Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 374.<\/p>\n
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\nthis evening.
\nIt’s actually a 40 minute <\/p>\n
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\ncommercial followed by 5 minutes
\nof study. <\/p>\n
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\nI, I, I did check with the
\ncommittee that I could do this. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m just going to show you one
\nor two book recommendations <\/p>\n
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\nbecause I’m a travelling book
\nsalesman and here are my top <\/p>\n
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\ntips available from the
\nChristadelphian office. <\/p>\n
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\nAll all tied in with the studies
\nthat we’ve been doing this week.<\/p>\n
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\nAll available on the stall
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\nSo Harry Tennant, Moses, my
\nservant, wonderful character <\/p>\n
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\nstudy of of the the man Moses.
\nTop recommendation to go in in <\/p>\n
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\nconjunction with Brother Mark’s
\nstudies. <\/p>\n
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\nHave those on the stall.
\nYou may have come across this <\/p>\n
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\nbook, Women of the Bible that
\nsold very well this afternoon. <\/p>\n
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\nI think we have one copy left,
\nbut you will find in there <\/p>\n
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\nchapters for each of the women
\nthat Brother Luke has looked at <\/p>\n
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\nthis week.
\nIf you’re not able to hurry to <\/p>\n
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\nthe stall and get the last copy
\nof Women of the Bible, you might<\/p>\n
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\nbe interested in Brother Dennis
\nGillett’s book, which is called <\/p>\n
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\nOf Hearts and Minds, but is
\nactually a collection of <\/p>\n
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\ncharacter studies.
\nAnd at least three of the women <\/p>\n
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\nthat Brother Luke has looked at
\nare covered in Brother Dennis’s <\/p>\n
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\nbook, So I I recommend that to
\nyou. <\/p>\n
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\nSister Sharon Prince has done a
\nvery recent book. <\/p>\n
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\nYou may have seen this.
\nIt’s ostensibly aimed at <\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nI think it’s worth the read for <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nThis is how we undertake <\/p>\n
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\nspiritual transformation.
\nYou may find that of use. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd here’s a nice collection of
\nexcitations which brother Rod <\/p>\n
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\nHale has put together.
\nAll of them are about the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ.
\nThis do in remembrance of me, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich is where we started our
\nstudies last week. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I’d recommend those titles to
\nyou. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve got a couple of others that
\nI just mentioned. <\/p>\n
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\nIn case you haven’t come across
\nthese books, you may be <\/p>\n
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\ninterested in having a look at
\nthese So brother Greg Palmer and<\/p>\n
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\nPhil Shaw from Adelaide,
\nAustralia. <\/p>\n
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\nThey produced this for us.
\nHard questions, real answers. <\/p>\n
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\nJust open up the book and cast
\nyour eye down the contents page <\/p>\n
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\nand have a look at the the range
\nof questions that they ask and <\/p>\n
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\nprovide answers to.
\nThere is no difficult question <\/p>\n
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\nisn’t in their book. <\/p>\n
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\nHave a look.
\nAnd the answers are great. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I recommend hard questions,
\nreal answers if you haven’t seen<\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nAnd my final recommendation, and<\/p>\n
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\nI know there are only two of
\nthese left on the book stall <\/p>\n
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\nsigns of the Times study guide.
\nOK, so that’s not a not a study <\/p>\n
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\nguide, which is going to tell
\nyou exactly what you need to <\/p>\n
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\nknow about prophecies and how
\nthey will work out, but it’s a <\/p>\n
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\nbook which shares with you our
\ngeneral understanding of <\/p>\n
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\nprophecies and gives you some
\nguidance on how to interpret <\/p>\n
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\nprophecies and understand
\nprophecies. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Science of the time study
\nguide is well worth a look. <\/p>\n
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\nSo those are my top tips and I
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\na little bit later. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if you want to have any of
\nthose books, please come and see<\/p>\n
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\nus and we will be very happy to
\ntake money off you. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that that’s mine.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, where were we? <\/p>\n
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\nOh, it is, is it?
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\nOh.
\nOh, it looks like I will have to<\/p>\n
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\nflawed performance.
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\nlast little subject together as
\nwe consider our life changing <\/p>\n
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\nsayings of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd thank you all for your, your
\npatience. <\/p>\n
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\ncomments. <\/p>\n
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\nall your contributions. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, and there were a number of
\nthings that we were trying to do<\/p>\n
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\nI, I was trying to get you to <\/p>\n
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\nappreciate that our
\nconcentration should be on him <\/p>\n
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\nHe is the means whereby we can <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve tried to emphasise that he <\/p>\n
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\nWe are all encouraged to use <\/p>\n
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\nAlmighty can take that and do <\/p>\n
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\nWe are called upon to be <\/p>\n
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\nevening at UKYC and you’ve
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\nconversations, you just feel <\/p>\n
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\nTwo more sayings, our final two <\/p>\n
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\nsayings that we’ll have this
\nevening, life changing sayings <\/p>\n
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\nof the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd just in case we we don’t get<\/p>\n
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\nto it, let’s get it on the
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\nThis is 1.
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\nHe that is least among you all <\/p>\n
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\nthe same shall be great.
\nSo that’s where we’re going to <\/p>\n
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\nstart this evening.
\nWould you join me please in Luke<\/p>\n
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\nChapter 9, where we’re with the
\nLord Jesus Christ and his <\/p>\n
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\ndisciples and I, I want to show
\nyou that even these great <\/p>\n
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\napostles who would go on and do
\nmarvelous things in witnessing <\/p>\n
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\nto the truth.
\nAnd when you read the, the the <\/p>\n
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\naccount of the Acts of the
\nApostles, it’s the most <\/p>\n
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\nwonderful, energetic book.
\nPeople who are all of a sudden <\/p>\n
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\nnervous, scared disciples at the<\/p>\n
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\ntime of the crucifixion to
\nunbounding, energetic, <\/p>\n
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\nenthusiastic, unstoppable
\npreachers who will witness to <\/p>\n
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\nWhile we meet them here in Luke
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\nAnd if you look at about verse
\n28 that we start to have the <\/p>\n
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\naccount of the of the
\nTransfiguration. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Transfiguration, of
\ncourse, sees the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist go up into a mountain and
\nhe takes with him in verse 28, <\/p>\n
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\nPeter and John and James, these
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\nto pray.
\nAnd as he does so, his his <\/p>\n
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\nappearance changes.
\nHe is transfigured and <\/p>\n
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\nglorified.
\nThat’s the word Peter uses. <\/p>\n
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\nThe disciple saw him in his
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\nMoses and Elijah join in, and
\nthey’re going to encourage the <\/p>\n
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\nLord as he faces the final
\nmonths of his ministry. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Peter and James and John are
\nabsolutely dumbstruck. <\/p>\n
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\nReally, they don’t know what’s
\ngoing on. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this is a vision of the
\nKingdom because it’s the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ glorified.
\nThis is the time when he will <\/p>\n
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\nreign as king in all his glory
\nand will concentrate on filling <\/p>\n
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\nthe earth with God’s glory.
\nAnd Peter and James and John <\/p>\n
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\nwitness this.
\nThey they see this wonderful <\/p>\n
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\ntransfiguration and are shaken
\nby it. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is quite a special thing.
\nSo it begins with the vision of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Kingdom.
\nAnd we’ve talked about that this<\/p>\n
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\nweek about keeping the vision
\nburning brightly. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the disciples now six months
\nbefore Christ is crucified, only<\/p>\n
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\nsix months.
\nI know we’re only in Luke <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 9, but there’s only six
\nmonths to go before Jesus is <\/p>\n
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\ncrucified.
