Andy Pearson 20170620ct

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Okay, now, it's true, isn't it, that there are areas of the Christian faith, there are elements of the Christian religion that we do not consider as we should in the 21st century church.
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So there are areas of the Christian faith, elements of the Christian religion that we do not focus on perhaps as we should.
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Areas that we don't get due consideration and time.
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For example, if we focused on the predicament of the lost perhaps as we should, that would maybe tell in the way that we witnessed and our evangelistic zeal, wouldn't it?
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Or if we focused on the holiness of God as we should, I think that would tell maybe in increase of more fervent repentance from sin.
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So there are areas that we don't focus on as we should.
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But perhaps chief amongst these overlooked essentials is the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Do you not agree?
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I think it was said of the early church that they thought more about the Lord's return than they did about their own lives and their own death.
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I wonder if that could be said for us in here.
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Isn't it true perhaps that Christ's return has maybe been pushed onto the back burner of the modern church, of the contemporary church?
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Well in our short time this afternoon, what I hope we can do is just consider one or two elements about the return, the perusia, the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Before we do that, before we get to the text, I think maybe we've got to say one or two things just about the different interpretations that people might have of Mark chapter 13.
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Because it's certainly the case that some people, some scholars, they see that what Jesus is doing in Mark 13,
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is he is actually thinking only about the fall of Jerusalem in AD 17.
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Now do you see where they're getting?
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Do you see their point?
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They're saying that when Jesus in this chapter, when he talks about increased persecution in the church,
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when he talks about apostasy and things like that,
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that really all he's got in mind is the time leading up to the fall of the temple in the first century.
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So you've got that quite significant understanding of Mark 13.
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So you've got that.
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You've also got something else.
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Because quite a few people think Mark 13 is just really, what we say, higgledy, piggledy.
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That's what my mum would say anyway, higgledy, piggledy.
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A bit over, all over the place.
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A bit disjointed.
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So they will see that what Jesus is doing.
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Yes, in some places he's talking about the fall of the temple.
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Maybe something.
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In other parts he is talking about his return.
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And their interpretation is he's just jumping from one thing to the other.
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He's just all over the place.
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There's no sort of coherent kind of thinking or coherent thought going on.
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So that's another interpretation.
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Now, to be honest with you, I don't think either of those interpretations does justice to Mark 13.
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What I think is happening here is that really our Lord has both of those things.
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Few.
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Do you see what I'm saying?
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That yes, at this moment he is preparing his disciples for the coming fall of Jerusalem.
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Do you know what else he's doing?
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He's using that event, the fall of the temple, really as a symbol or a kind of paradigm of the end of the age.
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And when we've been looking at this in our congregation in the centre of London,
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I think I've said the same thing at every single service, in every single sermon.
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But really here in front of you what Jesus is doing is he's looking through that fall of the temple, fall of Jerusalem,
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and he's looking through it to the time where he will return.
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Return on the clouds.
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And as we look at this very short section from verse 28 onwards just now,
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I think what we'll see from our Lord, what we'll learn from our Lord,
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are two important lessons about the second coming.
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So it's not, I remember going to a meeting like this once in Edinburgh,
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and the guy stood up and he said, well, I'm going to be short, but I do want to cover 11 points.
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So basically, it won't be like that, I promise you, I promise you.
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Two important lessons we learn from the Lord.
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But each of those points has a necessary required response from you and from me.
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So what do we have?
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What's the first lesson we've got here?
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Well, first of all, I think we learn from verse 28 onwards that the return of Christ is imminent.
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Okay, you got it?
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The return of Christ, the return of our Lord is imminent.
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Now we know, don't we as Christians, that in Scripture,
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our God loves to teach us using nature.
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Isn't that the case throughout the Bible?
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He uses, very often our Lord uses natural, nature metaphors,
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metaphors taken from nature.
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I'm sure you could cite some examples of that, couldn't you?
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Let's go for the salt of the earth,
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or maybe of when Israel is spoken of as a vineyard.
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You see the idea, nature being prominent.
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Now you'll see that that is how Jesus begins.
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If you look at your Bible in verse 28,
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he tells you and I to learn from,
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do you see what it is?
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It's a fig tree.
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I don't know how familiar you are friends with fig trees.
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My wife and I, we've got a fig tree just a couple of doors down.
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One of our neighbours has one,
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so it kind of makes a little bit of sense to me.
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But even if you have never even in your entire life seen a fig tree,
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the message here is not difficult.
