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Now, this may seem to you like a rather large chunk of text, and admittedly it is.
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A little bit challenging to take a look at this and see why we should go this far.
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And I've wrestled with that quite a bit over the last couple of weeks.
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But they are tied together thematically by both this reality and this metaphor of bread.
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As God continues in Jesus' ministry to draw people to believe that He is the Christ.
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Jesus put it this way, John 6, verses 47-51.
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Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.
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I am the bread of life.
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Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
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This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
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I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
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If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
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And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
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So He's teaching us there that He Himself is the very sustenance, the very thing that we need for life.
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And He's speaking of spiritual matters here.
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He uses this example of manna in the wilderness.
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Again, I've talked to you guys about typologies.
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Manna being a type of Christ.
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A way in which God met the physical needs of His people in the wilderness with this manna, this bread that came from heaven.
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But now He has sent a greater type, the anti-type.
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He has sent Christ as the bread of life to meet spiritual needs.
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And so you'll see that this text is all tied together with this metaphor, even as there's some physical interaction happening with bread.
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And that's important for us to see this morning.
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Now we see again a feeding miracle here.
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This is not a re-recording, as some people have suggested, of the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000.
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This is a separate instance.
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Some of the structure of the telling of it is similar, but it was a very similar miracle.
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We get different details, different region that it was happening in, a different report.
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He actually then later asked questions of the apostles about when He fed the 5 and when He fed the 4.
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And so this is clearly a unique miracle, although there are some similarities with the one that happened previously.
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We see in verse 1 that in those days a crowd had gathered.
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And Jesus now has returned from the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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He's been ministering primarily in Galilee, which is northwest of the Sea of Galilee.
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He's been primarily ministering in this region.
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And He has now gone off.
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He's coming really rapidly, bringing to a close His ministry in this region.
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And He's gone off to the coast of the Mediterranean, which is where Tyre and Sidon are located.
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Kind of a bit of a retreat.
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We see a couple of encounters in chapter 7 that happened.
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But the point was to get away from Galilee.
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And He's made this circuitous route to come around the region of Galilee and back into the Decapolis.
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You'll see that in chapter 7, verse 31.
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This is a region made up of 10 prominent Gentile cities.
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There were other cities there, but 10 prominent ones.
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Therefore, it's called the Greek Decapolis.
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It was to the east of the Sea of Galilee.
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A region just to the east of the Sea of Galilee.
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And previously, Jesus fed the 5,000, which was primarily a Jewish crowd in Galilee.
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We see that He expresses to them some of His Godhead.
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The way that He's come to lead them by having them sit in groups the way Moses did.
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And by having them, as Mark recorded, sit on the green grass to shepherd them.
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We don't see those details here because this is a Gentile crowd.
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So God orchestrates here with the life of Christ, the apostles' work in this time,
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another feeding, but to a different audience, to a Gentile crowd.
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And we notice here in verse 2 a unique thing that happens.
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Jesus states that He has compassion on this crowd.
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Now, this is a crowd that has been with Him three days.
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They've likely run out of food.
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They've traveled a great distance to hear Him speak.
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And He states that He has compassion on them.
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Now, this is the only place around this account that He says that.
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He Himself says that.
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Now, compassion is constantly attributed to Jesus as an observation of His actions.
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The recorders of the Gospel see the things He does,
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and they say He must have compassion for Him to act in this way.
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But this is the only place we see Him say that He Himself has compassion.
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And this is important that He declares this because it fulfills prophecy.
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Isaiah 54, 7 and 8.
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He is declaring Himself God.
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Verse 7,
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For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
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In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you,
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but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,
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says the Lord, your Redeemer.
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So Jesus cares about the physical things.
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He's primarily concerned.
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His major focus is on the spiritual things,
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those things that are eternal,
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but He is compassionate.
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We see Him not only caring about the Spirit,
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but also about the stomach.
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We see Him healing people miraculously.
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He's upset about deafness
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and the inability to speak clearly.
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We saw at the end of chapter 7.
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He has compassion on people.
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He declares that here Himself.
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And then we see in verse 4,
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a rather miraculous display of unbelief.
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And this is the verse that causes,
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some will call them quote-unquote scholars,
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to presume that this is a second recording
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of the first miracle of the feeding of the 5,000,
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because they just don't understand how these men
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could have possibly seen Him feed so many people before,
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not too long before,
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and now doubt that He could do it again.
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We saw before,
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at the feeding of the 5,000,
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this is a record of the men,
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so it's likely a much larger group.
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There's no real way to know,
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but presumably men with families,
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so 20,000 to 25,000 people,
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quite possibly.
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Now with 4,000,
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this is probably a massive group,
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16,000,
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20,000 people.
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They've traveled away three days.
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Likely their families are with them.
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And the apostles say,
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how can one feed these people
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with bread here in this desolate place?
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What an incredible display
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of their unbelief.
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And then we see the details of this miracle.
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He asks them,
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how many loads do you have?
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They say seven.
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They're asked to sit.
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There's small fish.
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It's kind of tacked on the end
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as if it's not really the important part of the story,
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and it's not.
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It's just another way they were fed,
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but the bread is the thing
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that we're meant to really notice here
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and to focus on.
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And you'll see in verse 8
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that they ate and were satisfied.
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They had plenty.
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In fact,
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they had stopped eating,
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and so there were leftovers.
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The type of basket here,
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is likely a much larger basket
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than the previous 12 baskets
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that were taken up.
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The baskets that were generally carried
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in Gentile region
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were large baskets carried on the shoulder.
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You could put a small person inside of.
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So the point, though,
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is there's lots and lots and lots of leftovers
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that Jesus provided to them aboundingly.
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It was above and beyond
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what they even needed to be satisfied.
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And then we get the record
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that he immediately,
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this is, I think, Mark's favorite word,
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immediately got into the boat
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with his disciples
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and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
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Now, the district of Dalmanutha
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is not mentioned much in history.
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You'll see in Matthew,
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it's recorded as the region of Magadan.
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So we've got the district of Dalmanutha,
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the region of Magadan.
