Great is the Lord
He is holy and just
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By His power we
trust in His love
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Great is the Lord
He is faithful and true
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By His mercy He
proves He is love
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of glory
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of praise
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Great is the Lord
now lift up your voice
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Now lift up your voice
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Great
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Is the Lord
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Great
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Is the Lord
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Great are You Lord
You are holy and just
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By Your power we
trust in Your love
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Great are You Lord
You are faithful and true
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By Your mercy You
prove You are love
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of glory
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Great is the Lord
and worthy of praise
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Great is the Lord
now lift up your voice
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Now lift up your voice
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Great
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Is the Lord
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Great
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Is the Lord
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Great are You Lord
and worthy of glory
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Great are You Lord
and worthy of praise
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Great are You
Lord, I lift up my voice
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I lift up my voice
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Great
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Are You Lord
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Great
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Are You Lord.
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Amen.
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This next song is fairly new.
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It's a song that I don't
know how I stumbled upon it
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but the first time I heard
it, it got stuck in my head
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and I realize why I
love this song so much
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is because it comes from
the vision out of Isaiah 6
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and I'm gonna read to you
starting verse where it says,
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"In the year
that king Uzziah died
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I saw the Lord
seated on a throne,
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high and exalted, and the train
of his robe filled the temple.
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And above him were
seraphim's, each with six wings,
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with two wings they
covered their faces,
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and two they covered their feet,
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and with two they were flying.
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And they were
calling to one another,
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'Holy, Holy, Holy
is the Lord almighty,
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the whole earth is
full of His glory.'"
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And I think the reason
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that I love this
verse in particular
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is because there is
something that I struggle with
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as a Christian and
that's wrapping my mind
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around this God that is so great
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that the beings that are
constantly surrounding Him
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can't help but
constantly be in worship
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and yet He acts
as my intercessor.
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It's a beautiful thought.
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And so as we sing this
morning, "You Are Holy"
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I want you
think on that thought.
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I saw the Lord
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seated on His throne
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He was clothed in Glory
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And Exalted high
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And the train of His robe
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Filled the Temple
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And the Angels
circled 'round Him
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And cried
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You are Holy
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Oh so Holy
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You are Holy Lord of all--
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Let's sing that again.
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You are Holy
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Oh so Holy
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You are Holy Lord of all
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And woe is me
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For I am unclean
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For my eyes have seen
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The Holy King
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And he cleansed my lips
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Right before I died
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And the Pillars shook
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As the Angels cried
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You are Holy
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Oh so Holy
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You are Holy Lord of all
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You are Holy
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Oh so Holy
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You are Holy Lord of all
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And we see worthy is the Lamb
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Seated on the throne
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We crown You
now with many crowns
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You reign victorious!
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High and lifted up
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Jesus, Son of God
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The darling of Heaven
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Crucified
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Worthy is the Lamb
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Worthy is the Lamb.
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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O God my Father
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There is no shadow
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Of turning with Thee
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Thou changest
not, Thy compassions
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They fail not
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As Thou has been
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Thou forever will be
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by morning
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New mercies I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Lord, unto me
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Summer and winter
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And springtime and harvest
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Sun, moon and stars
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In their courses above
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Join with all nature
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In manifold witness
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To Thy great faithfulness,
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Mercy and love
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by morning
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New mercies I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Lord unto me
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Pardon for sin
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And a peace that endureth
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Thy own dear presence
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To cheer and to guide
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Strength for today
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And bright hope for tomorrow
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Blessings all mine,
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With ten thousand beside
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by morning
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new mercies I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Lord, unto me.
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Hey, you got a good group.
Come on up, guys, we got room.
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Come on in, I
want to tell you story
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about a little boy named Nate.
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Is anybody here
named Nate? Anybody here?
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Seven-years-old.
Anybody here seven?
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Seven, seven, okay,
okay. I need to see that.
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good, seven, seven.
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Thank you Dick
and Harvey, bless you.
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Okay, guys, I got
some good seats down here.
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There you go.
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Nate, seven-years-old
and oh, he loved his mother.
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He just loved his mother.
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I got to tell you, his
dad, his dad just wasn't around.
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He saw his dad very little
but his mother was his BFF,
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his best friend for ever.
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And mother loved Natey.
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Oh, she loved
Natey, you know why?
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Not just because he had
a very rare blood diseases
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that he had to go to
the doctor almost every week
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or the hospital
laboratory he had to go
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not just because of that
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but because he was her main man.
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And mother and Nate
were just like that.
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So today we got to
go to the doctor again.
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Oh, Nate, we'll run it.
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Oh, Nate, we are way
behind, let's go, boy, come on.
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I'm coming, Mom, but
I can't get my shoe on.
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Bring it down here I'll help.
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But by that time
they got in the car
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with the shoes on fitting right,
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so, you know,
Highway 31 out here,
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Highway 31, it goes
from 45 to 40 to 35.
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Well, mother just
said, I got to get,
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"We got to get to the doctor.
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We got to get to the
hospital, the laboratory."
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And so mother is
going a little faster
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but when she gets
down to the stop line
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in Berrien Springs
and it's ferry road
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and she turns on to ferry
road, the speed drops down to 25
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but mother is thinking
"I got to go, I got to go"
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and she is not
thinking about the speed.
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She is not going
25 she is going 30,
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no she is going
35, she is going 40.
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She is going 45 and just then...
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the police.
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They pulled mother over,
a very nice Berrien Springs
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our local policeman got out
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and he said, "If you can, ma'am,
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may I see your driver's
license and registration."
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And you know the
drill, you probably don't
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but then he had
to check it all out.
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He came back finally he said,
"I've written you a ticket.
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Do you know you're
going 48, 48 in a 25?
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This is residential.
What were you thinking?
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You're gonna be
in the court house
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in three weeks."
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And mother is
just feeling awful now
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but they had to get
Natey, still had to go
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but she is
driving carefully now.
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They were late.
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Three weeks later St.
Joseph County Court House
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big building, you've seen it.
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Mother and Nate are
going in and mother's heart,
00:16:08.56\00:16:10.77
what do you think
mother's heart is doing?
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Her heart is beating very fast
00:16:14.37\00:16:15.70
because today she
would stand before the judge.
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And everybody
knows, and he is gonna say
00:16:18.07\00:16:22.48
"Are you guilty or
innocent? What do you plea?"
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So they come into the
room there are others there.
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Well, Lisa's company there
and then a clerk comes out,
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"Stand ye,
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stand ye in the honorable
Judge Johnson's court room."
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He comes in his black
robe everybody standing.
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He sits up on a
chair high and lifted up.
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And now mother's heart
is, her palms are sweaty
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and one by one he
is calling them out.
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Traffic court here they come
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and they she
hears "Mrs. Kendrick."
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Come on, Nate, let's go.
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So mother and
Nate go walking up,
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walking up till
now they are standing
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beneath the judge's
high and lifted up desk.
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He didn't even look up.
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He pulls his glasses
down and he is looking at,
00:17:10.16\00:17:12.39
he is looking, "I
see you speed 48 in a 25
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what were you thinking?"
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And he looks over
the edge of his glasses,
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he looks over the top
to look at Mrs. Kendrick
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and then he sees a little boy.
