2022/Sunday Worship - July 10, 2022_transcript.txt

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[2819.86 --> 2849.84]  And so,
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[2850.86 --> 2873.34]  Good morning.
[2873.68 --> 2874.64]  My name is Glenn.
[2874.74 --> 2879.88]  I'm one of the elders here at Emanuel Church, and it's now my privilege to lead you in our
[2879.88 --> 2880.90]  congregational prayer.
[2885.72 --> 2890.44]  Father in heaven, we thank you for the opportunity to come to you in prayer this morning.
[2891.20 --> 2897.38]  You are almighty God, creator of heaven and earth, and we acknowledge your dominion over
[2897.38 --> 2898.26]  all creation.
[2899.08 --> 2900.20]  You are holy.
[2901.10 --> 2904.34]  Help us to revere your name in all that we say and do.
[2904.34 --> 2912.96]  We thank you for Christ Jesus, whose life, death, and resurrection made us alive in him
[2912.96 --> 2917.70]  even when we were dead in our sin and restored our relationship with you.
[2919.22 --> 2921.86]  Your grace and mercy are utterly amazing.
[2922.64 --> 2927.70]  We are not worthy of your love, and yet you call us your children and heirs.
[2928.68 --> 2931.10]  Praise, glory, and honor to you, Lord.
[2931.10 --> 2935.12]  Father, we thank you for this local church community.
[2936.12 --> 2937.74]  Help us to be united in purpose.
[2938.94 --> 2943.24]  We thank you for the gifts that you give your people and their willingness to use their gifts
[2943.24 --> 2946.66]  to proclaim the gospel in so many different ways.
[2948.26 --> 2952.50]  Thank you for providing new elders and deacons to serve in this community.
[2954.06 --> 2959.40]  Grant them the presence of your Holy Spirit so that they will lead with wisdom and discernment.
[2959.40 --> 2965.54]  Grant them love and compassion for those whom they serve in a pastoral role.
[2967.48 --> 2971.08]  Father, we ask for your blessing on Kids Camp, which will begin this week.
[2971.92 --> 2974.42]  Bless the leaders as they proclaim the gospel story.
[2975.28 --> 2977.08]  And be near to all the children who participate.
[2978.18 --> 2981.08]  Give that these children will deepen their relationship with you.
[2981.08 --> 2990.46]  If there are children who hear about you for the first time, we ask that you draw them into a relationship with you through the work of your Holy Spirit.
[2992.10 --> 2996.72]  This morning we ask that you be with Ellen White, who fractured her wrist.
[2997.78 --> 3003.86]  Grant the medical professionals wisdom to prescribe treatment, which will give Ellen complete healing.
[3003.86 --> 3011.70]  We thank you that Harry Bauman underwent successful surgery on his arms.
[3012.70 --> 3016.42]  And we ask that you bless the further treatments that he will receive.
[3017.06 --> 3022.90]  Lord, it's our prayer that his mobility will be completely restored through these treatments.
[3022.90 --> 3029.64]  Bless those who struggle with strained relationships.
[3031.26 --> 3035.52]  Grant those who have done wrong the humility to ask for forgiveness.
[3036.84 --> 3042.14]  And grant those who have been wronged the grace to forgive and to find a way forward.
[3043.74 --> 3049.52]  Be with those who grieve after losing loved ones, whether recently or some time ago.
[3049.52 --> 3055.98]  Surround them with your presence when loneliness and a sense of loss sets in.
[3056.90 --> 3065.66]  And help us as immediate family members and as church family members to comfort and care for those who grieve and experience loneliness.
[3068.46 --> 3074.92]  This week we witness tragedy as the result of mass shootings in Chicago and in Victoria.
[3075.92 --> 3077.78]  Comfort those who have lost loved ones.
[3077.78 --> 3080.72]  Grant healing to those who have been injured.
[3082.20 --> 3087.76]  We thank you for law enforcement personnel who put their lives on the line to keep the public safe.
[3088.84 --> 3093.06]  And we pray that you watch over these people as they serve our communities.
[3097.40 --> 3100.34]  We continue to lift up the people of the Ukraine to you.
[3101.28 --> 3104.52]  Strengthen those who remain in the country to resist the invasion.
[3104.52 --> 3108.70]  Watch over the millions of Ukrainians who have been displaced.
[3108.94 --> 3115.06]  Equip the people and agencies who have taken in displaced people with all that they need.
[3115.88 --> 3120.96]  Thank you for the hospitality which has been extended to these displaced people.
[3120.96 --> 3124.88]  Comfort all who have lost loved ones this war.
[3125.98 --> 3134.86]  We also ask that you grant wisdom to the leaders of Western Europe, NATO, as they consider how to respond to this aggression.
[3135.38 --> 3136.00]  Give them wisdom.
[3136.00 --> 3137.36]  We ask that you grant wisdom.
[3137.36 --> 3142.52]  And we continue to ask for a withdrawal of Russian forces from the Ukraine.
[3144.06 --> 3147.04]  And we ask for peace to return to this region.
[3147.04 --> 3149.04]  We pray that you grant wisdom.
[3151.04 --> 3154.24]  We pray that you watch over those in our church family who are on vacation.
[3155.12 --> 3159.10]  We thank you for our work and for the opportunities that we have in this country.
[3159.74 --> 3162.50]  We are also grateful for the opportunity to rest.
[3163.34 --> 3170.96]  We ask that our times of rest will re-energize us and that they will also be times when we grow closer to you.
[3170.96 --> 3181.80]  And now, Lord, as we turn to your word, we ask that you bless Pastor Chris with the presence of your spirit and speak your truth through him.
[3183.00 --> 3189.70]  Give us ears which are eager to hear your truth and equip us to do your will as we begin this new week.
[3190.38 --> 3192.04]  In Jesus' name, amen.
[3200.96 --> 3225.40]  Today we are starting our summer preaching series as we will be looking at a bunch of parables of Jesus.
[3225.40 --> 3233.78]  And so we are going to start that this morning with the parables of the mustard seed and of the yeast.
[3234.00 --> 3239.08]  If you have a Bible in front of you, always I encourage you to open that up, have that with you, read along.
[3239.16 --> 3245.14]  We are going to read Matthew 13, beginning at verse 31.
[3251.64 --> 3252.76]  From Matthew 13.
[3255.40 --> 3258.58]  Jesus told them another parable.
[3258.58 --> 3267.02]  The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
[3268.44 --> 3276.12]  Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree,
[3277.00 --> 3279.94]  so that birds come and perch in its branches.
[3281.36 --> 3283.36]  He told them still another parable.
[3283.36 --> 3292.50]  The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about 60 pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.
[3294.70 --> 3298.10]  Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables.
[3298.60 --> 3301.24]  He did not say anything to them without using a parable.
[3301.68 --> 3304.80]  So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet.
[3304.80 --> 3311.88]  I will open my mouth in parables and I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.
[3312.98 --> 3314.28]  This is the word of the Lord.
[3320.10 --> 3327.54]  Now one of my favorite words in the, probably the whole of the English language,
[3327.68 --> 3331.20]  one of my favorite words is obfuscation.
[3331.20 --> 3337.86]  Because whenever I use it, I get that exact face.
[3338.12 --> 3338.58]  Thank you.
[3340.30 --> 3340.52]  Right?
