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of life on
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the cross was
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saved yet
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without
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baptism.
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So this
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can't be what
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Jesus means.
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Nor do I
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think Matthew
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is talking about
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the imputation
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of righteousness.
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Now doctrinally
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speaking I do
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believe that
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Christ's righteousness
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is imputed to
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believers.
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Paul makes
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that clear in
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Romans 4 verse
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3 he writes
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Abraham believed
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God and it
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was counted to
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him or reckoned
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as righteousness.
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So that idea of
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imputed righteousness
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is true it's
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biblical it's
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essential it's
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wonderful but I
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don't think that's
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what's being
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discussed in
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Matthew 3 15.
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I think people
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who say
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otherwise have
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a case of
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right doctrine
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but wrong
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text.
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Rather in
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Matthew the
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term righteousness
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usually conveys
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salvation or
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more commonly
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in Matthew a
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ethical
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righteousness as
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an actual good
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works.
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And this does
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not mean Matthew
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is preaching a
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different gospel
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than Paul.
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It's not a
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contradiction between
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the two at all.
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It's just that he's
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emphasizing something
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different using
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the same work.
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And this is why
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people can get
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confused.
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So an example
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of the ethical
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use of righteousness
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or the good works
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sense of it is
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Matthew 5 10.
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Blessed are those
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persecuted for
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righteousness sake.
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Clearly Jesus
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intends in that
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passage those who
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are persecuted for
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living righteously
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by doing the
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right things
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being the right
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kind of person.
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An example of
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righteousness used
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to convey salvation
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in Matthew would
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be Matthew 6 33.
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Seek first the
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kingdom of God
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and his
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righteousness.
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The coming of
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the kingdom
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inheriting the
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kingdom entering
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the kingdom.
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These are all
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ways to describe
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salvation and
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God's rule and
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reign.
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And so in
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chapter 6 verse
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33 Matthew puts
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kingdom of God
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and righteousness
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in tandem.
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It's a package
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deal.
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So in our
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text chapter 3
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verse 15 I
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think both these
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uses of
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righteousness are
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in play.
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Jesus is saying
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that in the
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manner of
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baptism we will
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fulfill all
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righteousness.
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Both this ethical
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righteousness by
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keeping the law
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doing good works
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perfectly but
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also the long
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awaited salvation
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that Israel
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longed for
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in exile.
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He's saying I
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will bring this
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about as your
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just and
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righteous king.
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So Jesus is
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saying something
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about the manner
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in which he will
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save his people.
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He is our
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savior we've seen
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that but he's
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also saying
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something about
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the manner in
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which he will
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save us.
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But we already
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saw it's not
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baptism that saves
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so what is
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he showing
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us?
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What is it
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that saves
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us?
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What is
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Jesus saying?
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Well this is
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the next thing
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we learn.
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Jesus is saying
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he will suffer
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for his people
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to bring peace
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and new creation
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through the
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spirit.
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Jesus will
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suffer for his
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people to bring
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peace and new
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creation through
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the spirit.
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Go ahead and
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look at verse
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16.
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when he was
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baptized
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immediately
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Jesus came up
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from the water
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and behold the
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heavens were
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open to him
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and he saw
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the spirit of
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God descending
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like a dove
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and coming to
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rest on him.
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So immersion
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really matters
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to understand
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this imagery.
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This isn't just
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a Baptist
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shtick.
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This matters.
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Jesus goes
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under the
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water.
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He's not
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dabbled by it.
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He goes
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under.
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And significantly
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this signifies
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death.
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Being under
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the wrath
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of God.
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And Paul
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certainly
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understood it
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this way.
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Romans 6
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4.
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He says
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we were
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buried
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therefore
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with him
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by baptism
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into death
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in order
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that just
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as Christ
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was raised
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from the
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dead
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by the
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glory of
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father
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we too
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might walk
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in newness
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of life.
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Now Jesus'
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audience in
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Matthew
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would have
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understood
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this imagery
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as the
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Old Testament
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often has
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negative
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connotations
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for water.
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So again
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this is largely
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due to the
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flood as I
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already referenced
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that would be
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a big
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symbolic
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thing in
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their mind
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when it
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comes to
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water.
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So in
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Matthew 3
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16
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Jesus is
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foreshadowing
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his own
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death.
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This is why
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he says in
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verse 15
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in this
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manner.
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In other
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words in
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a way
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similar to
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what I'm
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about to
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symbolically
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enact
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we will
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fulfill
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all
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righteousness.
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Christ
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goes down
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into death
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to identify
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with his
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people but
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importantly as
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verse 15
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says he
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comes back
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up
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immediately
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and so
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thus he
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foreshadows
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his
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resurrection
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and the
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resurrection
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of all
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believers.
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But this
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is not all
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that is
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signified in
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this scene.
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The imagery
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goes on
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and it
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reminds us
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that the
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gospel is
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not merely
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a free
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get out
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of hell
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jail card.
