Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 341.<\/p>\n
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\nOur first period teacher is
\nBrother Sean Moynihan. <\/p>\n
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\nHis general subject is Mary of
\nNazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nToday’s topic is Mary’s
\ncommunity. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
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\nToday we’re going to take a
\nlook, God willing, at 4 scenes <\/p>\n
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\nof Community.
\nThe first scene is Mary’s <\/p>\n
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\ninteraction with Elizabeth.
\nWe talked about Mary’s song <\/p>\n
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\nyesterday, but now we’re going
\nto really focus in on on the <\/p>\n
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\namazing blessing that we have in
\neach other, in community, in <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s family.
\nThe second scene of community is<\/p>\n
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\nwhen Mary comes back to Nazareth
\nvisibly pregnant, and we’re <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to see how Mary responds
\nwhen her community does not <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand her.
\nThe third scene in community is <\/p>\n
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\nthe wedding at Cana.
\nAnd there we’re going to see <\/p>\n
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\nMary’s example of how to help in
\ncommunity, how to solve problems<\/p>\n
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\nin community.
\nAnd the last example is Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nbeing rejected to the synagogue
\nin Nazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd from there, we’re going to
\nlearn how to respond when we’re <\/p>\n
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\nhurt by community.
\nSo let’s start by looking at the<\/p>\n
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\nbiblical principles of God’s
\ncommunity. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, first of all, and our
\nbrother did a great job last <\/p>\n
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\nnight talking on this.
\nIt’s a family. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not an organization.
\nIt’s not a club. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read in John.
\nBut as many as received him to <\/p>\n
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\nthem he gave the right to become
\nchildren of God to those who <\/p>\n
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\nbelieve in his name, who were
\nborn not of blood, nor the will <\/p>\n
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\nof the flesh, nor the will of
\nman, but of God. <\/p>\n
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\nGod chooses and arranges the
\nmembers of his family according <\/p>\n
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\nto His plan and purpose.
\nFirst Corinthians 12\/18 in the <\/p>\n
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\nMount translation.
\nGod arranged the members and the<\/p>\n
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\nbody, every one of them, just as
\nhe chose. <\/p>\n
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\nSo as we look around this room,
\nwe’re strengthened by the fact <\/p>\n
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\nthat God has chosen each one of
\nus. <\/p>\n
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\nAs we work in our cliches, we
\nsee brothers and sisters that <\/p>\n
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\nGod has chosen just as he’s
\nchosen us, and he’s arranged <\/p>\n
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\nthem as he sees fit.
\nAnother principle is that <\/p>\n
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\nthrough our relationship and
\ncommunity, our discipleship is <\/p>\n
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\nmade manifest.
\nAs Jesus says in John 13, By <\/p>\n
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\nthis all will know that you are
\nmy disciples if you have loved <\/p>\n
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\none for another.
\nAnd so Mary’s community in <\/p>\n
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\nNazareth was was filled with
\ninterconnected family and <\/p>\n
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\nfriends.
\nWe see that from passages like <\/p>\n
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\n2, like Luke 242 and we can see
\nthat that God chose the members <\/p>\n
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\nof the synagogue at Nazareth,
\nthat that community purposefully<\/p>\n
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\njust as he does now.
\nAnd we will see that people in <\/p>\n
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\nNazareth demonstrated their
\nfaith by their actions towards <\/p>\n
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\neach other, sometimes to God’s
\nglory and sometimes, sadly not. <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Thomas provides another
\nhelpful touchstone here. <\/p>\n
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\nSee, I thought it’d be tricky
\nwith this PowerPoint slide, and <\/p>\n
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\nnow it’s just taking up time.
\nI was frankly intimidated by <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Luke’s really impressive
\ngraphics, so this is as good as <\/p>\n
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\nI can.
\nSo, Brother Thomas writes, the <\/p>\n
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\nEternal Spirit intended to
\nenthrone himself on the earth, <\/p>\n
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\nand in so doing develop a divine
\nfamily from among men, everyone <\/p>\n
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\nof whom shall be Spirit, because
\nborn of the Spirit, and that <\/p>\n
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\nthis family shall be large
\nenough to fill the whole earth. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s take a refresher of
\nNazareth, Mary’s community. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, we know that God
\nspecifically chosen Nazareth as <\/p>\n
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\nthe community in which to raise
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
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\nWe know in Matthew 2 that they
\nthought to resettle as they <\/p>\n
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\nreturned from Egypt in Judea,
\nand they were commanded to go <\/p>\n
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\nnorth to Nazareth so that it
\nmight be fulfilled. <\/p>\n
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\nHe shall be called a Nazarene.
\nWe saw on our first day that the<\/p>\n
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\ncommunity was Bible focused and
\nit had a strong sense of Jewish <\/p>\n
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\nidentity and nationalism.
\nNow I bring this up because I <\/p>\n
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\nthink it’s relevant for us who
\nare are blessed in in North <\/p>\n
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\nAmerica with economic
\nprosperity. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the Galilee there was
\neconomic prosperity far above <\/p>\n
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\nwhat which is in Judea.
\nEidersheim writes a 1st century <\/p>\n
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\nrabbinical proverb stated if you
\nwish to be rich, go to Galilee. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you wish to be wise, go to
\nJudea. <\/p>\n
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\nCompletely unbiased statement
\nfrom those in Judea. <\/p>\n
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\nNow there were three big drivers
\nof economic prosperity from <\/p>\n
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\nGalilee in the time of of Mary.
\nThe first was massive <\/p>\n
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\ninfrastructure projects that
\nHerod the Great and and son <\/p>\n
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\nHerod, Herod Antipas engaged in.
\nMany folks, as I know they’ve <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned it to me, have been to
\nSephres. <\/p>\n
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\ninfrastructure projects that <\/p>\n
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\nwere undertaken, and that would
\nof course have benefited folks <\/p>\n
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\nlike Joseph and Jesus who are
\ntectons. <\/p>\n
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\nThe second great driver of
\neconomic prosperity was <\/p>\n
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\nagriculture.
\nAnd Josephus writes, the <\/p>\n
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\nGalilee’s soil was universally
\nrich and fruitful and full of <\/p>\n
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\nthe plantations of trees of all
\nsorts in so much that it invites<\/p>\n
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\nthe most slothful to take pains
\nand its cultivation by its <\/p>\n
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\nfruitfulness.
\nAccordingly, it is all <\/p>\n
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\ncultivated by its inhabitants,
\nand no part of it lies idle. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the third driver of economic
\nprosperity was the Sea of <\/p>\n
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\nGalilee fishery.
\nWe know from historical records <\/p>\n
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\nlike Strabo that the salted fish
\nfrom the Sea of Galilee went <\/p>\n
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\nthroughout the Roman Empire.
\nAnd we also know that it was <\/p>\n
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\nintegral to the development of
\nthis thing called garam. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you know what garam is?
\nIt’s ketchup, right? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the it’s the Roman
\nequivalent of sriracha. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a fish sauce that was
\nubiquitous in the Roman Empire. <\/p>\n
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\ndish of garam.
\nSo we know from historical <\/p>\n
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\nlike that, that the Sea of <\/p>\n
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\nGalilee fishery was instrumental
\nin developing this widely prized<\/p>\n
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\nWe saw in the first class as <\/p>\n
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\nwell that Mary thrived in
\nGalilee’s religious setting. <\/p>\n
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\nBen Witherington and talking
\nabout the setting that Mary <\/p>\n
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\nwould have grown up in, some
\nwomen were able to become <\/p>\n
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\nlearned in both oral and written
\nlaw and tradition, and we can <\/p>\n
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\nsee from our first two days that
\nMary was one of those folks. <\/p>\n
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\nSo how did Mary’s community view
\nher before she arose and went <\/p>\n
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\nwith haste to Elizabeth?
