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\nSo we’re talking we’re talking
\nabout the, the vision of the <\/p>\n
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\nKingdom, not quite the vision of
\nthe Kingdom that you might be <\/p>\n
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\nenvisaging actually, but but
\nwhen you start to think about <\/p>\n
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\nthe, the coming Kingdom, I
\nwonder what you think of it. <\/p>\n
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\nIf if I was to share with you my
\npersonal anticipations of what <\/p>\n
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\nthe Kingdom will be like, it
\nmight be very different to <\/p>\n
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\nyours.
\nYou will have your own ideas and<\/p>\n
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\nyour own views there.
\nThere are two or three things <\/p>\n
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\nthat that that that I I look
\nforward to which which you may <\/p>\n
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\nbe able to relate to what 1 is
\nthat when Christ reigns and his <\/p>\n
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\ngovernment is in Jerusalem.
\nI rather think that unarguable <\/p>\n
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\nevidence of God at work in the
\nworld will make it easier to <\/p>\n
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\nspeak to people about salvation
\nin Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I rather think our preaching
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\npowerful that that’s an idea
\nI’ve got. <\/p>\n
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\nWhether it’s right or not, I
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\nMaybe men and women will still
\nbe in denial even though Christ <\/p>\n
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\nis back.
\nI, I, I also have a view, having<\/p>\n
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\nbeen privileged to see the, the,
\nthe desolate Judean desert. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve stayed in a kibbutz in the
\nJudean Desert, and it’s a pocket<\/p>\n
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\nof green and lush vegetation in
\nthe middle of a desert. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you think if there’s only
\nsome water flowing through here,<\/p>\n
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\nthis would be a wonderful place.
\nAnd what do you know, in the <\/p>\n
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\nKingdom, living waters are going
\nto flow out of Jerusalem and <\/p>\n
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\nwater that desert and it will be
\ntransformed. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that that’s a vision.
\nI’ve got one last little thing, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich might be a small little
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\nWherever we go today, we see
\ndecay, we see pollution, we see <\/p>\n
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\nman having touched the landscape
\nand scarred it and polluted it <\/p>\n
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\nand damaged it.
\nWell, in the Kingdom, that’s all<\/p>\n
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\ngoing to be cleaned up.
\nI’d quite like to be part of the<\/p>\n
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\ncleaning up process.
\nThat’s one of my little wishes, <\/p>\n
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\nas it were.
\nI’d love to see a clean ocean <\/p>\n
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\nagain and a clean environment.
\nMaybe you’ve got your own view <\/p>\n
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\nof what the Kingdom will be
\nlike, but we’re not just trying <\/p>\n
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\nto visualize the Kingdom.
\nI want you to examine for a <\/p>\n
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\nmoment or two what you think
\nabout the return of the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nJesus.
\nWe need Jesus to return before <\/p>\n
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\nwe can start on our Kingdom
\nexperience. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd and I wonder what you what
\nyou think about the return of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord Jesus.
\nAnd just as we were thinking <\/p>\n
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\nyesterday about our breaking of
\nbread, some of you will turn up <\/p>\n
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\nat the breaking of bread with
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\nYou’ll turn up and suddenly it’s
\nbread and wine and you haven’t <\/p>\n
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\nreally focused.
\nWell, I wonder what you think <\/p>\n
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\nabout the Kingdom, the return of
\nthe Lord Jesus that that the <\/p>\n
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\nreality is some of you will will
\njust be too busy. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, you, you get up in the
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\nyou’ve got a schedule to keep
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\nwhen you need to be there by a
\ncertain time when you’re in a <\/p>\n
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\nmad rush and you’re busy all day
\nlong and you come back home and <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re exhausted.
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\nit’s school or work or whatever
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\nAnd finding time to think about
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\ndifficult sometimes.
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\nthat a good portion in this room
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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ very much.
\nThere’s a good probability <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s the case.
\nNow, if that’s you, maybe we can<\/p>\n
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\ndo something about that.
\nMaybe this week will help you <\/p>\n
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\nand encourage you to think more
\nabout the coming of our King. <\/p>\n
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\nBut maybe some of you are
\nanxious about it. <\/p>\n
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\nSometimes you hear brothers and
\nsisters talk about what if Jesus<\/p>\n
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\ncomes and I’m not ready?
\nWhat what, what if Christ <\/p>\n
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\nreturns and and I miss it.
\nYou know, you sometimes get this<\/p>\n
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\nmessage about missing the call.
\nCome back with me to Matthew <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 24.
\nWould you please? <\/p>\n
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\nYou know the kind of verses that
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\nexample, We’re talking about
\nNoah and the sudden flood coming<\/p>\n
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\nand people not knowing until the
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\nVerse 39 took them all away.
\nSo shall also the coming of the <\/p>\n
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\nSon of Man B And then we read
\nverses about two in the field, 1<\/p>\n
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\ntaken, the other left, two women
\ngrinding at the mill, one taken,<\/p>\n
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\nthe other left.
\nWatch therefore, for you know, <\/p>\n
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\nnot on what hour your Lord does
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\nKind of fills us with dread a
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\nWhat what if I’m left behind?
\nWhat if I’m one of those who <\/p>\n
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\nmisses out here and Jesus comes
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\nI don’t think it’s like that. <\/p>\n
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\nI, I don’t think it’s like that
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\nBrothers, sisters, young people,
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\nfor one moment about missing the
\nreturn of the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n
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\nI promise you that.
\nI promise you that. <\/p>\n
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\nprepare and be ready, but the
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\nreturn.
\nI didn’t know Fancy. <\/p>\n
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\nIs he here?
\nAnd did I miss it? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not going to be like that.
\nHow do I know that? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, I know that because of
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\nLook at verse 29.
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\nthose days shall the sun be
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\nThe moon shall not give her
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\nheaven, the powers of the
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\nAnd then shall appear the sign
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\nVerse 31.
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\nHis elect from the four winds,
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\nYou will be gathered.
\nEven if you’re sleeping, even if<\/p>\n
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\nyou’re one of those virgins who
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\nextra oil in your lamp, you will
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\nYou will be gathered because we
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\nwill go to meet with Him.
\nSo, so you will not miss the <\/p>\n
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\ncall, I promise you that.
\nSo don’t worry about that. <\/p>\n
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\nBut that might, that might lead
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\nsisters, which is I’m very
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\nYou know, the idea of having to
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\nexplain myself to him, having to
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\nbehaviours, the things I’ve done
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\ndone but haven’t.
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\nhonours and therefore the
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\nOh yes, please give me the
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\nBut this bit in between this
\njudgement that looms large and <\/p>\n
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\nit’s a difficulty.
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\nI’d like to show you this
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\nthe vision of the Kingdom by a
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\nputting to one side those
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\nbecause the Lord Jesus died and
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\nSo that’s going to lead us to <\/p>\n
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\nthree more of our life changing
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\nthis evening.
\nOur reading was in Mark chapter <\/p>\n
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\n10, and I wonder if you’d come
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\nAny ideas in Mark chapter 10,
\nwhich verse was read there which<\/p>\n
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\nmight form one of our sayings
\nthis evening? <\/p>\n
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\nWhere’s a nice verse in Mark 10
\nfrom 17 to 31? <\/p>\n
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\nWho can find a nice phrase in
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\n2727, Thank you very much.
\nWho said that extra point? <\/p>\n
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\nWell done.
\nVerse 27. <\/p>\n
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\nThere it is.
\nLook at that. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat, what?
\nWhat an uplifting verse there. <\/p>\n
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\nWith men it is impossible, but
\nnot with God. <\/p>\n
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\nFor with God all things are
\npossible. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, with God all things are
\npossible. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s, that’s our starting
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\nThen this evening and, and on
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\nwords, I’ve put it on the screen
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\nYou read that and you reflect
\nthat and you say, hey, this, <\/p>\n
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\nthis is powerful stuff.
\nActually, all of a sudden with <\/p>\n
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\nGod everything is possible.
\nThere is nothing which is <\/p>\n
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\nimpossible.
\nAnd you can start to think for a<\/p>\n
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\nmoment about the wonders that
\nGod has done and performed for <\/p>\n
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\nhis people.
\nHe can flood the earth with <\/p>\n
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\nwater if if he chooses to do
\nthat, He could divide the waters<\/p>\n
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\nof the sea.