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It would have been kind of like saying,
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I'm going to Marietta
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versus saying I'm going to Cobb County.
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This would have been a similar thing.
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So these aren't contradictory accounts,
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but these cities and this region
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existing in the same place,
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back again on the west side
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of the Sea of Galilee.
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This region was south of Capernaum
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where he had kind of headquartered
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his Galilean ministry.
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So he's now entered into a new place.
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And we see in verse 11,
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the Pharisees.
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Matthew's account expands that for us a bit
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and says the Pharisees
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and the Sadducees.
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And they immediately,
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they come up to him
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and they begin to argue with him.
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The Greek word would also mean dispute.
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Argue, dispute.
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Get into a debate from him.
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And the record here in verse 11
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is they were seeking from him
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a sign from heaven,
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not for the sake of belief,
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but to test him.
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To back him into a corner
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to prove that he wasn't who he says
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that he is.
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That is the Christ,
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the Son of God.
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Now it's interesting
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that Matthew's account records
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that the Pharisees and the Sadducees
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came together
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because these two
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were on the opposite ends
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of the religious spectrum.
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These groups of Jews.
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Opposite ends
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of the religious spectrum.
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In fact,
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they were religious enemies.
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They didn't really get along.
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They believed different things.
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If you'll allow,
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there were the conservatives
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and the liberals.
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Not politically speaking,
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but the way they treated
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the law of God.
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The Pharisees were the legalists.
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They were the fundamentalists.
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They followed everything to a T.
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At least they believed they did.
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The Sadducees were a little more
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loose with that.
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The Sadducees were primarily
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those involved in running the temple.
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They were extorters.
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People would bring sacrifice
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to the temple.
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They would tell them
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that they weren't good enough
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and then they would sell them
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an acceptable sacrifice
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at a really high rate.
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Often they wouldn't accept
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the money that they brought.
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They would make them exchange
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the money for the proper type of money.
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They would rip them off there as well.
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Horrible extortioners.
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Didn't care too much
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about defilement.
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They loved the Greek culture.
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The Pharisees hated it.
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But here we see them
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joining forces,
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which is such a fascinating thing.
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Because they were still those.
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They were apostate.
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They had built structures
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for themselves,
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whether it was conservative
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or whether it was liberal.
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They still rejected Jesus
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as the Christ.
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They missed the point
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altogether,
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together.
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You've heard the old adage,
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the enemy of my enemy
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is my friend.
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And this is what we find them,
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combining forces to come
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and to attack Jesus,
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to dispute with him
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and ask of him
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a sign from heaven.
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Now there's a superstition
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in Jewish culture in this day
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that only God could do
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a miracle from heaven,
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and here we're speaking of
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from the sky,
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but demons could do
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earthly miracles.
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So they're pressing him
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into a position
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where he either
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had to do it
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to prove who he was
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in their thinking,
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or deny doing it at all
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and then therefore
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deny who he is.
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They think they've got him
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backed into a corner
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with this request.
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We need a sign from heaven
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because this is only a thing
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that God could do
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to test him.
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To test him.
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Now do you all remember
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the story of Nicodemus?
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Nicodemus was a leader
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amongst the Pharisees.
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John chapter 3 verses 1 and 2
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records him coming to Jesus.
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Now there was a man
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of the Pharisees
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named Nicodemus,
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a ruler of the Jews.
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This man came to Jesus
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by night and said to him,
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Rabbi, we know
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that you are a teacher
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come from God.
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We know.
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Who is he referring to?
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He's referring to that group
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to which he belonged,
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the Pharisees.
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We know that you are a teacher
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come from God,
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for no one can do
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these signs that you do
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unless God
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is with him.
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So here you see
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Nicodemus.
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Nicodemus later
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gets this teaching
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from Jesus
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that he must be born again,
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must be born of flesh
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and the water
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of the Spirit.
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This is such a beautiful thing.
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I want to believe
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that Nicodemus
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is counted amongst the saints.
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We don't see his response
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to this teaching,
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but he says here,
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we know
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that you are a teacher
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come from God.
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And it's fascinating
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to see that there were
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groups of Pharisees
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that knew exactly
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who Jesus was.
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So what was going on
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with these?
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These Pharisees
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and these Sadducees.
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And that is that they
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were just absolutely
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spiritually blind.
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They had no idea.
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Jesus had done
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time and time again
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things to prove
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that he was
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the Christ
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over and over again.
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He was the fulfillment
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of Old Testament
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processes.
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These men,
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these were the men
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that should have
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known the Scriptures
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and known who Jesus was.
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They should have seen him
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for who he was.
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But they were
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spiritually blind
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and they asked
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of him
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this test.
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And his response
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to them
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is first
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that he sighs
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deeply.
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It's the only place
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this compound
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Greek phrase
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is used
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in the New Testament.
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We see him sigh
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previously
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in chapter 7
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verse 34
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over the physical
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effect of sin
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but here we see him
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sigh deeply
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over the spiritual
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effect of sin.
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This is a
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remorse.
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This is a longing.
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This is a sad
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moment for him
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that these men
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are so blinded
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that they would
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ask this thing
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of him.
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That they would
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come to him
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in this way,
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in this attitude
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and this manner.
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And his response
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to him is
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why does this
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generation seek a sign?
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And truly I say
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to you,
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no sign
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will be given
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to this generation.
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A similar account
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is found in
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Matthew chapter 12
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verse 38
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through 41.
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And some of the
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scribes and Pharisees
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answered him
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saying,
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Teacher,
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we wish to see
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a sign from you.
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But he answered
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them,
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An evil
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and adulterous
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generation
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seeks for a sign
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but no sign
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will be given
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to it
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except the sign
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of the prophet
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Jonah.
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For just as
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Jonah was
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three days
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and three nights
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in the belly
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of the great fish
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so will the
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son of man
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be three days
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and three nights
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in the heart
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of the earth.
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There's Jonah
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as a type.
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Verse 41,
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The men of Nineveh
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will rise up
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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
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of Jonah
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and behold
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something greater
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than Jonah
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is here.
