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[799.28 --> 800.32] with my whole life. |
[801.30 --> 802.36] Because that would mean |
[802.36 --> 804.78] that you are a true disciple, |
[805.48 --> 806.88] a true follower of Christ. |
[806.88 --> 809.34] And so even the disciples |
[809.34 --> 811.64] that were following Jesus at the time, |
[812.02 --> 814.04] they weren't necessarily smarter people |
[814.04 --> 815.14] or better off people |
[815.14 --> 817.46] or more holier religious people. |
[818.20 --> 819.60] They were common folk, |
[820.40 --> 821.10] tax collectors, |
[821.78 --> 822.74] zealots, fishermen. |
[824.20 --> 826.34] They were simply people who knew |
[826.34 --> 828.82] that they had nowhere else to go |
[828.82 --> 831.10] than to follow their only Lord and Savior. |
[831.42 --> 833.50] That's who the disciples were. |
[833.50 --> 836.82] And again, referring back |
[836.82 --> 837.68] to the Sermon on the Mount. |
[838.88 --> 840.12] The Beatitudes, the blessings |
[840.12 --> 841.96] that Jesus starts His sermon with, |
[842.36 --> 843.20] the first one, |
[843.26 --> 844.16] do you know what it starts with? |
[845.12 --> 846.08] We did this series |
[846.08 --> 847.64] like a couple of summers back. |
[848.22 --> 849.38] You remember it perfectly, right? |
[849.50 --> 850.26] All the blessings. |
[850.70 --> 851.98] Blessed are the, the first one, |
[852.22 --> 855.14] blessed are the poor in spirit. |
[856.08 --> 857.34] Blessed are the humble. |
[857.72 --> 859.54] Blessed are those who are lowly |
[859.54 --> 860.50] and outcasts who know |
[860.50 --> 863.50] that they are in need of a Savior. |
[864.66 --> 866.70] For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
[868.40 --> 870.62] That's who the kingdom belongs to. |
[870.82 --> 871.62] Same idea. |
[871.94 --> 872.98] These are the little children. |
[873.42 --> 874.72] And Pastor Dave even preached this |
[874.72 --> 876.14] a few weeks back. |
[876.36 --> 877.96] Matthew 18, we read together. |
[878.68 --> 879.92] Truly I tell you, |
[880.38 --> 881.62] unless you change |
[881.62 --> 883.28] and become like little children, |
[883.62 --> 884.54] you will never enter |
[884.54 --> 885.34] the kingdom of heaven. |
[886.30 --> 887.70] The kingdom belongs |
[887.70 --> 889.90] to little children as these. |
[892.48 --> 894.18] So that's the heart of the matter. |
[894.62 --> 895.86] The kingdom is revealed |
[895.86 --> 896.42] to the humble. |
[896.82 --> 898.20] This is the Father's will. |
[898.66 --> 899.66] That's what Jesus says. |
[901.40 --> 905.22] This is what you are pleased with, Father. |
[905.32 --> 906.26] This is your will. |
[907.04 --> 908.56] And then we jump to verse 27. |
[908.84 --> 909.60] And here is where |
[909.60 --> 911.12] that audacious claim comes in. |
[911.92 --> 913.30] In verse 27, Jesus says |
[913.30 --> 915.18] that all of these things |
[915.18 --> 916.90] have been committed to Him |
[916.90 --> 917.54] by the Father. |
[918.68 --> 919.46] In other words, |
[920.24 --> 921.22] the Father's will |
[921.22 --> 923.80] is done exclusively |
[923.80 --> 925.92] only through Jesus. |
[928.80 --> 930.12] He's claiming to be |
[930.12 --> 931.26] on equal status |
[931.26 --> 932.60] as the Father God. |
[933.74 --> 935.68] So who's listening to Jesus right now |
[935.68 --> 936.94] in Matthew 11 here? |
[938.10 --> 939.04] Who's the audience? |
[940.98 --> 941.98] Are they the Greeks, |
[942.10 --> 942.64] the Gentiles? |
[943.54 --> 945.46] No, they were mainly the Jews, |
[945.46 --> 947.62] the monotheistic Jews, |
[947.74 --> 949.36] meaning they only believe |
[949.36 --> 950.64] in one God, |
[950.74 --> 951.40] just like we do. |
[951.94 --> 953.32] We believe that God is one. |
[954.00 --> 954.98] But we also believe |
[954.98 --> 957.06] that Jesus is the Son of God. |
[957.32 --> 958.18] He is God Himself |
[958.18 --> 961.68] who came to take on human flesh |
[961.68 --> 963.40] to die for our sins. |
[964.06 --> 965.26] This is Jesus' claim. |
[966.12 --> 967.10] And for those listening, |
[967.78 --> 969.54] they had every right to get mad. |
[970.16 --> 971.06] They had every right, |
[971.12 --> 972.64] even according to their scripture, |
[972.64 --> 974.80] our own Old Testament, |
[975.28 --> 976.40] to stone this person, |
[976.52 --> 976.76] Jesus, |
[976.96 --> 978.48] for making this audacious claim. |
[979.48 --> 981.06] You get why this message |
[981.06 --> 981.90] is so scandalous? |
[983.02 --> 983.82] Jesus is saying, |
[983.96 --> 984.48] I am God. |
[984.78 --> 986.10] I am the only way, |
[986.92 --> 987.54] the truth, |
[987.60 --> 988.28] and the life. |
[988.92 --> 990.02] No one comes to the Father |
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