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And, you know, what
the little boy is doing?
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He has a great
big smile on his face.
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And the judge looks
back at that little boy
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and then the judge gets a
great big smile on his face
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and Nate, when there
was a pause Nate said,
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"Mommy, this Natasha,
this is Natasha's dad.
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You remember the
house I went to Natasha
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for the afternoon and evening.
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This is her
daddy, I recognize him."
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Mother looked up at him.
He looked down to mother.
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"Are you Nate's mother?
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Well, I must tell you,
you've done a very good job
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with that boy of yours.
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Now, mother,
what was happening?"
00:18:09.12\00:18:10.45
"Well, my boy, he has to
go to the doctor every week
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and he couldn't get the shoe on.
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We were running late and..."
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Judge Johnson looked
down at mother and he says,
00:18:15.86\00:18:18.63
"You know what,
give me that ticket.
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Pardon.
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I've dropped it.
I've dropped the charges.
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Now, Mrs. Kendrick, are
you gonna drive carefully?"
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"Oh, yes, sure. I will. I will."
00:18:31.64\00:18:34.98
But when mother and Nate
walked out of that court house
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they are walking on
air because, you know what,
00:18:37.81\00:18:41.28
when the judge is a friend,
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you have
nothing to be afraid of.
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They were walking on
air. The judge was a friend.
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The Bible says
that God is our judge,
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Jesus is our judge.
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But guess what?
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That Jesus and the
Father are our friend.
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We have nothing to be afraid of.
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Just stand before that judge.
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Are you
kidding? He is my friend.
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How many are happy
that Jesus is the judge?
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One hand Jesus is the
judge and how many are happy
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that if you put your
case in His hands you got it.
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You got it.
Everything is gonna be okay.
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Who would like to thank Jesus
00:19:23.96\00:19:25.29
for not only being
our Savior but our judge?
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I had a girl in first service
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so I need a boy
in second service.
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Yes, I do. Sir, come
right here, Mr. Davis.
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Yes, you.
00:19:35.74\00:19:37.21
All right, let's fold our hands,
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let's close our eyes.
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What's your first name? Brian.
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Brian is gonna pray.
Brian has the microphone.
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Let's pray with
Brian. All right, Brian.
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Dear Jesus, please help
us to have a good day today.
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Thank You that is
Your, that is Your holy day.
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Thank You that we get to spend
time with our family today,
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in Your name we pray, amen.
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Amen. Thank you, Brian.
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Thank you, boys and
girls, as you go quietly
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and reverently
back to your seats.
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Thank You, Jesus.
00:20:04.10\00:20:05.43
You're my judge
and You're my friend.
00:20:05.47\00:20:09.54
Happy Sabbath to you.
00:20:09.57\00:20:10.91
Amen.
00:25:09.34\00:25:10.67
I suppose we would have to agree
00:26:12.47\00:26:13.80
looking at the evidence
00:26:13.84\00:26:15.30
that God has a huge PR problem
00:26:15.34\00:26:20.91
on this planet.
00:26:20.94\00:26:22.58
I mean, His approval
ratings are in the tank.
00:26:22.61\00:26:25.98
If He were
running for president,
00:26:26.01\00:26:27.98
Donald Trump would win.
00:26:28.02\00:26:32.15
Now I get it, God
wrote a book once upon a time
00:26:32.19\00:26:34.19
and it's the best seller
00:26:34.22\00:26:35.56
over any other
piece of human literature.
00:26:35.59\00:26:37.23
I understand that
00:26:37.26\00:26:38.59
but do you know what they
are saying about the book.
00:26:38.63\00:26:41.76
One author I put his
words, a skeptic on the screen.
00:26:41.80\00:26:44.87
"The God of the Old
Testament is arguably
00:26:44.90\00:26:47.07
the most unpleasant
character in all fiction:
00:26:47.10\00:26:50.84
jealous and proud
of it, a petty, unjust,
00:26:50.87\00:26:53.84
unforgiving
control-freak, a vindictive,
00:26:53.88\00:26:56.04
bloodthirsty ethnic
cleanser, a misogynistic,
00:26:56.08\00:26:59.15
homophobic,
racist, infanticidal,
00:26:59.18\00:27:01.55
genocidal,
filicidal, pestilential,
00:27:01.58\00:27:04.39
megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic,
00:27:04.42\00:27:08.06
capriciously malevolent bully."
00:27:08.09\00:27:10.83
Can't even read it.
00:27:10.86\00:27:14.20
But I want to
say to that author,
00:27:14.23\00:27:15.56
"Why don't you tell
us how you really feel?"
00:27:15.60\00:27:18.33
Here's another one,
here's another author,
00:27:18.37\00:27:20.00
a skeptic you would guess.
00:27:20.04\00:27:21.54
On the screen "And it is astride
00:27:21.57\00:27:23.20
this contemptible
history of religious atrocity
00:27:23.24\00:27:25.57
and scientific ignorance
that Christianity now stands
00:27:25.61\00:27:28.84
as an absurdly
unselfconscious apotheosis
00:27:28.88\00:27:32.21
which is a culmination
00:27:32.25\00:27:33.58
or a climax of all
of the mess behind it.
00:27:33.62\00:27:35.42
The notion that Jesus
Christ died for our sins
00:27:35.45\00:27:38.39
and that his death constitutes
a successful propitiation
00:27:38.42\00:27:41.52
of a 'loving' God is a direct
and undisguised inheritance
00:27:41.56\00:27:45.63
of the
superstitious bloodletting
00:27:45.66\00:27:47.76
that has plagued bewildered
people throughout history."
00:27:47.80\00:27:52.53
I repeat God has a huge
PR problem on this planet.
00:27:52.57\00:27:58.81
And guess what?
00:27:58.84\00:28:01.28
He has an enemy
who with blinding rage
00:28:01.31\00:28:04.41
and desperate cunning is
out to shred God's reputation
00:28:04.45\00:28:09.68
at least in the
court of public opinion.
00:28:09.72\00:28:12.65
And so far he is winning.
00:28:12.69\00:28:17.56
Little classic
called "Steps to Christ."
00:28:17.59\00:28:19.06
Let me just put a
line on the screen for you.
00:28:19.09\00:28:22.56
Your study guide has
just began by the way,
00:28:22.60\00:28:24.17
no fanfare, we are now in it.
00:28:24.20\00:28:26.33
Pull that study guide
out of your worship bulletin.
00:28:26.37\00:28:27.80
Those of you who
watching on television
00:28:27.84\00:28:29.40
or on live streaming
right now www.newperceptions.tv.
00:28:29.44\00:28:35.18
That's our new
website newperceptions.tv.
00:28:35.21\00:28:37.45
You go there, you're looking
for Charmed into Righteousness
00:28:37.48\00:28:40.15
and today's
teaching "The Fairest Judge."
00:28:40.18\00:28:42.15
All right, "Steps to
Christ" it's on the screen.
00:28:42.18\00:28:44.35
"Satan has led
humanity to conceive of God
00:28:44.39\00:28:47.52
as a being whose chief attribute
00:28:47.56\00:28:50.36
is stern justice-
one who is a severe..."