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What is Jesus
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saying to them?
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This is a crooked,
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a perverse
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generation.
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When he says
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generation,
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he's just referring
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to the Pharisees,
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the Sadducees
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and everyone else
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who wouldn't
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believe.
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It's a very broad
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general term
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to those
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in that day.
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They were like
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Israel in the desert.
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They wouldn't believe.
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What is Jesus
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saying about himself?
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That he himself
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is the sign.
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That he's standing
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right in front of them
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and all they have
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to do
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is believe
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that he is the Christ.
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They're like Israel
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in the desert.
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These Pharisees
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and Sadducees,
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the rest of Israel
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in this day.
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Deuteronomy 32.5
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records,
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they have dealt
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corruptly with him.
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They are no longer
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his children
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because they are
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blemished.
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They are a crooked
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and twisted
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generation.
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So you see here
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the scribes,
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the Pharisees,
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the Sadducees
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in their blindness
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coming to test Jesus
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and there's a
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very thematic
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dealing with blindness
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to the truth of God
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in the Scriptures.
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Lots of language
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about darkness,
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the inability
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to see
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and I want to
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take you through
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some of these
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together.
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If you have
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the stamina,
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I encourage you
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to flip with me
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to these places
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but I'm going to
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move fairly quickly
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for the sake of time.
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John chapter 1
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beginning in verse 1
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In the beginning
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was the Word
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and the Word
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was with God
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and the Word
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was God
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speaking of Jesus.
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He was in the beginning
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with God.
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All things were made
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through Him
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and without Him
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was not anything made
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that was made.
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In Him was life
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and the life
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was the light
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of men.
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The light shines
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in the darkness
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and the darkness
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has not overcome it.
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Verse 9
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The true light
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which gives light
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to everyone
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was coming into the world.
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He was in the world
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and the world
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was made through Him
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yet the world
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did not know Him.
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He came to His own
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and His own people
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did not receive Him.
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We see evidence
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of that happening here
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in verses 11-13
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in chapter 8
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of Mark.
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Further on
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in the Gospel of John
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chapter 3
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verse 18-21
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Whoever believes in Him
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the Son of God
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is not condemned
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but whoever does not believe
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is condemned already
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because he has not believed
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in the name
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of the only Son of God.
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And this is the judgment.
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The light has come
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into the world
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and people loved the darkness
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rather than the light
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because their works
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were evil.
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For everyone
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who does wicked things
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hates the light
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and does not come
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to the light
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lest his works
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should be exposed.
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But whoever does
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what is true
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comes to the light
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so that it may be
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clearly seen
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that his works
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have been carried out
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in God
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or from faith.
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So here we see
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this metaphor
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this analogy
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for those who are
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in the dark
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are those who produce evil
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those who have evil hearts
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and that is humanity
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apart from Christ.
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But those who are
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in the light
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who have been carried
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out their works
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in God
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by faith
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are those who are
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found in Christ.
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The darkness
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hates the light
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because light
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destroys darkness.
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Darkness doesn't exist
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when the lights flip on.
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So it hates it.
17:48
It abhors it.
17:49
And people who live
17:49
in the darkness
17:50
want to avoid
17:52
the light.
17:53
This was certainly true
17:54
of so many
17:55
vast, vast numbers
17:57
of the Jews
17:59
in Jesus' name.
18:00
This is why we see
18:02
in Luke 19
18:03
verse 41
18:04
Jesus drawing near
18:07
Jerusalem
18:08
and he weeps
18:10
over it.
18:11
Verse 42
18:12
saying
18:13
would that you
18:14
even you had known
18:16
on this day
18:16
the things that make
18:18
for peace
18:19
but now they are
18:20
hidden
18:21
from your eyes.
18:22
You are
18:23
spiritually blind.
18:25
You are in
18:25
the dark.
18:27
This is also true
18:28
of the Gentiles.
18:29
Paul gives us
18:30
record of this
18:32
in Romans chapter 1
18:33
beginning in verse 18
18:34
for the wrath of God
18:35
is revealed
18:35
from heaven
18:36
against all ungodliness
18:38
and unrighteousness
18:39
of men
18:39
who by their
18:40
unrighteousness
18:41
suppress the truth.
18:43
Now this is an address
18:44
to Gentiles
18:45
because
18:46
verse 19 says
18:47
for what can be known
18:48
about God
18:48
is plain to them
18:49
because God
18:49
has shown it to them.
18:50
They don't have the law
18:51
but it has been made
18:52
evidenced in the creation
18:53
for his invisible attributes
18:55
namely his eternal power
18:56
and divine nature
18:57
have been clearly perceived
18:58
ever since the creation
18:59
of the world
18:59
and the things
19:00
that have been made
19:01
so they are without
19:02
excuse.
19:05
For although they knew God
19:05
they didn't honor him
19:06
as God
19:06
or give thanks to him
19:07
but they came futile
19:08
in their thinking
19:08
and their foolish hearts
19:10
were darkened.
19:13
Claiming to be wise
19:13
they became fools
19:14
and exchanged the glory
19:15
of the immortal God
19:16
for images resembling
19:17
mortal man
19:17
and birds
19:18
and animals
19:18
and creeping things.
19:20
Dwelling in the darkness
19:22
rejecting God.
19:25
This was true
19:26
before the days
19:27
of Jesus.
19:29
Psalm 82.5
19:30
says the wicked
19:31
have neither knowledge
19:32
nor understanding
19:33
they walk about
19:34
in darkness.
19:36
Proverbs 4.19
19:37
The way of the wicked
19:38
is like deep darkness.
19:41
They do not know
19:41
over what they stumble.
19:44
Isaiah 44.18
19:45
They know not
19:47
nor do they discern
19:48
for he has shut their eyes
19:49
so that they cannot see
19:51
in their hearts
19:51
so that they cannot
19:52
understand.
19:54
This is true
19:56
after the days
19:57
of Jesus
19:58
leading right up
20:00
to the days
20:01
in which we now live.