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So you understand this,
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that in the Middle East,
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the fig tree was very, very unusual
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in how it bore fruit and bore leaves.
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A lot of the trees in the Middle East,
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they begin to bud in early spring.
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Others in the Middle East, of course,
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were evergreen trees.
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There's the fig trees, they're thin.
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You see, it's different entirely
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because the fig tree,
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they begin to bud just before the summer arrived.
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Just as the summer was on the horizon.
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Now you see, do you,
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that's what Jesus sent us here.
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He's saying just as people can look at a fig tree,
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they look at it and they say,
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yes, we can know for sure that summer is at hand.
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Jesus, he is saying,
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if you look at the world,
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and if you see the signs that he's mentioned
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in this portion of scripture,
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if you see in the world,
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increased persecution, apostasy,
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what do we know?
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What do we know?
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We know that the summer,
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we know that one great event
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is on the horizon,
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it is at hand.
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Now, what is the obvious question
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we've got to answer then?
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If Jesus is saying,
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if you see this in the world,
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there's one great event.
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What's the obvious question we've got to answer?
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What is this great event he's talking about here?
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Well, I think, to be honest with you,
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primarily Jesus is talking about
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the fall of Jerusalem.
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If you've got your Bible,
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if you look at verse 30,
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see what he says.
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He says,
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he looks at the disciples,
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they're sitting in the night of all this,
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and he says to them,
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this generation.
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Do you see that?
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This generation will not pass away
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until all of these things have happened.
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So I think primarily,
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he is talking about the fall of the temple.
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But hang on a second.
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What did we just say?
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We said that in this chapter,
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Jesus very often is looking beyond the immediate.
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So I think this is also what Jesus is saying.
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He's speaking to us.
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He's saying,
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this generation,
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the one in which we inhabit,
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this present age,
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these last days,
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they will not pass away
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until we see some of these things happen.
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All of these things happen.
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And when we understand that,
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I wonder if we all in here just now
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hear the message from God.
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I think it's just four words.
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I think he's saying to us,
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the end is nigh.
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Simply, I think that is it.
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But let's be frank about things.
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That since you and I live in the last days,
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do you know what's true for us?
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The end,
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the return of the Lord Jesus Christ,
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it's always nigh.
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Do you understand?
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The return for us in the last days,
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the return of Christ is always nigh,
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always imminent.
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Now, let me pose to you a question.
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How else, as Christians,
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do we know that Christ's return
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is at hand?
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Isn't it true that we know
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that that is the case
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because Christ's return
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is just one part
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of a greater
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redemptive event?
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Isn't that the case?
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I mean, how much do you think about
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Christ's return?
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Do you think of it
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as a sort of separate entity?
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Do you think about it
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as a separate event?
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It's not like that.
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Do you see that it is one part
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of a greater redemptive act
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of God that includes
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Jesus' life
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and his death
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and his resurrection?
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It's a sin.
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It is one part of a whole.
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In fact, let me try
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and explain it like this.
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For years in this country,
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if you were in school
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and in a science class,
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invariably you would be given
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the same scientific experiment to do.
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So perhaps if you were educated
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in the United Kingdom,
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perhaps it is the case
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that you've done
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this very science experiment.
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And if you're a scientist,
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you will have to excuse
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if the details are a little bit rough.
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But what happens
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is that you would take
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hydrogen peroxide
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like it is.
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Do you remember this?
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And you would add it
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to a black solution
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and the solution was
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iodine and starch.
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Now if you do that,
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hydrogen peroxide
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to iodine and starch,
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what happens?
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What happens?
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Not very much happens.
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There's this strange
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kind of delay.
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You add it to the solution
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and you have to wait a while
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to look at the beacon
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and wait before eventually,
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immediately,
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because of the chemicals involved,
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that black solution
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all of a sudden
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turns bright blue.
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And you see,
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that's what we are
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dealing with here.
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Do you understand?
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That because Christ's
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resurrection and ascension
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has been added
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to his perfect life,
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his righteousness,
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and his death,
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what's happening today?
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Like, spiritually speaking,
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what are we doing as Christians?
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Do you see what we're doing?
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We're staring at the beaker.
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Do you see,
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we're waiting.
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There's this delay.
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We're waiting
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before the inevitable happens
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that Christ Jesus
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returns to this earth.
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Do you see?
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Christ Jesus,
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his return is
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always imminent.
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It's always imminent
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for you
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and for me.
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So,
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tell you what,
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let me
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bring this
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to your door
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just now.
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Let me ask you
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what sounds like
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a really
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wishy,
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washy question,
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but it's not.
