425: Stephen Ball - Exhortation: Seeing You

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   Welcome to Good Christadelphian Talks. Thank you for joining us this week. On this podcast, we select one talk a week to help us get the Bible in our daily news feed. Each week, we post a talk that we previewed from suggestions sent in by listeners from around the world. Then we record a short intro beforehand as a personalized recommendation to you on why we are sharing the talk.

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   And now, let's talk more about this week's talk. Hi, this is Brother Levi. This week's talk is an exhortation by Brother Stephen Ball, given at the San Diego Ecclesia on October 25th. His title is Seeing You, and he talks about being seen kind of from multiple directions, how Jesus saw people as an example of how we should see our brothers and sisters.

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   He defines that kind of our perception of people or our first impressions or how we treat each other, you know, when we when we see each other, when we see each other at meeting or in our daily lives. I really enjoyed how well formed his exhort was, three kind of clear stories that he ties together.

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   And it's a really excellent exhortation for being both instructive and uplifting, leaving us, leaving me very encouraged, but also very encouraged to, to change how it is that I act. So I was very excited to share it. And I'm thankful to the person who sent it in to me directly. And please, please do keep suggesting talks to us.

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   We absolutely live off them. And we really appreciate people thinking of the show when they hear a good talk. So thank you again to the person who sent this in. And now here is Brother Stephen Ball seeing you. All right. Good morning, brothers and sisters.

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   It is always a pleasure to be able to be up here to provide the words of exhortation. I did not know when I agreed to switch to this date with another brother that it would be today.

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   So bear with me. I'm an emotional person by nature. And this is an emotional topic for me. And I blame my dad. We're both very emotional people. So thank you very much for reading, you know, Micah, for the verses that I wanted to pay, you know, kind of some special attention to, just kind of for us to think about, is verse 4 and 5.

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   So this exhortation is entitled, Before You Called, I Saw You. So I want to begin this morning with a question. What does it mean to be truly seen? Not simply noticed, you know, not recognized by name or known for what we believe or what we have accomplished, our job titles, or even the mistakes we have made.

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   But to be truly seen by someone, someone who knows you. To have someone look beyond the person that we present to the world every day, beyond our weaknesses and failures, and understand who we really are. You know, I suspect every one of us here has longed for that at some point in our life.

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    There are struggles that we carry quietly, prayers that we have never spoken aloud, and moments of shame, loneliness, or regret that maybe we have never shared with another person. We can sit beside our brothers and sisters every Sunday, sing the same hymns, partake of the same bread and wine, and yet know remarkably little about the person that we're actually sitting next to.

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    We know very little about the burdens and the trials and the struggles that we're all carrying. But our Lord knows. And remarkably, knowing our weaknesses and failures, He still calls us, each and every one of us here who is present today. He's calling you. He has called you. But He's also seen you.

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    And so this morning, I want us to consider three people. Jacob would be one. Nathaniel. And then a man whose name we have never been told, who died upon a cross beside our Lord. Three very different men whose encounters with God and His Son teach us not only what it means to be seen, but how we ought to see each other.

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    So our story begins here with Jacob. We all kind of know Jacob. He was a man of faith, but he was also deeply flawed. His life was marked by deception, fear, fractured relationships. After deceiving his father to obtain the blessing intended for Esau, we know the story well, Jacob fled from home, knowing his brother wanted to kill him.

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    You know, imagine how he must have felt. He had obtained the blessings that he wanted, but at what cost? His family, divided, destroyed, fractured. His future, uncertain. And he was alone. And he ran away. You know, in Genesis 28, Jacob laid down to sleep in the wilderness with a stone beneath his head.

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    Another story we know well. And it was hardly the setting we might expect for a divine revelation. And yet it was there that God met Jacob. And Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with angels ascending and descending upon it. And the Lord promised to be with him, to keep him wherever he went and never to leave him.