[3340.60 --> 3344.74]  People look at me and with their face or with their words or with their laughter,
[3344.88 --> 3345.16]  they go,
[3345.54 --> 3347.16]  What on earth does that mean?
[3348.02 --> 3351.14]  That seems so unnecessarily confusing.
[3351.14 --> 3357.44]  Now if you know the word obfuscation, it means unnecessarily confusing.
[3358.54 --> 3363.82]  That's why I love the word, because the facial expression I get in response is the meaning of the word.
[3363.92 --> 3368.24]  It means to make things less clear or to intentionally confuse.
[3369.28 --> 3377.12]  I want to start in this confusion because we are jumping into a series on the parables of Jesus.
[3377.12 --> 3388.34]  And throughout all the gospels, you will get about eight or nine different categories of parables.
[3389.20 --> 3396.28]  Now I say that because I'm borrowing a breakdown or a categorization from a scholar named Klein Snodgrass,
[3396.40 --> 3399.70]  who wrote a book on the parables of Jesus called Stories with Intent.
[3400.10 --> 3404.54]  It is a pretty dense book, but it is a good one if you wanted a commentary on the parables.
[3404.54 --> 3412.26]  Anyway, point is, each week what we are going to do is look at one of those different categories or types of parables
[3412.26 --> 3422.76]  so we get the span or the scope of Jesus' messages given in parable on lostness or eschatology or money or prayer or Israel or kingdom,
[3423.16 --> 3424.06]  whatever the case may be.
[3425.14 --> 3430.84]  Now our first parable, as we read, is this parable of the mustard seed and of the yeast.
[3430.84 --> 3437.62]  But before we dig too deep into that, I think it's important for us to start with the question,
[3438.28 --> 3440.56]  why did Jesus teach in parables?
[3441.20 --> 3445.90]  Matthew writes, he spoke all these things to the crowds in parables.
[3446.12 --> 3449.14]  He did not say anything to them without using a parable.
[3450.08 --> 3453.08]  And so, it's worth the question, why?
[3453.08 --> 3453.16]  Why?
[3454.56 --> 3460.30]  I want to suggest that the answer might not be as simple as you first thought.
[3461.68 --> 3469.12]  Now I know that some of you here this morning are what's called propositional thinkers.
[3470.12 --> 3470.60]  Right?
[3470.72 --> 3473.62]  That is, you think in a very particular way.
[3473.80 --> 3478.08]  And I know that some of you here this morning are what's called narrative thinkers.
[3478.64 --> 3479.52]  So you think differently.
[3479.52 --> 3487.58]  What I mean by that is some of you like logic and order, a syllogistic structure, a thesis statement,
[3487.86 --> 3492.80]  and then three or seven or 37 arguments to support that thesis.
[3493.82 --> 3496.36]  Others of you just want to hear a story.
[3497.54 --> 3497.72]  Right?
[3497.76 --> 3501.38]  You don't think in propositions or arguments in rebuttals or rejoinders.
[3501.46 --> 3503.60]  You think in stories or images.
[3503.60 --> 3514.68]  Whenever I have a discussion with my daughter, yes, you, who's nine going on 25, especially
[3514.68 --> 3515.82]  if she wants something.
[3516.48 --> 3516.72]  Right?
[3516.76 --> 3518.70]  I can see it in her face.
[3519.76 --> 3519.94]  Right?
[3520.20 --> 3525.28]  You can, I can see it even as she closes her eyes and her eyes are moving around.
[3525.28 --> 3532.54]  She is working out her arguments, thinking about the best way to make her argument and
[3532.54 --> 3538.74]  to structure it, discerning how to articulate the illusion of compromise and choice, but
[3538.74 --> 3539.84]  so that she still gets her way.
[3540.96 --> 3542.42]  Do any of you else have kids like this?
[3544.12 --> 3544.36]  Right?
[3544.44 --> 3547.58]  She argues logically and it follows a very ordered set.
[3548.46 --> 3551.24]  Now she comes by that honestly because my brain works the same way.
[3551.28 --> 3552.28]  So it's only my fault.
[3552.38 --> 3553.96]  I take full responsibility for that.
[3553.96 --> 3559.02]  But Malachi, my son, on the other hand, right, he jumps all over the place.
[3559.10 --> 3560.84]  Sometimes literally, if you know Malachi.
[3562.18 --> 3562.58]  Right?
[3562.64 --> 3566.14]  And we have to ask him to stand still so that we can focus on what he's saying.
[3566.72 --> 3572.46]  And he will tell elaborate stories about the adventures that he's been on and how he needs
[3572.46 --> 3575.02]  this or that thing in order to continue them.
[3575.06 --> 3577.48]  It's usually a Nerf gun or a water gun of some sort.
[3578.60 --> 3578.82]  Right?
[3578.82 --> 3583.40]  And for Malachi, sometimes we just don't know the difference between his stories and real life.
[3583.96 --> 3589.72]  And I think that's in part because of, that's just the frame through which he sees the world.
[3589.72 --> 3596.90]  Now, one or the other is neither good nor bad, neither better nor worse.
[3597.20 --> 3601.02]  They're just the ways that people engage and interact and think.
[3602.46 --> 3609.78]  Parables are stories to make a theological point out of the world around us.
[3609.78 --> 3611.90]  Let me say that again.
[3612.76 --> 3618.72]  Parables are stories to make a theological point out of the world around us.
[3620.32 --> 3624.56]  But, here's where we get to the part where it's not what you thought it was.
[3624.98 --> 3629.10]  Parables are also an intentional obfuscation.
[3630.38 --> 3631.82]  See how we came back to that word?
[3633.44 --> 3634.72]  Let me show you where I get that.
[3634.72 --> 3641.86]  If your Bibles are still open, let's look at an earlier part in this same chapter from Matthew 13.
[3642.66 --> 3644.84]  In verse 10, we read,
[3644.84 --> 3671.68]  And then he quotes,
[3671.68 --> 3683.98]  In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah.
[3684.74 --> 3686.96]  You will be ever hearing but never understanding.
[3687.14 --> 3688.94]  You will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
[3689.52 --> 3691.66]  For the people's heart has become calloused.
[3692.00 --> 3694.64]  They hardly hear with their ears and their eyes.
[3695.12 --> 3696.64]  And they have closed their eyes.
[3696.92 --> 3700.64]  Otherwise, they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts.
[3700.64 --> 3704.54]  As it is, and I would turn and I would heal them.
[3705.60 --> 3711.80]  But blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear.
[3713.68 --> 3715.38]  Intentional obfuscation.
[3715.88 --> 3715.96]  Right?
[3716.38 --> 3718.36]  Those seeing, they do not see.
[3718.82 --> 3720.82]  Hearing, they do not hear.
[3720.82 --> 3725.18]  And so even though parables are stories to make a theological point,
[3725.56 --> 3730.40]  They're also intended to confuse people who don't get it.
[3731.66 --> 3738.34]  What Jesus is saying here is that if the story isn't for you, it won't make sense to you.
[3739.78 --> 3741.80]  Jesus said in verse 11,
[3741.80 --> 3747.50]  Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
[3748.28 --> 3754.24]  And so let me be really clear because this is so common in our trying to understand the parables.
[3754.66 --> 3754.74]  Right?
[3754.92 --> 3761.58]  Parables aren't just moralisms for the world to be full of, quote, good people.
[3762.32 --> 3762.82]  Right?