\nAnd they see this marvellous <\/p>\n
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\nvision and they share it with
\nthe Lord on the mountain top. <\/p>\n
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\nBut when they come down from the
\nmountain, verse 43, halfway <\/p>\n
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\nthrough that verse, new
\nparagraph starts while they <\/p>\n
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\nwondered everyone at all things
\nwhich Jesus did, he said unto <\/p>\n
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\nthe disciples, Let these sayings
\nsink down into your ears, for <\/p>\n
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\nthe Son of Man should be
\ndelivered into the hands of men.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd in other places, you know he
\nexpounds on that and he talks <\/p>\n
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\nabout what they will actually
\nface at Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Son of Man is going to be
\ndelivered up and verse 4345. <\/p>\n
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\nSorry tells us that they
\nunderstood not this saying so <\/p>\n
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\nthe disciples didn’t get it.
\nThey just had a vision of the <\/p>\n
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\nglory and the Lord Jesus Christ
\nas they’ve come down and said, <\/p>\n
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\nyes, but to get there, I have to
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\none difficult step, one large
\nstep, which is for me to go to <\/p>\n
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\nthe cross.
\nAnd you need to understand that <\/p>\n
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\ndisciples, this is a huge thing
\nto get to the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
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\nI have to be crucified.
\nAnd it’s going to have a major <\/p>\n
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\neffect on you.
\nAnd it’s going to embellish <\/p>\n
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\nthis, this teaching over the
\ncoming months. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd each time he mentions it, he
\nsays it’s going to be more <\/p>\n
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\ndifficult.
\nI’m going to be arrested, I’m <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to be beaten, I’m going to
\nbe tried, I’m going to be <\/p>\n
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\nand Jesus teaching hits US and <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:30,120 –> 00:21:32,240
\nwe think we’re a bit out of line
\nhere. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:21:33,040 –> 00:21:37,680
\nBut then soon we’re we’re back
\ninto the flawed performance here<\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:37,680 –> 00:21:46,240
\nwe are in in in Luke chapter 22.
\nNotice in verse 7 that Jesus <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:46,360 –> 00:21:51,760
\nasks, oh sorry, verse 8, Jesus
\nasks Peter and John to go and <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:51,760 –> 00:21:55,280
\nprepare the Passover that we may
\neat. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:55,520 –> 00:21:58,000
\nThese are the 2 where the
\nrivalry is. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:58,520 –> 00:22:01,280
\nYou know, James and John were
\nasking for the best seats. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:22:01,560 –> 00:22:03,600
\nHow’s Peter going to feel about
\nthat? <\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:03,920 –> 00:22:05,880
\nI thought, I thought, Lord, you
\nsaid to me that you’re going to <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:05,880 –> 00:22:08,400
\nbuild your church on me.
\nI thought I was going to be the <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:08,400 –> 00:22:12,440
\nfoundation of the ecclesia and
\nnow they’re asking for the best <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:12,440 –> 00:22:16,440
\nseats.
\nPeter and John were rivals in <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:16,440 –> 00:22:20,160
\nthis little ecclesia of 12
\nmembers and the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:20,160 –> 00:22:23,320
\nChrist.
\nTo try and overcome the rivalry,<\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:23,320 –> 00:22:25,120
\nhe’s sending them out on a
\nmission together. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:25,120 –> 00:22:29,120
\nGo and do something together,
\nhave a have a different focus <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:29,120 –> 00:22:34,000
\nwhich isn’t at one another.
\nGo out there and prepare for the<\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:34,000 –> 00:22:37,200
\nPassover.
\nSo together Peter and John are <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:37,200 –> 00:22:40,520
\ngoing to find this individual
\nwho’s got the room where <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:41,120 –> 00:22:43,360
\npreparation would be made.
\nAnd there’s all sorts of little <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:43,360 –> 00:22:46,520
\nlessons in that section which we
\nwon’t go into. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:47,160 –> 00:22:50,600
\nBut then you look further down
\nvery familiar words. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:50,600 –> 00:22:56,080
\nVerse 17 Jesus is taking the
\ncup, giving thanks, saying take <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:56,080 –> 00:22:58,560
\nthis and divide it among
\nyourselves. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:59,600 –> 00:23:04,440
\nVerse 19 he took the bread, gave
\nthanks, break it and gave it <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:04,440 –> 00:23:08,040
\nunto them saying this is my body
\nwhich is given for you. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:08,360 –> 00:23:13,320
\nThis do in remembrance of me.
\nThis is the the the teaching <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:13,320 –> 00:23:18,080
\nabout the crucial moment of
\nsacrifice and the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:18,080 –> 00:23:21,320
\nChrist is giving them here the
\nvery mechanism by which they <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:21,320 –> 00:23:26,720
\nwill remember his sacrifice was
\nthe most important thing and and<\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:26,720 –> 00:23:28,960
\nwe’ve now got to the point of
\ncrucifixion. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:29,200 –> 00:23:33,800
\nThis is the night before the
\nLord will be killed few hours <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:33,800 –> 00:23:37,720
\nwithin a few hours of this is
\ngoing to be arrested and put on <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:37,720 –> 00:23:45,040
\ntrial. 1st 23 And they began to
\ninquire among themselves which <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:45,040 –> 00:23:48,440
\nof them it was that should do
\nthis thing that’s betray him. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:48,520 –> 00:23:54,120
\nAnd there was also a strife
\namong them which of them should <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:54,120 –> 00:24:00,520
\nbe accounted the greatest?
\nSix months later, they’ve heard <\/p>\n
374
\n00:24:00,520 –> 00:24:02,960
\nthis teaching now at least on 2
\noccasions. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:02,960 –> 00:24:04,680
\nMaybe they heard it on more
\noccasion. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:04,680 –> 00:24:08,840
\nAnd there could not be a more
\nimportant moment in the life of <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:08,840 –> 00:24:10,960
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ and his
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:10,960 –> 00:24:14,400
\nAnd here they are saying, who’s
\ngoing to be the greatest, I <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:14,400 –> 00:24:17,800
\nwonder, in the Kingdom?
\nAnd it’s astonishing, isn’t it, <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:17,800 –> 00:24:22,600
\nthat the Lord Jesus Christ has
\nto put up with this kind of <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:22,760 –> 00:24:27,360
\nflawed performance, this, this
\nrepeat failure. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:27,920 –> 00:24:30,480
\nAnd, and, and these men are no
\ndifferent to you and me, You <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:30,480 –> 00:24:33,000
\nknow, those of us who come
\nSunday by Sunday. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:33,000 –> 00:24:37,240
\nAnd you’re thinking on a scale,
\na gradual scale. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:37,240 –> 00:24:41,920
\nI have, I have no improvements
\nto show from last week, You <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:41,920 –> 00:24:44,840
\nknow, and if I look back to last
\nyear or the year before, where’s<\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:44,840 –> 00:24:47,720
\nthe trend line going?
