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[3287.54 --> 3289.46] right after speaking judgment, |
[3289.66 --> 3291.00] He praises the Father. |
[3291.16 --> 3291.92] And you can ask, |
[3292.62 --> 3293.44] and technically, |
[3293.60 --> 3295.04] you can ask Jesus and say, |
[3295.40 --> 3295.66] Jesus, |
[3296.08 --> 3297.42] I thought you were |
[3297.42 --> 3300.20] like bringing God's kingdom |
[3300.20 --> 3300.86] on earth |
[3300.86 --> 3302.12] and that your miracles |
[3302.12 --> 3303.14] and your ministries |
[3303.14 --> 3304.74] would convince everyone |
[3304.74 --> 3305.86] to become your disciples. |
[3305.86 --> 3308.46] How come they did not repent |
[3308.46 --> 3309.98] and they did not follow you? |
[3311.38 --> 3312.44] Isn't that a failure? |
[3313.50 --> 3314.88] But now you're turning to God |
[3314.88 --> 3315.82] and you're praising Him? |
[3316.62 --> 3317.20] For what? |
[3317.92 --> 3318.16] Right? |
[3319.24 --> 3320.84] Well, Jesus gives thanks, |
[3321.10 --> 3321.78] and specifically, |
[3322.02 --> 3322.66] He gives thanks |
[3322.66 --> 3323.66] and praises the Father |
[3323.66 --> 3325.44] for not revealing the kingdom |
[3325.44 --> 3327.56] to the wise and learned. |
[3327.80 --> 3329.02] Hence, our first question. |
[3329.58 --> 3331.08] Who are the wise and learned? |
[3331.08 --> 3334.52] Jesus can't simply be talking about |
[3334.52 --> 3335.80] like smart people, can He? |
[3336.36 --> 3337.16] Like the scholars |
[3337.16 --> 3337.94] and those people |
[3337.94 --> 3338.90] who thought they were smart? |
[3339.46 --> 3341.56] Wouldn't that be a problem |
[3341.56 --> 3342.70] for us today as well? |
[3343.20 --> 3344.60] If God just hates |
[3344.60 --> 3345.80] or God does not reveal |
[3345.80 --> 3347.12] His kingdom to smart people, |
[3347.58 --> 3348.24] I mean, who thinks |
[3348.24 --> 3348.92] they're smart here? |
[3349.56 --> 3350.46] If you raise your hand, |
[3350.52 --> 3352.10] then the kingdom is not yours. |
[3353.10 --> 3355.22] It can't be as simple as that, can it? |
[3356.84 --> 3358.10] Obviously, that's not |
[3358.10 --> 3359.22] what Jesus is getting at. |
[3359.22 --> 3361.34] What Jesus is speaking into, |
[3361.48 --> 3362.56] it's a common theme |
[3362.56 --> 3363.46] that's found throughout |
[3363.46 --> 3364.84] the whole biblical story. |
[3365.54 --> 3366.90] See, Jesus is giving thanks |
[3366.90 --> 3368.62] to the Father for His love |
[3368.62 --> 3370.56] for the lowly and oppressed. |
[3371.54 --> 3371.72] Right? |
[3372.14 --> 3373.76] That's what Jesus is talking about. |
[3373.86 --> 3374.52] Throughout the Bible, |
[3374.60 --> 3376.42] we can see that our God, |
[3376.68 --> 3377.82] our Father in Heaven, |
[3378.24 --> 3379.60] loves and has mercy |
[3379.60 --> 3380.82] on those that are vulnerable |
[3380.82 --> 3381.88] and are in need. |
[3382.26 --> 3384.52] Just to pull out a couple of verses |
[3384.52 --> 3385.42] from the Old Testament, |
[3385.80 --> 3387.50] in Isaiah 66, we read, |
[3387.50 --> 3389.24] Has not my hand made |
[3389.24 --> 3390.04] all these things, |
[3390.12 --> 3391.54] and so they come into being, |
[3392.08 --> 3392.90] declares the Lord. |
[3393.30 --> 3394.36] These are the ones |
[3394.36 --> 3395.80] I look on with favor. |
[3396.42 --> 3397.56] Those who are humble |
[3397.56 --> 3399.00] and contrite in spirit |
[3399.00 --> 3401.04] and who tremble at my word. |
[3401.82 --> 3403.26] The humble and the lowly. |
[3403.62 --> 3405.24] Even Proverbs 3, it says, |
[3405.66 --> 3406.26] He mocks. |
[3406.32 --> 3408.42] So God mocks proud mockers, |
[3408.54 --> 3409.90] but shows favor |
[3409.90 --> 3411.66] to the humble and oppressed. |
[3412.78 --> 3414.22] That's the Father's heart. |
[3414.22 --> 3415.98] And that's what Jesus is reflecting |
[3415.98 --> 3417.42] as well as He teaches us. |
[3418.14 --> 3419.82] So this theme of humbling the proud |
[3419.82 --> 3421.16] and exalting the humble |
[3421.16 --> 3423.58] can be found in books like Job |
[3423.58 --> 3425.18] and Proverbs as we saw, |
[3425.52 --> 3426.22] in the prophet Ezekiel |
[3426.84 --> 3428.04] or in the Gospel of Matthew |
[3428.04 --> 3428.78] or even Luke. |
[3429.16 --> 3429.68] And arguably, |
[3430.04 --> 3431.42] it's traced all throughout |
[3431.42 --> 3432.76] in both Testaments. |
[3434.08 --> 3435.08] So it's safe to say |
[3435.08 --> 3437.28] that Jesus is not simply saying |
[3437.28 --> 3438.44] that the Father hates |
[3438.44 --> 3439.22] and hides the kingdom |
[3439.22 --> 3440.16] from smart people. |
[3440.60 --> 3441.64] He is saying that |
[3441.64 --> 3443.72] our God opposes the proud. |
[3444.22 --> 3447.20] In other words, |
[3447.36 --> 3449.22] Jesus is speaking against those |
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