[3762.82 --> 3766.88]  Even if that's what our post-Christian culture reduces them to.
[3767.98 --> 3768.24]  Right?
[3768.34 --> 3773.72]  Like, so, for example, the lesson of the parable of the Good Samaritan,
[3773.86 --> 3776.80]  Which is, like, probably one of the most famous parables there is.
[3776.84 --> 3776.94]  Right?
[3776.96 --> 3781.48]  There are Good Samaritan laws that exist or used to exist in some countries.
[3781.82 --> 3782.08]  Right?
[3782.08 --> 3787.40]  The lesson of the Good Samaritan parable isn't help people in need.
[3789.56 --> 3791.26]  Because that's just the moralism.
[3792.52 --> 3797.50]  The lesson is that the new creation, kingdom of God, reality,
[3797.98 --> 3805.28]  Makes followers of Jesus from people who would be natural enemies and turns them into neighbors.
[3806.56 --> 3806.68]  Right?
[3806.68 --> 3812.34]  Redemption is a diverse body full of every tribe, nation, and tongue,
[3812.50 --> 3817.46]  With Jesus as king on the throne of grace and on the throne of your heart.
[3818.12 --> 3818.72]  Right?
[3818.74 --> 3822.46]  It's about who you are, not just what you do.
[3826.74 --> 3828.90]  And for those outside,
[3830.58 --> 3834.74]  Gospel living is going to be confusing.
[3834.74 --> 3835.92]  Right?
[3835.94 --> 3837.46]  It's not going to make sense.
[3838.18 --> 3838.28]  Right?
[3840.28 --> 3841.90]  If you want to gain heaven,
[3843.14 --> 3843.98]  Give up everything.
[3846.10 --> 3846.46]  Right?
[3846.46 --> 3847.78]  If you want to be first,
[3848.70 --> 3849.48]  Come last.
[3850.34 --> 3851.78]  If you want to be strong,
[3852.66 --> 3853.20]  Be weak.
[3854.02 --> 3854.14]  Right?
[3854.16 --> 3855.64]  These are what Jesus says.
[3856.24 --> 3856.34]  Right?
[3856.38 --> 3859.92]  The poor in spirit receive the kingdom of heaven.
[3861.00 --> 3861.84]  The meek.
[3863.32 --> 3864.24]  The meek.
[3864.74 --> 3866.66]  Inherit the earth.
[3869.76 --> 3873.20]  The meek don't inherit anything in our society and culture.
[3873.56 --> 3874.74]  But not according to Jesus.
[3874.86 --> 3874.96]  Right?
[3875.08 --> 3878.00]  That doesn't make sense to the world around us.
[3878.02 --> 3879.10]  That doesn't add up.
[3880.40 --> 3881.08]  Unless,
[3881.60 --> 3885.10]  Unless you know Jesus.
[3886.14 --> 3886.64]  Right?
[3886.68 --> 3889.40]  The kingdom of heaven has its own economy.
[3889.40 --> 3896.12]  And that economy looks like foolishness and is a stumbling block to those who are outside.
[3897.86 --> 3898.52]  And maybe,
[3898.86 --> 3900.98]  Where you are at right now,
[3901.08 --> 3903.46]  Maybe all you see is that foolishness.
[3903.78 --> 3905.42]  You look at this Christian thing and you go,
[3905.54 --> 3908.50]  Yeah, that's just a bunch of crazy people who don't make sense.
[3909.08 --> 3910.46]  Maybe none of this makes sense.
[3910.46 --> 3913.06]  And if that's true for you or for the people in your life,
[3913.38 --> 3916.42]  I want you to pray verse 16 with me.
[3917.24 --> 3917.38]  Right?
[3917.48 --> 3921.02]  Blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear.
[3921.02 --> 3921.54]  Right?
[3921.68 --> 3927.88]  Lord, give us eyes to see and ears to hear the beautiful mystery of the gospel
[3927.88 --> 3932.54]  And to be compelled by the beautiful majesty of your kingdom.
[3932.96 --> 3933.16]  Right?
[3933.22 --> 3934.68]  This is our prayer.
[3936.36 --> 3936.86]  Jesus says,
[3937.06 --> 3938.74]  I will open my mouth in parables.
[3938.90 --> 3942.68]  I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.
[3942.84 --> 3946.10]  And so this will be our challenge for us this summer.
[3946.80 --> 3950.42]  How do we see past the surface meaning,
[3950.76 --> 3952.88]  Usually the easy moralism,
[3953.24 --> 3953.42]  Right?
[3953.42 --> 3958.82]  To the deeper, more mysterious meaning that Jesus intends for his disciple.
[3959.56 --> 3960.66]  Or to put it another way,
[3960.98 --> 3966.94]  What is the uniquely Christian gospel identity forming meaning to each parable?
[3968.54 --> 3971.52]  Now Jesus tells us that he speaks in parables
[3971.52 --> 3975.68]  In order to illustrate that there are those who get it
[3975.68 --> 3978.50]  And those who don't, who won't.
[3979.32 --> 3982.68]  My prayer for us this summer is that we are among those who do.
[3983.42 --> 3989.78]  And so now to the parable of the mustard seed and the yeast in bread.
[3990.56 --> 3991.98]  Now from the very beginning,
[3992.68 --> 3999.56]  Jesus tells us what sort of category these two parables belong to.
[3999.82 --> 3999.92]  Right?
[3999.94 --> 4000.06]  He says,
[4000.24 --> 4003.12]  The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed.
[4003.22 --> 4005.82]  The kingdom of heaven is like yeast.
[4006.26 --> 4006.40]  Right?
[4006.42 --> 4009.28]  These are what we'll call kingdom parables.
[4009.54 --> 4011.66]  But notice, notice the tense.
[4011.66 --> 4012.26]  Right?
[4012.34 --> 4013.90]  So a little bit of grammar for you this morning.
[4014.02 --> 4015.90]  Notice the tense that Jesus is using.
[4016.38 --> 4019.68]  The kingdom of heaven is like.
[4020.74 --> 4021.84]  Not will be.
[4022.82 --> 4023.02]  Right?
[4023.06 --> 4025.06]  It's present tense.
[4025.30 --> 4026.96]  Not future tense.
[4027.26 --> 4027.34]  Right?
[4027.40 --> 4032.68]  These parables are about present, current, or concurrent realities.
[4032.88 --> 4036.86]  Kingdom realities in the here and now because of Jesus coming.
[4036.86 --> 4043.48]  If you have your Bibles open and you jump a couple pages forward, more than a couple,
[4043.60 --> 4045.38]  to the beginning of the Gospel of Mark.
[4046.02 --> 4049.66]  The beginning of the Gospel of Mark in verse 15.
[4049.92 --> 4054.68]  These are the very first words that Jesus speaks in Mark's Gospel.
[4054.80 --> 4057.52]  The very first thing that Jesus says in the Gospel of Mark,
[4057.52 --> 4059.16]  The time has come.
[4059.92 --> 4062.50]  The kingdom of God has come near.
[4063.28 --> 4065.90]  Repent and believe the good news.
[4067.40 --> 4072.26]  The kingdom of God has come near.
[4073.40 --> 4075.74]  Jesus has started something.
[4076.82 --> 4080.20]  Jesus coming means something new in the world.
[4080.20 --> 4085.46]  I love the way that Klein Snodgrass summarizes it.