\nIs it improving or am I just <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:47,720 –> 00:24:49,760
\nstanding still or am I
\ndeteriorating? <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:49,960 –> 00:24:54,120
\nThese people are six months
\nlater, no further forward than <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:55,280 –> 00:24:57,480
\nwho’s going to be the greatest
\nin the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:58,480 –> 00:25:00,800
\nAnd it’s at this point, we know
\nit’s at this point you need to, <\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:01,040 –> 00:25:02,520
\nyou need to piece the Gospels
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:02,520 –> 00:25:05,400
\nBut after the supper, it’s at
\nthis point where the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:05,400 –> 00:25:11,400
\nChrist gets out of his seat,
\nkneels down, girds himself with <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:11,400 –> 00:25:15,760
\na cloth, washes their feet and
\nshows them that’s the kind of <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:15,760 –> 00:25:18,880
\nservice unit Christ is about to
\nbe crucified. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:20,120 –> 00:25:24,520
\nAnd he’s having to show them who
\nwill be greatest by his example,<\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:24,880 –> 00:25:27,800
\nand it’s by being least who’s
\ngoing to follow. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:27,800 –> 00:25:30,040
\nThis example saves the Lord
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:30,680 –> 00:25:32,680
\nAnd Christ wasn’t implementing
\nsomething. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:32,680 –> 00:25:35,760
\nHe wasn’t instituting something,
\nsaying you need to all go and <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:35,760 –> 00:25:37,360
\nwash one another’s feet.
\nHe’s not doing that. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:37,360 –> 00:25:41,120
\nIt’s an example of humble, lowly
\nservice. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:41,120 –> 00:25:43,760
\nThis is what I want you to do.
\nForget being greatest. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:43,760 –> 00:25:47,920
\nHave a go at this.
\nAnd that’s where we should all <\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:47,920 –> 00:25:50,440
\nbe.
\nAnd I wonder then if we can just<\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:50,440 –> 00:25:57,240
\nlift that this is a little
\necclesia of very knowledgeable <\/p>\n
408
\n00:25:57,240 –> 00:26:00,960
\nand experienced brothers who’ve
\nall got the Holy Spirit, who’ve <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:01,160 –> 00:26:05,120
\nall had wonderful experience
\nteaching and preaching and <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:05,120 –> 00:26:06,880
\nwitnessing the things of the
\nLord Jesus. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:06,880 –> 00:26:11,040
\nThey’ve got the Lord Jesus
\nChrist as their head among them <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:11,040 –> 00:26:12,680
\nyou.
\nYou could not wish for a better <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:12,680 –> 00:26:17,160
\nleader of an ecclesia.
\nAnd still in this ecclesia there<\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:17,160 –> 00:26:20,360
\nare disputes and fallings out.
\nIsn’t that remarkable? <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:21,320 –> 00:26:24,440
\nDo not be surprised that in your
\necclesia with all our <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:24,440 –> 00:26:28,720
\nfallibility and all our
\nfailings, there aren’t disputes <\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:28,720 –> 00:26:32,000
\nand and disappointments and
\nfalling that it happens. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:32,600 –> 00:26:36,400
\nIt happens.
\nEven Jesus couldn’t get his <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:36,400 –> 00:26:39,440
\ndisciples to see the right way
\nhere. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:40,280 –> 00:26:42,960
\nSo there’s, there’s an
\ninteresting picture, I think of <\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:42,960 –> 00:26:46,560
\nflawed behaviour which runs
\nthrough the life of the <\/p>\n
422
\n00:26:46,560 –> 00:26:51,640
\ndisciples and we can relate to
\nit because we are caught up in <\/p>\n
423
\n00:26:51,640 –> 00:26:57,440
\nthis type of flawed performance.
\nSo I was going to put that on <\/p>\n
424
\n00:26:57,440 –> 00:27:01,520
\nthe screen, Sorry.
\nSo, so, so, so that’s that’s the<\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:01,520 –> 00:27:05,680
\nkind of people we are.
\nAnd if I sent you home now on <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:05,680 –> 00:27:09,920
\nthat message, you’d think that’s
\na bit disappointing, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:09,920 –> 00:27:11,760
\nIt’s a bit of a low point to
\nfinish. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:11,760 –> 00:27:18,360
\nSo I want us to remember that
\nour God is a God who forgives. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:18,960 –> 00:27:23,680
\nYour flawed performance is not
\nso flawed that he cannot <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:23,680 –> 00:27:26,320
\nforgive.
\nNow, what do you think about <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:26,320 –> 00:27:28,160
\nforgiveness?
\nLet’s just test this little <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:28,160 –> 00:27:34,120
\nsubject for a moment or two.
\nAre there any conditions to <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:34,240 –> 00:27:37,640
\nforgiveness?
\nOK, just think about that. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:38,440 –> 00:27:42,920
\nOur God is a wonderful, loving,
\nmerciful, kind, generous God who<\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:42,920 –> 00:27:45,200
\nwants to forgive.
\nHe wants you in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:45,240 –> 00:27:49,120
\nHis Son has been sacrificed to
\nsecure your place. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:27:49,120 –> 00:27:52,480
\nHis Son has been raised and has
\ngone to heaven to prepare a <\/p>\n
438
\n00:27:52,480 –> 00:27:57,160
\nplace and will come again so
\nthat he can gather you to be <\/p>\n
439
\n00:27:57,160 –> 00:27:59,920
\nwith him.
\nThose are the simple Bible <\/p>\n
440
\n00:27:59,920 –> 00:28:02,440
\nprinciples that we understand.
\nAnd the Kingdom of God will be <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:02,440 –> 00:28:06,120
\nestablished on earth and God
\nwill forgive our sins. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:06,520 –> 00:28:10,760
\nSo are there any conditions or
\ncan you just sit back and say <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:11,640 –> 00:28:14,880
\nGod will forgive me?
\nDoesn’t matter, I’ll be OK. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:15,680 –> 00:28:18,960
\nWell, there are conditions.
\nThere are conditions. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:19,480 –> 00:28:21,800
\nCome with me to Matthew chapter
\n6, please. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:21,800 –> 00:28:26,440
\nWould you?
\nMatthew chapter 6 contains an <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:26,440 –> 00:28:37,560
\nobvious condition.
\nIf I’d given you a bit of time, <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:37,760 –> 00:28:39,600
\nI think a lot of you would have
\nthought of this. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:39,600 –> 00:28:41,880
\nHere is the condition for you to
\nbe forgiven. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:44,720 –> 00:28:48,040
\nMatthew chapter 6, verse 12,
\nhalfway through the Lord’s <\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:48,040 –> 00:28:50,280
\nPrayer.
\nForgive us our debts, as we <\/p>\n
452
\n00:28:50,280 –> 00:28:55,240
\nforgive our debtors, and lead us
\nnot into temptation, but deliver<\/p>\n
453
\n00:28:55,240 –> 00:28:57,280
\nus from evil.
\nFor thine is the Kingdom, and <\/p>\n
454
\n00:28:57,280 –> 00:28:59,080
\nthe power and the glory, forever
\nour men. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:28:59,520 –> 00:29:02,680
\nThe prayer finishes there, and
\nthe only section of the prayer <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:03,040 –> 00:29:06,720
\nthat gets a repeat mention is in
\nverse 14. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:06,720 –> 00:29:09,520
\nAnd it’s this point.
\nFor if ye forgive men their <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:09,520 –> 00:29:12,320
\ntrespassers, your heavenly
\nFather will also forgive you. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:13,000 –> 00:29:15,480
\nBut if you forgive not men their
\ntrespasses, neither will your <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:15,480 –> 00:29:18,880
\nFather forgive your trespasses.
\nSo condition seems to be clear <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:18,880 –> 00:29:20,720
\nthere, doesn’t it?
\nI have to forgive others. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:21,000 –> 00:29:23,720
\nIf God’s going to forgive me, I
\nhave to forgive others. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:24,480 –> 00:29:26,360
\nThere’s an enormous problem with
\nthat. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:27,280 –> 00:29:29,600
\nThere’s an enormous problem with
\nthat. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:30,400 –> 00:29:34,600
\nWhat if I’m not very good at
\nforgiving others? <\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:36,000 –> 00:29:39,800
\nOK, am I now limiting God’s
\nability to forgive? <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:40,520 –> 00:29:42,320
\nWhat, what?
