Class 2 from this series was used in GCT Episode 324.<\/p>\n
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\nFantastic to be back up with you
\nhere on a Tuesday. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are marching our way through
\nthe week. <\/p>\n
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\nBefore you know it, the Bible
\nschool’s over. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s enjoy these last couple
\nlast these beginning days before<\/p>\n
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\nthey’re over.
\nGoodness. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, we are on class #3 today.
\nI hope everyone did their <\/p>\n
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\nhomework and came up with a
\nverse for strength when feeling <\/p>\n
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\noverwhelmed with your burden
\nfrom yesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nI got called out yesterday for
\nnot having my verse the top of <\/p>\n
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\nmy head.
\nI found 1 and I thought I would <\/p>\n
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\nshare it with you guys.
\nSo Sister Beth, here’s my verse.<\/p>\n
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\nRomans 8, verse 18.
\nIt’s a great encouraging verse <\/p>\n
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\nto kind of help you if you feel
\nlike sometimes that burden’s <\/p>\n
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\njust a little too heavy.
\nRomans 8, verse 18 for I <\/p>\n
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\nconsider the sufferings of this
\npresent time are not worth <\/p>\n
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\ncomparing with the glory that is
\nto be revealed to us. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if you guys ever get down and
\nyou didn’t find a verse <\/p>\n
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\nyesterday, feel free to use that
\nfantastic verse from Paul’s <\/p>\n
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\nletter to the Romans.
\nAll right, today we’re going to <\/p>\n
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\ntake a look at saving the lost,
\nand we’re going to see how this <\/p>\n
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\nwas an incredible theme all the
\nway through Christ’s journey <\/p>\n
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\ntoward Jerusalem.
\nAnd as he’s walking and as he’s <\/p>\n
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\njourneying and as he’s bringing
\nalong his 12, he is really <\/p>\n
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\ntrying to find everybody who’s
\nkind of lost and wandering on <\/p>\n
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\nthat road to Jerusalem.
\nWhat we’re going to see is <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s everyone.
\nEveryone was lost on the road to<\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem.
\nIt’s your attitude about what <\/p>\n
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\nyou do when you find out that
\nyou’re lost. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the theme today is saving
\nthose who are lost. <\/p>\n
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\nThis was Christ’s mission.
\nThe purpose, of course, we <\/p>\n
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\nlooked at yesterday, the purpose
\nof the mission is to fulfill all<\/p>\n
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\nthe things that were spoken of
\nby the prophets as that’s why he<\/p>\n
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\nwent up to Jerusalem and on his
\nway. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s going to save those who are
\nlost. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to be looking at a
\nhandful of parables. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to be taking a look
\nin the Old Testament received <\/p>\n
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\nthe failure of some of the
\nleaders in Israel, but he is on <\/p>\n
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\nthis mission to create a new
\nJerusalem, a Jerusalem of <\/p>\n
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\npeople.
\nAnd it is going to be a city for<\/p>\n
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\nall, but in particular those who
\nare lost without a city who are <\/p>\n
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\nlooking for one.
\nOK, so let’s start off. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to be looking at the
\nthe big picture here. <\/p>\n
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\nChrist set off on the journey
\ntowards Jerusalem and he kind of<\/p>\n
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\npaints very clearly that if you
\nwant to be found, if you want to<\/p>\n
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\nget to that city, well, follow
\nhim, follow me. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we looked at that yesterday
\nwith the three volunteer <\/p>\n
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\ndisciples at the end of Luke
\nChapter 9. <\/p>\n
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\nThe goal, of course, is to be
\nfound. <\/p>\n
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\nThe goal of course, is to become
\npart of a magnificent heavenly <\/p>\n
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\ncity which will come down from
\nheaven, a city made-up of <\/p>\n
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\npeople, a city which we can walk
\nthrough the gates and which <\/p>\n
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\nChrist can call us New
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the goal.
\nNow, unfortunately, what we <\/p>\n
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\nnotice is that it’s not always
\neasy to just get into that city.<\/p>\n
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\nWe find barriers, we find walls,
\nwe find speed bumps, all on this<\/p>\n
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\nroad to Jerusalem.
\nWe find exits, we get off of the<\/p>\n
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\nroad.
\nWe can get confused, we can get <\/p>\n
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\nlost.
\nAnd Christ says, I know that’s <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to happen, you’ll feel
\nlost. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it came to seek and to save
\nthose who are lost. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we have two sides now.
\nWe have those who are lost, <\/p>\n
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\nthose who are found, and
\neverybody on this side of the <\/p>\n
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\nKingdom is just lost.
\nThat’s where we are. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re lost, we’re wandering,
\nwe’re looking, and Christ has <\/p>\n
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\ncalled us to be found.
\nBut in this lost side, there’s <\/p>\n
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\ntwo groups of people.
\nWe’re going to fall into one of <\/p>\n
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\nthese two.
\nThere’s the people who are lost <\/p>\n
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\nlost. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there’s the people who are
\nlost who desperately want to be <\/p>\n
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\nfound.
\nYou know, we’re going to run <\/p>\n
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\ninto those people from Luke 9 to
\nLuke chapter 19 over and over <\/p>\n
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\nand over again.
\nChrist is going to sit down and <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s going to have a meal with
\npeople. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the people are going to
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\nknow who you’re eating with?
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\nDo you know how disgusting these<\/p>\n
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\nAnd Christ is going to say, I <\/p>\n
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\ncame to seek and to save the
\nlost. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there’s people who
\ndesperately want to be found, <\/p>\n
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\nand there’s people who say, I
\ndon’t think I’m lost. <\/p>\n
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\nconfusion is here. <\/p>\n
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\nBut Christ came to save all.
\nNow a big, big theme and a <\/p>\n
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\nreason we can prove that a big
\ntheme is lost and found inside <\/p>\n
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\nof this journey to Jerusalem is
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\nparables.
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\nmiddle of the journey and Luke <\/p>\n
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\n15 and Luke 16.
\nSo if you guys could turn with <\/p>\n
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\nme to Luke chapter 15, we’re,
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\nreading at this time.
\nWe’ll get into the parables in a<\/p>\n
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\nlittle bit, but we’re going to
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\nLuke chapter 15.
\nWe start off the chapter really <\/p>\n
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\nwith the parable of the lost
\nsheep parable. <\/p>\n
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\nLost sheep is not unique to
\nLuke. <\/p>\n
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\nWe also have the parable the
\nlost coin in verses 8 through <\/p>\n
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\n10.
\nThis parable is unique to Luke. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Luke chapter 16, as we skip
\nover to the next chapter, we <\/p>\n
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\nhave the parable of the unjust
\nsteward unique to Luke and the <\/p>\n
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\nrich man and Lazarus unique to
\nLuke. <\/p>\n
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\nNow right in the middle of this
\nis one more unique to Luke <\/p>\n
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\nparable, and that’s the parable
\nof the prodigal son, Luke <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 15, verses 11 through
\n32. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s a long parable, but it
\nis a fantastic parable because <\/p>\n
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\nwhat the parable, the prodigal
\nson is, it’s it’s an outline of <\/p>\n
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\nChrist’s journey to Jerusalem.
\nHe’s going to find two kinds of <\/p>\n
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\npeople.
\nHe’s going to find some like the<\/p>\n
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\nyounger son.
\nHe’s going to find some like the<\/p>\n
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\nolder son.
