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The word is from the
reading that we heard

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from Hebrews chapter
12 where it says in these

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words, looking to Jesus.

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Looking to Jesus.

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It was not quite two
months ago that Concordia

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Seminary began its
186th academic year.

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A very attractive
green and gold folder

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was given to all
the worshippers.

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In that gold folder was
the theme for this year.

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Let's keep looking to Jesus.

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I'm sure that theme came from
these words, looking to Jesus.

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That was also the
reading for that day.

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I was here.

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No, I wasn't here.

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I was there where you are.

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Dr. Egger was here
preaching the word and

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he who was presently
the president of our

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seminary did what
the first president

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of this seminary
taught us to do.

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He preached law and gospel.

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Towards the end of
that service he addressed

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himself to the first
year students who were

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sitting over there.

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I believe he addressed them

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using the third
use of the law.

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For he had told us who
we were in his sermon.

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We were the light
and Christ was the light

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in us and we are to
share that light in the

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world.

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He now addressed
the first year students.

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Now you're going
to the seminary

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to become more
filled with light.

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He suggested now you
have to do some studying.

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That we can say let's
keep the light in us.

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Indeed, for the
first year students

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that was the third
use of the law.

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He wasn't pointing
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had done which they
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first use.

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He wasn't indeed
identifying sins.

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He was talking to
Christians who were anxious

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to do the will of God
and the will of God

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for them would
be to study that

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indeed let's
keep the light on.

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Let's keep our
eyes on the light.

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But for them it was
the third use of the law.

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For me it was the
second use of the law.

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It was 70 years ago
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Fuerbringer who was
then president or academic

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dean Art Rep or the other dean
that we had Leonard Werfel.

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They would have
told us in our first

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year there now
keep the light on.

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Indeed, keep looking at Jesus.

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As I look back at now
65 years of ministry

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how much light did
I reflect from reading

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the book.

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Indeed, there was
sometimes when Jeopardy

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was on I didn't even
know the answer to a

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Jeopardy question that
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No my studying that
I might indeed reflect

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Christ wasn't indeed
what it should have been.

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But that wasn't
all that indeed

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occurred in that
opening service.

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The reading that we
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chapter 12 was also
the reading and it talked

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about those who
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They will be disciplined.

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You know chapter
11 is that whole list of

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witnesses to Christ and
all what they suffered.

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They were sawn in two.

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They were stoned.

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They were slain.

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All kinds of things.

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And as this chapter
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what happened to
Christ and then the writer

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to the Hebrews suggests
that indeed we will

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be he used the word
disciplined or chastised.

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I was confronted with a
challenge when I began

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preaching today's
preparing today's sermon.

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How often do you
preach at the Seminary.

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You better do some studying.

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And so but I was
in a quandary.

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I had a grandson
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couple of months ago
and he came to my office

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and I let him take
all of my books.

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You know right now
it's about it's about six

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feet the new Concordia
commentary series.

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They were all gone.

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Lenski was gone.

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Barkley he's liberal
but indeed he has

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some interesting
stories and what the CPH

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and Northwestern publishing
house are putting together.

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All the commentaries are gone.

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What am I going to do here
for the St. Louis Seminary.

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Well he didn't
take all the books.

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There was one little
thing not in his language.

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The Epistle and the Hebraia.

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The Epistle to the Hebrews.

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Indeed that's what
we have before us.

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But in that letter
or in that translation

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it didn't have
chastise or discipline.

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It talked about the Christian
with a kampf, a battle.

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That would have
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talks about shedding
of blood here.

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Indeed he goes on to
say, he asks the reader

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have you ever been
engaged in that battle.

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If your answer
is no, Dan zagich

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dir dubis nach
nich kine krist.

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If you answer no you
haven't been in the battle.

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I'm going to tell you
you aren't a Christian yet.

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Well how has my life been.

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Yeah we read all of
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about the struggle, the
battle, the chastisement,

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the discipline that our
faith brings upon us.

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But how much have
you experienced?

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Well I was reflecting
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as the law
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But how about even
you first year students.

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You've been here
almost two months.

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Have you really applied
yourself to your studies

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that indeed you might let
Christ shine in your life?

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Let us keep our eyes on Jesus.

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Have your eyes
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sometimes may
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on something like
the Chicago Cardinals.

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Indeed I have
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and too much on
the Chicago Bears.

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Indeed that's the
way it is with life.

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And how has it been
with my struggle?

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Have I been facing a battle
because of my Christian faith?

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Or is what's
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East something that
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that maybe we want
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Sit down and talk
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and compromise
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Indeed yes we are
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have not kept
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that we might faithfully

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reflect him and
speak his word.

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We are those who
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in seeking a
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We are those who
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not as much time
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with his word
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news or even
looking at those things

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that are totally
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Christ whom we
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Well then let's do
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Let's look to Jesus.

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Let's look to Jesus.