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As great
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as that is
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as much
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as I
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love that
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it is
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even better
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more full
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more rich
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more satisfying
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Jesus
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brings peace
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and new
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creation
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through
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the spirit.
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In the
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Greco-Roman
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world there
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was a
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common
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practice
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called
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augury.
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This was
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a practice
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where augers
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would examine
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birds,
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their flight
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patterns,
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their cries,
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what types
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of birds
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and these
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kinds of
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things.
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And after
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they examined
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all this
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information
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on a given
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day it
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would reveal
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the will
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of the
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gods.
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If you
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want to
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know what
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this looks
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like,
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come find
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me on
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a Saturday
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morning.
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You may
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recall this
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from the
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movie Troy
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if you've
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ever seen
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it.
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They look
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at the
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birds and
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they're like,
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oh yeah,
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we're going
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to be good.
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But then
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they're not,
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so the city
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is besieged.
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But nonetheless,
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that would be
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an example
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of augury.
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It's a big
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deal,
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very widespread,
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very common.
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Even Jews
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probably participate
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in this,
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you know,
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the ones who
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were less
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faithful to
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Yahweh.
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And
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significantly,
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certain birds
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were associated
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with certain
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omens.
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The eagle
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was favored
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because it
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signified strength,
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military superiority,
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and prosperity.
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This was the
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preferred bird
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for kings
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and generals,
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and this is
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why the
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Roman armies
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carried an
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eagle standard
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and not a
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duck standard.
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Right?
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And likewise,
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it is why
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Nazi Germany,
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even the
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United States
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of America,
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and many
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other nations
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since then
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have used
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eagles
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as a symbol
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for their
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military.
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It is a sign
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of strength,
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superiority.
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On the other
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hand,
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you have
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the dove.
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One of the
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less respected
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birds in
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augury.
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The dove
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symbolized
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peace,
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gentleness,
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love.
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That sounds
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great to us,
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to a Roman.
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I'm going to
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bully you.
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Right?
17:04
That doesn't
17:06
sound that great.
17:06
You don't want
17:07
the dove.
17:07
It kind of
17:08
makes you look
17:08
a little weak.
17:10
You want
17:10
the eagle,
17:11
especially if
17:12
you're a king.
17:13
You want
17:13
the eagle.
17:15
So you can
17:16
imagine the
17:17
shock when in
17:18
Matthew's
17:18
gospel,
17:19
which is the
17:19
royal gospel,
17:20
the kingly
17:21
gospel,
17:22
where we are
17:22
constantly
17:22
reminded that
17:24
Jesus,
17:24
the son of
17:25
David,
17:25
is king and
17:26
lord.
17:27
The shock
17:28
when a bird
17:28
descends from
17:29
heaven,
17:30
and it's
17:31
not an eagle.
17:32
It's a dove.
17:34
He did not
17:35
come to
17:35
conquer the
17:36
Romans and
17:37
lead a
17:38
military campaign.
17:41
He came to
17:42
bring peace to
17:43
sinners stuck
17:44
in exile who
17:45
need to be
17:45
made bright
17:46
with God.
17:50
Further,
17:50
this dove
17:51
symbolizes new
17:52
creation.
17:54
So keep in
17:55
mind,
17:55
it is the
17:56
spirit of God
17:57
coming in
17:57
the likeness
17:58
of a
17:59
dove.
18:00
This
18:01
calls to
18:01
mind
18:01
Genesis
18:02
chapter 1
18:02
verse 2,
18:04
which says,
18:05
the earth
18:05
was without
18:05
form and
18:06
void,
18:07
and darkness
18:08
was over
18:08
the face
18:09
of the
18:09
deep,
18:10
and the
18:10
spirit of
18:11
God was
18:11
hovering over
18:12
the face
18:13
of the
18:14
waters.
18:15
Now that
18:16
verb,
18:16
hovering,
18:17
is a
18:17
word often
18:18
used to
18:18
describe
18:18
birds.
18:20
And a
18:20
lot of
18:20
ancient
18:21
interpreters
18:21
connected
18:22
this hovering
18:22
word with
18:24
the dove
18:25
that we
18:25
read about
18:25
in Matthew
18:26
3.
18:29
More
18:29
concretely
18:30
though,
18:30
the dove
18:31
recalls
18:31
Noah after
18:32
the flood.
18:34
In the
18:34
narrative of
18:35
Genesis,
18:36
God wipes
18:37
out humanity
18:38
with a
18:38
worldwide flood
18:39
and essentially
18:40
starts creation
18:41
over.
18:43
First Adam
18:43
messed up,
18:44
well,
18:44
I'll make a
18:44
new Adam.
18:45
His name's
18:45
going to be
18:46
Noah.
18:47
I'm going
18:47
to keep
18:47
him and
18:48
his little
18:48
family alive
18:49
and wipe
18:49
out everybody,
18:50
wipe out
18:51
the land.
18:51
I'm going
18:52
to start
18:52
over.
18:53
Let's see
18:53
how this
18:53
goes.