00:28:50.39\00:28:53.76
Write it in,
"Judge, a severe judge,
00:28:53.80\00:28:57.33
a harsh, exacting creditor.
00:28:57.37\00:28:59.43
He pictured the Creator
00:28:59.47\00:29:00.90
as a being who is
watching with jealous eye
00:29:00.94\00:29:02.94
to discern the
errors and mistakes of men,
00:29:02.97\00:29:05.14
that He may visit
judgments upon them."
00:29:05.17\00:29:09.41
How did that writer
put it just a moment ago
00:29:09.44\00:29:10.85
speaking of God
"a petty, unjust,
00:29:10.88\00:29:12.55
unforgiving control-freak,
00:29:12.58\00:29:13.95
a capriciously
malevolent bully."
00:29:13.98\00:29:16.42
Turns our there's has
been a whisper campaign,
00:29:16.45\00:29:18.22
a smear campaign to shred...
00:29:18.25\00:29:20.99
the divine reputation.
00:29:23.39\00:29:26.16
So what's the God to do?
00:29:26.19\00:29:28.03
The next line same book
00:29:28.06\00:29:29.40
"Steps to Christ" on the screen.
00:29:29.43\00:29:30.90
"It was to remove..."
00:29:30.93\00:29:33.57
Keyword, jot it down.
00:29:33.60\00:29:35.30
"It was to
remove this dark shadow,
00:29:35.34\00:29:38.11
by revealing to the
world the infinite love of God,
00:29:38.14\00:29:40.58
that Jesus came to
live among men and women.
00:29:40.61\00:29:42.81
The Son of God came from heaven
to make manifest the Father."
00:29:42.84\00:29:48.08
Let's check it out.
00:29:48.12\00:29:49.45
Open your Bible
to the fourth gospel
00:29:49.48\00:29:50.85
that would be
the Gospel of John.
00:29:50.89\00:29:52.22
Let's go.
00:29:52.25\00:29:53.59
Every reference we look at now
will have John in front of it.
00:29:53.62\00:29:57.09
John 1, the majestic
prolog to the fourth gospel.
00:29:57.13\00:30:01.96
Oh, this prolog I could, I just,
00:30:02.00\00:30:04.20
it's has to be the
pinnacle of human literature.
00:30:04.23\00:30:08.24
John 1 now, the
last line of the prolog.
00:30:08.27\00:30:10.77
John 1:18 I'll be in
the NIV. Grab the pew Bible.
00:30:10.81\00:30:13.88
If you don't have a
Bible, grab the pew Bible.
00:30:13.91\00:30:15.88
Track this along for page 714
00:30:15.91\00:30:18.58
otherwise on your
devise find it please.
00:30:18.61\00:30:21.02
John 1:18, "No
one has ever seen God,
00:30:21.05\00:30:25.75
but the one and only
Son, who is himself God
00:30:25.79\00:30:28.02
and is in close
relationship with the Father,
00:30:28.06\00:30:30.96
has made him known."
00:30:30.99\00:30:34.23
Drop back, how did he do
it? Drop back to verse 14.
00:30:34.26\00:30:37.43
"And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us.
00:30:37.47\00:30:40.77
We have seen his glory,
00:30:40.80\00:30:42.14
the glory of the
one and only Son,
00:30:42.17\00:30:43.51
who came from the Father,
full of grace and truth."
00:30:43.54\00:30:46.51
What did we read
just a moment ago?
00:30:46.54\00:30:47.88
It was to remove this
dark shadow that he came.
00:30:47.91\00:30:53.45
Come on, the most
beloved text in the whole book
00:30:53.48\00:30:56.45
for someone who
believes in the book.
00:30:56.48\00:30:59.52
Chapter 3 verse 16, John 3:16,
00:30:59.55\00:31:03.63
"For God so loved the world
00:31:03.66\00:31:04.99
that he gave his
one and only Son,
00:31:05.03\00:31:07.70
that whoever believes
in him shall not perish
00:31:07.73\00:31:10.10
but have" what?
00:31:10.13\00:31:11.60
"Eternal life."
00:31:11.63\00:31:15.00
Let's fast forward now
00:31:15.04\00:31:16.37
all the way to
the less than 12 hours
00:31:16.40\00:31:19.04
and he will be dead.
00:31:19.07\00:31:20.41
John Chapter 14
take a look at this.
00:31:20.44\00:31:22.64
John Chapter 14,
let's pick it up in verse 5.
00:31:22.68\00:31:27.95
Jesus upper room, 11 of
the disciples are there.
00:31:27.98\00:31:34.16
"Thomas said to him, 'Lord,
00:31:34.19\00:31:35.86
we don't know
where you are going,
00:31:35.89\00:31:37.23
so how can we know the way?'
00:31:37.26\00:31:38.86
And Jesus
answered, 'I am the way
00:31:38.89\00:31:41.16
and the truth and the life.
00:31:41.20\00:31:42.53
No one comes to the
Father except through me.
00:31:42.56\00:31:44.53
If you really know me,
00:31:44.57\00:31:45.90
you will know my Father as well.
00:31:45.93\00:31:47.64
From now on, you do
know him and have seen him.'
00:31:47.67\00:31:51.41
Philip said,
'Lord, show us the Father
00:31:51.44\00:31:54.08
and that will be enough for us.'
00:31:54.11\00:31:55.91
Jesus answered" red letters,
"Don't you know me, Philip,
00:31:55.94\00:32:00.82
even after I have been
among you such a long time?
00:32:00.85\00:32:04.35
Anyone who has seen
me has seen the Father.
00:32:04.39\00:32:06.79
How can you say,
'Show us the Father?'"
00:32:06.82\00:32:10.33
So I'm visiting
this week in a business
00:32:10.36\00:32:12.83
in the village of
Berrien Springs, Michigan.
00:32:12.86\00:32:15.56
I'm talking to the owner of
the business who is the dad.
00:32:15.60\00:32:18.63
I bumped into the son as
I go outside the business
00:32:18.67\00:32:21.97
and fall in the
conversation with him.
00:32:22.00\00:32:23.37
He is young adult in
his 30s I would imagine.
00:32:23.41\00:32:25.91
So we get, we fall
in the conversation
00:32:25.94\00:32:27.44
and I'm just
beginning to marvel.
00:32:27.48\00:32:30.95
This is insane.
00:32:30.98\00:32:32.31
This guy is a
spitting image of his dad
00:32:32.35\00:32:35.28
except for that big lumberjack
beard that the boy has.
00:32:35.32\00:32:39.02
The eyes, the nose, the lips,
00:32:39.05\00:32:40.76
the cheeks, the
way he talks, wow.
00:32:40.79\00:32:44.43
Is that Jesus who
say, "Hey, when you see me,
00:32:44.46\00:32:48.00
you've seen the Father.
00:32:48.03\00:32:49.36
He looks just like Me."
00:32:49.40\00:32:50.73
Is that the
point Jesus is making
00:32:50.77\00:32:52.10
some sort of
physical resemblance?
00:32:52.13\00:32:54.74
Can't be. Look at verse 10.
00:32:54.77\00:32:57.47
He goes on verse 10.