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    Jacob was running. He was running from the consequences of his own actions, yet God had not abandoned him. God did not wait until Jacob had become the man he ought to be before extending his promises.

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    And when Jacob awoke, he said, Surely, the Lord is in this place. This is Genesis 20, verse 16, if you're following along. But surely, the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. So that's our first little lesson here. You know, I wonder how often that might be true of us.

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    How often in the middle of our own struggles do we fail to recognize that God has not abandoned us? You know, years later, Jacob would wrestle through the night and receive a new name. A new name, Israel. And I want us to remember that. He received a new name. His old name had been associated with grasping and supplanting, deceiving.

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    Esau himself had bitterly remarked upon it after Jacob had taken his birthright and his blessing. But now, Jacob was given a new name associated with striving with God. His transformation was not instantaneous. He would still experience difficulties and grief throughout his life, as we know as we continue to read his story. But he was learning to depend upon God rather than his own cunning.

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    His faith was a journey. And when he finally encountered Esau again, expecting anger and vengeance, something very remarkable happened. In Genesis chapter 33, you know, it tells us that Esau ran to meet him, embrace him, kiss him, and they wept together after everything Jacob had done. And Jacob said, for therefore, I have seen thy face as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

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    That's what he says to Esau, his brother. I have seen thy face as though I had seen the face of God. Genesis 33, verse 10. The face Jacob feared, that he feared would condemn him because that face became the face that welcomed him. And consider that for just a moment. Esau had every reason to remember what Jacob had done to him, the deception was real.

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    The fear that Jacob had was real. The pain of his family was real. Yet when Jacob stood before his brother, their reunion was not defined solely by that painful history. Esau saw more than the man who had wronged him. And Jacob, in his brother's unexpected welcome, recognized something. And what did he recognize?

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    He recognized the grace of God. And there is something beautiful about that. Because reconciliation does not require us to pretend that the past never happened. But it does require us to believe that a person can become more than the worst thing that they have ever done. And perhaps that is another lesson for us.

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    When our brothers and sisters look upon our faces, do they see someone ready to judge them for their failures? Or do they see someone who is willing to extend the same mercy that we ourselves have received?

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    And I want us to remember two things about Jacob as we turn to John chapter 1, which will be our next character. But first, I want to remember his name, Jacob, a man whose life had been marked by deception and had received that new name, Israel. And second, I want you to remember his dream, that extraordinary vision of angels ascending and descending between heaven and earth.

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    Because many centuries later, Jesus would encounter a man named Nathaniel. And in just a few short verses, both of these details would appear again. So turn with me, if you're not there, to John chapter 1.

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    You know, Philip comes to Nathaniel with wonderful news. He had found the one of whom Moses and the prophets wrote. Jesus of Nazareth. And he comes to Nathaniel. And he says, look, we found him. We found the Messiah. You know, imagine how great that would be to hear. But what was Nathaniel's response?

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    Not very good. He says, can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? You know, immediate doubt. Immediate judgment. Nathaniel had developed an opinion on this person without even meeting him, without even knowing him. Just because of where he came from. Not a really good intro for Nathaniel. You know, when we meet him in the kingdom one day, he'll probably be a little bummed that this is our first introduction to Nathaniel.

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    But, you know, his story is so uplifting for us. Before meeting Jesus, Nathaniel had this opinion. But I think we have the same flaws, don't we? Because how often are we Nathaniel? We hear where someone comes from. Maybe even what ecclesia they come from. You know, what they believe about a particular issue.

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    Or what someone else has said about them. And that's the worst. Gossip. How often do we believe gossip about somebody before we even have the chance to know that person? And sometimes we decide who they are before they have even spoken for themselves or before we have given that person a chance to get to know them.

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    But Philip, he offers a simple invitation. Come and see, Nathaniel. Come and see for yourself. And when Nathaniel approaches, Jesus greets him with a remarkable statement. Behold, an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile. John 1, verse 47. An Israelite indeed without guile. When that word guile means deceit. So without deceit. Now what did I just ask us to remember?