18:54
Not that
18:55
he knows
18:55
how it's
18:55
going to
18:56
go,
18:56
but you
18:57
get the
18:57
idea.
18:58
So in
18:58
the narrative,
18:59
you're
18:59
expecting,
19:00
okay,
19:00
things are
19:00
going to
19:00
get better.
19:01
We got
19:01
a new
19:01
Adam,
19:02
second
19:02
chance,
19:02
right?
19:04
Well,
19:04
not so.
19:05
He floods
19:05
the earth
19:06
and things
19:08
don't go so
19:08
well for
19:09
Noah and
19:09
his family
19:09
later on
19:10
due to
19:10
sin.
19:11
And so
19:12
you're still
19:12
awaiting
19:12
this new
19:13
Adam,
19:14
this new
19:14
Noah.
19:17
But in
19:17
that story
19:18
with Noah,
19:20
he becomes
19:21
this new
19:21
Adam,
19:22
tragically
19:22
fails,
19:24
but the
19:25
key to
19:25
this is
19:25
Genesis
19:26
8.
19:27
In that
19:27
passage,
19:27
Noah is
19:28
on the
19:28
ark,
19:29
the flood
19:30
is ending,
19:31
he doesn't
19:31
know if
19:31
it's over
19:32
yet,
19:33
and so
19:33
to test if
19:34
there's
19:34
land,
19:35
he's on
19:35
a ship,
19:35
right,
19:36
the ark,
19:36
he sends
19:37
out a
19:37
dove.
19:39
And of
19:39
course,
19:39
the dove
19:40
does not
19:40
return to
19:40
him once
19:41
he sends
19:42
it out,
19:43
and so
19:43
that's how
19:43
Noah knows
19:44
it's safe
19:44
to get
19:45
out.
19:45
There's
19:45
land.
19:46
The dove
19:46
went
19:47
somewhere.
19:47
So
19:49
notice
19:50
here,
19:50
this
19:50
context
19:51
is
19:51
hinting
19:52
at a
19:53
new
19:53
creation.
19:54
When you
19:55
string all
19:55
these threads
19:56
together,
19:57
as I believe
19:57
Matthew intends
19:58
us to,
19:58
the picture
19:59
is clear.
20:02
Jesus
20:02
will suffer
20:03
for his
20:03
people to
20:04
bring peace
20:05
and new
20:05
creation
20:05
through
20:07
the
20:08
Spirit.
20:10
It's
20:10
just as
20:10
John the
20:11
Baptist
20:11
said in
20:12
Matthew 3.11,
20:13
he will
20:13
baptize you
20:14
with the
20:15
Holy Spirit.
20:16
He does
20:17
so as
20:18
the
20:18
anointed
20:19
one with
20:19
the
20:19
Spirit to
20:20
bring about
20:21
the promised
20:22
new covenant
20:22
in which
20:24
all members
20:24
will receive
20:25
the Spirit.
20:29
Now,
20:29
just in
20:30
case someone
20:30
thinks I'm
20:31
being a
20:31
little too
20:31
creative here
20:32
making this
20:33
up,
20:33
just consider
20:34
what Paul's
20:36
understanding
20:36
of baptism
20:37
is once
20:38
more.
20:40
We already
20:41
saw from
20:42
Romans that
20:43
Paul understands
20:44
baptism as
20:45
death and
20:46
life imagery.
20:49
In 2 Corinthians
20:49
5.17,
20:50
we get a
20:51
little further
20:51
insight into
20:52
Paul and
20:53
how he
20:53
understands
20:53
baptism.
20:55
He says,
20:56
therefore,
20:56
if anyone
20:57
is in
20:57
Christ,
20:59
he is a
20:59
new creation.
21:01
The old
21:02
has passed
21:03
away.
21:03
Behold,
21:05
the new
21:05
has come.
21:08
That really
21:09
enhances how
21:10
we understand
21:11
Paul in
21:12
Romans 6.4,
21:12
which I read
21:13
earlier,
21:13
when he
21:14
says that
21:15
we are
21:16
in newness
21:17
of life.
21:18
This is
21:19
all new
21:20
creation
21:20
language.
21:23
When we
21:24
baptize
21:24
someone,
21:25
we as
21:25
a church
21:26
and they
21:27
as an
21:27
individual
21:28
are making
21:29
a public
21:30
proclamation
21:30
that so-and-so
21:32
is in
21:32
Christ,
21:33
so-and-so
21:34
is a
21:34
Christian,
21:35
so-and-so
21:36
is part
21:38
of the
21:38
new
21:39
creation.
21:40
this was
21:42
anticipated
21:42
by the
21:43
Old Testament
21:43
prophecies
21:44
of the
21:45
new
21:45
covenant.