\nWhat if your biggest problem <\/p>\n
468
\n00:29:42,320 –> 00:29:45,200
\never is forgiving other people,
\ndoes that mean you will never be<\/p>\n
469
\n00:29:45,200 –> 00:29:47,640
\nforgiven because you can’t
\nforgive other people? <\/p>\n
470
\n00:29:47,640 –> 00:29:52,240
\nOr, or or what if you’re good at
\nit and you forgive other people?<\/p>\n
471
\n00:29:52,240 –> 00:29:54,480
\nYou can then turn around to God
\nand say, well, I’ve played my <\/p>\n
472
\n00:29:54,480 –> 00:29:56,120
\nbit.
\nI I’ve forgiven you. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:29:56,120 –> 00:29:59,640
\nYou now are obliged to forgive
\nme. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:00,320 –> 00:30:03,640
\nYou’re on the hook here, Lord,
\nbecause I’ve done it, so you <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:03,640 –> 00:30:06,880
\nneed to forgive me.
\nSounds a bit legalistic. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:06,880 –> 00:30:09,160
\nSounds a bit transactional,
\ndoesn’t it? <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:10,120 –> 00:30:14,320
\nSo I struggle with this.
\nWhat does it mean when I have to<\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:14,320 –> 00:30:17,760
\nforgive others in order that God
\ncan forgive my sins? <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:18,600 –> 00:30:21,840
\nWell, let’s just park that for a
\nmoment, OK? <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:21,840 –> 00:30:25,320
\nThere seems to be a condition
\nhere, but we don’t quite <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:25,320 –> 00:30:27,360
\nunderstand it.
\nI don’t quite understand it, at <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:27,720 –> 00:30:30,680
\nleast at this point.
\nLet’s think of one or two other <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:30,680 –> 00:30:32,600
\nconditions.
\nAre there some other conditions <\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:32,600 –> 00:30:35,640
\nfor us to be forgiven?
\nAbsolutely there are. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:30:36,080 –> 00:30:39,880
\nCome, we admit to 1 John One,
\nplease, would you? <\/p>\n
486
\n00:30:40,480 –> 00:30:42,360
\nLet’s learn about these
\nconditions. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:30:42,360 –> 00:30:49,040
\nLet’s see if we understand them.
\nLet’s see if we can comply with <\/p>\n
488
\n00:30:49,040 –> 00:30:55,120
\nthe conditions. 1 John One
\nlovely little chapter. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:30:56,360 –> 00:31:01,360
\nVerse 9 Here is a
\nstraightforward condition if you<\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:01,360 –> 00:31:04,880
\nwant to be forgiven of your
\nflawed performance. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:05,480 –> 00:31:12,240
\nVerse 9, If we confess our sins,
\nhe is faithful and just to <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:12,240 –> 00:31:15,040
\nforgive us our sins and to
\ncleanse us from all <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:15,040 –> 00:31:18,320
\nunrighteousness.
\nSo there’s a condition we need <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:18,320 –> 00:31:22,640
\nto confess our sins.
\nI can do that. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:23,760 –> 00:31:28,320
\nI might not, I want to always, I
\nmight be very careful who I <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:28,320 –> 00:31:31,880
\nconfess my sins to.
\nBut there’s the point isn’t that<\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:31,880 –> 00:31:34,120
\nthere needs to be some
\nacknowledgments that you have <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:34,120 –> 00:31:36,040
\ndone wrong.
\nYou need to confess. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:36,400 –> 00:31:38,000
\nOK, so that’s condition number
\none. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:31:38,000 –> 00:31:40,600
\nWe can get that.
\nWe can understand that condition<\/p>\n
501
\n00:31:40,600 –> 00:31:44,320
\n#2 comes just a couple of verses
\nearlier. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:31:44,560 –> 00:31:48,720
\nIf you look at verse 7, this is
\na bit more complicated, so let’s<\/p>\n
503
\n00:31:48,720 –> 00:31:52,320
\njust work through it.
\nIf we walk in the light as He is<\/p>\n
504
\n00:31:52,320 –> 00:31:56,040
\nin the light, we have fellowship
\none with another, and the blood <\/p>\n
505
\n00:31:56,040 –> 00:32:01,360
\nof Jesus Christ His Son cleanses
\nus from all sin, piercing that <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:01,360 –> 00:32:03,880
\nverse together.
\nThe verse begins if we walk in <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:03,880 –> 00:32:08,560
\nthe light and the blood of Jesus
\ncleanses us from all our sin. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:08,600 –> 00:32:11,960
\nIf we walk in the light, you see
\nthe, the, the point is, it’s no <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:11,960 –> 00:32:16,400
\ngood just confessing your sin.
\nThere needs to be some kind of <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:16,480 –> 00:32:19,520
\neffort made to walk in the
\nlight. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:19,560 –> 00:32:22,400
\nI’ve I’ve done wrong, Lord, I
\nshould not have done that. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:22,720 –> 00:32:25,280
\nAnd I am going to try to walk in
\nthe light now. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:32:25,280 –> 00:32:26,600
\nI’m going to try and do the
\nright thing. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:32:26,600 –> 00:32:27,920
\nI’m not going to try and do
\nthat. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:32:28,120 –> 00:32:30,720
\nI’ll fail.
\nI’ll I’ll be disappointing. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:32:30,920 –> 00:32:35,080
\nI’ll be disappointed because I’m
\na man of flawed performance, but<\/p>\n
517
\n00:32:35,080 –> 00:32:38,520
\nI’m going to try.
\nThat’s where the where the the <\/p>\n
518
\n00:32:38,520 –> 00:32:40,560
\nLord was with the woman and
\ntaking an adultery. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:32:41,200 –> 00:32:44,360
\nNeither do I condemn thee.
\nThat was his lovely words. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:32:44,360 –> 00:32:46,760
\nBut then he says go and sin no
\nmore. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:32:46,800 –> 00:32:49,800
\nYou know, walk in the light.
\nSo second condition is quite <\/p>\n
522
\n00:32:49,800 –> 00:32:54,800
\nstraightforward as well.
\nConfess and walk in the light. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:32:56,040 –> 00:32:59,600
\nSo that then leaves our third
\ncondition about forgiving <\/p>\n
524
\n00:32:59,840 –> 00:33:02,040
\nothers.
\nHow does this work? <\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:02,440 –> 00:33:04,280
\nCan we admit to Matthew chapter
\n18? <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:04,280 –> 00:33:09,880
\nLet me try and show you what
\ncondition #3 forgiving others is<\/p>\n
527
\n00:33:09,880 –> 00:33:15,680
\nall about.
\nMatthew chapter 18. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:18,600 –> 00:33:21,120
\nThe, the, the background here is
\nquite special. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:33:21,240 –> 00:33:26,160
\nI I think it’s about a brother
\noffending, a brother <\/p>\n
530
\n00:33:26,160 –> 00:33:29,440
\ntrespassing.
\nThis is where the forgiveness <\/p>\n
531
\n00:33:29,440 –> 00:33:30,960
\ncomes in.
\nIn verse 15. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:33:30,960 –> 00:33:34,200
\nFor example, if thy brother
\ntrespass against thee, go and <\/p>\n
533
\n00:33:34,200 –> 00:33:37,800
\ntell him his fault between thee
\nand you. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:33:37,800 –> 00:33:40,520
\nDo it privately.
\nYou’ll notice that this is this <\/p>\n
535
\n00:33:40,520 –> 00:33:42,720
\nis lifted.