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    What does that kind of bring our minds back to slightly? Hmm. An Israelite in whom there is no deceit. Well, who was the deceiver that was an Israelite?

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    But Jacob, right? Our thoughts immediately. Jesus is already immediately taking us back to Jacob. The man who had once deceived his father, whose very name had become associated with deceiving, supplanting, had eventually received the name Israel. And now Jesus looks upon Nathaniel and recognizes something of the sincerity that ought to characterize a true Israelite.

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    Someone without deceit. And Nathaniel may have begun with a mistaken assumption about Nazareth. And he was already profiling Jesus based off his location. But Jesus does not define him by his first skeptical remark. He sees the man beneath it. And Nathaniel, he's kind of astonished. He's like, how do you know me? You know, it's exact words.

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    Whence knowest thou me? And this is where the emotion comes for Stephen. Because Jesus replies, Before that Philip called thee, when thou was under the fig tree, I saw thee. I saw you. What does that mean? You know, I could say I was in Escondido and saw my brother Joseph in a coffee shop.

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    You know, and he didn't know I saw him there. And I'd be like, hey, Joseph, I saw you in the coffee shop. And he'd be like, okay, great. You know, why didn't you come say hi to me? You know. You know, it doesn't seem, it seems like a very odd thing to say, right?

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    But we went from, what happened to Nathaniel? What was his reaction to this? I saw you under the fig tree, Nathaniel. Just three words. And Nathaniel's attitude drastically changes. And he's all of a sudden on his knees before Christ. You are the Messiah. You are Jesus. The Son of God. But, hmm, consider that for a moment.

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    We aren't told what Nathaniel was doing beneath that fig tree. Perhaps he was praying. Perhaps he was reflecting upon the promises of God. Perhaps there were things upon his heart that he had never shared with another person. And he was in his place struggling as Joseph. Not as Joseph, as Jacob struggled.

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    Because remember, Christ brought us back to Jacob, who was struggling. And God met him there. God met Jacob. Perhaps Nathaniel was struggling. We simply don't know. But whatever happened beneath that tree, Nathaniel understood that the man standing before him knew something about him that he could not have learned through anyone. And I wonder whether we can appreciate how comforting that is for us.

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    Because we all have moments that nobody sees. Moments when we are struggling quietly. When we are wrestling with questions. Or when we feel utterly alone. Perhaps it is the quiet of a bedroom late at night. When the distractions of the day have faded and we are left alone with our thoughts. Perhaps it is sitting in our car before walking into the meeting hall.

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    Just trying to gather ourselves so that nobody sees when you walk through those doors that I'm struggling. You know, we have all had moments when the world seems to carry on around us. Entirely unaware of what is happening within us. We all come in here. But do we know each other? And sometimes in those moments we wonder whether anyone truly sees me.

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    Does anyone understand what I'm going through? And Nathaniel was under that tree, obviously going through something. And imagine it was you, in your place, in your fig tree, struggling when you know you were alone. There was nobody around.

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    There was no possible way. We all have those places in our life. Now imagine a man came to you and he said, I saw you. Jesus didn't need to tell Nathaniel that he understood. All he had to say was, I saw you. I saw you, Nathaniel, struggling.

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    And Nathaniel knew. And before Nathaniel even went looking for Jesus, Jesus had already found him. Not simply as another Israelite. Not merely as someone who had questioned whether anything good could come from Nazareth. But as Nathaniel. A man with his own thoughts, his own questions, his own heart. His own struggles. And perhaps that is what makes his response so remarkable.

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    Rabbi, thou art the son of God. Thou art the king of Israel. The man who had questioned whether anything good could come from Nazareth, now stood before Jesus and confessed him to be the son of God. And Jesus told him that he would see greater things than these. And in verse 51, if you want to turn there, it says, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the son of man.