\nWell, she must have been a model<\/p>\n
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\nyoung person, don’t you think?
\nSomeone who just brought <\/p>\n
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\nbrightness and joy of God’s word
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\nIt seems like, you know, we
\ntalked the other day yesterday <\/p>\n
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\nabout her being an orphan and,
\nand we know what that’s like in <\/p>\n
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\nin our communities, right, Where
\nsomeone who maybe doesn’t have <\/p>\n
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\nthose family connections.
\nWe do a really good job of <\/p>\n
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\nreaching out, right?
\nAnd I know this from personal <\/p>\n
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\nexperience.
\nMy grandparents raised me. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so I mean, when I went to
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\nand gatherings and stuff like
\nthat, someone always made sure I<\/p>\n
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\nhad a ride.
\nSomeone always made sure that I <\/p>\n
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\nwas included.
\nYou know, they always warned me <\/p>\n
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\nto stay away from that Jeff
\nJelineau guy. <\/p>\n
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\nHe seems a little bit sketchy.
\nJust kidding. <\/p>\n
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\nActually, it was the other way
\naround, to be fair. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s safe to say that Mary
\nwould have been very highly <\/p>\n
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\nregarded, right?
\nAnd I think there’s a parallel <\/p>\n
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\nto her and Ruth, of course, she
\nconnects with Ruth about the <\/p>\n
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\nHandmaid and Bethlehem,
\netcetera. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I think we can say that all
\nthe people of my town know that <\/p>\n
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\nyou are a virtuous woman, a
\nwoman of Kyle. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I think too that they would
\nhave been in, in community <\/p>\n
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\ncelebrating the marriage of
\nthese two godly young people. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we know that he who finds a
\nwife finds a good thing and <\/p>\n
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\nobtains favour from the Lord.
\nAnd again in our collision <\/p>\n
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\nCambridge, we have so many young
\ncouples and it’s it, it just <\/p>\n
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\nlifts everybody up when you see
\nyoung people who love God and <\/p>\n
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\nlove each other.
\nSo even though Mary had lots of <\/p>\n
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\nsupport in Nazareth, she had a
\nproblem that she needed to go to<\/p>\n
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\nthe extended community for help
\nwith. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we’re so blessed with
\naunties and uncles and, you <\/p>\n
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\nknow, people that can help us.
\nI tease my wife’s sister Kathy, <\/p>\n
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\nthat she’s entered her Auntie
\nKathy stage and she’s just <\/p>\n
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\nembracing it.
\nBut we’re so blessed to have <\/p>\n
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\nthose people that we can go to.
\nAnd so Mary goes to Elizabeth. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read in Luke 1.
\nNow Indeed, Elizabeth your <\/p>\n
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\nrelative has also conceived a
\nson in her old age and this is <\/p>\n
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\nnow the 6th month for her who is
\ncalled barren, forgot. <\/p>\n
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\nWith God nothing will be
\nimpossible. <\/p>\n
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\nSo brother Thomas suggests that
\nthat he lie married who is <\/p>\n
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\nMary’s father, married the
\nsister of Elizabeth’s father. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s how those things
\nconnected. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s an interesting
\nsuggestion. <\/p>\n
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\nSo how are Mary and Elizabeth
\nrelated? <\/p>\n
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\nThey would have been related in
\nsuch a way that that Jesus and <\/p>\n
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\nJohn the Baptist would have been
\nsecond cousins. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we read that Mary arose and
\nwent with haste. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we know that that’s a phrase
\narose that’s significant in the <\/p>\n
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\nBible.
\nThese are women of Israel who <\/p>\n
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\narose Deborah, Naomi, Ruth,
\nHannah, and the virtuous woman <\/p>\n
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\nin Proverbs 31.
\nNow it’s interesting. <\/p>\n
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\nGabriel doesn’t tell Mary to go
\nto Elizabeth. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what makes Mary think that
\nshe needs to go to Elizabeth? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, I think it’s this.
\nFor God, nothing will be <\/p>\n
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\nimpossible.
\nSo that’s a quote from Genesis <\/p>\n
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\n18 we read picking up in verse
\n13. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord said to Abraham, why
\ndid Sarah laugh and say, will I <\/p>\n
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\nreally have a child when I am
\nold? <\/p>\n
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\nIs there anything impossible for
\nthe Lord? <\/p>\n
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\nI will return to you when the
\nseason comes round again and <\/p>\n
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\nSarah will have a son.
\nSo I think that that triggered, <\/p>\n
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\nbecause Mary’s mind was so
\nbiblical, it triggered her to <\/p>\n
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\nthink of Sarah and a
\nprototypical mother figure. <\/p>\n
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\nSo, so Mary did not have a
\nmother. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think it’s safe to infer
\nthat over many years, Elizabeth <\/p>\n
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\nhad developed kind of a mother
\nrelationship with Mary. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, you know, Sarah is the
\nprototypical mother in Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read in Isaiah 51.
\nLook to Abraham, your father, <\/p>\n
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\nand to Sarah who bore you.
\nNow, this is a really important <\/p>\n
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\nthing.
\nWe know and we read in Titus <\/p>\n
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\nthat older women are teachers of
\ngood things. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’m just going to throw this
\nquote out again by Brother <\/p>\n
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\nRoberts.
\nYou can no more suppress a wise <\/p>\n
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\nwoman’s influence and a wise
\nwoman’s voice then you can <\/p>\n
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\nsuppress the law of gravitation.
\nAnd we know that, right? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd ecclesias that thrive, godly
\nsisters are are working in the <\/p>\n
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\nbackground and and working with
\neach other, maintaining those <\/p>\n
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\nrelationships.
\nIt’s very powerful. <\/p>\n
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\nNaomi and Ruth are a model, I
\nthink, for what would have <\/p>\n
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\nhappened with the conversation
\nthat Elizabeth had with Mary. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you recall in Ruth three and
\nfour, Naomi and Ruth develop a <\/p>\n
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\nplan.
\nSo Naomi lays it out. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re going to do this.
\nRuth says, yeah, we’re going to <\/p>\n
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\ndo that.
\nTakes a risk with Boaz trusting <\/p>\n
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\nin Boaz that he is a just man
\nand a faithful man and will act <\/p>\n
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\nas a kinsman Redeemer.
\nAnd then they debrief the plan. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I think this is exactly the
\nconversation that Mary and <\/p>\n
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\nElizabeth would have had.
\nOK, you’re pregnant. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re going to go back to
\nNazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re going to be visibly
\npregnant when you go back. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s the plan?
\nAnd I think the plan was to <\/p>\n
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\ntrust in God and trust that a
\njust man would act justly. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, I love this quote by only
\nnow. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he says the visit of
\nElizabeth and Mary is one of the<\/p>\n
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\nBible’s most beautiful
\nexpressions of what it means to <\/p>\n
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\nform community, to be together,
\ngathered around a promise, <\/p>\n
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\naffirming that something is
\nreally happening. <\/p>\n
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\nSee, God’s placed us in
\ncommunity, and we wait for the <\/p>\n
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\nreturn of his Son in community.
\nAnd as we wait, we must affirm <\/p>\n
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\nthe power and truth of God’s
\npromises. <\/p>\n
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\nElizabeth and Mary would have
\nreaffirmed in each other that, <\/p>\n
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\nof course, what God promised
\nwill happen because he is God <\/p>\n
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\nand he keeps his promises.