20:03
Paul writes
20:03
in Ephesians 4.17-19
20:06
Now this I say
20:07
in testifying the Lord
20:08
that you must
20:09
no longer walk
20:10
as the Gentiles do
20:12
just meaning
20:12
those outside the faith
20:14
in the futility
20:14
of their minds.
20:16
They are darkened
20:17
in their understanding
20:18
alienated from
20:20
the life of God
20:20
because of the ignorance
20:21
that is in them
20:22
due to their
20:22
hardness of heart.
20:23
They have become callous
20:25
and have given themselves
20:25
up to sensuality
20:26
greedy to practice
20:28
every kind of impurity.
20:29
Again you see
20:30
the darkness
20:31
they are darkened
20:32
in their understanding.
20:34
Paul writes again
20:35
in 2 Corinthians
20:36
verse 4
20:36
excuse me
20:38
chapter 4
20:38
verse 3-4
20:40
And even if our gospel
20:41
is veiled
20:42
that is hidden
20:43
it is veiled
20:43
to those who are perishing
20:44
in their case
20:45
the God of this world
20:47
being Satan
20:48
has blinded the minds
20:50
of the unbelievers
20:50
to keep them from seeing
20:52
the light of the gospel
20:53
of the glory of Christ
20:54
who is the image
20:56
of God.
20:57
So here we see
20:58
all these different things
20:59
at work
20:59
individuals
21:00
we see God at work
21:01
we see Satan at work
21:02
and these people
21:03
are darkened
21:04
and they are blind
21:05
to the reality
21:06
of Christ.
21:09
And here in this text
21:10
there seems
21:11
to be a turning point
21:12
as Jesus deals
21:13
with the Pharisees
21:14
and the Sadducees
21:15
moving on
21:16
in the gospel of Mark
21:17
he doesn't show
21:19
much mercy
21:20
to them
21:21
he doesn't seem
21:22
to put up with them
21:23
much at all
21:24
he doesn't really seem
21:24
to entertain their questions
21:26
he's very forward with them
21:27
he speaks boldly out
21:28
against their sin
21:29
it seems here
21:31
that they as a group
21:33
have made it evident
21:34
that they never intend
21:35
to leave the darkness
21:36
and Jesus treats them
21:38
as such
21:38
as those who have
21:40
spiritual influence
21:42
over their communities
21:43
he begins to call them out
21:45
and tell them
21:46
exactly who they are
21:47
moving forward
21:48
in the gospel of Mark
21:49
he turns his attention
21:50
away from the crowds
21:52
he turns his attention
21:53
away from redemption
21:54
of Pharisees
21:55
and Sadducees
21:56
he begins to really
21:57
pour his energy
21:58
and his efforts
21:58
into the apostles
21:59
and he just
22:00
doesn't hold back
22:02
it seems up to this point
22:04
some punches were held
22:05
now he lets them fly
22:06
there seems
22:08
to be expressed here
22:10
by the Pharisees
22:11
a degree of unbelief
22:13
with finality
22:14
an unbelief with finality
22:17
all of us
22:18
didn't believe
22:19
at one point
22:20
none of us
22:20
were born in belief
22:22
we were all born in sin
22:23
we had to believe
22:24
at some point
22:25
they seem here
22:25
to express
22:26
that they will never
22:27
believe
22:28
and Jesus then
22:29
treats them
22:30
as such
22:31
now we move
22:34
beyond them
22:34
and we see them
22:35
again
22:36
hopping in a boat
22:37
and moving
22:38
they get back in a boat
22:39
probably heading
22:41
back again
22:42
to the other side
22:43
although
22:44
they don't arrive
22:45
right
22:46
this story takes place
22:47
in the boat
22:48
and we see the
22:49
apostles
22:49
unbelief
22:50
the poor
22:51
pitiful
22:52
apostles
22:53
this group of men
22:54
that's just
22:55
confounding
22:57
when you look at them
22:58
on the surface
22:58
and then when you
22:59
actually begin to apply
23:00
the way that they act
23:01
and the way that they
23:01
respond to your own heart
23:03
you'll find that you're
23:03
so much like
23:04
these men
23:05
and I am
23:06
certainly
23:06
much like
23:07
these men
23:07
they have now been
23:09
with Jesus
23:10
for approximately
23:11
a year
23:11
they have seen him
23:12
do first hand
23:13
accounts of him
23:14
do just some
23:15
incredible things
23:17
healings
23:17
in the thousands
23:19
it was said
23:21
that Jesus
23:21
eradicated
23:22
illness
23:23
in the places
23:24
that he went
23:24
we just get
23:24
some particular
23:25
records of that
23:27
all of these stories
23:28
that are meant
23:28
to point us
23:29
to the reality
23:29
of who he is
23:29
but he healed
23:30
far and wide
23:32
remember they're
23:33
on the sea of Galilee
23:34
and there are
23:34
ten foot waves
23:36
coming
23:36
and Jesus speaks
23:37
and it's calmed
23:38
he's done
23:38
incredible things
23:40
in their presence
23:41
now for a year
23:42
and they get into
23:43
a conversation
23:44
about bread
23:45
they only brought
23:47
one loaf
23:48
with them
23:49
in the boat
23:50
and they're concerned
23:51
about their
23:52
hunger
23:53
Jesus had just
23:55
fed
23:56
sixteen to twenty
23:58
thousand
23:58
as an approximation
23:59
with seven loaves
24:01
and here we have
24:02
a group
24:02
we don't know
24:03
