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[3671.10 --> 3671.80] of the blind.
[3672.18 --> 3673.66] He will free the captives
[3673.66 --> 3674.80] and bring light
[3674.80 --> 3676.26] to those who are in the dark.
[3679.82 --> 3681.58] This is what you can expect.
[3683.42 --> 3684.64] And now we get to read
[3684.64 --> 3686.02] our other passage today.
[3686.02 --> 3688.88] Matthew 12, 15 to 21.
[3689.66 --> 3690.84] So follow along.
[3692.92 --> 3693.88] Aware of this,
[3694.06 --> 3695.82] Jesus withdrew from that place.
[3696.50 --> 3698.06] A large crowd followed him
[3698.06 --> 3699.52] and he healed all who were ill.
[3700.04 --> 3700.88] He warned them
[3700.88 --> 3702.62] not to tell others about him.
[3703.14 --> 3704.12] This was to fulfill
[3704.12 --> 3704.94] what was spoken
[3704.94 --> 3706.54] through the prophet Isaiah.
[3707.26 --> 3708.36] Here is my servant
[3708.36 --> 3709.28] whom I have chosen,
[3709.84 --> 3711.16] the one whom I love,
[3711.84 --> 3713.12] the one in whom I delight.
[3713.40 --> 3714.90] I will put my spirit on him
[3714.90 --> 3715.98] and he will proclaim justice
[3715.98 --> 3716.70] to the nations.
[3717.56 --> 3718.54] He will not quarrel
[3718.54 --> 3719.28] or cry out.
[3719.70 --> 3721.06] No one will hear his voice
[3721.06 --> 3721.68] in the streets.
[3722.38 --> 3724.02] No, a bruised weed,
[3724.22 --> 3725.18] a bruised reed,
[3725.44 --> 3726.18] he will not break.
[3726.46 --> 3727.28] And a smoldering wick,
[3727.74 --> 3728.82] he will not stuff out.
[3729.06 --> 3730.22] Till he has brought justice
[3730.22 --> 3731.12] through to victory.
[3731.50 --> 3732.16] In his name,
[3732.26 --> 3733.42] the nations will put their hope.
[3735.48 --> 3736.58] Matthew quotes
[3736.58 --> 3738.62] the Isaiah passage from today
[3738.62 --> 3739.70] as proof
[3739.70 --> 3741.46] that Jesus is the Messiah.
[3742.34 --> 3743.34] Matthew is writing here
[3743.34 --> 3745.42] that Jesus is the servant
[3745.42 --> 3747.30] spoken of in Isaiah 42.
[3747.94 --> 3748.86] And he's highlighting
[3748.86 --> 3750.68] how when Jesus heals the crowd,
[3751.40 --> 3753.98] he doesn't want them
[3753.98 --> 3754.76] to tell people.
[3756.24 --> 3756.84] Why?
[3758.00 --> 3759.56] Because like the character
[3759.56 --> 3760.98] of the servant described,
[3761.78 --> 3762.42] he's humble.
[3763.20 --> 3764.02] He's meek.
[3764.70 --> 3766.18] He's not looking to gloat
[3766.18 --> 3768.46] or present himself as great.
[3769.20 --> 3770.16] He was quiet,
[3771.04 --> 3771.52] intentional.
[3772.80 --> 3774.08] And in keeping them quiet,
[3774.20 --> 3775.26] Jesus is showing us
[3775.26 --> 3775.94] and them,
[3776.22 --> 3777.38] it's not about the fame
[3777.38 --> 3778.34] or the prestige
[3778.34 --> 3779.72] or about being lauded
[3779.72 --> 3780.62] as some hero.
[3781.28 --> 3782.92] As it says in Philippians 2,
[3783.04 --> 3783.64] 6 to 8,
[3784.34 --> 3786.48] who being in the very nature God,
[3786.66 --> 3788.46] did not consider equality with God
[3788.46 --> 3789.86] something to be used
[3789.86 --> 3791.14] for his own advantage.
[3791.74 --> 3792.08] Rather,
[3792.20 --> 3793.16] he made himself nothing
[3793.16 --> 3794.74] by taking on the very nature
[3794.74 --> 3796.22] of a servant.
[3796.22 --> 3799.36] Being made in human likeness
[3799.36 --> 3800.10] and being found
[3800.10 --> 3801.20] in an appearance as a man,
[3801.66 --> 3802.56] he humbled himself
[3802.56 --> 3804.46] by becoming obedient to death,
[3804.62 --> 3806.08] even death on a cross.
[3807.84 --> 3810.32] Jesus came to be a servant
[3810.32 --> 3812.16] and not just any servant,
[3812.62 --> 3815.18] but the servant of the Lord
[3815.18 --> 3816.26] in Isaiah 42.
[3817.70 --> 3819.44] And when studying for this passage,
[3819.58 --> 3820.10] the realization
[3820.10 --> 3822.24] that just blew me away
[3822.24 --> 3824.50] was that when Jesus was a child
[3824.50 --> 3826.16] and learning from the Torah
[3826.16 --> 3827.08] and the prophets,
[3827.46 --> 3828.14] as it says,
[3828.22 --> 3829.38] he learned and grew in wisdom,
[3830.12 --> 3830.90] that when this,
[3831.12 --> 3832.38] when he read this passage
[3832.38 --> 3832.92] in Isaiah,
[3833.60 --> 3834.96] he knew it was his father
[3834.96 --> 3835.82] speaking to him.
[3839.56 --> 3840.84] So that when he goes
[3840.84 --> 3841.44] to the temple