21:47
You think
21:47
of Ezekiel
21:47
36,
21:48
26-27,
21:50
which says,
21:50
God speaks
21:51
and he
21:52
says,
21:53
I will
21:54
give you
21:54
a new
21:55
heart
21:55
and a
21:56
new
21:57
spirit
21:57
I will
21:57
put
21:58
within
21:58
you,
21:59
and I
21:59
will
21:59
remove
22:00
the
22:00
heart
22:00
of
22:00
stone
22:00
from
22:01
your
22:01
flesh
22:01
and
22:01
give
22:02
you
22:02
a
22:02
heart
22:02
of
22:03
flesh,
22:04
and I
22:05
will
22:05
put
22:05
my
22:06
spirit
22:06
within
22:06
you
22:06
and
22:07
cause
22:07
you
22:07
to
22:07
walk
22:08
in
22:08
my
22:09
statues
22:09
and be
22:09
careful
22:10
to
22:11
obey
22:11
my
22:11
rules.
22:12
So,
22:13
notice
22:13
again
22:14
that
22:14
new
22:14
creation
22:15
language,
22:15
new
22:15
heart,
22:17
new
22:18
spirit,
22:20
referencing
22:20
the
22:20
Holy
22:20
Spirit
22:21
who's
22:21
given.
22:23
So,
22:23
I think
22:24
it is
22:24
clear then
22:24
that
22:25
Matthew
22:25
3-16
22:26
is
22:26
presenting
22:27
the
22:27
baptism
22:28
as
22:29
a
22:29
new
22:30
creation
22:31
act.
22:32
This
22:33
is the
22:33
beginning
22:33
of the
22:34
new.
22:36
And
22:36
one
22:36
major
22:36
implication
22:37
of these
22:38
truths
22:38
that I've
22:38
just
22:39
expounded
22:40
is that
22:40
we
22:41
Baptists
22:42
got it
22:42
right.
22:44
Baptism
22:45
is only
22:45
for those
22:46
who are
22:46
actually
22:47
in
22:47
Christ.
22:49
I love
22:50
our
22:50
Paedo
22:50
Baptist
22:51
brothers
22:51
and
22:51
sisters,
22:53
but they're
22:53
just wrong
22:54
about this
22:54
one.
22:56
Just
22:56
try and
22:57
find a
22:57
passage
22:58
where
22:58
someone
22:58
is
22:59
depicted
22:59
as
22:59
new
22:59
creation
23:00
who
23:01
is
23:01
not
23:01
also
23:01
saved
23:02
and
23:03
elect.
23:04
Right?
23:05
You
23:05
won't.
23:06
So
23:07
why
23:07
would
23:07
we
23:08
baptize
23:08
persons
23:09
signifying
23:09
they are
23:10
of the
23:10
new
23:10
creation
23:11
when
23:12
in fact
23:12
we have
23:13
no idea
23:14
and believe
23:14
it possible
23:15
for them
23:15
to not
23:16
be
23:16
elect
23:17
a new
23:17
creation?
23:19
It just
23:19
doesn't
23:20
really
23:20
compute
23:21
with the
23:22
Bible.
23:24
So
23:24
baptism
23:24
is for
23:25
those
23:25
publicly
23:26
recognizing
23:26
they are
23:27
in
23:28
Christ
23:28
within
23:29
the
23:29
context
23:30
of a
23:30
local
23:30
church
23:31
that
23:32
shares
23:33
that
23:33
assessment.
23:36
And
23:36
this
23:36
is why
23:36
the
23:36
elders
23:37
when
23:37
they
23:37
baptize
23:38
someone
23:38
here
23:38
say
23:39
John
23:40
Doe
23:41
having
23:41
made a
23:42
credible
23:42
profession
23:42
of
23:43
faith
23:43
we
23:43
baptize
23:44
you
23:44
in
23:45
the
23:45
name
23:45
of
23:45
the
23:45
Father
23:46
the
23:46
Son
23:46
and
23:47
the
23:47
Holy
23:47
Spirit
23:47
you
23:48
have
23:48
been
23:48
buried
23:48
with
23:49
Christ
23:49
in
23:50
baptism
23:50
and
23:51
raised
23:51
to
23:51
walk
23:52
in
23:52
the
23:52
newness
23:53
of
23:53
life
23:54
coming
23:54
from
23:54
Romans
23:54
6
23:55
4
23:55
new
23:56
creation
23:56
language
23:57
so
23:58
we'll
23:58
come back
23:59
to this
23:59
in our
23:59
application
24:00
but I
24:01
hear now
24:02
why this
24:02
new
24:03
creation
24:03
thread
24:03
is on
24:04
your
24:04
minds
24:04
because
24:04
it is
24:05
hard
24:05
to
24:05
follow
24:05
so
24:06
I
24:06
wanted
24:06
to
24:06
mention
24:06
that
24:07
now
24:08
so
24:10
Jesus
24:10
is going
24:10
to
24:11
suffer
24:11
he's
24:11
going
24:11
to
24:11
bring
24:12
peace