exactly the number
24:04
in this case
24:05
but a much
24:05
much smaller group
24:06
with one loaf
24:07
and they're
24:08
concerned
24:08
about this
24:10
oh we forgot
24:10
to bring
24:11
the bread
24:12
and Jesus
24:13
cautions them
24:14
with an interesting
24:16
statement
24:17
watch out
24:18
beware of the
24:19
leaven of the
24:20
Pharisees
24:21
and the leaven
24:22
of Herod
24:23
now this
24:23
obviously the
24:24
encounter that
24:25
had just
24:25
happened
24:26
is still fresh
24:26
in Jesus' mind
24:27
should have been
24:28
fresh in theirs
24:29
as well
24:29
as he has
24:30
encountered
24:31
the Pharisees
24:32
and the Sadducees
24:32
in this question
24:33
that they
24:34
had
24:35
now leaven
24:37
if we're going
24:37
to beware
24:38
of something
24:38
leaven we must
24:39
understand
24:40
was
24:42
like yeast
24:44
was the thing
24:45
put in bread
24:45
to have it
24:46
rise
24:47
it was a bit
24:48
of bread
24:49
a bit of dough
24:50
from a previous
24:50
batch that had
24:51
yeast in it
24:53
and if you don't
24:53
know yeast
24:54
is a bacteria
24:54
that gives off
24:55
carbon dioxide
24:56
I think
24:57
I hope I'm getting
24:57
that right
24:58
and causes our
24:59
bread to rise
24:59
which makes
25:00
those little
25:00
air pockets
25:01
inside
25:01
our bread
25:02
I think I hear
25:02
whispering from
25:03
our chemistry
25:03
teacher
25:03
it doesn't
25:06
matter
25:06
this is what
25:07
happens to
25:08
bread
25:08
and they
25:10
in this day
25:10
they would
25:11
save a little
25:11
bit of dough
25:12
because they
25:13
didn't have
25:13
a little
25:13
yellow packet
25:14
of yeast
25:15
that they
25:15
could rip
25:16
off the top
25:16
and mix
25:16
in water
25:17
to add it
25:17
to the bread
25:18
so they
25:18
would save
25:19
a little
25:19
bit back
25:19
and they
25:20
would add
25:20
it to
25:21
the bread
25:21
so he's
25:22
been doing
25:23
miracles with
25:24
bread
25:24
he's been
25:24
talking a lot
25:25
about bread
25:25
he's saying
25:25
that he is
25:26
the bread
25:26
of life
25:27
and here he
25:27
says
25:28
watch out
25:28
beware
25:29
of the
25:29
leaven of
25:29
the Pharisees
25:30
and the
25:30
leaven of
25:32
Herod
25:33
now this
25:33
this idea
25:35
this metaphor
25:36
of leaven
25:37
is used
25:37
all throughout
25:38
the scriptures
25:38
used throughout
25:38
the Old Testament
25:39
as well
25:39
and it's most
25:40
commonly used
25:41
as a metaphor
25:42
for sin
25:43
not in every
25:44
case
25:44
it doesn't
25:45
unilaterally
25:46
represent sin
25:47
but it is
25:48
most commonly
25:49
used as a
25:50
metaphor for
25:51
sin
25:51
this is why
25:52
the Passover
25:52
feast
25:53
that you
25:54
celebrate
25:54
is done
25:55
with unleavened
25:56
bread
25:57
it's intentionally
25:57
meant to
25:58
represent that
25:59
in fact
26:00
we probably
26:01
more accurately
26:02
should have
26:02
unleavened bread
26:03
during the
26:04
Lord's Supper
26:04
it'd probably
26:05
be a better
26:05
picture
26:06
of that
26:06
we won't
26:07
be too
26:07
concerned
26:08
about it
26:08
the gluten
26:08
free stations
26:09
I think
26:09
a little
26:10
more holy
26:10
than the
26:11
other ones
26:11
because I
26:12
don't
26:12
I don't
26:13
think
26:13
there's
26:13
any yeast
26:15
in that
26:15
maybe there
26:15
is
26:15
I don't
26:16
know
26:17
Galatians 5
26:19
7-9
26:20
Paul writes
26:21
to the
26:21
Galatian
26:21
church
26:22
which was
26:22
dealing
26:22
with
26:23
taking on
26:24
circumcision
26:25
they were
26:26
replacing
26:26
this gospel
26:28
of grace
26:28
with the
26:29
gospel
26:29
of works
26:29
and Paul
26:30
says to
26:30
them
26:30
you were
26:31
running
26:31
well
26:32
who hindered
26:33
you from
26:33
obeying
26:33
the truth
26:34
this
26:35
persuasion
26:35
is not
26:36
from him
26:37
who calls
26:37
you
26:37
being God
26:38
a little
26:39
leaven
26:39
leavens
26:41
the whole
26:41
lump
26:42
Matthew
26:43
16-12
26:44
the same
26:45
account
26:45
that we're
26:46
studying
26:46
in Mark
26:47
it
26:48
ends
26:49
with
26:49
verse 12
26:50
then they
26:50
understood
26:51
that he
26:52
did not
26:52
tell them
26:53
to beware
26:53
the leaven
26:53
of bread
26:54
but of
26:55
the teaching
26:55
of the
26:56
Pharisees
26:57
and the
26:58
Sadducees
26:59
so he's
27:00
warning them
27:01
as they
27:02
are not
27:02
believing
27:03
that he
27:03
is who
27:04
he said
27:04
he is
27:05
that he
27:05
is the
27:05
son of
27:06
God
27:06
he's already
27:07
evidence
27:07
that he
27:08
can feed
27:08
them
27:09
to plenty
27:10
to overflowing
27:11
there's
27:11
way more
27:12
available
27:14
for them
27:14
right
27:15
he asks
27:16
them the
27:16
question
27:16
later on
27:17
does he
27:18
not
27:18
he says
27:19
how many
27:19
baskets
27:19
did we
27:20
have
27:20
left over
27:20
we had
27:22
twelve
27:22
this time
27:22
we had
27:23
seven
27:23
this time
27:23
don't you
27:24
think
27:24
I can
27:24
feed
27:24
you
27:25
right
27:26
don't
27:27
be
27:28
like the