[4085.76 --> 4086.12]  He says,
[4086.88 --> 4089.20]  The end is already in the beginning.
[4091.00 --> 4093.18]  The end is already in the beginning.
[4093.56 --> 4093.64]  Right?
[4093.70 --> 4099.82]  This parable is about reframing expectations of what the kingdom should be.
[4100.12 --> 4101.16]  Of what it would be.
[4102.04 --> 4102.16]  Right?
[4102.20 --> 4108.46]  The disciples, and really, probably all of the contemporary Jews of Jesus' day,
[4108.46 --> 4112.06]  would have said something along the lines of,
[4113.02 --> 4117.40]  Isn't the kingdom of heaven supposed to be a big display of God's power?
[4118.12 --> 4118.24]  Right?
[4118.28 --> 4122.44]  Isn't Rome supposed to be cast off and Israel restored?
[4122.82 --> 4125.18]  Shouldn't this new Babylon be destroyed?
[4125.78 --> 4129.10]  Aren't we supposed to have, you know, the prophet Malachi says,
[4129.24 --> 4133.42]  storehouses overflowing and milk and honey pouring down?
[4133.42 --> 4134.02]  Right?
[4136.02 --> 4140.66]  That's the question of this new kingdom economy.
[4141.84 --> 4142.00]  Right?
[4142.48 --> 4147.64]  If that was the expectation, what they saw was something vastly different.
[4148.50 --> 4148.64]  Right?
[4148.68 --> 4156.48]  How on earth, or even how in heaven, is a bunch of ragtag misfits and a rabbi from Nazareth?
[4156.60 --> 4161.38]  You remember the words, the question, can anything good come from Nazareth?
[4161.38 --> 4161.88]  Right?
[4161.88 --> 4162.60]  Right?
[4162.66 --> 4166.06]  How is this ragtag bunch of misfits and this rabbi from Nazareth,
[4166.26 --> 4170.48]  how are they heralding this kingdom of heaven?
[4171.26 --> 4171.38]  Right?
[4171.38 --> 4173.46]  The people expected great things.
[4173.80 --> 4175.52]  They expected wars and destruction.
[4175.96 --> 4179.62]  They expected a new king in the line of David on the throne in Jerusalem.
[4179.62 --> 4183.36]  And what they got was an itinerant preacher who ended up on a cross.
[4185.30 --> 4191.58]  Now, in our culture, right, we have similar, if not exactly the same, expectations.
[4192.16 --> 4196.64]  And really, let's be clear here, not just outside of the church, right, we are affected,
[4196.86 --> 4198.46]  or maybe infected is the better word.
[4198.70 --> 4200.70]  We are affected by it too.
[4200.70 --> 4209.08]  How many times have you heard it said, right, if your God was real, why would there be pain in the world?
[4210.28 --> 4213.94]  If your God was real, why is there still evil in the world?
[4214.12 --> 4217.04]  If your God is good, why is there still suffering?
[4219.28 --> 4219.42]  Right?
[4219.50 --> 4226.10]  The idea being that if the kingdom of God was real, if God was real, if the kingdom was really present,
[4226.46 --> 4227.88]  wouldn't it all be all good?
[4227.88 --> 4227.92]  Right?
[4229.82 --> 4233.42]  And like I said, there's a Christian version of this too.
[4234.58 --> 4234.78]  Right?
[4234.80 --> 4241.70]  Not one that necessarily denies the existence of God, but does something different, changes our relationship to God.
[4241.94 --> 4242.10]  Right?
[4242.18 --> 4247.92]  Sometimes, we believe, and we may never say it, but we functionally act this way.
[4248.18 --> 4248.38]  Right?
[4248.40 --> 4255.18]  We believe that because we have done everything right, or we have tried, at least, to do everything right,
[4255.18 --> 4257.86]  we've checked the right boxes, we've gone to church,
[4257.88 --> 4261.56]  we've participated in a Bible study, we had Lord's Supper.
[4262.44 --> 4262.80]  Right?
[4262.88 --> 4265.62]  That we haven't sinned, or at least, we haven't sinned that bad.
[4266.08 --> 4266.24]  Right?
[4266.26 --> 4267.64]  Not as bad as that person anyway.
[4268.60 --> 4268.80]  Right?
[4268.84 --> 4271.26]  Because that's true, shouldn't I get this?
[4271.56 --> 4273.16]  Don't I deserve this, God?
[4274.32 --> 4276.04]  Can't you bless me with this?
[4277.50 --> 4277.70]  Right?
[4277.70 --> 4285.18]  So, we create this kind of like transactional Christian faith that isn't only ultimately consumeristic,
[4285.48 --> 4287.46]  it's coercive.
[4288.82 --> 4289.34]  Right?
[4289.34 --> 4296.08]  Believing that you can bend God to your will rather than being bent to the will of God in your heart.
[4297.62 --> 4302.84]  I think both of these, the ones that deny God or the ones that try to coerce God,
[4303.02 --> 4308.74]  are modern versions of the old world problem that Jesus is addressing in this parable.
[4309.02 --> 4309.18]  Right?
[4309.18 --> 4313.92]  It's a problem of expectation, or a problem of misplaced expectations.
[4316.38 --> 4327.68]  Carl Sagan famously said, he's an astronomer and deeply atheist person, at least at this point in his life.
[4327.68 --> 4333.76]  He famously said, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
[4335.46 --> 4339.98]  And so, where is the extraordinary evidence of the kingdom of God being at hand?
[4344.92 --> 4345.72]  Right?
[4345.72 --> 4359.90]  Now, one of the amazing things about this parable is that Matthew, as he structures his gospel,
[4360.18 --> 4364.42]  as he has written it, by the time that he gets to chapter 13, right,
[4364.46 --> 4368.82]  we've already seen Jesus do some pretty extraordinary miracles.
[4369.20 --> 4371.04]  You can flip back through the pages to see it.
[4371.32 --> 4373.50]  Jesus has already raised a dead girl.
[4374.24 --> 4374.72]  Right?
[4374.72 --> 4376.28]  He's already healed a sick woman.
[4376.74 --> 4378.60]  He's already healed a paralyzed man.
[4378.66 --> 4381.90]  He's already cast out demons from two possessed men.
[4381.90 --> 4382.34]  Right?
[4382.40 --> 4387.20]  He's already stood on the waves in the storm on the Sea of Galilee and said,
[4387.38 --> 4389.76]  be calm, be still, and stopped it.
[4390.46 --> 4393.62]  Jesus has already worked all of these incredible miracles,
[4394.06 --> 4398.94]  but that wasn't enough evidence for the truth of the kingdom come and the kingdom coming.
[4399.98 --> 4400.10]  Right?
[4400.10 --> 4400.88]  Think about that.
[4401.12 --> 4401.24]  Right?
[4401.30 --> 4404.44]  Stories of the dead being raised, of storms being calmed,
[4404.44 --> 4411.34]  of demons being cast out, aren't enough to overcome the foolishness and the stumbling block nature of the gospel.
[4411.62 --> 4411.94]  Right?
[4411.98 --> 4414.10]  People are still looking at Jesus and going, nope.
[4414.82 --> 4416.00]  That doesn't make sense.
[4416.00 --> 4419.54]  The same is true today.
[4419.54 --> 4420.02]  Right?
[4420.02 --> 4423.06]  People have talked to me before and they said,
[4424.06 --> 4427.94]  Pastor, I don't understand why God didn't heal this person.