\nIf he wanted to do that, He <\/p>\n
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\ncould bring living waters out of
\na rock. <\/p>\n
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\nIf he wanted to do that, He
\ncould create wine from water. <\/p>\n
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\nIf he wanted, He could calm
\nstormy waters. <\/p>\n
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\nHe could allow men to walk on
\nwater. <\/p>\n
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\nGod can do anything.
\nHe can create an abundance of <\/p>\n
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\nplagues.
\nHe can create an abundance of <\/p>\n
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\nmanner.
\nHe can create an abundance of <\/p>\n
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\nfood from just a handful of
\nloaves and fish. <\/p>\n
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\nHe can defeat a multitude of
\narmies with just a handful of <\/p>\n
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\nfaithful men, if that’s what he
\nchooses to do. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when you start putting those
\nphrases together, you think, <\/p>\n
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\nyeah, God can do the impossible.
\nIt’s a wonderful thing, isn’t <\/p>\n
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\nit, That power, young people, is
\nstill evidence today. <\/p>\n
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\nWe might not see God’s acts in
\nquite that particular way, but <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s still at work.
\nWe see him working in his <\/p>\n
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\ncreation.
\nWe see his angels working among <\/p>\n
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\nthe nations that you might have
\nexperienced or at least <\/p>\n
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\nwitnessed some great act of God
\nin your life because he works <\/p>\n
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\namong the lives of those who
\nwould be the heirs of salvation.<\/p>\n
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\nSo so just putting it on the
\nscreen like that, it’s a really <\/p>\n
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\nheartening thing and it’s a
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\nBut but we shouldn’t do that
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\nWe should not just cut them out
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\nWe, we should read the, the
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\nWe know he’s rich, we know he’s
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\nbut we have to piece together
\nall the three records of the <\/p>\n
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\nGospels to prove that to us.
\nBut but but just in being <\/p>\n
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\nintroduced to him with all those
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\ngreat advantage he’s got who who
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\nhere and he comes to the Lord
\nJesus and his question is what <\/p>\n
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\nshall I do that I may inherit
\neternal life on there in verse <\/p>\n
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\n17, which is which is a good
\nquestion, I suppose, because <\/p>\n
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\nyou and I sitting here, we all <\/p>\n
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\nought to be interested in the
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\nI do? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd and I was talking a little
\nbit yesterday about the correct <\/p>\n
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\nBut.
\nBut notice again, here’s another<\/p>\n
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\nepisode in the life of the Lord
\nJesus Christ where someone wants<\/p>\n
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\nWhat must I do to be saved? <\/p>\n
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\nYeah, this is about me.
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\nin, in my two studies so far
\nthat this is not about us. <\/p>\n
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\nit isn’t. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he comes and he’s coming with
\nthe slightly wrong motive, or at<\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ is <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to first of all, say, why
\ndo you call me good? <\/p>\n
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\nThere is none good but one.
\nThat’s God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then he lists the
\ncommandments. <\/p>\n
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\nNow.
\nNow it’s enlightening, I think, <\/p>\n
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\nto see the commandments that he
\nlists, because he skips 1 to 4 <\/p>\n
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\nand commandments one to four are
\nall about our relationship with <\/p>\n
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\nthat this man coming with the
\nright question, maybe, but he <\/p>\n
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\nrelationship with God. <\/p>\n
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\nChrist isn’t going to explore
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\nThis, this man doesn’t have a
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\nWhat’s the point of me asking
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\nwhich are all about behaviour
\nand treatment of fellows and <\/p>\n
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\nrelationships with one another.
\nExcept he doesn’t quite you. <\/p>\n
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\nYou will know this.
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\ncorrectly, does he?
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ doesn’t <\/p>\n
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\nget by Bible reading wrong, but
\nhe he says in verse 19 defraud <\/p>\n
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\nhe doesn’t say you shall not <\/p>\n
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\nHe misses that one out. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Lord Jesus Christ has
\nadjusted the commandments a <\/p>\n
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\nlittle to suit this particular
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\nhe can say, Oh yeah, I’ve done <\/p>\n
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\nI, I, I, I have kept that <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve certainly not defrauded.
\nNow, yes, I do honour my <\/p>\n
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\nfather’s, my tick, tick, tick,
\ntick, tick. <\/p>\n
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\nIs that what I need to do for
\nsalvation? <\/p>\n
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\nDoes that mean I’ll now be <\/p>\n
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\nInterestingly, if you read in <\/p>\n
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\nthe young man asked the <\/p>\n
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\nthese, but do I like something? <\/p>\n
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\nNow that’s a powerful question
\nactually, and that that’s where <\/p>\n
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\nDo I like something? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Lord Jesus is going to
\nsay, yes, you do. <\/p>\n
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\nBut at this point in the
\ndiscussion, Mark tells us verse <\/p>\n
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\n21, looking upon him, beholding
\nhim, Jesus loved him. <\/p>\n
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\nBut now intriguingly, you might
\nsay, well, Jesus loves <\/p>\n
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\neverybody.
\nActually, in the Gospel records,<\/p>\n
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\nthe named individuals that Jesus
\nloves are very few indeed. <\/p>\n
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\nI found six, including this rich
\nyoung ruler, only six people <\/p>\n
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\nnamed in the Gospels who Christ
\nloves. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he loves this young man.
\nAnd I think he loves them <\/p>\n
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\nbecause this young man is
\nwilling to say, do I lack <\/p>\n
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\nsomething?
\nWhat do I lack? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ is
\ngoing to say to him that you <\/p>\n
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\nneed to sell what you have, and
\nyou will have treasure in heaven<\/p>\n
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\nand come take up your cross and
\nfollow me. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 22 But he was very sad at
\nthat saying, and he went away <\/p>\n
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\ngrieved, for he had great
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\nAs far as I can see, this is the
\nonly person who goes away from <\/p>\n
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\nhe was caught up.
\nNow he had to do something which<\/p>\n
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\nSo, so this rich young ruler <\/p>\n
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\nIronically, Jesus is saying come<\/p>\n
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\nAnd this man walks away. <\/p>\n
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\nYou might just observe that <\/p>\n
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\nsitting at the side of the road.
\nThis man has got absolutely <\/p>\n
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\nnothing, not even his eyesight,
\nand he’s desperate to be healed <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’m in verse 50 now of this <\/p>\n
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\nBartimaeus castaway his garment <\/p>\n
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\nAs soon as Jesus calls him, he <\/p>\n
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\nThis man’s got nothing apart <\/p>\n
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\non one side and goes to find <\/p>\n
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\nleave it in case you can’t find <\/p>\n
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\nwhere it would be and you’d find<\/p>\n
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\nBut this man, he’s got nothing. <\/p>\n
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\ncaring about, because he’s going<\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jesus says, What wilt thou <\/p>\n
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\nthat thou should do unto thee?
\nAnd the blind man said unto him,<\/p>\n
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\nLord, the time I receive my
\nsight. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jesus said unto him, Go thy
\nway, thy faith has made thee <\/p>\n
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\nHe Jesus gives him the opposite <\/p>\n
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\ncome and follow me.
\nYou know he was a man who needed<\/p>\n
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\nto be with Jesus because his
\nfaith needed building up. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus says, well you can go, <\/p>\n
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\nAnd immediately received his <\/p>\n
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\nway Bartimaeus was was not <\/p>\n
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\nleaving at all.
\nEven though Jesus said you can <\/p>\n
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\nout. <\/p>\n
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\nLord Jesus and unfortunately <\/p>\n
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\ncontrast to the rich young ruler<\/p>\n
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\nbecause he could not comply with<\/p>\n
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\nThe disciples were absolutely <\/p>\n
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\nSo here now is a rich young <\/p>\n
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\nruler boy has he been blessed?
\nSo he must be very good That <\/p>\n
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\nmind worked. <\/p>\n
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\nWe look at people and say, wow, <\/p>\n
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\nThey must be blessed by God. <\/p>\n
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\nLook at all I’ve got.
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\nmuch.
\nAnd we make comparisons and it <\/p>\n
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\ndoesn’t work well, but they’re
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\nhow come this individual is is
\ngoing away? <\/p>\n
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\nWho then can be saved if this
\nindividual cannot be saved? <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to explain how hard it is
\nfor those that trust in riches <\/p>\n
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\nto enter into the Kingdom of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they were astonished because<\/p>\n
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\nsaved, what hope for the rest of<\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Lord Jesus answer is <\/p>\n
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\nnot with God. <\/p>\n
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\npossible. <\/p>\n
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\nspecific thing. <\/p>\n
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\nnot just talking about a a bunch<\/p>\n
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\nabout salvation. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, that’s the impossible
\nthing. <\/p>\n
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\nwhether you’re a blind <\/p>\n
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\neven without your eyesight, or <\/p>\n
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\nruler with everything going for <\/p>\n
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\nyou, you cannot save yourself.