\nAnd his desire is just to bring <\/p>\n
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\nthem where to the father’s
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the goal, the House of
\nthe father. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd some run back to it and some
\ncan’t even enter into it. <\/p>\n
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\nSo right in between these two
\nsets of parables, 1 describing <\/p>\n
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\nthose who are lost and another
\ndescribing those who are lost, <\/p>\n
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\nis another describing those who
\nare lost. <\/p>\n
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\nEveryone’s lost.
\nIt’s your attitude once you <\/p>\n
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\nrealize that.
\nSo it’s a parable, the prodigal <\/p>\n
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\nson.
\nAnd this is really we’re going <\/p>\n
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\nto focus on for the beginning
\nhere of our class this morning. <\/p>\n
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\nThe parable, the prodigal son
\nhas three simple characters. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re just going to dive
\ninto these three characters, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich we all know very, very
\nwell. <\/p>\n
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\nBut let’s look at them for the
\nsake of our class this morning. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have the younger son and the
\nparable, the prodigal son. <\/p>\n
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\nThe younger son, he asks his
\nfather for part of the <\/p>\n
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\ninheritance.
\nHe says, dad, I know we’re going<\/p>\n
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\nto get inheritance.
\nCan you give me mine early? <\/p>\n
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\nHis father, who says, yes, he
\nleaves home. <\/p>\n
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\nHe wastes it all.
\nAnd he has this revelation as <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s eating the food he was
\nhired to feed pigs with. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s eating it.
\nAnd he goes, I’d rather be a <\/p>\n
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\nservant working in my father’s
\nhouse than live this life. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he runs home and his father
\nruns out to meet him and greets <\/p>\n
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\nhim and brings him in, and he
\nthrows him a party. <\/p>\n
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\nHis son was lost, but he’s been
\nfound. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s repented.
\nBut we have the story of the <\/p>\n
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\nolder brother, It says in Luke
\n15, verse 25. <\/p>\n
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\nNow his older son was in the
\nfield, and as he came and drew <\/p>\n
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\nnear to the house, keep in mind
\nthe house, he heard music and he<\/p>\n
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\nheard dancing.
\nThe younger son, he’s working in<\/p>\n
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\nthe field and as he’s coming
\nhome, he goes, is that dancing <\/p>\n
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\nand music?
\nVerse 26 And he called one of <\/p>\n
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\nthe servants and asked what
\nthese things meant. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he said to him, your
\nbrother, your brother has come <\/p>\n
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\nback and your father has killed
\nthe fatted calf because he has <\/p>\n
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\nreceived him back safe and
\nsound. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the attitude of the older
\nbrother should have been drop <\/p>\n
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\neverything, run and embrace his
\nbrother. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s the attitude of the older
\nbrother? <\/p>\n
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\nVery next verse, he was angry
\nand he refused to go in. <\/p>\n
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\nThe older brother wouldn’t even
\nenter the House of the father. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the father comes to him.
\nHis father came out and <\/p>\n
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\nentreated him, but he answered
\nhis father. <\/p>\n
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\nLook, these many years I have
\nserved you, and I have never <\/p>\n
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\ndisobeyed your command.
\nYet you never gave me a young <\/p>\n
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\ngoat that I might celebrate with
\nmy friends. <\/p>\n
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\nBut when this son of yours who
\nhas devoured your property with <\/p>\n
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\nprostitutes, you killed the
\nfatted calf for him, and he said<\/p>\n
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\nto him, son, you are always with
\nme and all that I, all that is <\/p>\n
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\nmine is yours.
\nAnd so we have now the <\/p>\n
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\nintroduction of the father.
\nThe father is trying to bring <\/p>\n
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\nboth sons into the house.
\nHe runs out to the younger, he <\/p>\n
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\nbrings them into the house.
\nThe older refuses to come in. <\/p>\n
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\nHe comes out and he says come
\ninto the house. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s getting to the father’s
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the point.
\nThat’s where Christ is going to <\/p>\n
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\nthe House of his Father.
\nHis first step into Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nThe text is walking into the
\ntemple. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s called all those who
\nwould be willing to follow, <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll read it for you.
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\nthe state that Israel was in.
\nWe come to Ezekiel 34, verse <\/p>\n
337
\n00:21:15,320 –> 00:21:18,840
\none, and the word of Yahweh came
\nto me, Son of Man, prophecy <\/p>\n
338
\n00:21:18,840 –> 00:21:25,280
\nagainst the shepherds of Israel,
\nprophecy and say to them, even <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:25,280 –> 00:21:27,800
\nto the shepherds of Israel.
\nThus says the Lord Yahweh, <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:28,160 –> 00:21:32,800
\nshepherds of Israel who have
\nbeen feeding yourselves, <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:34,600 –> 00:21:38,120
\nshouldn’t shepherds feed the
\nsheep? <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:39,600 –> 00:21:41,480
\nSo he says, listen to this
\nprophecy, you shepherds of <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:41,480 –> 00:21:43,200
\nIsrael, you’ve been feeding
\nyourselves. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:43,360 –> 00:21:46,880
\nIsn’t it the job of a shepherd
\nto feed sheep? <\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:50,120 –> 00:21:53,440
\nVerse three, You eat the fat,
\nyou clothe yourselves with the <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:53,440 –> 00:21:56,400
\nwool, you slaughter the fat
\nones, but you don’t feed the <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:56,400 –> 00:22:02,400
\nsheep the weak, he says You
\nhaven’t strengthened them. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:02,720 –> 00:22:06,520
\nThe sick you haven’t healed, the
\ninjured you haven’t bound up, <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:06,680 –> 00:22:14,400
\nthe strayed you haven’t brought
\nback and the lost the lost. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:15,040 –> 00:22:21,320
\nYou have not sought out
\nshepherds of Israel. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:23,560 –> 00:22:27,280
\nSo what happens when Israel
\ndoesn’t have shepherds looking <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:27,280 –> 00:22:30,480
\nafter them?
\nWe know, we know the we know the<\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:30,480 –> 00:22:34,160
\nstory.
\nWhen sheep don’t have shepherds,<\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:34,160 –> 00:22:38,000
\nthey wander, they’re scattered.
\nVerse 77. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:38,200 –> 00:22:40,640
\nTherefore you shepherds hear the
\nword of Yahweh as I live, <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:40,640 –> 00:22:43,840
\ndeclares Lord Yahweh.
\nSurely, because my sheep have <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:43,840 –> 00:22:47,000
\nbecome a prey, and my sheep have
\nbecome food for all the wild <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:47,000 –> 00:22:49,480
\nbeasts, since there was no
\nshepherd, and because my <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:49,480 –> 00:22:52,480
\nshepherds have not searched for
\nmy sheep, the shepherds have fed<\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:52,480 –> 00:22:54,120
\nthemselves and have not fed my
\nsheep. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:54,120 –> 00:22:56,400
\nTherefore you shepherds hear the
\nword of Yahweh. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:58,160 –> 00:23:02,440
\nI am against the shepherds.
\nSo because these shepherds had <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:02,440 –> 00:23:07,440
\nfailed in their duty to feed the
\nsheep, to strengthen the weak, <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:07,440 –> 00:23:10,560
\nto heal the sick, to bound up
\nthe injured, to bring back the <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:10,560 –> 00:23:14,120
\nstrayed and to seek out the
\nlost, the children of Israel <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:14,120 –> 00:23:18,160
\nbecame scattered.
\nThey became food for the beasts <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:18,920 –> 00:23:20,720
\nthey were.