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But I say to you
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that Christ's return
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is near.
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And I say to you
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that the Lord Jesus Christ
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could return
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this year.
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As a Christian,
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how do you feel
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about that?
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That Christ
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could return
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this year.
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Is there a sense,
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perhaps,
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of anxiety
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a little bit
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with that?
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Do you wonder
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about your service,
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your work,
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in the church?
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Is there,
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perhaps,
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even a sense
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of fear,
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maybe,
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that builds up?
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So,
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if you're a Christian,
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you need not fear
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because did you notice
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what Jesus says here
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to calm your nerves
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and calm your heart?
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Have a look at
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his verse 31.
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What he says,
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he says,
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the end is coming.
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It's for sure.
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He says,
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the heavens and the earth
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are going to pass away.
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But what does he say to you?
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He says that his word
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is not going to pass away.
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You see what that is?
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That there,
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that's your security.
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The fig tree
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might begin to bud.
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Summer
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might be at hand.
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What do you know?
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What do I know?
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We know that the gospel,
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we know that the word of God,
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we know that the incarnate
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word of God
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will endure.
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We know that Christ,
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our friends,
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all who are in him,
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we are going to outlive
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this present age.
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Isn't that,
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isn't that encouragement?
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Isn't that a beautiful thing
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that there might well be
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a nearness
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to the Prusia?
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There is.
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But on that final day
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if you're in Christ Jesus,
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there's going to find,
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you're going to find refuge
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under the protective wings
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of your God.
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So you see here
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that the return
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of Jesus
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is at hand
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and is imminent.
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Now the second thing,
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he said two things,
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and the second thing
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we also see here
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is that the timing
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of the return of Christ,
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the timing of it
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is unknown.
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I don't know
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where you are
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with scripture,
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I don't know
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where you sit
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theologically,
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you know,
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if there was,
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if there is,
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or was with you
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any doubt
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that Christ
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in Mark 13
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is thinking
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of his return,
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I think that doubt
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has to evaporate,
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it has to be eradicated
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by what Jesus
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goes on to say
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in that kind of
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new section.
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You see what he says
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in verse 32,
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he speaks of
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that day.
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It might seem
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like an ordinary
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phrase to us,
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but actually
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it's a technical phrase
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that the prophets
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would use
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in Old Testament
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scripture,
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that day
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was a technical phrase
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to speak of
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the day of the Lord,
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the coming
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of the Lord.
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So what do we know?
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We know for sure
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Christ is thinking
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of the end of the age.
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I wonder
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when
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Paul read
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this out earlier on,
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did you
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notice
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the main theme
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of this second section
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here?
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let me
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spell it out
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and underline it.
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It is,
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friends,
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the hiddenness
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of the timing
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of Christ's return.
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Or maybe
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you would allow
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this.
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The main theme
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here is the
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unknowability
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of exactly
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when it is
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that our Lord
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and Saviour
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is going to return.
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Because we get
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verse 32,
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what does he say?
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He says it
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simply as
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it is possible.
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He says,
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no one knows.
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And that's
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something he repeats.
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No one knows.
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No one knows.
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It's something
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that he extends out
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because he says,
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no one knows.
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Look what he says.
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He says,
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no one knows.
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The disciples don't know.
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And he says,
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the angels don't know.
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Now,
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I've come along
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as Paul kindly
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invited me
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to come along here.
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I wasn't sure
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really what
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was going to happen.
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But I'm delighted
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to be here.
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And I can say
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you look like
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a well-read
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and alert
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and attentive
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group of people.
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So I'm sure
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of this.
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As Paul read it out,
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I'm sure
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that you saw
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that in front of us
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just now
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we have one
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of the most
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arresting,
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startling truths
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in all of the Bible.
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Did you see it?
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Look,
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verse 32.
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Who does Jesus
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add to the mix?
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He says,
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no one knows
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when he sets
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a return.
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He says,
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the disciples don't know.
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He says,
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the angels don't know.
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Look who does that?
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He sits
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in the mouth
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of all of the disciples
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and he says,
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and I,
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I don't know.
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Isn't that a nice thing?
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Isn't it quite a
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startling thing?
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You know,
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this is the Lord Jesus
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we're dealing with
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and he's saying,
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I don't know
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the age of the age,
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I don't know
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the time scale
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or the timing of it all.
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I do think
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that could be
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confusing for us.
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So let's deal
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with just a couple
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of things here.
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First of all,
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let's ask him,
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if Jesus Christ
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doesn't know
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the time of the
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end of the earth,
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can we truly
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regard him as God?