27:28
Pharisees
27:29
and the
27:29
Sadducees
27:29
don't be
27:30
like
27:31
Herod
27:32
who was
27:32
afraid of
27:33
what people
27:33
would think
27:33
of him
27:33
so he
27:34
put John
27:34
the Baptist
27:34
to death
27:35
don't let
27:36
that
27:36
untruth
27:37
that unbelief
27:38
work in
27:39
you
27:39
because here
27:41
we see
27:41
these men
27:43
are still
27:44
apparently
27:44
in darkness
27:46
let's say
27:47
there's a
27:48
dawning light
27:49
they've
27:49
obeyed
27:50
they've
27:50
followed
27:51
they've
27:51
left things
27:52
behind
27:53
for Jesus
27:53
they've
27:54
seen
27:54
miraculous
27:55
things
27:55
happen
27:56
but yet
27:56
they still
27:57
respond
27:57
in these
27:58
bizarre
27:59
ways
27:59
Jesus
28:00
asked
28:00
them
28:00
scathing
28:01
questions
28:02
do you
28:03
not yet
28:04
perceive
28:04
or understand
28:05
are your
28:05
hearts
28:06
hardened
28:07
hardened
28:08
and I don't
28:08
think Jesus
28:08
asked these
28:09
questions
28:09
are your
28:11
hearts
28:12
hardened
28:12
but in
28:13
what is
28:14
wrong
28:14
with you
28:15
guys
28:15
have I
28:16
not
28:16
displayed
28:17
for you
28:17
the power
28:18
of God
28:19
have I
28:19
not shown
28:20
you
28:20
that I
28:20
am
28:21
the
28:21
Christ
28:22
and he
28:22
asked them
28:22
questions
28:23
that they
28:23
would know
28:23
the answer
28:24
to
28:24
how many
28:25
baskets full
28:25
of pieces
28:26
did you
28:26
take up
28:26
they said
28:27
twelve
28:27
and the
28:28
seven
28:28
for the
28:28
four thousand
28:29
how many
28:29
baskets full
28:29
of pieces
28:30
did you
28:30
take up
28:30
and they
28:31
said
28:31
seven
28:31
and he
28:32
says
28:32
do you
28:33
not yet
28:33
understand
28:35
now there
28:36
are a number
28:36
of again
28:37
quote unquote
28:37
scholars
28:38
that play
28:39
around with
28:39
the significance
28:40
of the
28:41
numbers of
28:41
baskets
28:42
twelve
28:42
times of
28:43
Israel
28:43
seven
28:44
represent
28:44
something
28:45
to the
28:45
Gentiles
28:46
I don't
28:46
remember
28:46
what it
28:46
was
28:46
but there's
28:47
absolutely
28:47
no way
28:48
to prove
28:48
that it
28:49
meant
28:49
anything
28:49
at all
28:50
and I
28:50
don't
28:50
think
28:50
it
28:51
means
28:51
anything
28:51
at all
28:51
for this
28:52
text
28:52
I
28:52
really
28:53
don't
28:53
think
28:53
that
28:53
Jesus
28:53
is
28:53
trying
28:54
to
28:54
teach
28:54
them
28:54
anything
28:54
other
28:55
than
28:56
I
28:56
provided
28:57
beyond
28:58
because
28:59
there
29:00
was
29:01
a
29:01
lot
29:01
left
29:02
over
29:03
to
29:03
them
29:03
abounding
29:04
provision
29:05
to
29:06
them
29:06
see
29:07
the
29:07
apostles
29:08
were
29:08
always
29:08
so
29:09
concerned
29:09
with
29:10
physical
29:10
things
29:11
physical
29:12
provision
29:12
as
29:12
they're
29:13
traveling
29:13
around
29:14
Jesus
29:15
was
29:16
primarily
29:17
concerned
29:18
with
29:19
the
29:19
spiritual
29:19
things
29:20
the
29:21
account
29:21
of
29:21
the
29:22
same
29:22
story
29:22
we
29:22
see
29:23
in
29:23
Matthew
29:24
prior
29:24
to
29:25
that
29:25
Jesus
29:25
preached
29:26
a
29:26
sermon
29:27
that
29:27
we
29:27
call
29:27
the
29:27
Sermon
29:27
on
29:28
the
29:28
mount
29:28
in
29:29
which
29:29
he
29:29
said
29:29
do
29:30
not
29:30
be
29:31
anxious
29:31
saying
29:32
what
29:32
shall
29:32
we
29:33
eat
29:33
or
29:33
what
29:33
shall
29:34
we
29:34
drink
29:34
or
29:35
what
29:35
shall
29:35
we
29:35
wear
29:36
for
29:37
the
29:37
Gentiles
29:37
again
29:38
meaning
29:38
those
29:38
outside
29:38
the
29:39
faith
29:39
seek
29:39
after
29:39
all
29:40
these
29:40
things
29:40
and
29:41
your
29:41
heavenly
29:41
father
29:41
knows
29:42
that
29:42
you
29:42
need
29:42
them
29:43
all
29:43
but
29:44
seek
29:44
first
29:44
the
29:45
kingdom
29:45
of
29:45
God
29:46
and
29:46
his
29:46
righteousness
29:46
seek
29:47
first
29:48
those
29:48
things
29:48
that
29:48
are
29:49
spiritual
29:49
those
29:50
things
29:50
that
29:50
matter
29:51
most
29:51
those
29:52
!
29:52
things
29:52
that
29:52
are
29:52
eternal
29:53
and
29:54
all
29:54
these
29:54
things
29:55
these
29:55
temporal
29:55
things
29:56
will be
29:57
added
29:57
to
29:58
you
29:58
do
30:00
you
30:00
not
30:01
yet
30:01
understand
30:03
and
30:04
it
30:05
hangs
30:05
there
30:06
for
30:06
us
30:06
today
30:08
at
30:08
very
30:08
least
30:09
I
30:09
hope
30:09
you
30:09
will
30:09
read
30:09
on
30:10
eagerly
30:11
waiting
30:12
for
30:13
Peter's
30:13
declaration
30:14
of
30:14
verse
30:14
29
30:14
of
30:14
chapter
30:15
8
30:15
you
30:16
are
30:17
the
30:18
Christ
30:18
as
30:19
the
30:19
spokesman
30:20
of
30:20
the
30:21
apostles
30:21
we
30:21
know
30:22
they
30:22
didn't
30:22
all
30:22
come
30:23
to
30:23
believe
30:24
in
30:24
him
30:24
Judas
30:25
betrayed
30:25
him
30:26
right
30:26
but
30:27
as
30:27
the
30:27
spokesperson
30:28
for
30:28
the
30:29
apostles
30:29
you
30:30
are
30:31
the
30:31
Christ
30:31
the
30:32
anointed
30:32
one
30:32
!