\nThey were eaten up by the <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:20,720 –> 00:23:22,920
\nculture and the religions of the
\nGentiles. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:24,200 –> 00:23:29,200
\nThey were just chewed up.
\nThey wandered the mountains, <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:29,200 –> 00:23:32,560
\nsaid Ezekiel.
\nAnd while they were wandering, <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:33,000 –> 00:23:34,560
\nthere was no one looking for
\nthem. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:35,360 –> 00:23:38,040
\nThese shepherds were too busy
\nsitting in their kitchens, <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:38,240 –> 00:23:45,360
\nfeeding themselves.
\nThey couldn’t even search for <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:45,360 –> 00:23:50,040
\nthe the sheep.
\nIsrael was full of lost sheep <\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:52,520 –> 00:23:58,680
\nwho just wanted to be found, but
\nnone searched for them. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:01,160 –> 00:24:04,720
\nBut we come to verse 11.
\nFor thus says the Lord Yahweh, <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:04,720 –> 00:24:09,520
\nBehold, I, I myself will search
\nfor my sheep. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:10,000 –> 00:24:13,120
\nI will seek them out.
\nShepherds, you failed. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:13,960 –> 00:24:17,320
\nI will do this.
\nAs a shepherd seeks out his <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:17,320 –> 00:24:20,040
\nflock when he’s among his sheep
\nthat have been scattered, so <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:20,040 –> 00:24:23,640
\nwill I seek out my sheep, and I
\nwill rescue them from all the <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:23,640 –> 00:24:25,160
\nplaces where they have been
\nscattered. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:26,040 –> 00:24:28,880
\nI will bring them back from
\namong the peoples, and I will <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:28,880 –> 00:24:31,120
\ngather them from the countries,
\nand we’ll bring them into their <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:31,120 –> 00:24:33,360
\nown land.
\nI will feed them on the <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:33,360 –> 00:24:36,480
\nmountains of Israel.
\nI will feed them in a good <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:36,480 –> 00:24:41,200
\npasture.
\nSo what he’s saying is I have to<\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:41,200 –> 00:24:43,400
\ndo your job.
\nShepherds of Israel, you have <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:43,400 –> 00:24:47,200
\nfailed.
\nYou’ve stuffed your faces while <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:47,200 –> 00:24:51,080
\nthe sheep have been lost.
\nYou’ve only done these things <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:51,080 –> 00:24:53,240
\nfor yourself.
\nVerse 16. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:53,680 –> 00:25:00,040
\nI will seek the lost that was
\nGod’s words in this prophecy. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:00,480 –> 00:25:05,440
\nI will seek the lost.
\nWhat was Christ’s words? <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:06,560 –> 00:25:10,840
\nI came to seek and to save the
\nlost. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:11,880 –> 00:25:17,080
\nGod sent his Son to finish the
\nwork that the shepherds of <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:17,080 –> 00:25:21,200
\nIsrael failed to do according to
\nEzekiel 34. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:23,080 –> 00:25:26,640
\nAnd I will strengthen the weak
\nand the fats and the strong I <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:26,640 –> 00:25:29,120
\nwill destroy, I will feed them
\ninjustice. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:29,160 –> 00:25:33,320
\nSo what does God say He is going
\nto do in verses 11 through 16? <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:34,240 –> 00:25:39,320
\nHe says the lost I will seek,
\nthe strayed I will bring back, <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:39,560 –> 00:25:43,560
\nthe injured I will bind up and
\nthe weak I will strengthen. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:44,040 –> 00:25:47,080
\nEverything that the shepherds
\nhave done wrong. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:47,240 –> 00:25:49,720
\nI’m going to send my son to make
\nright. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:51,640 –> 00:25:55,240
\nThis was God’s promise in the
\nprophecy of Ezekiel 34. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:56,960 –> 00:26:03,080
\nSo when Christ comes onto the
\nscene in Matthew Chapter 9, he <\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:03,080 –> 00:26:09,240
\nhas compassion on the crowd.
\nMatthew 9 And Jesus went <\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:09,920 –> 00:26:12,640
\nthroughout all the city and
\nvillages, teaching in their <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:12,640 –> 00:26:18,080
\nsynagogues, proclaiming the
\ngospel of the Kingdom, healing <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:18,080 –> 00:26:22,320
\nthe disease of every affliction.
\nAnd when he looked out and he <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:22,320 –> 00:26:31,760
\nsaw the crowds, he had
\ncompassion on them because they <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:31,760 –> 00:26:34,680
\nwere like sheep without a
\nshepherd. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:37,960 –> 00:26:40,120
\nAnd this is Christ’s
\nintroduction to the scene. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:40,480 –> 00:26:43,560
\nAnd he comes and he sees these
\npeople and he looks out and he <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:43,560 –> 00:26:45,920
\nsays they’re just like sheep.
\nThey have no shepherd. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:46,280 –> 00:26:49,040
\nI’m healing their diseases.
\nI’m teaching in the synagogues. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:49,440 –> 00:26:52,360
\nI’m doing the work of all these
\nshepherds because they’re <\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:52,880 –> 00:26:57,360
\nfeeding themselves.
\nJohn 10, verse 11. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:57,480 –> 00:27:01,960
\nI am the Good Shepherd.
\nThe Good Shepherd lays down his <\/p>\n
419
\n00:27:01,960 –> 00:27:06,640
\nlife for the sheep, he says, and
\nJesus knew this as he <\/p>\n
420
\n00:27:06,640 –> 00:27:09,120
\nsteadfastly set his face to go
\nto Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:10,240 –> 00:27:14,280
\nHe knew that what awaited for
\nHim there was that He would lay <\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:14,280 –> 00:27:16,960
\ndown His life for all of those
\nsheep that He would gather and <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:16,960 –> 00:27:21,800
\ncollect.
\nBut He does it anyway because He<\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:21,800 –> 00:27:27,920
\ncame to seek and to save the
\nlost, and He went to Jerusalem <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:28,400 –> 00:27:33,000
\nto start an order.
\nAll that was written about him <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:33,000 –> 00:27:40,400
\nof the prophets, even Ezekiel
\n34, He begins these things in <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:40,400 –> 00:27:43,720
\norder and it was a message of
\nrepentance. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:45,360 –> 00:27:48,360
\nSo as you compare now the
\nshepherds of Israel and Christ <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:48,600 –> 00:27:52,200
\nfinishing their task, repentance
\nwould come. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:52,440 –> 00:27:55,480
\nBut Ezekiel tells us it was
\ngoing to come now, not by the <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:55,480 –> 00:28:00,840
\nhands of the shepherds, but by
\nthe hands of God, and he uses <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:00,920 –> 00:28:03,760
\nhis Son.
\nSo when we come onto the scene, <\/p>\n
433
\n00:28:06,520 –> 00:28:09,680
\nwhere’s the first time we’re
\nintroduced to these shepherds of<\/p>\n
434
\n00:28:09,680 –> 00:28:14,040
\nIsrael in Christ’s day?
\nThey haven’t changed. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:28:14,720 –> 00:28:16,520
\nThey’re still feeding
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:28:17,000 –> 00:28:23,480
\nThey just now have names.
\nThey’re just now known as <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:23,480 –> 00:28:26,760
\nscribes, Pharisees, and
\nSadducees. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:27,760 –> 00:28:32,240
\nThey live in Jerusalem, but they
\nstill ignore the flock and feed <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:32,240 –> 00:28:36,120
\nthemselves.
\nBut God promised He would <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:36,120 –> 00:28:40,000
\nsomehow bring about repentance.