\nSo Mary returns to her own house<\/p>\n
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\nin Nazareth.
\nShe goes back recognizing the <\/p>\n
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\nrisks and trusting God.
\nShe’s found with child. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read in Matthew 118.
\nNow the birth of Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
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\nwas as follows.
\nAfter his mother was betrothed <\/p>\n
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\nto Joseph before they came
\ntogether, she was found with <\/p>\n
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\nchild of the Holy Spirit.
\nSo it was clear that this was <\/p>\n
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\nnot something that had to do
\nwith Joseph. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Mary, it appears to be, seems
\nto be, was rejected by our <\/p>\n
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\ncommunity and by her betrothed.
\nIf you had grown up with Mary, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat would you have thought when
\nyou saw her come back from <\/p>\n
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\nElizabeth’s house?
\nHow would you have treated her? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat would you have said?
\nWhat consequences would you be <\/p>\n
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\ncalling for?
\nThe record really indicates that<\/p>\n
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\nMary seems alone.
\nShe returns to a community that <\/p>\n
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\nknows her well and would have
\nbeen surprised by her quote UN <\/p>\n
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\nquote, immorality.
\nMary didn’t share the truth <\/p>\n
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\nbroadly with her betrothed or
\nher community. <\/p>\n
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\nI know some folks have have
\nsuggested that she tried talking<\/p>\n
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\nto Joseph, but there’s really no
\nrecord of that. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I think that she just trusted
\nin God that it would be right. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Joseph has some options,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nHe can provide the test.
\nThat’s in Numbers 5, the test of<\/p>\n
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\nthe bitter, the Morrow water to
\nsee if she’s been unfaithful. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s actually what the
\nproto evangelism of James <\/p>\n
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\nsuggests happen.
\nSo I do not believe that <\/p>\n
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\nhappened, but that’s the context
\nthere. <\/p>\n
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\nHis second option was to divorce
\nher. <\/p>\n
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\nThe third option, which was a
\nreal one we know from John 8 he <\/p>\n
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\ncould have had her stoned to
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Mary went back to Nazareth
\nknowing that these were the <\/p>\n
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\noptions and the last option
\nwould be to forgive and protect <\/p>\n
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\nher.
\nSo Joseph, what an example. <\/p>\n
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\nHe is a just man acting in
\ncommunity. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read in Matthew 119 from
\nMounts. <\/p>\n
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\nHer husband Joseph was a just
\nman and willing and unwilling to<\/p>\n
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\ndisgrace her in public.
\nHe planned to release her <\/p>\n
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\nquietly.
\nThis word just is a powerful <\/p>\n
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\nword.
\nIt’s all over the New Testament.<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s usually translated just or
\nrighteous. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was unwilling to disgrace her
\nin public. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was willing to be self
\nsacrificial. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was willing to say I don’t
\ncare what people think about me.<\/p>\n
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\nI don’t want Mary to be hurt.
\nThis word, the great disgrace, <\/p>\n
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\nis a powerful word.
\nThe only other time it happens <\/p>\n
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\nis in Hebrews 66, where it talks
\nabout crucifying the Son of God <\/p>\n
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\nafresh and holding him up to a
\npublic shame. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course, the release here
\nwas a divorce, as as we talked <\/p>\n
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\nabout earlier, there were the
\ntwo cups, the cup of betrothal <\/p>\n
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\nand the cup of marriage.
\nBut the cup of betrothal started<\/p>\n
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\nthe legal aspect of the marriage
\nand then to release her quietly <\/p>\n
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\nand in Greek that has the sense
\nof hidden. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so Joseph was willing to
\nkeep these things hidden, to <\/p>\n
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\nbear it himself so that Mary
\nwould not suffer unduly. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’re told that Joseph is
\nthinking on these things. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s an interesting word,
\nhelps word studies, defines it <\/p>\n
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\nas properly in a passionate
\nframe of mind, easily agitated <\/p>\n
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\nor quickly moved by strong
\nprovoking impulses. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Bible commentators like
\nKenneth Bailey have pointed out <\/p>\n
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\nthat this means Joseph was
\nangry, you know, and <\/p>\n
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\nunderstandably right.
\nIf he didn’t know the real <\/p>\n
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\norigin of of the conception, he
\nwould be angry. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’d feel betrayed, but he keeps
\nsearching for the right thing to<\/p>\n
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\ndo despite his anger.
\nYou know, this is a powerful <\/p>\n
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\nexhortation to me because one of
\nthe things I deal with is anger.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd, you know, Joseph here just
\nprocesses it. <\/p>\n
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\nHe keeps thinking about God,
\nthinking about God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd even though he’s angry, he
\nacts in a just way. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then God sends help.
\nWe read in Matthew 1, starting <\/p>\n
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\nin verse 20.
\nBut as he pondered this, behold,<\/p>\n
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\nan Angel of the Lord appeared to
\nhim in a dream saying, if you’re<\/p>\n
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\npaying attention to the
\nexhortation last night, who’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe unnamed Angel?
\nGabriel, right? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause he is the Angel in
\ncharge of all things Messiah, <\/p>\n
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\nJoseph, son of David.
\nDo not be afraid to take Mary as<\/p>\n
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\nyour wife for that which has
\nbeen conceived in hers by the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit, and she will bear a
\nson, and you were to call him <\/p>\n
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\nJesus, for he will save his
\npeople from their sins. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I think one of the things
\nthat Joseph would have thought <\/p>\n
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\nabout is the four female
\ndescendants that are mentioned <\/p>\n
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\nin his genealogy, Tamar and
\nRahab and Ruth and Bathsheba, <\/p>\n
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\nall at various times potentially
\nmarginalized by the community. <\/p>\n
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\nAll with at various times a
\nsuggestion perhaps of sexual <\/p>\n
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\nimpropriety, and all proved
\nrighteous in the end. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I think he thought of these
\nthings and he got, he got help <\/p>\n
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\nwith this dream and the angel’s
\nmessage. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Joseph does a powerful thing.
\nHe stands up and removes Mary’s <\/p>\n
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\ndisgrace.
\nKenneth Bailey writes In Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nThrough Middle Eastern Eyes,
\nMatthew presents Joseph as a <\/p>\n
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\nhuman being of remarkable
\nspiritual stature. <\/p>\n
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\nHe possesses the boldness,
\ndaring, courage, and strength of<\/p>\n
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\ncharacter to stand up against
\nhis entire community and to take<\/p>\n
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\nMary as his wife.
\nHe did so in spite of forces <\/p>\n
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\nthat no doubt wanted her stoned.
\nHis vision of justice stayed his<\/p>\n
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\nhand.
\nIn short, he was able to <\/p>\n
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\nreprocess his anger into grace.
\nI love that anger into grace. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Joseph protects Mary and he’s
\nwilling to say when people ask <\/p>\n
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\nhim, is that your son?
\nYes, that’s my son. <\/p>\n
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\nKnowing that of course God was
\nthe was the real father, but for<\/p>\n
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\nthe sake of of protecting Mary
\nand and somewhat normal <\/p>\n
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\nchildhood.
\nJoseph said, yes, that is my <\/p>\n
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\nson.
\nAnd we see throughout the Gospel<\/p>\n
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\nthat that’s how Jesus is
\nreferred to as the son of <\/p>\n
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\nJoseph.
\nSo Joseph protects Mary’s and <\/p>\n
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\nJoseph’s actions are the
\nembodiment of love. <\/p>\n
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\nLove does not seek its own.
