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 Good morning, Watermark.

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 For those of you who don't know me, my name is Eric,

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 and I am one of the guys here on staff.

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 It's great to be here with you today.

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 I want to start off by sharing with you a scene from one of my favorite movies.

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 I'm sure many of you have seen it.

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 It's called The Fellowship of the Ring.

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 Anyone seen it?

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 Yes?

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 Okay.

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 So in The Fellowship of the Ring, there's this scene, sort of close to the start.

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 They're in Rivendell, the home of Elrond.

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 It's okay if you don't know what these words mean.

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 But they have this meeting.

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 They have a gathering because they have a problem.

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 There's a ring, a ring of power.

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 And this ring is so powerful that whoever has it will be able to rule the world,

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 but it always draws that person towards darkness, and it is dangerous.

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 And they know that it is dangerous, and they know that this ring needs to be destroyed.

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 And they know that the job of destroying this one ring is far bigger than any one of them individually can accomplish.

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 And so they form this group of nine that will go to destroy the ring.

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 They call this group the Fellowship of the Ring.

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 And they form this Fellowship of the Ring to accomplish a mission that they have that is far too big for any one of them to accomplish on their own.

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 And I think when we look at the church, a lot of times we feel like, oh, you know, like, God saved us, and then he didn't want us to be bored,

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 so he gave us something to do to keep us from being bored for the rest of our lives.

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 And that's, you know, missions and evangelism and telling other people about him.

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 But I think when you look at the story of the Bible, it's actually the other way around.

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 It's a lot more like in the Fellowship of the Ring, that there is a mission that God has that is huge.

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 It's too huge for any one of us to accomplish on our own.

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 And so to accomplish his mission, God forms us as his people to go out and accomplish his mission in the world.

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 He forms us as a fellowship to go out and accomplish his mission in the world and sends us out, just like the Fellowship of the Ring is sent out to destroy the ring.

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 He sends us out into the world to tell others about him and to share about how amazing he is.

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 We call this mission, life on mission.

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 And last week, we started a sermon series on this idea of mission, looking at it from the book of Isaiah.

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 Isaiah, we saw last week that God sends out his call to the thirsty, to those who are looking for something to satisfy them.

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 God says, if you are looking for something to satisfy, come to me.

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 All who are thirsty, come to the waters and drink and find satisfaction.

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 And God calls us, if we are Christians here today, God calls us to go out to those in the world who are thirsty

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 and to offer them satisfaction in him.

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 And today we're going to continue talking about mission.

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 And we're going to look at it from another perspective, another group that God wants us to call out to.

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 And this group is the outsiders.

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 And so we're going to look at it, three points.

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 Number one, a call to missional holiness.

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 Number two, the mission of God.

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 And number three, a call to the outsiders.

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 We're going to start out with the call to missional holiness.

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 If we look at the first couple of verses of chapter 56, it says,

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 Keep justice and do righteousness, and soon my salvation will come and my deliverance be revealed.

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 Blessed is the man who does this and the son of man who holds it fast,

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 who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

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 Keep justice, do righteousness, keep the Sabbath, don't do any evil.

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 I think for a lot of us, when we look at commands like this,

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 there's this part of us inside that sort of bristles at this.

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 Because we, you know, we like God, we like Jesus, we like this message of love that he has.

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 But the idea of him telling us what to do in the 21st century can feel a little regressive to some of us.

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 It can feel a little oppressive to some of us.

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 Like, who is God to come in and tell me how to live my life?

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 Maybe we feel like John Lennon when he said, you know, Jesus was all right,

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 but his disciples were thick and ordinary.

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 It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.

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 Basically, you know, this message that God wants us to love one another, that's great, I like that.

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 This whole stuff about having to obey him and live our life by a standard that he sets for us, not so much.

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 If we could just get back to that pure message that Jesus had of loving one another without having to obey,

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 then everything would be great.

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 But right here it says that he wants us to keep justice, do righteousness, keep the Sabbath, and keep our hands from doing evil.

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 And I think for a lot of us, we don't like God trying to tell us what to do with our lives.

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 But there's a problem with our way of thinking on a couple levels.

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 First off, this command isn't just about obedience.

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 It is about obedience in terms of not doing things that are wrong.

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 But it's much more than that.

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 When we see this phrase, do righteousness,

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 in the Old Testament, this idea of righteousness and this idea of justice,

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 it's not just an idea of avoiding what's wrong and punishing people who do wrong.

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 It's also an idea of identifying things that are wrong in the world and setting them right.

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 It's what we would think of maybe more as social justice,

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 a pursuit of what is good and what is right,

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 not just avoiding the bad, but pursuing actively the good,

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 chasing after loving one another.

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 And although we have this tendency to split the world into my private life where I can do whatever I want

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 and the public world where there's neighbors and stuff like that,

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 God doesn't dichotomize life in that way.

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 For God, we are one person.

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 We're not a separate person when the door is closed and when the door is open and everyone's around.

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 We are one person.

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 And the choices and decisions that we make in our private lives

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 are going to impact the way that we act in public.

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 And so this call that God wants us to keep our hands from doing evil,

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 to keep justice, to do righteousness,

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 it is a call to obedience,

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 but it's a call to obedience for the sake of love

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 because we cannot truly love our neighbors as God wants us to

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 if we are not living our lives according to the standard that God calls us to.