24:12
he's
24:12
going
24:12
to
24:12
bring
24:13
about
24:13
this
24:13
new
24:13
creation
24:14
through
24:14
the
24:14
spirit
24:15
but who
24:17
is
24:18
Jesus
24:18
that he
24:18
can
24:19
do
24:19
all
24:20
this
24:21
well
24:22
this
24:22
is
24:22
the
24:22
next
24:23
thing
24:23
we
24:23
learn
24:23
about
24:23
Jesus
24:24
it
24:24
jumps
24:25
off
24:25
the
24:25
page
24:26
at
24:26
you
24:26
in
24:26
verse
24:26
17
24:27
Jesus
24:28
is
24:31
son
24:31
of
24:31
God
24:32
and
24:33
king
24:33
of
24:33
kings
24:34
Matthew
24:35
3
24:36
17
24:36
God
24:37
speaks
24:37
from
24:37
the
24:38
opened
24:38
heavens
24:38
and
24:39
says
24:39
this
24:41
is
24:41
my
24:42
beloved
24:42
son
24:42
with
24:44
whom
24:44
I'm
24:44
well
24:45
pleased
24:45
God
24:47
makes
24:48
this
24:48
declaration
24:48
of
24:49
his
24:49
son
24:49
to
24:50
his
24:50
son
24:50
and
24:51
the
24:51
crowds
24:51
over
24:53
here
24:53
and
24:54
what
24:54
a
24:55
wild
24:55
scene
24:56
and
24:58
that
24:58
Jewish
24:58
crowd
24:59
would
24:59
immediately
24:59
recognize
25:00
these
25:01
words
25:02
God
25:03
is
25:03
combining
25:04
two
25:04
passages
25:05
from
25:06
the
25:06
old
25:06
testament
25:07
we
25:07
read
25:07
one
25:07
of
25:07
them
25:07
this
25:08
morning
25:08
he's
25:09
combining
25:09
psalm
25:10
2
25:10
7
25:11
and
25:12
isaiah
25:12
42
25:13
verse
25:13
1
25:14
psalm
25:16
2
25:16
7
25:16
says
25:17
the
25:17
lord
25:17
said
25:17
to
25:18
me
25:18
you
25:19
are
25:20
my
25:20
son
25:20
there's
25:21
that
25:21
echo
25:22
today
25:23
i'm
25:23
begotten
25:24
isaiah
25:25
42
25:25
verse
25:25
1
25:26
reads
25:26
behold
25:26
my
25:27
servant
25:27
whom
25:28
i
25:28
uphold
25:29
my
25:29
chosen
25:29
in
25:31
whom
25:31
my
25:31
soul
25:31
delights
25:32
i've
25:34
put
25:34
my
25:34
spirit
25:35
upon
25:35
him
25:35
and
25:36
he
25:36
will
25:37
bring
25:37
forth
25:37
justice
25:38
same
25:38
word
25:38
for
25:39
righteousness
25:39
to
25:40
the
25:40
nations
25:41
now
25:43
psalm
25:43
2
25:43
is a
25:44
coronation
25:44
psalm
25:45
you heard
25:45
nathan
25:46
preach on
25:46
this
25:46
just a
25:47
couple
25:47
weeks
25:47
ago
25:47
this
25:49
psalm
25:50
speaks
25:50
of
25:51
in
25:51
its
25:51
original
25:52
context
25:52
David
25:52
but
25:53
in
25:53
its
25:53
messianic
25:54
ultimate
25:54
context
25:55
Christ
25:55
and
25:57
this
25:58
psalm
25:58
was
25:58
likely
25:58
read
25:59
in
25:59
Israel
25:59
whenever
26:00
a
26:00
king
26:00
was
26:00
coronated
26:01
crowned
26:02
and
26:03
so
26:03
it's
26:03
significant
26:04
that
26:04
jesus
26:04
would
26:04
choose
26:04
to
26:05
quote
26:05
this
26:05
at
26:05
the
26:05
baptism
26:06
this
26:06
is
26:06
the
26:07
crowning
26:08
of
26:08
the
26:08
king
26:08
he's
26:09
making
26:10
it
26:10
clear
26:10
this
26:11
is
26:11
my
26:11
son
26:12
the
26:12
king
26:12
of
26:13
kings
26:14
and
26:15
likewise
26:15
psalm
26:16
2
26:16
speaks
26:16
of
26:17
god's
26:17
eternal
26:18
plan
26:18
with
26:18
his
26:19
son
26:19
to
26:20
judge
26:20
the
26:21
wicked
26:22
to
26:22
save
26:22
the
26:22
righteous
26:23
how
26:24
they
26:24
laugh
26:24
at
26:24
the
26:24
plans
26:25
of
26:25
the
26:25
wicked
26:25
and
26:26
how
26:26
christ
26:27
son
26:27
will
26:27
conquer
26:28
all
26:28
and
26:29
so
26:30
in
26:30
this
26:30
baptism
26:30
god's
26:31
indicating
26:32
i'm
26:33
going to
26:33
conquer
26:33
the
26:33
world
26:33
not
26:34
through
26:34
war
26:34
not
26:34
through
26:35
military
26:36
might
26:36
through
26:36
peace
26:37
through
26:37
sacrifice
