Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.120
Alright,<00:00:01.159><c> so</c><00:00:01.720><c> what</c><00:00:02.140><c> I</c><00:00:02.359><c> want</c><00:00:02.540><c> to</c><00:00:02.839><c> do</c><00:00:03.060><c> this</c><00:00:03.359><c> evening</c><00:00:03.620><c> is</c><00:00:03.919><c> share</c>

00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:06.219
some<00:00:04.620><c> things</c><00:00:04.940><c> that</c><00:00:05.059><c> have</c><00:00:05.219><c> been</c><00:00:05.379><c> really</c>

00:00:06.219 --> 00:00:10.839
helpful<00:00:06.580><c> for</c><00:00:06.839><c> me</c><00:00:07.519><c> in</c><00:00:08.160><c> terms</c><00:00:08.580><c> of</c><00:00:09.160><c> Matthew's</c><00:00:09.720><c> use</c><00:00:09.939><c> of</c><00:00:10.320><c> symmetry</c>

00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:13.919
within<00:00:11.400><c> the</c><00:00:12.140><c> structure</c><00:00:12.460><c> of</c><00:00:12.699><c> his</c><00:00:12.900><c> gospel.</c>

00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:21.579
And<00:00:15.259><c> we'll</c><00:00:16.079><c> start</c><00:00:16.359><c> out</c><00:00:16.539><c> again</c><00:00:16.820><c> as</c><00:00:17.100><c> we</c><00:00:18.480><c> did</c><00:00:18.800><c> last</c><00:00:19.239><c> week,</c><00:00:21.019><c> and</c><00:00:21.440><c> a</c>

00:00:21.579 --> 00:00:24.600
year<00:00:21.800><c> ago</c><00:00:22.019><c> in</c><00:00:22.300><c> fact,</c><00:00:23.399><c> looking</c><00:00:23.679><c> at</c><00:00:23.879><c> the</c><00:00:24.079><c> basic</c>

00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:30.280
of<00:00:25.100><c> Matthew's</c><00:00:26.000><c> gospel,</c><00:00:27.379><c> which</c><00:00:27.859><c> we</c><00:00:28.739><c> can</c><00:00:29.100><c> discover</c><00:00:29.620><c> by</c><00:00:29.940><c> finding</c>

00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:32.859
the<00:00:30.579><c> six</c><00:00:30.839><c> bridging</c><00:00:31.359><c> statements</c><00:00:31.940><c> that</c>

00:00:32.859 --> 00:00:36.979
are<00:00:33.100><c> there</c><00:00:34.000><c> on</c><00:00:34.219><c> the</c><00:00:34.479><c> screen,</c><00:00:35.859><c> that</c><00:00:36.140><c> divides</c><00:00:36.420><c> it</c><00:00:36.619><c> into</c><00:00:36.740><c> the</c>

00:00:36.979 --> 00:00:38.179
seven<00:00:37.200><c> parts.</c>

00:00:38.259 --> 00:00:42.320
So<00:00:38.520><c> we</c><00:00:38.659><c> have</c><00:00:38.840><c> an</c><00:00:39.280><c> introduction</c><00:00:39.780><c> that</c><00:00:40.039><c> sets</c><00:00:40.219><c> the</c><00:00:40.539><c> stage</c><00:00:40.799><c> for</c><00:00:41.000><c> Matthew's</c><00:00:41.600><c> gospel,</c><00:00:41.880><c> and</c><00:00:42.079><c> then</c><00:00:42.200><c> we</c>

00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:42.979
have<00:00:42.460><c> a</c><00:00:42.659><c> bridging</c>

00:00:42.979 --> 00:00:47.320
statement<00:00:43.420><c> that</c><00:00:43.939><c> leads</c><00:00:44.159><c> us</c><00:00:44.359><c> into</c><00:00:44.560><c> the</c><00:00:44.820><c> beginning</c><00:00:45.140><c> of</c><00:00:45.579><c> the</c><00:00:45.799><c> ministry</c><00:00:46.119><c> of</c><00:00:46.259><c> Jesus.</c>

00:00:47.579 --> 00:00:55.920
And<00:00:47.960><c> the</c><00:00:48.659><c> five</c><00:00:49.000><c> divisions</c><00:00:50.119><c> beneath</c><00:00:51.020><c> there</c><00:00:51.659><c> exactly</c><00:00:52.280><c> cover</c><00:00:53.500><c> the</c><00:00:54.939><c> public</c><00:00:55.420><c> ministry</c><00:00:55.759><c> of</c>

00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:57.280
Jesus<00:00:56.520><c> from</c><00:00:57.079><c> the</c>

00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:02.320
time<00:00:57.399><c> he</c><00:00:57.600><c> sets</c><00:00:57.820><c> foot</c><00:00:58.179><c> in</c><00:00:58.659><c> Galilee</c><00:00:59.439><c> at</c><00:00:59.759><c> Matthew</c><00:01:00.119><c> 4</c><00:01:00.460><c> verse</c><00:01:00.780><c> 12</c><00:01:01.460><c> until</c><00:01:01.799><c> the</c><00:01:02.039><c> time</c><00:01:02.179><c> he</c>

00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:03.640
says<00:01:02.560><c> the</c><00:01:02.820><c> last</c><00:01:03.200><c> word</c><00:01:03.479><c> to</c>

00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:08.340
his<00:01:03.859><c> disciples</c><00:01:04.280><c> in</c><00:01:04.519><c> Discourse</c><00:01:05.019><c> 5</c><00:01:05.819><c> at</c><00:01:06.400><c> the</c><00:01:06.579><c> end</c><00:01:06.780><c> of</c><00:01:07.060><c> Chapter</c><00:01:07.480><c> 25.</c>

00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:11.299
Then<00:01:08.879><c> we</c><00:01:08.959><c> have</c><00:01:09.140><c> the</c><00:01:09.299><c> bridging</c><00:01:09.560><c> statement</c><00:01:09.859><c> and</c><00:01:10.060><c> the</c><00:01:10.319><c> climax.</c>

00:01:11.689 --> 00:01:17.340
So<00:01:12.060><c> now</c><00:01:12.579><c> that's</c><00:01:13.400><c> the</c><00:01:13.920><c> huge</c><00:01:14.180><c> structure</c><00:01:14.739><c> that</c><00:01:14.939><c> has</c><00:01:15.159><c> been</c><00:01:15.400><c> extremely</c><00:01:15.920><c> helpful</c><00:01:16.319><c> to</c><00:01:16.579><c> me</c>

00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:18.200
in<00:01:17.780><c> beginning</c>

00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:22.159
to<00:01:18.579><c> see</c><00:01:19.099><c> how</c><00:01:19.439><c> Matthew</c><00:01:19.900><c> has</c><00:01:20.239><c> organized</c><00:01:20.819><c> his</c><00:01:21.159><c> gospel.</c>

00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:27.140
And<00:01:23.859><c> when</c><00:01:24.319><c> we</c><00:01:24.620><c> look</c><00:01:24.799><c> at</c><00:01:25.019><c> Matthew's</c><00:01:25.560><c> gospel</c><00:01:25.739><c> and</c><00:01:25.959><c> something</c><00:01:26.319><c> seems</c><00:01:26.760><c> to</c>

00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:29.799
stand<00:01:27.400><c> alone,</c><00:01:28.879><c> it</c><00:01:29.260><c> doesn't.</c>

00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:32.799
It's<00:01:30.280><c> one</c><00:01:30.439><c> of</c><00:01:30.620><c> the</c><00:01:31.099><c> things</c><00:01:31.359><c> that's</c><00:01:31.739><c> impressed</c><00:01:31.980><c> itself</c><00:01:32.359><c> on</c><00:01:32.620><c> me.</c>

00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:36.359
For<00:01:33.140><c> example,</c><00:01:34.500><c> the</c><00:01:34.680><c> visit</c><00:01:34.840><c> of</c><00:01:35.019><c> the</c><00:01:35.219><c> wise</c><00:01:35.500><c> men.</c>

00:01:36.659 --> 00:01:40.579
Only<00:01:37.000><c> Matthew</c><00:01:37.319><c> mentions</c><00:01:37.719><c> that,</c><00:01:38.939><c> he</c><00:01:39.099><c> only</c><00:01:39.280><c> mentions</c><00:01:39.579><c> it</c><00:01:39.780><c> in</c><00:01:39.900><c> Chapter</c><00:01:40.219><c> 2.</c>

00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:42.840
It<00:01:40.920><c> seems</c><00:01:41.280><c> to</c><00:01:41.500><c> stand</c><00:01:41.739><c> alone.</c>

00:01:44.299 --> 00:01:47.739
Herod's<00:01:44.819><c> destruction</c><00:01:45.359><c> of</c><00:01:45.719><c> the</c><00:01:46.120><c> boy</c><00:01:46.379><c> babies</c><00:01:46.719><c> of</c><00:01:46.980><c> Bethlehem</c>

00:01:47.739 --> 00:01:50.859
and<00:01:48.140><c> the</c><00:01:48.359><c> flight</c><00:01:48.540><c> into</c><00:01:48.799><c> Egypt,</c><00:01:50.180><c> the</c><00:01:50.359><c> coming</c><00:01:50.560><c> out</c>

00:01:50.859 --> 00:01:53.640
of<00:01:51.000><c> Egypt</c><00:01:51.359><c> again</c><00:01:51.680><c> and</c><00:01:51.859><c> the</c><00:01:52.040><c> turning</c><00:01:52.239><c> aside</c><00:01:52.640><c> to</c><00:01:52.939><c> Galilee.</c>

00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:55.959
He<00:01:54.359><c> will</c><00:01:54.540><c> be</c><00:01:54.819><c> called</c><00:01:55.019><c> a</c><00:01:55.260><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:59.599
All<00:01:56.659><c> of</c><00:01:56.879><c> these</c><00:01:57.180><c> things</c><00:01:57.560><c> seem</c><00:01:57.900><c> to</c><00:01:58.219><c> stand</c><00:01:58.500><c> alone.</c>

00:01:59.939 --> 00:02:04.620
And<00:02:00.260><c> when</c><00:02:00.500><c> we</c><00:02:01.079><c> study</c><00:02:01.420><c> them,</c><00:02:02.420><c> we</c><00:02:02.640><c> tend</c><00:02:02.959><c> to</c><00:02:03.459><c> tackle</c><00:02:03.739><c> them</c><00:02:04.239><c> one</c><00:02:04.420><c> at</c>

00:02:04.620 --> 00:02:06.260
a<00:02:04.719><c> time</c><00:02:04.900><c> and</c><00:02:05.099><c> by</c><00:02:05.260><c> themselves</c><00:02:05.680><c> to</c><00:02:06.120><c> look</c>

00:02:06.260 --> 00:02:07.480
for<00:02:06.439><c> their</c><00:02:06.659><c> meaning.</c>

00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:12.539
But<00:02:08.180><c> the</c><00:02:08.680><c> things</c><00:02:09.340><c> combined</c><00:02:10.080><c> in</c><00:02:10.259><c> their</c><00:02:10.439><c> meaning</c><00:02:10.800><c> will</c><00:02:11.939><c> set</c><00:02:12.199><c> the</c>

00:02:12.539 --> 00:02:16.259
stage<00:02:13.199><c> for</c><00:02:14.620><c> everything</c><00:02:15.039><c> that's</c><00:02:15.300><c> to</c><00:02:15.500><c> come.</c>

00:02:17.580 --> 00:02:22.139
And<00:02:18.219><c> oftentimes</c><00:02:18.819><c> they</c><00:02:19.639><c> will</c><00:02:19.979><c> have,</c><00:02:20.340><c> if</c><00:02:20.539><c> they're</c><00:02:20.759><c> in</c><00:02:20.919><c> the</c><00:02:21.120><c> introduction,</c><00:02:21.840><c> they'll</c><00:02:22.020><c> have</c>

00:02:22.139 --> 00:02:22.879
their<00:02:22.419><c> counterpart</c>

00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:24.340
in<00:02:23.159><c> the</c><00:02:23.379><c> outcome.</c>

00:02:24.739 --> 00:02:28.599
So<00:02:25.259><c> anything</c><00:02:25.699><c> that's</c><00:02:26.080><c> unique</c><00:02:26.360><c> fits</c><00:02:26.639><c> into</c><00:02:26.919><c> a</c><00:02:27.099><c> larger</c><00:02:27.400><c> picture.</c>

00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:31.520
And<00:02:29.340><c> Matthew</c><00:02:29.560><c> will</c><00:02:29.840><c> interpret</c><00:02:30.319><c> Matthew.</c>

00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:34.919
And<00:02:32.879><c> one</c><00:02:32.979><c> of</c><00:02:33.120><c> the</c><00:02:33.159><c> ways</c><00:02:33.400><c> that</c><00:02:33.659><c> he</c><00:02:33.840><c> does</c><00:02:34.159><c> this,</c><00:02:34.400><c> a</c><00:02:34.500><c> significant</c>

00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:37.620
way<00:02:35.180><c> in</c><00:02:35.319><c> which</c><00:02:35.479><c> he</c><00:02:35.680><c> does</c><00:02:35.900><c> this</c><00:02:36.120><c> is</c><00:02:36.219><c> to</c><00:02:36.419><c> use</c><00:02:36.599><c> symmetry.</c>

00:02:38.300 --> 00:02:40.860
What<00:02:38.520><c> occurs</c><00:02:38.900><c> in</c><00:02:39.180><c> one</c><00:02:39.439><c> place</c><00:02:39.719><c> may</c><00:02:39.939><c> even</c><00:02:40.159><c> seem</c><00:02:40.300><c> to</c><00:02:40.460><c> be</c><00:02:40.639><c> unique</c>

00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:42.900
and<00:02:41.139><c> stand</c><00:02:41.360><c> alone,</c><00:02:42.080><c> is</c><00:02:42.280><c> going</c><00:02:42.439><c> to</c><00:02:42.659><c> have</c>

00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:45.759
some<00:02:43.460><c> kind</c><00:02:43.740><c> of</c><00:02:44.000><c> a</c><00:02:44.159><c> reflection</c><00:02:44.620><c> elsewhere.</c>

00:02:46.300 --> 00:02:48.319
And<00:02:46.560><c> sometimes</c><00:02:46.780><c> we</c><00:02:46.919><c> can</c><00:02:47.060><c> see</c><00:02:47.199><c> that</c><00:02:47.360><c> with</c><00:02:47.539><c> verbal</c><00:02:47.840><c> connections</c>

00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:50.139
or<00:02:48.580><c> just</c><00:02:48.819><c> simply</c><00:02:49.000><c> the</c><00:02:49.300><c> placement</c><00:02:49.599><c> of</c>

00:02:50.139 --> 00:02:52.960
symmetry<00:02:50.539><c> and</c><00:02:50.900><c> the</c><00:02:51.219><c> similarity</c><00:02:51.699><c> of</c><00:02:52.000><c> ideas.</c>

00:02:52.939 --> 00:02:57.719
So<00:02:53.199><c> for</c><00:02:53.599><c> example,</c><00:02:55.780><c> there</c><00:02:55.960><c> are</c><00:02:56.199><c> all</c><00:02:56.419><c> these</c><00:02:56.620><c> things</c><00:02:56.740><c> we</c><00:02:56.900><c> just</c><00:02:57.259><c> alluded</c><00:02:57.500><c> to</c>

00:02:57.719 --> 00:02:59.240
in<00:02:57.900><c> the</c><00:02:58.139><c> introduction.</c>

00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:01.580
We're<00:02:59.680><c> going</c><00:02:59.780><c> to</c><00:03:00.039><c> find</c><00:03:00.219><c> them</c><00:03:00.439><c> setting</c><00:03:00.659><c> the</c><00:03:00.900><c> stage</c><00:03:01.060><c> for</c><00:03:01.219><c> the</c><00:03:01.300><c> rest</c><00:03:01.439><c> of</c>

00:03:01.580 --> 00:03:03.419
the<00:03:01.699><c> gospel</c><00:03:01.939><c> and</c><00:03:02.139><c> having</c><00:03:02.740><c> counterparts</c>

00:03:03.419 --> 00:03:04.780
in<00:03:03.599><c> the</c><00:03:03.759><c> climax.</c>

00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:07.759
They<00:03:06.039><c> don't</c><00:03:06.240><c> just</c><00:03:06.500><c> stand</c><00:03:06.780><c> alone.</c>

00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:12.500
We'll<00:03:08.679><c> find</c><00:03:09.199><c> things</c><00:03:09.740><c> in</c><00:03:10.860><c> Matthew's</c><00:03:11.539><c> first</c><00:03:11.800><c> discourse</c><00:03:12.300><c> of</c>

00:03:12.500 --> 00:03:14.919
Jesus<00:03:13.060><c> that</c><00:03:13.520><c> have</c><00:03:13.759><c> wonderful</c><00:03:14.300><c> counterparts</c>

00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:19.259
in<00:03:15.180><c> Discourse</c><00:03:15.719><c> 5,</c><00:03:16.819><c> the</c><00:03:17.080><c> first</c><00:03:17.280><c> and</c><00:03:17.479><c> last</c><00:03:17.900><c> discourses.</c>

00:03:19.099 --> 00:03:23.860
There<00:03:19.379><c> are</c><00:03:19.620><c> things</c><00:03:19.860><c> in</c><00:03:20.139><c> Ministry</c><00:03:20.560><c> 2</c><00:03:21.560><c> that</c><00:03:21.840><c> will</c><00:03:22.099><c> have</c><00:03:22.280><c> counterparts</c><00:03:22.780><c> in</c><00:03:22.979><c> Ministry</c><00:03:23.360><c> 4,</c>

00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:24.780
and<00:03:24.159><c> they</c><00:03:24.419><c> augment</c>

00:03:24.780 --> 00:03:25.300
each<00:03:25.159><c> other.</c>

00:03:25.460 --> 00:03:27.360
They<00:03:25.580><c> complement</c><00:03:26.099><c> each</c><00:03:26.419><c> other.</c>

00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:33.060
Ministry<00:03:28.219><c> 3,</c><00:03:28.719><c> for</c><00:03:29.039><c> example,</c><00:03:29.900><c> will</c><00:03:30.139><c> have</c><00:03:30.319><c> its</c><00:03:30.620><c> own</c><00:03:31.360><c> symmetrical</c><00:03:31.900><c> structure.</c>

00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:36.900
And<00:03:33.319><c> right</c><00:03:33.439><c> at</c><00:03:33.599><c> the</c><00:03:33.840><c> center</c><00:03:34.039><c> of</c><00:03:34.240><c> that,</c><00:03:34.819><c> which</c><00:03:34.979><c> will</c><00:03:35.199><c> be</c><00:03:35.620><c> effectively</c><00:03:36.180><c> the</c><00:03:36.500><c> center</c><00:03:36.699><c> of</c>

00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:37.539
the<00:03:37.060><c> center</c><00:03:37.300><c> of</c>

00:03:37.539 --> 00:03:41.280
Matthew's<00:03:38.099><c> gospel,</c><00:03:38.860><c> is</c><00:03:39.060><c> probably</c><00:03:39.479><c> the</c><00:03:39.699><c> most</c><00:03:39.879><c> wonderful</c><00:03:40.300><c> pivotal</c><00:03:40.719><c> point</c><00:03:41.080><c> of</c>

00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:42.939
Matthew's<00:03:41.860><c> gospel</c><00:03:42.099><c> we</c><00:03:42.319><c> can</c><00:03:42.500><c> imagine.</c>

00:03:43.259 --> 00:03:44.620
Everything<00:03:43.580><c> turns</c><00:03:44.080><c> on</c><00:03:44.360><c> that.</c>

00:03:44.620 --> 00:03:48.620
Just<00:03:45.280><c> for</c><00:03:45.599><c> reference,</c><00:03:46.099><c> it's</c><00:03:46.280><c> the</c><00:03:46.360><c> last</c><00:03:46.800><c> six</c><00:03:47.199><c> verses</c><00:03:47.539><c> of</c><00:03:47.740><c> Matthew</c><00:03:48.099><c> 11.</c>

00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:52.419
That's<00:03:49.400><c> the</c><00:03:49.659><c> center,</c><00:03:50.319><c> and</c><00:03:50.560><c> everything</c><00:03:50.840><c> turns</c><00:03:51.280><c> on</c><00:03:51.539><c> them.</c>

00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:55.419
In<00:03:52.879><c> addition</c><00:03:53.159><c> to</c><00:03:53.360><c> all</c><00:03:53.599><c> of</c><00:03:53.780><c> that,</c><00:03:54.400><c> there</c><00:03:54.520><c> are</c><00:03:54.800><c> symmetries</c><00:03:55.219><c> to</c>

00:03:55.419 --> 00:03:59.460
be<00:03:55.699><c> found</c><00:03:56.259><c> by</c><00:03:56.800><c> just</c><00:03:57.099><c> looking</c><00:03:57.419><c> at</c><00:03:57.719><c> the</c><00:03:58.039><c> five</c><00:03:58.419><c> discourses</c>

00:03:59.460 --> 00:04:01.819
and<00:03:59.620><c> some</c><00:03:59.860><c> of</c><00:03:59.979><c> the</c><00:04:00.219><c> details</c><00:04:00.520><c> associated</c><00:04:01.180><c> with</c><00:04:01.500><c> them.</c>

00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:04.620
We<00:04:02.520><c> might</c><00:04:02.780><c> miss</c><00:04:03.080><c> that</c><00:04:03.340><c> because</c><00:04:03.639><c> they're</c><00:04:03.939><c> distributed</c><00:04:04.360><c> all</c>

00:04:04.620 --> 00:04:06.780
the<00:04:04.719><c> way</c><00:04:04.879><c> across</c><00:04:05.280><c> Matthew's</c><00:04:05.939><c> gospel</c><00:04:06.219><c> practically,</c>

00:04:06.780 --> 00:04:11.879
and<00:04:07.379><c> to</c><00:04:07.620><c> see</c><00:04:08.319><c> that</c><00:04:08.860><c> they</c><00:04:09.099><c> have</c><00:04:09.539><c> some</c><00:04:10.000><c> symmetrical</c><00:04:10.520><c> details</c><00:04:11.199><c> could</c><00:04:11.599><c> be</c>

00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:13.240
easily<00:04:12.259><c> missed.</c>

00:04:13.399 --> 00:04:15.780
And<00:04:13.699><c> they</c><00:04:14.259><c> were</c><00:04:14.419><c> easily</c><00:04:14.780><c> missed</c><00:04:15.020><c> by</c><00:04:15.280><c> me.</c>

00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:18.600
You<00:04:16.279><c> know,</c><00:04:16.600><c> the</c><00:04:16.800><c> thing</c><00:04:17.000><c> that</c><00:04:17.180><c> is,</c><00:04:17.439><c> though,</c><00:04:17.519><c> that</c><00:04:17.699><c> the</c><00:04:17.980><c> structure</c><00:04:18.240><c> begins</c>

00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:19.879
to<00:04:18.899><c> have</c><00:04:19.000><c> us</c><00:04:19.279><c> looking</c><00:04:19.579><c> for</c>

00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:24.180
these<00:04:20.199><c> things,</c><00:04:20.800><c> and</c><00:04:21.379><c> sure</c><00:04:21.699><c> enough,</c><00:04:22.360><c> Matthew</c><00:04:22.720><c> seems</c><00:04:23.019><c> to</c><00:04:23.199><c> be</c><00:04:23.379><c> using</c><00:04:23.639><c> them</c><00:04:23.860><c> to</c>

00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:26.040
very,<00:04:24.540><c> very</c><00:04:24.839><c> good</c><00:04:25.079><c> effect.</c>

00:04:26.980 --> 00:04:31.560
I<00:04:27.139><c> want</c><00:04:27.279><c> to</c><00:04:27.560><c> start,</c><00:04:28.120><c> brothers</c><00:04:29.079><c> and</c><00:04:29.339><c> sisters,</c><00:04:29.639><c> by</c><00:04:29.899><c> looking</c><00:04:30.259><c> at</c>

00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:33.759
symmetries<00:04:32.220><c> between</c><00:04:32.720><c> the</c><00:04:33.180><c> introduction</c>

00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:39.040
and<00:04:34.300><c> the</c><00:04:34.579><c> climax</c><00:04:35.100><c> of</c><00:04:36.180><c> Matthew's</c><00:04:36.860><c> gospel,</c><00:04:37.540><c> and</c><00:04:37.839><c> to</c><00:04:38.019><c> show</c><00:04:38.180><c> that</c>

00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:42.120
the<00:04:39.319><c> things</c><00:04:39.540><c> don't</c><00:04:40.019><c> just</c><00:04:40.439><c> stand</c><00:04:40.839><c> alone.</c>

00:04:42.339 --> 00:04:45.800
That<00:04:42.819><c> what</c><00:04:43.000><c> we</c><00:04:43.399><c> see</c><00:04:43.620><c> in</c><00:04:43.779><c> Matthew's</c><00:04:44.399><c> gospel,</c><00:04:44.579><c> what</c><00:04:44.759><c> he's</c><00:04:45.040><c> basically</c><00:04:45.519><c> doing</c>

00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:47.220
with<00:04:46.060><c> all</c><00:04:46.259><c> those</c><00:04:46.579><c> stories,</c>

00:04:47.699 --> 00:04:51.620
the<00:04:47.759><c> visit</c><00:04:47.939><c> of</c><00:04:48.079><c> the</c><00:04:48.240><c> wise</c><00:04:48.439><c> men</c><00:04:48.579><c> and</c><00:04:48.740><c> all</c><00:04:48.899><c> the</c><00:04:49.019><c> others,</c><00:04:49.459><c> what</c><00:04:49.600><c> he's</c><00:04:49.860><c> doing</c><00:04:49.980><c> with</c><00:04:50.199><c> all</c><00:04:50.420><c> those</c><00:04:50.720><c> stories</c><00:04:51.199><c> is</c>

00:04:51.620 --> 00:04:54.019
setting<00:04:51.899><c> the</c><00:04:52.180><c> stage</c><00:04:52.379><c> for</c><00:04:52.560><c> things</c><00:04:52.779><c> to</c><00:04:53.079><c> come.</c>

00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:56.920
And<00:04:54.420><c> you</c><00:04:54.579><c> step</c><00:04:54.779><c> back</c><00:04:55.220><c> and</c><00:04:55.620><c> you</c><00:04:55.779><c> begin</c><00:04:55.920><c> to</c><00:04:56.199><c> realize</c><00:04:56.560><c> that</c><00:04:56.720><c> what</c>

00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:00.220
God<00:04:57.160><c> has</c><00:04:57.560><c> done</c><00:04:58.019><c> is</c><00:04:58.759><c> he</c><00:04:58.899><c> has</c><00:04:59.120><c> guided</c><00:04:59.420><c> all</c>

00:05:00.220 --> 00:05:02.779
of<00:05:00.420><c> these</c><00:05:00.639><c> events</c><00:05:01.100><c> that</c><00:05:01.399><c> surround</c><00:05:01.720><c> the</c><00:05:01.959><c> birth</c><00:05:02.120><c> and</c><00:05:02.420><c> infancy</c>

00:05:02.779 --> 00:05:06.500
of<00:05:03.019><c> Jesus</c><00:05:03.720><c> to</c><00:05:04.980><c> be</c><00:05:05.480><c> portents,</c><00:05:06.019><c> to</c><00:05:06.240><c> point</c>

00:05:06.500 --> 00:05:10.040
forward<00:05:07.000><c> to</c><00:05:08.240><c> everything</c><00:05:08.819><c> that's</c><00:05:09.139><c> going</c><00:05:09.259><c> to</c><00:05:09.480><c> develop</c><00:05:09.660><c> in</c><00:05:09.839><c> his</c>

00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:12.459
ministry<00:05:10.360><c> and</c><00:05:10.519><c> the</c><00:05:10.740><c> outcome</c><00:05:11.060><c> of</c><00:05:11.300><c> his</c><00:05:11.519><c> ministry.</c>

00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.839
And<00:05:13.300><c> it</c><00:05:13.519><c> begins</c><00:05:13.779><c> to</c><00:05:14.040><c> make</c><00:05:14.220><c> sense</c><00:05:14.579><c> that</c><00:05:14.879><c> Matthew</c><00:05:15.180><c> has</c><00:05:15.519><c> chosen</c>

00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:17.620
those<00:05:16.139><c> for</c><00:05:16.319><c> his</c><00:05:16.459><c> introduction</c><00:05:16.959><c> because</c>

00:05:17.620 --> 00:05:21.139
it<00:05:17.860><c> really</c><00:05:18.339><c> does,</c><00:05:18.819><c> they</c><00:05:19.180><c> really</c><00:05:19.399><c> do</c><00:05:19.639><c> set</c><00:05:19.819><c> the</c><00:05:20.160><c> stage.</c>

00:05:21.379 --> 00:05:24.560
So<00:05:21.519><c> I</c><00:05:21.560><c> just</c><00:05:21.759><c> want</c><00:05:21.879><c> to</c><00:05:21.980><c> look</c><00:05:22.139><c> at</c><00:05:22.439><c> several</c><00:05:22.839><c> examples</c><00:05:23.459><c> of</c><00:05:23.720><c> these,</c>

00:05:24.980 --> 00:05:27.459
and<00:05:25.399><c> the</c><00:05:25.680><c> way</c><00:05:25.920><c> they've</c><00:05:26.519><c> certainly</c><00:05:26.980><c> been</c>

00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:28.899
helpful<00:05:27.779><c> to</c><00:05:28.019><c> me.</c>

00:05:28.939 --> 00:05:32.040
Matthew<00:05:29.339><c> begins</c><00:05:29.839><c> his</c><00:05:30.120><c> gospel</c><00:05:30.560><c> with</c><00:05:30.920><c> this,</c><00:05:31.259><c> the</c><00:05:31.420><c> book</c><00:05:31.579><c> of</c><00:05:31.759><c> the</c>

00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:33.899
genealogy<00:05:32.699><c> of</c><00:05:32.879><c> Jesus</c><00:05:33.259><c> Christ.</c>

00:05:33.899 --> 00:05:37.879
Matthew<00:05:34.560><c> 1,</c><00:05:35.000><c> verse</c><00:05:35.600><c> 1,</c><00:05:36.279><c> the</c><00:05:36.540><c> first</c><00:05:36.819><c> words.</c>

00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:40.600
The<00:05:38.000><c> book</c><00:05:38.180><c> of</c><00:05:38.319><c> the</c><00:05:38.540><c> genealogy</c><00:05:39.139><c> of</c><00:05:39.279><c> Jesus</c><00:05:39.639><c> Christ,</c><00:05:40.120><c> the</c><00:05:40.240><c> son</c><00:05:40.379><c> of</c>

00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:42.519
David,<00:05:40.839><c> the</c><00:05:40.959><c> son</c><00:05:41.160><c> of</c><00:05:41.399><c> Abraham,</c><00:05:42.160><c> totally</c>

00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:44.240
distinctive<00:05:43.040><c> and</c><00:05:43.339><c> unique.</c>

00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:51.259
But<00:05:45.939><c> you've</c><00:05:46.339><c> perhaps</c><00:05:46.680><c> noticed</c><00:05:47.379><c> that</c><00:05:48.300><c> this</c><00:05:48.800><c> itself</c><00:05:49.519><c> is</c><00:05:49.759><c> an</c><00:05:50.000><c> echo</c><00:05:50.339><c> of</c>

00:05:51.259 --> 00:05:54.120
what<00:05:51.500><c> we</c><00:05:51.779><c> read</c><00:05:51.980><c> in</c><00:05:52.319><c> Genesis</c><00:05:52.720><c> 5.</c>

00:05:55.180 --> 00:05:58.100
The<00:05:55.459><c> book</c><00:05:55.680><c> of</c><00:05:55.839><c> the</c><00:05:56.019><c> genealogy</c><00:05:56.579><c> of</c><00:05:56.720><c> Jesus</c><00:05:57.139><c> Christ</c><00:05:57.500><c> plays</c><00:05:57.800><c> off</c>

00:05:58.100 --> 00:05:59.560
against<00:05:58.439><c> the</c><00:05:58.600><c> book</c><00:05:58.720><c> of</c><00:05:58.839><c> the</c><00:05:59.040><c> genealogy</c>

00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:00.720
of<00:05:59.779><c> Adam.</c>

00:06:00.620 --> 00:06:05.199
And<00:06:00.860><c> you</c><00:06:01.000><c> go</c><00:06:01.180><c> on</c><00:06:01.399><c> down</c><00:06:01.699><c> through</c><00:06:01.959><c> the</c><00:06:02.160><c> line,</c><00:06:02.480><c> Adam</c><00:06:02.740><c> lived</c><00:06:03.259><c> 130</c><00:06:03.980><c> years,</c><00:06:04.839><c> begot</c><00:06:05.079><c> a</c>

00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:06.319
son<00:06:05.360><c> in</c><00:06:05.519><c> his</c><00:06:05.680><c> own</c><00:06:05.920><c> likeness</c>

00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:08.579
after<00:06:06.639><c> his</c><00:06:06.920><c> image</c><00:06:07.139><c> and</c><00:06:07.339><c> named</c><00:06:07.540><c> him</c><00:06:07.819><c> Seth.</c>

00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:12.060
After<00:06:09.160><c> he</c><00:06:09.300><c> begot</c><00:06:09.639><c> Seth,</c><00:06:09.939><c> the</c><00:06:10.019><c> days</c><00:06:10.199><c> of</c><00:06:10.480><c> Adam</c><00:06:10.779><c> were</c><00:06:11.040><c> 800</c><00:06:11.379><c> years,</c>

00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:13.459
and<00:06:12.420><c> he</c><00:06:12.480><c> had</c><00:06:12.660><c> sons</c><00:06:12.920><c> and</c><00:06:13.160><c> daughters.</c>

00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:19.019
So<00:06:14.040><c> all</c><00:06:14.259><c> the</c><00:06:14.480><c> days</c><00:06:14.680><c> that</c><00:06:15.000><c> Adam</c><00:06:15.240><c> lived</c><00:06:15.620><c> were</c><00:06:16.259><c> 930</c><00:06:17.079><c> years</c><00:06:17.480><c> and</c><00:06:17.699><c> he</c><00:06:18.000><c> died.</c>

00:06:20.540 --> 00:06:23.240
Well,<00:06:20.759><c> of</c><00:06:20.879><c> course,</c><00:06:21.160><c> Adam</c><00:06:21.399><c> had</c><00:06:21.600><c> no</c><00:06:21.819><c> human</c><00:06:22.060><c> ancestors.</c>

00:06:23.740 --> 00:06:26.540
So<00:06:23.959><c> his</c><00:06:24.259><c> genealogy,</c><00:06:25.019><c> and</c><00:06:25.180><c> we</c><00:06:25.300><c> tend</c><00:06:25.420><c> to</c><00:06:25.600><c> think</c><00:06:25.699><c> of</c><00:06:25.920><c> genealogy</c>

00:06:26.540 --> 00:06:28.860
as<00:06:26.759><c> our</c><00:06:26.980><c> ancestors,</c><00:06:27.560><c> but</c><00:06:27.860><c> his</c><00:06:28.160><c> genealogy</c>

00:06:28.860 --> 00:06:34.060
is<00:06:29.019><c> his</c><00:06:29.160><c> offspring,</c><00:06:30.600><c> Seth,</c><00:06:31.120><c> Enosh,</c><00:06:31.579><c> Kenan,</c><00:06:32.300><c> and</c><00:06:32.439><c> whoever</c><00:06:32.600><c> comes</c><00:06:32.939><c> after,</c><00:06:33.839><c> and</c>

00:06:34.060 --> 00:06:35.339
he<00:06:34.399><c> dies</c><00:06:34.759><c> and</c><00:06:35.019><c> they</c>

00:06:35.339 --> 00:06:36.519
die.