\nSo the very, very first time we <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:40,000 –> 00:28:43,040
\nsee these shepherds, come with
\nme to Matthew chapter 3, these <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:43,040 –> 00:28:47,360
\nshepherds now we come unto the
\nscene and it’s none other than <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:47,360 –> 00:28:52,200
\nJohn the Baptist, the one who
\nprepared the way for Christ. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:52,480 –> 00:28:57,040
\nBeautiful language in this road
\nto Jerusalem prepared the way <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:57,600 –> 00:29:04,200
\nMatthew 3 verse 3 for this is he
\nwho was spoken by the prophet <\/p>\n
446
\n00:29:04,200 –> 00:29:06,920
\nIsaiah when he said the voice of
\none crying in the wilderness. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:29:07,120 –> 00:29:09,840
\nPrepare the way of the Lord,
\nmake his paths straight. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:29:10,200 –> 00:29:12,520
\nFirst four.
\nNow John wore a a garment of <\/p>\n
449
\n00:29:12,640 –> 00:29:15,320
\ncamel’s hair and a leather belt
\naround his waist. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:29:15,400 –> 00:29:17,760
\nHis food was locusts and wild
\nhoney. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:29:18,040 –> 00:29:26,080
\nThen guess who comes to him?
\nJerusalem comes to him and all <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:26,080 –> 00:29:29,200
\nJudea and all the region round
\nabout Jordan were going to him <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:29,200 –> 00:29:34,760
\nand they were baptized by him in
\nthe river Jordan confessing <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:34,760 –> 00:29:37,160
\ntheir sins.
\nVerse 2 tells us this was the <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:37,160 –> 00:29:40,160
\ngoal.
\nRepent, He says that’s how you <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:40,280 –> 00:29:41,840
\ncan be found.
\nYou repent. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:41,920 –> 00:29:44,840
\nWe’ve seen this.
\nGod said repentance would come. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:46,480 –> 00:29:52,360
\nSo John comes declaring, you
\nguessed it, repentance, and they<\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:52,360 –> 00:29:57,600
\ncome to him baptized, confessing
\ntheir sins. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:57,800 –> 00:30:01,240
\nSo Jerusalem now comes.
\nGuess who’s part of Jerusalem? <\/p>\n
461
\n00:30:01,240 –> 00:30:05,640
\nWell, not only is it the lost,
\nbut it’s also the Super lost. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:30:05,920 –> 00:30:10,320
\nCome look at our introduction to
\nthe Pharisees and Sadducees, <\/p>\n
463
\n00:30:10,320 –> 00:30:13,840
\nverse 7.
\nBut when he saw many of the <\/p>\n
464
\n00:30:14,400 –> 00:30:17,560
\nshepherds of Israel, the
\nPharisees and Sadducees coming <\/p>\n
465
\n00:30:17,560 –> 00:30:23,600
\nto his baptism, he said to them,
\nyou brood of Vipers, who warned <\/p>\n
466
\n00:30:23,600 –> 00:30:29,400
\nyou to flee from the wrath to
\ncome bear fruit in keeping with <\/p>\n
467
\n00:30:29,560 –> 00:30:32,200
\nwhat?
\nRepentance. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:30:32,200 –> 00:30:35,920
\nHe says, Imagine that.
\nImagine you are one of these <\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:35,920 –> 00:30:39,120
\nhired Pharisees or Sadducees and
\nyou come out to check out this <\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:39,120 –> 00:30:42,080
\nJohn the Baptist guy and you
\nstep foot into this area and he <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:42,080 –> 00:30:44,800
\nyells at you that you’re the
\nseed of Vipers. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:48,840 –> 00:30:50,800
\nBear fruit in keeping with
\nrepentance. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:51,160 –> 00:30:57,080
\nAnd don’t you dare say, he says,
\ndon’t you dare say that we have <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:57,120 –> 00:31:00,920
\nAbraham as our father, for I
\ntell you, God can make new sons <\/p>\n
475
\n00:31:00,920 –> 00:31:02,360
\nof Abraham with those rocks
\nright there. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:31:04,760 –> 00:31:08,640
\nHe tells them, shepherds of
\nIsrael, your responsibility is <\/p>\n
477
\n00:31:08,640 –> 00:31:11,360
\nwhat?
\nIt’s the bear fruits of <\/p>\n
478
\n00:31:11,360 –> 00:31:13,600
\nrepentance.
\nThat’s your job description. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:31:13,720 –> 00:31:18,080
\nGo look it up.
\nBear fruits worthy of repentance<\/p>\n
480
\n00:31:19,640 –> 00:31:23,000
\nfor a group of people who follow
\nevery jot and title of the law. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:31:23,160 –> 00:31:26,640
\nYour goal, your career is about
\ngetting people, finding people, <\/p>\n
482
\n00:31:26,680 –> 00:31:28,240
\nseeking them out and saving
\nthem. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:31:29,960 –> 00:31:32,040
\nBut you yourselves can’t even
\nfind repentance. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:31:32,040 –> 00:31:39,000
\nAnd this is what he tells them.
\nBear fruits keeping with <\/p>\n
485
\n00:31:39,000 –> 00:31:42,720
\nrepentance.
\nBut then he says in verse 9, <\/p>\n
486
\n00:31:43,640 –> 00:31:46,720
\ndon’t think to say within
\nyourselves we have Abraham to <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:46,720 –> 00:31:49,560
\nour father.
\nAfter I say to you that God is <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:49,560 –> 00:31:52,840
\nable of these stones to raise up
\nchildren unto Abraham, he says, <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:53,000 –> 00:31:57,320
\ndon’t think that you’re going to
\nsay we’re 4 seeds of Abraham, <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:57,320 –> 00:31:59,640
\nWe’re fine.
\nI just said your seeds of the <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:59,640 –> 00:32:03,400
\nViper, don’t say your seeds of
\nAbraham. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:32:03,400 –> 00:32:07,760
\nEverything’s going to be OK.
\nNow Luke adds a little bit to <\/p>\n
493
\n00:32:07,760 –> 00:32:11,040
\nthis.
\nLuke says Bring forth therefore <\/p>\n
494
\n00:32:11,040 –> 00:32:18,640
\nfruits worthy of repentance.
\nThat’s the goal, bring forth <\/p>\n
495
\n00:32:18,760 –> 00:32:22,840
\nfruits worthy of repentance.
\nNow why Abraham? <\/p>\n
496
\n00:32:23,000 –> 00:32:27,280
\nWhy does John say, don’t say we
\nhave Abraham to our father <\/p>\n
497
\n00:32:27,360 –> 00:32:29,320
\nbecause God can make new
\nchildren unto Abraham. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:32:29,440 –> 00:32:34,440
\nWhat’s so special about Abraham?
\nWhy not David, the kingly line? <\/p>\n
499
\n00:32:34,560 –> 00:32:37,080
\nWhy not the second Adam, a new
\ncreation? <\/p>\n
500
\n00:32:39,000 –> 00:32:42,640
\nWhy Abraham?
\nWell, we know the story of <\/p>\n
501
\n00:32:42,640 –> 00:32:46,160
\nAbraham.
\nWhat’s he remembered for in <\/p>\n
502
\n00:32:46,160 –> 00:32:48,880
\nHebrews 11.