\nJoseph was not seeking its own <\/p>\n
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\nlove, bears all things, believes
\nall things, hopes all things, <\/p>\n
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\nendures all things.
\nSo on the first day, we talked <\/p>\n
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\nabout how Mary teaches us to
\nwait between the two cups. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, it’s not just an
\nindividual waiting, right? <\/p>\n
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\nWe wait between the two cups in
\ncommunity. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Joseph and Mary show us how
\nto live in community between the<\/p>\n
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\ntwo cups.
\nThey teach us to trust God to <\/p>\n
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\nwork in the community that He
\nhas arranged. <\/p>\n
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\nMary went back to Nazareth
\nknowing that things would be <\/p>\n
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\nhard and also knowing that God
\nwould make it right. <\/p>\n
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\nThey didn’t revile when others
\nreviled them. <\/p>\n
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\nThink of how tempting it would
\nhave been for Mary. <\/p>\n
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\nHey, let me tell you the real
\nstory. <\/p>\n
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\nShe didn’t revile back.
\nJoseph didn’t revile back. <\/p>\n
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\nThey teach us to bear others
\nburdens, especially the <\/p>\n
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\nmarginalized.
\nThey taught They teach us to <\/p>\n
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\ndemonstrate righteousness
\nthrough mercy, and to reprocess <\/p>\n
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\nanger and to grace.
\nSo Joseph and Mary are wed. <\/p>\n
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\nWe can infer that from 2
\npassages and Matthew 1 and from <\/p>\n
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\nLuke 2, Luke 2 in particular
\nwhen they go to the Bethlehem <\/p>\n
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\nfor the census to be registered
\nwith Mary, his betrothed wife <\/p>\n
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\nwho was with child patrol’s wife
\nis a is a weird grammatical <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:25,200 –> 00:23:28,520
\nconstruction that really
\nindicates that the marriage They<\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:28,520 –> 00:23:31,160
\nhad the wedding ceremony, but
\nthe marriage had not been <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:31,160 –> 00:23:36,520
\nconsummated yet.
\nDavid Finsey in his article of <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:36,520 –> 00:23:40,640
\nWedding bells in Galilee in 2022
\nin Biblical Archaeological <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:40,640 –> 00:23:43,640
\nReview says this is what a
\nwedding was like in Nazareth. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:44,280 –> 00:23:47,880
\nA bride was carried to the
\ngroom’s house in a litter or <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:47,880 –> 00:23:50,320
\ncarriage.
\nPeople applauded or played <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:50,320 –> 00:23:53,800
\nmusic, side wore a crown.
\nThe wedding feast was given by <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:53,800 –> 00:23:57,480
\nthe groom’s family and typically
\nthe ceremony was a huge event <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:57,480 –> 00:23:59,440
\ncelebrated by the entire
\nvillage. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:00,640 –> 00:24:05,400
\nHave to wonder.
\nAll the controversy around Mary <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:05,400 –> 00:24:11,360
\nand Joseph, if it was as big and
\nas joyous as this, hopefully it <\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:11,360 –> 00:24:17,560
\nwas.
\nSo Mary and Joseph become a key <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:17,560 –> 00:24:22,600
\npart of Nazareth’s community.
\nSo we, we’re going to God <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:22,600 –> 00:24:24,720
\nwilling to talk about this
\ntomorrow, the birth and things <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:24,720 –> 00:24:29,800
\nlike that.
\nSo they, they wed, they go down <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:29,800 –> 00:24:33,600
\nto the census in Bethlehem, they
\nstay in Judea for roughly 2 <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:33,600 –> 00:24:36,200
\nyears.
\nThey go back, they go in flight <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:36,200 –> 00:24:39,080
\nto Egypt, they come back, they
\nthink they’re going to settle in<\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:39,080 –> 00:24:41,480
\nJudea and they are directed N to
\nNazareth. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:43,320 –> 00:24:45,560
\nMary is.
\nEnmeshed in Nazareth’s <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:45,560 –> 00:24:48,840
\ncommunity.
\nAnd Luke 2 shows us that we’re <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:48,840 –> 00:24:52,600
\ngoing to talk about the account
\nof Jesus at age 12 tomorrow, God<\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:52,600 –> 00:24:54,560
\nwilling.
\nHis parents went to Jerusalem <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:54,560 –> 00:24:57,400
\nevery year at the feast of
\nPassover, and Joseph and his <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:57,400 –> 00:25:00,480
\nmother did not know it, but
\nsupposing him to have been in <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:00,480 –> 00:25:03,960
\nthe company, they went a day’s
\njourney and sought him among <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:03,960 –> 00:25:06,000
\ntheir relatives and
\nacquaintances. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:06,240 –> 00:25:09,040
\nAnd so here’s this beautiful
\npicture of this caravan of <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:09,040 –> 00:25:12,800
\npeople that are friends and
\nacquaintances, that love God, <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:12,800 –> 00:25:15,480
\nlove each other, and that
\nthere’s complete and total <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:15,480 –> 00:25:20,360
\ntrust.
\nThink of the complete. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:20,360 –> 00:25:23,120
\nAnd total trust that Mary would
\nhave had in these friends and <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:23,120 –> 00:25:27,360
\nacquaintances to not be checking
\non where the Son of God was. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:29,760 –> 00:25:33,040
\nSo.
\nMary is completely enmeshed in <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:33,040 –> 00:25:36,560
\nNazareth’s community and a
\npositive force developing great <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:36,560 –> 00:25:39,560
\nrelationships.
\nAnd we know that Mary’s family <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:39,560 –> 00:25:43,320
\nis well known throughout Galilee
\nbecause remember the great <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:43,320 –> 00:25:47,160
\ndiscourse in the synagogue or
\nCapernaum, the people in the <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:47,160 –> 00:25:51,200
\nsynagogue of Capernaum say.
\nRight. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:51,200 –> 00:25:53,320
\nExactly who?
\nWho is this guy? <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:53,640 –> 00:25:57,640
\nWe know his mother and father.
\nSo. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:57,920 –> 00:26:00,440
\nMarriott seems to develop
\nrelationships not just in <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:00,440 –> 00:26:02,080
\nNazareth, but throughout the
\nGalilee. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:04,480 –> 00:26:08,280
\nSo let’s.
\nFlash forward to another wedding<\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:08,280 –> 00:26:12,440
\nin the community 30 years later.
\nJohn had. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:12,440 –> 00:26:16,400
\nBegun his preparatory work.
\nJesus leaves to be baptized by <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:16,400 –> 00:26:19,800
\nJohn.
\nJesus returns to Nazareth, this <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:19,800 –> 00:26:24,640
\ntime with followers, in time for
\na community event, a wedding in <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:24,640 –> 00:26:27,360
\nnearby Cana.
\nNow. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:28,280 –> 00:26:30,200
\nWho doesn’t love a community
\nwedding? <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:31,600 –> 00:26:35,600
\nIt’s awesome.
\nIt’s a joyous thing, especially <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:35,600 –> 00:26:37,480
\nwhen we see a brother and sister
\njoined. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:38,360 –> 00:26:41,120
\nIt’s so spiritually deep.
\nIt’s a time of joy. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:41,280 –> 00:26:46,200
\nIt’s an awesome event.
\nSo. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:47,400 –> 00:26:53,200
\nImagine Jesus and Mary’s
\nconversation as they see each <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:53,200 –> 00:26:55,760
\nother.
\nAt this. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:55,760 –> 00:26:58,840
\nWedding.