00:32:57.51\00:32:59.04
"Don't you believe
that I am in the Father,
00:32:59.07\00:33:01.61
and that the Father is in me?
00:33:01.64\00:33:03.58
The words I say to you I do
not speak on my own authority.
00:33:03.61\00:33:06.15
Rather, it is the Father,
00:33:06.18\00:33:07.85
living in me, who
is doing his work."
00:33:07.88\00:33:12.82
Hey, guys, I'm not
talking about five fingers
00:33:12.85\00:33:14.62
and brown eyes,
00:33:14.66\00:33:15.99
I'm talking about God the
Father living out His love,
00:33:16.02\00:33:17.86
His very character toward Me.
00:33:17.89\00:33:19.23
You want to know what kind
of God your Father in heaven is.
00:33:19.26\00:33:22.66
Take a look in me, that's it.
00:33:22.70\00:33:25.03
Wow, the
theologian Kevin Vanhoozer
00:33:28.60\00:33:33.41
summarizes Jesus
point right here.
00:33:33.44\00:33:35.68
I love the way he puts it up.
00:33:35.71\00:33:37.05
I'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:33:37.08\00:33:38.41
"The son's humanity
is the ultimate form
00:33:38.45\00:33:40.82
of God's self-presentation,"
00:33:40.85\00:33:42.92
I like that,
God's self-presentation.
00:33:42.95\00:33:45.42
"Jesus is God's definitive word
00:33:45.45\00:33:47.92
and in his person
and history corresponds
00:33:47.96\00:33:50.43
to what it is
that makes God God."
00:33:50.46\00:33:54.23
Write in that
second God, God, God.
00:33:54.26\00:33:58.23
You want to know
what makes God God?
00:33:58.27\00:33:59.93
Look at Me, if you've seen
me, you've seen the Father also.
00:33:59.97\00:34:03.51
And by the way, not
just in the Old Testament
00:34:03.54\00:34:05.54
but also in the New Testament.
00:34:05.57\00:34:08.21
That skeptic a moment ago
said, "Yeah, this God is..."
00:34:08.24\00:34:12.31
Listen to what John Peckham
in his steering book for me
00:34:12.35\00:34:17.69
" The Love of
God: A Canonical Model"
00:34:17.72\00:34:19.85
he's just right
here in the seminary.
00:34:19.89\00:34:21.22
Okay, I put Peckham's
words on the screen for you.
00:34:21.26\00:34:23.06
"Depictions of divine compassion
00:34:23.09\00:34:25.19
in the Old
Testament and New Testament
00:34:25.23\00:34:28.56
are strikingly similar
00:34:28.60\00:34:29.93
to that manifested by
Christ in the Gospels.
00:34:29.96\00:34:32.23
Thus Leon Morris
00:34:32.27\00:34:33.84
contends that 'Christ's
action is God's action.
00:34:33.87\00:34:36.67
Christ's love is God's love.'"
00:34:36.71\00:34:40.61
If you've seen Me,
you've seen the Father also.
00:34:40.64\00:34:45.61
And what do we
see when we see Jesus?
00:34:45.65\00:34:48.62
Okay, let's go to a case study.
00:34:48.65\00:34:52.45
There is a case study embedded
in a very familiar story
00:34:52.49\00:34:54.79
just a few pages back
in the Gospel of John.
00:34:54.82\00:34:57.19
So I have to set the
story up, don't go there yet.
00:34:57.23\00:34:59.53
Let set the story up.
00:34:59.56\00:35:00.90
There are two
players in this narrative,
00:35:00.93\00:35:02.43
the protagonist
and the antagonist
00:35:02.46\00:35:04.97
and both will
interact with Jesus.
00:35:05.00\00:35:07.24
Yes, they do.
00:35:07.27\00:35:08.60
Both considered themselves
in fact, followers of Christ.
00:35:08.64\00:35:11.14
And we would
categorize both of them
00:35:11.17\00:35:13.41
since we've read the cliff notes
00:35:13.44\00:35:14.94
of the story we know.
00:35:14.98\00:35:16.31
We would categorize both of them
00:35:16.34\00:35:17.68
as red blooded
sinners just like you and me
00:35:17.71\00:35:20.48
and one of them
would say absolutely
00:35:20.52\00:35:22.42
and the other would
vehemently deny that,
00:35:22.45\00:35:25.09
all right.
00:35:25.12\00:35:26.59
Both in this
morality tale will be exposed
00:35:26.62\00:35:30.79
which means that we will
come to the Day of Judgment
00:35:30.83\00:35:34.40
for them both as
we live the story.
00:35:34.43\00:35:38.27
So it's gonna be a case study.
00:35:38.30\00:35:40.30
First let's
consider the protagonist
00:35:40.34\00:35:43.84
who happens to be a
woman and her name is Mary.
00:35:43.87\00:35:48.51
Jesus has battled
for the heart of Mary
00:35:48.54\00:35:50.68
from the very
first time they met.
00:35:50.71\00:35:52.38
You see, Mary has been
demonized by sexual impurity.
00:35:52.41\00:35:57.45
Lock stock and
barrel, bow and chain
00:35:57.49\00:36:01.32
but whenever she stands
00:36:01.36\00:36:02.86
in the pure
unsullied presence of Christ
00:36:02.89\00:36:06.53
everything within her is
just longing for that purity
00:36:06.56\00:36:10.07
to become my
purity and Jesus knows it.
00:36:10.10\00:36:14.00
I'll put these words
on the screen for you.
00:36:14.04\00:36:17.17
In Mark 16:9 she is described,
00:36:17.21\00:36:21.18
not in the story
we are about to read
00:36:21.21\00:36:22.61
but she is described Mark
16:9, one line on the screen.
00:36:22.64\00:36:25.65
"When Jesus rose early on
the first day of the week,
00:36:25.68\00:36:27.68
he appeared first
to Mary Magdalene,"
00:36:27.72\00:36:30.09
there she is "out of whom
he had driven seven demons."
00:36:30.12\00:36:36.02
The only reason the
number is indicated there
00:36:36.06\00:36:40.66
is because there is some sort of
00:36:40.70\00:36:42.13
unfolding process in this.
00:36:42.16\00:36:43.97
Something is going on here.
00:36:44.00\00:36:45.70
Desire of Ages on
the screen for you.
00:36:45.73\00:36:48.00
"Mary had been looked
upon as a great sinner,
00:36:48.04\00:36:50.84
but Christ knew
the circumstances
00:36:50.87\00:36:52.51
that had shaped her life.
00:36:52.54\00:36:53.88
He might have extinguished
00:36:53.91\00:36:55.44
every spark of hope in her soul,
00:36:55.48\00:36:57.18
but He did not.
00:36:57.21\00:36:58.55
It was He who had lifted
her from despair and ruin."
00:36:58.58\00:37:00.35
Now jot it down.
00:37:00.38\00:37:01.72
"Seven times..."
00:37:01.75\00:37:03.99
Seven separate times,
"She had heard His rebuke
00:37:04.02\00:37:07.52
of the demons that
controlled her heart and mind.
00:37:07.56\00:37:09.69
She had heard His strong cries
to the Father in her behalf.