[4429.16 --> 4429.36]  Right?
[4429.36 --> 4439.50]  We heard a story from someone who was at a camp and there was a girl there who had terminal illness and the whole group of people prayed over her.
[4439.98 --> 4446.26]  And they all left utterly convicted and convinced that God was going to heal her and give her new life.
[4446.66 --> 4447.80]  Three weeks later, she died.
[4447.80 --> 4450.42]  And he said to me,
[4450.42 --> 4453.52]  Pastor, why didn't God heal that little girl?
[4454.96 --> 4457.82]  Or think about the amazing things that would have happened if God healed her.
[4458.26 --> 4459.94]  All of those people there would have believed.
[4460.34 --> 4462.86]  How could they not believe seeing God work so powerfully?
[4462.86 --> 4467.56]  The testimony of the New Testament is exactly the opposite.
[4468.20 --> 4469.14]  That it's just not enough.
[4469.50 --> 4472.54]  No matter how many miracles you see, it's just not enough.
[4472.62 --> 4477.48]  Because our expectations of what Jesus is doing are vastly different than what Jesus is doing.
[4477.56 --> 4479.22]  We think we know what he ought to do.
[4479.54 --> 4481.08]  Jesus does what must be done.
[4484.22 --> 4485.26]  Jesus is saying,
[4486.26 --> 4488.40]  it doesn't make sense.
[4490.28 --> 4490.72]  Unless,
[4490.72 --> 4493.26]  unless you know me.
[4494.52 --> 4495.78]  Unless you see me.
[4497.06 --> 4497.88]  Jesus is saying,
[4498.12 --> 4500.36]  from such small beginnings.
[4500.88 --> 4503.96]  This ragtag bunch of misfits and a rabbi from Nazareth.
[4504.10 --> 4508.20]  Such small beginnings come great and impossible things.
[4508.52 --> 4511.72]  Jesus is ushering in the beginning of the kingdom.
[4511.94 --> 4514.22]  Not with a loud bang or clashing armies.
[4514.58 --> 4516.20]  Not with milk and honey flowing.
[4516.36 --> 4518.16]  But with an almost unnoticed,
[4518.16 --> 4519.96]  in fact, it was missed by most.
[4520.46 --> 4522.44]  Presence of God.
[4523.86 --> 4526.72]  The end is already present in the beginning.
[4527.18 --> 4531.04]  History is changed by his word and work.
[4531.16 --> 4534.06]  The kingdom is already here and it will not be stopped.
[4534.40 --> 4540.28]  What started as a mustard seed grows into a large tree that is big enough for birds to live in.
[4540.28 --> 4543.66]  What started with an almost imperceptible truth.
[4543.66 --> 4547.00]  Like yeast mixed into 60 pounds of dough.
[4547.20 --> 4548.58]  You can't even see it.
[4549.28 --> 4551.50]  But its effect is profound.
[4551.50 --> 4555.52]  And to be really clear.
[4557.20 --> 4560.54]  This is exactly what happened.
[4561.20 --> 4563.50]  This is exactly what happened in history.
[4563.66 --> 4563.72]  Right?
[4563.80 --> 4567.58]  This ragtag bunch of misfits and this rabbi from Nazareth started a movement.
[4567.92 --> 4570.42]  And that movement was called The Way at first.
[4570.52 --> 4572.48]  But later it became called Christianity.
[4573.04 --> 4577.56]  And that grew and is growing exponentially around the world.
[4577.56 --> 4582.74]  Rodney Stark has a book called The Rise of Christianity.
[4583.24 --> 4585.58]  He estimates that in 40 AD.
[4586.56 --> 4586.74]  Right?
[4586.84 --> 4590.36]  After around 40 AD.
[4590.56 --> 4591.66]  So numbers are loose here.
[4591.82 --> 4591.94]  Right?
[4592.00 --> 4594.52]  There are approximately a thousand Christians.
[4595.84 --> 4598.44]  Now all of these Christians would be Palestinian Jews.
[4599.12 --> 4601.28]  And so there's another scholar, James Jeffers.
[4601.28 --> 4607.68]  He estimates that there are 2.5 million Jews who lived in Palestine at the time of Jesus.
[4607.98 --> 4613.48]  That means that 0.04% became believers.
[4614.60 --> 4616.58]  That's a micro demographic.
[4616.80 --> 4621.74]  Like that's barely registered on any Canadian census data.
[4622.74 --> 4629.24]  And yet by 200 AD there are 2 million in the Roman Empire.
[4629.24 --> 4636.04]  By 300 AD there's over 6 million Christians throughout the empire.
[4636.18 --> 4637.40]  Throughout the known world.
[4638.10 --> 4641.68]  That's what a mustard seed movement looks like.
[4643.98 --> 4645.48]  The gospel is this.
[4647.00 --> 4649.50]  That Jesus came and lived the life I should have lived.
[4649.58 --> 4651.94]  That Jesus died the death that I deserve.
[4652.08 --> 4657.32]  That Jesus came and lived the life of perfect obedience for all who would believe.
[4657.32 --> 4663.96]  And he died the death of the wrath of God for sins for all who would be called by grace through faith.
[4664.32 --> 4669.26]  And though he died he was raised 3 days later victorious now over sin and death.
[4669.40 --> 4675.86]  And though he died being raised 3 days later 40 days after that he ascended to the right hand of God the Father.
[4676.06 --> 4679.90]  Where he sits on the throne as king of the universe.
[4679.90 --> 4683.06]  Where he has been given the name that is above every name.
[4683.06 --> 4686.82]  The gospel is Jesus is king.
[4687.06 --> 4690.88]  And the gospel is the kingdom come and the kingdom coming.
[4691.24 --> 4694.58]  The gospel is from such humble beginnings.
[4695.08 --> 4701.58]  And becomes the very greatness and glory of God revealed to the world.
[4701.58 --> 4717.56]  And so gospel living is you and me full of hope and expectation and rejoicing and urgency at the truth of this message.
[4718.02 --> 4718.26]  Right?
[4718.32 --> 4720.20]  That we all might know and see.
[4720.32 --> 4722.20]  That we all might hear and understand.
[4722.36 --> 4724.42]  No matter how dark the night gets.
[4724.74 --> 4725.88]  We have hope.
[4725.88 --> 4727.96]  Right?
[4728.00 --> 4731.26]  We have hope that his mercies are new every morning.
[4731.78 --> 4733.92]  No matter how hard life gets.
[4734.06 --> 4737.92]  We have hope that God is greater than all of our challenges.
[4738.72 --> 4740.88]  Yes in this world you will have trouble.
[4741.18 --> 4744.12]  But we know and believe that Jesus has overcome the world.
[4744.48 --> 4744.58]  Right?
[4744.66 --> 4747.90]  Even when it looks like the powers and principalities.
[4747.90 --> 4752.04]  When it looks like the emperors and the empires of the world are winning.
[4752.30 --> 4757.42]  We know that God has already won the victory in Jesus Christ our Lord.
[4757.48 --> 4757.68]  Amen?
[4757.68 --> 4757.82]  Amen?
[4759.82 --> 4761.14]  And so maybe.
[4762.64 --> 4763.84]  Just maybe.
[4764.80 --> 4769.18]  This post-Christian world that we are increasingly finding ourselves in.