\nThat’s the reality of it. <\/p>\n
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\nIt doesn’t matter standing there
\nsaying, what must I do? <\/p>\n
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\nYou cannot save yourself. <\/p>\n
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\nHe he wants to save.
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\npeople that this is this is a
\ntheme that runs throughout our <\/p>\n
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\nscriptures.
\nLet’s just go back to to <\/p>\n
338
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\nGenesis, Can we?
\nWe were here yesterday, Genesis <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:07,800 –> 00:21:09,520
\nchapter 18.
\nIf you would. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:13,040 –> 00:21:17,080
\nI, I, I always encourage you, if
\nyou come across a saying or a <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:17,080 –> 00:21:23,240
\nword or a phrase or an incident,
\ntry and find the first <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:23,240 –> 00:21:27,280
\noccurrence of it in your Bible
\nbecause that often sets the <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:27,280 –> 00:21:31,880
\nscene for how the Bible is going
\nto use this phrase or word or <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:31,880 –> 00:21:36,480
\nincident.
\nDid I say Genesis 14? <\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:36,760 –> 00:21:39,720
\nI was meaning to say Genesis 18.
\nSorry, I might have said that. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:41,240 –> 00:21:44,920
\nGenesis chapter 18.
\nWe were there yesterday, weren’t<\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:44,920 –> 00:21:48,400
\nwe?
\nSarah, the barren wife, too old <\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:48,400 –> 00:21:54,080
\nnow to give birth.
\nRomans 4 tells us that Abraham <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:54,080 –> 00:21:59,600
\nalso was dead, at least in terms
\nof raising children. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:00,320 –> 00:22:05,160
\nAnd the angels speak, and they
\nsay, tomorrow, this time next <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:05,160 –> 00:22:09,200
\nyear, your wife will bear a
\nchild. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:10,160 –> 00:22:14,040
\nThen of course Sarah laughed.
\nVerse 12 of Genesis 18. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:14,920 –> 00:22:18,760
\nTherefore Sarah laughed with
\nherself, saying, After I am <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:18,760 –> 00:22:22,080
\nwaxed old, shall I have
\npleasure, my Lord, being old <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:22,200 –> 00:22:25,520
\nalso?
\nAnd the angels challenge <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:26,040 –> 00:22:29,520
\nAbraham, saying, Why did Sarah
\nlaugh from verse 14? <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:29,520 –> 00:22:34,720
\nHere it is.
\nIs anything too hard for the <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:34,720 –> 00:22:37,400
\nLord?
\nSee, here’s the impossible <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:37,400 –> 00:22:39,800
\nthing.
\nHere is the impossible thing. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:39,800 –> 00:22:41,160
\nWell, it’s not impossible for
\nGod. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:42,160 –> 00:22:44,080
\nAnd the thing that’s happening
\nhere, of course, is the <\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:44,080 –> 00:22:48,360
\nprovision of the promised seed,
\nthe one through whom salvation <\/p>\n
363
\n00:22:48,360 –> 00:22:52,400
\nwould ultimately come, would
\ncome from this particular line. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:22:52,760 –> 00:22:57,200
\nAnd the impossible thing then is
\nthe provision of this great <\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:57,240 –> 00:23:00,920
\nchild of promise.
\nSo, so the first occurrence of <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:01,040 –> 00:23:05,880
\nthe hard thing, the impossible
\nthing is there and it speaks of <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:06,760 –> 00:23:10,560
\nthe promised child.
\nComing me to Luke chapter 1, <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:10,680 –> 00:23:13,560
\nwould you please?
\nBecause the same kind of idea <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:13,680 –> 00:23:17,360
\nappears in the beginning of our
\nNew Testaments. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:22,760 –> 00:23:25,800
\nHere we have, we have two
\nimpossible things happening, <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:25,800 –> 00:23:29,560
\ndon’t we?
\nWe have a virgin who is about to<\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:29,560 –> 00:23:32,560
\nconceive without the
\nintervention of a man. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:33,320 –> 00:23:37,440
\nGabriel’s coming and speaking to
\nMary and explaining all this to <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:37,440 –> 00:23:40,920
\nher.
\nAnd Mary asks in in Luke one, <\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:40,920 –> 00:23:45,480
\nverse 34, how will this be
\nseeing? <\/p>\n
376
\n00:23:45,560 –> 00:23:49,560
\nI know not a man.
\nIf you don’t let me know a man, <\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:49,560 –> 00:23:51,120
\nhow am I going to become
\npregnant? <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:51,120 –> 00:23:52,880
\nSeems to be the very logical
\nthing. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:52,880 –> 00:23:54,800
\nAnd it’s a very reasonable
\nquestion, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
380
\n00:23:55,240 –> 00:23:59,600
\nAnd the explanation comes from
\nGabriel, and there’s proof that <\/p>\n
381
\n00:23:59,600 –> 00:24:04,800
\nit’s going to work for Mary.
\nGabriel explains that Elizabeth <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:04,800 –> 00:24:10,240
\nverse 36, she hath also
\nconceived a son in her old age, <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:10,440 –> 00:24:13,280
\nand this is the 6th month with
\nher, who was called Baron. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:13,520 –> 00:24:17,360
\nFor with God nothing shall be
\nimpossible. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:18,360 –> 00:24:24,320
\nHere it is again the same idea,
\nand it’s the promise of the seed<\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:24,320 –> 00:24:28,560
\nwho would bring salvation.
\nSo the impossible thing that’s <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:28,560 –> 00:24:31,760
\ntalked about in Scripture isn’t
\njust moving mountains or <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:31,760 –> 00:24:35,440
\ncreating great miracles for men
\nto wonder at. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:35,840 –> 00:24:40,520
\nIt’s about man’s salvation.
\nAnd if I can just take you back <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:40,520 –> 00:24:45,800
\na couple of pages to mark
\nchapter 14, just observe this <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:45,800 –> 00:24:50,440
\nmoment of weakness in the life
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ, would <\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:50,440 –> 00:24:53,200
\nyou?
\nBecause here he is praying in <\/p>\n
393
\n00:24:53,200 –> 00:25:02,840
\nthe garden, and the pressure is
\non, and he prays earnestly that <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:02,840 –> 00:25:07,880
\nhe might not have to go through
\nwith the cross. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:09,040 –> 00:25:13,480
\nAnd verse 34 of Mark 14 Look,
\nlook at this, He saith unto <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:13,480 –> 00:25:16,280
\nthem, My soul is exceeding
\nsorrowful unto death. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:17,400 –> 00:25:20,360
\nTarry ye here, and watch.
\nAnd he went forward a little and<\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:20,360 –> 00:25:25,120
\nfell on the ground and prayed
\nthat if it were possible, the <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:25,200 –> 00:25:28,120
\nhour might pass from him.
\nAnd he said, ABBA, Father, all <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:28,120 –> 00:25:31,480
\nthings are possible unto thee.
\nTake away this cup from me. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:31,680 –> 00:25:36,720
\nAnd here is the Lord Jesus
\nChrist asking for the possible. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:38,760 –> 00:25:42,120
\nAnd the answer is we’re not here
\nto do the possible. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:44,120 –> 00:25:48,160
\nWe need God and his Son at this
\nmoment to do the impossible, the<\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:48,160 –> 00:25:51,920
\nthing that you and I can’t do.
\nSo little turn around there <\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:51,920 –> 00:25:54,240
\nisn’t it in the, in the Garden
\nof Gethsemane? <\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:54,240 –> 00:25:56,800
\nJesus is asking about the
\npossible. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:57,960 –> 00:26:00,280
\nWell, no, we’re here to do the
\nimpossible. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:00,280 –> 00:26:02,920
\nWe’re here to do the saving of
\nmankind. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:03,760 –> 00:26:07,680
\nThey can’t do it for themselves.
\nI, I need you, Son, to go <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:07,680 –> 00:26:09,920
\nthrough this because they can’t
\ndo it. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:12,400 –> 00:26:16,840
\nAnd the, the, the picture of the
\nAlmighty doing the impossible <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:16,840 –> 00:26:20,320
\nthing with his son is a
\nbeautiful theme right through <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:20,400 –> 00:26:23,320
\nour scriptures.