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    Interesting. What did we just read? Suddenly, we're back with Jacob again. Back at Bethel. Back with that extraordinary dream of heaven and earth connected through the purpose of God. Where God met Jacob in his struggles. Where God met Jacob when he was alone. And he promised him that he would be with him.

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    Jesus brings Nathaniel right back. And Jesus reveals something greater. Because Jacob saw a ladder reaching between heaven and earth, Jesus speaks of the angels ascending and descending upon the Son of Man. So what Jacob had seen in a dream, Nathanael would come to understand through Christ himself. And isn't that a beautiful combination, a continuation here, of the story of Jacob.

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    The same Jesus who speaks of heaven opened, of angels, and of the fulfillment of God's promises, is also the one who, notice, is a single man sitting quietly beneath a fig tree, contemplating or struggling with something that we'll have to ask him one day. The one through whom God will fulfill his purpose for the whole earth has not overlooked the individual.

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    And that brings us back to the fig tree itself. Because throughout scripture, that tree carries some beautiful associations with the peace and security of God's kingdom. Throughout scripture, the vine and the fig tree are associated with peace and security and rest. So let's kind of explore that a little bit. So during Solomon's reign, 1 Kings chapter 4.

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    You don't have to go there. I'll read it to you. But 1 Kings chapter 4, verse 25, tells us that Israel dwelt safely, and every man beneath his vine and fig tree. And in Micah chapter 4, the prophet describes the peace of the coming kingdom using this same imagery which we read earlier.

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    You know, a world where people can dwell together without fear. But there's another beautiful detail I don't want us to miss in Zechariah chapter 3.

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    Zechariah chapter 3, in verse 10, it says, In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree. Notice that last detail. It's not merely a picture of enjoying peace alone. It is a picture of inviting a neighbor in to share in that peace under the fig tree.

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    Of welcoming another person beneath the shade. And I think there's something meaningful about that when we consider Nathaniel. He was sitting beneath a fig tree when Jesus saw him. But how did he come to Jesus? How did he come to the true vine?

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    Because Philip invited him. Come and see Nathaniel. Philip invited Nathaniel to come and see Christ. And Zechariah gives us a picture of neighbors inviting one another in to share in the peace of God's kingdom. And both remind us that faith is not something that we are meant to experience alone. We are called into a community of brothers and sisters.

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    A fellowship in which we are meant to encourage, to strengthen, and to care for one another. And that raises a question worth asking ourselves.

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    When we invite someone beneath our fig tree, what kind of welcome do they find? Do they find patience when they are struggling? Or do they find strong opinions? Do they find someone willing to listen before coming to a conclusion about who that person is? Do they find brothers and sisters who recognize that faith is just a journey and that not everyone is at the same point along the way?

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    And that brings us to baptism. Many of us here, if not most of us, have decided to be baptized into that faith. And we're all in different places on that journey. But maybe some of us here have not been baptized and haven't decided whether that's a journey they want to take.

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    But my comment about that is that if you're scared of baptism because you don't feel like you are good enough which was me or that you didn't know all the answers to the questions for the interview that was another reason but for me. But if you do not feel like you are good enough it's a journey.

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    And you've got to start somewhere. And it just starts with one statement of faith. Do you believe in the things concerning Jesus Christ and the kingdom of God? That's it. And your adventure begins.

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    And we long for the day when Christ will reign and the earth will be filled with righteousness. But surely we can begin to reflect something of the character of that kingdom now. The character of that kingdom today. I know it's not perfect but shouldn't we try? You know, imagine we had a fellowship where people could feel welcome when they are struggling.

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    Where a disagreement does not erase years of friendship. Where a brother or sister is not reduced to a single mistake or an opinion about something. Where we are willing to make room for one another even when doing so requires patience and humility. That does not mean ignoring truth because truth is our guide.

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    It is our structure. It is our rock. And it does not mean abandoning our convictions but it means that remembering that the people sitting beside us today are more than the things upon which we might disagree.