\nIf you’re going to sum up the <\/p>\n
503
\n00:32:48,880 –> 00:32:54,160
\nfaith of that man, Hebrews 11,
\nwhat is he known for? <\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:55,400 –> 00:33:05,640
\nHebrews 11, it says in verse 8,
\nby faith Abraham obeyed when he <\/p>\n
505
\n00:33:05,640 –> 00:33:11,360
\nwas called to go out to a place
\nthat he was to receive as an <\/p>\n
506
\n00:33:11,360 –> 00:33:18,320
\ninheritance, and he went out
\nhaving no idea where he was <\/p>\n
507
\n00:33:18,320 –> 00:33:21,720
\ngoing.
\nWhat’s Abraham remembered for in<\/p>\n
508
\n00:33:21,720 –> 00:33:28,920
\nHebrews 11 verse 8?
\nFor being a guy who’s lost, for <\/p>\n
509
\n00:33:28,920 –> 00:33:34,360
\nbeing a guy who wandered, for
\nbeing a guy who was commanded by<\/p>\n
510
\n00:33:34,360 –> 00:33:40,440
\nGod to leave the house and to
\nleave having no idea where he <\/p>\n
511
\n00:33:40,440 –> 00:33:42,800
\nwas going.
\nThe brothers and sisters is more<\/p>\n
512
\n00:33:42,800 –> 00:33:45,680
\nthan that.
\nLook at verse 10, for he was <\/p>\n
513
\n00:33:45,680 –> 00:33:52,040
\nlooking for a city.
\nThis is what he was looking for.<\/p>\n
514
\n00:33:52,160 –> 00:33:55,040
\nHe wandered lost because he was
\nlooking for a city. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:33:55,160 –> 00:34:01,840
\nNot just any city, a city with
\nfoundations whose builder and <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:01,840 –> 00:34:07,360
\nmaker is God.
\nThat’s why Abraham because he <\/p>\n
517
\n00:34:07,360 –> 00:34:12,239
\nspent his whole life looking for
\na city he knew he would never <\/p>\n
518
\n00:34:12,239 –> 00:34:16,280
\nsee a city built and designed by
\nGod. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:34:17,880 –> 00:34:25,400
\nVerse 16 But as it is they these
\nfaithful desire a better <\/p>\n
520
\n00:34:25,400 –> 00:34:33,600
\ncountry, a heavenly one.
\nTherefore God is not ashamed to <\/p>\n
521
\n00:34:33,600 –> 00:34:38,600
\nbe called their God, for He has
\ndone what he’s prepared them. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:34:38,600 –> 00:34:42,679
\nA city.
\nAll of these faithful of old, <\/p>\n
523
\n00:34:42,880 –> 00:34:46,760
\nthey wandered, lost their whole
\nlives looking for a city, <\/p>\n
524
\n00:34:47,880 –> 00:34:50,280
\nknowing I’m not going to find it
\nin this life. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:34:50,320 –> 00:34:54,560
\nIt’s a heavenly one, it’s one
\nfrom above, it’s a city built, <\/p>\n
526
\n00:34:54,600 –> 00:34:59,280
\nit’s a city designed by God.
\nSo I wander, lost in this life, <\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:59,640 –> 00:35:04,640
\nknowing I’ll be found.
\nThat’s Abraham’s record in <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:04,640 –> 00:35:09,240
\nHebrews 11.
\nSo children of Abraham, they all<\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:09,240 –> 00:35:12,520
\nhave a city waiting for them.
\nWe wander in this life knowing <\/p>\n
530
\n00:35:12,640 –> 00:35:15,520
\nwe’re not going to be found
\nuntil we find our city, New <\/p>\n
531
\n00:35:15,520 –> 00:35:19,040
\nJerusalem.
\nWe follow Christ to get there, <\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:20,520 –> 00:35:22,360
\none that will come down from
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:35:22,600 –> 00:35:25,600
\nThe children of Abraham will
\nmake up this city. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:35:27,640 –> 00:35:34,160
\nSo then we come to Luke chapter
\n13, come with me if you would to<\/p>\n
535
\n00:35:34,560 –> 00:35:39,400
\nabout middle of our journey
\ntoward Jerusalem in Luke 13. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:35:39,560 –> 00:35:42,440
\nWe’re going to follow this theme
\nnow of repentance. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:35:47,890 –> 00:35:50,930
\nIf we follow Christ to
\nJerusalem, we’ll see abundantly <\/p>\n
538
\n00:35:51,250 –> 00:35:53,890
\nthat it’s the loss of this world
\nthat Christ came to save. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:35:55,210 –> 00:35:58,440
\nHe says in Luke 13 verse 3, I
\ntell you, nay, but except you <\/p>\n
540
\n00:35:58,440 –> 00:36:01,120
\nrepent, you shall all likewise
\nperish. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:01,360 –> 00:36:04,440
\nSo the story here is there were
\nsome of the present verse one <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:04,640 –> 00:36:07,240
\nwho told them about the
\nGalileans whose blood Pilate had<\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:07,240 –> 00:36:09,960
\nmingle with their sacrifices.
\nWhat they’re saying is they come<\/p>\n
544
\n00:36:09,960 –> 00:36:11,920
\nto Christ and they say look up
\nin Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:36:13,600 –> 00:36:18,160
\nPilate has slain some of the
\nGalileans and their blood has <\/p>\n
546
\n00:36:18,160 –> 00:36:20,120
\nbeen mixed with the blood of the
\nofferings. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:36:20,400 –> 00:36:24,880
\nThere’s been murder, committed
\nreligious acts of murder, and <\/p>\n
548
\n00:36:24,880 –> 00:36:31,960
\nChrist says, do you think that
\nare you implying that these <\/p>\n
549
\n00:36:31,960 –> 00:36:34,360
\nGalileans were worse than other
\npeople because they died this <\/p>\n
550
\n00:36:34,360 –> 00:36:36,560
\nway?
\nThis is no, no, no, that’s not <\/p>\n
551
\n00:36:36,560 –> 00:36:40,720
\nhow it works.
\nVerse three, I tell you, unless <\/p>\n
552
\n00:36:40,720 –> 00:36:44,640
\nyou repent, you all will perish.
\nRepentance is the key is what he<\/p>\n
553
\n00:36:44,640 –> 00:36:47,320
\nsays.
\nIf you do not repent, it equals <\/p>\n
554
\n00:36:48,360 –> 00:36:50,600
\nperishing.
\nThe word perish is the same <\/p>\n
555
\n00:36:50,600 –> 00:36:53,200
\nexact word that we’ve been
\nseeing as lost. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:36:53,600 –> 00:36:56,920
\nSo the solution to perishing is
\nrepenting. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:36:57,040 –> 00:36:59,920
\nThe solution to being lost is
\nrepenting. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:00,120 –> 00:37:03,240
\nWe’ve seen this in Ezekiel.
\nWe’ve seen this with John the <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:03,240 –> 00:37:05,720
\nBaptist.
\nBear fruits worthy of <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:05,720 –> 00:37:09,400
\nrepentance.
\nAnd Christ here emphasizes to <\/p>\n
561
\n00:37:09,400 –> 00:37:11,800
\nthe people, it’s about your
\nfruit. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:37:11,920 –> 00:37:15,120
\nIt’s about the repentance.
\nYou want to be found, repent. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:37:16,280 –> 00:37:19,640
\nThere was a group of people who
\nChrist went with who did repent,<\/p>\n
564
\n00:37:20,040 –> 00:37:22,800
\nand there were a group of people
\nwho Christ travelled with who <\/p>\n
565
\n00:37:22,800 –> 00:37:25,680
\ncould not bring themselves to
\nrepent. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:37:27,600 –> 00:37:30,840
\nWe come to verses 6 through 9.