26:38
through
26:39
my
26:39
son
26:39
in
26:41
whom
26:41
i'm
26:41
well
26:41
pleased
26:42
so
26:43
this
26:43
is
26:43
the
26:43
king
26:43
of
26:43
kings
26:44
he's
26:44
being
26:45
recognized
26:45
as
26:46
king
26:46
in
26:47
this
26:47
baptism
26:48
and
26:50
then
26:50
the
26:50
reference
26:50
to
26:51
isaiah
26:51
42
26:51
likewise
26:52
evokes
26:54
the
26:54
wider
26:55
context
26:55
of
26:56
isaiah
26:56
particularly
26:58
the
26:58
servant
26:58
songs
26:59
as
26:59
they're
26:59
known
27:00
of
27:00
isaiah
27:00
40
27:01
through
27:01
55
27:02
i'm
27:03
not
27:03
going
27:03
to
27:03
read
27:03
all
27:04
that
27:04
but
27:05
this
27:05
passage
27:05
depicts
27:06
the
27:06
coming
27:06
messiah
27:07
as
27:07
a
27:07
servant
27:08
pleasing
27:08
to
27:09
the
27:09
lord
27:09
the
27:10
servant
27:10
will
27:11
bring
27:11
justice
27:11
to
27:12
the
27:12
nations
27:12
like
27:12
psalm
27:13
2
27:14
says
27:14
this
27:15
servant
27:15
will
27:16
die
27:16
for
27:16
the
27:16
many
27:17
for
27:17
their
27:17
transgressions
27:18
to
27:18
make
27:18
atonement
27:20
see
27:20
that
27:20
in
27:20
isaiah
27:21
53
27:21
in
27:23
short
27:23
so much
27:24
of what
27:24
we have
27:25
already
27:25
seen
27:25
and talked
27:26
about
27:26
that we've
27:28
seen
27:28
symbolically
27:29
in the
27:29
act of
27:30
this
27:30
baptism
27:31
is made
27:32
explicit
27:33
by these
27:33
quotations
27:34
in the
27:35
declaration
27:36
from
27:37
the
27:38
father
27:38
and so
27:42
in closing
27:42
friends
27:43
all i can
27:43
say is
27:44
behold
27:44
your
27:45
god
27:46
king
27:49
jesus
27:50
the
27:50
beloved
27:51
son
27:51
of
27:51
god
27:51
empowered
27:52
by the
27:52
spirit
27:53
came
27:53
to
27:53
save
27:53
his
27:53
people
27:54
from
27:54
their
27:55
sin
27:55
and
27:55
exile
27:55
by
27:56
identifying
27:57
with
27:57
them
27:57
and
27:57
suffering
27:58
for
27:58
them
27:58
to
27:58
secure
27:59
peace
27:59
and
28:00
begin
28:01
the
28:01
new
28:02
creation
28:04
so
28:06
in
28:06
closing
28:07
i just
28:07
want to
28:07
offer
28:07
a few
28:08
reflections
28:09
and
28:10
applications
28:10
number
28:11
one
28:12
repent
28:14
and
28:14
believe
28:14
right
28:15
do you
28:16
know
28:16
this
28:17
king
28:17
have
28:18
you
28:18
repented
28:18
of
28:19
your
28:19
sins
28:19
and
28:20
placed
28:20
faith
28:21
in
28:21
him
28:22
why
28:22
wouldn't
28:23
you
28:23
what
28:25
or who
28:25
is
28:26
greater
28:26
that
28:27
would
28:27
prevent
28:28
you
28:28
and
28:30
have
28:30
you
28:30
publicly
28:31
made
28:31
this
28:31
repentance
28:32
and
28:32
believe
28:33
clear
28:33
by
28:34
obediently
28:35
being
28:35
baptized
28:36
you
28:38
are
28:38
under
28:38
the
28:39
wrath
28:39
of
28:39
God
28:40
you
28:40
are
28:40
in
28:40
that
28:41
exile
28:41
and
28:42
the
28:42
day
28:43
of
28:43
judgment
28:43
is
28:43
drawing
28:44
near
28:44
so
28:44
don't
28:44
presume
28:45
on
28:45
tomorrow
28:46
right
28:48
go to
28:48
the
28:48
Lord
28:49
today
28:50
secondly
28:51
guard
28:53
the
28:53
membership
28:54
at
28:56
Providence
28:56
Baptist
28:57
Church
28:57
we are
28:57
an
28:58
elder
28:58
led
28:58
congregational
28:59
Baptist
29:00
Church
29:00
every
29:02
member
29:03
here
29:03
has a
29:03
God
29:04
given
29:04
responsibility
29:05
to
29:05
guard
29:06
the
29:07
membership
29:07
of
29:07
the
29:07
church
29:08
this
29:08
is
29:08
not
29:08
just
29:08
a
29:08
job
29:09
for
29:09
the
29:10
elders
29:11
the
29:11
deacons
29:12
the
29:12
people
29:13
who
29:13
volunteer
29:13
a lot
29:14