\nThey must have spoken about <\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:58,840 –> 00:27:02,600
\nJesus being given the Holy
\nSpirit without measure because <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:03,160 –> 00:27:06,240
\nthat’s the only way it makes
\nsense that Mary had this faith <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:06,240 –> 00:27:09,080
\nin Jesus ability to solve an
\nunsolvable problem. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:10,080 –> 00:27:13,600
\nAnd did they talk about the next
\nsteps in Jesus ministry? <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:14,880 –> 00:27:17,560
\nSo this is a.
\nCritical time, because I’d <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:17,560 –> 00:27:20,280
\nsubmit to you that this is a
\ntime where Jesus creates some <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:20,280 –> 00:27:22,960
\nseparation.
\nAnd he says to his. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:22,960 –> 00:27:25,560
\nMom.
\nYou’re not my mom. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:25,560 –> 00:27:28,480
\nAnymore, you’re my disciple
\nfirst and. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:29,640 –> 00:27:30,600
\nWhy do we?
\nThink that? <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:31,360 –> 00:27:33,560
\nWell, it’s mentioned on the
\nthird day. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:34,840 –> 00:27:36,880
\nOn the.
\nThird day there was a wedding in<\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:36,880 –> 00:27:39,480
\nCana of Galilee and the mother
\nof Jesus was there. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:40,120 –> 00:27:43,800
\nWhat happened on the third day
\nthere was the creation of <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:43,800 –> 00:27:47,000
\nboundaries.
\nAnd fruit was. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:47,000 –> 00:27:51,160
\nMade manifest and we’re going to
\nsee how this plays out and this <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:51,160 –> 00:27:53,920
\nmiracle.
\nSo. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:27:54,080 –> 00:27:58,040
\nMary.
\nNot the governor of. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:27:58,040 –> 00:28:02,000
\nThe feast solves the community
\nproblem, we read in John 2. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:02,000 –> 00:28:04,840
\nOn the third day there was a
\nwedding in Cana of Galilee, and <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:04,840 –> 00:28:08,560
\nthe mother of Jesus was there.
\nNow both Jesus and his disciples<\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:08,560 –> 00:28:12,000
\nwere invited to the wedding, and
\nwhen they ran out of wine, the <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:12,000 –> 00:28:14,720
\nmother of Jesus said to him,
\nthey have no wine. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:16,000 –> 00:28:17,960
\nJesus.
\nSaid to her woman, What does <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:17,960 –> 00:28:21,000
\nyour concern have to do with me?
\nMy now has not yet come, his <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:21,000 –> 00:28:24,400
\nmother said to the servants.
\nWhatever he says to you, do it. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:26,800 –> 00:28:32,120
\nSo.
\nMary comes across here as a <\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:32,120 –> 00:28:35,960
\nforce of nature, doesn’t she?
\nShe. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:28:35,960 –> 00:28:39,760
\nSees a community problem and she
\naddresses it. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:40,520 –> 00:28:43,640
\nShe identifies the problem.
\nThey have no wine. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:28:45,120 –> 00:28:47,840
\nAnd brothers and sisters, I I
\nreally acknowledge that many <\/p>\n
429
\n00:28:47,840 –> 00:28:52,960
\ntimes our our sisters are aware
\nof issues in the in our family, <\/p>\n
430
\n00:28:53,040 –> 00:28:56,600
\nspiritual family that brothers
\nare blissfully ignorant of. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:59,720 –> 00:29:01,960
\nMaybe it’s just Kathy having
\nmuch greater emotional <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:01,960 –> 00:29:04,280
\nintelligence than me.
\nMaybe I shouldn’t generalize. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:06,680 –> 00:29:09,880
\nBut.
\nIdentifies the problem and she <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:09,880 –> 00:29:13,240
\nunderstands that it’s a
\ncommunity problem because as we <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:13,240 –> 00:29:16,600
\nread in First Corinthians 12,
\nand if one member suffers, all <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:16,600 –> 00:29:20,760
\nthe members suffer with it, or
\nif one member is honoured, all <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:20,760 –> 00:29:24,240
\nthe members rejoice with it.
\nAnd she knows. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:24,240 –> 00:29:28,120
\nThat she can’t solve the
\nproblem, only Jesus can. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:29,520 –> 00:29:31,600
\nAnd she trusts.
\nThe method of problem solving <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:31,600 –> 00:29:35,040
\nentirely to Jesus isn’t that
\namazing. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:36,040 –> 00:29:39,240
\nWhatever he says to you, do it.
\nNo, I don’t know about. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:39,240 –> 00:29:44,160
\nYou but sometimes I not.
\nI don’t really want the problem <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:44,160 –> 00:29:47,120
\nsolved, but I would like it
\nsolved in my way. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:49,640 –> 00:29:51,960
\nAs I used to say.
\nWhen I coach basketball to my <\/p>\n
445
\n00:29:51,960 –> 00:29:54,440
\nplayers, be reasonable.
\nDo it my way. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:29:57,160 –> 00:29:59,280
\nBut.
\nThat’s not what we should do, is<\/p>\n
447
\n00:29:59,280 –> 00:30:01,840
\nit?
\nAnd, and, and Mary exemplifies <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:01,840 –> 00:30:04,680
\nthis.
\nShe trusts the method of problem<\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:04,680 –> 00:30:08,200
\nsolving entirely to Jesus.
\nShe understands. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:08,200 –> 00:30:11,040
\nThat Jesus will solve the
\nproblem by working through <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:11,280 –> 00:30:16,480
\ncommunity members, right?
\nWhatever she because she says to<\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:16,480 –> 00:30:18,920
\nthe servants, whatever he tells
\nyou to do, do it. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:19,240 –> 00:30:22,200
\nProblems are solved through
\ncommunity members. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:24,160 –> 00:30:27,680
\nAnd then of course the.
\nOutcome is better than anything <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:28,000 –> 00:30:31,840
\nthat we could do on our own when
\nwe trust God to work and solve <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:31,840 –> 00:30:35,360
\nour problems, the governor says.
\nYou have kept the good wine <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:35,960 –> 00:30:44,320
\nuntil now.
\nSome model of problem solving in<\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:44,320 –> 00:30:49,080
\na community that glorifies God.
\nSo let’s talk about Jesus and <\/p>\n
459
\n00:30:49,080 –> 00:30:51,720
\nMary’s relationship.
\nJesus is respectful. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:30:51,720 –> 00:30:55,720
\nThis word, woman, Gune, is a
\nhighly respectful and <\/p>\n
461
\n00:30:55,720 –> 00:30:59,040
\naffectionate mode of address.
\nAnd when he says your. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:30:59,040 –> 00:31:00,720
\nConcern is really better
\ntranslated. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:00,720 –> 00:31:02,440
\nThis doesn’t concern either of
\nus. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:02,960 –> 00:31:05,480
\nAnd I would suggest to you that
\nJesus here is testing. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:06,160 –> 00:31:09,520
\nHe’s testing his disciple Mary.
\nHe’s pushing back. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:09,760 –> 00:31:14,800
\nWhat is she going to do?
\nAnd she acts in faith. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:16,520 –> 00:31:18,920
\nShe acts in faith.
\nJesus will solve this problem. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:20,000 –> 00:31:22,440
\nAnd it’s the third day.
\nThere’s a new boundary <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:22,440 –> 00:31:25,160
\nestablished.
\nJesus separates son and mother <\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:25,680 –> 00:31:27,520
\nand establishes Lord and
\nservant. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:29,040 –> 00:31:31,480
\nRemember what else happened on
\nthe third day of creation? <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:32,280 –> 00:31:36,760
\nFruit was was born, and fruit
\nwas born by this miraculous <\/p>\n
473
\n00:31:36,760 –> 00:31:39,360
\nsign.