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Where are we
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We're going to find
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We're going to find
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At Nazareth where
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virgin who indeed
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by a messenger
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she who is a
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and that she's
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It'll be the son of God.

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How can that be?

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Because the Holy
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her and what was
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with her with Joseph and
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in Mary's womb would
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Article 8 of the epitome
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It talks about Mary's
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and she is there called
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When we keep our eyes
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That's who He is,
the eternal God.

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Where do we see Him again?

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Not up in Nazareth
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At that night
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where the shepherds
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to the manger
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taught and you
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from confirmation, the

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omniscient one,
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the one who is
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the one who is
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and where is He?

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Is He in a cave?

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Is He in a shed?

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To be sure He's
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the odor of dung,
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We see Him, He identifies
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We keep our eyes on
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When do we see Him next?

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He's 12 years old.

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He's in Jerusalem and there
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and there are answers.

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Perhaps some of
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wondering just how
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walk on the Sabbath day?

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But this one, the
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omniscient one, He
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He knows for us
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Who am I?

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Where is he?

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How do I get to Him?

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What brought this?

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He is the one who knows the

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answer to the
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That's who He is.

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That's why we keep
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And then where do
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We see Him in
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Towards the end
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we're not quite
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Chapter 13 begins by the sea.

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He may be in Galilee, but Mary
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And they tell
Jesus, your mother

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and your brother is outside

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and Jesus asks,
who is my mother?

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Who is my brother?

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And the answer is, he who
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And what is the
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We see that in the
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that comes just
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Six times in one
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If someone hits
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cheek, turn the right cheek.

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Some say, love your
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But I say, love
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That's what He wants us to do.

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Oh, we can have some law
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But those words
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Again, let us keep
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Where do we see Him next?

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We hear Him say,
behold your son.

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He's speaking that to Mary
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You have preached or will
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you'll say those are the
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She should look at John,
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But the words, behold your son
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her to look at her only
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With the crown and His
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And indeed, not
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on His forehead,
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If indeed the
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the passion of
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His body is a bloody mess.

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His hands and His
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And what does He say?

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Not only behold your son.

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He says, Father,
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he's not any place near
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Father, forgive
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that are there
saying crucify Him.

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But Father, forgive them who

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haven't kept their
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Who have kept them
on the bulls or the

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bears, who have kept
them on television.

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Father, forgive them.

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You keep your eyes on
Him, hear those words.

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Indeed, what a
blessing to hear

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Him say, Father,
forgive them.

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But keep your eyes
on Jesus on the cross

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and hear what they're
saying around Him.

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He who saved
others, save Himself

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if He is indeed
the Son of God.

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Indeed, if He is
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the sign says, the
king of the Jews.

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Then save yourself.

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Yes, he says that.

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But there is one next to Him
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He's hanging on the cross.

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Words that indeed
bring back something

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to his mind that
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And he speaks to this one now.

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Remember me when you
come into your kingdom.

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And keep your eyes,
keep your ears on Jesus.

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Today, you'll be
with me in paradise.

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Indeed, yes, he died that day.

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You may never
die that way, but a

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horrible way,
hanging on a cross.

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You may die, we
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But on that day, the
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because He's hanging there

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bleeding and
dying, it's for you.

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Keep your eyes on that Jesus.

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70 years ago, I was
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It wasn't quite here.

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It was out there.

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The day of my first year
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You might remember that.

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Peterson, he was
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Indeed, no school.

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Every kind of
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you can imagine,
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Wasn't tackled, but it
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And Lowell Rush,
Bud Rush, he was

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the quarterback
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He came from upper Wisconsin,

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went to Milwaukee,
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and could he quarterback.

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But that evening, he
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as we all gathered here tired.

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Some 800 of us at that time.

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And Lowell had the service.

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And there on the KFUO
tower was an illumined cross.

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And we closed the
service with singing,

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Hold thou thy cross
before my closing eyes.

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Shine through the gloom
and point me to the skies.

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Heaven's morning breaks
and earth's vain shadows flee.

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In life, in death, oh
Lord, abide with me.

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Keep your eyes on Jesus.

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And now, Egbert didn't
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Preach the gospel.

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He was telling us, keep
your eyes on Jesus.

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Keep your eyes on Jesus.

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And in his sermon, he
said, you know what?

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Jesus has his eyes on you.

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Jesus has his eyes on you.

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He sees you.

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Yes, He sees us when
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He sees us when we're
placing more confidence

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in ourselves than we should.

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He sees us who want to
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He sees us.

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But what does he do?

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He who is the one
who is always with you.

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We think of who He really is.

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He has washed you.

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He has spoken into your
ears through your pastor,

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your father, confessor.

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What He said from the
cross, your sins are forgiven.

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And more than that, in the
holy supper, He comes to you

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with His body and blood
so that the closing words

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of that hymn are true, that
He is ever not only with us,

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but the eternal one has
made us His dwelling place

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through His holy supper.

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You couldn't
have it any better.

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In the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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Amen.