\nThis little section is lifted <\/p>\n
536
\n00:33:42,760 –> 00:33:46,600
\nand it’s enshrined in our
\necclesial constitutions and our <\/p>\n
537
\n00:33:46,600 –> 00:33:50,120
\necclesial guide.
\nThis is such sound advice by the<\/p>\n
538
\n00:33:50,120 –> 00:33:52,240
\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nIf you’ve got a problem with <\/p>\n
539
\n00:33:52,240 –> 00:33:56,200
\nyour brother, go and speak to
\nhim first privately. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:33:58,000 –> 00:34:00,920
\nIn our ecclesia, what we tend to
\ndo is we check with others. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:00,960 –> 00:34:02,520
\nI’ve got a problem with brothers
\nso and so. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:34:02,520 –> 00:34:04,200
\nDo you know what he did to me?
\nHe did this. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:34:04,680 –> 00:34:08,280
\nIs he done the same to you?
\nGo and speak to sister so and <\/p>\n
544
\n00:34:08,280 –> 00:34:09,880
\nso.
\nHave you had the same problem <\/p>\n
545
\n00:34:09,880 –> 00:34:11,360
\nwith that brother?
\nYou know you speak to half a <\/p>\n
546
\n00:34:11,360 –> 00:34:14,000
\ndozen people before you go and
\nspeak to the brother first. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:34:15,120 –> 00:34:16,880
\nDon’t do that.
\nSay to the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:34:16,880 –> 00:34:19,480
\nIf you’ve got a problem with a
\nbrother privately, go and speak <\/p>\n
549
\n00:34:19,480 –> 00:34:21,760
\nto him and see, see where you
\nget. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:34:22,280 –> 00:34:26,560
\nAnd then if he doesn’t listen
\nverse 16 or you don’t make much <\/p>\n
551
\n00:34:26,560 –> 00:34:28,400
\nprogress, go with two or three
\nothers. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:34:28,400 –> 00:34:31,840
\nKeep it small, keep it private.
\nSee if you can sort out the <\/p>\n
553
\n00:34:31,840 –> 00:34:36,719
\nproblem with somebody else
\npresent and if they then still <\/p>\n
554
\n00:34:36,719 –> 00:34:38,719
\nhe won’t listen.
\nVerse 17. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:34:38,880 –> 00:34:41,040
\nWell, bring it before the
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:34:41,040 –> 00:34:43,080
\nTry and resolve it.
\nEcclesia. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:34:43,760 –> 00:34:47,199
\nAnd it’s an escalating thing,
\nbut follow those steps first. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:34:47,199 –> 00:34:52,040
\nDon’t jump straight to stage 3
\nin this particular process. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:34:52,840 –> 00:34:57,320
\nWhen when Peter’s heard all this
\nverse 21, then came Peter to him<\/p>\n
560
\n00:34:57,320 –> 00:35:01,520
\nand said, Lord, how OFT show my
\nbrother sin against me and I <\/p>\n
561
\n00:35:01,520 –> 00:35:05,640
\nforgive him till 7 times and
\nPeter’s got someone in mind here<\/p>\n
562
\n00:35:05,920 –> 00:35:10,440
\nand I suspect it’s John.
\nBut this rivalry here and <\/p>\n
563
\n00:35:10,440 –> 00:35:12,400
\nPeter’s fed up with this
\nbrother. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:35:12,560 –> 00:35:15,880
\nHow often do I have to forgive
\nhim Lord, you know how he’s <\/p>\n
565
\n00:35:15,880 –> 00:35:17,440
\ntreating me.
\nYou know how he’s behaving. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:35:17,440 –> 00:35:20,520
\nYou know what he’s doing to me.
\nHow many times do I need to <\/p>\n
567
\n00:35:20,520 –> 00:35:22,840
\nforgive him?
\nAnd the Jews had a tradition <\/p>\n
568
\n00:35:22,840 –> 00:35:27,280
\nthat it was 77 sounds like a lot
\nactually. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:35:27,560 –> 00:35:32,440
\nSomeone kept doing something
\nwrong to you. 3 * 4 * 5 times, <\/p>\n
570
\n00:35:32,800 –> 00:35:35,920
\nseven times.
\nSurely forgiveness for seven <\/p>\n
571
\n00:35:35,920 –> 00:35:38,160
\ntimes is enough.
\nIt has its roots in the Old <\/p>\n
572
\n00:35:38,160 –> 00:35:40,320
\nTestament.
\nAmos talks about for three <\/p>\n
573
\n00:35:40,320 –> 00:35:45,160
\ntransgressions and for four says
\nthe Lord, I will do this, that <\/p>\n
574
\n00:35:45,160 –> 00:35:48,480
\nthe Jews added them together.
\nThat must mean 77 is the number <\/p>\n
575
\n00:35:48,480 –> 00:35:50,920
\nwe’ll work on, that we’ll
\nforgive 7 times. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:35:50,920 –> 00:35:54,440
\nBut if you do it #8 forgiveness
\nis up no more. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:35:55,160 –> 00:35:58,320
\nAnd of course, the Lord Jesus
\nChrist says something different,<\/p>\n
578
\n00:35:58,320 –> 00:36:01,880
\ndoesn’t it?
\nNot not till 7:00, but till 7 <\/p>\n
579
\n00:36:02,800 –> 00:36:08,200
\ntimes 70 * 7 or your version
\nmight say 77. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:36:09,120 –> 00:36:11,040
\nThe the the scholars don’t seem
\nto know that. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:36:11,040 –> 00:36:13,200
\nThe point is that the the
\nnumber’s irrelevant. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:36:13,600 –> 00:36:17,400
\nIt’s not for counting.
\nYou keep forgiving. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:36:17,400 –> 00:36:22,080
\nSo so here we’re learning about
\nforgiving transgressions against<\/p>\n
584
\n00:36:22,080 –> 00:36:24,560
\nus.
\nJesus is wanting us to forgive <\/p>\n
585
\n00:36:24,760 –> 00:36:27,640
\neven if someone is a a repeat
\noffender. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:36:28,400 –> 00:36:31,840
\nAnd then he teaches this parable
\nwhich you will know well, about <\/p>\n
587
\n00:36:31,960 –> 00:36:37,520
\nthe man who had the big debt and
\nthe man who had the very small <\/p>\n
588
\n00:36:37,600 –> 00:36:41,960
\ndebts.
\nHere it is in verse 23. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:36:42,720 –> 00:36:45,280
\nTherefore is the Kingdom of
\nheaven likened unto a certain <\/p>\n
590
\n00:36:45,280 –> 00:36:47,400
\nking, which would take account
\nof his servants. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:36:47,600 –> 00:36:50,120
\nAnd when he had begun to reckon,
\none was brought unto him which <\/p>\n
592
\n00:36:50,120 –> 00:36:54,640
\nowed him 10,000 talents. 10,000
\ntalents. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:36:56,520 –> 00:36:58,440
\nI don’t know what what what do
\nyou think a talent is? <\/p>\n
594
\n00:36:58,600 –> 00:37:06,080
\nGold coin, piece of silver.
\nA talent is 66 kilograms of <\/p>\n
595
\n00:37:06,080 –> 00:37:08,720
\nsomething.