00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:41.939
So<00:06:38.259><c> the</c><00:06:38.399><c> book</c><00:06:38.600><c> of</c><00:06:38.800><c> the</c><00:06:38.980><c> genealogy</c><00:06:39.519><c> of</c><00:06:39.800><c> Adam</c><00:06:40.060><c> is</c><00:06:40.339><c> a</c><00:06:40.480><c> book</c><00:06:40.639><c> of</c><00:06:40.939><c> death.</c>

00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:48.519
The<00:06:44.680><c> genealogy</c><00:06:45.259><c> of</c><00:06:45.459><c> Jesus</c><00:06:45.800><c> Christ,</c><00:06:46.240><c> and</c><00:06:46.360><c> perhaps</c><00:06:46.660><c> this</c><00:06:46.939><c> is</c><00:06:47.120><c> why</c><00:06:47.360><c> Matthew</c><00:06:47.720><c> has</c><00:06:48.040><c> phrased</c><00:06:48.339><c> it</c>

00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:49.740
this<00:06:48.800><c> way,</c>

00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:54.180
is<00:06:50.279><c> not</c><00:06:50.480><c> just</c><00:06:50.720><c> his</c><00:06:51.000><c> ancestors,</c><00:06:51.779><c> David</c><00:06:52.100><c> and</c><00:06:52.319><c> Abraham</c><00:06:52.819><c> and</c><00:06:53.000><c> so</c><00:06:53.360><c> forth.</c>

00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:58.680
The<00:06:54.959><c> genealogy</c><00:06:55.639><c> of</c><00:06:55.759><c> Jesus</c><00:06:56.160><c> Christ</c><00:06:56.420><c> is</c><00:06:56.639><c> his</c><00:06:56.959><c> offspring,</c><00:06:58.180><c> too,</c>

00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:00.300
and<00:06:58.920><c> they</c><00:06:59.100><c> will</c><00:06:59.360><c> live.</c>

00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:04.420
And<00:07:01.160><c> all</c><00:07:01.360><c> of</c><00:07:01.560><c> our</c><00:07:02.040><c> thoughts,</c><00:07:02.300><c> I</c><00:07:02.660><c> think,</c><00:07:02.939><c> can</c><00:07:03.160><c> easily</c><00:07:03.720><c> reflect</c>

00:07:04.420 --> 00:07:08.860
on<00:07:04.740><c> the</c><00:07:05.079><c> last</c><00:07:05.459><c> part</c><00:07:05.800><c> of</c><00:07:06.459><c> Isaiah</c><00:07:06.779><c> 53,</c><00:07:08.300><c> where</c>

00:07:08.860 --> 00:07:13.339
the<00:07:09.420><c> suffering</c><00:07:09.839><c> servant,</c><00:07:10.420><c> he</c><00:07:10.420><c> shall</c><00:07:10.680><c> seed</c><00:07:10.920><c> his</c><00:07:11.300><c> seed,</c><00:07:11.620><c> he</c><00:07:11.759><c> shall</c><00:07:11.939><c> prolong,</c><00:07:13.040><c> and</c>

00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:14.040
the<00:07:13.560><c> pleasure</c><00:07:13.740><c> of</c><00:07:13.920><c> the</c>

00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:16.279
Lord<00:07:14.199><c> shall</c><00:07:14.459><c> prosper</c><00:07:14.899><c> in</c><00:07:15.060><c> his</c><00:07:15.279><c> hand.</c>

00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:20.740
He<00:07:16.839><c> has</c><00:07:17.139><c> a</c><00:07:17.420><c> seed,</c><00:07:18.300><c> and</c><00:07:18.699><c> that</c><00:07:19.000><c> seed</c><00:07:19.180><c> is</c><00:07:19.399><c> his</c><00:07:19.680><c> offspring.</c>

00:07:21.260 --> 00:07:25.959
So<00:07:21.780><c> Jesus</c><00:07:22.300><c> Christ,</c><00:07:23.019><c> the</c><00:07:23.160><c> genealogy</c><00:07:23.660><c> of</c><00:07:23.759><c> Jesus</c><00:07:24.139><c> Christ,</c><00:07:24.420><c> is</c><00:07:24.620><c> about</c><00:07:24.839><c> his</c><00:07:25.160><c> offspring</c><00:07:25.620><c> as</c>

00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:27.079
well,<00:07:26.399><c> and</c><00:07:26.579><c> they</c><00:07:26.800><c> will</c>

00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:27.980
live.

00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.500
So<00:07:28.759><c> if</c><00:07:28.879><c> the</c><00:07:29.100><c> book</c><00:07:29.399><c> of</c><00:07:29.740><c> the</c><00:07:29.899><c> genealogy</c><00:07:30.459><c> of</c><00:07:30.720><c> Adam,</c><00:07:31.060><c> brothers</c><00:07:31.500><c> and</c>

00:07:31.500 --> 00:07:33.500
sisters,<00:07:31.740><c> is</c><00:07:31.920><c> a</c><00:07:31.920><c> book</c><00:07:32.180><c> of</c><00:07:32.399><c> death,</c><00:07:33.019><c> it</c><00:07:33.259><c> strikes</c>

00:07:33.500 --> 00:07:36.680
me<00:07:33.920><c> that</c><00:07:34.100><c> what</c><00:07:34.360><c> Matthew</c><00:07:34.639><c> is</c><00:07:34.839><c> telling</c><00:07:35.079><c> us</c><00:07:35.540><c> is</c><00:07:35.860><c> the</c><00:07:36.019><c> book</c><00:07:36.300><c> of</c><00:07:36.600><c> the</c>

00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:38.220
genealogy<00:07:37.139><c> of</c><00:07:37.300><c> Jesus</c><00:07:37.600><c> Christ</c><00:07:37.860><c> is</c><00:07:38.100><c> going</c>

00:07:38.220 --> 00:07:39.860
to<00:07:38.339><c> be</c><00:07:38.439><c> a</c><00:07:38.480><c> book</c><00:07:38.660><c> of</c><00:07:38.939><c> life.</c>

00:07:40.259 --> 00:07:43.319
He's<00:07:40.560><c> going</c><00:07:40.699><c> to</c><00:07:40.839><c> give</c><00:07:41.000><c> new</c><00:07:41.279><c> life</c><00:07:41.540><c> to</c><00:07:41.759><c> Adam's</c><00:07:42.360><c> children.</c>

00:07:44.659 --> 00:07:50.319
And<00:07:45.199><c> in</c><00:07:45.740><c> any</c><00:07:46.079><c> kind</c><00:07:46.319><c> of</c><00:07:46.480><c> Bible</c><00:07:46.779><c> symmetry,</c><00:07:49.000><c> and</c><00:07:49.000><c> we're</c><00:07:50.279><c> probably</c>

00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:52.019
most<00:07:50.639><c> familiar</c><00:07:50.879><c> with</c><00:07:51.079><c> that</c><00:07:51.240><c> in</c><00:07:51.439><c> the</c><00:07:51.600><c> Psalms.</c>

00:07:52.180 --> 00:07:57.540
There<00:07:52.339><c> are</c><00:07:52.500><c> a</c><00:07:52.500><c> number</c><00:07:52.800><c> of</c><00:07:53.040><c> Psalms</c><00:07:53.279><c> with</c><00:07:53.459><c> a</c><00:07:53.519><c> symmetrical</c><00:07:53.980><c> structure,</c><00:07:54.899><c> and</c><00:07:55.379><c> that</c><00:07:55.839><c> seems</c><00:07:56.060><c> to</c><00:07:56.259><c> be</c><00:07:56.519><c> a</c><00:07:57.000><c> characteristic</c>

00:07:57.540 --> 00:07:58.500
of<00:07:57.759><c> Hebrew</c><00:07:57.980><c> literature.</c>

00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:01.459
I'm<00:07:58.939><c> no</c><00:07:59.120><c> expert</c><00:07:59.459><c> in</c><00:07:59.620><c> it,</c><00:08:00.019><c> but</c><00:08:00.240><c> symmetry</c><00:08:00.600><c> certainly</c><00:08:01.019><c> seems</c><00:08:01.220><c> to</c>

00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:02.259
play<00:08:01.579><c> a</c><00:08:01.720><c> big</c><00:08:01.879><c> role.</c>

00:08:02.660 --> 00:08:06.079
Wherever<00:08:02.939><c> we</c><00:08:03.399><c> have</c><00:08:03.699><c> that,</c><00:08:04.420><c> it's</c><00:08:04.740><c> always</c><00:08:05.000><c> worth</c><00:08:05.279><c> looking</c><00:08:05.620><c> at</c>

00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:08.699
the<00:08:06.379><c> first</c><00:08:06.639><c> words</c><00:08:06.920><c> and</c><00:08:07.079><c> the</c><00:08:07.339><c> last</c><00:08:07.579><c> words,</c><00:08:08.600><c> or</c>

00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:11.259
the<00:08:08.860><c> first</c><00:08:09.100><c> ideas</c><00:08:09.519><c> and</c><00:08:09.699><c> the</c><00:08:09.920><c> last</c><00:08:10.199><c> ideas.</c>

00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:15.000
And<00:08:11.779><c> this</c><00:08:12.019><c> really</c><00:08:12.459><c> pays</c><00:08:12.800><c> dividends</c><00:08:13.199><c> in</c><00:08:13.459><c> Matthew's</c><00:08:14.120><c> gospel.</c>

00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:18.240
So<00:08:15.980><c> we</c><00:08:16.199><c> have</c><00:08:16.360><c> the</c><00:08:16.519><c> book</c><00:08:16.660><c> of</c><00:08:16.800><c> the</c><00:08:17.000><c> genealogy</c><00:08:17.459><c> of</c><00:08:17.579><c> Jesus</c><00:08:17.920><c> Christ</c>

00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:20.100
as<00:08:18.459><c> the</c><00:08:18.720><c> first</c><00:08:19.000><c> words.</c>

00:08:20.139 --> 00:08:23.839
The<00:08:20.420><c> last</c><00:08:20.800><c> words</c><00:08:21.139><c> are,</c><00:08:22.199><c> and</c><00:08:22.199><c> Jesus</c><00:08:22.600><c> came</c><00:08:22.920><c> and</c><00:08:23.160><c> spoke</c><00:08:23.420><c> to</c><00:08:23.540><c> them</c>

00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:26.600
saying,<00:08:25.040><c> all</c><00:08:25.399><c> authority</c><00:08:26.019><c> has</c><00:08:26.199><c> been</c><00:08:26.420><c> given</c>

00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.180
to<00:08:26.860><c> me</c><00:08:27.139><c> in</c><00:08:27.379><c> heaven</c><00:08:27.680><c> and</c><00:08:28.000><c> on</c><00:08:28.259><c> earth.</c>

00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:33.860
Go<00:08:29.860><c> therefore</c><00:08:30.420><c> and</c><00:08:30.860><c> make</c><00:08:31.120><c> disciples</c><00:08:31.759><c> of</c><00:08:32.080><c> all</c><00:08:32.360><c> the</c><00:08:32.600><c> nations,</c>

00:08:34.460 --> 00:08:35.860
baptizing<00:08:34.940><c> them</c><00:08:35.139><c> in</c><00:08:35.279><c> the</c><00:08:35.399><c> name</c><00:08:35.539><c> of</c><00:08:35.700><c> the</c>

00:08:35.860 --> 00:08:38.460
Father<00:08:36.120><c> and</c><00:08:36.279><c> the</c><00:08:36.440><c> Son</c><00:08:36.600><c> and</c><00:08:36.700><c> the</c><00:08:36.860><c> Holy</c><00:08:37.120><c> Spirit,</c><00:08:37.820><c> teaching</c><00:08:38.220><c> them</c>

00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:40.600
to<00:08:38.759><c> observe</c><00:08:39.120><c> all</c><00:08:39.559><c> things</c><00:08:39.779><c> that</c><00:08:39.960><c> I</c><00:08:40.059><c> have</c><00:08:40.240><c> commanded</c>

00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:41.200
you.

00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:44.759
And,<00:08:41.980><c> oh,</c><00:08:42.000><c> I</c><00:08:42.100><c> am</c><00:08:42.220><c> with</c><00:08:42.340><c> you</c><00:08:42.759><c> always,</c><00:08:43.279><c> even</c><00:08:43.419><c> to</c><00:08:43.519><c> the</c><00:08:43.620><c> end</c><00:08:43.740><c> of</c><00:08:43.879><c> the</c><00:08:44.000><c> age.</c>

00:08:45.500 --> 00:08:50.299
Make<00:08:45.740><c> disciples</c><00:08:46.179><c> of</c><00:08:46.399><c> all</c><00:08:46.659><c> nations,</c><00:08:48.460><c> teaching</c><00:08:48.460><c> them</c><00:08:48.679><c> to</c><00:08:48.899><c> observe</c><00:08:49.299><c> all</c><00:08:49.740><c> things</c><00:08:49.980><c> that</c><00:08:50.179><c> I</c>

00:08:50.299 --> 00:08:50.860
have<00:08:50.500><c> commanded</c>

00:08:50.860 --> 00:08:52.220
you.

00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:55.080
They're<00:08:53.159><c> the</c><00:08:53.360><c> offspring</c><00:08:53.700><c> of</c><00:08:53.919><c> Jesus.</c>

00:08:56.179 --> 00:09:01.200
Disciples<00:08:56.600><c> of</c><00:08:56.899><c> all</c><00:08:57.259><c> nations</c><00:08:57.720><c> are</c><00:08:58.200><c> the</c><00:08:58.799><c> offspring,</c><00:08:59.320><c> the</c><00:08:59.580><c> spiritual</c><00:09:00.120><c> offspring</c><00:09:00.720><c> of</c>

00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:02.139
Jesus<00:09:01.659><c> Christ,</c><00:09:01.980><c> and</c>

00:09:02.139 --> 00:09:04.820
they<00:09:02.320><c> do</c><00:09:02.580><c> all</c><00:09:02.919><c> things,</c><00:09:03.139><c> they</c><00:09:03.360><c> observe</c><00:09:03.639><c> all</c><00:09:03.980><c> things</c><00:09:04.259><c> that</c><00:09:04.519><c> he</c>

00:09:04.820 --> 00:09:06.379
commands<00:09:05.360><c> them.</c>

00:09:09.419 --> 00:09:14.259
It's<00:09:10.019><c> interesting</c><00:09:10.379><c> then</c><00:09:10.600><c> in</c><00:09:10.720><c> this</c><00:09:10.940><c> regard,</c><00:09:12.059><c> if</c><00:09:12.179><c> his</c><00:09:12.559><c> disciples,</c><00:09:13.139><c> and</c><00:09:13.620><c> coming</c><00:09:13.799><c> right</c><00:09:14.120><c> down</c>

00:09:14.259 --> 00:09:15.120
to<00:09:14.500><c> us,</c>

00:09:15.620 --> 00:09:20.059
are<00:09:15.759><c> the</c><00:09:16.039><c> offspring</c><00:09:16.580><c> or</c><00:09:17.580><c> the</c><00:09:17.779><c> genealogy</c><00:09:18.399><c> of</c><00:09:18.519><c> Jesus</c><00:09:18.960><c> Christ,</c>

00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:22.659
the<00:09:20.879><c> first</c><00:09:21.200><c> event</c><00:09:21.580><c> that</c><00:09:21.879><c> Matthew</c><00:09:22.159><c> records</c>

00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:27.399
in<00:09:22.879><c> the</c><00:09:23.100><c> ministry</c><00:09:23.399><c> of</c><00:09:23.580><c> Jesus</c><00:09:24.279><c> is</c><00:09:25.659><c> the</c><00:09:25.899><c> call</c><00:09:26.080><c> of</c><00:09:26.240><c> Peter,</c><00:09:26.659><c> Andrew,</c><00:09:27.100><c> James,</c>

00:09:27.419 --> 00:09:29.320
and<00:09:27.620><c> John,</c><00:09:28.299><c> when</c><00:09:28.460><c> we</c><00:09:28.620><c> get</c><00:09:28.759><c> into</c>

00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:31.940
the<00:09:29.580><c> ministry</c><00:09:29.899><c> one</c><00:09:30.200><c> portion</c><00:09:30.600><c> of</c><00:09:30.779><c> his</c><00:09:30.960><c> gospel.</c>

00:09:32.800 --> 00:09:39.019
Those<00:09:33.320><c> men</c><00:09:33.840><c> are</c><00:09:34.759><c> the</c><00:09:34.940><c> beginning</c><00:09:35.480><c> of</c><00:09:35.779><c> the</c><00:09:35.960><c> generation</c><00:09:36.480><c> of</c><00:09:36.639><c> Jesus</c><00:09:37.059><c> Christ,</c><00:09:38.759><c> and</c>

00:09:39.019 --> 00:09:40.580
it's<00:09:39.259><c> going</c><00:09:39.399><c> to</c><00:09:39.659><c> extend</c>

00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:45.500
down<00:09:41.759><c> to</c><00:09:42.279><c> the</c><00:09:42.419><c> end</c><00:09:42.559><c> of</c><00:09:42.679><c> the</c><00:09:42.840><c> age,</c><00:09:43.659><c> ultimately,</c><00:09:44.919><c> all</c><00:09:45.120><c> right?</c>

00:09:45.940 --> 00:09:48.600
So<00:09:46.259><c> the</c><00:09:46.519><c> disciples</c><00:09:46.879><c> of</c><00:09:47.120><c> all</c><00:09:47.320><c> nations</c><00:09:47.580><c> are</c><00:09:47.779><c> the</c><00:09:48.000><c> genealogy</c><00:09:48.480><c> of</c>

00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.019
Jesus<00:09:48.940><c> Christ,</c><00:09:49.539><c> and</c><00:09:49.840><c> we</c><00:09:50.100><c> at</c><00:09:50.320><c> this</c><00:09:50.559><c> time</c><00:09:50.759><c> in</c><00:09:51.059><c> history,</c>

00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:56.059
this<00:09:52.679><c> is</c><00:09:52.840><c> the</c><00:09:53.000><c> thing</c><00:09:53.120><c> that</c><00:09:53.460><c> just</c><00:09:53.840><c> excites</c><00:09:54.159><c> me</c><00:09:54.340><c> then</c><00:09:54.440><c> about</c><00:09:54.659><c> Matthew's</c><00:09:55.220><c> gospel,</c><00:09:55.899><c> is</c>

00:09:56.059 --> 00:09:57.080
that<00:09:56.259><c> it</c><00:09:56.500><c> ends</c><00:09:56.740><c> almost</c>

00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:58.279
in<00:09:57.240><c> an</c><00:09:57.440><c> open</c><00:09:57.639><c>-ended</c><00:09:57.840><c> way.</c>

00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:03.480
We<00:09:58.779><c> at</c><00:09:58.980><c> this</c><00:09:59.279><c> time</c><00:09:59.500><c> in</c><00:09:59.720><c> history</c><00:10:00.340><c> are</c><00:10:00.960><c> a</c><00:10:01.200><c> continuation</c><00:10:01.919><c> of</c><00:10:03.259><c> the</c>

00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:05.039
generation<00:10:04.000><c> of</c><00:10:04.159><c> Jesus</c><00:10:04.559><c> Christ.</c>

00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:09.799
We're<00:10:05.679><c> here</c><00:10:05.899><c> because</c><00:10:06.320><c> he</c><00:10:06.559><c> has</c><00:10:06.840><c> generated</c><00:10:07.259><c> new</c><00:10:07.559><c> life</c><00:10:07.779><c> in</c><00:10:07.960><c> us.</c>

00:10:10.059 --> 00:10:14.120
We're<00:10:10.200><c> the</c><00:10:10.460><c> extension</c><00:10:10.840><c> of</c><00:10:11.159><c> Matthew</c><00:10:11.519><c> 28</c><00:10:12.120><c> here</c><00:10:13.100><c> as</c><00:10:13.519><c> we</c><00:10:13.820><c> approach</c>

00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:15.759
the<00:10:14.279><c> end</c><00:10:14.480><c> of</c><00:10:14.620><c> the</c><00:10:14.779><c> age.</c>

00:10:16.839 --> 00:10:22.100
So<00:10:17.439><c> wonderful</c><00:10:18.039><c> things</c><00:10:18.519><c> to</c><00:10:18.659><c> think</c><00:10:18.980><c> about</c><00:10:19.539><c> as</c><00:10:20.120><c> far</c><00:10:20.340><c> as</c><00:10:20.500><c> the</c><00:10:20.639><c> whole</c><00:10:20.879><c> purpose</c><00:10:21.340><c> of</c>

00:10:22.100 --> 00:10:23.580
Matthew's<00:10:22.720><c> writing.</c>

00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:26.600
All<00:10:24.120><c> right,</c><00:10:24.240><c> we'll</c><00:10:24.379><c> pick</c><00:10:24.480><c> something</c><00:10:24.960><c> else</c><00:10:25.279><c> out</c><00:10:25.460><c> at</c><00:10:25.620><c> the</c><00:10:25.759><c> beginning</c><00:10:26.059><c> in</c>

00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:27.240
the<00:10:26.740><c> introduction.</c>

00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:31.559
Now,<00:10:27.740><c> the</c><00:10:27.820><c> birth</c><00:10:28.059><c> of</c><00:10:28.279><c> Jesus</c><00:10:28.879><c> Christ</c><00:10:29.360><c> was</c><00:10:29.639><c> as</c><00:10:29.940><c> follows,</c><00:10:31.299><c> and</c><00:10:31.399><c> we</c>

00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:34.679
have<00:10:32.059><c> Matthew</c><00:10:32.480><c> 1,</c><00:10:33.340><c> beginning</c><00:10:33.639><c> at</c><00:10:33.840><c> verse</c><00:10:34.039><c> 18.</c>

00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:38.120
Now,<00:10:35.240><c> the</c><00:10:35.399><c> birth</c><00:10:35.700><c> of</c><00:10:35.879><c> Jesus</c><00:10:36.299><c> Christ</c><00:10:36.620><c> was</c><00:10:36.860><c> as</c><00:10:37.100><c> follows.</c>

00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:41.480
After<00:10:38.519><c> his</c><00:10:38.720><c> mother</c><00:10:38.980><c> Mary</c><00:10:39.259><c> was</c><00:10:39.600><c> betrothed</c><00:10:40.000><c> to</c><00:10:40.200><c> Joseph,</c><00:10:41.159><c> before</c>

00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:44.100
they<00:10:41.679><c> came</c><00:10:41.899><c> together,</c><00:10:42.379><c> she</c><00:10:42.399><c> was</c><00:10:42.700><c> found</c><00:10:42.899><c> with</c><00:10:43.159><c> child.</c>

00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:48.940
So<00:10:45.759><c> all</c><00:10:46.120><c> this</c><00:10:46.379><c> was</c><00:10:46.659><c> done,</c><00:10:47.000><c> of</c><00:10:47.240><c> course,</c><00:10:47.480><c> in</c><00:10:47.639><c> between</c><00:10:47.919><c> the</c><00:10:48.559><c> angel</c>

00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:51.019
appearing<00:10:49.279><c> to</c><00:10:49.519><c> Joseph,</c><00:10:50.299><c> don't</c><00:10:50.600><c> be</c><00:10:50.779><c> afraid</c>

00:10:51.019 --> 00:10:53.700
to<00:10:51.259><c> take</c><00:10:51.440><c> to</c><00:10:51.519><c> Mary</c><00:10:51.759><c> her</c><00:10:51.980><c> wife,</c><00:10:52.240><c> and</c><00:10:52.460><c> so</c><00:10:52.720><c> on.</c>

00:10:53.800 --> 00:10:57.019
So<00:10:54.080><c> all</c><00:10:54.299><c> this</c><00:10:54.559><c> was</c><00:10:54.840><c> done,</c><00:10:55.279><c> that</c><00:10:55.379><c> it</c><00:10:55.580><c> might</c><00:10:55.759><c> be</c><00:10:56.059><c> fulfilled,</c><00:10:56.639><c> which</c><00:10:56.820><c> was</c>

00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:58.620
spoken<00:10:57.299><c> by</c><00:10:57.539><c> the</c><00:10:57.720><c> Lord</c><00:10:57.919><c> through</c><00:10:58.120><c> the</c><00:10:58.360><c> prophet,</c>

00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:03.320
saying,<00:10:59.820><c> Behold,</c><00:11:00.679><c> the</c><00:11:00.919><c> virgin</c><00:11:01.240><c> shall</c><00:11:01.440><c> be</c><00:11:01.639><c> with</c><00:11:01.919><c> child</c><00:11:02.320><c> and</c><00:11:02.559><c> bear</c><00:11:02.779><c> a</c><00:11:02.980><c> son.</c>

00:11:03.620 --> 00:11:08.320
They<00:11:03.940><c> shall</c><00:11:04.120><c> call</c><00:11:04.379><c> his</c><00:11:04.600><c> name</c><00:11:04.860><c> Immanuel,</c><00:11:05.720><c> which</c><00:11:06.000><c> is</c><00:11:06.320><c> translated,</c><00:11:06.899><c> God</c><00:11:07.159><c> with</c><00:11:07.379><c> us.</c>

00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:13.539
So<00:11:08.759><c> in</c><00:11:09.039><c> this</c><00:11:09.480><c> divine</c><00:11:09.940><c> begettal</c><00:11:10.500><c> process,</c><00:11:11.340><c> brothers</c><00:11:11.399><c> and</c><00:11:11.639><c> sisters,</c><00:11:13.179><c> we</c>

00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:15.899
see<00:11:13.820><c> the</c><00:11:14.120><c> language,</c><00:11:14.879><c> birth,</c><00:11:15.600><c> mother,</c>

00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:18.259
child,<00:11:16.940><c> Holy</c><00:11:17.139><c> Spirit.</c>

00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:25.179
And<00:11:19.240><c> we've</c><00:11:19.799><c> just</c><00:11:20.080><c> noticed</c><00:11:20.519><c> in</c><00:11:20.879><c> the</c><00:11:21.159><c> climax</c><00:11:21.559><c> of</c><00:11:21.740><c> the</c><00:11:21.960><c> climax,</c><00:11:24.460><c> a</c>

00:11:25.179 --> 00:11:26.899
parallel<00:11:25.559><c> of</c><00:11:26.139><c> the</c><00:11:26.360><c> words,</c>

00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.779
baptizing<00:11:28.139><c> Father,</c><00:11:28.639><c> Son,</c><00:11:29.460><c> Holy</c><00:11:29.700><c> Spirit.</c>

00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:34.980
There<00:11:31.399><c> is</c><00:11:31.940><c> a</c><00:11:33.139><c> reflection</c><00:11:33.779><c> of</c><00:11:34.000><c> the</c><00:11:34.200><c> wording.</c>

00:11:35.659 --> 00:11:38.259
And<00:11:36.019><c> one</c><00:11:36.159><c> of</c><00:11:36.279><c> the</c><00:11:36.440><c> things</c><00:11:36.559><c> that</c><00:11:36.720><c> we</c><00:11:36.860><c> looked</c><00:11:36.980><c> at</c><00:11:37.159><c> in</c><00:11:37.340><c> some</c><00:11:37.500><c> detail</c><00:11:37.860><c> last</c>

00:11:38.259 --> 00:11:40.320
week<00:11:38.639><c> for</c><00:11:39.139><c> the</c><00:11:39.460><c> continuation</c><00:11:40.039><c> of</c>

00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:43.500
Matthew's<00:11:40.899><c> gospel,</c><00:11:41.379><c> he</c><00:11:41.720><c> uses</c><00:11:42.100><c> a</c><00:11:42.519><c> continuity</c><00:11:42.940><c> of</c><00:11:43.240><c> wording.</c>

00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:49.019
So<00:11:44.259><c> a</c><00:11:44.480><c> reflection</c><00:11:44.820><c> here,</c><00:11:45.220><c> birth,</c><00:11:45.740><c> mother,</c><00:11:46.139><c> child,</c><00:11:46.600><c> Holy</c><00:11:46.840><c> Spirit,</c><00:11:47.620><c> baptizing</c><00:11:48.240><c> Father,</c><00:11:48.740><c> Son,</c>

00:11:49.059 --> 00:11:50.500
Holy<00:11:49.399><c> Spirit.</c>

00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:54.500
The<00:11:50.879><c> languages</c><00:11:51.259><c> and</c><00:11:51.759><c> the</c><00:11:52.100><c> concept</c><00:11:52.700><c> have</c><00:11:53.480><c> parallels.</c>

00:11:55.759 --> 00:12:00.740
And<00:11:55.860><c> the</c><00:11:56.080><c> parallel</c><00:11:56.460><c> is,</c><00:11:56.919><c> the</c><00:11:57.179><c> main</c><00:11:57.480><c> parallel</c><00:11:58.019><c> is</c><00:11:58.299><c> that</c><00:11:58.559><c> our</c><00:11:58.899><c> new</c><00:11:59.200><c> birth</c><00:11:59.759><c> is</c>

00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:01.759
patterned<00:12:01.340><c> after</c><00:12:01.539><c> the</c>

00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:03.799
birth<00:12:01.960><c> of</c><00:12:02.200><c> Jesus</c><00:12:02.460><c> Christ.</c>

00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:12.240
The<00:12:05.840><c> Father,</c><00:12:06.580><c> through</c><00:12:06.840><c> the</c><00:12:07.220><c> Holy</c><00:12:07.500><c> Spirit,</c><00:12:09.440><c> operating</c><00:12:09.879><c> on</c><00:12:10.299><c> Mary,</c><00:12:11.440><c> brings</c><00:12:11.879><c> a</c>

00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:14.179
child<00:12:12.559><c> to</c><00:12:12.799><c> wondrous</c><00:12:13.159><c> birth.</c>

00:12:15.299 --> 00:12:19.559
Now<00:12:15.600><c> brothers</c><00:12:15.899><c> and</c><00:12:16.200><c> sisters,</c><00:12:16.539><c> the</c><00:12:16.759><c> Father,</c><00:12:18.059><c> through</c><00:12:18.259><c> the</c><00:12:18.519><c> Holy</c><00:12:18.759><c> Spirit</c><00:12:19.019><c> working</c><00:12:19.360><c> in</c>

00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:21.840
His<00:12:19.840><c> Son,</c><00:12:21.220><c> is</c><00:12:21.539><c> bringing</c>

00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:24.379
us<00:12:22.220><c> to</c><00:12:22.379><c> new</c><00:12:22.600><c> life</c><00:12:22.860><c> and</c><00:12:23.080><c> to</c><00:12:23.299><c> baptism.</c>

00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:27.940
So<00:12:25.980><c> baptism</c><00:12:26.320><c> in</c><00:12:26.519><c> the</c><00:12:26.580><c> name</c><00:12:26.759><c> of</c><00:12:26.919><c> the</c><00:12:27.080><c> Father</c><00:12:27.340><c> and</c><00:12:27.500><c> the</c><00:12:27.639><c> Son</c><00:12:27.840><c> and</c>

00:12:27.940 --> 00:12:30.580
the<00:12:28.059><c> Holy</c><00:12:28.240><c> Spirit</c><00:12:28.519><c> is</c><00:12:28.899><c> the</c><00:12:29.220><c> outcome</c><00:12:29.700><c> of</c>

00:12:30.580 --> 00:12:35.059
the<00:12:30.960><c> heavenly</c><00:12:30.960><c> process</c><00:12:31.460><c> that</c><00:12:31.659><c> brings</c><00:12:31.840><c> us</c><00:12:32.100><c> to</c><00:12:32.220><c> new</c><00:12:32.440><c> birth,</c><00:12:34.399><c> just</c><00:12:34.620><c> as</c>

00:12:35.059 --> 00:12:36.600
the<00:12:35.519><c> operation</c><00:12:36.019><c> of</c><00:12:36.200><c> the</c><00:12:36.379><c> Father</c>

00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:38.799
with<00:12:36.740><c> the</c><00:12:36.879><c> Holy</c><00:12:37.100><c> Spirit</c><00:12:37.399><c> brought</c><00:12:37.659><c> His</c><00:12:38.019><c> Son</c><00:12:38.220><c> to</c><00:12:38.379><c> new</c><00:12:38.600><c> birth.</c>

00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:41.019
So<00:12:39.200><c> there</c><00:12:39.460><c> are</c><00:12:39.759><c> parallels</c><00:12:40.039><c> here.</c>

00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:45.740
They<00:12:42.700><c> shall</c><00:12:42.919><c> call</c><00:12:43.179><c> His</c><00:12:43.419><c> name</c><00:12:43.720><c> Immanuel,</c><00:12:44.899><c> and</c><00:12:45.299><c> I'm</c><00:12:45.379><c> just</c><00:12:45.600><c> going</c>

00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:47.360
to<00:12:45.879><c> run</c><00:12:46.080><c> through</c><00:12:46.279><c> some</c><00:12:46.500><c> of</c><00:12:46.639><c> these</c><00:12:47.120><c> things</c>

00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:50.220
that<00:12:47.639><c> seem</c><00:12:47.840><c> unique</c><00:12:48.360><c> in</c><00:12:48.539><c> Matthew's</c><00:12:49.100><c> introduction.</c>

00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.659
We<00:12:51.240><c> just</c><00:12:51.500><c> read</c><00:12:51.720><c> this,</c><00:12:52.940><c> so</c><00:12:53.279><c> all</c><00:12:53.500><c> this</c><00:12:53.740><c> was</c><00:12:54.000><c> done</c><00:12:54.179><c> that</c><00:12:54.320><c> it</c><00:12:54.519><c> might</c>

00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:56.840
be<00:12:54.960><c> fulfilled,</c><00:12:55.419><c> which</c><00:12:55.580><c> was</c><00:12:55.840><c> spoken</c><00:12:56.100><c> by</c>

00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:12.919
And<00:13:05.259><c> we</c><00:13:05.879><c> need</c><00:13:07.279><c> to</c><00:13:11.440><c> stop</c><00:13:11.700><c> and</c><00:13:11.960><c> reflect</c><00:13:12.279><c> on</c><00:13:12.500><c> this.</c>

00:13:13.179 --> 00:13:15.399
They<00:13:13.279><c> shall</c><00:13:13.580><c> call</c><00:13:13.820><c> His</c><00:13:14.080><c> name</c><00:13:14.279><c> Immanuel.</c>

00:13:15.539 --> 00:13:19.740
Immanuel<00:13:15.740><c> is</c><00:13:16.080><c> not</c><00:13:16.340><c> intrinsic</c><00:13:16.980><c> deity</c><00:13:17.580><c> that</c><00:13:17.960><c> Jesus</c><00:13:18.240><c> is</c><00:13:18.539><c> born</c><00:13:18.820><c> with.</c>

00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:24.279
He<00:13:19.940><c> isn't</c><00:13:20.120><c> Immanuel</c><00:13:20.659><c> just</c><00:13:21.240><c> simply</c><00:13:21.820><c> by</c><00:13:22.340><c> the</c><00:13:22.600><c> fact</c><00:13:22.799><c> of</c><00:13:22.960><c> His</c><00:13:23.179><c> birth.</c>

00:13:24.090 --> 00:13:26.980
All<00:13:24.460><c> right.</c>

00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:31.860
Immanuel<00:13:27.440><c> is</c><00:13:27.700><c> a</c><00:13:27.980><c> role</c><00:13:28.399><c> that</c><00:13:28.840><c> Jesus</c><00:13:29.179><c> is</c><00:13:29.440><c> to</c><00:13:30.379><c> fulfill,</c><00:13:31.620><c> and</c><00:13:31.740><c> He</c>

00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:34.720
has<00:13:32.120><c> divinely</c><00:13:32.620><c> begotten</c><00:13:33.600><c> to</c><00:13:33.860><c> fulfill</c><00:13:34.379><c> this</c>

00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:35.799
role.