\nSo I I’m just trying to trying <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:23,320 –> 00:26:31,760
\nto show you that God is at work
\nfor us, for you and for me. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:32,160 –> 00:26:34,520
\nIt is not possible.
\nThere is nothing we can do. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:34,520 –> 00:26:38,640
\nYou can’t sit there and make a
\ncommitment to God which is going<\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:38,640 –> 00:26:44,040
\nto secure your salvation by
\ndoing things doesn’t work that <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:44,040 –> 00:26:45,760
\nway.
\nIt’s impossible. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:46,680 –> 00:26:51,360
\nBut with God and the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, it’s been secured. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:51,360 –> 00:26:54,040
\nNow how reassuring is that?
\nIf, if God and Christ are <\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:54,040 –> 00:26:58,520
\nwilling to secure that way of
\nsalvation for you and me, then <\/p>\n
422
\n00:26:59,800 –> 00:27:01,480
\nwe’re on to a winner here,
\naren’t we? <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:02,240 –> 00:27:05,840
\nAnd, and the route to salvation
\nis, is, is dead easy. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:05,960 –> 00:27:08,720
\nActually, you know, entrance
\ninto the Kingdom is not <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:08,720 –> 00:27:11,960
\ndifficult.
\nIt talks about repentance, it <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:11,960 –> 00:27:15,440
\ntalks about belief, it talks
\nabout baptism and it talks about<\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:15,440 –> 00:27:18,960
\nsome kind of effort to walk in
\nthe light, you know, not to be a<\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:18,960 –> 00:27:22,920
\nwayward individual.
\nGod and his, his Son know we <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:22,920 –> 00:27:25,400
\nwill fail.
\nBut, but those are the things <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:25,400 –> 00:27:29,720
\nthey’re looking for from us.
\nThe kingdom’s yours if we can do<\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:29,720 –> 00:27:38,360
\nthose things, which leads me to
\nmy next saying, which is the <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:38,360 –> 00:27:42,720
\nview of God Almighty in this
\nparticular relationship. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:43,280 –> 00:27:48,280
\nAnd it’s in Luke chapter 12 and
\na very heartening 1 to <\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:48,320 –> 00:27:52,080
\nunderline, isn’t it?
\nIt is your father’s good <\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:52,080 –> 00:27:54,720
\npleasure to give you the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:54,720 –> 00:27:58,160
\nLet’s just read the read the
\nverse in context, shall we? <\/p>\n
437
\n00:27:58,960 –> 00:28:02,680
\nIt’s in Luke chapter 12 and
\nverse 32. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:04,600 –> 00:28:10,440
\nFear not little flock, for it is
\nyour Father’s good pleasure to <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:10,440 –> 00:28:15,240
\ngive you the Kingdom.
\nAnd and I I just, I just take <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:15,240 –> 00:28:21,440
\nfrom that a desire of God for us
\nto be there. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:21,480 –> 00:28:25,720
\nHe, he, he wants us in the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:27,600 –> 00:28:32,520
\nYou might think that that God or
\nChrist or the judgement seat of <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:32,520 –> 00:28:36,680
\nGod and his son are the
\nobstacles to get over. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:36,720 –> 00:28:38,640
\nYou know, that’s the, that’s the
\nbig step. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:38,640 –> 00:28:42,000
\nIf I can just get to the other
\nside of that, then immortality <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:42,000 –> 00:28:45,440
\nand life eternal in the Kingdom
\nis going to be ours. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:45,440 –> 00:28:47,480
\nBut I’ve got to get over this
\njudgement. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:47,480 –> 00:28:52,680
\nWell, he is God saying through
\nhis son, it’s my pleasure, my <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:52,680 –> 00:28:56,040
\npleasure to give you the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:57,280 –> 00:28:59,760
\nAnd we see that.
\nWe see that in our Scriptures. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:59,760 –> 00:29:03,720
\nI often comment and observe the
\nthe root of Israel. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:04,680 –> 00:29:06,320
\nWe’re just with Moses, aren’t
\nwe? <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:06,320 –> 00:29:08,440
\nAnd the plagues and bringing out
\nthe people. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:08,440 –> 00:29:11,880
\nWell, you just you just play
\nthat forward a little bit. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:12,240 –> 00:29:15,560
\nGod does all those plagues.
\nIsrael come out of Egypt, <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:15,560 –> 00:29:17,760
\nthey’re baptized unto Moses in
\nthe Red Sea. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:17,760 –> 00:29:20,360
\nThey’re taken down to Sinai.
\nA covenant is made. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:20,560 –> 00:29:22,200
\nThey’re marched up to the
\npromised land. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:22,200 –> 00:29:27,120
\nThey stand on the border and God
\nsays in you go, where’s the <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:27,120 –> 00:29:28,920
\npromised land?
\nIt’s all yours. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:30,440 –> 00:29:33,080
\nHe, he did everything for them.
\nEven though they make a golden <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:33,080 –> 00:29:37,080
\ncalf at Sinai, He doesn’t say,
\nyou’re not going in. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:38,040 –> 00:29:39,680
\nI’ve changed my mind.
\nHe doesn’t do that. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:39,680 –> 00:29:42,240
\nHe he’s not a God who looks at
\nperformance. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:42,840 –> 00:29:45,320
\nHe’s a God who wants faith.
\nAnd he marches them to the <\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:45,320 –> 00:29:47,400
\npromised land and he says, in
\nyou go, it’s yours. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:47,640 –> 00:29:50,720
\nAnd all of a sudden they say,
\noh, not sure, Lord, didn’t we <\/p>\n
468
\n00:29:50,720 –> 00:29:53,880
\nought to send some spies in just
\nto make sure it’s OK. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:29:55,040 –> 00:29:58,680
\nAnd then when the spies come
\nback and the message is full of <\/p>\n
470
\n00:29:58,680 –> 00:30:01,760
\ngiants, well, we’d rather die in
\nthe wilderness. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:01,760 –> 00:30:03,800
\nThat’s the very words of Numbers
\n14. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:03,800 –> 00:30:05,760
\nWe’d rather die in the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:05,760 –> 00:30:07,880
\nOK.
\nIf that’s what you want, the <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:07,880 –> 00:30:12,640
\nonly thing God won’t do for you
\nis make salvation compulsory. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:13,560 –> 00:30:15,960
\nIronic, isn’t it?
\nIt’s it’s not compulsory. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:15,960 –> 00:30:18,160
\nYou have to choose it.
\nIt’s there, but you have to <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:18,160 –> 00:30:20,560
\nchoose it.
\nHe’s not going to force it on <\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:20,560 –> 00:30:23,360
\nanyone who doesn’t want it.
\nAnd they didn’t force it on the <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:23,360 –> 00:30:27,080
\nchildren of Israel.
\nThey chose a different way. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:28,160 –> 00:30:33,000
\nIt’s our Father’s good pleasure
\nto give us the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:33,000 –> 00:30:38,000
\nThis phrase, good pleasure, I
\nsuggest, is usually about <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:38,000 –> 00:30:40,280
\nsalvation.
\nDo you remember when the <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:40,280 –> 00:30:44,240
\nshepherds came?
\nAngel sang, Didn’t they? <\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:44,240 –> 00:30:47,920
\nOutside Bethlehem?
\nPeace on earth, goodwill toward <\/p>\n
485
\n00:30:47,920 –> 00:30:49,640
\nmen.
\nThis wasn’t just there’s going <\/p>\n
486
\n00:30:49,640 –> 00:30:51,600
\nto be a nice feeling in the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:30:51,600 –> 00:30:55,000
\nMen are going to be kind to one
\nanother, goodwill toward men. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:30:55,240 –> 00:30:58,880
\nIt’s God’s good pleasure to give
\nus the Kingdom and the sun has <\/p>\n
489
\n00:30:58,880 –> 00:31:01,280
\njust been born.
\nWho’s going to secure it? <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:02,040 –> 00:31:03,960
\nThat’s what the angels were
\nsinging about. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:03,960 –> 00:31:08,960
\nNot nice happy time at Christmas
\nThat that that wasn’t the <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:08,960 –> 00:31:12,720
\nmessage of the angels at all.