00:37:09.72\00:37:13.13
She knew how offensive is
sin to His unsullied purity,
00:37:13.16\00:37:16.87
and in His
strength she had overcome."
00:37:16.90\00:37:21.70
Seven major prayer seasons
00:37:21.74\00:37:25.11
she is close
enough to Jesus physically
00:37:25.14\00:37:27.81
that she hears Him
sobbing to the Father,
00:37:27.84\00:37:30.85
"You've got to
set this girl free."
00:37:30.88\00:37:34.08
Don't ever be
fooled into thinking
00:37:38.62\00:37:41.29
that sometimes it just goes.
00:37:41.32\00:37:44.43
Sometimes even
with Jesus and you
00:37:44.46\00:37:49.16
it takes time
and He is loving you,
00:37:49.20\00:37:52.60
He is holding on
to you through it.
00:37:52.63\00:37:55.34
And in His
presence on the seventh time
00:37:55.37\00:37:58.17
that pleading it
just, it got through
00:37:58.21\00:38:02.08
and He set her free.
00:38:02.11\00:38:04.85
I want to put it
back on the screen
00:38:04.88\00:38:06.21
Mary again Desire of Ages.
00:38:06.25\00:38:07.58
"When to human eyes..."
00:38:07.62\00:38:09.05
See Jesus never gave up on her.
00:38:09.08\00:38:11.12
"When to human eyes her
case appeared hopeless..."
00:38:11.15\00:38:13.66
And some of you today,
00:38:13.69\00:38:15.02
your case to
yourself is hopeless.
00:38:15.06\00:38:16.93
Dwight, you don't know
what I've been through.
00:38:16.96\00:38:18.33
You do not know my story.
My case is hopeless today.
00:38:18.36\00:38:21.53
It is not. Human
eyes would say hopeless.
00:38:21.56\00:38:27.60
"When to human eyes
her case appeared hopeless,
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.34
Christ saw in Mary
capabilities for good.
00:38:29.37\00:38:31.67
He saw the better
traits of her character.
00:38:31.71\00:38:33.31
The plan of redemption
has invested humanity..."
00:38:33.34\00:38:36.01
That would be you and me.
00:38:36.04\00:38:37.38
"With great possibilities,
00:38:37.41\00:38:38.75
and in Mary these possibilities
were to be realized.
00:38:38.78\00:38:41.95
Through His grace
00:38:41.98\00:38:43.32
she became a
partaker of the divine nature.
00:38:43.35\00:38:46.22
The one who had fallen,
00:38:46.25\00:38:47.69
and whose mind had
been a habitation of demons,
00:38:47.72\00:38:50.89
was brought very
near to the Savior
00:38:50.93\00:38:53.93
in fellowship and ministry."
00:38:53.96\00:38:56.30
Jesus never gave up on her.
00:38:56.33\00:39:02.00
And in just a
moment you will see here
00:39:02.04\00:39:03.51
in the case study.
00:39:03.54\00:39:04.87
But there is not
only a protagonist,
00:39:04.91\00:39:06.24
there is an
antagonist he is a man
00:39:06.27\00:39:09.18
and his name is Judas.
00:39:09.21\00:39:11.75
One day when Jesus send
His disciples were gathered,
00:39:11.78\00:39:14.68
Judas approached the group
with just a very bold petition.
00:39:14.72\00:39:18.72
I want to be
tall, young, handsome,
00:39:18.75\00:39:22.36
executive type
straight out of Wall Street.
00:39:22.39\00:39:25.39
I want to be yo,
00:39:25.43\00:39:26.83
I want to be in
your inner circle.
00:39:26.86\00:39:29.90
Jesus comes and
stands in front of Judas
00:39:32.53\00:39:35.20
and He looks into those
dark eyes of that young man
00:39:35.24\00:39:39.24
and He reads the story.
00:39:39.27\00:39:41.71
He knows how it will end.
00:39:41.74\00:39:44.28
And we are told
with mournful tones
00:39:44.31\00:39:47.45
"Jesus said, 'Foxes have
dens and birds have nests,
00:39:47.48\00:39:52.55
but the Son of Man has
no where to lay his head.'
00:39:52.59\00:39:55.32
" In other words
00:39:55.36\00:39:57.09
if you think you're
going to get rich with me
00:39:57.13\00:40:00.00
forget it.
00:40:00.03\00:40:02.66
But Judas insisted, come on in.
00:40:02.70\00:40:08.10
And as He did with Mary,
00:40:08.14\00:40:10.37
Jesus sees in Judas
divine possibilities.
00:40:10.41\00:40:13.17
if, if, if Judas will surrender
00:40:13.21\00:40:16.01
his life to the Savior.
00:40:16.04\00:40:20.32
Look at this "Desire
of Ages" on the screen.
00:40:20.35\00:40:22.12
"When Judas
joined the disciples,
00:40:22.15\00:40:24.32
he was not insensible
00:40:24.35\00:40:25.69
to the beauty of
the character of Christ.
00:40:25.72\00:40:27.46
He felt the
influence of that divine power
00:40:27.49\00:40:29.26
which was drawing
souls to the Savior.
00:40:29.29\00:40:31.36
In connecting
this man with Himself,"
00:40:31.39\00:40:33.76
Jesus places
Judas where he might,
00:40:33.80\00:40:35.86
day by day, be
brought in contact
00:40:35.90\00:40:38.07
with the outflowing of
Jesus own unselfish love.
00:40:38.10\00:40:41.54
If Judas would open his heart."
00:40:41.57\00:40:43.57
Jot it down that's the keyword
00:40:43.61\00:40:45.07
in this case study
we are about to read.
00:40:45.11\00:40:47.28
It's all, it's the battle
it's everything in the heart.
00:40:47.31\00:40:50.35
Everything is in the heart.
00:40:50.38\00:40:51.71
"If you would open
his heart to Christ,
00:40:54.52\00:40:56.32
divine grace would banish
the demon of selfishness,"
00:40:56.35\00:40:59.95
isn't that something?
00:40:59.99\00:41:01.32
Mary had demons,
Judas has a demon.
00:41:01.36\00:41:04.63
It looks like
we all have a demon
00:41:04.66\00:41:07.10
that might be
our favorite demon.
00:41:07.13\00:41:10.47
Nobody is
exempted from this battle.
00:41:13.54\00:41:17.51
"If he would open
his heart to Christ,
00:41:24.78\00:41:26.15
divine grace would
banish the demon of selfishness,
00:41:26.18\00:41:28.28
and even Judas might become
00:41:28.32\00:41:29.68
a subject of
the kingdom of God."
00:41:29.72\00:41:31.82
Seven times
Jesus pleads for Mary.
00:41:31.85\00:41:33.96
Makes you wonder how
many times did Jesus plead
00:41:33.99\00:41:35.89
to the same father for Judas.
00:41:35.92\00:41:37.56
How many times did He say,
"God, just give me this boy.
00:41:37.59\00:41:40.73
He is so young. He
has so much promise.
00:41:40.76\00:41:43.40
I just look at
him and I'm thinking
00:41:43.43\00:41:45.13
if we could have
him, Father, You and Me.