00:13:37.820 --> 00:13:40.879
They<00:13:37.960><c> shall</c><00:13:38.240><c> call</c><00:13:38.600><c> His</c><00:13:38.960><c> name</c><00:13:39.539><c> Immanuel.</c>

00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:44.600
It<00:13:42.340><c> isn't</c><00:13:42.600><c> that</c><00:13:42.899><c> He</c><00:13:43.179><c> is</c><00:13:43.580><c> Immanuel</c><00:13:44.179><c> yet.</c>

00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:47.679
They<00:13:45.360><c> shall</c><00:13:45.620><c> call</c><00:13:45.960><c> His</c><00:13:46.240><c> name</c><00:13:46.440><c> Immanuel.</c>

00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:51.879
It's<00:13:49.580><c> setting</c><00:13:49.840><c> the</c><00:13:50.179><c> stage</c><00:13:50.580><c> for</c><00:13:50.960><c> everything</c><00:13:51.240><c> to</c><00:13:51.519><c> come.</c>

00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:55.259
And<00:13:52.399><c> the</c><00:13:53.240><c> more</c><00:13:53.480><c> we</c><00:13:53.659><c> can</c><00:13:54.019><c> see</c><00:13:54.200><c> that,</c><00:13:54.419><c> I</c><00:13:54.539><c> think,</c><00:13:54.779><c> in</c><00:13:54.879><c> the</c><00:13:55.080><c> things</c>

00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:57.039
of<00:13:55.500><c> Matthew's</c><00:13:55.899><c> introduction,</c><00:13:56.879><c> the</c>

00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:59.519
more<00:13:57.240><c> they'll</c><00:13:57.500><c> really</c><00:13:57.879><c> take</c><00:13:58.120><c> on</c><00:13:58.299><c> wonderful</c><00:13:58.679><c> meaning</c><00:13:59.059><c> for</c><00:13:59.320><c> us,</c>

00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:01.299
and<00:13:59.799><c> we'll</c><00:13:59.919><c> be</c><00:14:00.139><c> looking</c><00:14:00.360><c> for</c><00:14:00.639><c> things</c><00:14:00.919><c> as</c>

00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:03.360
we<00:14:01.480><c> read</c><00:14:01.700><c> the</c><00:14:01.879><c> rest</c><00:14:02.059><c> of</c><00:14:02.240><c> his</c><00:14:02.460><c> gospel.</c>

00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:05.840
The<00:14:03.539><c> rest</c><00:14:03.799><c> of</c><00:14:04.039><c> Matthew's</c><00:14:04.519><c> gospel</c><00:14:04.820><c> is</c><00:14:05.039><c> going</c><00:14:05.159><c> to</c><00:14:05.379><c> show</c><00:14:05.480><c> us</c><00:14:05.679><c> how</c>

00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:07.259
this<00:14:06.059><c> is</c><00:14:06.279><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:10.799
Enter<00:14:08.840><c> Matthew's</c><00:14:09.360><c> use</c><00:14:09.519><c> of</c><00:14:09.799><c> symmetry.</c>

00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:15.679
And<00:14:11.720><c> this</c><00:14:11.899><c> is</c><00:14:12.080><c> one</c><00:14:12.179><c> of</c><00:14:12.360><c> the</c><00:14:12.700><c> wonderful</c><00:14:13.240><c> places</c><00:14:13.799><c> where</c><00:14:14.580><c> symmetry</c><00:14:15.000><c> is</c><00:14:15.279><c> of</c>

00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:17.419
terrific<00:14:16.080><c> help</c><00:14:16.320><c> to</c><00:14:16.559><c> us.</c>

00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:19.240
Here's<00:14:18.019><c> the</c><00:14:18.259><c> introduction.</c>

00:14:19.420 --> 00:14:24.659
Here's<00:14:19.940><c> the</c><00:14:20.279><c> midpoint,</c><00:14:21.139><c> the</c><00:14:21.399><c> structural</c><00:14:21.860><c> center</c><00:14:22.460><c> of</c><00:14:22.840><c> Matthew's</c><00:14:23.639><c> gospel.</c>

00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:28.519
And<00:14:25.559><c> let's</c><00:14:25.960><c> just</c><00:14:26.200><c> read</c><00:14:26.320><c> it,</c><00:14:26.519><c> and</c><00:14:26.620><c> then</c><00:14:26.740><c> we'll</c><00:14:26.899><c> start</c><00:14:27.059><c> making</c><00:14:27.440><c> connections.</c>

00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:32.120
At<00:14:29.299><c> that</c><00:14:29.679><c> time,</c><00:14:30.120><c> Jesus</c><00:14:30.360><c> answered</c><00:14:30.799><c> and</c><00:14:31.059><c> said,</c><00:14:31.340><c> I</c><00:14:31.480><c> thank</c><00:14:31.820><c> you,</c>

00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:34.940
Father,<00:14:32.740><c> Lord</c><00:14:32.940><c> of</c><00:14:33.080><c> heaven</c><00:14:33.299><c> and</c><00:14:33.539><c> earth,</c><00:14:34.820><c> that</c>

00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:40.519
you<00:14:35.100><c> have</c><00:14:35.259><c> hidden</c><00:14:35.500><c> these</c><00:14:35.940><c> things</c><00:14:36.139><c> from</c><00:14:36.360><c> the</c><00:14:36.620><c> wise</c><00:14:36.840><c> and</c><00:14:37.120><c> prudent</c><00:14:37.519><c> and</c><00:14:38.000><c> have</c><00:14:38.299><c> revealed</c><00:14:38.600><c> them</c><00:14:38.799><c> to</c><00:14:39.059><c> babes.</c>

00:14:40.700 --> 00:14:44.279
Even<00:14:41.059><c> so,</c><00:14:41.559><c> Father,</c><00:14:41.879><c> for</c><00:14:42.000><c> so</c><00:14:42.179><c> it</c><00:14:42.419><c> seemed</c><00:14:42.620><c> good</c><00:14:42.899><c> in</c><00:14:43.100><c> your</c><00:14:43.379><c> sight.</c>

00:14:44.400 --> 00:14:47.960
All<00:14:44.960><c> things</c><00:14:45.259><c> have</c><00:14:45.460><c> been</c><00:14:45.600><c> delivered</c><00:14:45.960><c> to</c><00:14:46.100><c> me</c><00:14:46.299><c> by</c><00:14:46.559><c> my</c><00:14:46.840><c> Father,</c><00:14:47.600><c> and</c><00:14:47.740><c> no</c>

00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:49.799
one<00:14:48.059><c> knows</c><00:14:48.379><c> the</c><00:14:48.740><c> Son</c><00:14:49.059><c> except</c><00:14:49.539><c> the</c>

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.279
Father.

00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:54.379
Nor<00:14:50.879><c> does</c><00:14:51.139><c> anyone</c><00:14:51.419><c> know</c><00:14:51.700><c> the</c><00:14:52.039><c> Father</c><00:14:52.639><c> except</c><00:14:53.320><c> the</c><00:14:53.580><c> Son,</c><00:14:54.179><c> and</c>

00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:57.299
the<00:14:54.580><c> one</c><00:14:55.000><c> to</c><00:14:55.340><c> whom</c><00:14:55.679><c> the</c><00:14:56.019><c> Son</c><00:14:56.440><c> wills</c><00:14:57.039><c> to</c>

00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:58.639
reveal<00:14:57.740><c> Him.</c>

00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:02.259
All<00:14:59.879><c> right,</c><00:15:00.220><c> so</c><00:15:00.399><c> one</c><00:15:00.519><c> of</c><00:15:00.639><c> the</c><00:15:00.779><c> first</c><00:15:00.980><c> things</c><00:15:01.200><c> we</c><00:15:01.480><c> notice</c><00:15:01.799><c> here</c>

00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:04.379
is<00:15:02.700><c> that</c><00:15:02.899><c> the</c><00:15:03.159><c> Father</c><00:15:03.500><c> is</c><00:15:03.779><c> Lord</c><00:15:04.039><c> of</c><00:15:04.179><c> heaven</c>

00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:05.480
and<00:15:04.580><c> earth.</c>

00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:08.740
I<00:15:06.539><c> mean,</c><00:15:06.759><c> we've</c><00:15:07.200><c> known</c><00:15:07.360><c> that</c><00:15:07.580><c> all</c><00:15:07.799><c> along.</c>

00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:12.320
The<00:15:10.000><c> next</c><00:15:10.279><c> thing</c><00:15:10.659><c> that</c><00:15:10.919><c> we'll</c><00:15:11.159><c> notice</c><00:15:11.399><c> is</c><00:15:11.700><c> all</c><00:15:11.940><c> things</c><00:15:12.139><c> have</c>

00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:14.940
been<00:15:12.480><c> delivered</c><00:15:12.720><c> to</c><00:15:12.879><c> me</c><00:15:13.059><c> by</c><00:15:13.539><c> my</c><00:15:13.940><c> Father.</c>

00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:19.960
So<00:15:16.019><c> I</c><00:15:16.059><c> would</c><00:15:16.259><c> submit</c><00:15:16.700><c> that</c><00:15:17.179><c> Jesus</c><00:15:17.820><c> is</c><00:15:18.120><c> God</c><00:15:18.379><c> with</c><00:15:18.659><c> us</c><00:15:19.360><c> because</c>

00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:22.419
the<00:15:20.299><c> Father</c><00:15:20.759><c> delivers</c><00:15:21.360><c> all</c><00:15:21.799><c> things</c><00:15:22.120><c> to</c>

00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:23.500
Him.

00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:25.740
All<00:15:24.620><c> right.</c>

00:15:26.940 --> 00:15:30.139
And<00:15:27.120><c> then</c><00:15:27.259><c> he</c><00:15:27.379><c> goes</c><00:15:27.639><c> on</c><00:15:27.860><c> to</c><00:15:28.100><c> say,</c><00:15:28.779><c> nor</c><00:15:28.980><c> does</c><00:15:29.240><c> anyone</c><00:15:29.580><c> know</c><00:15:29.820><c> the</c>

00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:32.399
Father<00:15:30.500><c> except</c><00:15:31.139><c> the</c><00:15:31.559><c> Son,</c><00:15:31.779><c> of</c><00:15:32.019><c> course,</c>

00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:37.080
and<00:15:33.080><c> the</c><00:15:33.379><c> one</c><00:15:33.659><c> to</c><00:15:33.919><c> whom</c><00:15:34.059><c> the</c><00:15:34.379><c> Son</c><00:15:34.759><c> wills</c><00:15:35.279><c> to</c><00:15:35.700><c> reveal</c><00:15:36.000><c> Him.</c>

00:15:37.699 --> 00:15:43.460
The<00:15:38.299><c> Father</c><00:15:38.840><c> reveals</c><00:15:39.620><c> the</c><00:15:39.960><c> Son</c><00:15:40.259><c> to</c><00:15:40.519><c> us,</c><00:15:42.320><c> and</c><00:15:42.659><c> we</c><00:15:43.000><c> are</c><00:15:43.159><c> the</c><00:15:43.299><c> ones</c>

00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:45.299
who<00:15:43.720><c> call</c><00:15:43.899><c> Him</c><00:15:44.200><c> Immanuel.</c>

00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:48.259
You<00:15:46.139><c> know,</c><00:15:46.159><c> you</c><00:15:46.220><c> go</c><00:15:46.399><c> back,</c><00:15:46.700><c> they</c><00:15:46.940><c> shall</c><00:15:47.139><c> call</c><00:15:47.360><c> His</c><00:15:47.580><c> name</c><00:15:47.779><c> Immanuel.</c>

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:51.000
Who<00:15:48.779><c> will</c><00:15:49.120><c> call</c><00:15:49.340><c> His</c><00:15:49.639><c> name</c><00:15:49.840><c> Immanuel?</c>

00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:57.480
Those<00:15:52.399><c> who</c><00:15:52.899><c> see</c><00:15:53.419><c> the</c><00:15:54.100><c> Father</c><00:15:54.620><c> revealed</c><00:15:55.220><c> in</c><00:15:55.460><c> the</c><00:15:55.679><c> Son,</c><00:15:56.980><c> you</c><00:15:57.259><c> know,</c><00:15:57.340><c> we</c>

00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:59.179
just<00:15:57.700><c> pause</c><00:15:57.940><c> and</c><00:15:58.159><c> think</c><00:15:58.360><c> about</c><00:15:58.679><c> that.</c>

00:15:59.379 --> 00:16:02.440
We<00:15:59.580><c> don't</c><00:15:59.759><c> have</c><00:15:59.919><c> to</c><00:16:00.019><c> have</c><00:16:00.139><c> anything</c><00:16:00.440><c> mystical</c><00:16:00.919><c> about</c><00:16:01.279><c> this</c><00:16:01.899><c> in</c>

00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:04.700
terms<00:16:02.759><c> of</c><00:16:03.080><c> understanding</c><00:16:03.639><c> it.</c>

00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:08.220
You<00:16:04.879><c> know,</c><00:16:05.259><c> when</c><00:16:05.539><c> we</c><00:16:05.860><c> see</c><00:16:06.120><c> Jesus</c><00:16:06.580><c> and</c><00:16:06.759><c> we</c><00:16:06.919><c> see</c><00:16:07.139><c> the</c><00:16:07.360><c> compassion</c>

00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:11.000
that<00:16:09.039><c> He</c><00:16:09.480><c> exercises,</c><00:16:10.360><c> we're</c><00:16:10.740><c> seeing</c>

00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:13.039
His<00:16:11.399><c> Father's</c><00:16:11.860><c> compassion.</c>

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:17.379
When<00:16:14.100><c> we</c><00:16:14.379><c> see</c><00:16:14.500><c> Him</c><00:16:14.700><c> overturn</c><00:16:15.159><c> the</c><00:16:15.480><c> tables</c><00:16:15.940><c> of</c><00:16:16.299><c> the</c><00:16:16.559><c> money</c><00:16:16.879><c> changers</c><00:16:17.200><c> in</c>

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:18.399
the<00:16:17.539><c> temple,</c><00:16:17.879><c> we're</c><00:16:18.220><c> seeing</c>

00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:22.360
His<00:16:18.879><c> Father's</c><00:16:20.120><c> wrath</c><00:16:20.580><c> at</c><00:16:21.159><c> this</c><00:16:21.480><c> point.</c>

00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:28.159
When<00:16:23.879><c> we</c><00:16:24.259><c> see</c><00:16:24.700><c> His</c><00:16:25.159><c> healing</c><00:16:25.639><c> powers,</c><00:16:26.659><c> we're</c><00:16:26.960><c> seeing</c><00:16:27.139><c> His</c><00:16:27.519><c> Father</c><00:16:27.860><c> at</c>

00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:29.840
work<00:16:28.379><c> through</c><00:16:28.700><c> Him</c><00:16:29.100><c> by</c><00:16:29.419><c> the</c><00:16:29.639><c> power</c>

00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:33.700
of<00:16:29.899><c> His</c><00:16:30.059><c> Holy</c><00:16:30.320><c> Spirit</c><00:16:30.940><c> to</c><00:16:32.120><c> save</c><00:16:32.600><c> men.</c>

00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:38.179
When<00:16:34.639><c> we</c><00:16:34.879><c> hear</c><00:16:34.980><c> His</c><00:16:35.299><c> words,</c><00:16:36.759><c> the</c><00:16:36.980><c> words</c><00:16:37.159><c> that</c><00:16:37.340><c> He</c><00:16:37.559><c> speaks</c><00:16:37.860><c> of</c>

00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:40.980
life,<00:16:39.299><c> we're</c><00:16:39.759><c> hearing</c><00:16:40.100><c> the</c><00:16:40.379><c> Father</c><00:16:40.659><c> speak.</c>

00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:47.899
So<00:16:41.539><c> He</c><00:16:42.039><c> reveals</c><00:16:42.700><c> the</c><00:16:43.080><c> Father</c><00:16:43.440><c> to</c><00:16:43.820><c> us</c><00:16:44.360><c> in</c><00:16:44.720><c> all</c><00:16:45.039><c> of</c><00:16:45.220><c> these</c><00:16:45.539><c> things,</c><00:16:46.580><c> and</c><00:16:47.039><c> therefore</c><00:16:47.500><c> we</c>

00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:48.960
see<00:16:48.159><c> that</c><00:16:48.379><c> God</c><00:16:48.559><c> is</c><00:16:48.799><c> with</c>

00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:49.440
us<00:16:49.120><c> in</c><00:16:49.299><c> Him.</c>

00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:51.580
We<00:16:49.779><c> may</c><00:16:50.000><c> call</c><00:16:50.240><c> Him</c><00:16:50.480><c> Immanuel.</c>

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:55.759
We<00:16:52.899><c> then</c><00:16:53.200><c> come</c><00:16:53.460><c> back</c><00:16:53.759><c> again</c><00:16:54.059><c> to</c><00:16:54.200><c> the</c><00:16:54.399><c> climax,</c><00:16:55.460><c> so</c><00:16:55.539><c> we</c><00:16:55.620><c> have</c>

00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:58.700
introduction,<00:16:56.600><c> center,</c><00:16:57.600><c> climax.</c>

00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:03.559
And<00:17:00.100><c> Jesus</c><00:17:00.519><c> comes</c><00:17:01.100><c> to</c><00:17:01.279><c> His</c><00:17:01.480><c> disciples</c><00:17:01.899><c> in</c><00:17:02.600><c> His</c><00:17:02.879><c> exalted</c><00:17:03.320><c> state.</c>

00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:05.200
He's<00:17:03.759><c> been</c><00:17:04.079><c> resurrected.</c>

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:09.319
He<00:17:05.880><c> came</c><00:17:06.180><c> and</c><00:17:06.359><c> spoke</c><00:17:06.619><c> to</c><00:17:06.759><c> them</c><00:17:06.980><c> saying,</c><00:17:07.779><c> all</c><00:17:08.039><c> authority</c><00:17:08.720><c> has</c>

00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:10.759
been<00:17:09.579><c> given</c><00:17:09.759><c> to</c><00:17:09.960><c> me</c><00:17:10.099><c> in</c><00:17:10.220><c> heaven</c><00:17:10.380><c> and</c><00:17:10.539><c> on</c><00:17:10.660><c> earth.</c>

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:13.359
We<00:17:11.000><c> immediately</c><00:17:11.480><c> see</c><00:17:11.720><c> the</c><00:17:11.859><c> echo</c><00:17:12.119><c> of</c><00:17:12.619><c> wording.</c>

00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:15.319
All<00:17:13.839><c> authority</c><00:17:14.259><c> has</c><00:17:14.440><c> been</c><00:17:14.619><c> given</c><00:17:14.759><c> to</c><00:17:14.960><c> me.</c>

00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:18.819
All<00:17:15.960><c> things</c><00:17:16.200><c> have</c><00:17:16.380><c> been</c><00:17:16.640><c> delivered</c><00:17:16.920><c> to</c><00:17:17.099><c> me</c><00:17:17.259><c> by</c><00:17:17.519><c> my</c><00:17:17.779><c> Father.</c>

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:22.460
In<00:17:19.980><c> heaven</c><00:17:20.259><c> and</c><00:17:20.480><c> on</c><00:17:20.680><c> earth,</c><00:17:21.180><c> the</c><00:17:21.380><c> Father</c><00:17:21.680><c> is</c><00:17:21.880><c> Lord</c><00:17:22.099><c> of</c><00:17:22.279><c> heaven</c>

00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:23.599
and<00:17:22.619><c> earth.</c>

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:32.119
So<00:17:24.319><c> He</c><00:17:25.039><c> is</c><00:17:25.500><c> constantly</c><00:17:26.279><c> in</c><00:17:28.039><c> a</c><00:17:28.740><c> position</c><00:17:29.319><c> of</c><00:17:30.299><c> dependence</c><00:17:31.220><c> on</c>

00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:33.500
His<00:17:32.460><c> Father.</c>

00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:40.279
So<00:17:35.480><c> the</c><00:17:35.940><c> role</c><00:17:36.240><c> that</c><00:17:36.460><c> Jesus</c><00:17:36.680><c> has</c><00:17:36.960><c> even</c><00:17:37.339><c> now</c><00:17:38.140><c> in</c><00:17:38.420><c> His</c><00:17:38.660><c> exalted</c><00:17:39.140><c> state</c><00:17:39.660><c> is</c>

00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:42.000
a<00:17:40.519><c> delegated</c><00:17:41.059><c> role.</c>

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:44.000
It's<00:17:42.400><c> given</c><00:17:42.700><c> to</c><00:17:42.960><c> Him.</c>

00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:49.380
And<00:17:46.799><c> we</c><00:17:47.039><c> have</c><00:17:47.240><c> the</c><00:17:47.500><c> Father,</c><00:17:47.839><c> Son,</c><00:17:48.059><c> and</c><00:17:48.200><c> Holy</c><00:17:48.420><c> Spirit</c><00:17:48.700><c> language</c><00:17:49.059><c> again.</c>

00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:52.819
The<00:17:49.619><c> Father</c><00:17:49.920><c> is</c><00:17:50.140><c> at</c><00:17:50.380><c> work</c><00:17:50.579><c> in</c><00:17:50.900><c> the</c><00:17:51.180><c> Son</c><00:17:51.619><c> by</c><00:17:52.160><c> the</c><00:17:52.400><c> power</c><00:17:52.579><c> of</c><00:17:52.720><c> His</c>

00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.700
Holy<00:17:53.140><c> Spirit.</c>

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:57.720
And<00:17:54.339><c> so</c><00:17:54.579><c> again,</c><00:17:55.720><c> the</c><00:17:55.900><c> Son</c><00:17:56.240><c> is</c><00:17:56.940><c> Immanuel.</c>

00:17:57.980 --> 00:18:00.059
The<00:17:58.259><c> Father</c><00:17:58.500><c> is</c><00:17:58.640><c> at</c><00:17:58.799><c> work</c><00:17:59.039><c> in</c><00:17:59.220><c> Him</c><00:17:59.420><c> through</c><00:17:59.599><c> the</c><00:17:59.779><c> power</c><00:17:59.880><c> of</c><00:18:00.000><c> His</c>

00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:00.680
Holy<00:18:00.299><c> Spirit.</c>

00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:02.539
This<00:18:01.079><c> is</c><00:18:01.339><c> what's</c><00:18:01.640><c> going</c><00:18:01.839><c> on</c><00:18:02.119><c> now.</c>

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:04.460
We<00:18:02.980><c> ask,</c><00:18:03.220><c> what</c><00:18:03.319><c> is</c><00:18:03.539><c> Jesus</c><00:18:03.880><c> doing</c><00:18:04.160><c> now?</c>

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:06.900
Well,<00:18:04.779><c> this</c><00:18:04.940><c> is</c><00:18:05.119><c> a</c><00:18:05.240><c> picture</c><00:18:05.519><c> of</c><00:18:05.640><c> it,</c><00:18:05.799><c> isn't</c><00:18:06.000><c> it?</c>

00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:09.480
He's<00:18:07.740><c> working</c><00:18:08.039><c> in</c><00:18:08.380><c> concert</c><00:18:08.740><c> with</c><00:18:08.940><c> His</c><00:18:09.220><c> Father.</c>

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:12.140
So<00:18:09.960><c> the</c><00:18:09.960><c> Father</c><00:18:09.960><c> is</c><00:18:10.259><c> working</c><00:18:10.680><c> with</c><00:18:11.319><c> Him</c><00:18:11.559><c> through</c><00:18:11.759><c> the</c><00:18:11.920><c> power</c>

00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:14.099
of<00:18:12.220><c> His</c><00:18:12.279><c> Holy</c><00:18:12.539><c> Spirit</c><00:18:13.259><c> to</c><00:18:13.539><c> bring</c><00:18:13.720><c> us</c><00:18:13.980><c> to</c>

00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:20.339
new<00:18:14.319><c> life</c><00:18:14.980><c> and</c><00:18:16.420><c> whatever</c><00:18:16.759><c> else</c><00:18:17.299><c> in</c><00:18:18.039><c> the</c><00:18:18.119><c> way</c><00:18:18.279><c> of</c><00:18:18.640><c> controls</c><00:18:18.980><c> they</c><00:18:19.500><c> exercise</c><00:18:20.140><c> in</c>

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:21.680
this<00:18:20.599><c> world.</c>

00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:27.079
And<00:18:23.539><c> so</c><00:18:23.680><c> when</c><00:18:23.880><c> the</c><00:18:24.079><c> Son</c><00:18:24.240><c> says,</c><00:18:24.720><c> I</c><00:18:24.720><c> am</c><00:18:24.900><c> with</c><00:18:25.039><c> you</c><00:18:25.299><c> always,</c><00:18:26.859><c> God</c>

00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:29.839
is<00:18:27.259><c> therefore</c><00:18:27.660><c> with</c><00:18:27.900><c> us</c><00:18:28.140><c> always</c><00:18:28.539><c> in</c><00:18:29.039><c> the</c><00:18:29.380><c> resurrected</c>

00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:30.359
Son.