\nWe read in John 211 this <\/p>\n
474
\n00:31:39,360 –> 00:31:42,800
\nbeginning of signs Jesus did in
\nCana of Galilee and manifested <\/p>\n
475
\n00:31:42,800 –> 00:31:47,240
\nhis glory, and his disciples
\nbelieved in him. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:31:49,600 –> 00:31:51,160
\nFruit was.
\nBorn. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:31:52,760 –> 00:31:54,120
\nThe beginning of.
\nSigns. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:31:54,640 –> 00:31:58,120
\nJohn writes that Jesus did.
\nNow this word sign is a really <\/p>\n
479
\n00:31:58,120 –> 00:32:01,400
\nimportant word for Mary.
\nIt’s the word. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:01,400 –> 00:32:04,440
\nUsed in the Isaiah prophecy.
\nTherefore, the Lord Himself will<\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:04,440 –> 00:32:07,400
\ngive you a sign.
\nAnd it’s also. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:07,400 –> 00:32:09,920
\nA word that Simeon directs to
\nher. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:10,920 –> 00:32:12,840
\nThen Simeon.
\nBlessed them and said to Mary <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:12,840 –> 00:32:15,960
\nhis mother, Behold, this child
\nis destined for the fall and <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:15,960 –> 00:32:18,800
\nrising of many in Israel, and
\nfor a sign. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:20,000 –> 00:32:21,480
\nWhich will be.
\nSpoken against. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:23,880 –> 00:32:28,960
\nSo, Mary.
\nIn Faith helped to bring about <\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:29,480 –> 00:32:33,080
\nsolving this community issue.
\nAnd Jesus. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:32:33,080 –> 00:32:35,760
\nCreated a sign that bore fruit
\nin belief. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:32:38,120 –> 00:32:40,320
\nSo.
\nLet’s turn to the next community<\/p>\n
491
\n00:32:40,320 –> 00:32:44,680
\nexample.
\nAnd this is Jesus being rejected<\/p>\n
492
\n00:32:45,440 –> 00:32:49,200
\ntwice in Nazareth.
\nThere’s two accounts. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:32:49,720 –> 00:32:53,560
\nThe Luke account occurs early in
\nJesus ministry. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:32:53,920 –> 00:32:56,920
\nThe Matthew and Mark account
\noccur later. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:32:56,920 –> 00:32:59,600
\nThey document the rejection of
\nof Nazareth that happened in the<\/p>\n
496
\n00:32:59,600 –> 00:33:03,280
\nmiddle of Jesus ministry.
\nWe know this because Luke’s <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:03,280 –> 00:33:06,200
\nGospel is generally a
\nchronological gospel, and there <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:06,200 –> 00:33:08,960
\nare some significant differences
\nbetween the two accounts. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:10,200 –> 00:33:12,640
\nThere’s the Daily.
\nReadings from Isaiah 61 and <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:12,640 –> 00:33:14,840
\nLuke.
\nAnd there’s the attempted murder<\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:15,080 –> 00:33:21,840
\nand the miraculous escape.
\nSo let’s take a look. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:25,520 –> 00:33:27,320
\nJesus is a.
\nNazareth Synagogue. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:33:28,120 –> 00:33:31,880
\nThis is in the place where he
\ngrew and became strong in <\/p>\n
504
\n00:33:31,880 –> 00:33:35,880
\nspirit, filled with wisdom and
\nthe grace of God was upon him. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:33:36,600 –> 00:33:39,200
\nIt’s the place where He
\nincreased in wisdom and in <\/p>\n
506
\n00:33:39,200 –> 00:33:42,000
\nstature and in favor with God
\nand men. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:33:43,240 –> 00:33:44,840
\nNow wisdom.
\nAnd stature. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:33:45,040 –> 00:33:47,280
\nStature.
\nIs that Luke telling us that, <\/p>\n
509
\n00:33:47,280 –> 00:33:49,200
\nyeah, Jesus got taller as he got
\nolder? <\/p>\n
510
\n00:33:49,880 –> 00:33:53,600
\nNo, he’s saying that he was
\nrespected in the community. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:33:55,800 –> 00:33:58,080
\nHe went to.
\nNazareth, where he hadn’t been <\/p>\n
512
\n00:33:58,080 –> 00:34:00,520
\nbrought up.
\nAnd that word brought up is <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:00,520 –> 00:34:02,920
\nreally interesting.
\nIt’s trifle and it’s usually <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:02,920 –> 00:34:06,440
\ntranslated as nourished or fed.
\nSo that the. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:06,440 –> 00:34:09,040
\nSynagogue was where he was
\ngetting his food. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:10,320 –> 00:34:12,120
\nIt’s the.
\nPlace where he was brought up, <\/p>\n
517
\n00:34:13,159 –> 00:34:16,920
\nand it was his custom on the
\nSabbath day to go and teach. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:34:18,080 –> 00:34:21,000
\nAnd he went.
\nInto the synagogue and stood up <\/p>\n
519
\n00:34:21,159 –> 00:34:26,159
\nto read.
\nAnd Mary? <\/p>\n
520
\n00:34:26,159 –> 00:34:31,320
\nHears Jesus exhortation.
\nTo preach the. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:34:31,320 –> 00:34:33,600
\nGospel to the poor.
\nHe has sent me to heal the <\/p>\n
522
\n00:34:33,600 –> 00:34:36,480
\nbroken hearted, to proclaim
\nliberty to the captives, and <\/p>\n
523
\n00:34:36,480 –> 00:34:39,960
\nrecovery of sight to the blind,
\nto set at liberty those who are <\/p>\n
524
\n00:34:39,960 –> 00:34:42,840
\noppressed today.
\nThis scripture is fulfilled in <\/p>\n
525
\n00:34:42,840 –> 00:34:46,960
\nyour hearing.
\nYou. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:34:46,960 –> 00:34:50,080
\nKnow those of us that are
\nblessed to have our children <\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:50,080 –> 00:34:55,199
\nwalk in faith and to have our
\nsons deliver exhortations. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:34:55,199 –> 00:34:56,480
\nI have the privilege of doing
\nthat. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:34:57,000 –> 00:35:00,040
\nI mean, I remember my oldest
\nson’s first exhortation. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:35:00,200 –> 00:35:05,960
\nI’ll never forget it.
\nAnd I. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:35:05,960 –> 00:35:08,880
\nRemember looking at him.
\nAnd just being. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:08,880 –> 00:35:13,960
\nSo thankful to God and.
\nIt was like. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:35:14,240 –> 00:35:20,800
\nIt was like it was like time
\nlapse photography because I saw <\/p>\n
534
\n00:35:20,800 –> 00:35:22,480
\nhim.
\nI saw him as a three-year old <\/p>\n
535
\n00:35:23,760 –> 00:35:27,480
\nand a 13 year old, and now he’s
\na 30 year old. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:35:29,480 –> 00:35:30,280
\nSuch a.
\nBlessing. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:35:32,040 –> 00:35:34,680
\nAnd so that’s what Mary would
\nhave been feeling for sure. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:35:35,800 –> 00:35:38,520
\nAnd not only.
\nThat, but he’s hitting all the <\/p>\n
539
\n00:35:38,520 –> 00:35:43,520
\nnotes that she hits so
\ntriumphantly in her song. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:35:44,600 –> 00:35:47,680
\nHe has scattered the proud in
\nthe imagination of their hearts.<\/p>\n
541
\n00:35:48,040 –> 00:35:50,640
\nHe has put down the mighty from
\ntheir Thrones and exalted the <\/p>\n
542
\n00:35:50,640 –> 00:35:53,160
\nlowly.