\nWhen we read of it. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:12,720 –> 00:31:17,680
\nYou don’t need to look at these
\nverses, but in Romans 10, Paul <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:17,680 –> 00:31:21,320
\ntalks about God’s good pleasure
\nto save Israel. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:21,880 –> 00:31:25,920
\nWhen he talks about it in
\nEphesians one, it’s for you and <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:25,920 –> 00:31:28,040
\nme.
\nIt’s His good pleasure to <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:28,040 –> 00:31:32,840
\nappoint us unto salvation.
\nSo, so, so the judgement seat, <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:33,200 –> 00:31:38,280
\nThe judgement seat which you
\nmight look on as a big obstacle,<\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:39,240 –> 00:31:43,480
\nisn’t that at all.
\nGod is on our side. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:31:43,480 –> 00:31:48,640
\nHe wants nothing more than us to
\nbe in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:31:49,800 –> 00:31:52,320
\nIsn’t that wonderful?
\nHe’s not putting barriers in our<\/p>\n
502
\n00:31:52,320 –> 00:31:53,960
\nway.
\nBut you might. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:31:54,720 –> 00:31:58,160
\nBut he is not because he wants
\nus to be there. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:00,280 –> 00:32:04,320
\nThis isn’t one of my sayings,
\nbut this is a well known phrase.<\/p>\n
505
\n00:32:06,440 –> 00:32:12,080
\nHow does that conclude?
\nWhere there is no vision, the <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:12,080 –> 00:32:14,360
\npeople perish.
\nVery good. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:15,200 –> 00:32:19,400
\nHow does that conclude?
\nOh, no idea, Andrew. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:19,400 –> 00:32:21,560
\nIs there more to it than that?
\nNo idea. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:21,880 –> 00:32:26,280
\nYes, there is more to it.
\nWhere there is no vision, the <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:26,280 –> 00:32:33,120
\npeople perish.
\nHe that keepeth the law happy is<\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:33,320 –> 00:32:35,320
\nhe.
\nIf you’ve not come across that <\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:35,320 –> 00:32:39,720
\nverse, it’s in Proverbs and and
\nwell worth making a note of it. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:32:40,120 –> 00:32:43,440
\nAnd I, and I put that up there,
\nbrothers, sisters, young people,<\/p>\n
514
\n00:32:43,440 –> 00:32:47,600
\nbecause the vision of the
\nKingdom is going to help you <\/p>\n
515
\n00:32:47,800 –> 00:32:51,920
\nkeep strong, OK?
\nIt’s going to help you move <\/p>\n
516
\n00:32:51,920 –> 00:32:58,160
\nforward in your discipleship.
\nNow, if you haven’t got Proverbs<\/p>\n
517
\n00:32:58,160 –> 00:33:01,480
\n2918 underlined in your Bible,
\nyou will need to do that. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:33:01,480 –> 00:33:05,000
\nYou’ll need to do that at some
\npoint, but I want to, I want to <\/p>\n
519
\n00:33:05,000 –> 00:33:10,720
\njust take you back to One
\nSamuel, chapter 3, please. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:10,720 –> 00:33:14,600
\nI’ve got a couple of references
\nI want to share with you. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:33:19,880 –> 00:33:24,840
\nWhere there is no vision, the
\npeople perish. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:25,960 –> 00:33:30,560
\nSo the vision is important to
\nkeep us sustained, keep our <\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:30,560 –> 00:33:37,240
\nstamina up, help us endure.
\nThe idea of perish means that <\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:37,240 –> 00:33:40,280
\nthere’s no hope.
\nOK, so where there is no vision,<\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:40,280 –> 00:33:42,520
\nthere’s no hope.
\nWe might as well give up. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:43,080 –> 00:33:45,440
\nBut the revised version talks
\nabout where there is no <\/p>\n
527
\n00:33:45,440 –> 00:33:47,960
\nrestraint.
\nSo where there is no vision, <\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:48,120 –> 00:33:53,920
\nthere’s no restraint, which is
\nan odd idea actually, when you <\/p>\n
529
\n00:33:53,920 –> 00:33:56,560
\nthink about it.
\nBut the Kingdom, the vision of <\/p>\n
530
\n00:33:56,560 –> 00:33:58,920
\nthe Kingdom will help control
\nyou. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:33:59,360 –> 00:34:04,280
\nThat’s what the verse is saying.
\nSo you won’t just behave in any <\/p>\n
532
\n00:34:04,280 –> 00:34:06,840
\nold way.
\nYou will try and be a restrained<\/p>\n
533
\n00:34:06,840 –> 00:34:09,679
\nindividual who will walk in the
\nways of God. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:34:10,920 –> 00:34:14,880
\nAnd he that keepeth the law,
\nhappy is he. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:34:14,880 –> 00:34:18,320
\nYou see, if you’ve got a vision,
\nyou’ve got an obligation to keep<\/p>\n
536
\n00:34:18,360 –> 00:34:20,480
\nthe law.
\nI’ll take you to One Samuel <\/p>\n
537
\n00:34:20,480 –> 00:34:27,840
\nchapter 3 because here, look
\nwhat’s happened to the vision, <\/p>\n
538
\n00:34:28,639 –> 00:34:33,120
\nverse one of one Samuel 3.
\nThe child Samuel ministered unto<\/p>\n
539
\n00:34:33,120 –> 00:34:36,120
\nthe Lord before Eli.
\nThe word of the Lord was <\/p>\n
540
\n00:34:36,120 –> 00:34:39,880
\nprecious in those days.
\nThere was no open vision. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:39,880 –> 00:34:44,440
\nThey’ve lost the vision.
\nAnd what is it they’ve lost? <\/p>\n
542
\n00:34:44,440 –> 00:34:46,760
\nActually, they’ve lost the Word
\nof God. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:34:48,560 –> 00:34:54,280
\nSo to reinvigorate your vision
\nof the Kingdom, can I suggest <\/p>\n
544
\n00:34:54,280 –> 00:34:58,160
\nyou open your Bibles?
\nStart to read of it. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:34:58,160 –> 00:35:01,000
\nStart to read of the signs that
\nprecede it. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:35:01,000 –> 00:35:04,520
\nStart to read of the prophecies
\nwhich explain those signs. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:35:05,080 –> 00:35:08,000
\nStart to read those chapters
\nwhich talk about what the <\/p>\n
548
\n00:35:08,000 –> 00:35:10,960
\nKingdom will be like.
\nStart to read about the men and <\/p>\n
549
\n00:35:10,960 –> 00:35:13,960
\nwomen in all the pages of
\nScripture who will be in that <\/p>\n
550
\n00:35:13,960 –> 00:35:18,640
\nKingdom.
\nReinvigorate your vision of the <\/p>\n
551
\n00:35:18,640 –> 00:35:22,600
\nKingdom.
\nPsalm 74 just take you here, <\/p>\n
552
\n00:35:22,600 –> 00:35:27,160
\njust just in passing, if I may.
\nPsalm 74, just to show you what <\/p>\n
553
\n00:35:27,160 –> 00:35:30,120
\nwas happening to people without
\na vision. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:35:33,880 –> 00:35:37,880
\nPsalm 74 takes place at the time
\nof Jeremiah. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:35:38,480 –> 00:35:42,320
\nBabylonians are coming.
\nThey’re invading the land, <\/p>\n
556
\n00:35:42,760 –> 00:35:46,160
\nthey’re encamped against
\nJerusalem, they break into <\/p>\n
557
\n00:35:46,160 –> 00:35:54,400
\nJerusalem, they they burn the
\ntemple and the sanctuary is <\/p>\n
558
\n00:35:54,400 –> 00:35:58,560
\ndestroyed.
\nAnd we can pick that up from the<\/p>\n
559
\n00:35:58,680 –> 00:36:05,840
\nearlier verses of Psalm 74.
\nFor example, verse 4 talks about<\/p>\n
560
\n00:36:05,840 –> 00:36:09,480
\nthe enemy’s roar in the midst of
\nthe congregations. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:36:09,480 –> 00:36:12,520
\nThey have set up their end signs
\nfor signs. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:36:12,520 –> 00:36:15,360
\nHere they are.
\nThey’ve infiltrated the Holy <\/p>\n
563
\n00:36:15,360 –> 00:36:18,600
\nMount.
\nVerse 7, they have cast fire <\/p>\n
564
\n00:36:18,600 –> 00:36:21,880
\ninto the sanctuary.