[4769.44 --> 4772.86]  Is exactly what the church needs.
[4773.00 --> 4777.40]  For this mustard seed faith to come to new fruition.
[4777.90 --> 4789.34]  Parable of the mustard seed and of yeast.
[4789.34 --> 4795.32]  Is a story to make a theological point out of the world around us.
[4796.82 --> 4803.92]  To identify us as a people of hope.
[4803.92 --> 4807.20]  And so no matter where you go.
[4807.34 --> 4809.14]  No matter what you face.
[4809.88 --> 4814.94]  Know that God himself goes with you.
[4815.74 --> 4819.44]  That the kingdom of God has come.
[4821.30 --> 4824.64]  May it come in our hearts more and more.
[4824.86 --> 4828.26]  And may it come in fullness in the return of Jesus Christ.
[4828.80 --> 4830.62]  Soon and very soon.
[4831.14 --> 4831.90]  Let's pray together.
[4831.90 --> 4841.78]  Holy God.
[4841.84 --> 4842.40]  Heavenly Father.
[4842.40 --> 4848.36]  May we have eyes to see and ears to hear your kingdom come and coming today.
[4848.56 --> 4853.04]  Grant us hope in this dark night.
[4853.04 --> 4858.62]  Grant us faith in the midst of our doubts.
[4861.14 --> 4865.46]  Grant us rejoicing alongside of our mourning.
[4867.82 --> 4872.68]  Grant us holiness out of our brokenness.
[4872.68 --> 4876.24]  Lord Jesus.
[4876.24 --> 4878.30]  Grant us yourself.
[4878.92 --> 4879.48]  Today.
[4880.78 --> 4882.56]  That we might be found in you.
[4882.70 --> 4885.86]  And that we this week might go with you.
[4886.24 --> 4886.82]  To the world.
[4887.54 --> 4889.96]  To proclaim your kingdom come and your kingdom coming.
[4890.40 --> 4893.04]  To proclaim Jesus Christ alone.
[4893.62 --> 4894.34]  As Lord.
[4895.00 --> 4895.66]  And God.
[4895.66 --> 4897.22]  In his name we pray.
[4897.98 --> 4898.36]  Amen.
[4902.36 --> 4904.36]  For that journey of faith.
[4904.70 --> 4907.08]  That we are about to embark on.
[4907.22 --> 4908.20]  Or continue in.
[4909.02 --> 4910.52]  God grants us.
[4910.76 --> 4912.08]  This meal of grace.
[4912.52 --> 4914.54]  That we might come to his table.
[4915.40 --> 4916.72]  Be found by him.
[4917.10 --> 4917.52]  Here.
[4918.04 --> 4919.74]  And that we might be strengthened.
[4919.74 --> 4921.10]  And nourished.
[4921.42 --> 4922.72]  For this journey of faith.
[4924.10 --> 4925.06]  Jesus Christ.
[4925.20 --> 4926.60]  Before he suffered.
[4927.36 --> 4928.92]  Gave us this memorial.
[4928.92 --> 4930.86]  Of his sacrifice.
[4931.56 --> 4932.86]  Until he comes again.
[4933.78 --> 4934.66]  And the Lord Jesus.
[4935.00 --> 4936.64]  On the night that he was betrayed.
[4936.88 --> 4937.60]  Took bread.
[4937.60 --> 4939.82]  And when he had given thanks.
[4940.00 --> 4940.76]  He broke it.
[4940.90 --> 4941.16]  And said.
[4941.48 --> 4942.64]  This is my body.
[4942.88 --> 4944.06]  Which is for you.
[4945.42 --> 4946.14]  Do this.
[4946.52 --> 4947.18]  In remembrance.
[4947.96 --> 4948.40]  Of me.
[4949.74 --> 4951.02]  And in the same way.
[4951.20 --> 4952.14]  After supper.
[4952.34 --> 4953.22]  He took the cup.
[4953.34 --> 4953.62]  Saying.
[4954.20 --> 4954.90]  This cup.
[4955.16 --> 4956.16]  Is the new covenant.
[4956.76 --> 4957.56]  In my blood.
[4958.48 --> 4959.20]  Do this.
[4959.38 --> 4960.04]  In remembrance.
[4960.72 --> 4961.24]  Of me.
[4962.30 --> 4964.00]  For whenever we eat this bread.
[4964.12 --> 4965.34]  And drink this cup.
[4965.44 --> 4966.14]  We proclaim.
[4966.28 --> 4967.12]  The Lord's death.
[4967.48 --> 4968.86]  Until he comes again.
[4969.98 --> 4970.58]  This.
[4970.84 --> 4972.04]  Is the mystery.
[4972.70 --> 4973.60]  Of our faith.
[4976.70 --> 4977.62]  Your death.
[4977.84 --> 4978.42]  Oh Christ.
[4978.62 --> 4979.30]  We proclaim.
[4979.74 --> 4981.10]  Your resurrection.
[4981.62 --> 4982.12]  We affirm.
[4982.26 --> 4982.78]  With joy.
[4983.72 --> 4984.40]  Your coming.
[4984.74 --> 4985.20]  We wait.
[4985.32 --> 4985.84]  With hope.
[4986.70 --> 4988.10]  Glory be to you.
[4988.22 --> 4988.90]  Lord Jesus.
[4991.04 --> 4991.94]  Church family.
[4992.06 --> 4993.06]  The Lord has prepared.
[4993.06 --> 4993.94]  His table.
[4994.14 --> 4995.30]  For all who love him.
[4995.38 --> 4996.72]  And who trust in him.
[4996.98 --> 4997.50]  Alone.
[4997.66 --> 4998.64]  For their salvation.
[4999.72 --> 5000.20]  And so.
[5000.46 --> 5001.56]  Come to this table.
[5001.78 --> 5003.82]  You who have much faith.
[5003.96 --> 5006.32]  And you who would like to have more.
[5006.80 --> 5007.66]  Come to this table.
[5007.66 --> 5009.74]  You who have been to this sacrament often.
[5009.88 --> 5012.62]  And you who have not been for a long time.
[5012.78 --> 5014.54]  You who have tried to follow Jesus.
[5014.78 --> 5016.04]  And you who have failed.
[5016.20 --> 5017.60]  Come to this table.
[5017.86 --> 5020.70]  Because Jesus is king.
[5022.28 --> 5023.36]  Come to this table.
[5023.40 --> 5024.92]  If you are here present with us.
[5024.98 --> 5027.80]  Or if you are participating this morning online.
[5028.60 --> 5028.92]  Come.
[5028.92 --> 5031.84]  It is Christ who invites us.
[5032.04 --> 5033.42]  It is Christ himself.
[5033.84 --> 5035.32]  Who we meet here.
[5036.44 --> 5038.56]  These are the gifts of God.
[5038.92 --> 5040.80]  For the people of God.
[5042.34 --> 5044.14]  As we come to the table this morning.
[5045.18 --> 5047.12]  We're going to gather up at the front.
[5047.32 --> 5048.52]  Around the table.
[5049.16 --> 5051.50]  The elders will be here present to help serve.
[5051.72 --> 5052.38]  And there will be.
[5052.46 --> 5054.34]  I think deacons in the aisles.
[5054.34 --> 5058.10]  Usher's who will tell you when your time to come to the front is.
[5058.90 --> 5060.24]  As you come to the front.