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:35.960
So<00:18:31.079><c> the</c><00:18:31.279><c> Immanuel</c><00:18:31.839><c> name</c><00:18:32.279><c> now</c><00:18:32.900><c> that</c><00:18:33.920><c> He</c><00:18:34.279><c> would</c><00:18:34.480><c> be</c><00:18:34.819><c> called</c><00:18:35.119><c> by</c>

00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:39.519
at<00:18:36.480><c> His</c><00:18:36.759><c> birth</c><00:18:37.259><c> is</c><00:18:38.380><c> now</c><00:18:38.680><c> made</c><00:18:39.019><c> eternal</c>

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:41.480
in<00:18:39.740><c> the</c><00:18:39.920><c> exalted</c><00:18:40.319><c> Son.</c>

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:46.859
The<00:18:43.119><c> passages</c><00:18:43.519><c> to</c><00:18:44.119><c> my</c><00:18:44.380><c> mind</c><00:18:44.619><c> at</c><00:18:44.740><c> least</c><00:18:45.019><c> complement</c><00:18:45.660><c> each</c><00:18:46.019><c> other</c><00:18:46.460><c> and</c>

00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:49.059
give<00:18:46.980><c> us</c><00:18:47.700><c> an</c><00:18:48.019><c> understanding</c><00:18:48.819><c> of</c>

00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:53.880
what<00:18:49.819><c> Matthew</c><00:18:50.279><c> is</c><00:18:50.859><c> telling</c><00:18:51.259><c> us</c><00:18:51.920><c> and</c><00:18:52.279><c> the</c><00:18:52.539><c> beauties</c><00:18:52.940><c> of</c><00:18:53.079><c> it.</c>

00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:55.700
Take<00:18:54.420><c> another</c><00:18:54.819><c> one.</c>

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:58.819
Where<00:18:56.579><c> is</c><00:18:56.660><c> He</c><00:18:56.880><c> who</c><00:18:56.960><c> has</c><00:18:57.099><c> been</c><00:18:57.299><c> born</c><00:18:57.519><c> King</c><00:18:57.700><c> of</c><00:18:57.859><c> the</c><00:18:58.039><c> Jews?</c>

00:18:58.779 --> 00:19:03.160
These<00:18:59.039><c> are</c><00:18:59.220><c> the</c><00:18:59.339><c> words</c><00:18:59.579><c> of</c><00:18:59.799><c> the</c><00:18:59.980><c> wise</c><00:19:00.259><c> man</c><00:19:00.500><c> when</c><00:19:00.640><c> they</c><00:19:00.859><c> come</c><00:19:01.180><c> to</c><00:19:02.079><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:06.799
But<00:19:03.960><c> the</c><00:19:04.180><c> roots</c><00:19:04.359><c> of</c><00:19:04.579><c> this</c><00:19:04.799><c> go</c><00:19:05.000><c> back</c><00:19:05.319><c> to</c><00:19:05.519><c> what</c><00:19:06.099><c> we</c><00:19:06.319><c> often</c><00:19:06.599><c> think</c>

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:10.859
of<00:19:06.960><c> as</c><00:19:07.119><c> the</c><00:19:07.359><c> genealogy</c><00:19:08.079><c> in</c><00:19:09.039><c> Matthew</c><00:19:09.579><c> 1.</c>

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:15.059
And<00:19:11.420><c> the</c><00:19:11.619><c> genealogy</c><00:19:12.220><c> that</c><00:19:12.380><c> is</c><00:19:12.759><c> given</c><00:19:13.019><c> there</c><00:19:13.380><c> of</c><00:19:13.720><c> ancestry,</c>

00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:17.960
David<00:19:15.380><c> the</c><00:19:15.660><c> King,</c><00:19:16.220><c> David</c><00:19:16.640><c> the</c><00:19:16.859><c> King</c><00:19:17.039><c> begot</c><00:19:17.440><c> Solomon</c>

00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:21.579
and<00:19:18.319><c> on</c><00:19:18.579><c> down</c><00:19:18.799><c> the</c><00:19:19.059><c> line,</c><00:19:19.819><c> Jacob</c><00:19:20.200><c> begot</c><00:19:20.640><c> Joseph,</c><00:19:21.140><c> the</c><00:19:21.279><c> husband</c>

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:23.319
of<00:19:21.799><c> Mary,</c><00:19:22.259><c> of</c><00:19:22.460><c> whom</c><00:19:22.559><c> was</c><00:19:22.779><c> born</c><00:19:23.000><c> Jesus</c>

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:25.039
who<00:19:23.500><c> was</c><00:19:23.700><c> called</c><00:19:23.900><c> Christ.</c>

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:28.980
And<00:19:25.519><c> it's</c><00:19:25.920><c> a</c><00:19:26.140><c> line</c><00:19:26.599><c> that</c><00:19:27.059><c> tells</c><00:19:27.299><c> us</c><00:19:27.619><c> categorically,</c><00:19:28.299><c> even</c><00:19:28.519><c> before</c><00:19:28.839><c> we</c>

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:30.700
get<00:19:29.160><c> to</c><00:19:29.299><c> the</c><00:19:29.500><c> wise</c><00:19:29.740><c> men</c><00:19:30.059><c> in</c><00:19:30.380><c> chapter</c>

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:35.059
two,<00:19:31.579><c> that</c><00:19:31.799><c> Jesus</c><00:19:32.180><c> was</c><00:19:32.559><c> born</c><00:19:32.859><c> to</c><00:19:33.180><c> be</c><00:19:33.559><c> King</c><00:19:33.799><c> of</c><00:19:33.960><c> the</c><00:19:34.140><c> Jews.</c>

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:39.099
All<00:19:35.759><c> right,</c><00:19:36.059><c> we're</c><00:19:36.400><c> going</c><00:19:36.480><c> to</c><00:19:36.740><c> see</c><00:19:37.119><c> how</c><00:19:37.460><c> this</c><00:19:37.859><c> plays</c><00:19:38.119><c> out.</c>

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:42.099
Again<00:19:39.700><c> it's</c><00:19:39.900><c> setting</c><00:19:40.119><c> the</c><00:19:40.400><c> stage</c><00:19:40.599><c> for</c><00:19:40.799><c> things</c><00:19:41.000><c> to</c><00:19:41.259><c> come.</c>

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:46.039
And<00:19:42.940><c> so</c><00:19:43.099><c> ignoring</c><00:19:43.539><c> the</c><00:19:43.880><c> chapter</c><00:19:44.299><c> break</c><00:19:44.779><c> at</c><00:19:45.420><c> the</c><00:19:45.559><c> beginning</c><00:19:45.799><c> of</c>

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:48.099
chapter<00:19:46.339><c> two,</c><00:19:46.599><c> which</c><00:19:46.819><c> didn't</c><00:19:47.099><c> exist</c><00:19:47.539><c> when</c><00:19:47.700><c> Matthew</c>

00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:52.140
wrote,<00:19:49.099><c> now</c><00:19:49.380><c> after</c><00:19:49.720><c> Jesus</c><00:19:50.099><c> was</c><00:19:50.359><c> born</c><00:19:50.619><c> in</c><00:19:50.799><c> Bethlehem</c><00:19:51.279><c> of</c><00:19:51.500><c> Judea</c>

00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:54.519
in<00:19:52.400><c> the</c><00:19:52.539><c> days</c><00:19:52.740><c> of</c><00:19:52.960><c> Herod</c><00:19:53.200><c> the</c><00:19:53.380><c> King,</c><00:19:54.380><c> behold</c>

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:58.900
wise<00:19:55.279><c> men</c><00:19:55.680><c> came</c><00:19:56.059><c> from</c><00:19:56.279><c> the</c><00:19:56.539><c> East</c><00:19:56.940><c> came</c><00:19:57.420><c> to</c><00:19:57.660><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:58.019><c> saying,</c>

00:19:58.940 --> 00:20:00.579
Where<00:19:58.940><c> is</c><00:19:59.220><c> He</c><00:19:59.460><c> who</c><00:19:59.539><c> has</c><00:19:59.779><c> been</c><00:20:00.059><c> born</c><00:20:00.299><c> King</c>

00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:01.940
of<00:20:00.759><c> the</c><00:20:00.980><c> Jews?</c>

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:04.740
We<00:20:02.839><c> have</c><00:20:03.019><c> seen</c><00:20:03.240><c> His</c><00:20:03.539><c> star</c><00:20:03.619><c> in</c><00:20:03.779><c> the</c><00:20:03.920><c> East</c><00:20:04.079><c> and</c><00:20:04.220><c> have</c><00:20:04.400><c> come</c><00:20:04.539><c> to</c>

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:06.099
worship<00:20:05.039><c> Him.</c>

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:08.880
When<00:20:06.819><c> Herod</c><00:20:07.099><c> the</c><00:20:07.180><c> King</c><00:20:07.460><c> heard</c><00:20:07.680><c> this,</c><00:20:07.940><c> he</c><00:20:08.039><c> was</c><00:20:08.240><c> troubled</c><00:20:08.539><c> and</c>

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:10.900
all<00:20:09.099><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:09.640><c> with</c><00:20:09.900><c> him.</c>

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:16.279
And<00:20:11.559><c> when</c><00:20:11.680><c> he</c><00:20:11.859><c> had</c><00:20:12.039><c> gathered</c><00:20:12.259><c> all</c><00:20:12.619><c> the</c><00:20:12.839><c> chief</c><00:20:13.059><c> priests</c><00:20:13.519><c> and</c><00:20:13.859><c> scribes</c><00:20:14.220><c> and</c><00:20:14.380><c> the</c><00:20:14.519><c> people</c><00:20:14.720><c> together,</c><00:20:15.519><c> he</c><00:20:15.799><c> inquired</c>

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:18.980
of<00:20:16.400><c> them</c><00:20:16.519><c> where</c><00:20:16.799><c> the</c><00:20:17.039><c> Christ</c><00:20:17.339><c> was</c><00:20:17.519><c> to</c><00:20:17.680><c> be</c><00:20:17.920><c> born.</c>

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:23.480
So<00:20:19.880><c> they</c><00:20:20.039><c> said</c><00:20:20.440><c> to</c><00:20:20.599><c> him,</c><00:20:21.220><c> and</c><00:20:21.319><c> Bethlehem</c><00:20:21.759><c> of</c><00:20:21.980><c> Judea,</c><00:20:23.180><c> for</c><00:20:23.359><c> thus</c>

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:25.759
it<00:20:23.619><c> is</c><00:20:23.819><c> written</c><00:20:24.039><c> by</c><00:20:24.279><c> the</c><00:20:24.519><c> prophet,</c><00:20:25.559><c> but</c>

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:29.400
you<00:20:26.039><c> Bethlehem</c><00:20:26.720><c> and</c><00:20:26.900><c> the</c><00:20:27.079><c> land</c><00:20:27.279><c> of</c><00:20:27.640><c> Judah</c><00:20:27.980><c> are</c><00:20:28.640><c> not</c><00:20:28.900><c> the</c><00:20:29.140><c> least</c>

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:31.579
among<00:20:29.640><c> the</c><00:20:29.839><c> rulers</c><00:20:30.019><c> of</c><00:20:30.359><c> Judah,</c><00:20:31.200><c> for</c><00:20:31.359><c> out</c>

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:35.779
of<00:20:31.779><c> you</c><00:20:32.039><c> shall</c><00:20:32.259><c> come</c><00:20:32.500><c> a</c><00:20:32.700><c> ruler</c><00:20:32.980><c> who</c><00:20:33.440><c> will</c><00:20:33.700><c> shepherd</c><00:20:33.940><c> my</c><00:20:34.299><c> people</c><00:20:34.619><c> Israel.</c>

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:42.599
And<00:20:39.299><c> so</c><00:20:39.559><c> we</c><00:20:39.880><c> see</c><00:20:40.059><c> the</c><00:20:40.380><c> wise</c><00:20:40.640><c> men</c><00:20:40.839><c> come</c><00:20:41.059><c> from</c><00:20:41.259><c> the</c><00:20:41.460><c> East,</c><00:20:41.839><c> brothers</c><00:20:41.980><c> and</c><00:20:42.160><c> sisters,</c><00:20:42.359><c> in</c>

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:44.500
a<00:20:42.799><c> story</c><00:20:43.000><c> that</c><00:20:43.359><c> is</c><00:20:43.700><c> lovely,</c>

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:48.940
commemorated<00:20:45.059><c> on</c><00:20:45.279><c> Christmas</c><00:20:45.660><c> cards,</c><00:20:46.480><c> commemorated</c><00:20:47.059><c> in</c><00:20:47.279><c> Christmas</c><00:20:47.680><c> carols,</c><00:20:48.539><c> we</c>

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.700
tell<00:20:49.119><c> our</c><00:20:49.380><c> children</c>

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:53.099
these<00:20:50.000><c> stories</c><00:20:50.400><c> in</c><00:20:50.819><c> the</c><00:20:50.960><c> Sunday</c><00:20:51.180><c> school,</c><00:20:52.160><c> but</c><00:20:52.440><c> it</c><00:20:52.539><c> isn't</c><00:20:52.720><c> just</c>

00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:55.019
there<00:20:53.319><c> as</c><00:20:53.500><c> an</c><00:20:53.640><c> end</c><00:20:53.759><c> in</c><00:20:53.940><c> itself.</c>

00:20:56.039 --> 00:21:01.079
Because<00:20:56.359><c> it's</c><00:20:56.839><c> really</c><00:20:57.599><c> setting</c><00:20:58.099><c> the</c><00:20:58.420><c> stage</c><00:20:58.819><c> for</c><00:20:59.380><c> a</c><00:20:59.640><c> huge</c><00:20:59.940><c> dynamic</c><00:21:00.519><c> that's</c><00:21:00.819><c> going</c><00:21:00.900><c> to</c>

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.500
play<00:21:01.220><c> out</c><00:21:01.380><c> in</c>

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.500
the<00:21:01.660><c> ministry</c><00:21:01.900><c> of</c><00:21:02.019><c> Jesus.</c>

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:05.700
Something<00:21:03.279><c> is</c><00:21:03.660><c> desperately</c><00:21:04.039><c> wrong</c><00:21:04.420><c> with</c><00:21:04.599><c> this</c><00:21:04.799><c> picture.</c>

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:09.740
We've<00:21:07.059><c> just</c><00:21:07.359><c> had</c><00:21:07.720><c> the</c><00:21:08.259><c> lineage</c><00:21:08.640><c> that</c><00:21:08.859><c> takes</c><00:21:09.099><c> us</c><00:21:09.240><c> from</c><00:21:09.480><c> David</c>

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:11.740
the<00:21:09.839><c> King</c><00:21:10.059><c> down</c><00:21:10.299><c> to</c><00:21:10.420><c> Jesus,</c><00:21:11.119><c> who's</c><00:21:11.460><c> called</c>

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.980
Christ.

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:18.640
The<00:21:14.380><c> Jews</c><00:21:14.660><c> of</c><00:21:14.900><c> all</c><00:21:15.220><c> people</c><00:21:16.220><c> have</c><00:21:17.359><c> the</c><00:21:17.619><c> messianic</c><00:21:18.200><c> hope</c><00:21:18.420><c> since</c>

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.700
the<00:21:18.799><c> time</c><00:21:19.000><c> of</c><00:21:19.160><c> King</c><00:21:19.359><c> David.</c>

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:23.660
They<00:21:20.019><c> are</c><00:21:20.319><c> waiting</c><00:21:20.619><c> for</c><00:21:20.900><c> the</c><00:21:21.099><c> one</c><00:21:21.400><c> who</c><00:21:21.700><c> is</c><00:21:21.900><c> born</c><00:21:22.140><c> King</c><00:21:22.359><c> of</c><00:21:22.519><c> the</c><00:21:22.680><c> Jews.</c>

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:27.579
And<00:21:24.200><c> what</c><00:21:24.259><c> are</c><00:21:24.380><c> the</c><00:21:24.539><c> chief</c><00:21:24.759><c> priests</c><00:21:25.039><c> and</c><00:21:25.380><c> scribes</c><00:21:25.619><c> doing</c><00:21:25.940><c> here,</c><00:21:26.400><c> brothers</c><00:21:26.519><c> and</c><00:21:26.779><c> sisters?</c>

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:33.819
The<00:21:28.859><c> best</c><00:21:29.099><c> that</c><00:21:29.240><c> they</c><00:21:29.400><c> can</c><00:21:29.660><c> do</c><00:21:29.940><c> when</c><00:21:30.180><c> the</c><00:21:30.380><c> news</c><00:21:30.599><c> comes</c><00:21:31.420><c> that</c><00:21:32.579><c> he's</c><00:21:33.039><c> been</c><00:21:33.319><c> born,</c><00:21:33.500><c> where</c><00:21:33.720><c> is</c>

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.480
he<00:21:33.900><c> to</c><00:21:34.000><c> be</c><00:21:34.220><c> born,</c>

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:36.759
they<00:21:35.119><c> know</c><00:21:35.619><c> the</c><00:21:35.839><c> scripture.</c>

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:41.839
They<00:21:37.319><c> can</c><00:21:37.579><c> take</c><00:21:38.019><c> Herod</c><00:21:38.259><c> back</c><00:21:38.859><c> to</c><00:21:39.099><c> what</c><00:21:39.420><c> Micah</c><00:21:40.200><c> says</c><00:21:40.700><c> and</c><00:21:41.559><c> tell</c>

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:43.759
them<00:21:42.160><c> that</c><00:21:42.539><c> the</c><00:21:42.759><c> Messiah</c><00:21:43.140><c> would</c><00:21:43.359><c> be</c><00:21:43.599><c> born</c>

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:47.259
in<00:21:43.960><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:21:44.960><c> but</c><00:21:45.380><c> they</c><00:21:45.559><c> do</c><00:21:45.740><c> nothing</c><00:21:46.099><c> else.</c>

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:50.259
There's<00:21:49.279><c> no</c><00:21:49.539><c> hint.</c>

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:55.720
It<00:21:50.559><c> seems</c><00:21:50.920><c> to</c><00:21:51.240><c> me,</c><00:21:53.220><c> when</c><00:21:53.359><c> we</c><00:21:53.640><c> think</c><00:21:53.779><c> about</c><00:21:54.039><c> this</c><00:21:54.339><c> picture,</c><00:21:55.339><c> that</c><00:21:55.539><c> the</c>

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:57.359
chief<00:21:56.019><c> priests</c><00:21:56.279><c> and</c><00:21:56.519><c> scribes</c><00:21:56.940><c> ought</c><00:21:57.200><c> to</c>

00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:00.980
have<00:21:57.559><c> taken</c><00:21:57.779><c> a</c><00:21:58.680><c> deep</c><00:21:59.079><c> interest</c><00:21:59.619><c> in</c><00:22:00.039><c> what</c><00:22:00.240><c> the</c><00:22:00.460><c> wise</c><00:22:00.619><c> men</c><00:22:00.740><c> were</c>

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:03.980
saying<00:22:01.259><c> and</c><00:22:01.700><c> even</c><00:22:02.200><c> gone</c><00:22:02.539><c> with</c><00:22:02.880><c> them.</c>

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:06.099
But<00:22:05.019><c> they're</c><00:22:05.200><c> totally</c><00:22:05.500><c> passive.</c>

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:09.200
In<00:22:06.579><c> this</c><00:22:06.880><c> story,</c><00:22:07.259><c> the</c><00:22:07.460><c> record</c><00:22:07.640><c> is</c><00:22:07.839><c> totally</c><00:22:08.140><c> passive.</c>

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:11.619
And<00:22:09.680><c> we</c><00:22:09.819><c> begin</c><00:22:09.940><c> to</c><00:22:10.119><c> see</c><00:22:10.299><c> why.</c>

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:14.200
It's<00:22:11.740><c> not</c><00:22:11.920><c> the</c><00:22:12.039><c> only</c><00:22:12.259><c> time</c><00:22:12.440><c> this</c><00:22:12.680><c> kind</c><00:22:12.819><c> of</c><00:22:12.920><c> thing</c><00:22:13.039><c> happens.</c>

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:20.559
Where<00:22:15.140><c> there</c><00:22:15.700><c> is</c><00:22:15.700><c> some</c><00:22:16.259><c> reach</c><00:22:16.799><c> out</c><00:22:17.140><c> to</c><00:22:17.460><c> the</c><00:22:18.660><c> priests</c><00:22:19.400><c> and</c><00:22:20.140><c> those</c><00:22:20.400><c> who</c>

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:24.740
are<00:22:20.700><c> with</c><00:22:20.880><c> them,</c><00:22:23.660><c> a</c><00:22:23.960><c> testimony</c><00:22:24.400><c> is</c>

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:28.980
born<00:22:24.960><c> to</c><00:22:25.160><c> them,</c><00:22:25.460><c> and</c><00:22:25.579><c> there's</c><00:22:25.819><c> no</c><00:22:26.039><c> response,</c><00:22:27.519><c> or</c><00:22:27.619><c> the</c><00:22:27.900><c> response</c><00:22:28.200><c> is</c><00:22:28.519><c> anything</c><00:22:28.799><c> but</c>

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.420
what<00:22:29.140><c> it</c><00:22:29.299><c> ought</c>

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.420
to<00:22:29.559><c> be.</c>

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:34.779
And<00:22:30.859><c> when</c><00:22:30.960><c> we</c><00:22:31.140><c> get</c><00:22:31.319><c> to</c><00:22:31.500><c> the</c><00:22:31.759><c> climax,</c><00:22:32.660><c> we</c><00:22:32.839><c> see</c><00:22:33.059><c> how</c><00:22:33.259><c> it</c><00:22:33.500><c> plays</c><00:22:33.700><c> out.</c>

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:36.480
Jesus<00:22:35.299><c> stood</c><00:22:35.579><c> before</c><00:22:35.940><c> the</c><00:22:36.160><c> governor.</c>

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:38.900
The<00:22:37.059><c> governor</c><00:22:37.259><c> asked</c><00:22:37.579><c> him,</c><00:22:38.000><c> saying,</c><00:22:38.059><c> are</c><00:22:38.160><c> you</c><00:22:38.380><c> the</c><00:22:38.539><c> king</c><00:22:38.700><c> of</c>

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.880
the<00:22:39.039><c> Jews?</c>

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:43.420
So<00:22:40.880><c> Jesus</c><00:22:41.180><c> said</c><00:22:41.420><c> to</c><00:22:41.579><c> him,</c><00:22:41.700><c> it</c><00:22:41.759><c> is</c><00:22:41.980><c> as</c><00:22:42.180><c> you</c><00:22:42.420><c> say.</c>

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:46.859
And<00:22:44.339><c> while</c><00:22:44.500><c> he</c><00:22:44.660><c> was</c><00:22:44.819><c> being</c><00:22:45.160><c> accused</c><00:22:45.700><c> by</c><00:22:46.000><c> the</c><00:22:46.220><c> chief</c><00:22:46.579><c> priests</c>

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:50.019
and<00:22:47.240><c> elders,</c><00:22:48.200><c> he</c><00:22:48.579><c> answered</c><00:22:49.000><c> nothing.</c>

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:55.140
So<00:22:52.680><c> this</c><00:22:52.880><c> is</c><00:22:53.099><c> what's</c><00:22:53.400><c> wrong</c><00:22:53.559><c> with</c><00:22:53.759><c> the</c><00:22:53.980><c> picture</c><00:22:54.220><c> is</c><00:22:54.660><c> the</c><00:22:54.940><c> fact</c>

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:59.059
that<00:22:55.480><c> Gentiles</c><00:22:56.779><c> are</c><00:22:57.220><c> going</c><00:22:57.420><c> to</c><00:22:57.680><c> come</c><00:22:58.640><c> looking</c>

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:02.759
for<00:22:59.240><c> the</c><00:22:59.779><c> king</c><00:23:00.140><c> of</c><00:23:00.319><c> the</c><00:23:00.440><c> Jews</c><00:23:00.599><c> and</c><00:23:00.880><c> worship</c><00:23:01.299><c> him</c><00:23:01.839><c> before</c><00:23:02.480><c> the</c>

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.980
Jews<00:23:02.980><c> do.</c>

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:08.880
And<00:23:05.059><c> of</c><00:23:05.240><c> course,</c><00:23:05.539><c> we</c><00:23:05.920><c> go</c><00:23:06.259><c> further</c><00:23:06.599><c> to</c><00:23:07.259><c> the</c><00:23:07.420><c> crucifixion.</c>

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:12.200
And<00:23:09.619><c> they</c><00:23:09.839><c> put</c><00:23:10.059><c> up</c><00:23:10.319><c> over</c><00:23:10.579><c> his</c><00:23:10.900><c> head</c><00:23:11.019><c> the</c><00:23:11.380><c> accusation</c><00:23:11.940><c> written</c>

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:14.319
against<00:23:12.599><c> him,</c><00:23:13.160><c> this</c><00:23:13.380><c> is</c><00:23:13.619><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:14.099><c> the</c><00:23:14.140><c> king</c>

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.599
of<00:23:14.519><c> the</c><00:23:14.700><c> Jews.</c>

00:23:16.320 --> 00:23:21.539
Likewise,<00:23:17.079><c> the</c><00:23:17.240><c> chief</c><00:23:17.539><c> priests,</c><00:23:18.160><c> also</c><00:23:18.500><c> mocking</c><00:23:18.859><c> with</c><00:23:19.119><c> the</c><00:23:19.319><c> scribes</c><00:23:19.599><c> and</c><00:23:19.799><c> elders,</c><00:23:20.240><c> said,</c><00:23:20.799><c> he</c><00:23:21.160><c> saved</c>

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.599
others<00:23:21.980><c> himself.</c>

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.900
He<00:23:22.859><c> cannot</c><00:23:23.200><c> save.</c>

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:27.559
If<00:23:24.420><c> he's</c><00:23:24.759><c> the</c><00:23:25.019><c> king</c><00:23:25.160><c> of</c><00:23:25.400><c> Israel,</c><00:23:26.259><c> let</c><00:23:26.359><c> him</c><00:23:26.539><c> come</c><00:23:26.779><c> down</c><00:23:27.279><c> from</c>

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.240
the<00:23:27.819><c> cross.</c>

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:31.900
Let<00:23:28.660><c> him</c><00:23:28.880><c> now</c><00:23:29.079><c> come</c><00:23:29.259><c> down</c><00:23:29.480><c> from</c><00:23:29.640><c> the</c><00:23:29.759><c> cross</c><00:23:29.900><c> and</c><00:23:30.400><c> we</c><00:23:30.599><c> will</c><00:23:30.799><c> believe</c><00:23:31.220><c> him.</c>

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:35.579
What's<00:23:32.920><c> interesting</c><00:23:33.339><c> here</c><00:23:33.700><c> just</c><00:23:34.000><c> in</c><00:23:34.460><c> passing,</c><00:23:35.220><c> brothers</c><00:23:35.380><c> and</c>

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:38.880
sisters,<00:23:36.279><c> is</c><00:23:36.559><c> Matthew</c><00:23:36.920><c> is</c><00:23:37.160><c> the</c><00:23:37.279><c> only</c><00:23:37.700><c> gospel</c>

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:41.839
that<00:23:39.299><c> speaks</c><00:23:39.559><c> of</c><00:23:39.779><c> Jesus</c><00:23:40.119><c> as</c><00:23:40.279><c> the</c><00:23:40.480><c> king</c><00:23:40.619><c> of</c><00:23:40.779><c> the</c><00:23:40.940><c> Jews</c><00:23:41.220><c> at</c><00:23:41.519><c> the</c>

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.660
beginning<00:23:42.119><c> and</c><00:23:42.460><c> the</c><00:23:42.740><c> end.</c>

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:49.539
All<00:23:44.720><c> four</c><00:23:45.039><c> gospels</c><00:23:45.559><c> will</c><00:23:45.859><c> have</c><00:23:46.339><c> the</c><00:23:46.720><c> king</c><00:23:46.819><c> of</c><00:23:46.960><c> the</c><00:23:47.119><c> Jews</c><00:23:47.339><c> language</c><00:23:47.880><c> in</c><00:23:48.140><c> the</c><00:23:48.400><c> trials</c><00:23:48.759><c> or</c>

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.900
the<00:23:50.119><c> inscription</c>

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:54.960
on<00:23:51.180><c> the</c><00:23:51.380><c> cross,</c><00:23:51.880><c> but</c><00:23:52.380><c> only</c><00:23:52.859><c> Matthew</c><00:23:53.299><c> has</c><00:23:53.579><c> it</c><00:23:53.759><c> at</c><00:23:53.819><c> the</c><00:23:54.019><c> beginning.</c>

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:59.380
And<00:23:55.519><c> he</c><00:23:55.819><c> is</c><00:23:56.740><c> setting</c><00:23:57.079><c> the</c><00:23:57.359><c> stage</c><00:23:57.559><c> for</c><00:23:57.779><c> things</c><00:23:58.059><c> to</c><00:23:58.400><c> come.</c>

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:02.779
And<00:24:00.240><c> one</c><00:24:00.359><c> of</c><00:24:00.500><c> the</c><00:24:00.700><c> things</c><00:24:00.900><c> that</c><00:24:01.140><c> Matthew</c><00:24:01.380><c> will</c><00:24:01.680><c> develop</c><00:24:02.099><c> in</c><00:24:02.299><c> the</c><00:24:02.460><c> rest</c><00:24:02.599><c> of</c>

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:06.579
his<00:24:02.980><c> gospel</c><00:24:03.299><c> is</c><00:24:03.539><c> just</c><00:24:03.920><c> this,</c><00:24:05.900><c> Gentiles</c>

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:10.700
will<00:24:06.960><c> accept</c><00:24:07.359><c> Jesus</c><00:24:08.000><c> as</c><00:24:08.460><c> the</c><00:24:08.700><c> king</c><00:24:08.799><c> of</c><00:24:09.000><c> the</c><00:24:09.180><c> Jews</c><00:24:09.640><c> before</c><00:24:10.400><c> the</c>

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.839
Jews<00:24:10.980><c> do.</c>

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:16.779
All<00:24:13.200><c> right,</c><00:24:13.599><c> the</c><00:24:13.920><c> stage</c><00:24:14.180><c> is</c><00:24:14.400><c> being</c><00:24:14.720><c> set</c><00:24:15.099><c> in</c><00:24:15.480><c> the</c><00:24:15.720><c> introduction.</c>

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:20.259
Out<00:24:18.500><c> of</c><00:24:18.700><c> Egypt,</c><00:24:19.059><c> I</c><00:24:19.359><c> called</c><00:24:19.519><c> my</c><00:24:19.880><c> son.</c>

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:23.799
Let's<00:24:20.700><c> have</c><00:24:20.880><c> a</c><00:24:20.960><c> look</c><00:24:21.079><c> at</c><00:24:21.259><c> that</c><00:24:21.420><c> because</c><00:24:21.640><c> that</c><00:24:21.940><c> also</c><00:24:22.299><c> is</c><00:24:22.579><c> stage</c><00:24:22.839><c> setting.</c>

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:27.960
When<00:24:25.039><c> we</c><00:24:25.319><c> read</c><00:24:25.500><c> this</c><00:24:25.779><c> story</c><00:24:26.000><c> in</c><00:24:26.119><c> Matthew</c><00:24:26.539><c> chapter</c><00:24:26.980><c> two,</c><00:24:27.799><c> the</c>

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:30.140
language<00:24:28.440><c> of</c><00:24:28.759><c> death</c><00:24:28.960><c> and</c><00:24:29.180><c> resurrection</c>

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:33.660
is<00:24:30.420><c> written</c><00:24:30.740><c> into</c><00:24:31.599><c> Matthew's</c><00:24:32.380><c> Egypt</c><00:24:32.680><c> story.</c>

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:38.519
So<00:24:34.579><c> Herod</c><00:24:34.660><c> will</c><00:24:35.140><c> seek</c><00:24:35.640><c> the</c><00:24:35.940><c> young</c><00:24:36.279><c> child</c><00:24:36.619><c> to</c><00:24:36.960><c> destroy</c><00:24:37.480><c> him.</c>

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:45.000
He<00:24:39.319><c> will</c><00:24:39.519><c> put</c><00:24:39.859><c> to</c><00:24:40.140><c> death</c><00:24:40.680><c> all</c><00:24:41.700><c> the</c><00:24:41.880><c> male</c><00:24:42.099><c> children</c><00:24:42.480><c> in</c><00:24:43.079><c> Bethlehem</c><00:24:43.599><c> and</c><00:24:43.720><c> its</c><00:24:44.079><c> districts.</c>

00:24:45.959 --> 00:24:52.180
So<00:24:46.639><c> the</c><00:24:47.319><c> death,</c><00:24:48.000><c> the</c><00:24:48.559><c> death</c><00:24:48.859><c> targeted</c><00:24:49.359><c> actually</c><00:24:50.000><c> at</c><00:24:50.519><c> the</c><00:24:50.660><c> young</c><00:24:50.900><c> child</c><00:24:51.519><c> is</c>

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:54.940
written<00:24:52.420><c> into</c><00:24:53.380><c> Matthew's</c><00:24:54.220><c> story.</c>

00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.480
But<00:24:57.019><c> the</c><00:24:57.480><c> young</c><00:24:57.799><c> child</c><00:24:58.140><c> is</c><00:24:58.400><c> going</c><00:24:58.539><c> to</c><00:24:58.799><c> escape</c><00:24:59.319><c> from</c><00:24:59.660><c> that.</c>

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:05.460
Arise,<00:25:01.740><c> take</c><00:25:01.980><c> the</c><00:25:02.160><c> young</c><00:25:02.359><c> child,</c><00:25:03.660><c> Joseph</c><00:25:04.039><c> is</c><00:25:04.240><c> being</c><00:25:04.460><c> instructed.</c>

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:08.339
So<00:25:05.700><c> he</c><00:25:05.940><c> arose,</c><00:25:06.339><c> he</c><00:25:06.539><c> took</c><00:25:06.779><c> the</c><00:25:07.019><c> young</c><00:25:07.259><c> child.</c>

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:12.900
And<00:25:09.740><c> the</c><00:25:10.039><c> language</c><00:25:10.400><c> is</c><00:25:10.759><c> just</c><00:25:11.359><c> incidentally</c><00:25:12.059><c> written</c><00:25:12.359><c> into</c><00:25:12.660><c> here.</c>

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:16.180
The<00:25:13.400><c> rise,</c><00:25:13.400><c> the</c><00:25:13.660><c> rose</c><00:25:13.859><c> is</c><00:25:14.299><c> the</c><00:25:14.440><c> language</c><00:25:14.779><c> of</c><00:25:15.059><c> resurrection.</c>

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:20.099
And<00:25:16.599><c> there'll</c><00:25:16.759><c> be</c><00:25:16.859><c> more</c><00:25:17.099><c> of</c><00:25:17.259><c> it</c><00:25:17.380><c> as</c><00:25:17.519><c> the</c><00:25:17.779><c> story</c><00:25:18.000><c> unfolds.</c>

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:28.779
So<00:25:21.680><c> while</c><00:25:22.019><c> Herod</c><00:25:22.720><c> is</c><00:25:23.660><c> murdering</c><00:25:24.259><c> the</c><00:25:24.480><c> infant</c><00:25:24.980><c> boys</c><00:25:25.279><c> of</c><00:25:25.539><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:25:27.220><c> Jesus</c><00:25:27.559><c> escapes.</c>

00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:36.000
But<00:25:30.860><c> he</c><00:25:31.420><c> is</c><00:25:31.819><c> taken</c><00:25:32.160><c> through</c><00:25:32.579><c> a</c><00:25:32.819><c> typical</c><00:25:33.220><c> death</c><00:25:33.480><c> and</c><00:25:33.740><c> resurrection</c><00:25:34.200><c> experience</c><00:25:34.779><c> of</c><00:25:34.960><c> his</c><00:25:35.180><c> own.</c>

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:39.119
All<00:25:36.779><c> right,</c><00:25:36.980><c> that's</c><00:25:37.400><c> what</c><00:25:37.500><c> going</c><00:25:37.700><c> into</c><00:25:37.980><c> Egypt</c><00:25:38.259><c> and</c><00:25:38.480><c> coming</c><00:25:38.680><c> out</c><00:25:38.940><c> of</c>

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:40.519
Egypt<00:25:39.299><c> is</c><00:25:39.579><c> about.</c>

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:43.480
Egypt<00:25:42.160><c> is</c><00:25:42.420><c> the</c><00:25:42.579><c> place</c><00:25:42.839><c> of</c><00:25:43.079><c> death.</c>

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:45.980
Again,<00:25:44.140><c> we</c><00:25:44.259><c> can</c><00:25:44.420><c> go</c><00:25:44.640><c> back</c><00:25:44.900><c> to</c><00:25:45.299><c> Genesis.</c>

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:50.980
It's<00:25:46.519><c> the</c><00:25:46.579><c> way</c><00:25:46.720><c> Genesis</c><00:25:47.220><c> ends</c><00:25:48.059><c> with</c><00:25:48.680><c> Joseph</c><00:25:49.279><c> dying</c><00:25:50.099><c> and</c><00:25:50.619><c> being</c>

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:52.420
embalmed<00:25:51.500><c> in</c><00:25:51.660><c> Egypt.</c>

00:25:55.380 --> 00:26:00.480
It's<00:25:55.900><c> not</c><00:25:56.039><c> only</c><00:25:56.359><c> the</c><00:25:57.940><c> place</c><00:25:58.779><c> of</c><00:25:59.079><c> death,</c><00:25:59.420><c> but</c><00:25:59.559><c> Egypt</c><00:25:59.799><c> is</c><00:26:00.079><c> the</c><00:26:00.180><c> place</c><00:26:00.299><c> of</c>