\nWe have the parable of the <\/p>\n
567
\n00:37:30,840 –> 00:37:33,640
\nbarren fig tree, a fig tree that
\ncannot produce fruit. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:37:33,920 –> 00:37:37,160
\nThen we come to verse 10.
\nNow he was teaching in one of <\/p>\n
569
\n00:37:37,160 –> 00:37:43,800
\nthe synagogues on the Sabbath.
\nChrist really loved to push <\/p>\n
570
\n00:37:43,800 –> 00:37:49,840
\ntheir buttons, didn’t He?
\nThis is how Christ worked verse <\/p>\n
571
\n00:37:49,840 –> 00:37:52,840
\n11 the behold, there was a woman
\nwho had a disabling spirit for <\/p>\n
572
\n00:37:52,840 –> 00:37:56,240
\n18 years.
\nShe was bent over and she <\/p>\n
573
\n00:37:56,240 –> 00:37:58,400
\ncouldn’t fully straighten
\nherself. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:37:58,720 –> 00:38:02,160
\nWhen Jesus saw her, he called
\nher over and said to her, woman,<\/p>\n
575
\n00:38:02,480 –> 00:38:04,200
\nyou are freed from your
\ndisability. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:38:04,280 –> 00:38:07,040
\nAnd everybody would have would
\nhave steered clear of this <\/p>\n
577
\n00:38:07,040 –> 00:38:11,640
\nwoman.
\nShe’s unclean, something’s wrong<\/p>\n
578
\n00:38:11,640 –> 00:38:13,480
\nwith her.
\nShe doesn’t belong here. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:38:14,240 –> 00:38:19,680
\nAnd Christ says, woman, come
\nhere, you’re healed. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:38:20,360 –> 00:38:23,400
\nNow what’s the story?
\nThis story is crazy. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:38:24,320 –> 00:38:27,000
\nVerse 13, he laid hands on her
\nand immediately she was made <\/p>\n
582
\n00:38:27,000 –> 00:38:32,200
\nstraight and she glorified God.
\nBeautiful story. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:38:32,840 –> 00:38:36,480
\nImagine this the the presenter
\nnow in the synagogue saying this<\/p>\n
584
\n00:38:36,480 –> 00:38:39,360
\nis the expectation for today.
\nThis is wonderful. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:38:39,800 –> 00:38:41,720
\nThat’s not at all what happens.
\nWe’ll see what happens. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:38:42,600 –> 00:38:46,200
\nVerse 14 But the ruler of the
\nsynagogue indignant because <\/p>\n
587
\n00:38:46,320 –> 00:38:49,040
\nJesus had healed in the Sabbath
\nand said to the people, said to <\/p>\n
588
\n00:38:49,040 –> 00:38:51,240
\nwho?
\nThe people? <\/p>\n
589
\n00:38:51,360 –> 00:38:57,480
\nHe changes his sermon.
\nThere are 6 days in which work <\/p>\n
590
\n00:38:57,520 –> 00:39:01,600
\nought to be done, come on those
\ndays and be healed and not on <\/p>\n
591
\n00:39:01,600 –> 00:39:04,600
\nthe Sabbath day.
\nSo he’s giving his sermon, He’s <\/p>\n
592
\n00:39:04,600 –> 00:39:05,920
\ngiving his sermon, He’s giving
\nhis sermon. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:39:06,000 –> 00:39:08,560
\nJesus heals somebody.
\nHe says, people, there are 6 <\/p>\n
594
\n00:39:08,560 –> 00:39:11,200
\ndays in which you can be healed,
\nnever on the Sabbath. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:39:13,240 –> 00:39:18,800
\nWhat an opportunity to capture
\nthis miracle, to expound on the <\/p>\n
596
\n00:39:18,800 –> 00:39:20,600
\nprinciples and the expectations
\nthere. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:39:21,480 –> 00:39:26,520
\nAnd yet he changes his sermon
\nnow to call out Christ. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:39:27,880 –> 00:39:31,320
\nThen the Lord answered in verse
\n15, You hypocrites, does not <\/p>\n
599
\n00:39:31,320 –> 00:39:34,120
\neach of you on the Sabbath untie
\nhis ox or his donkey from the <\/p>\n
600
\n00:39:34,120 –> 00:39:35,320
\nManger and lead it away to
\nwater? <\/p>\n
601
\n00:39:35,440 –> 00:39:43,920
\nAnd I thought this woman, a
\ndaughter of Abraham, whom Satan <\/p>\n
602
\n00:39:43,920 –> 00:39:48,960
\nhath bound 18 years, I can
\nChrist can take these stones and<\/p>\n
603
\n00:39:48,960 –> 00:39:51,120
\nmake sons and daughters of
\nAbraham. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:39:52,280 –> 00:39:55,080
\nDon’t think to say within
\nyourselves, Abraham’s our <\/p>\n
605
\n00:39:55,080 –> 00:39:57,200
\nfather.
\nGod can make new ones. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:39:59,000 –> 00:40:03,000
\nAnd here Christ walks into the
\nsynagogue and he heals a woman <\/p>\n
607
\n00:40:05,080 –> 00:40:10,640
\nwho’s been diseased 18 years and
\nsays she. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:40:11,520 –> 00:40:18,800
\nIs a daughter of Abraham.
\nThat was the exhortation. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:40:19,920 –> 00:40:24,720
\nThat was the perfect sermon for
\nthe synagogue on that Sabbath <\/p>\n
610
\n00:40:24,720 –> 00:40:33,240
\nday.
\nBut we have one more Luke 19. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:40:34,720 –> 00:40:38,520
\nWhat do we know happens in Luke
\n19? <\/p>\n
612
\n00:40:41,080 –> 00:40:49,200
\nChrist enters Jerusalem, but
\nJesus has one more lost sheep to<\/p>\n
613
\n00:40:49,200 –> 00:40:55,880
\nfind one more He’s going to
\ncollect and He’s going to sum up<\/p>\n
614
\n00:40:56,320 –> 00:41:04,920
\nthis journey perfectly.
\nLuke 19, Luke 19, verse 1. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:41:04,920 –> 00:41:11,880
\nHe enters Jericho and passing
\nthrough there was a man named <\/p>\n
616
\n00:41:12,800 –> 00:41:19,400
\nZacchaeus.
\nHe has one final sheep to find. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:41:21,240 –> 00:41:26,320
\nIt will be his final stop.
\nIt’s a reverse journey to the <\/p>\n
618
\n00:41:26,320 –> 00:41:30,840
\nparable of the Good Samaritan
\nfrom Jericho to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:41:32,800 –> 00:41:37,880
\nNow, the story of Zacchaeus is a
\nfairly familiar one, but it’s a <\/p>\n
620
\n00:41:37,880 –> 00:41:40,920
\nstory that really seals this
\ntheme of Jesus searching for the<\/p>\n
621
\n00:41:40,920 –> 00:41:43,720
\nlost.
\nZacchaeus, we’re told, was chief<\/p>\n
622
\n00:41:43,800 –> 00:41:47,200
\namong the publicans.
\nHe was a chief tax collector. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:41:47,400 –> 00:41:51,360
\nNot only was he himself a tax
\ncollector, but he was a boss of <\/p>\n
624
\n00:41:51,360 –> 00:41:56,680
\nother tax collectors.