\nHe is filled the hungry with <\/p>\n
543
\n00:35:53,160 –> 00:35:55,680
\ngood things, and the rich He has
\nsent away empty. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:35:59,560 –> 00:36:06,480
\nAnd then Jesus, family and
\nfriends and neighbors react. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:36:09,160 –> 00:36:11,080
\nWe read, he said.
\nTo them you will surely say this<\/p>\n
546
\n00:36:11,080 –> 00:36:13,160
\nproverb to me, physician, heal
\nyourself. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:36:13,480 –> 00:36:16,200
\nWhatever we have heard done in
\nCapernaum, do also here in your <\/p>\n
548
\n00:36:16,200 –> 00:36:19,000
\ncountry.
\nAnd then they referred to him as<\/p>\n
549
\n00:36:19,000 –> 00:36:21,800
\nJoseph’s son.
\nIn the later account they <\/p>\n
550
\n00:36:21,800 –> 00:36:28,480
\nreferred to him as Mary’s.
\nSo what happens next? <\/p>\n
551
\n00:36:30,400 –> 00:36:33,120
\nMary’s.
\nCommunity tried to kill her son,<\/p>\n
552
\n00:36:34,920 –> 00:36:38,880
\nwe read and Luke 4.
\nSo all those in the synagogue, <\/p>\n
553
\n00:36:39,160 –> 00:36:41,920
\nwhen they heard these things,
\nwere filled with wrath. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:36:42,760 –> 00:36:45,600
\nAnd Rose.
\nUp and thrust him out of the <\/p>\n
555
\n00:36:45,600 –> 00:36:49,720
\ncity, and they led him to the
\nbrow of the hill on which their <\/p>\n
556
\n00:36:49,720 –> 00:36:53,640
\ncity was built, that they might
\nthrow him down over the Cliff. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:36:55,120 –> 00:36:56,880
\nThen.
\nPassing through the midst of <\/p>\n
558
\n00:36:56,880 –> 00:37:02,560
\nthem, he went his way.
\nCan you imagine? <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:02,560 –> 00:37:06,760
\nWhat Mary was feeling.
\nIt’s. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:06,800 –> 00:37:11,880
\nUndescribable.
\nAnd I think part. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:37:11,880 –> 00:37:17,440
\nOf it was as we looked at the
\nfirst day is that many people in<\/p>\n
562
\n00:37:17,440 –> 00:37:19,840
\nthat area were descendants of
\nthe House of David. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:37:20,320 –> 00:37:23,960
\nAnd so they were especially
\nangered that this one person was<\/p>\n
564
\n00:37:23,960 –> 00:37:27,920
\nclaiming something special, even
\nthough they knew Jesus, even <\/p>\n
565
\n00:37:27,920 –> 00:37:31,160
\nthough they would have seen him
\ngrow up and and be an exemplary <\/p>\n
566
\n00:37:31,160 –> 00:37:33,680
\nperson.
\nSuch as? <\/p>\n
567
\n00:37:33,680 –> 00:37:36,600
\nJealousy.
\nSuch as jealousy. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:37:38,760 –> 00:37:43,640
\nSo how did Mary?
\nForgive her friends and <\/p>\n
569
\n00:37:43,640 –> 00:37:45,680
\nneighbors for trying to kill her
\nson. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:37:47,640 –> 00:37:51,040
\nHow did she?
\nForgive her community for this <\/p>\n
571
\n00:37:51,040 –> 00:37:56,160
\nhurt.
\nWell, we have to confess, <\/p>\n
572
\n00:37:56,160 –> 00:38:00,320
\nbrothers and sisters, that
\nbecause we are a body made-up of<\/p>\n
573
\n00:38:00,320 –> 00:38:02,160
\npeople that make mistakes and
\nsin. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:38:02,920 –> 00:38:05,120
\nIt’s not always sunshine and
\nrainbows, is it? <\/p>\n
575
\n00:38:07,080 –> 00:38:08,280
\nWe make.
\nMistakes. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:38:08,520 –> 00:38:13,760
\nWe hurt each other.
\nI make mistakes, I hurt people. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:38:15,880 –> 00:38:18,360
\nHow do we respond to those
\nhurts? <\/p>\n
578
\n00:38:20,160 –> 00:38:22,280
\nSo I’m going.
\nTo do a bit of confession time <\/p>\n
579
\n00:38:22,280 –> 00:38:28,240
\nhere, our four children were
\nbrought up in a time when our <\/p>\n
580
\n00:38:28,240 –> 00:38:30,600
\ncommunity in Ontario was
\nundergoing quite a bit of <\/p>\n
581
\n00:38:30,600 –> 00:38:32,840
\ninternal strife.
\nAnd. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:38:32,840 –> 00:38:36,480
\nSadly, our two youngest were the
\nproverbial little ones who <\/p>\n
583
\n00:38:36,480 –> 00:38:39,200
\nbecame offended at some really
\nnegative interactions with <\/p>\n
584
\n00:38:39,200 –> 00:38:42,160
\nbrothers and sisters who made
\nthem feel very unwelcome. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:38:44,040 –> 00:38:46,360
\nAnd this has been.
\nA great challenge for me. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:38:48,040 –> 00:38:50,120
\nI confess.
\nThat one of the many sins that I<\/p>\n
587
\n00:38:50,120 –> 00:38:54,120
\nstruggle with is holding a
\ngrudge and not forgiving. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:38:56,520 –> 00:38:58,360
\nI think.
\nIt’s my Irish heritage, my <\/p>\n
589
\n00:38:58,360 –> 00:39:02,400
\nsinful flesh, but I really
\nembrace what Joseph Kennedy told<\/p>\n
590
\n00:39:02,400 –> 00:39:04,960
\nhis sons.
\nSons, forgive your enemies, but <\/p>\n
591
\n00:39:04,960 –> 00:39:12,400
\nalways remember their names.
\nSo that’s not forgiveness, is <\/p>\n
592
\n00:39:12,400 –> 00:39:13,680
\nit?
\nSo I struggle with that. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:39:13,680 –> 00:39:18,480
\nI struggle with that big time
\nnow. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:39:21,880 –> 00:39:23,920
\nSister Kathy has been a great
\nexample to me. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:39:26,960 –> 00:39:30,240
\nAnd Mary?
\n‘S example is just so powerful. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:39:31,040 –> 00:39:32,840
\nMary’s example has really helped
\nme. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:39:34,040 –> 00:39:37,840
\nHer example?
\nTeaches me to forgive, to stay <\/p>\n
598
\n00:39:37,840 –> 00:39:42,280
\nin community, and to love my
\nbrothers and sisters because God<\/p>\n
599
\n00:39:42,280 –> 00:39:46,560
\nhas chosen them to be part of
\nHis family. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:39:49,240 –> 00:39:51,640
\nMary taught me that.
\nThe way to forgive hurt. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:39:52,640 –> 00:39:57,960
\nIs to love them.
\nMary did all these. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:39:57,960 –> 00:40:03,280
\nThings love is patient and kind.
\nNot jealous. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:40:03,280 –> 00:40:05,760
\nNot boastful.
\nNot proud, rude or selfish. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:40:06,000 –> 00:40:09,400
\nNot easily angered.
\nAnd it keeps no. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:40:09,400 –> 00:40:12,760
\nRecord of wrongs can.
\nYou imagine what Mary could. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:40:12,760 –> 00:40:14,720
\nHave done Do you know who my son
\nis? <\/p>\n
607
\n00:40:17,880 –> 00:40:20,360
\nLove does not.