00:41:45.17\00:41:46.94
If we could have
him for the kingdom."
00:41:46.97\00:41:49.80
If He never gave up on Mary,
00:41:49.84\00:41:51.17
do you think He
would give up on Judas?
00:41:51.21\00:41:52.94
Are you kidding?
00:41:52.97\00:41:56.58
But sadly lesson after
lesson falls on a deaf ear.
00:41:56.61\00:41:59.41
"Desire of Ages"
back on the screen.
00:41:59.45\00:42:01.08
"When Judas came into
association with Jesus,
00:42:01.12\00:42:03.02
he had some precious..."
00:42:03.05\00:42:04.59
Look at that. Jot that
word down, precious traits.
00:42:04.62\00:42:08.96
Precious traits,
great possibility.
00:42:08.99\00:42:11.79
"He had some
precious traits of character
00:42:11.83\00:42:13.29
that might have been
made a blessing to the church.
00:42:13.33\00:42:15.23
If Judas had been willing
to wear the yoke of Christ,
00:42:15.26\00:42:17.63
he might have been among
the chief of the apostles,
00:42:17.67\00:42:20.00
but he hardened his heart..."
00:42:20.04\00:42:21.74
Keyword again "When his
defects were pointed out,
00:42:21.77\00:42:24.57
and in pride and rebellion
00:42:24.61\00:42:25.94
chose his own selfish ambitions,
00:42:25.97\00:42:28.91
and thus unfitted himself
00:42:28.94\00:42:31.08
for the work that God
would have given him to do."
00:42:31.11\00:42:35.78
Mary the fallen,
00:42:35.82\00:42:38.19
Judas the fallen
will meet one last time
00:42:38.22\00:42:41.19
in the case study
we are about to read.
00:42:41.22\00:42:42.89
Let's go to it, just a
few pages back chapter 12,
00:42:42.92\00:42:46.26
John 12.
00:42:46.29\00:42:48.36
Here's the case
study, watch this carefully.
00:42:48.40\00:42:50.47
As you read watch in your mind.
00:42:50.50\00:42:53.80
Verse 1, "Six days
before the Passover,
00:42:53.84\00:42:56.27
Jesus came to
Bethany, where Lazarus lived,
00:42:56.30\00:42:59.34
whom Jesus had
raised from the dead.
00:42:59.37\00:43:01.44
Here a dinner was
given in Jesus' honor.
00:43:01.48\00:43:03.61
Martha served,
00:43:03.65\00:43:04.98
while Lazarus was among
those reclining at the table
00:43:05.01\00:43:07.35
with Jesus.
00:43:07.38\00:43:08.72
Then Mary," there she is now.
00:43:08.75\00:43:10.62
"Then Mary took
about a pint of pure nard,
00:43:10.65\00:43:13.49
an expensive perfume,
she poured it on Jesus' feet
00:43:13.52\00:43:16.52
and wiped his
feet with her hair.
00:43:16.56\00:43:17.89
And the house was filled with
the fragrance of the perfume.
00:43:17.93\00:43:20.63
But one of the disciples..."
00:43:20.66\00:43:24.93
You guessed it "Judas Iscariot,
00:43:24.97\00:43:27.70
who was later to
betray Jesus, objected,"
00:43:27.74\00:43:30.57
loud stage whisper.
00:43:30.61\00:43:31.94
Everybody in the room
hears it including Mary.
00:43:31.97\00:43:34.81
Why was this perfume sold?
00:43:34.84\00:43:37.01
"'Why wasn't this perfume sold
00:43:37.05\00:43:38.38
and the money given to the poor?
00:43:38.41\00:43:39.75
It was worth a year's wages.'"
00:43:39.78\00:43:42.05
Now little
parentheses from John.
00:43:42.08\00:43:44.22
"He did not say this
because he cared about the poor
00:43:44.25\00:43:46.96
but because he was a thief,
as keeper of the money bag,
00:43:46.99\00:43:50.13
he used to help himself
to what was put into it."
00:43:50.16\00:43:52.66
End of parentheses.
00:43:52.69\00:43:54.03
Now Jesus speaks
00:43:54.06\00:43:56.20
'Leave her
alone,' Jesus replied.
00:43:56.23\00:44:02.10
'It was intended that
she should save this perfume
00:44:02.14\00:44:04.87
for the day of my burial.
00:44:04.91\00:44:07.11
You will always
have the poor among you,
00:44:07.14\00:44:09.88
but you will not
always have me.'"
00:44:09.91\00:44:13.21
Leave Mary alone, Judas.
00:44:13.25\00:44:18.15
Jesus knows the hearts
of both the protagonist
00:44:21.82\00:44:25.39
and the antagonist
00:44:25.43\00:44:26.76
and in that single
pronouncement of judgment
00:44:26.80\00:44:29.33
upon them both
Jesus reveals the truth.
00:44:29.36\00:44:32.77
He is the judge
of the human race.
00:44:32.80\00:44:37.77
You say, oh, come on. Come on.
00:44:37.81\00:44:39.14
I mean, you are saying
the judge of the whole earth?
00:44:39.17\00:44:45.41
The guys in the room didn't
remember that day of the dinner
00:44:45.45\00:44:47.42
but Jesus actually earlier
in John had spoken these words.
00:44:47.45\00:44:50.09
They are in your study guide,
jot it down. Will you please?
00:44:50.12\00:44:51.79
Jesus had announced,
"The Father judges no one,
00:44:51.82\00:44:54.99
but has entrusted
all judgment to the Son."
00:44:55.02\00:44:59.43
Jot that word down.
00:44:59.46\00:45:01.06
You mean, the
same Jesus of Nazareth
00:45:01.10\00:45:02.43
is the end time
judge of the human race?
00:45:02.46\00:45:04.20
That's what He said.
00:45:04.23\00:45:05.57
And by the way,
that's what the Bible says.
00:45:05.60\00:45:07.44
2 Corinthians
5:10 jot this one down.
00:45:07.47\00:45:09.77
"For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of..."
00:45:09.80\00:45:12.84
What's the next
word, ladies and gentlemen?
00:45:12.87\00:45:14.31
What's the next word? Christ.
00:45:14.34\00:45:16.85
"We must all appear before
the judgment seat of Christ,
00:45:16.88\00:45:18.85
so that each of us
may receive what is due us
00:45:18.88\00:45:21.82
for the things we
did while in the body,"
00:45:21.85\00:45:26.69
Plain and simple.
00:45:26.72\00:45:28.22
Christ is the end time
judge of the human race.
00:45:28.26\00:45:31.69
And so the question
that begs to be asked is
00:45:31.73\00:45:33.86
"How will He treat
the sinner in the judgment
00:45:33.90\00:45:38.50
since he is the judge?"
00:45:38.53\00:45:41.07
Well, we know two sinners
by name in this case study.
00:45:41.10\00:45:44.41
How did He treat them?
It is absolutely clear.
00:45:44.44\00:45:47.84
He did not
embarrass either sinner.
00:45:47.88\00:45:54.82
Isn't that right?