30:33
of
30:33
God
30:34
so
30:35
we
30:35
see
30:35
these
30:35
two
30:36
stories
30:36
really
30:36
of
30:37
unbelief
30:38
following
30:38
this
30:39
miracle
30:39
of
30:40
the
30:40
feeding
30:40
of
30:40
the
30:40
four
30:40
thousand
30:41
and
30:41
the
30:41
tying
30:42
together
30:42
of
30:43
all
30:43
that
30:43
with
30:43
Jesus
30:44
being
30:45
the
30:45
bread
30:45
of
30:45
life
30:46
the
30:46
source
30:46
of
30:47
sustenance
30:48
the
30:48
very
30:48
thing
30:49
that
30:49
sustains
30:49
us
30:50
to
30:50
the
30:51
end
30:51
as
30:51
well
30:52
as
30:52
the
30:52
one
30:52
who
30:52
provides
30:53
the
30:53
temporal
30:53
stuff
30:53
for
30:54
us
30:54
right
30:54
let's
30:55
go
30:55
hard
30:56
after
30:56
those
30:56
things
30:57
that
30:57
are
30:57
spiritual
30:57
!
30:57
the
30:58
temporal
30:58
will
30:58
come
30:59
along
30:59
beside
31:00
so
31:01
what is
31:01
the
31:01
application
31:02
of
31:03
this
31:03
text
31:03
well
31:05
if
31:05
you're
31:05
not
31:06
a
31:06
believer
31:06
if
31:07
you
31:07
don't
31:07
have
31:07
a
31:07
confidence
31:08
that
31:08
you
31:08
have
31:08
placed
31:09
your
31:09
faith
31:09
in
31:09
Christ
31:09
if
31:10
you
31:10
don't
31:10
have
31:10
evidence
31:11
of
31:12
the
31:12
spirit
31:12
working
31:12
in
31:12
you
31:13
to
31:13
bring
31:13
about
31:13
righteousness
31:14
to
31:15
hate
31:15
sin
31:15
to
31:15
love
31:16
the
31:16
ways
31:16
of
31:16
God
31:17
do
31:19
not
31:19
a
31:19
believer
31:19
do
31:20
not
31:21
be
31:21
like
31:21
the
31:22
Pharisees
31:22
and
31:23
the
31:23
Sadducees
31:23
do
31:24
not
31:24
wait
31:25
for
31:25
a
31:25
sign
31:26
from
31:26
heaven
31:26
it
31:27
has
31:27
been
31:28
given
31:28
to
31:29
you
31:29
do
31:30
not
31:31
be
31:31
like
31:31
Voltaire
31:32
the
31:33
French
31:34
man
31:36
that
31:36
did
31:36
not
31:36
believe
31:37
in
31:37
God
31:37
he
31:37
said
31:37
that
31:37
if
31:38
a
31:38
thousand
31:38
people
31:38
witnessed
31:39
a
31:41
miracle
31:42
he
31:42
would
31:42
be
31:42
more
31:43
likely
31:43
to
31:43
doubt
31:43
their
31:44
senses
31:44
than
31:45
to
31:45
believe
31:45
that
31:45
a
31:45
miracle
31:45
had
31:46
actually
31:46
happened
31:46
do
31:47
not
31:47
be
31:48
darkened
31:48
like
31:49
the
31:49
Pharisees
31:50
and
31:50
the
31:51
Sadducees
31:51
do
31:54
be
31:54
like
31:55
the
31:56
apostles
31:56
there
31:57
was at
31:58
least
31:58
a
31:58
dawning
31:59
light
31:59
here
31:59
in
31:59
their
31:59
story
32:00
they
32:00
still
32:01
got
32:01
into
32:01
the
32:01
boat
32:02
with
32:02
Jesus
32:02
they
32:02
weren't
32:02
his
32:03
enemy
32:03
at
32:03
this
32:03
point
32:03
they
32:04
weren't
32:04
seeking
32:04
his
32:04
death
32:05
as
32:05
the
32:05
Pharisees
32:06
and
32:06
the
32:06
Sadducees
32:07
were
32:07
and
32:09
finally
32:09
make
32:10
the
32:10
declaration
32:10
you
32:11
are
32:11
the
32:11
Christ
32:11
be
32:11
like
32:12
the
32:12
apostles
32:12
to
32:13
the
32:13
end
32:13
follow
32:15
him
32:15
wherever
32:16
he
32:16
takes
32:16
you
32:16
and
32:17
even
32:17
to
32:17
the
32:17
point
32:17
of
32:17
death
32:18
on
32:18
his
32:18
behalf
32:19
so
32:19
do
32:19
be
32:20
like
32:20
the
32:21
apostles
32:22
if
32:23
you
32:23
are
32:23
a
32:23
believer
32:23
hope
32:24
and
32:24
pray
32:24
that
32:25
everyone
32:25
in
32:25
this
32:25
room
32:25
is
32:26
can
32:26
say
32:27
that
32:27
with
32:27
confidence
32:28
see
32:28
evidence
32:28
in
32:28
their
32:28
life
32:29
of
32:29
that
32:29
you
32:30
have
32:30
the
32:31
light
32:31
you're
32:32
not
32:32
in
32:32
darkness
32:33
do
32:36
not
32:36
be
32:36
like
32:36
the
32:36
apostles
32:37
in
32:37
this
32:37
case
32:37
we
32:39
can
32:39
take
32:40
an
32:40
example
32:40
because
32:40
our
32:40
hearts
32:41
are
32:41
fickle
32:41
in
32:41
this
32:42
way
32:42
we
32:43
have
32:43
been
32:43
brought
32:44
into
32:44
the
32:44
light
32:44
we
32:45
have
32:45
had
32:45
hearts
32:46
made
32:46
new
32:46
we
32:47
are
32:47