\nAnd like tax collectors, in that<\/p>\n
625
\n00:41:56,680 –> 00:42:01,400
\ntime, he made his wealth mostly
\nby deception and by stealing. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:42:01,400 –> 00:42:03,960
\nThe riches of these tax
\ncollectors was almost always <\/p>\n
627
\n00:42:04,320 –> 00:42:06,360
\nacquired by deception or
\nthievery. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:42:07,520 –> 00:42:09,960
\nBut Zacchaeus wants something
\nmore than riches. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:42:09,960 –> 00:42:17,720
\nHe just wants to see Jesus.
\nHe just wants to see Jesus. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:42:19,520 –> 00:42:21,720
\nHe heard how Jesus was coming to
\nJericho. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:42:21,960 –> 00:42:26,080
\nAt this point, Jesus’s itinerary
\nwas probably quite a topic. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:42:26,720 –> 00:42:31,240
\nA man who could, at the heel of
\na touch, a man who could feed <\/p>\n
633
\n00:42:31,240 –> 00:42:37,400
\nthousands from a boy’s picnic.
\nThis man is a guy worth paying <\/p>\n
634
\n00:42:37,400 –> 00:42:41,280
\nattention to.
\nAnd Zacchaeus was no stranger to<\/p>\n
635
\n00:42:41,280 –> 00:42:43,880
\nthese rumors.
\nHe just wants to see Jesus. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:42:44,040 –> 00:42:48,480
\nHe has a problem.
\nHe’s vertically challenged. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:42:49,600 –> 00:42:52,080
\nWhat he needs to do is he climbs
\nup. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:42:52,080 –> 00:42:56,320
\nIn verse four, he ran ahead, he
\ndashed in front of the people <\/p>\n
639
\n00:42:56,480 –> 00:43:01,880
\nand he climbs up into a Sycamore
\ntree to see him. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:43:01,880 –> 00:43:05,080
\nFor Christ was about to pass
\nright by the road where this <\/p>\n
641
\n00:43:05,080 –> 00:43:06,800
\ntree was.
\nZacchaeus. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:43:06,800 –> 00:43:10,520
\nThe solution, climb a tree.
\nHe hopes to see Jesus, who he <\/p>\n
643
\n00:43:10,520 –> 00:43:12,400
\nwas.
\nHe had heard so much, but he <\/p>\n
644
\n00:43:12,400 –> 00:43:14,680
\njust wants to see him.
\nSo he climbs into a Sycamore <\/p>\n
645
\n00:43:14,680 –> 00:43:16,640
\ntree.
\nNow the fascinating thing is <\/p>\n
646
\n00:43:16,640 –> 00:43:20,480
\nJesus stops and he looks up and
\nhe sees Zacchaeus. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:43:21,520 –> 00:43:24,600
\nNow the interesting thing is
\nthat this word Sycamore, the <\/p>\n
648
\n00:43:24,600 –> 00:43:27,880
\nSycamore is actually this type
\nof fig tree. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:43:28,160 –> 00:43:32,240
\nIt comes from the Greek word
\nsukumoria, the he, the, sorry, <\/p>\n
650
\n00:43:32,240 –> 00:43:36,160
\nthe Greek root word for this is
\nsukhan, which is a fig. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:43:37,240 –> 00:43:40,360
\nSo what he’s saying is he’s
\nstopping by this, this type of <\/p>\n
652
\n00:43:40,360 –> 00:43:44,720
\nSycamore that bears figs and he
\nstops. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:43:44,880 –> 00:43:48,440
\nAnd it’s the same word in Mark
\n11 that is this fig tree. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:43:49,240 –> 00:43:53,160
\nNow, fig trees on this road to
\nJerusalem and on Christ’s <\/p>\n
655
\n00:43:53,600 –> 00:43:57,760
\njourney through the Gospels, fig
\ntrees do something. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:43:58,880 –> 00:44:00,760
\nThey have an interesting story
\nto tell. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:44:01,040 –> 00:44:04,080
\nI’m going to read you a few
\nverses as we follow Christ <\/p>\n
658
\n00:44:04,080 –> 00:44:06,640
\ntoward Jerusalem in this Gospel
\nof Luke. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:44:07,040 –> 00:44:10,680
\nWe’ll stick to Luke’s gospel,
\nLuke 6 and at verse 43. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:44:11,400 –> 00:44:16,160
\nFor no good tree bears bad
\nfruit, nor again does a bad tree<\/p>\n
661
\n00:44:16,160 –> 00:44:20,200
\nbear good fruit, for each tree
\nis known by its own fruit. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:44:20,600 –> 00:44:24,200
\nFigs, they’re not gathered from
\nthorn bushes. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:44:24,960 –> 00:44:29,040
\nGrapes are picked, aren’t picked
\nfrom a Bramble Bush. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:44:29,280 –> 00:44:32,160
\nNo, the good person out of the
\ngood treasures of his heart, <\/p>\n
665
\n00:44:32,440 –> 00:44:36,760
\nthey produce good fruit.
\nAnd the evil person, out of the <\/p>\n
666
\n00:44:36,760 –> 00:44:41,320
\nevil, he produces evil, for out
\nof the abundance of the heart, <\/p>\n
667
\n00:44:41,320 –> 00:44:44,640
\nhis mouth speaks.
\nSo good trees produce good <\/p>\n
668
\n00:44:44,640 –> 00:44:46,240
\nfruit.
\nLuke 13. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:44:46,240 –> 00:44:48,120
\nWe’ve already danced around this
\nverse a little bit. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:44:48,440 –> 00:44:54,080
\nThe Luke 13 is this story of the
\nparable of the barren fig tree. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:44:54,280 –> 00:44:57,320
\nHe told this parable.
\nA man had a fig tree planted in <\/p>\n
672
\n00:44:57,320 –> 00:44:59,920
\nhis vineyard.
\nAmazing study to look at. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:45:00,160 –> 00:45:03,480
\nWhy would you plant a fig tree
\nin a vineyard another time? <\/p>\n
674
\n00:45:03,760 –> 00:45:08,760
\nAnd he came seeking fruit on it.
\nDoes he find fruit? <\/p>\n
675
\n00:45:09,240 –> 00:45:10,800
\nNo.
\nA fig tree is supposed to make <\/p>\n
676
\n00:45:10,800 –> 00:45:13,560
\nfruit.
\nSo he comes and he doesn’t find <\/p>\n
677
\n00:45:13,560 –> 00:45:15,360
\nany fruit on it.
\nAnd he said to the vine dresser,<\/p>\n
678
\n00:45:15,360 –> 00:45:18,440
\nlook, for three years now I come
\nto this tree and I seek fruit <\/p>\n
679
\n00:45:19,280 –> 00:45:21,480
\nand I find it, not just chop it
\ndown. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:45:23,040 –> 00:45:26,240
\nBut he answered and said, Sir,
\njust leave it alone this year <\/p>\n
681
\n00:45:28,520 –> 00:45:30,560
\nuntil I dig it about and I put
\nit up a newer than if it should <\/p>\n
682
\n00:45:30,560 –> 00:45:32,840
\nbear fruit next year, well,
\ngood, and if not, I can cut it <\/p>\n
683
\n00:45:32,840 –> 00:45:35,800
\ndown.
\nWho else came to a fig tree <\/p>\n
684
\n00:45:35,800 –> 00:45:38,920
\nJerusalem looking for fruit for
\nthree years but could never find<\/p>\n
685
\n00:45:38,920 –> 00:45:46,680
\nit?
