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Jesus had to wait 30 years. I'm saying all this to make a point that we stop and listen and think. Jesus is so submitted, SO SURE, SO LOVES US THAT NO MATTER WHAT IT TOOK, he was paying it. Yeah. Come on. You know I'm telling you truth.
It's not that we're evil or bad in our heart when this happens, BUT YOU'LL DRIVE PAST SOMEBODY'S DRIVEWAY and you'll get to church and they'll ring your phone or text your phone. "Hey, you going to church this morning?" "Already there, man. I just pulled in." "Oh, man. Why? What's up, man?" "I can't get my car started. I was hoping you could swing in and pick me up." You think, "Man, I wish he'd have texted me earlier. I went right by his place, man. It's only three miles back, right?" You say, "Well, look, I'll come and get you. I'm already here, but oh well, I'll come back and get you." And they all like, "Man, thanks for the sacrifice, man. No big deal."
The whole time you're like, "Man, why didn't he just go back three miles?" We can act like that. This is the SON OF GOD SITTING IN THE WOMB OF A WOMAN FOR nine months, hanging OUT ON THE EARTH, GROWING UP, STUCK IN A HUMAN BODY. THAT DON'T EVEN SOUND LIKE A blessing when you're God. I mean, now he's sweating, he's hungry, he's peeing, he's pooping, he's he's he's heat, he's stuff. I think about this stuff. It makes me appreciate the cross.
But here's the biggest thing of all. He knows he's not going to be received. And he's stand Think of the humility of this. Think of the humility of this. He's standing in front of men that he created for his image that are so lost they can't even tell who he is. They're so lost. They're rebutting everything he's saying. They're so arrogant in their own mind and puffed up in their own mind. They're so lost in their own lostness. Yeah. That they're actually criticizing him, bickering, backbiting, whispering, trying to test him with motives. And the whole time he's just standing there knowing they don't have a clue who they are. This is the power of love, people. Yeah. THEY DON'T HAVE A That's why you couldn't get under his skin cuz he's