different
32:48
now
32:48
in
32:48
status
32:49
we
32:49
are
32:49
no
32:49
longer
32:50
enemies
32:50
of
32:50
God
32:51
we
32:51
are
32:51
children
32:51
of
32:52
God
32:52
we
32:52
don't
32:53
differ
32:53
in
32:53
degree
32:53
but
32:54
in
32:54
type
32:54
we
32:55
are
32:55
new
32:56
creations
32:57
and
32:58
yet
32:58
we
32:59
so
32:59
often
32:59
don't
33:00
function
33:00
out
33:00
of
33:00
that
33:01
reality
33:01
I
33:02
am
33:02
a
33:02
child
33:03
of
33:03
God
33:03
how
33:03
then
33:04
should
33:04
I
33:04
live
33:05
in
33:05
response
33:06
to
33:06
that
33:06
reality
33:07
in
33:07
the
33:07
power
33:08
of
33:08
that
33:08
reality
33:09
but
33:10
we
33:10
drift
33:10
back
33:11
to
33:11
that
33:11
old
33:11
self
33:12
we
33:13
have
33:13
dark
33:14
corners
33:14
of
33:15
our
33:15
hearts
33:15
that
33:15
we
33:15
want
33:15
to
33:15
hide
33:16
away
33:16
and
33:16
not
33:16
expose
33:17
to
33:17
the
33:17
light
33:17
we
33:18
are
33:18
ashamed
33:18
by
33:19
our
33:19
flesh
33:20
there
33:21
are
33:21
so
33:21
many
33:21
things
33:22
that
33:22
we
33:22
need
33:22
to
33:23
improve
33:23
there
33:24
is
33:24
so
33:24
much
33:24
sin
33:25
that
33:25
we
33:25
need
33:25
to
33:25
cast
33:26
off
33:26
I
33:27
know
33:27
this
33:27
of
33:28
myself
33:29
I
33:29
know
33:29
this
33:29
of
33:29
you
33:30
we
33:30
have
33:30
so
33:30
far
33:31
to
33:32
go
33:32
and
33:34
in
33:34
that
33:34
shame
33:35
we
33:35
hide
33:35
away
33:36
we
33:36
keep
33:36
the
33:37
darkness
33:41
in
33:42
those
33:42
moments
33:43
it's
33:43
the
33:44
same
33:44
it's
33:45
unbelief
33:45
we
33:46
forget
33:46
the
33:47
gospel
33:47
we
33:48
forget
33:48
the
33:48
reality
33:49
of
33:49
it
33:49
if
33:50
you
33:50
hide
33:50
away
33:50
from
33:51
God
33:51
and
33:51
shame
33:51
for
33:52
dark
33:52
parts
33:52
of
33:53
who
33:53
you
33:53
are
33:53
you
33:54
forget
33:54
that
33:55
you
33:55
have
33:55
been
33:55
redeemed
33:56
in
33:57
Christ
33:57
it's
33:57
not
33:58
your
33:58
righteousness
33:58
it's
33:59
his
33:59
there
34:00
is
34:00
therefore
34:01
now
34:02
no
34:02
condemnation
34:03
for
34:04
those
34:04
who
34:04
are
34:04
in
34:05
Christ
34:05
song
34:06
that
34:06
we
34:06
sang
34:07
!
34:07
or
34:07
!
34:07
haven't
34:07
!
34:07
sang
34:07
it
34:08
at
34:09
some
34:09
point
34:09
this
34:09
morning
34:10
when
34:11
God
34:11
sees
34:12
us
34:12
he
34:12
sees
34:12
Christ
34:13
what
34:13
a
34:14
beautiful
34:14
truth
34:15
that
34:15
is
34:15
for
34:16
us
34:16
so
34:17
we
34:17
can
34:17
bring
34:17
it
34:17
all
34:18
out
34:18
into
34:18
the
34:18
open
34:19
and
34:19
let
34:19
the
34:19
light
34:19
expose
34:20
it
34:20
and
34:21
chase
34:21
it
34:22
away
34:22
Jesus
34:24
is
34:24
the
34:25
Son
34:25
of
34:26
God
34:26
and
34:27
he
34:27
was
34:28
given
34:28
on
34:28
our
34:29
behalf
34:29
this
34:31
is
34:31
where
34:31
we
34:31
operate
34:32
from
34:32
this
34:33
is
34:33
who
34:33
we
34:34
are
34:35
and
34:36
beloved
34:36
we need
34:36
to live
34:37
that
34:37
way
34:38
we
34:38
need
34:38
to
34:38
give
34:38
evidence
34:39
in
34:39
all
34:39
aspects
34:40
in
34:40
all
34:40
arenas
34:41
of
34:41
our
34:41
life
34:41
that
34:42
is
34:42
who
34:42
we
34:42
are
34:42
we
34:43
don't
34:43
need
34:43
to
34:43
put
34:43
it
34:43
into
34:43
a
34:43
segment
34:44
Sunday
34:45
is
34:45
my
34:45
holy
34:45
day
34:46
the
34:47
rest
34:47
of
34:47
the
34:47
week
34:47
I
34:48
go
34:48
off
34:48
to
34:48
work
34:48
everything
34:49
that
34:50
we
34:50
have
34:51
everything
34:51
that
34:51
we
34:52
are
34:52
should
34:52
be
34:52
permeated
34:53
by
34:54
the
34:54
reality
34:54
that
34:54
we
34:54
are
34:55
now
34:55
found
34:56
in
34:56
Christ
34:57
we
34:58
are
34:58
in
34:58
him
34:59
!
34:59
and
34:59
!
34:59
he
35:07
you
35:08
pay
35:09
attention
35:10
to
35:11
the
35:11
unbelief
35:11
ask
35:11
that
35:12
God
35:12
would
35:12
apply
35:12
it
35:12
to
35:13
your
35:13
own
35:13
heart
35:14
let's
35:14
pray
35:14
together