this
29:14
is
29:14
for
29:14
everybody
29:15
if
29:16
you're
29:17
a
29:17
member
29:17
God
29:18
holds
29:18
you
29:18
responsible
29:19
for
29:20
the
29:20
membership
29:21
of
29:22
this
29:22
church
29:23
so
29:24
again
29:24
baptism
29:25
is
29:25
for
29:25
those
29:25
who
29:26
are
29:26
of
29:26
the
29:26
new
29:27
creation
29:27
that's
29:28
the
29:28
elect
29:29
regenerate
29:30
persons
29:31
members
29:34
of
29:34
the
29:34
new
29:34
covenant
29:35
who
29:35
are
29:35
always
29:36
regenerate
29:36
according
29:36
to
29:37
Ezekiel
29:37
so
29:39
don't
29:39
abdicate
29:39
the
29:40
responsibility
29:40
God
29:41
has
29:41
given
29:41
you
29:41
as
29:42
a
29:42
member
29:42
to
29:42
vet
29:43
potential
29:44
new
29:44
members
29:46
right
29:46
be
29:46
as
29:47
certain
29:47
as
29:47
you
29:47
can
29:48
be
29:48
that
29:49
you
29:49
are
29:49
welcoming
29:50
someone
29:50
into
29:50
the
29:51
fold
29:51
who
29:51
is
29:51
truly
29:52
a
29:52
Christian
29:52
right
29:54
to
29:54
bring
29:54
in
29:55
an
29:55
unregenerate
29:56
person
29:56
and
29:57
baptize
29:57
them
29:58
is
29:59
to
29:59
confuse
29:59
the
30:00
gospel
30:00
damage
30:01
the
30:01
witness
30:02
of
30:02
our
30:02
church
30:03
and
30:04
bring
30:04
disorder
30:05
third
30:08
be
30:08
a
30:09
peacemaker
30:10
life
30:12
is
30:12
crazy
30:13
there
30:13
are
30:13
factions
30:14
everywhere
30:14
opinions
30:15
in every
30:15
finger
30:16
misunderstandings
30:17
offenses
30:18
all kinds
30:20
of stuff
30:20
that
30:20
divides
30:21
people
30:22
leads
30:23
to
30:23
bitterness
30:24
anger
30:24
hate
30:25
and
30:27
exile
30:27
to
30:28
bring
30:29
peace
30:30
he
30:32
says
30:32
later
30:32
in
30:33
Matthew
30:33
5
30:33
verse
30:34
9
30:34
blessed
30:34
are
30:34
the
30:35
peacemakers
30:35
for
30:36
they
30:37
shall
30:37
be
30:37
called
30:37
sons
30:38
of
30:38
God
30:39
bring
30:41
peace
30:41
to
30:42
the
30:42
relationships
30:42
and
30:43
situations
30:44
within
30:45
your
30:45
spheres
30:46
right
30:46
in
30:46
some
30:47
cases
30:47
that
30:47
might
30:48
mean
30:48
for
30:48
you
30:48
that
30:49
you
30:50
need
30:50
to
30:50
seek
30:50
forgiveness
30:50
maybe
30:51
you
30:51
wronged
30:52
someone
30:52
and
30:52
you
30:52
know
30:53
it
30:53
maybe
30:55
you
30:55
need
30:55
to
30:55
be
30:55
forgiving
30:56
someone's
30:57
wronged
30:57
you
30:57
and
30:58
you're
30:58
not
30:58
letting
30:58
it
30:58
go
30:59
you
30:59
need
30:59
to
30:59
forgive
31:00
that
31:01
person
31:01
initiate
31:02
reconciliation
31:03
bring
31:04
peace
31:05
it
31:07
may
31:07
require
31:07
that
31:07
you
31:08
hold
31:08
your
31:08
tongue
31:09
and
31:09
impatiently
31:10
endure
31:11
wrongdoing
31:12
right
31:13
you might
31:13
not be
31:14
able to
31:14
bring
31:14
about
31:15
reconciliation
31:15
in every
31:16
situation
31:17
but so
31:18
far as
31:19
it depends
31:19
on you
31:19
bring
31:20
peace
31:21
be a
31:21
peacemaker
31:23
and you
31:25
will be
31:25
called
31:25
a
31:26
son
31:26
of
31:27
God
31:27
and
31:29
lastly
31:30
delight
31:30
yourself
31:31
in
31:32
Jesus
31:32
my
31:34
mom
31:34
called
31:35
me
31:35
picky
31:35
growing
31:35
up
31:36
I
31:36
prefer
31:37
that
31:37
I
31:38
have
31:38
a
31:38
complicated
31:40
pal
31:41
I
31:44
used
31:44
to think
31:44
I was
31:44
picky
31:45
but I've
31:45
realized
31:46
if I'm
31:46
with
31:46
someone
31:47
who knows
31:47
food
31:47
well
31:48
which I
31:48
don't
31:49
I can't
31:49
make
31:49
Kraft
31:50
macaroni
31:50
but if I'm
31:52
with somebody
31:52
who knows
31:52
