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[1227.10 --> 1227.88] the signs of the time.
[1227.94 --> 1228.88] What was the sign of the time?
[1229.16 --> 1229.86] Jesus Himself.
[1230.12 --> 1230.86] There's Jesus.
[1230.98 --> 1231.74] Right there.
[1232.64 --> 1234.64] The sign of the times.
[1235.34 --> 1236.14] The Messiah,
[1236.34 --> 1237.64] the one who came to save them.
[1237.64 --> 1238.44] And they're,
[1238.58 --> 1238.88] you know,
[1239.38 --> 1240.06] they're missing Him.
[1242.58 --> 1243.26] It made me think,
[1243.36 --> 1244.90] you and I can go about our lives
[1244.90 --> 1247.10] and pay attention to the weather,
[1247.76 --> 1248.66] day-to-day demands,
[1248.88 --> 1249.32] sports,
[1249.46 --> 1250.08] social media.
[1250.86 --> 1251.76] We even go to church
[1251.76 --> 1253.08] and completely miss Jesus.
[1253.08 --> 1259.54] And somehow then we miss out
[1259.54 --> 1260.34] on real life
[1260.34 --> 1262.44] and on real peace.
[1264.26 --> 1265.56] Everywhere Jesus went,
[1265.68 --> 1266.28] people were divided
[1266.28 --> 1266.96] because of Him.
[1267.30 --> 1267.82] At times,
[1267.88 --> 1269.00] they lined the streets
[1269.00 --> 1269.84] just to see Him
[1269.84 --> 1270.40] and hear Him.
[1270.66 --> 1271.32] At other times,
[1271.38 --> 1272.20] they were going to throw Him
[1272.20 --> 1273.40] literally off a cliff.
[1275.68 --> 1277.38] Even members of Jesus' own family
[1277.38 --> 1278.26] weren't sure what to do with Him.
[1281.92 --> 1282.52] You know.
[1283.42 --> 1284.24] Some of them were saying,
[1284.32 --> 1285.68] I thought He was going to bring
[1285.68 --> 1286.86] peace in Israel.
[1287.58 --> 1288.90] Get rid of those Romans.
[1289.90 --> 1291.12] That was what a lot of them thought.
[1291.56 --> 1291.84] You know what?
[1291.86 --> 1292.10] Nowadays,
[1292.24 --> 1294.12] I thought He was going to just love me
[1294.12 --> 1295.18] without asking me
[1295.18 --> 1296.58] to change a thing.
[1299.94 --> 1301.14] And Jesus stepped in
[1301.14 --> 1302.34] with those comments
[1302.34 --> 1302.78] and He said,
[1303.36 --> 1303.56] oh,
[1303.86 --> 1304.82] so that's peace for you.
[1304.82 --> 1306.08] Do you think
[1306.08 --> 1307.72] I've come to bring peace?
[1307.84 --> 1308.36] Like that?
[1309.20 --> 1309.62] No.
[1309.86 --> 1311.14] I've come to bring division.
[1311.46 --> 1312.64] I've come to bring
[1312.64 --> 1313.44] a choice.
[1318.18 --> 1319.06] Division between
[1319.06 --> 1320.34] light and darkness.
[1320.56 --> 1321.04] Here's light.
[1321.16 --> 1321.64] Here's darkness.
[1321.88 --> 1322.54] Which one do you want?
[1323.12 --> 1324.60] Between life and death.
[1324.80 --> 1325.56] Which one do you want?
[1328.12 --> 1328.62] Peace,
[1328.86 --> 1330.42] as Jesus defines it.
[1331.30 --> 1332.52] Peace that comes
[1332.52 --> 1333.40] from repentance
[1333.40 --> 1334.80] and then receiving
[1334.80 --> 1335.92] grace and forgiveness.
[1335.92 --> 1336.14] this.
[1337.34 --> 1338.72] The gospel shows
[1338.72 --> 1339.64] that people
[1339.64 --> 1340.74] that they can't
[1340.74 --> 1341.32] do a thing,
[1341.62 --> 1342.00] anything,
[1342.34 --> 1342.96] to help out
[1342.96 --> 1344.54] God with their salvation.
[1344.76 --> 1345.88] It's through grace alone.
[1347.74 --> 1348.54] I heard a story
[1348.54 --> 1350.22] of an eight-year-old
[1350.22 --> 1352.24] asking his mom,
[1352.80 --> 1353.14] mom,
[1353.34 --> 1354.22] do you love God
[1354.22 --> 1355.00] more than me?
[1355.00 --> 1358.78] His mom said,
[1359.04 --> 1359.24] yeah,
[1359.28 --> 1359.48] yeah,
[1359.56 --> 1359.76] Ben,
[1359.82 --> 1360.38] I do.
[1363.96 --> 1364.86] She knew
[1364.86 --> 1367.10] that the fullness
[1367.10 --> 1368.02] of her life
[1368.02 --> 1369.04] and who she was,
[1369.26 --> 1370.42] including her motherhood,
[1370.64 --> 1371.54] had to find
[1371.54 --> 1373.04] its primary identity
[1373.04 --> 1373.60] and meaning
[1373.60 --> 1374.08] in God
[1374.08 --> 1374.90] and not