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Can we?
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Like,
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you see the question
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in fact,
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you know,
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is it not the same
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question that
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the church was
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embroiled in
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and the Aryan
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controversy
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in the fourth century?
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You know,
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people were saying,
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they were pointing
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to this verse,
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they were saying,
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Jesus says,
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I don't know
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when I'm set to return,
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I don't know
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the end of the age.
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So people were saying,
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can he be defined?
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I mean,
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does this here
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not suggest
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that he is beneath God?
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Does this not suggest
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that he is subordinate
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to God?
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How would you answer that?
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I'll tell you this,
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I love the way
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that we can answer that.
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Oh,
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do all we need to do?
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All we need to do
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is point back
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to the very last
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thing he said.
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What did he say?
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Heaven
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and earth
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are going to pass away.
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My words are not
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going to pass away.
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Now what would every single Jew
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have known?
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They would have known
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that that was an implied
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claim of divinity.
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They would have known
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that phrase.
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Heaven and earth
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can pass away
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my words
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and not pass away.
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They would have known
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that was Jesus
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claiming it to be God.
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Because what did
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every Jew know?
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What did they know?
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They knew
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that only God's word
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endured.
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Friends,
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you know Isaiah 40
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verse 8,
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don't you?
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The grass withers
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and the flowers fall.
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But how do you go on?
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But the word of our God
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stands for everything.
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Do you see it?
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And whatever this lack
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of knowledge about the end
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tells us,
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it does not tell us
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that Jesus was worse
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than God,
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does it?
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He has just claimed
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full,
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perfect divinity
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in the previous phase.
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But that then leads on
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to the second issue.
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Friends,
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aren't you asking
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why is it
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that Jesus
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doesn't know?
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Aren't you asking
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that when you read this?
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Why is the timing,
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the knowledge
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of the timing
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of the end
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of the earth,
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why is it
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the preserve
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of the Father?
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Why does the Son
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not know?
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And I think,
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honestly friends,
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the answer to that,
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I should send you
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and me just now
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to our knees
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wonderment,
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maybe,
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certainly worship
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because I think
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in that lack
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of knowledge,
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see the extent
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of what Jesus
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Christ has done
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for you.
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How do you think
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about your salvation?
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What do you think
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about the atonement?
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Do you think
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God has just done
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a little thing,
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there's nothing
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to God,
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this great redemptive
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work.
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Do you think
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Christ has done
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just a small thing
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for you?
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See there,
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come on.
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See there,
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the extent
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of the incarnation,
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the magnitude
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of the self-entering,
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consider this,
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that to win
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your soul,
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Christ has
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dressed himself
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in ignorance.
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Isn't that
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what you've got here?
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That in order
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to become
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a sufficient
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sacrifice
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for human sin,
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what has Jesus
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done?
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Do you see
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what he's done?
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He has added
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to his divine
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knowledge,
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what?
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human
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unenlightenment.
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Isn't that
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a stunning thing?
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The son
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knew not
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the time
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of his own
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return and
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why?
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It was all
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for you.
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It was all
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to win
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your soul
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from hell.
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Now,
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what did I say?
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At the start,
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I said that there
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would be two
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points and
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two required
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responses.
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We've seen the
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first required
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response.
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We are surely
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to rejoice.
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Christ.
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What's the second
00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.319
required response?
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We don't know
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when Christ
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is returning.
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We know it's
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near.
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We don't know
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what's the
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required response.
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Thankfully,
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praise God,
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Jesus makes it
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so clear.
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In fact,
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I think I can
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say this to you.
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I honestly
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think in his
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word,
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God is shouting
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the required
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response at
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you.
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He is
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screaming it
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at you today.
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Look at
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verse 33
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to see it.
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What does
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Jesus say?
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He says,
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you don't
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know when I'm
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coming back,
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so be on
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your guard.
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And friend,
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do you understand
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what I mean by
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God shouting
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it at you?
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Understand that
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five times in
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that little
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section,
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Jesus repeats
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the same thing.
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Five times.
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He says,
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be on your
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guard,
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stay awake,
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be alert.
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Then right at
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the end,
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do you notice?
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He extends
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out.
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He says,
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everyone stay
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alert,
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stay awake.
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Then he even
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gives us a
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parable.
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He compares
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you to a
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doorkeeper who
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has to watch
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out for his
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master's return.
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I'm asking
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you,
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do you hear
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the message
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that God is
00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.860
screaming at
00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.400
us this
00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:21.799
afternoon?