food
31:53
well
31:53
their
31:53
opinion
31:54
is
31:54
usually
31:55
right
31:55
and so
31:56
I've
31:56
become
31:57
that
31:57
guy
31:57
at
31:58
restaurants
31:58
who
31:59
always
31:59
asks
31:59
the
31:59
waiter
32:00
what do
32:00
you
32:00
recommend
32:00
you know
32:02
it doesn't
32:02
mean I'm
32:02
going to
32:02
go with
32:03
it
32:03
but
32:03
generally
32:04
I do
32:05
and I
32:07
do this
32:07
because I
32:07
know I
32:08
don't
32:08
understand
32:09
food
32:09
I don't
32:09
really
32:10
know
32:10
what's
32:10
good
32:10
for
32:10
me
32:11
I
32:11
wouldn't
32:11
try
32:11
things
32:12
without
32:14
somebody
32:14
telling
32:15
me
32:15
that I
32:15
trust
32:15
this is
32:16
really
32:16
good
32:17
and because
32:18
of this
32:19
practice
32:19
I've
32:19
learned
32:19
to love
32:20
a lot
32:20
of dishes
32:21
and food
32:21
items
32:22
I never
32:22
would have
32:22
tried
32:22
on my
32:23
own
32:23
like
32:23
shrimp
32:23
I don't
32:24
know why
32:25
it just
32:25
looked gross
32:26
when now
32:26
it's like
32:26
one of my
32:27
favorite
32:27
things
32:27
so if
32:29
that is
32:29
all true
32:30
how much
32:32
more so
32:32
is it
32:32
true
32:33
that we
32:33
should
32:33
embrace
32:34
what
32:34
God
32:35
delights
32:36
in
32:36
I
32:39
honestly
32:39
don't
32:40
understand
32:40
it
32:40
in one
32:41
sense
32:41
like a
32:43
question
32:43
I
32:43
sometimes
32:43
ask
32:44
myself
32:44
how
32:44
can
32:45
the
32:45
eternal
32:45
God
32:46
who
32:47
knows
32:47
all
32:47
things
32:47
and is
32:48
everywhere
32:48
all the
32:48
time
32:49
and is
32:49
all
32:49
powerful
32:50
not
32:51
get
32:51
bored
32:52
how
32:55
does
32:55
he
32:55
not
32:56
become
32:56
dissatisfied
32:57
I mean
32:57
that's
32:57
just
32:58
confusing
32:58
to me
32:59
as a
33:00
fallen
33:00
human
33:00
there is
33:02
so much
33:02
I don't
33:02
know
33:03
there is
33:03
so much
33:03
I have
33:04
not
33:04
experienced
33:05
there's
33:05
so much
33:05
room
33:06
to grow
33:06
in the
33:07
few
33:07
things
33:07
I'm
33:08
competent
33:08
in
33:09
and
33:10
yet
33:10
I
33:10
get
33:10
bored
33:11
all
33:11
the
33:11
time
33:12
I
33:12
get
33:12
dissatisfied
33:13
all
33:14
the
33:14
time
33:14
yet
33:16
here
33:16
in
33:16
Matthew
33:16
3
33:17
the
33:19
father
33:19
says
33:20
the
33:21
eternal
33:21
unbegotten
33:22
father
33:23
without
33:23
beginning
33:23
without
33:24
end
33:24
eternal
33:25
father
33:25
says
33:26
he
33:27
is
33:27
well
33:28
pleased
33:28
in
33:29
his
33:29
son
33:29
who
33:30
he's
33:30
been
33:30
with
33:30
that
33:31
entire
33:31
time
33:31
now
33:33
at a
33:34
human
33:34
level
33:34
you
33:35
would
33:35
think
33:35
that
33:35
would
33:35
get
33:35
old
33:36
but
33:37
here
33:37
he
33:37
is
33:37
declaring
33:38
joyfully
33:39
this
33:40
this
33:40
one
33:41
is
33:43
my
33:43
beloved
33:43
son
33:44
in
33:44
whom
33:44
I'm
33:44
well
33:45
pleased
33:47
he's
33:49
never
33:49
grown
33:49
tired
33:50
of
33:50
him
33:50
he's
33:51
well
33:51
pleased
33:51
he
33:52
has
33:52
no
33:52
greater
33:53
delight
33:53
than
33:54
his
33:54
son
33:55
Jesus
33:55
so
33:57
friends
33:57
take
33:57
it
33:57
from
33:58
the
33:58
father
33:58
and
33:59
always
33:59
delight
34:00
in
34:01
Christ
34:02
his
34:03
love
34:04
his
34:04
justice
34:04
his
34:05
mercy
34:05
his
34:05
sacrifice
34:06
his
34:06
power
34:07
his
34:08
glory
34:09
look
34:10
to
34:11
Jesus
34:11
as
34:12
the
34:12
fulfillment
34:12
of
34:13
your
34:13
deepest
34:14
and
34:14
greatest
34:15
longings
34:16
let's
34:18
pray