\nAll right, that’s that’s getting<\/p>\n
596
\n00:37:08,720 –> 00:37:13,680
\non for a an adult’s body weight
\n66 kilograms. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:37:14,280 –> 00:37:18,640
\nIf you if you worked as a hired
\nservant and earned a penny a day<\/p>\n
598
\n00:37:19,000 –> 00:37:22,120
\nand worked every day for 20
\nyears, you would have <\/p>\n
599
\n00:37:22,120 –> 00:37:27,600
\naccumulated one talent. 20
\nyears. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:37:28,200 –> 00:37:31,160
\nYou’d have to work for 200,000
\nyears. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:37:31,560 –> 00:37:36,200
\nOK to to earn 10,000 talents, a
\nhuge, huge thing. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:37:36,320 –> 00:37:39,120
\nDo you remember Hayman who
\nwanted to kill the Jews? <\/p>\n
603
\n00:37:39,120 –> 00:37:43,680
\nHe promised that he would pay
\nthe king 10,000 talents if he <\/p>\n
604
\n00:37:43,680 –> 00:37:47,760
\nlet him kill all the Jews.
\nHe hadn’t got 10,000 talents. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:37:47,760 –> 00:37:51,680
\nThat was his assessment of all
\nthe wealth of all the Jews in <\/p>\n
606
\n00:37:51,680 –> 00:37:54,760
\nall the empire that he would
\ngather together. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:37:54,960 –> 00:37:57,440
\nHe might have gathered a bit
\nmore and kept some for himself, <\/p>\n
608
\n00:37:57,440 –> 00:37:59,680
\nbut he was promising the king
\n10,000 talents. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:37:59,680 –> 00:38:04,480
\nThis is a huge sum.
\nAnd notice what the man does. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:38:04,800 –> 00:38:11,360
\nSo the king is cross, the king
\nwho calls him verse 25. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:38:11,560 –> 00:38:15,320
\nBut for as much as he had not to
\npay, his Lord commanded him to <\/p>\n
612
\n00:38:15,320 –> 00:38:19,440
\nbe sold his wife, his children
\nand all that he had and payment <\/p>\n
613
\n00:38:19,440 –> 00:38:22,680
\nto be made.
\nNotice that if these talents are<\/p>\n
614
\n00:38:22,760 –> 00:38:25,720
\nthis debt is a is a sin or a
\ntransgression. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:38:26,080 –> 00:38:29,400
\nNotice that your sins and your
\nactions affect others. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:38:29,400 –> 00:38:33,320
\nDon’t ever think that no one is
\naffected by the sins that we <\/p>\n
617
\n00:38:33,320 –> 00:38:36,080
\ncommit here.
\nHis wife and his children are <\/p>\n
618
\n00:38:36,080 –> 00:38:41,960
\ngoing to be affected by his
\nbehaviour and the servant. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:41,960 –> 00:38:43,840
\nWe’ve seen this response
\nelsewhere, haven’t. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:38:43,840 –> 00:38:46,880
\nThe servant therefore fell down
\nand worshipped him, saying Lord,<\/p>\n
621
\n00:38:46,880 –> 00:38:50,720
\nhave patience with me and I will
\nrepay the all. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:38:52,000 –> 00:38:53,720
\nCome on, how are you going to do
\nthat? <\/p>\n
623
\n00:38:53,920 –> 00:38:57,000
\nHere is the servant saying just
\ngive me time and I’ll pay it <\/p>\n
624
\n00:38:57,000 –> 00:39:00,800
\nback, which is nonsense.
\nThere’s no way he’s going to pay<\/p>\n
625
\n00:39:00,800 –> 00:39:02,720
\nit back.
\nBut that’s the attitude isn’t <\/p>\n
626
\n00:39:02,720 –> 00:39:04,880
\nit?
\nI’ll work, I’ll pay, I’ll I’ll <\/p>\n
627
\n00:39:04,880 –> 00:39:08,040
\nsurf until the debt is cleared.
\nJust give me time. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:39:09,280 –> 00:39:11,640
\nYou can’t do that and the Lord
\nknows that. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:39:11,640 –> 00:39:13,840
\nSo the Lord just doesn’t give
\nhim time. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:39:14,440 –> 00:39:20,000
\nHe removes the debt and then of
\ncourse the, the, the this <\/p>\n
631
\n00:39:20,040 –> 00:39:25,280
\nindividual who is now freed from
\nthis huge debt on the scale of a<\/p>\n
632
\n00:39:25,280 –> 00:39:30,880
\nnational debt, he goes and finds
\nthe fellow who owed him less. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:39:30,880 –> 00:39:34,440
\nVerse 28, The same servant went
\nout and found one of his fellow <\/p>\n
634
\n00:39:34,440 –> 00:39:38,640
\nservants which owed him 100
\npence and he laid hands on him <\/p>\n
635
\n00:39:38,640 –> 00:39:42,000
\nand took him by the throat
\nsaying pay me what thou owest. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:39:42,200 –> 00:39:45,200
\nHe only owed 100 pence.
\nGive him three months, he could <\/p>\n
637
\n00:39:45,200 –> 00:39:50,880
\npay that, not 200,000 years,
\nthree months, he could repay <\/p>\n
638
\n00:39:50,880 –> 00:39:53,840
\nthat and he’s not going to give
\nhim any time at all. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:39:53,840 –> 00:39:57,880
\nHe would not but went and cast
\nhim into prison till he should <\/p>\n
640
\n00:39:57,880 –> 00:40:01,800
\npay the debt.
\nSo he’s not forgiving. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:40:03,200 –> 00:40:06,160
\nSo, so as a consequence, the
\ndebt is reinstated, the 10,000 <\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:06,160 –> 00:40:10,120
\ntalents is reinstated and he is
\nthrown into prison until the <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:10,120 –> 00:40:14,040
\ndebt be paid.
\nAnd, and, and again, this is <\/p>\n
644
\n00:40:14,040 –> 00:40:16,840
\nsupposed to be a parable about
\nus learning how to forgive. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:40:16,840 –> 00:40:21,840
\nAnd we’re puzzled by it because
\n1 is not forgiving. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:40:21,840 –> 00:40:25,040
\nSo his debt is not forgiven,
\nit’s reinstated. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:40:25,040 –> 00:40:27,760
\nBut we’re confused because God
\ndoesn’t forgive and then <\/p>\n
648
\n00:40:27,760 –> 00:40:31,160
\nreinstate debts, does he?
\nPsalm 103 tells us that, you <\/p>\n
649
\n00:40:31,160 –> 00:40:32,920
\nknow, he doesn’t say I’ve
\nforgiven you, but I’m going to <\/p>\n
650
\n00:40:32,920 –> 00:40:35,800
\njust keep it in reserve in case
\nI need to bring it out and <\/p>\n
651
\n00:40:35,800 –> 00:40:38,560
\npresent it on Judgement Day.
\nGod doesn’t do that. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:40:38,560 –> 00:40:40,280
\nHe blots the sins out.
\nThey’re gone. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:40:40,280 –> 00:40:42,520
\nThey’re forgotten.
\nSo, so, so. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:40:42,560 –> 00:40:45,760
\nI’m puzzled by this.
\nIt seems to suggest that the <\/p>\n
655
\n00:40:45,760 –> 00:40:49,280
\ndebt wasn’t forgiven because he
\nwouldn’t forgive, which is in <\/p>\n
656
\n00:40:49,280 –> 00:40:53,160
\nline with the Lord’s Prayer
\nuntil you realize the truth of <\/p>\n
657
\n00:40:53,160 –> 00:40:57,560
\nthe of the parable here.
\nYou see, the wonderful thing <\/p>\n
658
\n00:40:57,560 –> 00:41:03,120
\nabout forgiving others in order
\nthat we might be forgiven is <\/p>\n
659
\n00:41:03,120 –> 00:41:09,880
\nthat God has gone first, OK, God
\nhas gone first. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:41:09,880 –> 00:41:15,720
\nHe’s forgiven you, your debts.