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Do you hear
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what it is?
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We don't know
00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.320
when Christ is
00:21:24.320 --> 00:21:24.940
set to return.
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We know
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he's at
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house,
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so what do
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we do?
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We've got
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to be ready.
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That's it.
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We've got to
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be waiting.
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We've got to
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be prepared
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for this.
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So,
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I'll end
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with two
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questions and
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we're done.
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first of
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all,
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if you're a
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Christian
00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.440
here,
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are you
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asleep?
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Is that
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an adequate
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description
00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:52.759
of your
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spiritual life
00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.240
just now?
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Like,
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if you are
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true to
00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:57.820
yourself,
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is it the
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case that
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you are
00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.700
unenthused
00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.400
about Jesus?
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Unenthused
00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:02.980
about the
00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.320
gospel?
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Are you
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uninvolved
00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.060
in the
00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:06.220
service of
00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.039
Christ's
00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.380
church?
00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.259
Are you
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spiritually
00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.299
asleep?
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You surely
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see what
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God is
00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.319
saying.
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He's
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saying,
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this is
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an urgent
00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.259
matter
00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.839
here.
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Friends,
00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:17.519
I call you,
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I do not
00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.039
know you,
00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.720
but surely
00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.460
you see here
00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.420
the message,
00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.059
we've got to
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rise up out
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of our
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slumber.
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And we
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rise up to
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prayer,
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we rise up
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to service,
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we rise up
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to actually
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telling these
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few people on
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the street
00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:33.000
this wonderful
00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.560
message of
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what Christ
00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.279
has done
00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.860
for us.
00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.519
Because I
00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.160
have to
00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:38.240
warn you,
00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.660
you and
00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.000
I,
00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.740
we don't
00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.120
want to be
00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:43.820
asleep when
00:22:43.820 --> 00:22:44.160
our Lord
00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.660
returns.
00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.880
And then
00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.720
we close with
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the second of
00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.840
those questions,
00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.580
and that's
00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:50.060
maybe for
00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:50.380
you,
00:22:51.340 --> 00:22:52.019
if you have
00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.779
yet to bow
00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.240
the knee to
00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.500
the Lord
00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.340
Jesus Christ.
00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:55.779
Friends,
00:22:55.800 --> 00:22:56.120
if you are
00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:56.759
yet to submit
00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.120
to him,
00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.500
here's the
00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.019
question for
00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.220
you.
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Are you
00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:01.120
ready
00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:03.279
for this
00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.359
event?
00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:05.959
You know,
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I think,
00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:06.739
as well as
00:23:06.739 --> 00:23:07.059
I do,
00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:08.139
that time,
00:23:08.739 --> 00:23:09.159
life,
00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.779
opportunity is
00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.179
short,
00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.639
and Christ
00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.239
Jesus is
00:23:13.239 --> 00:23:14.039
coming back.
00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.299
So I am
00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.659
asking,
00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.539
are you
00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.399
ready to
00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:18.079
meet
00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:20.579
God?
00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.599
Friends,
00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:22.979
if not,
00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.579
surely maybe
00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.439
today even
00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:24.879
is the time
00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.239
where you
00:23:25.239 --> 00:23:25.919
waking up,
00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:26.799
and you
00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.279
waking up
00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.659
to eternal
00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:27.939
life,
00:23:27.979 --> 00:23:28.219
you maybe
00:23:28.219 --> 00:23:29.019
see in
00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.739
scripture
00:23:29.739 --> 00:23:30.399
something of
00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.519
what Christ
00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.940
has done
00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.300
for you,
00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.820
something of
00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:33.420
his glory,
00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:33.980
and even
00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.440
today,
00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.860
you turn
00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.440
from your
00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:36.800
sin,
00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.460
you repent,
00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:40.060
and you
00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:41.400
believe in
00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.840
the Lord
00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:42.620
of glory.
00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:43.860
Friends,
00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.259
when we
00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.040
read Mark
00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.759
chapter 13,
00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.360
surely it's
00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.800
the case that
00:23:46.800 --> 00:23:47.420
actually for
00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.980
all of us,
00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:49.080
we all have
00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.540
the same
00:23:49.540 --> 00:23:50.460
fervent prayer,
00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.340
don't we?
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What would
00:23:52.340 --> 00:23:52.860
that be?
00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:53.860
It would
00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.259
be,
00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:55.759
Maranatha,
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come,
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come,
00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.439
Lord Jesus,
00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.039
and come
00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.799
quickly.
00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.480
Let's pray.