00:45:54.85\00:45:56.18
Could He have
work Judas up one side
00:45:56.22\00:45:58.19
and down the other
00:45:58.22\00:46:00.56
trashing him in
front of the circle
00:46:00.59\00:46:02.06
that had no idea as
Jesus did who was pilfering.
00:46:02.09\00:46:05.06
Why their money never lasted?
00:46:05.09\00:46:08.20
Of course He
could have. Not a word.
00:46:08.23\00:46:10.20
His only judgment to
Judas, "Leave her alone."
00:46:10.23\00:46:13.77
And in that eye,
and in that eye lock
00:46:13.80\00:46:18.71
Judas now knows
Jesus knows about me.
00:46:18.74\00:46:24.05
Five evenings
later when the gathering
00:46:29.58\00:46:32.09
in the upper room
for the last supper
00:46:32.12\00:46:34.26
Judas elbows his way
to the front of the group.
00:46:34.29\00:46:36.59
He is gonna be
right beside Jesus.
00:46:36.62\00:46:38.93
John boy is on the other
side, Judas on this side.
00:46:38.96\00:46:41.33
What a stark contrast
between the two disciples.
00:46:41.36\00:46:47.27
Jesus gets up from His table
strips, strips to His waist.
00:46:47.30\00:46:51.34
Begins to wash the
feet of His proud bicker,
00:46:51.37\00:46:53.98
they are bickering on the
eve of His execution, disciples.
00:46:54.01\00:46:58.78
And He begins with a
feet of His betrayer.
00:46:58.81\00:47:04.99
"Desire of Ages" on the screen.
00:47:05.02\00:47:06.55
"Jesus' heart was
crying, How can I give thee up?
00:47:06.59\00:47:10.83
The constraining power of
that love was felt by Judas.
00:47:10.86\00:47:13.40
And when the Savior's hands
were bathing those soiled feet,
00:47:13.43\00:47:16.67
and wiping them with the towel,
00:47:16.70\00:47:18.23
the heart of
Judas thrilled through
00:47:18.27\00:47:20.24
and through with the
impulse then and there
00:47:20.27\00:47:22.00
to confess his sin.
00:47:22.04\00:47:24.14
But he would not humble himself.
00:47:24.17\00:47:27.84
He hardened his
heart against repentance,
00:47:27.88\00:47:29.91
and the old impulses,
for the moment put aside,
00:47:29.94\00:47:33.21
again controlled him."
00:47:33.25\00:47:36.48
And when later that night
in the Garden of Gethsemane
00:47:36.52\00:47:40.06
Judas is
leading this profane mob
00:47:40.09\00:47:42.69
to arrest his master.
00:47:42.72\00:47:46.06
Judas feigns affection.
00:47:46.09\00:47:47.70
Walks across the
clearing in the full moon.
00:47:47.73\00:47:50.63
Throws his arms around Jesus.
00:47:50.67\00:47:52.23
Kisses Him on
both cheeks, Master.
00:47:52.27\00:47:57.44
Jesus steps back.
00:47:57.47\00:47:59.97
He looks into
those young dark eyes
00:48:00.01\00:48:02.91
and Jesus says, "Friend.
00:48:02.94\00:48:07.15
Hey, friend, what
are you doing here?"
00:48:07.18\00:48:11.75
Well, later that
night early the next morning
00:48:14.39\00:48:18.33
after Judas's
nefarious betrayal of Jesus,
00:48:18.36\00:48:22.40
guilt ridden Judas
comes back to the court room.
00:48:22.43\00:48:27.54
He is in anguish. He
knows what he has done.
00:48:27.57\00:48:31.77
And as it describe
00:48:31.81\00:48:33.14
his hoarse voice
rang through the hall
00:48:33.17\00:48:35.41
sending a thrill of terror
to all hearts "He is innocent.
00:48:35.44\00:48:39.81
Spare him, O Caiaphas!"
00:48:39.85\00:48:42.25
Judas hurdles 30
pieces of silver at the priest
00:48:42.28\00:48:45.42
and then falls at Jesus feet.
00:48:45.45\00:48:48.36
Desire of Ages "The Savior
did not reproach His betrayer.
00:48:53.19\00:48:59.60
He knew that
Judas did not repent,
00:48:59.63\00:49:01.84
his confession was
forced from his guilty soul
00:49:01.87\00:49:03.64
by an awful
sense of condemnation
00:49:03.67\00:49:05.47
and a looking for judgment,
00:49:05.51\00:49:07.64
but he felt no
deep, heartbreaking grief
00:49:07.68\00:49:09.44
that he had betrayed
the spotless Son of God,
00:49:09.48\00:49:11.35
and denied the
Holy One of Israel.
00:49:11.38\00:49:13.42
Yet
00:49:13.45\00:49:15.42
the Judge
00:49:15.45\00:49:18.49
spoke no word of condemnation.
00:49:18.52\00:49:22.36
He looked pityingly
upon Judas, and said,
00:49:22.39\00:49:28.23
"For this hour
came I into the world."
00:49:28.26\00:49:33.23
Oh, Judas.
00:49:33.27\00:49:36.81
Oh, Judas,
00:49:36.84\00:49:39.84
how I have longed to draw Me,
00:49:39.87\00:49:46.51
draw you to Me
00:49:46.55\00:49:47.98
as a mother hen draws her chicks
00:49:51.62\00:49:57.29
but you would not.
00:49:57.33\00:50:00.10
And the record reads Judas
went out and hanged himself.
00:50:00.13\00:50:04.13
The Judge of the earth
00:50:04.17\00:50:05.50
and here's the
point you need to get,
00:50:05.53\00:50:06.87
the Judge of earth
has washed his feet.
00:50:06.90\00:50:09.50
Jesus has done
everything divinely
00:50:09.54\00:50:12.04
and humanly possible
to win that life back.
00:50:12.07\00:50:16.81
I remind you also
this very same night...
00:50:16.85\00:50:20.85
another disciple
will with profanity
00:50:27.06\00:50:32.03
deny his
connection with this Jesus
00:50:32.06\00:50:36.10
and Jesus will forgive him.
00:50:36.13\00:50:39.67
Which means if Judas had
just lived through the weekend.
00:50:39.70\00:50:43.44
If he would found the master
00:50:43.47\00:50:45.07
and then sob at
His nail scared feet,
00:50:45.11\00:50:47.78
the same Jesus would have
just assuredly forgiven Judas.
00:50:47.81\00:50:51.78
It's okay, I take you
back. God used it, let's go.
00:50:51.81\00:50:55.35
Standing in front of the Judge
00:50:58.89\00:51:02.02
Judas has granted his
free choice and he says no.
00:51:02.06\00:51:06.96
So hey, here's the question.
00:51:07.00\00:51:08.33
How about you and me,
00:51:08.36\00:51:09.70
when we stand before
the judgment seat of Christ,
00:51:09.73\00:51:12.50
how will it be for us?
00:51:12.53\00:51:15.37
I said every text has a genre
in front but this one is true.
00:51:15.40\00:51:17.44
Our last text is 1
John. Go to 1 John.
00:51:17.47\00:51:20.34
This is, if it's not
marked in your Bible,
00:51:20.38\00:51:22.74
make sure you mark it.