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.460
the<00:26:00.579><c> death</c><00:26:00.680><c> of</c><00:26:00.839><c> the</c><00:26:01.039><c> firstborn,</c>

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:05.019
isn't<00:26:01.680><c> it,</c><00:26:01.940><c> as</c><00:26:02.059><c> well,</c><00:26:02.259><c> when</c><00:26:02.400><c> we</c><00:26:02.539><c> get</c><00:26:02.700><c> into</c><00:26:03.319><c> the</c><00:26:03.640><c> Exodus</c><00:26:04.000><c> period.</c>

00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:11.500
So<00:26:06.119><c> fleeing</c><00:26:06.480><c> to</c><00:26:06.839><c> Egypt</c><00:26:07.920><c> typifies</c><00:26:09.099><c> the</c><00:26:09.940><c> death</c><00:26:10.180><c> of</c><00:26:10.339><c> Jesus.</c>

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:15.660
He<00:26:12.599><c> obviously</c><00:26:13.059><c> can't</c><00:26:13.400><c> be</c><00:26:13.640><c> caught</c><00:26:13.779><c> up</c><00:26:14.019><c> in</c><00:26:14.220><c> Herod's</c><00:26:14.740><c> murderous</c><00:26:15.180><c> dragnet,</c>

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:17.460
or<00:26:16.039><c> that</c><00:26:16.140><c> would</c><00:26:16.319><c> be</c><00:26:16.440><c> the</c><00:26:16.539><c> end</c><00:26:16.700><c> of</c><00:26:16.900><c> salvation.</c>

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:23.700
But<00:26:18.220><c> his</c><00:26:18.680><c> escape</c><00:26:19.140><c> into</c><00:26:19.559><c> Egypt</c><00:26:20.220><c> is</c><00:26:21.099><c> the</c><00:26:21.380><c> fact</c><00:26:21.559><c> that</c><00:26:21.740><c> he</c><00:26:21.920><c> must</c><00:26:22.299><c> ultimately</c><00:26:23.119><c> go</c>

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:25.539
through<00:26:23.900><c> a</c><00:26:24.039><c> death</c><00:26:24.240><c> experience.</c>

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:32.299
And<00:26:26.619><c> coming</c><00:26:26.859><c> out</c><00:26:27.220><c> of</c><00:26:27.400><c> Egypt</c><00:26:27.960><c> typifies</c><00:26:28.700><c> his</c><00:26:29.019><c> resurrection,</c><00:26:30.019><c> his</c><00:26:30.380><c> deliverance</c><00:26:31.079><c> from</c><00:26:31.240><c> the</c><00:26:31.500><c> place</c><00:26:31.700><c> of</c><00:26:31.940><c> death.</c>

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:37.519
And<00:26:32.759><c> of</c><00:26:32.880><c> course,</c><00:26:33.039><c> they</c><00:26:33.339><c> both</c><00:26:33.519><c> become</c><00:26:33.880><c> a</c><00:26:34.079><c> reality</c><00:26:34.559><c> in</c><00:26:35.859><c> Matthew's</c><00:26:36.500><c> climax.</c>

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:41.400
Morning<00:26:39.200><c> came,</c><00:26:39.920><c> all</c><00:26:40.119><c> the</c><00:26:40.319><c> chief</c><00:26:40.500><c> priests</c><00:26:40.759><c> and</c><00:26:40.940><c> elders</c><00:26:41.160><c> of</c><00:26:41.240><c> the</c>

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.559
people<00:26:41.599><c> plotted</c><00:26:41.900><c> against</c><00:26:42.220><c> Jesus</c>

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:44.640
to<00:26:42.960><c> put</c><00:26:43.220><c> him</c><00:26:43.460><c> to</c><00:26:43.700><c> death.</c>

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:51.119
And<00:26:47.200><c> then,</c><00:26:47.839><c> on</c><00:26:48.180><c> the</c><00:26:48.319><c> first</c><00:26:48.579><c> day,</c><00:26:49.759><c> the</c><00:26:49.819><c> angel</c><00:26:50.180><c> answered</c><00:26:50.660><c> and</c><00:26:50.819><c> said</c><00:26:51.019><c> to</c>

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.440
the<00:26:51.259><c> women,</c>

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:54.900
Do<00:26:51.640><c> not</c><00:26:51.839><c> be</c><00:26:52.059><c> afraid,</c><00:26:53.259><c> for</c><00:26:53.460><c> I</c><00:26:53.579><c> know</c><00:26:53.740><c> that</c><00:26:53.920><c> you</c><00:26:54.119><c> seek</c><00:26:54.299><c> Jesus</c><00:26:54.759><c> who</c>

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:56.339
was<00:26:55.160><c> crucified.</c>

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.700
He's<00:26:57.099><c> not</c><00:26:57.380><c> here.</c>

00:26:57.740 --> 00:27:00.559
He's<00:26:58.160><c> risen,</c><00:26:59.240><c> as</c><00:26:59.519><c> he</c><00:26:59.759><c> said.</c>

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:05.819
Come,<00:27:01.660><c> see</c><00:27:01.779><c> the</c><00:27:01.960><c> place</c><00:27:02.220><c> where</c><00:27:02.440><c> the</c><00:27:02.559><c> Lord</c><00:27:02.819><c> lay,</c><00:27:03.460><c> and</c><00:27:03.519><c> go</c><00:27:03.759><c> quickly</c><00:27:04.079><c> and</c><00:27:04.299><c> tell</c><00:27:04.380><c> his</c><00:27:04.619><c> disciples</c><00:27:05.039><c> that</c><00:27:05.440><c> he</c>

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:07.740
is<00:27:06.180><c> risen</c><00:27:06.460><c> from</c><00:27:06.700><c> the</c><00:27:06.880><c> dead.</c>

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:14.619
So<00:27:09.579><c> what</c><00:27:09.839><c> is</c><00:27:10.240><c> being</c><00:27:11.299><c> portended,</c><00:27:12.900><c> what</c><00:27:13.039><c> is</c><00:27:13.299><c> being</c><00:27:13.619><c> pointed</c><00:27:14.039><c> to</c>

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:17.680
in<00:27:15.200><c> the</c><00:27:15.980><c> Egypt</c><00:27:16.500><c> experience</c><00:27:17.059><c> of</c><00:27:17.259><c> Jesus</c>

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:20.000
going<00:27:17.940><c> into</c><00:27:18.160><c> Egypt</c><00:27:18.359><c> and</c><00:27:18.380><c> coming</c><00:27:18.619><c> out,</c><00:27:19.200><c> is</c><00:27:19.380><c> looking</c><00:27:19.720><c> forward</c>

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.919
to<00:27:20.140><c> the</c><00:27:20.200><c> fact</c><00:27:20.400><c> that</c><00:27:20.599><c> he</c><00:27:20.740><c> will</c><00:27:21.000><c> himself</c>

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:26.019
undergo<00:27:23.200><c> a</c><00:27:23.579><c> death</c><00:27:23.799><c> and</c><00:27:24.119><c> resurrection</c><00:27:24.579><c> experience.</c>

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:29.740
There's<00:27:28.359><c> something</c><00:27:28.559><c> else,</c><00:27:28.980><c> you</c><00:27:29.039><c> know,</c><00:27:29.039><c> when</c><00:27:29.160><c> I</c><00:27:29.259><c> got</c><00:27:29.420><c> thinking</c>

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.420
about<00:27:30.099><c> this,</c><00:27:30.799><c> brothers</c><00:27:30.920><c> and</c><00:27:31.140><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:36.099
you<00:27:31.779><c> know,</c><00:27:32.079><c> and</c><00:27:32.240><c> these</c><00:27:32.380><c> things</c><00:27:32.640><c> begin</c><00:27:32.880><c> to</c><00:27:33.160><c> kind</c><00:27:33.380><c> of</c><00:27:33.859><c> come</c><00:27:34.039><c> together,</c><00:27:35.119><c> as</c><00:27:35.460><c> well</c><00:27:35.759><c> as</c><00:27:35.980><c> I</c>

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.859
can<00:27:36.660><c> tell</c><00:27:37.059><c> you.</c>

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:41.400
When<00:27:38.200><c> they</c><00:27:38.480><c> began</c><00:27:38.819><c> to</c><00:27:39.079><c> come</c><00:27:39.220><c> together,</c><00:27:40.019><c> I</c><00:27:40.380><c> suddenly</c><00:27:40.759><c> realized</c>

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:43.200
that<00:27:41.559><c> there</c><00:27:41.759><c> is</c><00:27:41.940><c> a</c><00:27:42.079><c> sublime</c><00:27:42.599><c> lesson</c><00:27:42.900><c> of</c>

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:47.039
atonement<00:27:43.940><c> written</c><00:27:44.319><c> into</c><00:27:44.740><c> this</c><00:27:45.119><c> Egypt</c><00:27:45.359><c> story</c><00:27:45.740><c> of</c><00:27:45.940><c> Matthews.</c>

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:50.180
All<00:27:47.259><c> right,</c><00:27:47.480><c> I</c><00:27:47.740><c> just</c><00:27:47.880><c> want</c><00:27:48.000><c> to</c><00:27:48.180><c> point</c><00:27:48.299><c> this</c><00:27:48.579><c> out.</c>

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:54.920
Herod<00:27:52.079><c> will</c><00:27:52.380><c> seek</c><00:27:52.579><c> the</c><00:27:52.779><c> young</c><00:27:53.039><c> child</c><00:27:53.299><c> to</c><00:27:53.559><c> destroy</c><00:27:54.000><c> him.</c>

00:27:55.700 --> 00:28:01.200
So,<00:27:56.920><c> depart</c><00:27:56.940><c> for</c><00:27:57.220><c> Egypt,</c><00:27:58.619><c> be</c><00:27:58.819><c> there</c><00:27:59.160><c> until</c><00:27:59.619><c> the</c><00:27:59.779><c> death</c><00:28:00.000><c> of</c><00:28:00.400><c> Herod.</c>

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:07.740
When<00:28:02.880><c> Herod</c><00:28:03.259><c> was</c><00:28:03.599><c> dead,</c><00:28:05.220><c> arise,</c><00:28:05.960><c> take</c><00:28:06.220><c> the</c><00:28:06.380><c> young</c><00:28:06.640><c> child.</c>

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:10.819
And<00:28:07.980><c> so</c><00:28:08.099><c> he</c><00:28:08.240><c> arose</c><00:28:08.579><c> and</c><00:28:08.759><c> took</c><00:28:08.859><c> the</c><00:28:09.059><c> young</c><00:28:09.259><c> child</c><00:28:09.720><c> and</c><00:28:10.380><c> came</c><00:28:10.599><c> out</c>

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.900
of<00:28:10.980><c> Egypt.</c>

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:16.400
The<00:28:13.420><c> lesson</c><00:28:13.700><c> that</c><00:28:14.019><c> struck</c><00:28:14.180><c> me</c><00:28:14.460><c> here,</c><00:28:14.960><c> and</c><00:28:15.079><c> leave</c><00:28:15.599><c> this</c><00:28:15.880><c> for</c><00:28:16.039><c> you</c><00:28:16.180><c> to</c>

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:18.599
ponder<00:28:16.740><c> yourself</c><00:28:17.420><c> if</c><00:28:17.619><c> you</c><00:28:17.799><c> wish,</c>

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:24.079
is<00:28:19.559><c> that</c><00:28:19.740><c> while</c><00:28:20.019><c> Jesus</c><00:28:20.539><c> lived,</c><00:28:22.460><c> the</c><00:28:22.700><c> evil</c><00:28:23.039><c> one</c><00:28:23.420><c> represented</c>

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:27.960
by<00:28:24.559><c> Herod</c><00:28:25.140><c> sought</c><00:28:25.700><c> to</c><00:28:26.279><c> destroy</c><00:28:26.599><c> his</c><00:28:27.019><c> life.</c>

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:35.920
In<00:28:30.579><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:31.619><c> death,</c><00:28:31.740><c> or</c><00:28:31.900><c> his</c><00:28:32.140><c> typical</c><00:28:32.519><c> death,</c><00:28:34.920><c> symbolized</c><00:28:35.579><c> by</c>

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:41.660
being<00:28:36.140><c> in</c><00:28:36.460><c> Egypt,</c><00:28:38.359><c> those</c><00:28:38.740><c> who</c><00:28:39.079><c> sought</c><00:28:39.339><c> his</c><00:28:39.779><c> life</c><00:28:40.299><c> died.</c>

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:51.420
Sten<00:28:46.339><c> died</c><00:28:46.779><c> in</c><00:28:47.019><c> the</c><00:28:47.160><c> death</c><00:28:47.319><c> of</c><00:28:47.559><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:48.480><c> and</c><00:28:50.079><c> he</c><00:28:50.599><c> rose</c><00:28:50.920><c> from</c><00:28:51.220><c> the</c>

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:54.779
dead,<00:28:51.940><c> out</c><00:28:52.259><c> of</c><00:28:52.480><c> Egypt,</c><00:28:52.839><c> I</c><00:28:53.220><c> called</c><00:28:53.400><c> my</c><00:28:53.740><c> son.</c>

00:28:55.200 --> 00:29:01.180
So,<00:28:55.480><c> just</c><00:28:55.880><c> things</c><00:28:56.640><c> happening</c><00:28:57.079><c> here</c><00:28:57.400><c> in</c><00:28:57.819><c> Matthew's</c><00:28:58.420><c> introduction</c><00:28:59.079><c> that</c><00:29:00.119><c> are</c>

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:02.180
really<00:29:01.559><c> truly</c><00:29:01.839><c> setting</c>

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:05.380
the<00:29:02.460><c> stage</c><00:29:02.859><c> for</c><00:29:03.420><c> everything</c><00:29:03.759><c> that</c><00:29:03.960><c> is</c><00:29:04.119><c> to</c><00:29:04.339><c> come.</c>

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:07.700
He<00:29:05.880><c> shall</c><00:29:06.000><c> be</c><00:29:06.259><c> called</c><00:29:06.460><c> a</c><00:29:06.759><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:10.839
That<00:29:08.240><c> one's</c><00:29:08.680><c> perplexed</c><00:29:09.119><c> us</c><00:29:09.240><c> for</c><00:29:09.460><c> a</c><00:29:09.599><c> long</c><00:29:09.859><c> time.</c>

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:14.640
It's<00:29:11.640><c> not,</c><00:29:12.019><c> you</c><00:29:12.559><c> know,</c><00:29:13.319><c> totally</c><00:29:13.500><c> straightforward.</c>

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:18.279
So,<00:29:16.259><c> Joseph</c><00:29:16.259><c> arises,</c><00:29:16.960><c> he</c><00:29:17.180><c> takes</c><00:29:17.440><c> the</c><00:29:17.640><c> young</c><00:29:17.819><c> child</c><00:29:18.000><c> and</c><00:29:18.119><c> his</c>

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:20.839
mother<00:29:18.500><c> and</c><00:29:18.880><c> comes</c><00:29:19.119><c> into</c><00:29:19.359><c> the</c><00:29:19.460><c> land</c><00:29:19.700><c> of</c><00:29:19.880><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:24.839
But<00:29:21.420><c> when</c><00:29:21.619><c> he</c><00:29:21.819><c> heard</c><00:29:21.960><c> that</c><00:29:22.180><c> Archelaus</c><00:29:22.779><c> was</c><00:29:23.099><c> reigning</c><00:29:23.359><c> over</c><00:29:23.660><c> Judea</c><00:29:24.319><c> instead</c><00:29:24.680><c> of</c>

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:26.380
his<00:29:24.980><c> father</c><00:29:25.319><c> Herod,</c>

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:28.339
he<00:29:26.640><c> was</c><00:29:26.839><c> afraid</c><00:29:27.000><c> to</c><00:29:27.180><c> go</c><00:29:27.319><c> there.</c>

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:32.119
And<00:29:28.779><c> being</c><00:29:29.059><c> warned</c><00:29:29.319><c> by</c><00:29:29.640><c> God</c><00:29:29.859><c> in</c><00:29:30.099><c> a</c><00:29:30.339><c> dream,</c><00:29:31.180><c> he</c><00:29:31.440><c> turned</c><00:29:31.740><c> aside</c>

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.959
into<00:29:32.339><c> the</c><00:29:32.539><c> region</c><00:29:32.759><c> of</c><00:29:33.039><c> Galilee.</c>

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:37.720
And<00:29:34.660><c> he</c><00:29:34.839><c> came</c><00:29:35.079><c> and</c><00:29:35.319><c> dwelt</c><00:29:35.539><c> in</c><00:29:35.759><c> a</c><00:29:35.900><c> city</c><00:29:36.059><c> called</c><00:29:36.460><c> Nazareth,</c><00:29:37.539><c> that</c>

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.980
it<00:29:37.980><c> might</c><00:29:38.220><c> be</c><00:29:38.579><c> fulfilled,</c>

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:41.380
which<00:29:39.319><c> was</c><00:29:39.599><c> spoken</c><00:29:39.880><c> by</c><00:29:40.119><c> the</c><00:29:40.400><c> prophets.</c>

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:43.960
He<00:29:42.039><c> shall</c><00:29:42.180><c> be</c><00:29:42.500><c> called</c><00:29:42.759><c> a</c><00:29:43.019><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:49.660
And<00:29:45.440><c> you</c><00:29:45.599><c> know</c><00:29:45.779><c> as</c><00:29:46.059><c> well</c><00:29:46.180><c> as</c><00:29:46.400><c> I</c><00:29:46.599><c> do</c><00:29:47.400><c> that</c><00:29:47.980><c> we</c><00:29:48.099><c> can</c><00:29:48.359><c> search</c><00:29:48.700><c> in</c><00:29:49.000><c> vain</c><00:29:49.200><c> for</c><00:29:49.480><c> a</c>

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.980
single<00:29:49.859><c> Old</c><00:29:50.079><c> Testament</c><00:29:50.440><c> prophet,</c>

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:55.400
let<00:29:51.380><c> alone</c><00:29:51.680><c> prophets</c><00:29:52.240><c> who</c><00:29:52.759><c> say</c><00:29:53.059><c> that</c><00:29:53.299><c> the</c><00:29:53.500><c> Christ</c><00:29:53.680><c> will</c><00:29:53.839><c> be</c><00:29:54.039><c> called</c><00:29:54.200><c> a</c><00:29:54.460><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:29:56.599 --> 00:30:00.680
I<00:29:57.000><c> know</c><00:29:57.240><c> we</c><00:29:57.500><c> make</c><00:29:57.619><c> something</c><00:29:58.000><c> of</c><00:29:58.180><c> the</c><00:29:58.680><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:59.039><c> word</c><00:29:59.500><c> metzer,</c>

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:03.920
a<00:30:01.720><c> noun</c><00:30:01.900><c> in</c><00:30:02.099><c> the</c><00:30:02.180><c> Old</c><00:30:02.359><c> Testament,</c><00:30:03.019><c> fairly</c><00:30:03.299><c> rare.</c>

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:07.339
And<00:30:04.519><c> to</c><00:30:04.619><c> the</c><00:30:04.720><c> best</c><00:30:04.900><c> of</c><00:30:05.039><c> my</c><00:30:05.200><c> knowledge,</c><00:30:05.559><c> it's</c><00:30:05.720><c> only</c><00:30:06.099><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:11.220
who<00:30:07.740><c> speaks</c><00:30:08.200><c> of</c><00:30:08.380><c> him</c><00:30:08.579><c> as</c><00:30:08.779><c> the</c><00:30:09.000><c> branch,</c><00:30:09.759><c> the</c><00:30:09.960><c> netzer</c><00:30:10.279><c> branch.</c>

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:14.439
But<00:30:11.599><c> Matthew's</c><00:30:11.960><c> got</c><00:30:12.079><c> something</c><00:30:12.400><c> else</c><00:30:12.660><c> in</c><00:30:12.859><c> mind,</c><00:30:13.079><c> it</c><00:30:13.180><c> seems</c><00:30:13.400><c> to</c><00:30:13.619><c> me.</c>

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:19.700
Fulfilled,<00:30:16.559><c> which</c><00:30:16.720><c> was</c><00:30:16.980><c> spoken</c><00:30:17.240><c> by</c><00:30:17.480><c> the</c><00:30:17.880><c> prophets,</c><00:30:19.319><c> he</c><00:30:19.559><c> shall</c>

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:21.960
be<00:30:20.019><c> called</c><00:30:20.240><c> a</c><00:30:20.539><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:26.279
But<00:30:22.680><c> what's</c><00:30:23.000><c> interesting</c><00:30:23.420><c> is,</c><00:30:24.759><c> again,</c><00:30:24.980><c> when</c><00:30:25.140><c> you</c><00:30:25.359><c> begin</c><00:30:25.640><c> to</c>

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:29.220
look<00:30:26.519><c> for</c><00:30:27.059><c> symmetrical</c><00:30:27.720><c> ideas,</c>

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:34.740
Galilee<00:30:31.140><c> and</c><00:30:31.420><c> Nazareth</c><00:30:31.779><c> come</c><00:30:32.039><c> together</c><00:30:32.420><c> again</c><00:30:32.759><c> in</c><00:30:33.059><c> Matthew's</c><00:30:33.680><c> climax.</c>

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:38.680
Not<00:30:36.240><c> only</c><00:30:36.460><c> do</c><00:30:36.500><c> they</c><00:30:36.619><c> come</c><00:30:36.839><c> together,</c><00:30:37.339><c> they</c><00:30:37.559><c> tell</c><00:30:37.799><c> us</c><00:30:37.940><c> what</c><00:30:38.140><c> Jesus</c><00:30:38.480><c> was</c>

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:40.140
being<00:30:39.000><c> called.</c>

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:43.960
Now<00:30:41.839><c> Peter</c><00:30:42.099><c> sat</c><00:30:42.359><c> outside</c><00:30:42.759><c> in</c><00:30:42.940><c> the</c><00:30:43.099><c> courtyard,</c><00:30:43.400><c> you</c><00:30:43.539><c> know</c><00:30:43.740><c> the</c>

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:47.140
scene<00:30:44.099><c> now,</c><00:30:44.960><c> it's</c><00:30:45.160><c> the</c><00:30:45.319><c> Jewish</c><00:30:45.680><c> trial</c><00:30:45.960><c> of</c><00:30:46.119><c> Jesus.</c>

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:49.980
Peter<00:30:47.660><c> sat</c><00:30:47.940><c> outside</c><00:30:48.359><c> in</c><00:30:48.500><c> the</c><00:30:48.700><c> courtyard</c><00:30:49.019><c> and</c><00:30:49.240><c> a</c><00:30:49.480><c> servant</c><00:30:49.700><c> girl</c>

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.920
came<00:30:50.259><c> to</c><00:30:50.400><c> him</c><00:30:50.539><c> saying,</c>

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:53.900
you<00:30:51.519><c> also</c><00:30:51.900><c> were</c><00:30:52.079><c> with</c><00:30:52.279><c> Jesus</c><00:30:52.619><c> of</c><00:30:52.839><c> Galilee.</c>

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:57.539
But<00:30:54.440><c> he</c><00:30:54.720><c> denied</c><00:30:55.039><c> it</c><00:30:55.259><c> before</c><00:30:55.500><c> them</c><00:30:55.700><c> all</c><00:30:55.980><c> saying,</c><00:30:56.539><c> I</c><00:30:56.700><c> do</c><00:30:56.900><c> not</c><00:30:57.039><c> know</c><00:30:57.200><c> what</c><00:30:57.359><c> you</c>

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.599
are<00:30:57.759><c> saying.</c>

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:01.920
And<00:30:59.680><c> when</c><00:30:59.759><c> he</c><00:30:59.880><c> had</c><00:30:59.980><c> gone</c><00:31:00.099><c> out</c><00:31:00.319><c> to</c><00:31:00.460><c> the</c><00:31:00.700><c> gateway,</c><00:31:01.380><c> another</c><00:31:01.640><c> girl</c>

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:03.500
saw<00:31:02.200><c> him</c><00:31:02.339><c> and</c><00:31:02.500><c> said</c><00:31:02.619><c> to</c><00:31:02.740><c> those</c><00:31:02.960><c> who</c><00:31:03.099><c> were</c><00:31:03.220><c> with</c><00:31:03.339><c> him,</c>

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:06.680
this<00:31:03.960><c> fellow</c><00:31:04.240><c> also</c><00:31:04.640><c> was</c><00:31:04.799><c> with</c><00:31:05.039><c> Jesus</c><00:31:05.380><c> of</c><00:31:05.640><c> Nazareth.</c>

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:10.779
But<00:31:07.240><c> again,</c><00:31:07.400><c> he</c><00:31:07.599><c> denied</c><00:31:08.000><c> with</c><00:31:08.259><c> an</c><00:31:08.400><c> oath,</c><00:31:08.700><c> I</c><00:31:08.980><c> do</c><00:31:09.240><c> not</c><00:31:09.420><c> know</c><00:31:09.619><c> the</c><00:31:09.839><c> man.</c>

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:14.140
The<00:31:12.359><c> context</c><00:31:12.799><c> is</c><00:31:13.079><c> telling</c><00:31:13.299><c> here,</c><00:31:13.539><c> isn't</c><00:31:13.680><c> it?</c>

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:18.980
Because<00:31:14.579><c> the</c><00:31:14.980><c> context</c><00:31:15.500><c> is</c><00:31:15.980><c> Jesus'</c><00:31:16.799><c> arrest,</c><00:31:17.339><c> his</c><00:31:17.640><c> Jewish</c><00:31:17.940><c> trial,</c><00:31:18.720><c> and</c>

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:21.000
Peter's<00:31:19.599><c> denial</c><00:31:19.900><c> of</c><00:31:20.140><c> him.</c>

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:24.420
It's<00:31:21.700><c> not</c><00:31:21.940><c> difficult</c><00:31:22.400><c> to</c><00:31:22.599><c> see</c><00:31:22.720><c> where</c><00:31:22.859><c> this</c><00:31:23.079><c> leads</c><00:31:23.339><c> us.</c>

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.839
I<00:31:25.640><c> do</c><00:31:25.980><c> not</c><00:31:26.160><c> know</c><00:31:26.359><c> the</c><00:31:26.559><c> man.</c>

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:31.740
To<00:31:27.200><c> be</c><00:31:27.500><c> called</c><00:31:27.740><c> a</c><00:31:28.019><c> Nazarene</c><00:31:28.759><c> is</c><00:31:29.059><c> to</c><00:31:29.220><c> be</c><00:31:29.480><c> despised</c><00:31:29.920><c> and</c><00:31:30.099><c> rejected</c><00:31:30.480><c> by</c><00:31:30.720><c> men.</c>

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:38.420
And<00:31:33.319><c> this,</c><00:31:34.000><c> to</c><00:31:34.240><c> my</c><00:31:34.559><c> mind,</c><00:31:35.200><c> is</c><00:31:35.480><c> very</c><00:31:35.839><c> satisfying,</c><00:31:37.160><c> because</c><00:31:37.759><c> it</c>

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:40.519
gives<00:31:38.660><c> us</c><00:31:39.339><c> a</c><00:31:39.559><c> clear</c><00:31:39.740><c> idea</c><00:31:40.000><c> of</c><00:31:40.180><c> why</c>

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:44.059
Matthew<00:31:40.980><c> says</c><00:31:41.240><c> this</c><00:31:41.420><c> in</c><00:31:41.539><c> the</c><00:31:41.700><c> beginning,</c><00:31:42.279><c> and</c><00:31:42.819><c> we</c><00:31:43.059><c> see</c><00:31:43.279><c> how</c><00:31:43.500><c> it's</c><00:31:43.740><c> going</c><00:31:43.859><c> to</c>

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:46.980
work<00:31:44.279><c> out</c><00:31:44.839><c> in</c><00:31:45.180><c> the</c><00:31:45.380><c> rest</c><00:31:45.579><c> of</c><00:31:45.799><c> his</c><00:31:45.980><c> ministry.</c>

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:49.500
And<00:31:47.619><c> before</c><00:31:47.819><c> we</c><00:31:48.079><c> just</c><00:31:48.380><c> remind</c><00:31:48.660><c> ourselves</c><00:31:49.000><c> of</c><00:31:49.180><c> some</c><00:31:49.319><c> Old</c>

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.920
Testament<00:31:49.819><c> prophets,</c>

00:31:52.559 --> 00:32:03.400
we've<00:31:53.440><c> already</c><00:31:53.880><c> seen</c><00:31:54.700><c> the</c><00:31:56.299><c> wise</c><00:31:56.640><c> men</c><00:31:57.279><c> who</c><00:31:58.440><c> come,</c><00:32:00.259><c> and</c><00:32:00.579><c> they</c><00:32:00.859><c> worship</c><00:32:01.259><c> the</c><00:32:01.559><c> one</c><00:32:01.700><c> who's</c><00:32:02.799><c> born</c><00:32:03.039><c> king</c><00:32:03.200><c> of</c>

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.579
the<00:32:03.599><c> Jews,</c>

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:09.380
and<00:32:04.920><c> the</c><00:32:05.079><c> Jews</c><00:32:05.579><c> show</c><00:32:06.299><c> no</c><00:32:06.740><c> sign</c><00:32:07.279><c> of</c><00:32:07.819><c> particular</c><00:32:08.279><c> interest.</c>

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:14.220
And<00:32:10.660><c> now,</c><00:32:11.440><c> further</c><00:32:11.779><c> on</c><00:32:12.059><c> in</c><00:32:12.259><c> Matthew's</c><00:32:12.680><c> introduction,</c><00:32:14.019><c> being</c>

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:20.400
called<00:32:14.500><c> a</c><00:32:14.740><c> Nazarene</c><00:32:15.339><c> is</c><00:32:15.859><c> pointing</c><00:32:16.240><c> us</c><00:32:16.460><c> to</c><00:32:16.660><c> the</c>

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:24.339
stories<00:32:21.099><c> in</c><00:32:21.380><c> the</c><00:32:21.500><c> introduction,</c><00:32:23.319><c> set</c><00:32:23.440><c> the</c><00:32:23.740><c> stage</c><00:32:23.900><c> for</c><00:32:24.119><c> things</c>

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:27.029
that<00:32:24.500><c> we</c><00:32:24.700><c> often</c><00:32:25.180><c> find</c><00:32:25.680><c> coming</c><00:32:26.059><c> to</c><00:32:26.220><c> their</c>

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:31.839
culmination<00:32:28.820><c> in</c><00:32:29.440><c> the</c><00:32:29.700><c> climax</c><00:32:30.160><c> of</c><00:32:30.440><c> Matthew's</c><00:32:31.019><c> gospel.</c>

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:36.180
And<00:32:32.559><c> of</c><00:32:32.680><c> course,</c><00:32:33.559><c> being</c><00:32:33.819><c> despised</c><00:32:34.279><c> and</c><00:32:34.440><c> rejected</c><00:32:34.839><c> by</c><00:32:35.059><c> men</c><00:32:35.259><c> just</c><00:32:35.619><c> opens</c><00:32:35.940><c> up</c>

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:37.519
the<00:32:36.380><c> floodgates</c><00:32:36.740><c> of</c><00:32:36.940><c> Old</c><00:32:37.119><c> Testament</c>

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:40.519
prophets,<00:32:39.279><c> Moses</c><00:32:39.660><c> and</c><00:32:39.859><c> the</c><00:32:40.059><c> law.</c>

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:47.339
Speaking<00:32:41.440><c> of</c><00:32:41.779><c> Joseph,</c><00:32:42.220><c> who</c><00:32:42.380><c> we</c><00:32:42.599><c> know</c><00:32:42.799><c> as</c><00:32:43.480><c> a</c><00:32:43.619><c> wonderful</c><00:32:44.160><c> messianic</c><00:32:44.880><c> figure,</c><00:32:46.099><c> his</c><00:32:46.319><c> brothers</c><00:32:46.640><c> said</c><00:32:46.880><c> to</c><00:32:47.039><c> him,</c>

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:50.440
shall<00:32:47.599><c> you</c><00:32:47.839><c> indeed</c><00:32:48.200><c> reign</c><00:32:48.500><c> over</c><00:32:48.839><c> us,</c><00:32:49.720><c> or</c><00:32:49.819><c> shall</c><00:32:49.980><c> you</c><00:32:50.180><c> indeed</c>

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.940
have<00:32:50.640><c> dominion</c><00:32:51.119><c> over</c><00:32:51.380><c> us?</c>

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:56.559
So<00:32:52.140><c> they</c><00:32:52.480><c> hated</c><00:32:52.859><c> him</c><00:32:53.740><c> for</c><00:32:54.779><c> his</c><00:32:55.019><c> dreams</c><00:32:55.220><c> and</c><00:32:55.380><c> his</c><00:32:55.619><c> words.</c>

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:59.599
We<00:32:57.180><c> come</c><00:32:57.400><c> forward</c><00:32:57.680><c> to</c><00:32:57.920><c> David</c><00:32:58.240><c> in</c><00:32:58.480><c> the</c><00:32:58.700><c> Psalms.</c>

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:06.619
I<00:33:01.160><c> am</c><00:33:01.319><c> a</c><00:33:01.539><c> worm</c><00:33:01.720><c> and</c><00:33:01.859><c> no</c><00:33:02.099><c> man,</c><00:33:02.759><c> a</c><00:33:03.039><c> reproach</c><00:33:03.500><c> of</c><00:33:03.720><c> men</c><00:33:04.099><c> and</c><00:33:04.559><c> despised</c><00:33:05.200><c> by</c><00:33:05.420><c> the</c><00:33:05.619><c> people.</c>

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:10.700
We<00:33:08.039><c> come</c><00:33:08.240><c> forward</c><00:33:08.539><c> to</c><00:33:08.900><c> the</c><00:33:09.140><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:09.539><c> 53</c><00:33:10.119><c> passage.</c>

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:14.900
He<00:33:11.099><c> is</c><00:33:11.460><c> despised</c><00:33:12.259><c> and</c><00:33:12.480><c> rejected</c><00:33:12.880><c> by</c><00:33:13.140><c> men,</c><00:33:14.019><c> a</c><00:33:14.180><c> man</c><00:33:14.339><c> of</c><00:33:14.640><c> sorrows</c>

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.880
and<00:33:15.140><c> acquainted</c><00:33:15.400><c> with</c><00:33:15.700><c> grief.</c>

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:18.359
We<00:33:16.259><c> hid,</c><00:33:16.480><c> as</c><00:33:16.660><c> it</c><00:33:16.859><c> were,</c><00:33:17.119><c> our</c><00:33:17.319><c> faces</c><00:33:17.680><c> from</c><00:33:17.940><c> him.</c>

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:23.680
He<00:33:18.700><c> was</c><00:33:19.019><c> despised,</c><00:33:19.859><c> and</c><00:33:19.980><c> we</c><00:33:20.140><c> did</c><00:33:20.319><c> not</c><00:33:22.359><c> esteem</c><00:33:22.779><c> him.</c>

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:28.500
So<00:33:24.759><c> now,</c><00:33:25.880><c> all</c><00:33:26.220><c> kinds</c><00:33:26.519><c> of</c><00:33:26.779><c> prophets</c><00:33:26.960><c> come</c><00:33:27.299><c> to</c><00:33:27.539><c> mind.</c>

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.099
Others.