\nThey have defiled it by casting <\/p>\n
565
\n00:36:21,880 –> 00:36:24,640
\ndown the dwelling place of the
\nname to the ground. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:36:24,920 –> 00:36:28,680
\nThese invaders have destroyed
\nJerusalem and burnt the temple. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:36:29,000 –> 00:36:32,480
\nAnd verse 9, this is what the
\npeople say we see, not our <\/p>\n
568
\n00:36:32,480 –> 00:36:35,080
\nsigns.
\nThere is no more profit. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:36:35,480 –> 00:36:40,840
\nNeither is there among us any
\nthat knoweth how long you see. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:36:40,840 –> 00:36:45,400
\nThey’ve lost the vision here
\nbecause they’ve stopped reading <\/p>\n
571
\n00:36:45,400 –> 00:36:49,600
\nabout the signs, and they’ve
\nstopped listening to the <\/p>\n
572
\n00:36:49,600 –> 00:36:55,200
\nprophets who might explain them.
\nAnd there’s no one who knows how<\/p>\n
573
\n00:36:55,200 –> 00:36:59,480
\nlong it will be.
\nAnd we’re not to be like that. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:37:01,080 –> 00:37:05,760
\nSo to, to reinvigorate or
\nperhaps even just to invigorate <\/p>\n
575
\n00:37:05,760 –> 00:37:10,680
\nyour vision of the Kingdom, you
\nneed to open your Bible and you <\/p>\n
576
\n00:37:10,680 –> 00:37:13,840
\nneed to read and you need to
\nreflect. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:37:15,000 –> 00:37:19,120
\nSo those are my those are my
\nthoughts about keeping the <\/p>\n
578
\n00:37:19,120 –> 00:37:22,200
\nvision strong.
\nIt’s one last thing I want to <\/p>\n
579
\n00:37:22,200 –> 00:37:26,160
\nshow you, if I may, which is
\nfrom John chapter 8. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:37:27,040 –> 00:37:30,680
\nI’ve got a final saying that I
\nwant to share with you, please, <\/p>\n
581
\n00:37:30,680 –> 00:37:40,530
\nin John chapter 8.
\nJohn chapter 8 is a a long <\/p>\n
582
\n00:37:40,530 –> 00:37:46,170
\nchapter, but it begins with the
\nwoman taken in adultery. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:37:47,370 –> 00:37:51,050
\nAnd we sometimes puzzle a little
\nbit over this, don’t we? <\/p>\n
584
\n00:37:51,050 –> 00:37:54,770
\nI don’t quite know why we do.
\nThere’s no need to. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:37:54,810 –> 00:37:57,090
\nIt’s a very straightforward
\naccount. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:37:58,250 –> 00:38:01,370
\nYou’ll notice actually,
\ndepending on how your Bible is <\/p>\n
587
\n00:38:01,370 –> 00:38:07,080
\nset out, that the text actually
\nlinks the last verse of Chapter <\/p>\n
588
\n00:38:07,080 –> 00:38:09,920
\n7 with the beginning of chapter
\n8. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:38:09,920 –> 00:38:13,640
\nIf some of your Bibles got that,
\nyou connected words there, so <\/p>\n
590
\n00:38:13,640 –> 00:38:15,680
\nthe chapter break is in the
\nwrong place. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:38:15,680 –> 00:38:18,320
\nThat’s not unusual.
\nActually, that happens quite a <\/p>\n
592
\n00:38:18,320 –> 00:38:21,480
\nbit.
\nBut if it begins with every man <\/p>\n
593
\n00:38:21,480 –> 00:38:26,520
\nwent on to his own house, last
\nverse of Chapter 7, every man <\/p>\n
594
\n00:38:26,520 –> 00:38:29,320
\nwent to his own house.
\nYou just have a little look in <\/p>\n
595
\n00:38:29,320 –> 00:38:33,320
\nthe Old Testament.
\nSecond Chronicles chapter 10. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:38:36,480 –> 00:38:38,240
\nI might have these on the slide,
\nI’m not sure. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:38:38,720 –> 00:38:42,520
\nSecond Chronicles chapter 10,
\nverse 16 and First Samuel 8 <\/p>\n
598
\n00:38:42,520 –> 00:38:46,120
\nverse 22.
\nI’ll share those with you if you<\/p>\n
599
\n00:38:46,120 –> 00:38:49,880
\nneed afterwards.
\nThese are examples of people <\/p>\n
600
\n00:38:49,880 –> 00:38:54,120
\ngoing to their own tents when
\nthey reject their king. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:38:55,400 –> 00:38:58,480
\nIsrael said we don’t want David
\nto reign over us, we don’t want <\/p>\n
602
\n00:38:58,480 –> 00:39:00,080
\nthe king of Judah to reign over
\nus. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:39:00,080 –> 00:39:03,880
\nSo every man to his own tent and
\nthey all return to their own <\/p>\n
604
\n00:39:03,880 –> 00:39:07,000
\nhomes.
\nAt first, Samuel 8 has Israel <\/p>\n
605
\n00:39:07,000 –> 00:39:10,440
\nsaying we don’t want you,
\nSamuel, to reign over us, we <\/p>\n
606
\n00:39:10,440 –> 00:39:13,920
\nwant our own king.
\nWe’re rejecting God as our king <\/p>\n
607
\n00:39:14,560 –> 00:39:16,600
\nand every man goes to his own
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:39:16,600 –> 00:39:20,400
\nThe phrase only occurs when they
\nare rejecting their king. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:39:21,280 –> 00:39:24,040
\nOK, so here they are.
\nThis is a little marker in our <\/p>\n
610
\n00:39:24,040 –> 00:39:28,320
\ngospels that every man who was
\nsurrounding the Lord Jesus and <\/p>\n
611
\n00:39:28,320 –> 00:39:33,000
\nwanting his downfall has gone to
\nhis own house because they’ve <\/p>\n
612
\n00:39:33,000 –> 00:39:36,800
\nrejected the Lord Jesus.
\nAnd I, I, I find with with a <\/p>\n
613
\n00:39:36,800 –> 00:39:40,880
\nsmile that with the Lord Jesus
\nChrist is in the temple in verse<\/p>\n
614
\n00:39:40,880 –> 00:39:43,520
\n2.
\nHe’s gone to his home house, <\/p>\n
615
\n00:39:43,520 –> 00:39:45,480
\nhasn’t he?
\nHe’s gone to his Father’s house.<\/p>\n
616
\n00:39:45,680 –> 00:39:48,000
\nWe see Jesus in the temple.
\nThey’ve all gone to their own <\/p>\n
617
\n00:39:48,000 –> 00:39:49,600
\nhomes.
\nHe’s in the right place, isn’t <\/p>\n
618
\n00:39:49,600 –> 00:39:52,080
\nhe?
\nHe’s in the temple and they <\/p>\n
619
\n00:39:52,080 –> 00:39:54,360
\nbring this woman to him, don’t
\nthey? <\/p>\n
620
\n00:39:54,360 –> 00:39:58,160
\nCaught in adultery and the Jews
\nhave brought and of course it’s <\/p>\n
621
\n00:39:58,160 –> 00:40:01,240
\na it’s a set up.
\nYou know, we, we puzzle we <\/p>\n
622
\n00:40:01,240 –> 00:40:05,760
\npuzzle over why just the woman?
\nWhere was the man? <\/p>\n
623
\n00:40:06,240 –> 00:40:08,560
\nAnd and, and ladies, perhaps you
\nfeel a little bit like this. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:40:08,560 –> 00:40:10,400
\nYou feel a little bit hard done
\nby. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:40:10,920 –> 00:40:13,440
\nWhy just the woman?
\nWhy wasn’t the man brought? <\/p>\n
626
\n00:40:13,560 –> 00:40:15,480
\nSurely there were two who were
\nguilty here. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:40:15,600 –> 00:40:17,800
\nWhy just pick on the woman?
\nWell, well, they’re picking on <\/p>\n
628
\n00:40:17,800 –> 00:40:20,920
\nthe woman because it’s a set up.