00:51:22.78\00:51:24.11
1 John 2, this is a stunning,
00:51:24.15\00:51:27.52
stunning piece of
word here, get it.
00:51:27.55\00:51:30.49
1 John 2:1, you will
never forget this verse again.
00:51:30.52\00:51:35.42
1 John 2:1 "My dear children..."
00:51:35.46\00:51:38.69
This is John boy elderly
now a pastor, elderly pastor.
00:51:38.73\00:51:42.36
"My dear children,
I write this to you
00:51:42.40\00:51:44.27
so that you will not sin.
00:51:44.30\00:51:45.73
But if anybody does sin,
00:51:45.77\00:51:48.70
we have an advocate
with the Father Jesus Christ,
00:51:48.74\00:51:52.21
the Righteous One.
00:51:52.24\00:51:54.18
He is the atoning
sacrifice for our sins,
00:51:54.21\00:51:57.11
and not only for ours
00:51:57.15\00:51:58.55
but also for the
sins of the whole world."
00:51:58.58\00:52:00.98
Can you believe it?
00:52:01.02\00:52:03.15
This one who is the
Savior of the whole world,
00:52:03.18\00:52:06.32
this one who is the
judge of the whole world
00:52:06.35\00:52:09.62
is also the
advocate of the whole world.
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And fill that blank
in, what's an advocate?
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He is the Defense
Attorney for the human race.
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Now I want you to
just think about the logic
00:52:18.40\00:52:20.14
of a court room for a moment.
00:52:20.17\00:52:21.97
If you're the defense attorney
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and you are going
with your client to the bar
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if is it turns out you're
also the judge of the case
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would you
logically ever lose a case?
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Yes or no? Impossible.
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If you're the judge
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and the defense attorney
you win every single time.
00:52:45.69\00:52:49.80
If somebody places his
case or her case in your hands,
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you win for her, you win
for him every single time.
00:52:53.90\00:53:00.04
He is even better than that.
00:53:00.08\00:53:02.08
He is not just
the defense attorney,
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He is not just the judge,
He is the Savior of the world.
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Hallelujah. Wow.
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Oh, Judas, Judas,
how can I give you up.
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Give me your life,
00:53:17.16\00:53:19.36
give me your
case, I will defend you.
00:53:19.39\00:53:21.33
I will deliver you.
00:53:21.36\00:53:22.70
Mary kept
coming back Judas says,
00:53:22.73\00:53:24.07
okay, you just keep coming back
00:53:24.10\00:53:26.53
I will save you, come to me.
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I love this "Steps to Christ"
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put it on the
screen last quotation.
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"We shall often have to bow down
00:53:34.68\00:53:37.88
and weep at the feet of Jesus
00:53:37.91\00:53:39.25
because of our
shortcomings and mistakes..."
00:53:39.28\00:53:41.58
Often, often, "But we
are not to be discouraged.
00:53:41.62\00:53:46.45
Even if we are
overcome by the enemy,
00:53:46.49\00:53:48.99
we are not cast off,
00:53:49.02\00:53:50.36
we're not forsaken
and rejected of God."
00:53:50.39\00:53:53.36
No, no, no.
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"No, Christ is at
the right hand of God,
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who also makes
intercession for us."
00:53:56.60\00:54:01.90
And if He is at the
right hand of the Father
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who is just like Him.
00:54:04.24\00:54:05.57
Didn't Jesus say,
00:54:05.61\00:54:06.94
"If you've seen Me,
you seen the Father."
00:54:06.98\00:54:08.31
If He is at the right hand
of the Father everybody there,
00:54:08.34\00:54:10.95
everybody there is on your side.
00:54:10.98\00:54:13.01
The defense attorney,
the Savior and the judge.
00:54:13.05\00:54:18.52
I mean, how can you lose
00:54:18.55\00:54:21.02
just like Mary keep coming back.
00:54:21.06\00:54:23.53
Mary, it's no wonder
that the very first person
00:54:23.56\00:54:28.70
the Savior greets
upon His resurrection
00:54:28.73\00:54:31.60
there in the garden is
sobbing Mary Magdalene.
00:54:31.63\00:54:37.44
And when she recognizes
Him, she is so overcome with joy
00:54:37.47\00:54:44.08
that through her tears
she has fallen to the ground
00:54:44.11\00:54:46.98
and she is
holding Him by his ankles
00:54:47.02\00:54:50.32
until Jesus finally has to say,
00:54:50.35\00:54:52.05
"Yo, yo, Mary, you gonna let go.
00:54:52.09\00:54:56.09
I haven't even
been to the Father yet.
00:54:56.12\00:54:59.49
I wanted to make sure
that you heard the good news.
00:54:59.53\00:55:03.16
You were the
first one, let me go.
00:55:03.20\00:55:06.60
And go tell the world
that I go to My Father
00:55:06.63\00:55:09.50
and your Father
but I will come again
00:55:09.54\00:55:12.47
and I will receive you to myself
00:55:12.51\00:55:14.48
that where I am
there you may be also.
00:55:14.51\00:55:18.91
You go, you tell.
00:55:18.95\00:55:22.65
And, ladies and gentlemen,
00:55:22.68\00:55:25.69
in my humble
opinion and conviction,
00:55:25.72\00:55:28.69
there is no
better news than that,
00:55:28.72\00:55:34.96
for they call it the good news.
00:55:35.00\00:55:38.17
Oh, what I wish for
you, what I wish for you
00:55:38.20\00:55:44.87
is a life
00:55:44.91\00:55:47.18
surrendered into the
nails scared hands of Christ.
00:55:47.21\00:55:51.71
Just give your case to
Him, He wins every time.
00:55:51.75\00:55:58.02
We've just finished
incredible week of prayer
00:55:58.05\00:56:01.16
here on this campus
00:56:01.19\00:56:04.83
and I want to give you
an opportunity to respond.
00:56:04.86\00:56:06.96
I want to pray with you first
00:56:10.13\00:56:13.77
and then we will go
to that connect card.
00:56:13.80\00:56:15.14
Oh, God...
00:56:15.17\00:56:16.50
what do we say,
this is who You are
00:56:19.97\00:56:25.81
charmed by Masters
attractions of Christ.
00:56:25.85\00:56:30.39
This is who You are,
00:56:30.42\00:56:32.89
the Judge, the Savior,
00:56:32.92\00:56:37.66
the Defense Attorney all
in one and I pray, oh, Father,
00:56:37.69\00:56:43.00
that everyone of us will chose
00:56:43.03\00:56:45.43
to place Jesus nail scared hands
00:56:45.47\00:56:49.77
our case and our life.
00:56:49.80\00:56:52.01
In His name I pray, amen.
00:56:52.04\00:56:54.71
May I take an
extra moment with you
00:56:57.81\00:56:59.15
and let you know
how grateful I am
00:56:59.18\00:57:00.75
that you joined us
and worshiped today.
00:57:00.78\00:57:02.82
I have some viewers
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00:57:02.85\00:57:04.95
and literally around
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00:57:04.99\00:57:07.79
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00:57:07.82\00:57:09.16
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00:57:09.19\00:57:10.53
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00:57:11.93\00:57:17.13
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00:57:17.17\00:57:19.13
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