[5060.48 --> 5063.34]  I will pass the tray to my left and to my right.
[5063.40 --> 5065.20]  And the elders will start in the opposite direction.
[5065.48 --> 5067.76]  As you pass the elements to the person beside you.
[5067.84 --> 5068.90]  We invite you to say.
[5069.08 --> 5070.88]  The body of Christ given for you.
[5071.06 --> 5073.38]  The blood of Christ shed for you.
[5074.02 --> 5075.64]  As you pass each element.
[5075.86 --> 5077.74]  The first group who is going to come to the front.
[5077.82 --> 5078.74]  Is the worship team.
[5079.48 --> 5080.62]  And those at the back.
[5080.62 --> 5082.86]  And then they will lead us with music.
[5083.08 --> 5085.14]  Through the rest of our time together.
[5085.24 --> 5087.08]  So I'm going to invite the worship team.
[5087.40 --> 5088.28]  To come up to the front.
[5089.50 --> 5090.16]  And those who.
[5091.80 --> 5092.20]  Yeah.
[5092.30 --> 5092.70]  Very good.
[5110.62 --> 5112.44]  If you are unable to come to the front.
[5112.68 --> 5114.26]  We will serve you in your seat.
[5114.36 --> 5117.08]  So please just indicate to the ushers in the aisles.
[5117.22 --> 5119.44]  And they will bring the elements to you.
[5121.94 --> 5123.52]  The body of Christ given for you.
[5126.90 --> 5128.38]  The body of Christ given for you.
[5134.56 --> 5135.46]  Christ given for you.
[5135.46 --> 5139.46]  The body of Christ given for you.
[5140.62 --> 5142.90]  The body of Christ gave us.
[5144.70 --> 5145.98]  The body of Christ with a Allen.
[5163.48 --> 5163.74]  Eat.
[5164.36 --> 5164.86]  And remember.
[5164.86 --> 5186.70]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5194.86 --> 5196.52]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5224.86 --> 5254.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5254.86 --> 5284.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5284.86 --> 5314.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5314.84 --> 5316.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5316.84 --> 5320.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5320.84 --> 5326.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5326.84 --> 5332.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5332.84 --> 5338.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5338.84 --> 5344.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5344.84 --> 5346.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5346.84 --> 5352.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5352.84 --> 5358.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5358.84 --> 5364.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5364.84 --> 5370.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5370.84 --> 5376.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5376.84 --> 5382.84]  Jesus, you brought heaven.
[5382.84 --> 5388.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5388.84 --> 5390.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5390.84 --> 5394.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5394.84 --> 5396.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5396.84 --> 5402.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5402.84 --> 5406.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5406.84 --> 5418.84]  Lord of Christ, shed for you.
[5418.84 --> 5421.56]  Nothing compares to this.
[5421.56 --> 5425.30]  What a wonderful name it is.
[5425.46 --> 5429.14]  The name of Jesus.
[5429.96 --> 5432.88]  What a wonderful name it is.
[5433.12 --> 5436.78]  The name of Jesus.
[5448.84 --> 5455.66]  Death could not hold you.
[5456.38 --> 5459.58]  The days are new for you.
[5460.12 --> 5466.40]  You silenced the boast of sin and grave.
[5466.40 --> 5470.58]  Heaven's outroar me.
[5470.58 --> 5474.06]  The praise of your glory.
[5474.06 --> 5480.78]  For you are raised to life again.
[5481.82 --> 5484.74]  You have no rival.
[5485.82 --> 5488.56]  You have no equal.
[5489.84 --> 5495.36]  Now and forever God you reign.
[5496.72 --> 5499.48]  Yours is the kingdom.
[5499.48 --> 5503.42]  Yours is the glory.
[5504.06 --> 5510.74]  Yours is the name above all names.
[5511.32 --> 5514.34]  What a powerful name it is.
[5514.82 --> 5518.28]  What a powerful name it is.
[5518.70 --> 5524.82]  The name of Jesus Christ my King.
[5524.82 --> 5529.24]  What a powerful name it is.
[5530.12 --> 5532.72]  Nothing can stand against.
[5532.72 --> 5536.54]  What a powerful name it is.
[5536.54 --> 5540.34]  The name of Jesus.
[5540.34 --> 5545.04]  You have no rival here.
[5545.04 --> 5547.74]  You have no equal.
[5547.74 --> 5553.30]  Now and forever God you reign.
[5553.30 --> 5556.36]  Yours is the kingdom.
[5556.36 --> 5558.72]  Yours is the kingdom.
[5558.72 --> 5560.62]  Yours is the glory.
[5560.62 --> 5565.22]  Yours is the name above all names.
[5565.22 --> 5569.90]  What a powerful name it is.
[5569.90 --> 5573.84]  What a powerful name it is.
[5573.84 --> 5576.46]  What a powerful name it is.
[5576.46 --> 5583.54]  The name of Jesus Christ my King.
[5583.54 --> 5587.84]  What a powerful name it is.
[5587.84 --> 5591.40]  Nothing can stand against.
[5591.40 --> 5595.16]  What a powerful name it is.
[5595.16 --> 5598.90]  The name of Jesus.
[5598.90 --> 5602.70]  What a wonderful name it is.
[5602.70 --> 5606.54]  The name of Jesus.
[5606.54 --> 5610.36]  What a beautiful name it is.
[5610.36 --> 5614.54]  The name of Jesus.
[5614.54 --> 5628.36]  The name of Jesus.
[5628.36 --> 5630.36]  The name of Jesus.
[5630.36 --> 5632.62]  The name of Jesus.
[5632.62 --> 5650.30]  Great is thy faithfulness, O God, my Father.
[5650.30 --> 5659.30]  There is no shadow of turning with thee.
[5659.30 --> 5667.98]  Thou changest not, thy compassions may fail not.
[5668.60 --> 5676.08]  As thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.
[5677.16 --> 5685.18]  Great is thy faithfulness, great is thy faithfulness.
[5685.18 --> 5693.32]  Morning by morning new mercies I see.
[5694.16 --> 5701.46]  All I have needed thy hand hath provided.
[5701.46 --> 5710.46]  Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto you.
[5710.46 --> 5725.68]  Summer and winter and springtime and harvest.
[5725.68 --> 5734.14]  Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above.
[5734.64 --> 5742.36]  Joined with all nature in manifold witness.
[5742.36 --> 5751.36]  To thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
[5751.36 --> 5760.76]  Great is thy faithfulness, great is thy faithfulness.
[5761.34 --> 5768.74]  Morning by morning new mercies I see.
[5768.74 --> 5777.74]  All I have needed thy hand hath provided.
[5777.74 --> 5786.74]  Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.
[5786.74 --> 5802.50]  Thine Lord, for sin and the peace that endures.
[5802.50 --> 5811.52]  Thine all dear presence to cheer and to guide.
[5811.52 --> 5819.96]  Strength for today and pride, hope for tomorrow.
[5821.44 --> 5828.52]  Blessings of mine with ten thousand beside.
[5830.64 --> 5838.52]  Great is thy faithfulness, great is thy faithfulness.
[5838.52 --> 5847.52]  Morning by morning new mercies I see.
[5849.14 --> 5856.98]  All I have needed thy hand hath provided.
[5858.46 --> 5866.52]  Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.
[5868.52 --> 5870.52]  Thank you.
[5870.52 --> 5871.52]  Thank you.