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    Because the fig tree is not simply a picture of the peace that we hope to receive. In Zachariah it becomes a picture of the peace that we need to share. And perhaps if we truly long to sit together beneath the fig tree of the kingdom we ought to begin by making room for one another beneath them today.

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    Look around you. Look at your family. Seriously, take a moment to consider each other. Do you know this person across the hall? Do you know this person sitting next to you? Sitting behind you? Sitting in front of you?

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    Are they under your fig tree? Now turn with me to Luke chapter 23 and we'll consider our last example. And it brings us to the scene at Cavalry. Three crosses. Three men dying. A crowd watching and some were mocking and some were grieving and in the middle was our Lord and Savior Jesus.

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    The man who had healed the sick welcomed sinners, touched the lepers. He showed compassion to those whom society had forgotten. He now hung upon a cross. His body broken. And beside him were two criminals and we know very little about these men. We do not know their names. We do not know their histories or what choices had brought them to that moment.

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    But Luke tells us that one of them acknowledged his guilt. In Luke 23, verse 41, it says, We indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds, but this man hath done nothing amiss. He made no attempt to justify himself. And then he turned to Jesus. Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

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    Remember me. Think about those words. He did not ask Jesus to take him down from the cross. He did not ask Jesus to take him down from the cross. He did not ask

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    to make amends. His life was nearly over. And all he could do was turn to the man beside him and ask, Please, remember me. That's all he could do. And what a remarkable expression of faith. Because while others looked upon Jesus and saw a defeated man, this criminal, he saw a king. And while others mocked him, he believed that Jesus had a kingdom yet to come.

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    And while the world had condemned him, he dared to believe that this king, his king, might still have mercy upon him. And what did Jesus do? He turned and he saw him. He saw who that was.

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    He assured him that he would be with him in the kingdom. He promised him of that hope. Now consider the compassion of our Lord in that moment when Jesus himself was suffering. He had been betrayed, abandoned, mocked, beaten. He was hanging crucified. And yet, in the midst of his own agony, he remains attentive to the man beside him.

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    Have we ever stopped to consider what that might have required of him? When we are hurting, when we feel misunderstood, when we feel betrayed, it can become terribly difficult to see beyond our own pain.

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    And sometimes that makes us withdraw within ourselves. It makes us impatient with others, unwilling to listen, unwilling to esteem our brother better than ourselves. But here is Jesus enduring suffering beyond anything we can imagine, and still he listens to the plea of another person. He recognizes the man's faith and gives him hope.

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    He does not tell him that he has come too late, and he does not remind him of everything that he has done wrong. He offers him a promise. And we might look at this man and see only a criminal whose choices had finally caught up with him, but Jesus saw a man who at the very end had turned toward him in faith, and he did not wait until his own suffering had ended before showing compassion.

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    In the midst of his suffering, he continued to see the person beside him. We are often brothers and sisters, I want us to listen to this for a second.

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    We are so often afraid of being truly seen, but we're so quick to believe that we have truly seen someone else. I'm going to say that one more time. We are often so afraid of being truly seen by our family. But you're the one, I'm the one, who is so quick to believe that I have seen that person.

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    Think about that. We know how complicated our own lives are. We know the circumstances behind our mistakes, the struggles behind our decisions, and the pain behind our reactions.

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    We know the things we have overcome, the things that we are still fighting, and the moments when we have fallen short despite our best intentions. But when we look at someone else, do we know? We often see only what is on the surface, a comment, a disagreement, a mistake. And sometimes we allow that one thing to become the whole person in our minds.

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    We want Christ to look beyond our failures, yet we sometimes struggle to do the same for our brothers and sisters. Jacob had a past marked by deception and conflict. Nathaniel initially judged Jesus by where he came from. The thief was facing consequences of his crimes, perhaps even a lifetime of crimes, yet none of them was defined solely by his failures.

