• God is

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  and Israel is
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  —they can follow him
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  ! ^{(Mark 1:1-3; Isaiah 40:1-9)}
  

• Israel won’t follow because they don’t

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  they are
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  . ^{(Is. 40:27, 45:9, 49:14)}
  

• They cannot accept that they are the

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  —but not the
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  . ^{(Is. 42:18-43:1, 45:9-13)}
  

• God sends a servant to

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  them—but they
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  him. ^{(Mk. 1:11, 15; Is. 42:1-7, 50:4-7)}
  

• The servant takes Israel’s

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  and leads them to
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  . ^{(Mk. 10:45, Is. 53:4-6, 10-11)}
  

Following Jesus

• We never have to

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  for God’s forgiveness—his hands are
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  .
  

• The obstacle is

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  —our refusal to
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  .
  

• Jesus has made a way: we can share his

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  and his
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  .