[5871.52 --> 5875.52]  Thank you.
[5875.52 --> 5877.52]  Thank you.
[5877.52 --> 5879.52]  Thank you.
[5879.52 --> 5881.52]  Thank you.
[5881.52 --> 5883.52]  Thank you.
[5883.52 --> 5884.52]  Thank you.
[5884.52 --> 5885.52]  Thank you.
[5885.52 --> 5886.52]  Thank you.
[5886.52 --> 5888.52]  Thank you.
[5888.52 --> 5902.16]  Because you were forsaken
[5902.16 --> 5905.78]  I've accepted
[5905.78 --> 5909.64]  You were condemned
[5909.64 --> 5914.70]  I'm alive and well
[5914.70 --> 5918.10]  Your spirit is within me
[5918.10 --> 5924.04]  Because you died and rose again
[5924.04 --> 5929.32]  I've been forgiven
[5929.32 --> 5933.36]  Because you were forsaken
[5933.36 --> 5937.24]  I've accepted
[5937.24 --> 5941.32]  You were condemned
[5941.32 --> 5946.10]  I'm alive and well
[5946.10 --> 5950.04]  Your spirit is within me
[5950.04 --> 5955.04]  Because you died and rose again
[5955.04 --> 5965.98]  Amazing love, how can it be?
[5965.98 --> 5971.92]  I wish you my King would die for me
[5971.92 --> 5980.92]  Amazing love, I know it's true
[5980.92 --> 5986.86]  It's my joy to honor you
[5986.86 --> 5991.86]  In all I do
[5991.86 --> 5995.86]  I honor you
[5995.86 --> 5998.24]  Please rise
[5998.24 --> 6004.18]  I'm forgiven
[6004.18 --> 6004.62]  I'm forgiven
[6004.62 --> 6008.18]  Because you were forsaken
[6008.18 --> 6012.46]  I'm accepted
[6012.46 --> 6016.18]  You were condemned
[6016.18 --> 6021.40]  I'm alive and well
[6021.40 --> 6024.34]  Your spirit is within me
[6024.34 --> 6027.34]  I'm alive and well
[6027.34 --> 6031.28]  You were condemned
[6031.28 --> 6033.28]  I'm alive and well
[6033.28 --> 6033.92]  I'm alive and well
[6033.92 --> 6038.24]  Amazing love, how can it be?
[6038.24 --> 6042.20]  Amazing love, how can it be?
[6042.20 --> 6044.28]  That you my King would die for me
[6044.28 --> 6058.28]  that died for me
[6064.28 --> 6072.28]  in all i do
[6074.28 --> 6078.28]  you are my king
[6078.28 --> 6086.28]  you are my king
[6086.28 --> 6094.28]  jesus you are my king
[6094.28 --> 6104.28]  you are my king
[6104.28 --> 6108.28]  amazing love
[6108.28 --> 6112.28]  how can it be
[6112.28 --> 6114.28]  that you my king
[6114.28 --> 6118.28]  who died for me
[6118.28 --> 6124.28]  amazing love
[6124.28 --> 6130.28]  i know it's true
[6130.28 --> 6132.28]  and it's my joy
[6132.28 --> 6136.28]  to honor you
[6136.28 --> 6138.28]  in all i do
[6138.28 --> 6142.28]  i honor you
[6142.28 --> 6146.28]  in all i do
[6146.28 --> 6150.28]  i honor you
[6150.28 --> 6156.28]  you are my king
[6156.28 --> 6158.28]  what a refrain
[6158.28 --> 6160.28]  to end on and to go out
[6160.28 --> 6162.28]  into this week
[6162.28 --> 6164.28]  proclaiming
[6164.28 --> 6166.28]  as you go just a quick reminder
[6166.28 --> 6168.28]  you stick around for fellowship
[6168.28 --> 6170.28]  and then i will be at the back
[6170.28 --> 6172.28]  to you answer your questions
[6172.28 --> 6174.28]  and hopefully recruit you
[6174.28 --> 6176.28]  into some bag delivery service
[6176.28 --> 6178.28]  over these next couple days
[6178.28 --> 6180.28]  and so grab me for that and i will explain that to you
[6180.28 --> 6182.28]  also if you're visiting with us this morning
[6182.28 --> 6184.28]  we would love to connect with you
[6184.28 --> 6186.28]  and so these cards are available
[6186.28 --> 6188.28]  use one of those and connect with us there
[6188.28 --> 6194.28]  and finally if you use one of the kids clipboards this morning
[6194.28 --> 6198.28]  it would be really helpful if you could return them to the spot at the
[6198.28 --> 6200.28]  in the foyer there that would be great
[6200.28 --> 6202.28]  thank you so much
[6202.28 --> 6206.28]  receive god's blessing now for the journey ahead
[6206.28 --> 6210.28]  god go before you to guide you
[6210.28 --> 6214.28]  god go behind you to protect you
[6214.28 --> 6216.28]  god go beneath you to support you
[6216.28 --> 6220.28]  god go beside you to befriend you
[6220.28 --> 6224.28]  do not be afraid
[6224.28 --> 6226.28]  let the blessing of god come upon you today
[6226.28 --> 6228.28]  do not be afraid
[6228.28 --> 6230.28]  but go in peace
[6230.28 --> 6232.28]  to love and serve
[6232.28 --> 6234.28]  the lord
[6234.28 --> 6236.28]  amen
[6236.28 --> 6238.28]  let's end with
[6238.28 --> 6240.28]  salvation belongs to our god
[6246.28 --> 6256.28]  god
[6256.28 --> 6258.28]  i tried a different intro that didn't work
[6258.28 --> 6272.28]  it just belongs to our god
[6272.28 --> 6276.28]  who saves the Lord to the throne
[6276.28 --> 6278.28]  and unto the land
[6278.28 --> 6286.28]  praise and glory
[6286.28 --> 6288.28]  wisdom and love
[6288.28 --> 6290.28]  honor and power and strength
[6290.28 --> 6294.28]  honor and power and strength
[6294.28 --> 6296.28]  please you are gone
[6296.28 --> 6300.28]  forever and ever
[6300.28 --> 6302.28]  please you are gone
[6302.28 --> 6304.28]  forever and ever
[6304.28 --> 6306.28]  please you are gone
[6306.28 --> 6308.28]  forever and ever
[6308.28 --> 6316.28]  amen
[6316.28 --> 6320.28]  and we the redeemed shall be strong
[6320.28 --> 6322.28]  in purpose and unity
[6322.28 --> 6324.28]  in purpose and unity
[6324.28 --> 6326.28]  in unity
[6326.28 --> 6328.28]  in glory and love
[6328.28 --> 6332.28]  enh 활동
[6332.28 --> 6334.28]  lord
[6334.28 --> 6351.28]  Muhl
[6351.28 --> 6352.28]  me
[6352.28 --> 6356.44]  ever
[6359.56 --> 6362.20]  amen
[6364.28 --> 6375.48]  me to our god forever and ever be to our god forever and ever
[6382.28 --> 6389.88]  Be to our God forever and ever.
[6389.88 --> 6395.08]  Be to our God forever and ever.
[6395.08 --> 6400.38]  Be to our God forever and ever.
[6400.38 --> 6401.38]  Amen.
[6412.28 --> 6414.28]  Amen.
[6442.28 --> 6444.28]  Amen.
[6472.28 --> 6474.28]  Amen.