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[1400.96 --> 1402.56] we don't need a Messiah.
[1402.56 --> 1404.28] And we are asked again,
[1404.50 --> 1407.00] who do you say I am?
[1413.08 --> 1413.98] There's this book
[1413.98 --> 1414.96] that I read called
[1414.96 --> 1415.86] Organic Church
[1415.86 --> 1417.74] by a guy named Neil Cole.
[1418.78 --> 1420.08] He had an interesting insight
[1420.08 --> 1421.16] about this passage.
[1422.40 --> 1423.12] He says this.
[1423.34 --> 1423.54] He says,
[1423.82 --> 1425.30] Jesus said that the gates of hell
[1425.30 --> 1425.96] won't prevail
[1425.96 --> 1427.04] against this church
[1427.04 --> 1428.00] built on the rock.
[1429.26 --> 1430.32] There's this cave,
[1430.32 --> 1431.08] and as he's saying that,
[1431.14 --> 1431.86] there's this cave
[1431.86 --> 1433.58] looming over Jesus' shoulder
[1433.58 --> 1434.46] as he talks to us.
[1435.38 --> 1436.06] And Cole says,
[1436.38 --> 1436.70] gates,
[1436.92 --> 1437.54] or reminds us that
[1437.54 --> 1438.22] gates are used
[1438.22 --> 1439.26] in military strategy.
[1439.68 --> 1441.04] But gates are not
[1441.04 --> 1442.32] offensive weapons.
[1443.06 --> 1443.68] Think about that.
[1444.44 --> 1445.42] No one ever won a battle
[1445.42 --> 1446.06] by breaking out
[1446.06 --> 1446.76] of a great gate.
[1447.28 --> 1449.30] Gates are defensive in nature.
[1450.32 --> 1451.58] They're there to block something.
[1452.40 --> 1453.50] So when Jesus talks
[1453.50 --> 1454.10] about his church
[1454.10 --> 1456.24] struggling with the forces
[1456.24 --> 1456.92] of evil,
[1457.52 --> 1458.44] Jesus assumes
[1458.44 --> 1459.20] the church
[1459.20 --> 1460.84] is on the offensive.
[1464.10 --> 1465.06] There's the gate,
[1465.62 --> 1466.86] and we're storming it.
[1468.94 --> 1470.10] We're on the attack.
[1471.16 --> 1472.48] And hell is counting
[1472.48 --> 1473.42] on its gate
[1473.42 --> 1475.30] as a defensive position.
[1476.48 --> 1479.02] We are on the attack
[1479.02 --> 1479.96] in a war
[1479.96 --> 1482.28] that Jesus has already won.
[1483.78 --> 1485.54] We ought not to be
[1485.54 --> 1486.68] cowering in a corner.
[1486.68 --> 1488.26] We ought to be bold
[1488.26 --> 1489.40] in our attack
[1489.40 --> 1490.36] against things
[1490.36 --> 1491.08] that are wrong,
[1491.36 --> 1492.10] against evil
[1492.10 --> 1492.74] and ourselves
[1492.74 --> 1493.98] and the world around us
[1493.98 --> 1494.94] because Jesus
[1494.94 --> 1495.72] has overcome.
[1497.08 --> 1498.70] We are on the move.
[1500.32 --> 1502.30] And the forces of evil
[1502.30 --> 1503.82] should be trembling
[1503.82 --> 1504.96] as we approach.
[1504.96 --> 1509.38] because when evil
[1509.38 --> 1510.02] is dark,
[1510.82 --> 1511.92] we bring light.
[1513.20 --> 1514.84] When evil brings despair,
[1515.12 --> 1515.82] we bring hope.
[1516.60 --> 1517.18] When evil
[1517.18 --> 1518.20] collars behind
[1518.20 --> 1519.42] the gates of death,
[1519.74 --> 1520.82] we tear those gates
[1520.82 --> 1521.60] down with the
[1521.60 --> 1522.52] resurrection power
[1522.52 --> 1523.12] of Jesus,
[1523.50 --> 1524.06] our Messiah.
[1526.06 --> 1526.70] Because,
[1526.90 --> 1527.76] as John said
[1527.76 --> 1528.50] in his gospel,
[1528.98 --> 1529.68] the light
[1529.68 --> 1530.46] shines
[1530.46 --> 1531.50] in the darkness
[1531.50 --> 1533.34] and the darkness
[1533.34 --> 1534.44] does not
[1534.44 --> 1535.08] overcome.
[1536.40 --> 1537.20] Let's pray.
[1541.96 --> 1542.88] Father God,
[1542.98 --> 1544.26] we are so grateful
[1544.26 --> 1545.76] that you
[1545.76 --> 1547.50] are our foundation,
[1547.70 --> 1548.18] that you
[1548.18 --> 1549.46] are our cornerstone,
[1549.68 --> 1550.38] that you
[1550.38 --> 1551.20] have overcome
[1551.20 --> 1552.92] and we get to
[1552.92 --> 1553.94] confess you
[1553.94 --> 1555.06] and then live
[1555.06 --> 1556.00] out of that confession.
[1556.16 --> 1556.24] Lord,