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:33.680
I<00:33:30.579><c> mean,</c><00:33:30.579><c> we</c><00:33:30.680><c> can</c><00:33:30.839><c> think</c><00:33:30.980><c> of</c><00:33:31.180><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:33:31.680><c> we</c><00:33:31.759><c> can</c><00:33:31.960><c> think</c><00:33:32.140><c> of</c><00:33:32.380><c> others</c><00:33:32.660><c> who</c>

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:36.680
fill<00:33:33.900><c> out</c><00:33:34.359><c> messianic</c><00:33:35.519><c> roles,</c>

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:39.019
and<00:33:37.160><c> they're</c><00:33:37.380><c> despised</c><00:33:37.839><c> and</c><00:33:38.039><c> rejected.</c>

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:44.980
And<00:33:39.819><c> the</c><00:33:39.940><c> whole</c><00:33:40.440><c> retinue</c><00:33:41.079><c> of</c><00:33:41.259><c> Old</c><00:33:41.460><c> Testament</c><00:33:42.240><c> stories</c><00:33:43.980><c> like</c><00:33:44.380><c> that,</c>

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:50.299
is<00:33:45.279><c> well</c><00:33:45.519><c> known</c><00:33:45.819><c> to</c><00:33:46.339><c> Matthew</c><00:33:46.759><c> when</c><00:33:46.960><c> he</c><00:33:47.160><c> wrote</c><00:33:47.299><c> it,</c><00:33:48.039><c> as</c><00:33:48.619><c> they</c><00:33:48.940><c> are</c><00:33:49.119><c> to</c><00:33:49.339><c> us.</c>

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:55.559
And<00:33:51.700><c> what</c><00:33:52.220><c> strikes</c><00:33:52.799><c> me,</c><00:33:53.200><c> and</c><00:33:53.359><c> I</c><00:33:54.160><c> put</c><00:33:54.319><c> this</c><00:33:54.539><c> to</c><00:33:54.720><c> you</c><00:33:54.859><c> for</c><00:33:55.079><c> what</c>

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.720
it's<00:33:55.859><c> worth</c><00:33:56.019><c> and</c><00:33:56.140><c> what</c><00:33:56.299><c> you</c><00:33:56.460><c> want</c><00:33:56.579><c> to</c>

00:33:56.720 --> 00:34:00.480
think<00:33:56.880><c> about</c><00:33:57.119><c> it,</c><00:33:57.940><c> it</c><00:33:58.099><c> is</c><00:33:58.339><c> possible</c><00:33:59.000><c> that</c><00:33:59.740><c> Matthew</c><00:34:00.039><c> simply</c>

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.400
uses<00:34:00.799><c> the</c><00:34:01.099><c> term</c><00:34:01.420><c> Nazarene</c>

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:06.339
to<00:34:02.839><c> remind</c><00:34:03.259><c> us</c><00:34:03.460><c> of</c><00:34:03.680><c> all</c><00:34:03.920><c> of</c><00:34:04.059><c> these</c><00:34:04.259><c> obvious</c><00:34:04.680><c> Old</c><00:34:04.920><c> Testament</c><00:34:05.200><c> examples.</c>

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:11.179
It's<00:34:08.679><c> further</c><00:34:08.900><c> consistent</c><00:34:09.539><c> with</c><00:34:09.820><c> the</c><00:34:10.019><c> fact</c><00:34:10.300><c> that</c><00:34:10.659><c> Matthew's</c>

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:14.079
introduction<00:34:11.860><c> anticipates</c><00:34:12.780><c> the</c><00:34:13.019><c> climax.</c>

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:19.199
The<00:34:14.800><c> despised</c><00:34:15.639><c> Nazarene</c><00:34:16.820><c> becomes</c><00:34:17.360><c> the</c><00:34:17.619><c> despised</c><00:34:18.159><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:28.420
Just<00:34:23.840><c> one</c><00:34:24.019><c> other</c><00:34:24.260><c> thing</c><00:34:24.480><c> before</c><00:34:24.780><c> we</c><00:34:24.980><c> leave</c><00:34:25.119><c> Matthew's</c><00:34:26.360><c> introduction</c><00:34:26.980><c> and</c><00:34:27.440><c> climax.</c>

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:33.480
Matthew<00:34:30.260><c> cites</c><00:34:30.639><c> five</c><00:34:31.099><c> Old</c><00:34:31.320><c> Testament</c><00:34:31.739><c> prophecies</c><00:34:32.739><c> that</c><00:34:33.320><c> are</c>

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:36.079
being<00:34:33.780><c> fulfilled</c><00:34:34.320><c> in</c><00:34:34.519><c> the</c><00:34:34.760><c> events</c><00:34:35.139><c> that</c><00:34:35.699><c> surround</c>

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:40.320
the<00:34:36.320><c> birth</c><00:34:36.480><c> and</c><00:34:36.659><c> infancy</c><00:34:36.920><c> of</c><00:34:37.079><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:37.719><c> and</c><00:34:38.280><c> they</c><00:34:38.760><c> themselves</c><00:34:39.840><c> form</c><00:34:40.239><c> a</c>

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.860
symmetrical<00:34:40.739><c> pattern.</c>

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:49.300
The<00:34:44.460><c> first</c><00:34:44.980><c> is</c><00:34:45.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:46.019><c> 7,</c><00:34:47.780><c> his</c><00:34:48.039><c> name</c><00:34:48.300><c> shall</c><00:34:48.500><c> be</c><00:34:48.679><c> called</c><00:34:48.820><c> Emmanuel.</c>

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.480
So<00:34:49.900><c> try</c><00:34:50.099><c> again.</c>

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:53.079
They<00:34:51.139><c> shall</c><00:34:51.420><c> call</c><00:34:51.659><c> his</c><00:34:51.880><c> name</c><00:34:52.099><c> Emmanuel.</c>

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:56.400
The<00:34:54.139><c> second</c><00:34:54.300><c> of</c><00:34:54.460><c> Micah</c><00:34:54.739><c> 2,</c><00:34:55.219><c> a</c><00:34:55.380><c> ruler</c><00:34:55.579><c> who</c><00:34:55.820><c> was</c><00:34:55.960><c> shepherd</c><00:34:56.219><c> my</c>

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:57.739
people<00:34:56.699><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:58.340 --> 00:35:02.280
The<00:34:58.619><c> third</c><00:34:58.820><c> is</c><00:34:59.400><c> Hosea</c><00:34:59.880><c> 11,</c><00:35:00.199><c> out</c><00:35:00.380><c> of</c><00:35:00.500><c> Egypt</c><00:35:00.719><c> I</c><00:35:00.980><c> call</c><00:35:01.079><c> my</c><00:35:01.380><c> son.</c>

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:06.360
The<00:35:03.360><c> fourth</c><00:35:03.579><c> from</c><00:35:03.760><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:35:04.719><c> Rachel</c><00:35:05.139><c> leaping</c><00:35:05.559><c> for</c><00:35:05.699><c> her</c><00:35:05.960><c> children.</c>

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:10.840
And<00:35:06.820><c> the</c><00:35:07.059><c> fifth</c><00:35:07.380><c> from</c><00:35:07.900><c> unnamed</c><00:35:08.320><c> prophets,</c><00:35:09.219><c> he</c><00:35:09.360><c> shall</c><00:35:09.440><c> be</c><00:35:09.719><c> called</c><00:35:09.860><c> a</c><00:35:10.059><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:13.460
And<00:35:11.320><c> they</c><00:35:11.519><c> play</c><00:35:11.679><c> off</c><00:35:11.880><c> against</c><00:35:12.239><c> each</c><00:35:12.539><c> other.</c>

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:16.679
They<00:35:15.000><c> shall</c><00:35:15.260><c> call</c><00:35:15.559><c> his</c><00:35:15.840><c> name</c><00:35:16.059><c> Emmanuel.</c>

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:19.119
He<00:35:17.400><c> shall</c><00:35:17.539><c> be</c><00:35:17.820><c> called</c><00:35:18.019><c> a</c><00:35:18.239><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:24.900
And<00:35:20.420><c> so</c><00:35:20.679><c> while</c><00:35:21.139><c> those</c><00:35:21.800><c> who</c><00:35:22.199><c> see</c><00:35:22.420><c> the</c><00:35:22.820><c> Father</c><00:35:23.179><c> revealed</c><00:35:23.900><c> in</c><00:35:24.400><c> him</c>

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:28.260
and<00:35:25.780><c> all</c><00:35:26.059><c> of</c><00:35:26.360><c> the</c><00:35:26.599><c> Father's</c><00:35:27.119><c> wonders</c>

00:35:28.640 --> 00:35:33.000
and<00:35:29.320><c> magnitude,</c><00:35:30.719><c> they</c><00:35:31.059><c> will</c><00:35:31.300><c> call</c><00:35:31.539><c> his</c><00:35:31.880><c> name</c><00:35:32.099><c> Emmanuel,</c><00:35:32.739><c> God</c>

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.179
with<00:35:33.239><c> us.</c>

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:39.420
But<00:35:35.840><c> those</c><00:35:36.179><c> who</c><00:35:36.400><c> despise</c><00:35:36.880><c> and</c><00:35:37.079><c> reject</c><00:35:37.539><c> him</c><00:35:38.239><c> will</c><00:35:38.639><c> be</c><00:35:39.079><c> a</c><00:35:39.239><c> whole</c>

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.619
different<00:35:39.760><c> class</c><00:35:40.059><c> of</c><00:35:40.320><c> people.</c>

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:43.360
He<00:35:41.300><c> shall</c><00:35:41.420><c> be</c><00:35:41.699><c> called</c><00:35:41.880><c> a</c><00:35:42.079><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:47.599
You<00:35:44.039><c> look</c><00:35:44.199><c> at</c><00:35:44.360><c> the</c><00:35:44.619><c> second</c><00:35:44.800><c> and</c><00:35:45.099><c> fourth</c><00:35:45.320><c> ones,</c><00:35:46.239><c> you</c><00:35:46.360><c> have</c><00:35:46.519><c> a</c><00:35:46.699><c> ruler</c><00:35:46.820><c> who</c><00:35:47.119><c> shepherds</c><00:35:47.380><c> my</c>

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.239
people<00:35:47.880><c> Israel,</c>

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:50.260
and<00:35:48.460><c> you</c><00:35:48.500><c> have</c><00:35:48.800><c> Rachel</c><00:35:49.219><c> leaping</c><00:35:49.619><c> for</c><00:35:49.760><c> her</c><00:35:50.000><c> children.</c>

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:52.619
This<00:35:50.719><c> is</c><00:35:50.880><c> the</c><00:35:51.000><c> family</c><00:35:51.320><c> of</c><00:35:51.539><c> Jacob.</c>

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:55.980
The<00:35:53.920><c> first</c><00:35:54.159><c> one</c><00:35:54.300><c> is</c><00:35:54.539><c> birth</c><00:35:54.820><c> at</c><00:35:55.019><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:35:55.440><c> and</c><00:35:55.579><c> the</c><00:35:55.739><c> second</c>

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:57.599
is<00:35:56.199><c> death</c><00:35:56.460><c> at</c><00:35:56.719><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:35:58.300 --> 00:36:02.179
And<00:35:58.820><c> for</c><00:35:59.019><c> all</c><00:35:59.239><c> the</c><00:35:59.380><c> rest</c><00:35:59.579><c> of</c><00:35:59.900><c> the</c><00:36:00.119><c> ministry</c><00:36:00.440><c> of</c><00:36:00.599><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:01.659><c> that's</c>

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:04.780
the<00:36:02.460><c> choice</c><00:36:03.119><c> that</c><00:36:03.500><c> Israel</c><00:36:03.820><c> will</c><00:36:04.000><c> have</c><00:36:04.099><c> to</c><00:36:04.340><c> make,</c>

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:08.679
is<00:36:05.320><c> a</c><00:36:05.579><c> choice</c><00:36:05.900><c> between</c><00:36:06.400><c> life</c><00:36:06.820><c> and</c><00:36:07.099><c> death,</c><00:36:07.920><c> between</c><00:36:08.239><c> the</c><00:36:08.519><c> ruler</c>

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:10.139
who<00:36:08.880><c> will</c><00:36:09.139><c> shepherd</c><00:36:09.400><c> the</c><00:36:09.639><c> people</c><00:36:09.820><c> Israel</c>

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:14.400
give<00:36:10.340><c> them</c><00:36:10.599><c> life</c><00:36:11.000><c> or</c><00:36:11.400><c> the</c><00:36:11.679><c> death</c><00:36:12.039><c> that</c><00:36:12.420><c> comes</c><00:36:12.679><c> from</c><00:36:12.940><c> rejecting</c><00:36:13.340><c> him.</c>

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:18.320
And<00:36:14.619><c> at</c><00:36:14.780><c> the</c><00:36:15.059><c> center</c><00:36:15.300><c> of</c><00:36:15.500><c> this,</c><00:36:16.340><c> out</c><00:36:16.559><c> of</c><00:36:16.699><c> Egypt,</c><00:36:16.940><c> I</c><00:36:17.119><c> call</c><00:36:17.260><c> my</c><00:36:17.579><c> son,</c><00:36:18.199><c> is</c>

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:19.659
the<00:36:18.519><c> message</c><00:36:18.760><c> of</c><00:36:19.059><c> deliverance.</c>

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.380
It's<00:36:20.139><c> the</c><00:36:20.340><c> message</c><00:36:20.559><c> of</c><00:36:20.840><c> resurrection.</c>

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:25.400
It's<00:36:22.139><c> the</c><00:36:22.300><c> hope</c><00:36:22.539><c> for</c><00:36:23.159><c> redemption</c><00:36:23.659><c> for</c><00:36:24.019><c> those</c><00:36:24.519><c> who</c><00:36:25.019><c> will</c><00:36:25.260><c> put</c>

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.300
their<00:36:25.679><c> faith</c><00:36:25.940><c> in</c><00:36:26.059><c> him.</c>

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:29.920
So<00:36:26.679><c> there's</c><00:36:26.860><c> just</c><00:36:27.300><c> marvelous</c><00:36:27.699><c> things</c><00:36:27.980><c> to</c><00:36:28.260><c> see</c><00:36:28.420><c> by</c><00:36:29.079><c> putting</c><00:36:29.420><c> these</c><00:36:29.659><c> up</c>

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:31.460
against<00:36:30.280><c> each</c><00:36:30.579><c> other.</c>

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:35.739
Matthew's<00:36:32.980><c> introduction</c><00:36:33.679><c> sets</c><00:36:34.559><c> the</c><00:36:34.940><c> stage</c><00:36:35.239><c> for</c><00:36:35.460><c> everything</c>

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.500
that<00:36:35.960><c> follows,</c>

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:41.139
and<00:36:36.900><c> it</c><00:36:37.059><c> has</c><00:36:37.320><c> its</c><00:36:37.539><c> fulfillment</c><00:36:38.179><c> in</c><00:36:39.219><c> the</c><00:36:39.440><c> climax</c><00:36:39.739><c> of</c><00:36:39.960><c> his</c><00:36:40.139><c> gospel.</c>

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:44.559
All<00:36:41.920><c> right,</c><00:36:42.000><c> let's</c><00:36:42.219><c> come</c><00:36:42.480><c> to</c><00:36:42.679><c> discourse</c><00:36:43.059><c> one</c><00:36:43.440><c> and</c><00:36:43.659><c> discourse</c><00:36:44.119><c> five.</c>

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:47.699
We<00:36:45.059><c> probably</c><00:36:45.519><c> won't</c><00:36:45.719><c> get</c><00:36:45.940><c> through</c><00:36:46.179><c> all</c><00:36:46.380><c> of</c><00:36:46.539><c> these,</c><00:36:47.480><c> because</c><00:36:47.579><c> I</c>

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:49.059
have<00:36:47.880><c> several</c>

00:36:49.720 --> 00:36:52.199
through<00:36:50.280><c> the</c><00:36:50.440><c> rest</c><00:36:50.639><c> of</c><00:36:50.920><c> Matthew's</c><00:36:51.340><c> gospel.</c>

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:56.960
But<00:36:53.099><c> I</c><00:36:53.260><c> think</c><00:36:53.480><c> what</c><00:36:53.900><c> it</c><00:36:54.340><c> will</c><00:36:54.500><c> do</c><00:36:54.739><c> for</c><00:36:54.960><c> us</c><00:36:55.119><c> in</c><00:36:55.320><c> any</c><00:36:55.659><c> case,</c><00:36:56.619><c> brothers</c><00:36:56.760><c> and</c>

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:58.420
sisters,<00:36:57.239><c> is</c><00:36:57.340><c> help</c><00:36:57.420><c> us</c><00:36:57.619><c> to</c><00:36:57.940><c> realize</c>

00:36:58.420 --> 00:37:02.880
how<00:36:58.940><c> Matthew</c><00:36:59.360><c> plays</c><00:37:00.059><c> one</c><00:37:01.099><c> thing</c><00:37:01.340><c> off</c><00:37:01.639><c> against</c><00:37:02.019><c> another</c><00:37:02.440><c> and</c>

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:04.900
uses<00:37:03.260><c> symmetry</c><00:37:03.800><c> to</c><00:37:04.159><c> augment</c>

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:08.619
and<00:37:05.260><c> to</c><00:37:05.420><c> help</c><00:37:05.559><c> us</c><00:37:05.840><c> understand</c><00:37:06.760><c> what's</c><00:37:07.440><c> in</c><00:37:07.579><c> one</c><00:37:07.840><c> place</c><00:37:08.139><c> and</c><00:37:08.400><c> may</c>

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:10.579
even<00:37:08.820><c> seem</c><00:37:08.980><c> to</c><00:37:09.199><c> stand</c><00:37:09.360><c> by</c><00:37:09.579><c> itself.</c>

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:14.559
And<00:37:11.079><c> in</c><00:37:11.219><c> the</c><00:37:11.440><c> process,</c><00:37:12.159><c> fill</c><00:37:12.239><c> out</c><00:37:12.940><c> the</c><00:37:13.400><c> wonderful</c><00:37:13.880><c> picture</c><00:37:14.360><c> of</c>

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:16.300
the<00:37:14.739><c> gospel</c><00:37:15.099><c> message.</c>

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:18.900
Discourse<00:37:16.800><c> one</c><00:37:17.000><c> and</c><00:37:17.159><c> discourse</c><00:37:17.599><c> five.</c>

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:26.980
The<00:37:19.860><c> first</c><00:37:20.119><c> discourse</c><00:37:20.860><c> is</c><00:37:23.159><c> the</c><00:37:24.320><c> Sermon</c><00:37:24.599><c> on</c><00:37:24.760><c> the</c><00:37:24.880><c> Mount,</c><00:37:26.840><c> and</c>

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:29.440
the<00:37:27.119><c> Beatitudes</c><00:37:27.579><c> are</c><00:37:27.780><c> at</c><00:37:27.880><c> the</c><00:37:28.019><c> beginning</c><00:37:28.260><c> of</c><00:37:28.519><c> that.</c>

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:34.180
The<00:37:31.380><c> last</c><00:37:32.019><c> discourse</c><00:37:32.579><c> is</c><00:37:32.880><c> the</c><00:37:33.079><c> Olivet</c><00:37:33.360><c> Discourse.</c>

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:38.000
And<00:37:34.940><c> the</c><00:37:35.119><c> last</c><00:37:35.679><c> part</c><00:37:36.019><c> of</c><00:37:36.260><c> that</c><00:37:36.619><c> is</c><00:37:37.059><c> the</c><00:37:37.300><c> parable</c><00:37:37.539><c> of</c><00:37:37.719><c> the</c><00:37:37.840><c> sheep</c>

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.179
and<00:37:38.159><c> the</c><00:37:38.360><c> goats.</c>

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:43.000
So<00:37:40.280><c> let's</c><00:37:40.500><c> just</c><00:37:40.739><c> put</c><00:37:40.860><c> these</c><00:37:41.099><c> out</c><00:37:41.400><c> side</c><00:37:41.679><c> by</c><00:37:41.940><c> side.</c>

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:48.579
And<00:37:43.699><c> immediately,</c><00:37:44.539><c> when</c><00:37:44.619><c> we</c><00:37:46.019><c> start</c><00:37:46.219><c> recognizing</c><00:37:47.059><c> how</c><00:37:47.380><c> Matthew</c><00:37:47.739><c> uses</c><00:37:48.099><c> symmetry,</c>

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:52.840
we<00:37:49.039><c> can</c><00:37:49.199><c> begin</c><00:37:49.460><c> looking</c><00:37:49.960><c> for</c><00:37:50.639><c> verbal</c><00:37:51.059><c> connections,</c><00:37:52.519><c> and</c><00:37:52.699><c> not</c>

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:58.260
just<00:37:53.139><c> verbal</c><00:37:53.539><c> connections,</c><00:37:54.900><c> but</c><00:37:55.099><c> concept</c><00:37:56.480><c> connections.</c>

00:37:58.519 --> 00:38:02.420
And<00:37:58.780><c> so</c><00:37:59.159><c> in</c><00:38:00.000><c> the</c><00:38:00.300><c> two,</c><00:38:01.019><c> we've</c><00:38:01.420><c> got</c><00:38:01.599><c> language</c><00:38:01.980><c> that's</c>

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:03.980
obviously<00:38:02.800><c> comparable.</c>

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:06.780
Blessed<00:38:04.599><c> the</c><00:38:05.179><c> poor</c><00:38:05.440><c> in</c><00:38:05.659><c> spirit,</c><00:38:06.019><c> for</c><00:38:06.119><c> theirs</c><00:38:06.280><c> is</c><00:38:06.460><c> the</c><00:38:06.539><c> kingdom</c>

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.760
of<00:38:06.980><c> heaven.</c>

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:11.179
Blessed<00:38:08.260><c> are</c><00:38:08.480><c> those</c><00:38:08.719><c> who</c><00:38:08.860><c> are</c><00:38:09.039><c> persecuted</c><00:38:09.320><c> for</c><00:38:09.579><c> righteous</c><00:38:09.940><c> mistake,</c><00:38:10.579><c> for</c><00:38:10.739><c> theirs</c><00:38:10.960><c> is</c>

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:12.579
the<00:38:11.300><c> kingdom</c><00:38:11.500><c> of</c><00:38:11.719><c> heaven.</c>

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:16.659
Come,<00:38:13.420><c> you</c><00:38:13.639><c> blessed</c><00:38:13.900><c> of</c><00:38:14.159><c> my</c><00:38:14.440><c> Father,</c><00:38:15.219><c> inherit</c><00:38:15.739><c> the</c><00:38:16.179><c> kingdom</c>

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:18.559
prepared<00:38:17.219><c> for</c><00:38:17.420><c> you</c><00:38:17.659><c> from</c><00:38:17.840><c> the</c><00:38:18.000><c> foundation</c><00:38:18.380><c> of</c>

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:23.099
the<00:38:18.719><c> world.</c><00:38:19.639><c> So</c><00:38:19.960><c> right</c><00:38:20.159><c> away,</c><00:38:20.900><c> these</c><00:38:21.280><c> two</c><00:38:21.639><c> teachings</c><00:38:21.960><c> of</c><00:38:22.179><c> Jesus</c><00:38:22.619><c> at</c>

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:25.000
the<00:38:23.320><c> beginning</c><00:38:23.539><c> of</c><00:38:23.739><c> the</c><00:38:23.900><c> first</c><00:38:24.139><c> discourse</c><00:38:24.619><c> and</c>

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:30.940
the<00:38:25.320><c> last</c><00:38:25.860><c> have</c><00:38:27.019><c> counterparts,</c><00:38:29.199><c> and</c><00:38:29.199><c> they're</c><00:38:30.320><c> worth</c><00:38:30.579><c> really</c>

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:32.320
comparing<00:38:31.400><c> with</c><00:38:31.599><c> each</c><00:38:31.860><c> other.</c>

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:35.760
We<00:38:32.860><c> look</c><00:38:33.079><c> at</c><00:38:34.239><c> the</c><00:38:34.480><c> Beatitudes.</c>

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:41.179
Poor<00:38:36.619><c> in</c><00:38:36.900><c> spirit,</c><00:38:37.719><c> mourn,</c><00:38:38.480><c> meek,</c><00:38:39.239><c> hunger</c><00:38:39.440><c> and</c><00:38:39.679><c> thirst</c><00:38:39.820><c> for</c><00:38:40.159><c> righteousness,</c>

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:45.039
merciful,<00:38:41.980><c> pure</c><00:38:42.219><c> in</c><00:38:42.400><c> heart,</c><00:38:43.000><c> peacemakers,</c><00:38:44.320><c> persecuted</c><00:38:44.719><c> for</c>

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:46.679
righteousness<00:38:45.579><c> sake.</c>

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:52.480
And<00:38:48.199><c> all</c><00:38:48.739><c> of</c><00:38:48.960><c> this,</c><00:38:49.800><c> all</c><00:38:50.059><c> of</c><00:38:50.260><c> these</c><00:38:50.460><c> are</c><00:38:50.739><c> qualities</c><00:38:51.360><c> of</c><00:38:51.880><c> the</c><00:38:52.079><c> disciples.</c>

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:55.280
Qualities,<00:38:53.639><c> brothers</c><00:38:53.760><c> and</c><00:38:53.980><c> sisters,</c><00:38:54.280><c> that</c><00:38:54.420><c> Jesus</c><00:38:54.800><c> begets</c>

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:57.260
new<00:38:55.639><c> life</c><00:38:56.199><c> in,</c>

00:38:57.639 --> 00:39:00.980
the<00:38:57.820><c> qualities</c><00:38:58.059><c> of</c><00:38:58.219><c> the</c><00:38:58.360><c> new</c><00:38:58.519><c> life</c><00:38:58.920><c> that</c><00:38:59.159><c> Jesus</c><00:38:59.460><c> begets</c><00:38:59.840><c> in</c><00:39:00.019><c> us.</c>

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:06.400
He's<00:39:02.460><c> working</c><00:39:02.900><c> through</c><00:39:03.699><c> his</c><00:39:04.059><c> word</c><00:39:04.280><c> and</c><00:39:05.199><c> no</c><00:39:05.460><c> doubt</c><00:39:05.639><c> other</c><00:39:06.039><c> ways</c>

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:09.780
that<00:39:06.719><c> we</c><00:39:06.960><c> hardly</c><00:39:07.199><c> understand</c><00:39:07.840><c> to</c><00:39:08.559><c> beget</c><00:39:08.920><c> these</c>

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:14.480
qualities<00:39:10.519><c> in</c><00:39:10.820><c> us,</c><00:39:11.360><c> many</c><00:39:11.659><c> of</c><00:39:11.800><c> them</c><00:39:11.980><c> internal.</c><00:39:13.179><c> Poor</c><00:39:13.440><c> in</c><00:39:13.760><c> spirit,</c><00:39:14.280><c> the</c>

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:16.019
mourning,<00:39:15.199><c> the</c><00:39:15.420><c> meekness,</c>

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:20.079
the<00:39:16.579><c> hungry</c><00:39:16.739><c> and</c><00:39:17.000><c> thirsting</c><00:39:17.340><c> for</c><00:39:17.599><c> righteousness,</c><00:39:18.559><c> even</c><00:39:18.800><c> being</c><00:39:19.099><c> merciful</c><00:39:19.579><c> because</c><00:39:19.900><c> of</c>

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.420
the<00:39:20.280><c> heart,</c>

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:26.820
purity<00:39:20.780><c> of</c><00:39:21.079><c> heart</c><00:39:21.360><c> and</c><00:39:21.739><c> so</c><00:39:22.079><c> on.</c><00:39:23.260><c> We</c><00:39:23.500><c> come</c><00:39:23.760><c> over</c><00:39:24.179><c> to</c><00:39:24.420><c> the</c><00:39:24.719><c> end</c><00:39:25.280><c> of</c>

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:31.900
the<00:39:27.199><c> last</c><00:39:27.539><c> discourse</c><00:39:28.159><c> and</c><00:39:29.960><c> we</c><00:39:30.320><c> see</c><00:39:30.760><c> the</c><00:39:31.280><c> external</c>

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:36.559
beauties,<00:39:32.960><c> the</c><00:39:33.139><c> external</c><00:39:33.539><c> graces</c><00:39:34.380><c> that</c><00:39:35.380><c> are</c><00:39:35.639><c> manifested</c><00:39:36.280><c> in</c>

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:39.159
the<00:39:36.739><c> disciple</c><00:39:37.139><c> who's</c><00:39:37.780><c> born</c><00:39:37.940><c> from</c><00:39:38.239><c> above.</c>

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:43.500
You<00:39:40.199><c> gave</c><00:39:40.420><c> me</c><00:39:40.719><c> food,</c><00:39:41.099><c> you</c><00:39:41.239><c> gave</c><00:39:41.440><c> me</c><00:39:41.820><c> drink,</c><00:39:42.360><c> you</c><00:39:42.500><c> took</c><00:39:42.719><c> me</c><00:39:43.159><c> in,</c>

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:47.440
you<00:39:44.159><c> clothed</c><00:39:44.599><c> me,</c><00:39:44.860><c> you</c><00:39:45.179><c> visited</c><00:39:45.539><c> me,</c><00:39:45.820><c> you</c><00:39:46.059><c> came</c><00:39:46.380><c> to</c><00:39:46.599><c> me.</c>

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:54.280
And<00:39:49.400><c> some</c><00:39:49.880><c> of</c><00:39:50.099><c> these,</c><00:39:50.639><c> yes,</c><00:39:51.340><c> require</c><00:39:51.760><c> us</c><00:39:52.219><c> to</c><00:39:52.500><c> share</c><00:39:52.800><c> our</c><00:39:53.260><c> material</c><00:39:53.760><c> goods</c>

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:56.000
with<00:39:54.800><c> each</c><00:39:55.079><c> other.</c>

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:58.860
And<00:39:56.780><c> some</c><00:39:57.000><c> of</c><00:39:57.099><c> them,</c><00:39:57.360><c> like</c><00:39:57.460><c> you</c><00:39:57.679><c> visited</c><00:39:57.980><c> me,</c><00:39:58.239><c> you</c><00:39:58.460><c> came</c><00:39:58.619><c> to</c>

00:39:58.860 --> 00:40:01.980
me,<00:39:59.960><c> require</c><00:40:00.300><c> nothing</c><00:40:00.579><c> more</c><00:40:00.940><c> than</c><00:40:01.119><c> our</c><00:40:01.420><c> sharing</c><00:40:01.639><c> the</c>

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:06.219
time<00:40:02.199><c> that</c><00:40:02.420><c> God</c><00:40:02.579><c> has</c><00:40:02.820><c> given</c><00:40:02.940><c> us</c><00:40:03.400><c> with</c><00:40:03.760><c> someone</c><00:40:04.059><c> else.</c><00:40:05.699><c> For</c><00:40:05.840><c> what</c><00:40:05.940><c> is</c>

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:09.059
internal<00:40:06.639><c> in</c><00:40:06.940><c> the</c><00:40:07.139><c> one</c><00:40:07.440><c> place,</c><00:40:08.099><c> largely,</c>

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:15.400
it<00:40:09.619><c> manifests</c><00:40:10.360><c> itself.</c><00:40:13.219><c> It's</c><00:40:13.340><c> things</c><00:40:13.539><c> like</c><00:40:13.860><c> this</c><00:40:14.300><c> that</c><00:40:14.920><c> strike</c><00:40:15.219><c> me.</c>

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:18.440
We<00:40:16.519><c> are</c><00:40:16.780><c> born</c><00:40:16.960><c> from</c><00:40:17.280><c> above</c>

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:24.000
and<00:40:19.820><c> the</c><00:40:20.260><c> qualities</c><00:40:20.940><c> that</c><00:40:21.800><c> are</c><00:40:22.059><c> begotten</c><00:40:22.480><c> in</c><00:40:22.679><c> us,</c><00:40:23.719><c> there</c><00:40:23.860><c> in</c>