\nAnd now what he’s doing, he’s <\/p>\n
661
\n00:41:15,720 –> 00:41:21,640
\ngiving you the opportunity to be
\nlike him and for you to forgive <\/p>\n
662
\n00:41:21,640 –> 00:41:24,840
\nothers their debts.
\nSo, so, so in all your flawed <\/p>\n
663
\n00:41:24,840 –> 00:41:29,840
\nperformance where you’re worried
\nabout your continued poor <\/p>\n
664
\n00:41:29,840 –> 00:41:33,200
\nbehaviour, just like disciples
\nin the time of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
665
\n00:41:33,200 –> 00:41:39,560
\nChrist, he’s saying forgiveness
\nis here, confess, try and walk <\/p>\n
666
\n00:41:39,560 –> 00:41:44,560
\nin the light.
\nI’ve forgiven you, yours, you go<\/p>\n
667
\n00:41:44,560 –> 00:41:49,440
\nout and forgive others.
\nYou be like me and show my <\/p>\n
668
\n00:41:49,440 –> 00:41:51,880
\ncharacter.
\nAnd this is confirmed. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:41:52,040 –> 00:41:54,600
\nJust look at this little verse
\nin Ephesians 4, would you? <\/p>\n
670
\n00:41:54,600 –> 00:42:00,080
\nThis is just confirmed for us in
\nEphesians 4 verse 32, which just<\/p>\n
671
\n00:42:00,080 –> 00:42:03,560
\nunderlines this principle for us
\nand it’s a very important 1, I <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:03,560 –> 00:42:19,560
\nthink Ephesians 4 verse 32, Paul
\nsays be ye kind one to another, <\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:20,040 –> 00:42:26,800
\ntender hearted, forgiving one
\nanother, even as God for <\/p>\n
674
\n00:42:26,800 –> 00:42:31,720
\nChrist’s sake has forgiven you.
\nThat’s the right way around, <\/p>\n
675
\n00:42:31,720 –> 00:42:35,760
\nisn’t it?
\nHe has forgiven us and because <\/p>\n
676
\n00:42:35,760 –> 00:42:38,920
\nwe have been forgiven, we will
\nforgive others. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:42:38,920 –> 00:42:41,920
\nNow that might not sound very
\nprofound for you, but that’s the<\/p>\n
678
\n00:42:41,920 –> 00:42:45,440
\nmost wonderful thing for me.
\nGod has gone 1st and has <\/p>\n
679
\n00:42:45,440 –> 00:42:49,960
\nforgiven our sins and is giving
\nus the opportunity to show the <\/p>\n
680
\n00:42:49,960 –> 00:42:53,840
\nsame character of God to other
\npeople. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:42:54,640 –> 00:42:56,720
\nNow we could pursue that a
\nlittle bit further and we could <\/p>\n
682
\n00:42:56,720 –> 00:43:01,480
\nsay, well, if God’s put
\nconditions on me for my <\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:01,480 –> 00:43:04,880
\nforgiveness, can I put
\nconditions on others for their <\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:04,880 –> 00:43:07,640
\nforgiveness?
\nCan I say I’ll forgive you? <\/p>\n
685
\n00:43:07,680 –> 00:43:13,120
\nBut you’ve got to do 123 first.
\nDon’t think so. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:13,760 –> 00:43:15,480
\nDon’t think so.
\nThat’s not the teaching of <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:15,720 –> 00:43:18,280
\nMatthew 18.
\nForgive. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:18,360 –> 00:43:22,560
\nEven if he’s done it 7 times or
\n70 * 7, you forgive. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:43:23,000 –> 00:43:25,960
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ when
\nhe was being executed said <\/p>\n
690
\n00:43:25,960 –> 00:43:28,480
\nFather forgive them for they
\nknow not what they do. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:28,480 –> 00:43:32,120
\nHe wasn’t laying any conditions
\non the Roman soldiers who were <\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:32,120 –> 00:43:35,840
\ncrucifying him at the time or
\nthe Jewish authorities who would<\/p>\n
693
\n00:43:35,840 –> 00:43:40,320
\narranged all this.
\nChrist forgave and we should do <\/p>\n
694
\n00:43:40,320 –> 00:43:44,080
\nthe same.
\nComing to Matthew chapter 25 <\/p>\n
695
\n00:43:44,080 –> 00:43:48,480
\nplease.
\nSo I want to draw our thoughts <\/p>\n
696
\n00:43:48,480 –> 00:43:54,840
\nto a close this week with one
\nlast life transforming saying of<\/p>\n
697
\n00:43:54,840 –> 00:43:58,240
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd it’s in the parable of the <\/p>\n
698
\n00:43:59,120 –> 00:44:04,520
\nwise and foolish virgins that we
\nget here in Matthew chapter 25. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:44:05,360 –> 00:44:08,720
\nWe know all about this parable.
\nWe know about the benefit of <\/p>\n
700
\n00:44:08,720 –> 00:44:13,960
\ntaking extra oil, someone who
\nspent time preparing their lamp <\/p>\n
701
\n00:44:14,040 –> 00:44:16,840
\nand being ready.
\nAnd then we get to the <\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:16,840 –> 00:44:21,520
\ndisappointment, don’t we, that
\neven though five were wise and <\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:21,520 –> 00:44:26,920
\nnot like the five foolish, it
\ntells us in verse 5 of Matthew <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:26,920 –> 00:44:30,520
\nchapter 5 that while the
\nbridegroom tarried, they all <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:30,720 –> 00:44:34,960
\nslumbered and slept.
\nEvery single one of them. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:35,400 –> 00:44:39,440
\nAnd can’t you just be ready for
\nthe bridegroom coming? <\/p>\n
707
\n00:44:39,440 –> 00:44:43,800
\nAnd they all slumbered and
\nslept. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:44:44,560 –> 00:44:48,720
\nHere’s another little picture of
\nflawed performance, even by the <\/p>\n
709
\n00:44:48,720 –> 00:44:53,560
\nwise virgins.
\nBert, verse 6. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:44:54,320 –> 00:44:59,640
\nAt midnight there was a cry
\nmade. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:45:00,520 –> 00:45:04,400
\nOK, at midnight the cry goes up.
\nWho makes the cry? <\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:04,400 –> 00:45:07,720
\nI.
\nI don’t know in this parable who<\/p>\n
713
\n00:45:07,720 –> 00:45:13,600
\nmakes the cry, but at midnight
\nI’ve got 10 sleeping virgins who<\/p>\n
714
\n00:45:13,600 –> 00:45:15,640
\nare not ready for the bridegroom
\ncoming. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:45:15,640 –> 00:45:18,880
\nBut someone’s awake and
\nsomeone’s watching and someone <\/p>\n
716
\n00:45:18,880 –> 00:45:21,240
\nmakes the cry that the
\nbridegroom’s here. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:21,520 –> 00:45:26,000
\nIsn’t that interesting?
\nSomeone is watching and it’s not<\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:26,000 –> 00:45:29,800
\none of these virgins.
\nWell, if you just turn over to <\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:29,800 –> 00:45:36,600
\nchapter 26, brothers and
\nsisters, you’ll see who was <\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:36,600 –> 00:45:42,040
\ndoing the watching while
\neverybody was asleep, and it’s <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:42,040 –> 00:45:44,920
\nnone of them.
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ himself. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:45:45,680 –> 00:45:50,720
\nAt verse 36, he goes into the
\ngarden, and he takes with him, <\/p>\n
723
\n00:45:50,720 –> 00:45:55,240
\nverse 37, Peter and James and
\nJohn, the two sons of Zebedee. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:45:55,240 –> 00:45:59,080
\nAnd he began to be sorrowful and
\nvery heavy, and said unto them, <\/p>\n
725
\n00:45:59,520 –> 00:46:02,440
\nMy soul is exceeding sorrowful
\neven unto death. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:46:02,440 –> 00:46:07,320
\nTarry ye here and watch with me.