\nWhat they’re trying to do here <\/p>\n
629
\n00:40:20,920 –> 00:40:24,720
\nis they’re trying to prove that
\nMary was a fornicator. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:40:25,800 –> 00:40:27,000
\nThat’s what they’re trying to
\ndo. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:40:27,840 –> 00:40:32,120
\nJoseph doesn’t seem to be around
\nwhen the Gospels, when the <\/p>\n
632
\n00:40:32,120 –> 00:40:34,760
\nministry of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist starts. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:40:34,760 –> 00:40:36,800
\nSo we don’t quite know what’s
\nhappened to Joseph. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:40:36,800 –> 00:40:41,920
\nBut even if Joseph was around
\nand they asked him the direct <\/p>\n
635
\n00:40:41,920 –> 00:40:46,360
\nquestion, are you the father of
\nthis child, He’d have to say no.<\/p>\n
636
\n00:40:46,360 –> 00:40:50,120
\nAs far as they were concerned,
\nMary is a fornicator. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:40:51,280 –> 00:40:54,760
\nAnd you can see that if you just
\nlook at this particular chapter,<\/p>\n
638
\n00:40:55,040 –> 00:40:57,440
\nthe way the conversation is
\ngoing to go. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:40:57,920 –> 00:41:03,600
\nLook at chapter 8 in John and at
\nverse 13. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:41:04,520 –> 00:41:07,720
\nOK, they, they, the Pharisees
\ntherefore said unto him, Thou <\/p>\n
641
\n00:41:07,720 –> 00:41:11,160
\nbearest record of themselves,
\nYour record is not true. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:41:11,920 –> 00:41:15,200
\nOK, Jesus, you are a liar.
\nThat’s what they’re saying. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:41:15,200 –> 00:41:22,280
\nYou are a liar.
\nVerse 19, Where is your father? <\/p>\n
644
\n00:41:23,080 –> 00:41:25,280
\nOK, it’s a set up.
\nThat’s what they’re after. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:41:25,840 –> 00:41:28,640
\nVerse 25.
\nIt’s right throughout the <\/p>\n
646
\n00:41:28,640 –> 00:41:30,320
\nchapter here.
\nVerse 25. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:30,600 –> 00:41:33,160
\nWho are you?
\nWho are your parents? <\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:33,160 –> 00:41:36,280
\nProve to us your lineage if you
\ncan. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:36,720 –> 00:41:41,720
\nVerse 39.
\nWe have Abraham as our father. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:41:41,920 –> 00:41:43,880
\nIn other words, we know who our
\nfather is. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:41:43,880 –> 00:41:45,680
\nYou don’t know who your father
\nis. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:41:46,200 –> 00:41:52,800
\nVerse 41 we are not born of
\nfornication like you, like Mary <\/p>\n
653
\n00:41:52,800 –> 00:41:57,920
\nwas a fornicator.
\nVerse 48 they they say unto him,<\/p>\n
654
\n00:41:58,760 –> 00:42:03,240
\nsay we say we not well, that
\nthou art a Samaritan, half Jew, <\/p>\n
655
\n00:42:03,240 –> 00:42:06,600
\nhalf Gentile, and all the way
\nthrough they’re accusing the <\/p>\n
656
\n00:42:06,600 –> 00:42:11,720
\nLord Jesus Christ here of
\nunfaithful parents or an <\/p>\n
657
\n00:42:11,720 –> 00:42:15,320
\nunfaithful mother.
\nThey brought the woman because <\/p>\n
658
\n00:42:15,320 –> 00:42:18,840
\ntheir accusation against Christ
\nwas that he got an unfaithful <\/p>\n
659
\n00:42:18,840 –> 00:42:22,960
\nmother who had slept around.
\nI guess that’s the way to put <\/p>\n
660
\n00:42:22,960 –> 00:42:26,400
\nit, isn’t it?
\nAnd the whole incident in John <\/p>\n
661
\n00:42:26,400 –> 00:42:29,680
\nchapter 8, then those opening
\nverses, just an embarrassment to<\/p>\n
662
\n00:42:29,680 –> 00:42:33,480
\nthe Lord, isn’t it?
\nYou know, So he’s, he’s there <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:34,080 –> 00:42:38,040
\nand the woman is brought and,
\nand cast down at his feet. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:38,440 –> 00:42:41,960
\nAnd that must have been
\nembarrassing for her and it must<\/p>\n
665
\n00:42:41,960 –> 00:42:45,200
\nhave been embarrassing for him.
\nIs she half dressed? <\/p>\n
666
\n00:42:45,800 –> 00:42:49,920
\nShe’s just this dishevelled
\nperson who’s brought to him. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:42:51,320 –> 00:42:54,040
\nAnd in his embarrassment, he
\nStoops down. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:42:54,040 –> 00:42:57,480
\nI’m in verse 6 now and then
\nwrites on the ground with his <\/p>\n
669
\n00:42:57,480 –> 00:43:01,440
\nfinger.
\nI find that quite interesting. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:43:01,440 –> 00:43:04,360
\nIt tells us he does that again
\nin verse 8. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:43:05,320 –> 00:43:09,720
\nYou, you look at the occasions
\nwhere the finger of God writes <\/p>\n
672
\n00:43:10,720 –> 00:43:16,480
\nand it’s only, it’s only the law
\nwhich writes where the finger of<\/p>\n
673
\n00:43:16,480 –> 00:43:21,240
\nGod writes on those 2 stones.
\nAnd it’s only at Belshazzar’s <\/p>\n
674
\n00:43:21,240 –> 00:43:25,400
\nfeast where the finger writes on
\nthe wall and judgement is <\/p>\n
675
\n00:43:25,400 –> 00:43:28,520
\ncoming.
\nAnd that’s what the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
676
\n00:43:28,520 –> 00:43:31,400
\nChrist is indicating.
\nAnd you might want to have a a <\/p>\n
677
\n00:43:31,400 –> 00:43:36,720
\nlook at some point at Jeremiah
\n17, verse 13, which talks about <\/p>\n
678
\n00:43:36,720 –> 00:43:41,440
\nthe names of those being written
\nin the earth who are against <\/p>\n
679
\n00:43:41,480 –> 00:43:43,720
\nGod.
\nAnd here is Christ writing in <\/p>\n
680
\n00:43:43,720 –> 00:43:46,360
\nthe earth.
\nBut of course he’s got this <\/p>\n
681
\n00:43:46,360 –> 00:43:49,280
\nwonderful response to them,
\nhasn’t he? <\/p>\n
682
\n00:43:49,720 –> 00:43:54,360
\nWhen they continued asking him
\nverse 7, he lifted up himself <\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:54,360 –> 00:43:57,440
\nand said unto them, he that is
\nwithout sin among you, let him <\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:57,440 –> 00:44:03,360
\ncast the cast a stone at her.
\nAnd again he stooped down and <\/p>\n
685
\n00:44:03,360 –> 00:44:07,400
\nwrote on the ground.
\nAnd as a consequence of that one<\/p>\n
686
\n00:44:07,400 –> 00:44:11,800
\nby one, beginning at the eldest,
\neven unto the last, they all <\/p>\n
687
\n00:44:12,360 –> 00:44:16,720
\nmelted away, didn’t they?
\nSo we’ve now got the Lord left <\/p>\n
688
\n00:44:16,720 –> 00:44:22,040
\nwith this embarrassed woman
\ncaught in the very act of <\/p>\n
689
\n00:44:22,040 –> 00:44:26,240
\nadultery.
\nAnd here’s our here’s our <\/p>\n
690
\n00:44:26,240 –> 00:44:34,080
\nheartening saying, number six,
\nwoman, where are those thine <\/p>\n
691
\n00:44:34,080 –> 00:44:37,320
\naccusers?
\nHath no man condemned thee? <\/p>\n
692
\n00:44:38,360 –> 00:44:42,640
\nAnd she said, No man, Lord, And
\nJesus said unto her, neither do <\/p>\n
693
\n00:44:42,680 –> 00:44:46,400
\nI condemn thee.
\nGo and sin no more. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:44:46,400 –> 00:44:50,960
\nNow isn’t that a lovely saying?
\nNow you’re worried about thee, <\/p>\n
695
\n00:44:51,080 –> 00:44:53,560
\nthe judgment.
\nYou’re worried about a catalog <\/p>\n
696
\n00:44:53,560 –> 00:44:57,480
\nof failure, shortcoming,
\ndisaster. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:57,800 –> 00:45:00,320
\nOh, do you remember the day when
\nI did that and I’ve not been <\/p>\n
698
\n00:45:00,320 –> 00:45:04,240
\nable to wipe it out of my mind?
\nWell, God does. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:45:04,760 –> 00:45:08,440
\nHe removes, He blocks out, He
\nextinguishes your sins. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:45:08,440 –> 00:45:11,800
\nIt doesn’t just say he.
\nHe writes them in the book and <\/p>\n
701
\n00:45:11,800 –> 00:45:14,440
\ncloses it.