\nGloat over the other people’s <\/p>\n
608
\n00:40:20,360 –> 00:40:22,560
\nsins, but takes its delight in
\nthe truth. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:40:23,480 –> 00:40:28,640
\nLove always bears up, Always
\ntrusts, always hopes, always <\/p>\n
610
\n00:40:28,880 –> 00:40:32,680
\nendures.
\nWhat a powerful example Mary <\/p>\n
611
\n00:40:32,680 –> 00:40:37,320
\nprovides for us, and especially
\nfor me as I struggle with this. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:40:42,160 –> 00:40:45,520
\nSo the last.
\nRecorded event in Nazareth’s <\/p>\n
613
\n00:40:45,520 –> 00:40:48,160
\ncommunity is the second
\nrejection. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:40:48,840 –> 00:40:52,400
\nSo Nazareth Jesus travels from
\nCapernaum to his. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:40:53,920 –> 00:40:56,200
\nTown of.
\nNazareth, his own native town, <\/p>\n
616
\n00:40:56,200 –> 00:40:59,760
\nwe read in Mark 6.
\nIn Nazareth he’s rejected for a <\/p>\n
617
\n00:40:59,760 –> 00:41:03,480
\nsecond time and again.
\nNazareth is contrasted with the <\/p>\n
618
\n00:41:03,480 –> 00:41:07,000
\nfaithfulness that Jesus found at
\nCapernaum, and this occasion he <\/p>\n
619
\n00:41:07,000 –> 00:41:08,880
\ntaught in the synagogue at
\nNazareth. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:41:09,960 –> 00:41:12,120
\nHis neighbors were.
\nAstonished at his teaching, they<\/p>\n
621
\n00:41:12,120 –> 00:41:14,960
\nwonder where he received such
\nwisdom and power. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:41:15,240 –> 00:41:16,840
\nThey don’t mention Joseph by
\nname. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:41:16,840 –> 00:41:19,440
\nThis time Jesus is called Mary’s
\nSon. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:41:20,800 –> 00:41:26,640
\nThey are offended at Jesus.
\nJesus healed only a few people. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:41:27,600 –> 00:41:30,400
\nJesus did no mighty works there
\nbecause of their unbelief. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:41:32,000 –> 00:41:35,000
\nAnd.
\nIn kind of a a neat kind of <\/p>\n
627
\n00:41:35,480 –> 00:41:40,560
\njuxtaposition here, a neat irony
\nin the earlier event, the people<\/p>\n
628
\n00:41:40,560 –> 00:41:45,280
\nmarvelled at Jesus, and now
\nJesus marvels at them, at their <\/p>\n
629
\n00:41:45,280 –> 00:41:53,440
\nunbelief.
\nSo Nazareth ends up no longer <\/p>\n
630
\n00:41:53,440 –> 00:41:58,080
\nbeing Mary’s home.
\nAs we set at the cross, Mary is <\/p>\n
631
\n00:41:58,080 –> 00:42:01,120
\ntold by Jesus to go and live
\nwith John, who lived in <\/p>\n
632
\n00:42:01,120 –> 00:42:04,400
\nCapernaum, and she’s given a new
\ncommunity. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:42:05,120 –> 00:42:09,080
\nAnd it’s a community that’s
\ncharacterized in Acts chapter 2 <\/p>\n
634
\n00:42:09,880 –> 00:42:13,440
\nwe read in verse 12.
\nThen they returned to Jerusalem <\/p>\n
635
\n00:42:13,440 –> 00:42:17,000
\nfrom the mount called Olivet,
\nwhich is near Jerusalem, a <\/p>\n
636
\n00:42:17,000 –> 00:42:19,400
\nSabbath day’s journey.
\nAnd when they had entered, they <\/p>\n
637
\n00:42:19,400 –> 00:42:21,240
\nwent up into the upper room
\nwhere they were staying. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:42:21,240 –> 00:42:24,680
\nPeter, James, John and Andrew,
\nPhilip and Thomas, Bartholemy <\/p>\n
639
\n00:42:24,680 –> 00:42:27,960
\nand Matthew, James the son of
\nAlpheus, and Simon and Zealot <\/p>\n
640
\n00:42:27,960 –> 00:42:31,840
\nand Judas the son of James,
\nthese all continued with one <\/p>\n
641
\n00:42:31,840 –> 00:42:35,640
\naccord and prayer and
\nsupplication with the women, and<\/p>\n
642
\n00:42:35,640 –> 00:42:39,880
\nMary the mother of Jesus with
\nhis brothers. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:42:41,920 –> 00:42:44,120
\nMary is named.
\nHere, because she was an <\/p>\n
644
\n00:42:44,120 –> 00:42:48,280
\nintegral part of the early
\necclesia, she’s an integral part<\/p>\n
645
\n00:42:48,680 –> 00:42:52,120
\nof that community.
\nAnd that’s. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:42:52,120 –> 00:42:55,320
\nWhat God does for us.
\nHe gives. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:42:55,320 –> 00:42:59,480
\nUs the blessing of community.
\nRemember Peter? <\/p>\n
648
\n00:42:59,840 –> 00:43:02,240
\nAnd don’t you love Peter?
\nBecause he says what everybody’s<\/p>\n
649
\n00:43:02,240 –> 00:43:08,760
\nthinking, right?
\nHe says see we have left all and<\/p>\n
650
\n00:43:08,760 –> 00:43:11,560
\nfollowed you.
\nAnd Jesus. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:43:11,560 –> 00:43:15,800
\nResponds assuredly, I say to
\nyou, there is no one who has <\/p>\n
652
\n00:43:15,800 –> 00:43:18,840
\nleft house, or parents or
\nbrothers or wife or children, <\/p>\n
653
\n00:43:19,200 –> 00:43:22,920
\nfor the sake of the Kingdom of
\nGod, who shall not receive many <\/p>\n
654
\n00:43:22,920 –> 00:43:29,120
\ntimes more in this present time.
\nAnd in the age to. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:43:29,120 –> 00:43:32,040
\nCome eternal life.
\nIn the present. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:43:32,040 –> 00:43:34,280
\nTime.
\nWe’re blessed now with <\/p>\n
657
\n00:43:34,280 –> 00:43:36,880
\ncommunity.
\nWe’re blessed now with brothers <\/p>\n
658
\n00:43:36,880 –> 00:43:39,440
\nand sisters who would do
\nanything for us. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:43:41,160 –> 00:43:42,800
\nYou know, I look.
\nIn the audience. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:43:44,360 –> 00:43:47,240
\nAnd I see.
\nBrothers and sisters who have <\/p>\n
661
\n00:43:47,240 –> 00:43:51,040
\nchanged my life.
\nWho’ve strengthened? <\/p>\n
662
\n00:43:51,040 –> 00:43:55,440
\nMe who’ve rejoiced with me,
\nmourned with me. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:43:57,560 –> 00:44:00,680
\nI see brothers and.
\nSisters that together we’ve held<\/p>\n
664
\n00:44:00,680 –> 00:44:06,240
\ntight to the exceeding great and
\nprecious promises that unite us <\/p>\n
665
\n00:44:06,240 –> 00:44:11,080
\ninto one family.
\nAnd so brothers and. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:44:11,080 –> 00:44:14,320
\nSisters, let’s take Mary’s
\nexample and appreciate each <\/p>\n
667
\n00:44:14,320 –> 00:44:19,200
\nother, appreciate our family,
\nappreciate our community, and <\/p>\n
668
\n00:44:19,200 –> 00:44:22,280
\nlet’s build it up as we await
\nhis son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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