\nI want you to watch saves Jesus.<\/p>\n
727
\n00:46:07,320 –> 00:46:10,640
\nAnd he went a little further
\nforward and fell on his face and<\/p>\n
728
\n00:46:10,640 –> 00:46:14,160
\nprayed.
\nAnd then verse 40, He comes onto<\/p>\n
729
\n00:46:14,160 –> 00:46:16,840
\nhis disciples and finding finds
\nthem asleep. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:17,480 –> 00:46:19,720
\nWhat could you not watch with me
\none hour? <\/p>\n
731
\n00:46:20,320 –> 00:46:24,040
\nWhy did the Lord Jesus Christ,
\nwhen he went forward and prayed <\/p>\n
732
\n00:46:24,040 –> 00:46:27,240
\nprivately and left the three
\nbehind, why do you think he came<\/p>\n
733
\n00:46:27,240 –> 00:46:31,000
\nback?
\nWhat was it just to catch them <\/p>\n
734
\n00:46:31,000 –> 00:46:32,560
\nout?
\nDid he know they’d be asleep and<\/p>\n
735
\n00:46:32,560 –> 00:46:36,480
\nhe was coming to catch them out?
\nOr was he coming back to <\/p>\n
736
\n00:46:36,520 –> 00:46:39,800
\nencourage them to watch and not
\nsleep? <\/p>\n
737
\n00:46:40,480 –> 00:46:42,600
\nBecause who knows what danger is
\ncoming? <\/p>\n
738
\n00:46:42,600 –> 00:46:45,600
\nHe’s on the lookout.
\nHe’s about to be crucified, and <\/p>\n
739
\n00:46:45,600 –> 00:46:49,400
\nhe cares for his disciples and
\ngoes back to ask them if they’re<\/p>\n
740
\n00:46:49,400 –> 00:46:53,680
\nup and watching and praying.
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ is the one<\/p>\n
741
\n00:46:53,680 –> 00:46:57,640
\nwho’s doing the watching.
\nAnd then he goes off and prays <\/p>\n
742
\n00:46:57,640 –> 00:47:03,040
\nagain a little further.
\nAnd when he returns verse 43 the<\/p>\n
743
\n00:47:03,040 –> 00:47:05,920
\nsecond time, he finds them
\nasleep because their eyes were <\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:05,920 –> 00:47:12,000
\nheavy and bless him, he left
\nthem and went away. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:12,000 –> 00:47:17,000
\nAnd eventually he returns and
\nsay sleep on now and take your <\/p>\n
746
\n00:47:17,000 –> 00:47:21,040
\nrest because he’s doing the
\nwatching. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:47:22,240 –> 00:47:27,720
\nSo, so in a time of flawed
\nperformance, the Lord is always <\/p>\n
748
\n00:47:27,720 –> 00:47:30,760
\nready to forgive.
\nHe’s showing us how to forgive. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:47:31,200 –> 00:47:34,200
\nAnd He cares and watches over
\nHis flock. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:47:34,240 –> 00:47:37,720
\nEven at this time of greatest
\ntrial and tribulation. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:47:38,120 –> 00:47:40,280
\nHe was watching over their
\nflock. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:47:41,080 –> 00:47:46,040
\nWhich leads me to my final
\nsaying of the week and my last <\/p>\n
753
\n00:47:46,040 –> 00:47:49,600
\nslide of the week.
\nAnd it’s these words of the Lord<\/p>\n
754
\n00:47:49,640 –> 00:47:52,800
\nJesus Christ.
\nBehold, I stand at the door and <\/p>\n
755
\n00:47:53,160 –> 00:47:55,360
\nknock.
\nNow what? <\/p>\n
756
\n00:47:55,360 –> 00:47:58,600
\nWhat does that mean to you?
\nWhat does that mean to you? <\/p>\n
757
\n00:47:58,600 –> 00:48:03,160
\nNormally it means to us that the
\nLord Jesus Christ is about to <\/p>\n
758
\n00:48:03,160 –> 00:48:05,760
\nreturn.
\nHis return is imminent. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:05,760 –> 00:48:09,200
\nHe is at the door.
\nHe is knocking at the door. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:09,440 –> 00:48:12,680
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ is about
\nto return in his Kingdom. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:13,000 –> 00:48:18,320
\nAnd the encouragement seems to
\nbe, Are you ready for the Lord <\/p>\n
762
\n00:48:18,320 –> 00:48:20,480
\nJesus?
\nAre you prepared for him? <\/p>\n
763
\n00:48:20,520 –> 00:48:24,800
\nAre you awake and watching or
\nhave you fallen into sleep? <\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:25,040 –> 00:48:29,000
\nI’d like to suggest just look at
\nRevelation 320 would you haven’t<\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:29,000 –> 00:48:31,160
\nalready done so.
\nWe’re going to read this and I’m<\/p>\n
766
\n00:48:31,160 –> 00:48:35,120
\ngoing to sit down.
\nJesus says, behold, I stand at <\/p>\n
767
\n00:48:35,120 –> 00:48:43,120
\nthe door and knock.
\nIf any man will hear my voice <\/p>\n
768
\n00:48:43,160 –> 00:48:48,640
\nand open the door, I will come
\ninto him and will Sup with him <\/p>\n
769
\n00:48:48,640 –> 00:48:51,000
\nand he with me.
\nYou see here is the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
770
\n00:48:51,000 –> 00:48:53,520
\nChrist.
\nHe’s standing at the door and he<\/p>\n
771
\n00:48:53,520 –> 00:48:57,960
\nis knocking.
\nAnd that means, brothers, <\/p>\n
772
\n00:48:57,960 –> 00:49:03,200
\nsisters, young people, the very
\nnext action has to be yours. <\/p>\n
773
\n00:49:04,320 –> 00:49:08,160
\nIt doesn’t say I’m standing at
\nthe door, I’m knocking and if <\/p>\n
774
\n00:49:08,160 –> 00:49:11,480
\nyou don’t answer, I’m going to
\nbarge it open and force myself <\/p>\n
775
\n00:49:11,480 –> 00:49:13,880
\nin.
\nDoesn’t say that. <\/p>\n
776
\n00:49:14,160 –> 00:49:16,240
\nIt says I’m standing at your
\ndoor. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:49:16,240 –> 00:49:21,760
\nI am knocking at your door.
\nI want to come in to your life <\/p>\n
778
\n00:49:23,760 –> 00:49:27,640
\nand you will be blessed if you
\nwill open that door. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:49:28,560 –> 00:49:33,600
\nAnd now, sadly, some of us might
\nleave it closed, but our lives <\/p>\n
780
\n00:49:33,600 –> 00:49:37,400
\nwill be transformed if we will
\nlisten to the words of the Lord <\/p>\n
781
\n00:49:37,400 –> 00:49:42,360
\nJesus Christ and we will open
\nthe door and let him into our <\/p>\n
782
\n00:49:42,360 –> 00:49:47,880
\nlives and become his disciples.
\nThank you very much for your <\/p>\n
783
\n00:49:47,880 –> 00:49:51,400
\npatient attendance and attention
\nthrough the week. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:49:51,400 –> 00:49:53,040
\nIt’s been a delight to speak
\nhere. <\/p>\n
785
\n00:49:53,040 –> 00:49:56,320
\nI’ve loved every minute of it.
\nAnd thank you for your good <\/p>\n
786
\n00:49:56,320 –> 00:49:57,320
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