\nSo you can open the book and <\/p>\n
702
\n00:45:14,440 –> 00:45:17,320
\nread them out at some point,
\nblocks them out. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:45:18,200 –> 00:45:21,480
\nCast them behind him as far as
\nthe east is from the West. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:45:21,480 –> 00:45:24,640
\nHe throws them away.
\nGod isn’t remembering. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:45:24,640 –> 00:45:29,400
\nHe does not condemn.
\nIsn’t that a lovely thing? <\/p>\n
706
\n00:45:29,880 –> 00:45:32,880
\nJust come with me to Romans 7,
\nwould you please? <\/p>\n
707
\n00:45:34,680 –> 00:45:36,080
\nI have nearly finished, I
\npromise. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:45:36,640 –> 00:45:40,200
\nRomans Chapter 7.
\nCast your eyes down. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:45:40,200 –> 00:45:48,480
\nRomans Chapter 7 and from about
\nverse 13 onwards you have Paul <\/p>\n
710
\n00:45:48,480 –> 00:45:52,400
\nexplaining this great conflict
\nwithin him and you and I can <\/p>\n
711
\n00:45:52,400 –> 00:45:58,200
\nrelate to that Paul saying I
\nknow the teachings of Christ, I <\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:58,200 –> 00:46:06,280
\nknow that he wants me to do this
\nand I want to do this, but when <\/p>\n
713
\n00:46:06,280 –> 00:46:10,200
\nI’m going to do this, I suddenly
\nfind out I’m doing that. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:46:10,200 –> 00:46:14,360
\nAnd I didn’t mean to and I
\ndidn’t want to, but I did that <\/p>\n
715
\n00:46:15,600 –> 00:46:17,920
\nand Christ wants me to do this
\nand I’m doing that. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:46:18,080 –> 00:46:23,080
\nAnd it doesn’t matter how hard I
\ntry, I end up doing that and I’m<\/p>\n
717
\n00:46:23,080 –> 00:46:25,760
\nso annoyed with one.
\nAnd this, this conflict which <\/p>\n
718
\n00:46:25,760 –> 00:46:29,320
\nthe apostle Paul had you can
\nrelate to because we’re all like<\/p>\n
719
\n00:46:29,320 –> 00:46:31,480
\nthat.
\nThis internal battle against sin<\/p>\n
720
\n00:46:31,680 –> 00:46:34,520
\njust overwhelms us.
\nWe know the right thing, we know<\/p>\n
721
\n00:46:34,520 –> 00:46:37,040
\nwhat we should be doing, but we
\nalways find ourselves somehow <\/p>\n
722
\n00:46:37,320 –> 00:46:39,440
\ndoing this.
\nJust reflect for a moment on the<\/p>\n
723
\n00:46:39,440 –> 00:46:43,880
\nLord Jesus Christ, who had that
\nsame conflict, and he knew that <\/p>\n
724
\n00:46:43,880 –> 00:46:46,800
\nhe was supposed to do this and
\nknew that that was the right way<\/p>\n
725
\n00:46:47,800 –> 00:46:50,160
\nand never found himself doing
\nthat. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:46:50,160 –> 00:46:53,720
\nYou know, he managed somehow to
\nkeep doing this because that was<\/p>\n
727
\n00:46:53,720 –> 00:46:57,960
\nthe right thing.
\nAnd Romans Chapter 7 can be <\/p>\n
728
\n00:46:57,960 –> 00:47:00,720
\nquite a depressing thing because
\nyou think, yeah, I can relate to<\/p>\n
729
\n00:47:00,720 –> 00:47:02,640
\nthat, Paul, I know just what
\nyou’re saying. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:47:02,800 –> 00:47:04,560
\nThat’s me.
\nThat’s how I am. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:47:04,880 –> 00:47:07,240
\nI’m just like that.
\nHow do we overcome? <\/p>\n
732
\n00:47:07,320 –> 00:47:11,920
\nWell, Paul finishes Chapter 7 in
\nverse 25, doesn’t he? <\/p>\n
733
\n00:47:11,920 –> 00:47:15,160
\nI thank God through Jesus Christ
\nour Lord. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:47:16,320 –> 00:47:21,000
\nOK, so there’s a hint there.
\nSorry, I should have read verse <\/p>\n
735
\n00:47:21,000 –> 00:47:22,720
\n24.
\nShouldn’t IO, wretched man that <\/p>\n
736
\n00:47:22,720 –> 00:47:26,040
\nI am, who shall deliver me out
\nof this body of death? <\/p>\n
737
\n00:47:26,040 –> 00:47:27,920
\nWho’s who’s going to help me
\nescape from this? <\/p>\n
738
\n00:47:28,320 –> 00:47:32,000
\nI thank Jesus Christ our Lord.
\nSo. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:47:32,080 –> 00:47:35,080
\nSo he’s hinting at the solution
\nto the problem being Jesus <\/p>\n
740
\n00:47:35,080 –> 00:47:37,760
\nChrist.
\nAnd again, forget your chapter <\/p>\n
741
\n00:47:37,760 –> 00:47:42,840
\nbreak because the very best
\nthing about Romans Chapter 7 is <\/p>\n
742
\n00:47:42,840 –> 00:47:46,640
\nthat it’s followed by Romans
\nchapter 8, because Romans <\/p>\n
743
\n00:47:46,640 –> 00:47:49,000
\nchapter 8 begins with these very
\nwords. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:49,480 –> 00:47:52,320
\nThere is therefore now no
\ncondemnation to them which are <\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:52,320 –> 00:47:55,800
\nin Christ Jesus.
\nNeither do I condemn thee. <\/p>\n
746
\n00:47:56,280 –> 00:47:58,320
\nYou think Christ is not on your
\nside? <\/p>\n
747
\n00:47:58,320 –> 00:48:00,680
\nWell He is and He’s not
\ncondemning. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:48:01,000 –> 00:48:03,320
\nAnd you might be hard on
\nyourself and you might be judge <\/p>\n
749
\n00:48:03,320 –> 00:48:06,160
\nmental on yourself and you might
\nbe saying this is really <\/p>\n
750
\n00:48:06,160 –> 00:48:07,720
\ndifficult.
\nI can’t do this Lord, because I <\/p>\n
751
\n00:48:07,720 –> 00:48:10,720
\nalways end up failing.
\nHe doesn’t care. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:48:11,480 –> 00:48:14,360
\nIsn’t that remarkable?
\nHe knows you’re a failure. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:48:15,000 –> 00:48:19,760
\nHe knows you’re full of sin.
\nThat’s why He died for you. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:48:20,640 –> 00:48:23,680
\nThose of you who were sitting
\nthere perhaps thinking I’m not <\/p>\n
755
\n00:48:23,680 –> 00:48:27,520
\nyet good enough to be baptized,
\nforget that frame of mind. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:48:28,120 –> 00:48:30,960
\nCourse you’re not good enough.
\nNone of us are. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:48:30,960 –> 00:48:32,760
\nIf you were good enough, then
\nyou wouldn’t need to be <\/p>\n
758
\n00:48:32,760 –> 00:48:35,000
\nbaptized.
\nYou would not need God and his <\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:35,000 –> 00:48:37,320
\nSon to be doing the impossible
\nthing for you. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:38,160 –> 00:48:43,160
\nBut He is and He has, and he
\nwill return to welcome you into <\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:43,160 –> 00:48:44,880
\nthe Kingdom.
\nSo. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:48:44,920 –> 00:48:49,320
\nSo those are powerful things,
\nbrothers, sisters, young people.<\/p>\n
763
\n00:48:49,320 –> 00:48:52,440
\nAnd I’m trying to convey to you
\nthat the vision of the Kingdom <\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:52,440 –> 00:48:56,560
\nshould burn brightly, open your
\nBibles and be refreshed and <\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:56,560 –> 00:48:59,240
\ninvigorated.
\nTalk about it, think about it, <\/p>\n
766
\n00:48:59,240 –> 00:49:04,080
\nprepare yourselves for it, but
\ndo not fear the judgement <\/p>\n
767
\n00:49:05,200 –> 00:49:10,200
\nbecause the Lord Jesus Christ is
\non your side and he wants us to <\/p>\n
768
\n00:49:10,200 –> 00:49:14,200
\nbe there, for it’s our Father’s
\ngood pleasure to give us the <\/p>\n
769
\n00:49:14,200 –> 00:49:16,320
\nKingdom.
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