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:26.940
the<00:40:24.139><c> Beatitudes,</c><00:40:25.820><c> show</c><00:40:26.219><c> themselves</c>

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:34.619
here<00:40:27.519><c> in</c><00:40:27.860><c> the</c><00:40:28.380><c> sheep</c><00:40:28.699><c> at</c><00:40:29.480><c> the</c><00:40:29.639><c> end</c><00:40:30.000><c> here.</c><00:40:31.500><c> And</c><00:40:32.320><c> the</c><00:40:33.360><c> point</c><00:40:33.760><c> that</c>

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:37.059
it<00:40:35.300><c> occurs</c><00:40:35.619><c> to</c><00:40:35.900><c> me</c><00:40:36.119><c> is</c>

00:40:37.329 --> 00:40:44.980
that<00:40:37.739><c> being</c><00:40:38.119><c> born</c><00:40:38.460><c> again</c><00:40:39.119><c> is</c><00:40:39.800><c> not</c><00:40:40.159><c> just</c><00:40:40.760><c> a</c><00:40:41.039><c> single</c><00:40:41.539><c> event</c><00:40:41.980><c> in</c><00:40:42.199><c> our</c><00:40:42.480><c> life,</c><00:40:43.840><c> but</c><00:40:44.380><c> is</c><00:40:44.780><c> a</c>

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:46.940
whole<00:40:45.579><c> lifestyle.</c>

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:52.039
And<00:40:47.579><c> when</c><00:40:47.760><c> God</c><00:40:48.059><c> begets</c><00:40:48.599><c> children,</c><00:40:50.619><c> begets</c><00:40:51.000><c> them</c><00:40:51.239><c> anew,</c><00:40:51.880><c> he</c>

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:54.820
does<00:40:52.340><c> not</c><00:40:52.639><c> beget</c><00:40:53.099><c> fruitless</c><00:40:53.659><c> children.</c>

00:40:55.920 --> 00:41:00.639
So<00:40:56.179><c> what</c><00:40:56.300><c> is</c><00:40:56.619><c> begotten</c><00:40:57.079><c> in</c><00:40:57.340><c> us</c><00:40:57.639><c> will</c><00:40:58.079><c> manifest</c><00:40:58.739><c> itself.</c><00:41:00.079><c> And</c>

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:03.460
these<00:41:01.780><c> teachings</c><00:41:02.219><c> at</c><00:41:02.480><c> the</c><00:41:02.679><c> beginning</c><00:41:02.920><c> and</c><00:41:03.099><c> the</c><00:41:03.260><c> end</c>

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:06.179
of<00:41:03.460><c> the</c><00:41:03.719><c> discourses</c><00:41:04.659><c> complement</c><00:41:05.219><c> each</c><00:41:05.480><c> other</c><00:41:05.659><c> wonderfully</c>

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:09.900
in<00:41:06.360><c> this</c><00:41:06.599><c> way.</c><00:41:07.820><c> Take</c><00:41:08.059><c> the</c><00:41:08.219><c> two</c><00:41:08.440><c> builders</c><00:41:08.760><c> and</c><00:41:08.980><c> the</c><00:41:09.159><c> ten</c>

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:15.400
virgins.<00:41:11.360><c> And</c><00:41:11.920><c> here</c><00:41:13.440><c> we</c><00:41:13.719><c> have</c><00:41:13.880><c> them.</c><00:41:14.380><c> I</c><00:41:14.519><c> won't</c><00:41:14.699><c> take</c><00:41:14.940><c> the</c><00:41:15.179><c> time</c>

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:18.159
to<00:41:15.760><c> read</c><00:41:16.179><c> these</c><00:41:16.420><c> because</c><00:41:16.559><c> our</c><00:41:16.860><c> time</c><00:41:17.000><c> is</c><00:41:17.320><c> flying.</c>

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:22.480
But<00:41:18.360><c> let</c><00:41:18.460><c> me</c><00:41:18.579><c> just</c><00:41:18.900><c> show</c><00:41:19.000><c> some</c><00:41:19.260><c> verbal</c><00:41:19.619><c> connections</c><00:41:20.099><c> here.</c><00:41:21.900><c> First</c><00:41:22.239><c> of</c>

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:25.400
all,<00:41:22.840><c> and</c><00:41:23.059><c> we</c><00:41:23.780><c> will</c><00:41:24.079><c> see</c><00:41:24.739><c> a</c><00:41:25.019><c> symmetrical</c>

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:28.179
placement,<00:41:26.119><c> we</c><00:41:26.119><c> will</c><00:41:26.420><c> see</c><00:41:26.760><c> symmetrical</c><00:41:27.260><c> concept,</c><00:41:27.940><c> we'll</c><00:41:28.079><c> see</c>

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:31.280
symmetrical<00:41:28.679><c> wording.</c><00:41:29.639><c> These</c><00:41:29.900><c> are</c><00:41:30.099><c> the</c><00:41:30.260><c> only</c><00:41:30.699><c> two</c>

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:35.000
contexts<00:41:32.039><c> in</c><00:41:32.519><c> Matthew's</c><00:41:33.300><c> Gospel</c><00:41:33.699><c> where</c><00:41:34.199><c> he</c><00:41:34.380><c> speaks</c><00:41:34.599><c> of</c><00:41:34.800><c> the</c>

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:37.000
wise<00:41:35.179><c> and</c><00:41:35.460><c> foolish</c><00:41:35.699><c> together.</c>

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:40.800
In<00:41:37.940><c> fact,</c><00:41:38.440><c> they</c><00:41:38.539><c> are</c><00:41:38.679><c> the</c><00:41:38.840><c> only</c><00:41:39.099><c> two</c><00:41:39.380><c> contexts</c><00:41:39.840><c> in</c><00:41:40.099><c> all</c><00:41:40.380><c> four</c>

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:44.440
Gospels<00:41:41.619><c> that</c><00:41:42.320><c> speak</c><00:41:42.579><c> of</c><00:41:42.760><c> the</c><00:41:42.980><c> wise</c><00:41:43.199><c> and</c><00:41:43.380><c> the</c><00:41:43.599><c> foolish</c>

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:48.699
in<00:41:45.199><c> the</c><00:41:45.420><c> same</c><00:41:45.579><c> context.</c><00:41:46.139><c> Use</c><00:41:46.320><c> those</c><00:41:46.599><c> terms.</c><00:41:47.900><c> Luke</c><00:41:48.139><c> will</c><00:41:48.460><c> have</c>

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:49.880
the<00:41:48.900><c> parable</c><00:41:49.119><c> of</c><00:41:49.260><c> the</c><00:41:49.380><c> two</c><00:41:49.500><c> builders.</c>

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:52.920
He'll<00:41:50.300><c> have</c><00:41:50.500><c> everything</c><00:41:50.860><c> that's</c><00:41:51.179><c> here</c><00:41:51.320><c> on</c><00:41:51.539><c> the</c><00:41:51.679><c> left</c><00:41:51.860><c> essentially,</c><00:41:52.400><c> but</c><00:41:52.780><c> he</c>

00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:54.139
doesn't<00:41:53.179><c> call</c><00:41:53.460><c> them</c><00:41:53.639><c> wise</c><00:41:53.900><c> and</c>

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:59.239
foolish.<00:41:55.260><c> All</c><00:41:55.519><c> right?</c><00:41:56.380><c> So</c><00:41:56.719><c> these</c><00:41:57.039><c> are</c><00:41:57.699><c> unique</c><00:41:58.260><c> features</c><00:41:58.900><c> in</c>

00:41:59.239 --> 00:42:02.119
Matthew's<00:41:59.860><c> Gospel,</c><00:42:00.699><c> symmetrically</c><00:42:01.400><c> placed</c><00:42:01.860><c> in</c>

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:07.079
Discourse<00:42:02.539><c> 1</c><00:42:02.760><c> and</c><00:42:02.900><c> Discourse</c><00:42:03.420><c> 5.</c><00:42:05.619><c> And</c><00:42:05.880><c> we</c><00:42:06.099><c> have</c><00:42:06.340><c> this</c><00:42:06.679><c> Lord,</c>

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:12.820
Lord<00:42:07.320><c> appeal.</c><00:42:09.639><c> Lord,</c><00:42:10.199><c> Lord,</c><00:42:11.840><c> have</c><00:42:12.000><c> we</c><00:42:12.139><c> not</c><00:42:12.360><c> prophesied</c>

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:16.739
in<00:42:12.920><c> your</c><00:42:13.139><c> name</c><00:42:13.440><c> and</c><00:42:13.639><c> cast</c><00:42:13.920><c> out</c><00:42:14.099><c> demons</c><00:42:14.340><c> and</c><00:42:14.500><c> so</c><00:42:14.800><c> forth?</c><00:42:16.099><c> It</c><00:42:16.500><c> is</c>

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:19.400
an<00:42:16.980><c> appeal</c><00:42:17.360><c> by</c><00:42:17.960><c> the</c><00:42:18.179><c> desperate</c><00:42:18.559><c> at</c><00:42:18.800><c> the</c><00:42:19.039><c> end</c>

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:23.380
for<00:42:19.840><c> acceptance</c><00:42:20.599><c> when</c><00:42:20.860><c> they're</c><00:42:21.099><c> not</c><00:42:21.480><c> acceptable.</c><00:42:22.739><c> And</c><00:42:22.960><c> the</c>

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:26.220
foolish<00:42:23.699><c> virgins,</c><00:42:24.360><c> Lord,</c><00:42:24.719><c> Lord,</c><00:42:24.900><c> open</c><00:42:25.199><c> to</c><00:42:25.420><c> us.</c>

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:30.659
The<00:42:28.320><c> only</c><00:42:28.500><c> place</c><00:42:28.780><c> where</c><00:42:28.960><c> the</c><00:42:29.099><c> Lord,</c><00:42:29.360><c> Lord</c><00:42:29.619><c> language</c><00:42:29.960><c> is</c><00:42:30.280><c> used</c>

00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:34.239
in<00:42:31.059><c> Matthew's</c><00:42:31.619><c> Gospel.</c><00:42:33.199><c> The</c><00:42:33.400><c> response</c><00:42:33.719><c> of</c><00:42:33.900><c> Jesus,</c>

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:39.880
I<00:42:34.699><c> never</c><00:42:35.059><c> knew</c><00:42:35.280><c> you.</c><00:42:35.860><c> I</c><00:42:36.039><c> do</c><00:42:36.260><c> not</c><00:42:36.460><c> know</c><00:42:36.679><c> you.</c><00:42:38.199><c> In</c><00:42:38.480><c> that</c><00:42:38.820><c> day,</c><00:42:39.579><c> the</c>

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:42.039
day,<00:42:40.820><c> the</c><00:42:41.119><c> hour.</c>

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:47.800
And<00:42:43.500><c> then</c><00:42:43.659><c> we</c><00:42:43.840><c> have</c><00:42:44.059><c> the</c><00:42:45.320><c> sort</c><00:42:45.659><c> of</c><00:42:45.920><c> enigmatic</c><00:42:46.679><c> feature</c><00:42:47.059><c> of</c><00:42:47.400><c> the</c>

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:50.500
parable<00:42:48.139><c> of</c><00:42:48.340><c> the</c><00:42:48.460><c> virgins.</c><00:42:49.139><c> The</c><00:42:49.460><c> wise</c><00:42:49.699><c> took</c><00:42:49.980><c> oil</c><00:42:50.320><c> in</c>

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:56.820
their<00:42:50.719><c> vessels</c><00:42:51.199><c> and</c><00:42:52.039><c> we</c><00:42:52.300><c> ponder,</c><00:42:52.659><c> what</c><00:42:52.840><c> is</c><00:42:53.119><c> the</c><00:42:53.440><c> oil?</c><00:42:54.920><c> And</c><00:42:55.280><c> every</c><00:42:56.579><c> time</c><00:42:56.780><c> I</c>

00:42:56.820 --> 00:42:58.360
hear<00:42:57.019><c> brothers</c><00:42:57.280><c> and</c><00:42:57.400><c> sisters</c><00:42:57.739><c> pondering</c>

00:42:58.360 --> 00:43:02.679
this,<00:42:58.860><c> and</c><00:42:59.260><c> I</c><00:42:59.519><c> do</c><00:42:59.699><c> myself,</c><00:43:00.800><c> the</c><00:43:01.280><c> ideas</c><00:43:01.739><c> that</c><00:43:01.980><c> I</c><00:43:02.119><c> hear</c><00:43:02.219><c> are</c><00:43:02.460><c> good</c>

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:04.659
ones.<00:43:03.300><c> They're</c><00:43:03.519><c> good</c><00:43:03.719><c> ones.</c><00:43:03.860><c> I</c><00:43:03.960><c> think</c><00:43:04.139><c> we</c><00:43:04.320><c> get</c><00:43:04.460><c> to</c>

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:08.099
the<00:43:04.820><c> essence</c><00:43:05.059><c> of</c><00:43:05.260><c> this.</c><00:43:05.980><c> But</c><00:43:06.119><c> what</c><00:43:06.280><c> I</c><00:43:06.559><c> found</c><00:43:06.760><c> interesting</c><00:43:07.480><c> when</c><00:43:07.880><c> we</c>

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:10.719
begin<00:43:08.340><c> to</c><00:43:09.440><c> compare</c><00:43:10.019><c> things</c><00:43:10.360><c> that</c><00:43:10.539><c> are</c>

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:14.000
geometrically<00:43:11.199><c> placed</c><00:43:11.760><c> is</c><00:43:12.460><c> that</c><00:43:12.619><c> when</c><00:43:12.739><c> we</c><00:43:12.940><c> come</c><00:43:13.159><c> back</c><00:43:13.360><c> to</c><00:43:13.820><c> the</c>

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:16.039
parable<00:43:14.500><c> of</c><00:43:14.719><c> two</c><00:43:14.960><c> builders,</c>

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:21.900
there<00:43:17.340><c> is</c><00:43:17.659><c> a</c><00:43:18.019><c> concrete</c><00:43:18.539><c> manifestation</c><00:43:19.460><c> of</c><00:43:19.719><c> what</c><00:43:19.960><c> makes</c><00:43:20.280><c> them</c><00:43:20.659><c> wise.</c>

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:28.840
Whoever<00:43:24.300><c> hears</c><00:43:24.960><c> these</c><00:43:25.699><c> sayings</c><00:43:26.119><c> of</c><00:43:26.460><c> mine</c><00:43:26.820><c> and</c><00:43:27.440><c> does</c><00:43:27.719><c> them,</c><00:43:28.519><c> I</c>

00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:31.460
will<00:43:29.159><c> liken</c><00:43:29.380><c> him</c><00:43:29.599><c> to</c><00:43:29.820><c> a</c><00:43:30.139><c> wise</c><00:43:30.360><c> man.</c>

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:36.840
So<00:43:32.980><c> the</c><00:43:33.460><c> wise</c><00:43:33.840><c> with</c><00:43:34.079><c> the</c><00:43:34.420><c> oil</c><00:43:34.579><c> in</c><00:43:34.699><c> their</c><00:43:35.000><c> vessels,</c><00:43:35.500><c> the</c><00:43:35.780><c> oil</c><00:43:36.059><c> is</c>

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:39.719
ultimately<00:43:37.579><c> their</c><00:43:38.320><c> discipleship.</c>

00:43:41.720 --> 00:43:47.260
They<00:43:42.320><c> hear</c><00:43:42.739><c> the</c><00:43:43.059><c> sayings</c><00:43:43.300><c> of</c><00:43:43.480><c> Jesus</c><00:43:44.059><c> and</c><00:43:45.619><c> they</c><00:43:45.960><c> do</c><00:43:46.260><c> them,</c><00:43:47.000><c> not</c>

00:43:47.260 --> 00:43:50.380
just<00:43:47.559><c> as</c><00:43:47.840><c> works,</c><00:43:48.559><c> but</c><00:43:48.699><c> they</c><00:43:49.059><c> do</c><00:43:49.360><c> them</c><00:43:49.500><c> in</c><00:43:50.059><c> the</c><00:43:50.219><c> way</c>

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:55.679
of<00:43:50.559><c> being</c><00:43:50.880><c> transformed</c><00:43:51.639><c> by</c><00:43:52.059><c> them.</c><00:43:54.239><c> I</c><00:43:54.599><c> liken</c><00:43:54.900><c> him</c><00:43:55.119><c> to</c><00:43:55.340><c> a</c><00:43:55.480><c> wise</c>

00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:59.420
man.<00:43:56.119><c> And</c><00:43:56.260><c> so</c><00:43:56.440><c> this</c><00:43:57.079><c> kind</c><00:43:57.420><c> of</c><00:43:57.679><c> ongoing</c><00:43:58.179><c> discipleship</c>

00:43:59.420 --> 00:44:03.280
of<00:44:00.380><c> listening</c><00:44:00.780><c> to</c><00:44:01.019><c> Jesus</c><00:44:01.380><c> and</c><00:44:01.619><c> responding</c><00:44:02.139><c> to</c><00:44:02.360><c> him,</c><00:44:02.619><c> this</c><00:44:02.840><c> kind</c><00:44:03.079><c> of</c>

00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:04.899
ongoing<00:44:03.659><c> discipleship</c>

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:10.340
prepares<00:44:06.219><c> us</c><00:44:06.500><c> for</c><00:44:06.599><c> his</c><00:44:06.820><c> coming.</c><00:44:08.840><c> In</c><00:44:09.019><c> the</c><00:44:09.199><c> meantime,</c>

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:15.320
the<00:44:12.400><c> foolish</c><00:44:12.639><c> took</c><00:44:12.920><c> their</c><00:44:13.159><c> lamps</c><00:44:13.400><c> and</c><00:44:13.599><c> took</c><00:44:13.760><c> no</c><00:44:14.099><c> oil</c><00:44:14.280><c> with</c><00:44:14.539><c> them.</c><00:44:15.179><c> And</c>

00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:17.179
Jesus<00:44:15.539><c> says</c><00:44:15.840><c> everyone</c><00:44:16.360><c> who</c><00:44:16.639><c> hears</c><00:44:16.880><c> these</c>

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:21.400
sayings<00:44:17.480><c> of</c><00:44:17.719><c> mine</c><00:44:17.980><c> and</c><00:44:18.440><c> does</c><00:44:18.860><c> not</c><00:44:19.199><c> do</c><00:44:19.500><c> them</c><00:44:20.019><c> will</c><00:44:20.760><c> be</c><00:44:20.900><c> like</c><00:44:21.139><c> a</c>

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:25.420
foolish<00:44:21.659><c> man.</c><00:44:23.079><c> So</c><00:44:23.260><c> it's</c><00:44:23.639><c> incumbent</c><00:44:23.940><c> upon</c><00:44:24.400><c> us</c><00:44:24.780><c> to</c><00:44:25.139><c> listen</c>

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:30.219
to<00:44:25.659><c> Jesus</c><00:44:26.039><c> and</c><00:44:26.260><c> let</c><00:44:26.440><c> him</c><00:44:26.920><c> affect</c><00:44:27.380><c> us.</c><00:44:29.260><c> And</c><00:44:29.579><c> somehow</c><00:44:29.860><c> it</c><00:44:30.059><c> would</c>

00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:32.840
seem<00:44:30.420><c> the</c><00:44:30.679><c> foolish</c><00:44:31.039><c> in</c><00:44:31.559><c> the</c><00:44:31.780><c> second</c><00:44:32.099><c> parable,</c>

00:44:32.840 --> 00:44:36.980
the<00:44:33.500><c> foolish</c><00:44:33.860><c> virgins</c><00:44:34.679><c> realized</c><00:44:36.099><c> when</c><00:44:36.280><c> the</c><00:44:36.440><c> Lord</c><00:44:36.559><c> came,</c><00:44:36.980><c> they</c>

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:40.219
hadn't<00:44:37.300><c> really</c><00:44:38.579><c> been</c><00:44:39.019><c> ready.</c>

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:44.880
And<00:44:41.420><c> it's</c><00:44:41.760><c> the</c><00:44:42.119><c> discipleship</c><00:44:42.699><c> that</c><00:44:42.920><c> we</c><00:44:43.139><c> live</c><00:44:43.500><c> that</c><00:44:44.320><c> prepares</c>

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:47.940
us<00:44:45.320><c> for</c><00:44:45.500><c> the</c><00:44:45.699><c> coming.</c><00:44:46.440><c> So</c><00:44:46.860><c> the</c><00:44:47.400><c> oil</c><00:44:47.599><c> in</c><00:44:47.800><c> the</c>

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:53.699
lamps,<00:44:49.480><c> the</c><00:44:49.679><c> very</c><00:44:49.980><c> least,</c><00:44:52.019><c> the</c><00:44:52.219><c> first</c><00:44:52.440><c> parable</c><00:44:53.000><c> gives</c><00:44:53.280><c> us</c><00:44:53.559><c> a</c>

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:55.719
concrete<00:44:54.340><c> understanding.</c>

00:44:58.240 --> 00:45:03.019
We<00:44:58.820><c> come</c><00:44:59.019><c> to</c><00:44:59.179><c> ministry</c><00:44:59.400><c> two</c><00:44:59.599><c> and</c><00:44:59.780><c> ministry</c><00:45:00.039><c> four.</c><00:45:02.400><c> It</c><00:45:02.539><c> is</c><00:45:02.760><c> here</c>

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:05.900
that<00:45:03.260><c> we</c><00:45:03.460><c> meet</c><00:45:03.760><c> the</c><00:45:04.159><c> centurion</c><00:45:04.880><c> with</c><00:45:05.360><c> a</c><00:45:05.599><c> servant</c>

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:10.219
and<00:45:06.159><c> the</c><00:45:06.340><c> Canaanite</c><00:45:06.699><c> woman</c><00:45:07.179><c> whose</c><00:45:07.579><c> daughter</c><00:45:08.039><c> is</c><00:45:09.119><c> affected.</c>

00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:13.219
And<00:45:10.840><c> again,</c><00:45:11.820><c> the</c><00:45:11.980><c> language</c>

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:20.659
and<00:45:15.239><c> the</c><00:45:15.500><c> concepts,</c><00:45:17.980><c> the</c><00:45:18.159><c> centurion,</c><00:45:19.239><c> and</c><00:45:19.659><c> for</c><00:45:19.860><c> sake</c><00:45:20.019><c> of</c><00:45:20.280><c> time,</c><00:45:20.440><c> I'll</c>

00:45:20.659 --> 00:45:23.159
just<00:45:20.900><c> touch</c><00:45:21.119><c> on</c><00:45:21.380><c> the</c><00:45:21.619><c> highlights</c><00:45:22.139><c> here.</c>

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:26.860
The<00:45:24.000><c> centurion</c><00:45:24.599><c> and</c><00:45:24.780><c> the</c><00:45:24.940><c> woman</c><00:45:25.159><c> of</c><00:45:25.500><c> Canaan</c><00:45:25.900><c> in</c><00:45:26.539><c> the</c><00:45:26.659><c> region</c>

00:45:26.860 --> 00:45:29.719
of<00:45:27.059><c> Tyre</c><00:45:27.360><c> and</c><00:45:27.480><c> Sidon</c><00:45:27.760><c> are</c><00:45:28.159><c> both</c><00:45:28.619><c> gentiles.</c>

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:36.880
They<00:45:32.239><c> appeal</c><00:45:32.800><c> to</c><00:45:33.260><c> Jesus</c><00:45:34.079><c> respectfully,</c><00:45:36.079><c> came</c><00:45:36.260><c> pleading</c><00:45:36.639><c> with</c>

00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:38.519
him,<00:45:37.219><c> Lord,</c>

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:42.599
cried<00:45:39.280><c> out</c><00:45:39.579><c> to</c><00:45:39.699><c> him,</c><00:45:40.739><c> oh</c><00:45:41.019><c> Lord,</c><00:45:41.519><c> came,</c><00:45:41.840><c> cried</c><00:45:41.900><c> out</c><00:45:42.099><c> to</c><00:45:42.159><c> him,</c><00:45:42.460><c> oh</c>

00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:45.260
Lord,<00:45:43.340><c> son</c><00:45:43.460><c> of</c><00:45:43.719><c> David.</c><00:45:44.119><c> That's</c><00:45:44.460><c> a</c><00:45:44.679><c> marvelous</c>

00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:50.179
insight<00:45:45.980><c> for</c><00:45:47.219><c> this</c><00:45:47.440><c> Canaanite</c><00:45:47.820><c> woman</c><00:45:48.400><c> to</c><00:45:49.420><c> know</c><00:45:49.679><c> something</c><00:45:50.039><c> of</c>

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:52.199
the<00:45:50.340><c> messianic</c><00:45:50.800><c> hope</c><00:45:51.000><c> of</c><00:45:51.219><c> Israel.</c>

00:45:52.259 --> 00:45:58.639
She<00:45:52.599><c> came,</c><00:45:53.159><c> worshiped</c><00:45:53.619><c> him,</c><00:45:54.019><c> Lord,</c><00:45:55.159><c> help</c><00:45:55.420><c> me.</c><00:45:57.800><c> My</c><00:45:58.119><c> servant</c><00:45:58.380><c> is</c>

00:45:58.639 --> 00:45:59.739
lying<00:45:58.780><c> at</c><00:45:59.019><c> home,</c><00:45:59.199><c> paralyzed,</c>

00:45:59.940 --> 00:46:03.179
dreadfully<00:46:00.320><c> tormented.</c><00:46:01.280><c> My</c><00:46:01.659><c> daughter</c><00:46:02.039><c> is</c><00:46:02.320><c> severely</c><00:46:02.719><c> demon</c>

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:05.539
-possessed.<00:46:03.920><c> They're</c><00:46:04.199><c> both</c><00:46:04.480><c> appealing</c><00:46:04.960><c> on</c><00:46:05.219><c> behalf</c>

00:46:05.539 --> 00:46:08.960
of<00:46:05.840><c> someone</c><00:46:06.179><c> else.</c><00:46:07.119><c> There's</c><00:46:07.260><c> just</c><00:46:07.699><c> any</c><00:46:08.059><c> number</c><00:46:08.340><c> of</c><00:46:08.639><c> parallels</c>

00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:10.880
and<00:46:09.360><c> they</c><00:46:09.539><c> are</c><00:46:09.699><c> symmetrically</c><00:46:10.320><c> placed</c>

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:16.960
in<00:46:11.400><c> these</c><00:46:11.659><c> two</c><00:46:11.880><c> ministry</c><00:46:12.219><c> portions</c><00:46:12.619><c> of</c><00:46:12.920><c> Matthew's</c><00:46:13.519><c> gospel.</c><00:46:15.579><c> They</c><00:46:16.260><c> both</c><00:46:16.559><c> have</c><00:46:16.800><c> a</c>

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:18.480
humble<00:46:17.239><c> sense</c><00:46:17.559><c> of</c><00:46:17.760><c> their</c><00:46:18.039><c> status</c>

00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:24.239
and<00:46:19.159><c> they're</c><00:46:20.760><c> able</c><00:46:20.900><c> to</c><00:46:21.179><c> express</c><00:46:21.460><c> it.</c><00:46:21.920><c> Lord,</c><00:46:22.920><c> I</c><00:46:23.159><c> am</c><00:46:23.360><c> not</c><00:46:23.659><c> worthy</c>

00:46:24.239 --> 00:46:27.260
that<00:46:25.119><c> you</c><00:46:25.320><c> should</c><00:46:25.480><c> come</c><00:46:25.679><c> under</c><00:46:25.940><c> my</c><00:46:26.280><c> roof.</c>

00:46:28.340 --> 00:46:33.320
Yes,<00:46:28.619><c> Lord,</c><00:46:29.900><c> yet</c><00:46:30.000><c> even</c><00:46:30.239><c> the</c><00:46:30.480><c> little</c><00:46:30.780><c> dogs</c><00:46:31.440><c> of</c><00:46:32.139><c> whom</c><00:46:32.380><c> I</c><00:46:32.579><c> am</c><00:46:32.840><c> one</c>

00:46:33.320 --> 00:46:36.199
eat<00:46:34.500><c> the</c><00:46:34.840><c> crumbs</c><00:46:35.099><c> which</c><00:46:35.500><c> fall</c><00:46:35.719><c> from</c><00:46:35.960><c> their</c>

00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:42.260
master's<00:46:36.880><c> table.</c><00:46:38.340><c> A</c><00:46:38.719><c> lovely</c><00:46:39.179><c> sense,</c><00:46:39.960><c> humble</c><00:46:40.219><c> sense</c><00:46:40.679><c> of</c><00:46:41.199><c> one's</c>

00:46:42.260 --> 00:46:45.300
status<00:46:42.599><c> or</c><00:46:43.400><c> lack</c><00:46:43.780><c> of</c><00:46:44.119><c> status,</c>

00:46:45.740 --> 00:46:48.780
which<00:46:46.260><c> ultimately</c><00:46:46.780><c> defines</c><00:46:47.300><c> us,</c><00:46:47.519><c> doesn't</c><00:46:47.840><c> it?</c>

00:46:50.639 --> 00:46:54.260
Both<00:46:51.039><c> have</c><00:46:51.280><c> an</c><00:46:51.420><c> Israel</c><00:46:51.800><c> lesson</c><00:46:52.360><c> built</c><00:46:52.719><c> into</c><00:46:52.980><c> them.</c><00:46:54.019><c> On</c><00:46:54.159><c> the</c>

00:46:54.260 --> 00:46:56.760
one<00:46:54.480><c> hand,</c><00:46:55.019><c> with</c><00:46:55.139><c> the</c><00:46:55.360><c> centurion,</c><00:46:56.199><c> Jesus</c><00:46:56.460><c> says,</c>

00:46:56.900 --> 00:47:01.960
I<00:46:56.900><c> have</c><00:46:57.139><c> not</c><00:46:57.380><c> found</c><00:46:57.599><c> such</c><00:46:57.880><c> great</c><00:46:58.219><c> faith,</c><00:46:58.599><c> not</c><00:46:58.739><c> even</c><00:46:58.920><c> in</c><00:46:59.179><c> Israel.</c><00:47:01.559><c> In</c><00:47:01.739><c> the</c>

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:03.840
case<00:47:02.159><c> of</c><00:47:02.519><c> the</c><00:47:03.079><c> Canaanite</c><00:47:03.500><c> woman,</c>

00:47:04.059 --> 00:47:06.699
I<00:47:04.260><c> was</c><00:47:04.519><c> not</c><00:47:04.820><c> sent</c><00:47:04.980><c> except</c><00:47:05.400><c> to</c><00:47:05.739><c> the</c><00:47:05.900><c> lost</c><00:47:06.079><c> sheep</c><00:47:06.260><c> of</c><00:47:06.400><c> the</c><00:47:06.539><c> house</c>

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:10.719
of<00:47:06.920><c> Israel.</c><00:47:08.639><c> So</c><00:47:08.880><c> there's</c><00:47:09.440><c> certain</c><00:47:09.719><c> things</c><00:47:10.280><c> to</c><00:47:10.500><c> be</c>

00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:15.519
learned<00:47:10.900><c> from</c><00:47:11.199><c> these</c><00:47:11.639><c> about,</c><00:47:12.179><c> as</c><00:47:12.199><c> in</c><00:47:12.340><c> the</c><00:47:12.500><c> first</c><00:47:12.760><c> case,</c><00:47:14.679><c> this</c>

00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:18.920
centurion<00:47:16.900><c> has</c><00:47:17.320><c> more</c><00:47:17.639><c> faith</c><00:47:18.059><c> than</c><00:47:18.440><c> he's</c><00:47:18.679><c> meeting</c>

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:22.659
in<00:47:19.139><c> Israel.</c><00:47:19.780><c> It</c><00:47:19.980><c> kind</c><00:47:20.000><c> of</c><00:47:20.139><c> takes</c><00:47:20.340><c> us</c><00:47:20.639><c> back</c><00:47:20.980><c> to</c><00:47:21.480><c> things</c><00:47:21.719><c> that</c><00:47:21.940><c> Matthew</c><00:47:22.199><c> pointed</c><00:47:22.519><c> to</c>

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:23.519
in<00:47:22.860><c> the</c><00:47:22.940><c> introduction</c><00:47:23.340><c> of</c>

00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:27.800
how<00:47:23.699><c> Jesus</c><00:47:24.000><c> was</c><00:47:24.239><c> going</c><00:47:24.320><c> to</c><00:47:24.420><c> be</c><00:47:24.639><c> received</c><00:47:24.960><c> and</c><00:47:25.260><c> treated.</c><00:47:27.400><c> On</c>

00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:29.900
the<00:47:27.940><c> other</c><00:47:28.139><c> hand,</c><00:47:28.300><c> with</c><00:47:28.500><c> the</c><00:47:28.639><c> Canaanite</c><00:47:29.019><c> woman,</c>

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:33.780
the<00:47:30.159><c> principle</c><00:47:30.519><c> still</c><00:47:31.000><c> held</c><00:47:31.320><c> that</c><00:47:32.199><c> the</c><00:47:32.840><c> gospel</c><00:47:33.199><c> was</c><00:47:33.420><c> to</c><00:47:33.579><c> the</c>

00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:36.400
Jews<00:47:33.980><c> first</c><00:47:34.380><c> and</c><00:47:34.699><c> afterward</c><00:47:35.059><c> to</c><00:47:35.260><c> the</c><00:47:35.420><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:41.300
but<00:47:37.460><c> categorically</c><00:47:38.300><c> it</c><00:47:39.099><c> was</c><00:47:39.300><c> for</c><00:47:39.539><c> the</c><00:47:39.699><c> Gentiles</c><00:47:40.199><c> as</c><00:47:40.519><c> well.</c>