\nChrist did Luke 21 verse 29. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:45:47,640 –> 00:45:52,160
\nHe’s entered Jerusalem, He’s
\ncome back out, and he told them <\/p>\n
687
\n00:45:52,160 –> 00:45:53,880
\na parable.
\nLook at the fig tree and all the<\/p>\n
688
\n00:45:53,880 –> 00:45:55,040
\ntrees.
\nAs soon as they come out in <\/p>\n
689
\n00:45:55,040 –> 00:45:58,680
\nleaf, you see for yourselves and
\nknow the summer is already near.<\/p>\n
690
\n00:45:59,280 –> 00:46:01,280
\nSo also when you see these
\nthings taking place, you know <\/p>\n
691
\n00:46:01,280 –> 00:46:06,600
\nthat the Kingdom of God is near.
\nFig tree leaves symbolize the <\/p>\n
692
\n00:46:06,600 –> 00:46:09,040
\nsign that your redemption draws
\nnear the fruit. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:46:10,480 –> 00:46:13,000
\nIt’s the context, of course, of
\nthe destruction of Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:46:14,160 –> 00:46:16,880
\nSo the story is that fig trees
\nbear fruit. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:46:16,880 –> 00:46:22,320
\nSo when Christ comes to this fig
\ntree, guess what he finds? <\/p>\n
696
\n00:46:26,000 –> 00:46:34,920
\nHe finds fruit and he looks up
\nin the tree, a fig tree. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:46:34,920 –> 00:46:38,400
\nAnd what does he do with the
\nfruit? <\/p>\n
698
\n00:46:41,200 –> 00:46:45,200
\nHe picks it.
\nHe says, Zacchaeus, come down, <\/p>\n
699
\n00:46:47,720 –> 00:46:52,640
\nI’m coming to your house today.
\nBut Zacchaeus wasn’t just any <\/p>\n
700
\n00:46:52,640 –> 00:46:56,280
\nkind of fruit, was he?
\nWhat kind of fruit was <\/p>\n
701
\n00:46:56,280 –> 00:47:00,040
\nZacchaeus?
\nWhat does he say when he invites<\/p>\n
702
\n00:47:00,040 –> 00:47:01,520
\nhim over to his table for
\ndinner? <\/p>\n
703
\n00:47:02,280 –> 00:47:06,800
\nHalf of my goods I gave to the
\npoor, those who I’m defrauded, <\/p>\n
704
\n00:47:06,800 –> 00:47:08,760
\nI’m going to give back four
\ntimes as much. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:47:08,840 –> 00:47:10,480
\nWhat is this?
\nWhat is he doing? <\/p>\n
706
\n00:47:12,840 –> 00:47:16,440
\nHe’s bearing fruits of
\nrepentance. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:47:16,920 –> 00:47:20,880
\nHe’s saying I was going this
\nway, I’m going to completely <\/p>\n
708
\n00:47:20,880 –> 00:47:26,920
\nturn around and go this way.
\nAnd Christ says this fig tree <\/p>\n
709
\n00:47:26,920 –> 00:47:33,960
\nbears fruit and he picks him off
\nand he dines with him. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:47:38,120 –> 00:47:42,680
\nBecause you see, brothers and
\nsisters, Jerusalem couldn’t find<\/p>\n
711
\n00:47:42,680 –> 00:47:48,200
\nmuch fruit there, but there was
\none last guy he had to save, one<\/p>\n
712
\n00:47:48,200 –> 00:47:51,800
\nlast lost individual who just
\nwanted to be found. <\/p>\n
713
\n00:47:53,280 –> 00:47:54,960
\nAnd he goes to Jericho and he
\nfinds him. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:47:56,800 –> 00:48:00,680
\nWe don’t have time to look at
\nthis, but the fruits of <\/p>\n
715
\n00:48:00,680 –> 00:48:07,160
\nrepentance that John the Baptist
\nspoke in Luke chapter 3 bear <\/p>\n
716
\n00:48:07,160 –> 00:48:08,960
\nfruits in keeping with
\nrepentance. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:48:09,120 –> 00:48:11,440
\nDon’t begin to say yourselves.
\nLook, we have Abraham to our <\/p>\n
718
\n00:48:11,440 –> 00:48:13,760
\nfather.
\nGod can have these very stones <\/p>\n
719
\n00:48:13,920 –> 00:48:15,320
\nraise up new children to
\nAbraham. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:48:16,440 –> 00:48:20,560
\nEven now he says the axe is laid
\nto the root of the tree. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:48:21,880 –> 00:48:28,080
\nEvery tree, therefore, that does
\nnot bear good fruit is cast down<\/p>\n
722
\n00:48:28,320 –> 00:48:34,960
\nand thrown into the fire.
\nZacchaeus showed fruits of <\/p>\n
723
\n00:48:34,960 –> 00:48:37,360
\nrepentance.
\nJesus picked him. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:48:39,040 –> 00:48:43,160
\nHe’s shown himself to be one
\nthat could bear fruit. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:48:44,160 –> 00:48:48,120
\nSo that tree lived.
\nHe was lost, but he’s found. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:48:48,800 –> 00:48:51,320
\nBut why?
\nBrothers and sisters, how does <\/p>\n
727
\n00:48:51,320 –> 00:48:55,840
\nit end?
\nWhat are the last words in the <\/p>\n
728
\n00:48:55,840 –> 00:49:00,320
\nstory of Zacchaeus?
\nThe last words he speaks to the <\/p>\n
729
\n00:49:00,320 –> 00:49:07,440
\nlast man he brings to Jerusalem
\nand Jesus said to him today <\/p>\n
730
\n00:49:08,440 –> 00:49:11,320
\nsalvation has come to this
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:49:12,680 –> 00:49:20,160
\nHe also is a son of Abraham,
\nsons and daughters. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:49:21,560 –> 00:49:26,040
\nHe came to gather all for, he
\nsays verse 10. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:49:26,920 –> 00:49:32,920
\nThe Son of Man came to seek and
\nto save the lost. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:49:35,400 –> 00:49:40,040
\nAnd so he calls Zacchaeus.
\nHe’s going to enter the city <\/p>\n
735
\n00:49:41,480 –> 00:49:45,120
\nfurther on in this chapter.
\nBut the purpose of Christ in <\/p>\n
736
\n00:49:45,120 –> 00:49:48,240
\nthis third session together is
\nthat Christ came to seek and to <\/p>\n
737
\n00:49:48,240 –> 00:49:50,440
\nsave the lost.
\nEveryone’s lost. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:49:51,840 –> 00:49:55,040
\nWe may know everything that
\nthere is about this book in <\/p>\n
739
\n00:49:55,040 –> 00:49:58,440
\nfront of us.
\nThat doesn’t mean we’re not <\/p>\n
740
\n00:49:58,440 –> 00:50:02,960
\nlost.
\nThe mission of Christ was for us<\/p>\n
741
\n00:50:02,960 –> 00:50:06,200
\nto repent, for us to say we’ve
\nsinned. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:50:07,440 –> 00:50:10,160
\nWe can’t make it there without
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:50:11,280 –> 00:50:14,760
\nEzekiel 34 got his very, very
\nharsh words for the shepherd, <\/p>\n
744
\n00:50:14,800 –> 00:50:17,000
\nshepherds of Israel who are
\ndoing more harm than good. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:50:18,400 –> 00:50:26,800
\nAnd Christ came not only to save
\nthose, but he came to save all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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