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    And that is the challenge for us. Not to pretend that truth is unimportant, that sin does not matter, or that differences do not exist. Of course not. But to remember that our commitment to truth must never become an excuse to abandon love. Because truth is meant to transform us. It is meant to make us more like Christ.

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    And if our understanding of truth makes us less compassionate, less patient, or less willing to see the humanity of our brothers and sisters, then perhaps we need to ask whether we are allowing that truth to accomplish its intended work in us. Paul writes in Ephesians 4,

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    We are called to actually see our brothers better than ourselves, but how often do we do it? Remember, brothers and sisters, we all belong to Christ. And he sees each and every one of us for who we are. And every single person here stands in the need of the same mercy.

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    And there's one final passage that I want us to consider before the emblems this morning. And that's Revelation 2, verse 17. And this was a beautiful thought that came through a beautiful discussion with the Labans Wednesday night. But speaking to those who overcome, Jesus gives an extraordinary promise to us. Revelation 2, verse 17.

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    To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone. And in the stone, a new name written, which no one knows, saving he that receives it. A new name. As Jacob received a new name. But it's known only to the one who receives it.

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    And given by Christ. Because he's the one who sees you. He knows you. And he knows you so well, that to him that overcomes, he's going to give you a new name. A name that represents you. A name that represents everything good about you. All the things that you have been perfecting throughout.

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    Life of trial, struggle, of sin. That sin is going to be removed. And you will be perfect. And he's going to give you a perfect name. And it's only going to be known by you. Of who you are. Because Jesus knows you.

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    So we began this morning with Jacob. A man who received a new name as his life was being transformed. We met Nathanael. Whom Jesus knew before they had ever spoken.

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    And we stood beside a dying man. Who asked only to be remembered. And now in Revelation, we are given a glimpse of the future awaiting those who overcome. Not merely a place in a crowd. But the promise of a new name. And I find it beautiful to think that as a picture of how personally our Lord knows those who belong to him.

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    And we don't know what that name will be. And there are depths to our future relationship with Christ that we can't even fully imagine yet. But what a beautiful hope, brothers and sisters, to know. Something to look forward to.

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    And now we come to the bread and wine. Perhaps we might consider the person sitting next to you. Sitting around you. As we remember Christ together. It's a difficult day for all of us. Every one of them has known moments of weakness, disappointment, and fear. Every one of us here is someone who our Lord has called.

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    We do not even know the name of the man who died beside Jesus. History has forgotten it. But Christ has remembered it. And one day, we hope to sit together in the kingdom of God. Where Micah tells us, But they shall sit, every man, under his vine and under his fig tree. And none shall make them afraid.

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    And until that day comes, perhaps we can offer one another something of that peace now. Not because we always agree. Not because we never fail each other. But because we have been loved by a Lord who sees us more completely than anyone else ever could. And as we remember his body and his blood, may we remember the extraordinary compassion that he showed.

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    Even in his final moments upon the cross. He sees us. He knows us. And still, he calls us. There's a beautiful hymn. It comes to mind.

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    Take courage, my brother. And be not faint -hearted. Let none of your sorrows nor trials impede. But reach forth your hand. And remember your brother as Christ remembers you. And forget all your troubles in meeting his need.

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    Be thankful, my brother, for God has provided much more than you need from his bountiful store. For God's hand is open. His love is unbounding. And should you ever require it, there will always be more.

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    Be prayerful, my brother, and look to your maker. He's promised to help you. And he waits for your call. Just as he promised Jacob.

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    just tell him your troubles. He is the Almighty. There's nothing too big, and there's nothing too small, because he sees you, and so does his son. And verse 4.

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    Be joyful, my brother, my family, my ecclesia, for a new day is dawning, and brighter and fairer that morning will be. So together today, let's join with all voices as a family and sing loud hosannas, because our Savior is coming, and he's going to make us all free.

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