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:50.000
And<00:47:44.340><c> so</c><00:47:44.719><c> they</c><00:47:45.860><c> are</c><00:47:46.239><c> both</c><00:47:46.960><c> encouraged</c><00:47:48.739><c> with</c><00:47:49.000><c> the</c><00:47:49.179><c> same</c><00:47:49.440><c> kind</c><00:47:49.760><c> of</c>

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:51.880
words.<00:47:50.480><c> As</c><00:47:50.760><c> you</c><00:47:50.980><c> have</c><00:47:51.239><c> believed,</c>

00:47:52.360 --> 00:47:56.599
so<00:47:52.579><c> let</c><00:47:52.719><c> it</c><00:47:52.940><c> be</c><00:47:53.119><c> done</c><00:47:53.400><c> for</c><00:47:53.679><c> you.</c><00:47:55.000><c> Great</c><00:47:55.159><c> as</c><00:47:55.400><c> your</c><00:47:55.699><c> faith,</c><00:47:56.320><c> let</c>

00:47:56.599 --> 00:47:59.380
it<00:47:56.820><c> be</c><00:47:57.000><c> to</c><00:47:57.420><c> you</c><00:47:57.739><c> as</c><00:47:58.019><c> you</c><00:47:58.380><c> desire.</c>

00:47:59.760 --> 00:48:04.019
And<00:48:00.440><c> believe</c><00:48:01.000><c> and</c><00:48:01.400><c> faith</c><00:48:01.739><c> are</c><00:48:02.199><c> basically</c><00:48:02.739><c> verb</c><00:48:03.039><c> and</c><00:48:03.260><c> noun</c><00:48:03.480><c> forms</c><00:48:03.780><c> of</c>

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:05.380
the<00:48:04.179><c> same</c><00:48:04.380><c> word.</c>

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:10.380
And<00:48:06.599><c> they</c><00:48:06.820><c> are</c><00:48:07.179><c> functional</c><00:48:07.579><c> in</c><00:48:07.780><c> these</c><00:48:08.000><c> people</c><00:48:08.420><c> and</c><00:48:08.840><c> it</c><00:48:09.019><c> is</c><00:48:09.300><c> rewarded.</c>

00:48:12.099 --> 00:48:16.000
And<00:48:12.440><c> the</c><00:48:12.679><c> way</c><00:48:13.099><c> that</c><00:48:13.480><c> the</c><00:48:14.480><c> healing</c><00:48:14.719><c> ultimately</c><00:48:15.179><c> takes</c><00:48:15.500><c> place,</c>

00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:18.940
again,<00:48:16.679><c> has</c><00:48:17.019><c> just</c><00:48:17.460><c> wonderful</c><00:48:17.960><c> verbal</c><00:48:18.280><c> comparison.</c>

00:48:19.380 --> 00:48:23.860
His<00:48:19.719><c> servant</c><00:48:20.019><c> was</c><00:48:20.400><c> healed</c><00:48:20.679><c> at</c><00:48:20.960><c> that</c><00:48:21.219><c> same</c><00:48:21.500><c> hour.</c><00:48:22.860><c> Her</c><00:48:23.219><c> daughter</c><00:48:23.519><c> was</c>

00:48:23.860 --> 00:48:26.099
healed<00:48:24.179><c> from</c><00:48:24.460><c> that</c><00:48:24.760><c> very</c><00:48:25.139><c> hour.</c>

00:48:29.180 --> 00:48:37.860
Wording,<00:48:30.559><c> symmetrical</c><00:48:31.179><c> placement,</c><00:48:32.639><c> concept,</c><00:48:34.099><c> Gentiles,</c><00:48:35.760><c> again</c><00:48:36.099><c> Gentiles,</c><00:48:37.260><c> expanding</c><00:48:37.599><c> on</c>

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:39.119
what<00:48:38.039><c> we</c><00:48:38.400><c> began</c><00:48:38.659><c> to</c><00:48:39.000><c> see</c>

00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:42.960
with<00:48:39.340><c> the</c><00:48:39.559><c> three</c><00:48:39.739><c> wise</c><00:48:40.079><c> men.</c><00:48:40.860><c> They</c><00:48:41.119><c> came</c><00:48:41.619><c> and</c><00:48:42.179><c> worshiped</c><00:48:42.920><c> the</c>

00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:45.900
king<00:48:43.139><c> of</c><00:48:43.320><c> the</c><00:48:43.480><c> Jews</c><00:48:43.800><c> before</c><00:48:44.460><c> the</c><00:48:44.719><c> Jews</c><00:48:44.980><c> did.</c>

00:48:46.599 --> 00:48:50.719
And<00:48:46.860><c> one</c><00:48:47.099><c> of</c><00:48:47.260><c> the</c><00:48:47.360><c> things</c><00:48:47.480><c> that</c><00:48:47.639><c> just</c><00:48:47.900><c> strikes</c><00:48:48.099><c> me</c><00:48:48.300><c> as</c><00:48:48.420><c> wonderfully</c><00:48:48.820><c> appropriate</c><00:48:49.400><c> too</c><00:48:49.659><c> about</c><00:48:49.900><c> these</c><00:48:50.239><c> two</c>

00:48:50.719 --> 00:48:55.079
situations<00:48:51.880><c> is</c><00:48:53.079><c> the</c><00:48:53.300><c> healing</c><00:48:53.519><c> of</c><00:48:53.739><c> the</c><00:48:53.900><c> centurion's</c><00:48:54.780><c> servant</c>

00:48:55.079 --> 00:48:57.840
and<00:48:55.460><c> the</c><00:48:55.659><c> healing</c><00:48:55.900><c> of</c><00:48:56.219><c> the</c><00:48:56.679><c> woman's</c><00:48:57.260><c> daughter</c>

00:48:57.840 --> 00:49:02.719
are<00:48:58.539><c> both</c><00:48:59.000><c> taking</c><00:48:59.460><c> place</c><00:48:59.780><c> at</c><00:48:59.960><c> a</c><00:49:00.119><c> distance.</c><00:49:01.480><c> And</c><00:49:01.760><c> it</c><00:49:01.900><c> just</c><00:49:02.179><c> carries</c><00:49:02.420><c> this</c>

00:49:02.719 --> 00:49:05.059
little<00:49:03.019><c> hint</c><00:49:03.460><c> that</c><00:49:04.179><c> at</c><00:49:04.380><c> this</c><00:49:04.699><c> point</c>

00:49:05.059 --> 00:49:11.599
the<00:49:05.599><c> Gentile</c><00:49:06.139><c> was</c><00:49:06.360><c> still</c><00:49:06.659><c> far</c><00:49:07.059><c> off.</c><00:49:09.059><c> And</c><00:49:09.460><c> yet</c><00:49:09.679><c> ultimately,</c><00:49:11.400><c> as</c>

00:49:11.599 --> 00:49:13.619
far<00:49:11.860><c> off</c><00:49:12.019><c> as</c><00:49:12.239><c> the</c><00:49:12.420><c> Gentiles</c><00:49:12.800><c> might</c><00:49:13.099><c> be,</c>

00:49:13.860 --> 00:49:18.000
Jesus<00:49:14.300><c> is</c><00:49:14.739><c> going</c><00:49:14.920><c> to</c><00:49:15.139><c> be</c><00:49:15.340><c> receptive.</c><00:49:16.059><c> He</c><00:49:16.239><c> is</c><00:49:16.440><c> going</c><00:49:16.539><c> to</c><00:49:16.820><c> include</c><00:49:17.260><c> them</c>

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:20.000
because<00:49:18.579><c> they</c><00:49:18.800><c> have</c><00:49:18.980><c> faith.</c>

00:49:20.719 --> 00:49:25.619
Because<00:49:21.099><c> they</c><00:49:21.320><c> have</c><00:49:21.500><c> faith.</c><00:49:23.760><c> Came</c><00:49:23.860><c> and</c><00:49:24.059><c> worshiped</c><00:49:24.500><c> him.</c><00:49:25.199><c> Sounds</c><00:49:25.400><c> like</c>

00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:27.039
the<00:49:25.820><c> wise</c><00:49:26.119><c> men.</c>

00:49:29.139 --> 00:49:32.340
What's<00:49:29.460><c> also</c><00:49:29.860><c> interesting</c><00:49:30.300><c> in</c><00:49:30.519><c> this</c><00:49:30.679><c> symmetrical</c><00:49:31.199><c> arrangement,</c>

00:49:33.260 --> 00:49:36.820
ministry<00:49:33.519><c> two</c><00:49:33.820><c> on</c><00:49:34.000><c> the</c><00:49:34.159><c> one</c><00:49:34.380><c> hand,</c><00:49:34.679><c> ministry</c><00:49:35.019><c> four</c><00:49:35.300><c> on</c><00:49:35.480><c> the</c><00:49:35.659><c> other,</c><00:49:36.719><c> is</c>

00:49:36.820 --> 00:49:39.699
that<00:49:37.039><c> ministry</c><00:49:37.400><c> three,</c><00:49:37.780><c> I</c><00:49:38.280><c> know</c><00:49:38.599><c> my</c><00:49:38.840><c> math,</c>

00:49:39.760 --> 00:49:43.480
comes<00:49:40.000><c> between</c><00:49:40.380><c> them.</c><00:49:41.920><c> Ministry</c><00:49:42.239><c> three</c><00:49:42.559><c> is</c><00:49:42.800><c> between</c><00:49:43.179><c> these</c>

00:49:43.480 --> 00:49:46.159
two<00:49:43.679><c> Gentile</c><00:49:44.260><c> stories.</c><00:49:45.019><c> And</c><00:49:45.260><c> as</c><00:49:45.500><c> we</c><00:49:45.719><c> looked</c><00:49:45.900><c> at</c>

00:49:46.159 --> 00:49:53.699
last<00:49:46.420><c> week,</c><00:49:47.539><c> ministry</c><00:49:47.920><c> three</c><00:49:48.820><c> is</c><00:49:50.079><c> all</c><00:49:50.420><c> about</c><00:49:50.679><c> Israel's</c><00:49:51.599><c> tragic</c><00:49:51.900><c> response</c><00:49:52.420><c> to</c><00:49:52.639><c> Jesus.</c>

00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:59.619
You<00:49:55.539><c> see</c><00:49:55.659><c> how</c><00:49:55.900><c> Matthew</c><00:49:56.320><c> just</c><00:49:56.940><c> develops</c><00:49:57.420><c> these</c><00:49:57.780><c> ideas</c><00:49:58.239><c> and</c><00:49:58.500><c> puts</c><00:49:58.679><c> them</c><00:49:58.940><c> there</c><00:49:59.340><c> and</c>

00:49:59.619 --> 00:50:00.840
lets<00:49:59.739><c> us</c><00:50:00.039><c> compare</c><00:50:00.460><c> them</c><00:50:00.699><c> and</c>

00:50:00.840 --> 00:50:05.599
lets<00:50:00.960><c> us</c><00:50:01.239><c> ponder</c><00:50:01.559><c> them.</c><00:50:02.860><c> The</c><00:50:03.119><c> Gentiles</c><00:50:03.639><c> with</c><00:50:03.820><c> their</c><00:50:04.119><c> faith</c><00:50:04.380><c> and</c><00:50:04.840><c> Israel</c><00:50:05.260><c> in</c>

00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:07.679
between<00:50:06.019><c> with</c><00:50:07.059><c> his</c><00:50:07.300><c> tragic</c>

00:50:07.679 --> 00:50:11.400
response<00:50:08.139><c> to</c><00:50:08.340><c> Jesus.</c><00:50:09.599><c> We're</c><00:50:09.940><c> not</c><00:50:10.119><c> going</c><00:50:10.239><c> to</c><00:50:10.340><c> get</c><00:50:10.559><c> time</c><00:50:10.900><c> to</c><00:50:11.079><c> look</c><00:50:11.260><c> at</c>

00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:13.429
the<00:50:11.679><c> development</c><00:50:12.019><c> of</c><00:50:12.300><c> ministry</c><00:50:12.599><c> three,</c>

00:50:13.569 --> 00:50:20.389
which<00:50:13.929><c> really</c><00:50:14.610><c> highlights</c><00:50:16.309><c> this.</c><00:50:18.309><c> But</c><00:50:18.530><c> it's</c><00:50:19.030><c> Matthew's</c><00:50:19.510><c> symmetry.</c>

00:50:22.409 --> 00:50:26.329
Oh<00:50:22.969><c> my,</c><00:50:23.250><c> we're</c><00:50:23.349><c> running</c><00:50:23.690><c> a</c><00:50:23.909><c> little</c><00:50:23.969><c> short</c><00:50:24.250><c> of</c><00:50:24.429><c> time.</c><00:50:26.050><c> Let</c><00:50:26.230><c> me</c>

00:50:26.329 --> 00:50:28.489
just<00:50:26.510><c> do</c><00:50:26.650><c> one</c><00:50:26.909><c> more</c><00:50:27.309><c> in</c><00:50:27.570><c> ministry</c><00:50:27.809><c> two</c><00:50:28.050><c> and</c><00:50:28.289><c> four</c>

00:50:28.489 --> 00:50:33.369
and<00:50:29.010><c> we'll</c><00:50:29.670><c> make</c><00:50:29.869><c> it</c><00:50:30.110><c> quick.</c><00:50:30.989><c> Let</c><00:50:31.389><c> me</c><00:50:31.530><c> just</c><00:50:31.769><c> show</c><00:50:31.889><c> you</c><00:50:32.110><c> the</c><00:50:32.150><c> language.</c><00:50:33.050><c> The</c>

00:50:33.369 --> 00:50:36.190
coming<00:50:33.550><c> of</c><00:50:33.730><c> the</c><00:50:34.010><c> storm</c><00:50:34.429><c> in</c><00:50:35.070><c> ministry</c><00:50:35.409><c> two,</c>

00:50:36.269 --> 00:50:40.170
we<00:50:36.829><c> know</c><00:50:37.050><c> the</c><00:50:37.250><c> stories</c><00:50:37.510><c> well.</c><00:50:38.809><c> And</c><00:50:38.889><c> the</c><00:50:39.110><c> walking</c><00:50:39.349><c> on</c><00:50:39.590><c> the</c><00:50:39.849><c> sea</c>

00:50:40.170 --> 00:50:44.610
in<00:50:40.650><c> ministry</c><00:50:41.050><c> four.</c><00:50:43.110><c> Both</c><00:50:43.269><c> on</c><00:50:43.449><c> the</c><00:50:43.730><c> sea.</c>

00:50:45.349 --> 00:50:48.429
Both<00:50:45.610><c> require</c><00:50:46.030><c> the</c><00:50:46.269><c> disciples</c><00:50:46.590><c> to</c><00:50:46.869><c> appeal.</c><00:50:47.210><c> Lord</c><00:50:47.550><c> save</c><00:50:48.090><c> us.</c>

00:50:48.590 --> 00:50:50.889
Lord<00:50:48.889><c> save</c><00:50:49.269><c> me</c><00:50:49.449><c> in</c><00:50:49.570><c> Peter's</c><00:50:49.989><c> case.</c>

00:50:52.010 --> 00:50:58.730
Why<00:50:52.210><c> are</c><00:50:52.369><c> you</c><00:50:52.590><c> fearfully,</c><00:50:53.090><c> he</c><00:50:53.230><c> says</c><00:50:53.369><c> to</c><00:50:53.550><c> them.</c><00:50:53.909><c> They</c><00:50:54.170><c> cried</c><00:50:54.409><c> out</c><00:50:54.630><c> for</c><00:50:54.929><c> fear.</c><00:50:55.789><c> Peter</c><00:50:56.050><c> was</c><00:50:56.349><c> afraid.</c><00:50:58.530><c> Oh</c>

00:50:58.730 --> 00:50:59.349
you<00:50:58.849><c> of</c><00:50:59.090><c> little</c>

00:50:59.349 --> 00:51:02.869
faith<00:50:59.610><c> is</c><00:51:00.010><c> an</c><00:51:00.210><c> expression</c><00:51:00.610><c> Jesus</c><00:51:01.010><c> uses</c><00:51:01.329><c> in</c><00:51:01.650><c> both</c><00:51:01.889><c> stories</c><00:51:02.429><c> as</c>

00:51:02.869 --> 00:51:05.670
he<00:51:03.150><c> upgrades</c><00:51:03.670><c> them.</c><00:51:04.550><c> For</c><00:51:04.750><c> again,</c><00:51:05.409><c> you'd</c><00:51:05.670><c> have</c>

00:51:05.670 --> 00:51:09.769
to<00:51:06.050><c> afraid</c><00:51:06.269><c> me</c><00:51:06.809><c> under</c><00:51:07.130><c> those</c><00:51:07.429><c> circumstances</c><00:51:08.309><c> for</c><00:51:09.010><c> just</c><00:51:09.329><c> being</c>

00:51:09.769 --> 00:51:12.190
frightened<00:51:10.590><c> for</c><00:51:10.889><c> our</c><00:51:11.130><c> lives.</c>

00:51:13.590 --> 00:51:19.050
And<00:51:13.909><c> then</c><00:51:14.409><c> he</c><00:51:14.889><c> speaks</c><00:51:15.250><c> peace.</c><00:51:16.110><c> There</c><00:51:16.349><c> was</c><00:51:16.570><c> a</c><00:51:16.809><c> great</c><00:51:17.130><c> calm.</c><00:51:18.750><c> The</c>

00:51:19.050 --> 00:51:23.429
wind<00:51:19.510><c> ceased.</c><00:51:21.769><c> And</c><00:51:21.969><c> then</c><00:51:22.170><c> the</c><00:51:22.409><c> beauty</c><00:51:22.610><c> of</c><00:51:22.929><c> this</c>

00:51:23.429 --> 00:51:26.429
symmetry<00:51:24.510><c> brothers</c><00:51:24.829><c> and</c><00:51:25.030><c> sisters</c><00:51:25.329><c> really</c><00:51:25.849><c> begins</c><00:51:26.170><c> to</c><00:51:26.349><c> come</c>

00:51:26.429 --> 00:51:28.869
to<00:51:26.610><c> the</c><00:51:26.789><c> fore</c><00:51:27.030><c> in</c><00:51:27.449><c> my</c><00:51:27.849><c> mind.</c>

00:51:30.309 --> 00:51:34.269
The<00:51:30.650><c> men</c><00:51:30.849><c> marvel</c><00:51:31.369><c> on</c><00:51:31.670><c> the</c><00:51:31.809><c> one</c><00:51:32.010><c> hand.</c><00:51:32.710><c> Those</c><00:51:32.929><c> in</c><00:51:33.130><c> the</c><00:51:33.309><c> boat</c><00:51:33.750><c> come</c><00:51:34.050><c> and</c>

00:51:34.269 --> 00:51:35.369
worship<00:51:34.570><c> him</c><00:51:34.769><c> and</c><00:51:34.909><c> the</c><00:51:35.050><c> other.</c>

00:51:35.670 --> 00:51:42.469
And<00:51:36.210><c> then</c><00:51:36.929><c> comes</c><00:51:38.050><c> the</c><00:51:38.690><c> climax</c><00:51:39.090><c> of</c><00:51:39.349><c> this.</c><00:51:41.190><c> The</c><00:51:41.429><c> first</c><00:51:41.889><c> storm</c><00:51:42.230><c> on</c>

00:51:42.469 --> 00:51:45.510
the<00:51:42.610><c> Sea</c><00:51:42.769><c> of</c><00:51:42.969><c> Galilee</c><00:51:43.769><c> ultimately</c><00:51:44.730><c> induces</c>

00:51:45.510 --> 00:51:50.789
when<00:51:45.750><c> Jesus</c><00:51:46.190><c> has</c><00:51:46.530><c> shown</c><00:51:46.750><c> the</c><00:51:47.050><c> marvels</c><00:51:47.650><c> of</c><00:51:47.769><c> his</c><00:51:48.570><c> great</c><00:51:49.150><c> power.</c>

00:51:51.570 --> 00:51:54.990
It<00:51:51.869><c> induces</c><00:51:52.429><c> them</c><00:51:52.630><c> to</c><00:51:52.949><c> ask</c><00:51:53.210><c> who</c><00:51:53.510><c> can</c><00:51:53.869><c> this</c><00:51:54.150><c> be?</c>

00:51:57.369 --> 00:52:01.510
And<00:51:57.710><c> the</c><00:51:58.030><c> second</c><00:51:58.369><c> storm</c><00:51:59.030><c> induces</c><00:51:59.949><c> them</c><00:52:00.309><c> to</c><00:52:00.650><c> answer</c><00:52:00.969><c> their</c><00:52:01.230><c> own</c>

00:52:01.510 --> 00:52:04.889
question.<00:52:02.690><c> Truly</c><00:52:03.090><c> you</c><00:52:03.269><c> are</c><00:52:03.389><c> the</c><00:52:03.590><c> Son</c><00:52:03.730><c> of</c><00:52:03.969><c> God.</c>

00:52:05.190 --> 00:52:10.309
And<00:52:05.570><c> we're</c><00:52:06.090><c> going</c><00:52:06.230><c> to</c><00:52:06.289><c> end</c><00:52:06.590><c> here.</c><00:52:07.650><c> But</c><00:52:07.869><c> this</c><00:52:08.349><c> is</c><00:52:08.730><c> the</c><00:52:09.570><c> crying</c>

00:52:10.309 --> 00:52:13.030
issue<00:52:11.010><c> of</c><00:52:11.349><c> the</c><00:52:11.570><c> ministry</c><00:52:11.869><c> of</c><00:52:12.010><c> Jesus.</c>

00:52:13.630 --> 00:52:17.969
He<00:52:13.989><c> came</c><00:52:14.389><c> in</c><00:52:14.469><c> his</c><00:52:14.769><c> father's</c><00:52:15.210><c> name.</c><00:52:15.409><c> He</c><00:52:15.650><c> did</c><00:52:16.230><c> the</c><00:52:16.530><c> things</c><00:52:17.230><c> that</c>

00:52:17.969 --> 00:52:19.970
show<00:52:18.150><c> that</c><00:52:18.389><c> God</c><00:52:18.590><c> was</c><00:52:18.869><c> with</c><00:52:19.130><c> us.</c>

00:52:21.289 --> 00:52:26.130
And<00:52:21.650><c> people</c><00:52:22.010><c> had</c><00:52:22.369><c> to</c><00:52:22.610><c> make</c><00:52:22.769><c> up</c><00:52:22.989><c> their</c><00:52:23.210><c> minds</c><00:52:23.570><c> about</c><00:52:23.969><c> him.</c><00:52:25.889><c> The</c>

00:52:26.130 --> 00:52:28.650
disciples<00:52:26.469><c> are</c><00:52:26.690><c> going</c><00:52:26.869><c> through</c><00:52:27.090><c> this</c><00:52:27.389><c> process.</c>

00:52:28.789 --> 00:52:32.869
And<00:52:29.110><c> it's</c><00:52:29.389><c> a</c><00:52:29.449><c> process</c><00:52:29.849><c> that</c><00:52:30.110><c> Jesus</c><00:52:30.550><c> allows</c><00:52:31.110><c> them</c><00:52:31.289><c> to</c><00:52:31.489><c> take</c><00:52:31.670><c> its</c><00:52:31.909><c> course.</c>

00:52:33.829 --> 00:52:37.610
He<00:52:33.949><c> doesn't</c><00:52:34.730><c> beat</c><00:52:35.210><c> them</c><00:52:35.369><c> over</c><00:52:35.630><c> the</c><00:52:35.849><c> head</c><00:52:36.030><c> and</c><00:52:36.329><c> tell</c><00:52:36.510><c> them</c><00:52:36.909><c> I</c><00:52:37.389><c> am</c>

00:52:37.610 --> 00:52:39.789
the<00:52:37.849><c> Christ.</c><00:52:38.829><c> Ultimately</c><00:52:39.210><c> he'll</c><00:52:39.530><c> ask</c>

00:52:39.789 --> 00:52:43.369
them<00:52:40.050><c> that</c><00:52:40.349><c> question</c><00:52:40.789><c> and</c><00:52:40.909><c> they'll</c><00:52:41.150><c> have</c><00:52:41.269><c> to</c><00:52:41.550><c> confess</c><00:52:41.869><c> it.</c>

00:52:43.590 --> 00:52:48.650
But<00:52:43.869><c> the</c><00:52:44.789><c> question</c><00:52:45.110><c> that</c><00:52:45.469><c> was</c><00:52:45.809><c> the</c><00:52:47.309><c> prime</c><00:52:47.949><c> thing</c><00:52:48.329><c> Israel</c>

00:52:48.650 --> 00:52:52.130
had<00:52:48.849><c> to</c><00:52:49.130><c> address</c><00:52:49.530><c> during</c><00:52:50.250><c> his</c><00:52:50.590><c> ministry</c><00:52:50.889><c> was</c><00:52:51.150><c> who</c><00:52:51.530><c> is</c><00:52:51.849><c> this</c>

00:52:52.130 --> 00:52:54.690
man?<00:52:53.170><c> Who</c><00:52:53.369><c> can</c><00:52:53.550><c> this</c><00:52:53.869><c> be?</c>

00:52:56.150 --> 00:52:59.570
And<00:52:56.630><c> the</c><00:52:56.969><c> disciples</c><00:52:57.530><c> are</c><00:52:57.789><c> going</c><00:52:57.969><c> through</c><00:52:58.150><c> the</c><00:52:58.369><c> process</c><00:52:58.670><c> themselves.</c><00:52:59.409><c> And</c>

00:52:59.570 --> 00:53:01.730
the<00:52:59.869><c> process</c><00:53:00.269><c> is</c><00:53:00.630><c> left</c><00:53:00.949><c> to</c><00:53:01.210><c> work</c><00:53:01.429><c> itself</c>

00:53:01.730 --> 00:53:04.730
out<00:53:01.969><c> because</c><00:53:02.250><c> that</c><00:53:02.630><c> engenders</c><00:53:03.090><c> faith.</c><00:53:03.730><c> That</c><00:53:03.929><c> requires</c><00:53:04.409><c> us</c><00:53:04.650><c> to</c>

00:53:04.730 --> 00:53:09.170
come<00:53:04.909><c> to</c><00:53:05.130><c> faith.</c><00:53:07.070><c> So</c><00:53:07.269><c> ministry</c><00:53:07.590><c> four,</c><00:53:08.869><c> the</c><00:53:08.989><c> walking</c>

00:53:09.170 --> 00:53:12.429
on<00:53:09.389><c> the</c><00:53:09.570><c> sea</c><00:53:09.750><c> being</c><00:53:10.389><c> a</c><00:53:10.570><c> part</c><00:53:10.789><c> of</c><00:53:11.010><c> that,</c><00:53:11.530><c> ministry</c><00:53:11.909><c> four</c><00:53:12.289><c> of</c>

00:53:12.429 --> 00:53:16.030
Matthew's<00:53:13.030><c> gospel</c><00:53:13.349><c> documents</c><00:53:14.409><c> Israel's</c><00:53:15.590><c> assessment</c>

00:53:16.030 --> 00:53:20.309
of<00:53:16.210><c> the</c><00:53:16.409><c> identity</c><00:53:16.710><c> of</c><00:53:16.869><c> Jesus.</c><00:53:17.170><c> And</c><00:53:17.289><c> they're</c><00:53:17.469><c> all</c><00:53:17.630><c> over</c><00:53:17.809><c> the</c><00:53:18.010><c> lot.</c><00:53:19.489><c> They</c><00:53:19.710><c> must</c><00:53:19.989><c> come</c><00:53:20.190><c> to</c>

00:53:20.309 --> 00:53:20.849
the<00:53:20.409><c> conclusion,</c>

00:53:20.849 --> 00:53:26.489
who<00:53:21.409><c> is</c><00:53:21.809><c> this</c><00:53:22.050><c> man?</c><00:53:24.269><c> Interestingly,</c><00:53:25.210><c> it's</c><00:53:25.429><c> in</c><00:53:25.670><c> ministry</c><00:53:26.010><c> four</c>

00:53:26.489 --> 00:53:28.630
that<00:53:26.769><c> the</c><00:53:26.989><c> disciples</c><00:53:27.349><c> will</c><00:53:27.670><c> confess</c><00:53:28.050><c> their</c><00:53:28.409><c> faith</c>

00:53:28.630 --> 00:53:31.010
that<00:53:29.010><c> Jesus</c><00:53:29.349><c> is</c><00:53:29.590><c> the</c><00:53:29.769><c> Christ,</c><00:53:30.190><c> the</c><00:53:30.210><c> son</c><00:53:30.309><c> of</c><00:53:30.489><c> the</c><00:53:30.530><c> living</c><00:53:30.710><c> God.</c>

00:53:31.010 --> 00:53:33.010
That's<00:53:31.429><c> Matthew</c><00:53:31.730><c> 16.</c>

00:53:33.489 --> 00:53:36.590
And<00:53:33.690><c> the</c><00:53:33.909><c> walking</c><00:53:34.150><c> on</c><00:53:34.389><c> the</c><00:53:34.590><c> sea</c><00:53:34.849><c> story</c><00:53:35.230><c> here</c><00:53:35.710><c> is</c><00:53:36.150><c> supportive</c>

00:53:36.590 --> 00:53:40.330
of<00:53:36.829><c> this</c><00:53:37.110><c> theme.</c><00:53:38.610><c> Who</c><00:53:39.050><c> can</c><00:53:39.269><c> this</c><00:53:39.530><c> be?</c>

00:53:40.610 --> 00:53:46.670
Truly<00:53:41.030><c> you</c><00:53:41.769><c> are</c><00:53:42.289><c> the</c><00:53:42.550><c> son</c><00:53:42.690><c> of</c><00:53:42.949><c> God.</c><00:53:43.889><c> So</c><00:53:44.190><c> we've</c><00:53:44.530><c> got</c><00:53:44.670><c> to</c><00:53:44.809><c> stop</c><00:53:45.050><c> there.</c><00:53:46.250><c> I'd</c><00:53:46.429><c> like</c><00:53:46.550><c> to</c>

00:53:46.670 --> 00:53:50.389
look<00:53:46.849><c> at</c><00:53:47.710><c> ministry</c><00:53:50.010><c> three.</c>

00:53:50.389 --> 00:53:54.250
I'd<00:53:50.630><c> like</c><00:53:50.789><c> to</c><00:53:50.969><c> look</c><00:53:51.150><c> at</c><00:53:51.469><c> a</c><00:53:51.849><c> distributed</c><00:53:52.230><c> symmetry</c><00:53:52.750><c> that</c><00:53:53.429><c> touches</c><00:53:53.889><c> all</c>

00:53:54.250 --> 00:53:56.090
the<00:53:54.489><c> discourses</c><00:53:54.889><c> of</c><00:53:55.030><c> Jesus.</c><00:53:55.630><c> But</c><00:53:55.869><c> never</c>

00:53:56.090 --> 00:54:03.650
mind.<00:53:57.650><c> The</c><00:53:57.929><c> point</c><00:53:58.190><c> is</c><00:53:58.829><c> that</c><00:53:59.230><c> Matthew's</c><00:54:00.329><c> seven</c><00:54:00.570><c>-part</c><00:54:00.829><c> arrangement</c><00:54:01.670><c> lends</c><00:54:02.230><c> itself</c><00:54:03.030><c> to</c>

00:54:03.650 --> 00:54:04.409
the<00:54:03.849><c> symmetrical</c>

00:54:04.409 --> 00:54:10.110
placement<00:54:04.869><c> of</c><00:54:05.150><c> material.</c><00:54:06.869><c> The</c><00:54:07.090><c> placement</c><00:54:07.289><c> is</c><00:54:07.530><c> not</c><00:54:07.670><c> only</c><00:54:08.110><c> there</c><00:54:08.809><c> physically</c><00:54:09.489><c> in</c><00:54:09.949><c> a</c>

00:54:10.110 --> 00:54:10.969
symmetrical<00:54:10.510><c> way,</c>

00:54:11.409 --> 00:54:15.530
but<00:54:11.570><c> the</c><00:54:11.929><c> verbal</c><00:54:12.309><c> comparisons</c><00:54:13.170><c> are</c><00:54:13.670><c> there</c><00:54:14.030><c> and</c><00:54:14.449><c> the</c><00:54:14.849><c> concepts</c>

00:54:15.530 --> 00:54:19.349
are<00:54:16.170><c> there</c><00:54:16.510><c> and</c><00:54:16.869><c> they</c><00:54:17.610><c> augment</c><00:54:18.110><c> each</c><00:54:18.469><c> other</c>

00:54:19.489 --> 00:54:23.989
so<00:54:19.789><c> that</c><00:54:20.030><c> nothing</c><00:54:20.269><c> stands</c><00:54:20.769><c> alone.</c><00:54:21.929><c> And</c><00:54:22.090><c> Matthew</c><00:54:22.369><c> will</c><00:54:22.630><c> interpret</c><00:54:23.070><c> Matthew</c><00:54:23.530><c> for</c><00:54:23.769><c> us</c>

00:54:23.989 --> 00:54:24.630
and<00:54:24.309><c> give</c><00:54:24.409><c> us</c>

00:54:24.630 --> 00:54:28.690
wonderful<00:54:25.090><c> insights</c><00:54:25.730><c> into</c><00:54:26.329><c> the</c><00:54:26.570><c> developing</c><00:54:27.130><c> ministry</c><00:54:28.010><c> of</c>

00:54:28.690 --> 00:54:30.190
our<00:54:28.869><c> Lord</c><00:54:29.070><c> Jesus</c><00:54:29.429><c> Christ.</c>