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 I'll give you a couple examples to illustrate what I'm talking about.

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 So, we look at the world and we see issues like sex trafficking.

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 And we're like, that's a bad thing.

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 I don't think anyone in here would say, like, that's a good thing.

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 And we say, we need to do things to stop sex trafficking.

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 Maybe we can have a documentary screening like we did here last week

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 to raise awareness and get people aware of what's happening in this world of sex trafficking.

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 And we need to have rallies to call for the stop of it

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 and to call for legislation to make it stop.

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 And we can fight for all these things and they're good things to fight for,

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 but if we go to these rallies and we host these documentary screenings

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 and then we go home and watch pornography,

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 we're actually helping spread sex trafficking

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 because the sex trafficking industry is spread and fueled by the pornography industry.

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 And what we do in our actions in public, saying we're against it,

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 and what we do in our actions in private,

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 doing actions that push for it to be spread,

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 they're opposite.

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 We can't truly fight for this justice

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 and try to love the victims of sex trafficking

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 like God wants us to

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 if we're not willing to live our lives according to God's standard

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 when it comes to what we're doing in the privacy of our own bedrooms.

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 And so God's call to us to missional holiness

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 is this holistic call for us to live all of our lives

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 as people who are in pursuit of him,

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 avoiding the wrong, pursuing the right.

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 And not just as a legalistic,

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 okay, I've done this, now I'm better than you.

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 No, not at all.

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 That's not the spirit of this at all.

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 The spirit of this is,

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 God gave this command to the nation of Israel.

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 And he said,

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 if you will follow me,

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 if you will live life the way that I'm calling you to live life,

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 the nations around you will see that.

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 And they will see this beautiful way of life.

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 He actually says that if you live according to the standard that I set for you,

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 he says this back in Leviticus, Deuteronomy, somewhere back there.

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 He says, if you live according to the standard that I set for you,

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 there will be no poor in your land.

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 They will be provided for,

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 they will be taken care of,

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 you won't have people starving on the streets,

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 and the nations around you will see that

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 and see that it is beautiful.

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 I want you to follow me because when you follow me,

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 the life that you will live is a beautiful life.

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 And the people around you will see that beautiful life,

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 and they will want that beautiful life,

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 and they will be drawn to me.

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 That's the heart of God when he gives this command to the Israelites

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 in Isaiah chapter 56.

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 And it's a call that applies to us today as well.

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 God wants us to keep justice,

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 to do righteousness,

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 to keep the Sabbath and avoid evil,

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 not so that we can check off a list and say,

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 I've done all these things.

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 But because when we do these things,

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 this holiness of our lives

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 actually serves as a way

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 of making the people around us

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 see how good and beautiful

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 the God we follow is.

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 Because it's a different way of life.

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 It's a pursuing of the good.

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 And it's something that people around us

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 will see as beautiful.

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 Yes, avoiding the things that are evil,

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 but also actively pursuing the things that are right,

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 identifying what's wrong with the world,

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 and actively trying

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 to set those things right.

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 There's a little story that I have

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 that I think illustrates this.

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 Back in the 1930s and 40s,

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 there was a mayor in New York City

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 called LaGuardia.

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 You've probably heard of the airport

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 named after him.

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 I don't know if he was a Christian or not,

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 but this story sort of illustrates this idea

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 of identifying what's wrong with the world

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 and seeking to set it right.

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 Mayor LaGuardia,

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 he was a very good mayor.

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 He fought against corruption.

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 He would join the police on their raids

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 to try and break up the mob.

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 He would ride around the city on fire trucks.

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 He would take orphanages to baseball games.

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 When the newspaper went on strike,

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 he went on the radio

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 and read out the comics to the kids

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 so that they could still have the comics.

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 He was loved and respected around the city.

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 And this one night,

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 in January of 1935,

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 he walked into the courtroom,

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 and he told the judge on duty,

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 you can have the night off.

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 Don't think you can get away with that today.

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 But in 1935, apparently you could.

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 And he told the judge,

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 you take the night off.

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 I'll sit in and hear the cases tonight.

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 So after a couple minutes on the bench,

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 this tattered old lady comes up to him.

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 She's on trial for stealing a loaf of bread.

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 And she says,

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 please, sir,

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 my daughter's husband left her.

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 My daughter is sick.

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 My two grandchildren are starving.

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 I was just trying to provide

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 a way for my family to eat.

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 Yes, I tried to steal the bread,

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 but I was doing it

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 because I care about my family,

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 and I don't want my grandchildren to starve.

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 The baker who had been robbed

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 was sitting there,

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 and he refused to drop the charges.

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 He said, you know,

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 this is a bad neighborhood.

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 This is one of the poorest neighborhoods

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 in New York City.

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 If we let her get away

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 with trying to rob me,

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 then everyone else is going to try to rob me,

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 and I'm going to be out of business,

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 and I'm going to need to rob people too.

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 You need to hold her

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 to the standard of justice,

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 Mayor LaGuardia.

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 And the mayor said,

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 you know,

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 this man is right.

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 The requirements of justice

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 say that you have to face a punishment.

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 You either have to pay a $10 fine

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 or spend 10 days in jail.

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 And as he said this,

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 he pulled out his wallet

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 and grabbed a $10 bill

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 and dropped it into his hat in front of him

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 and said,

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 here is the $10 fine,

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 which I now remit.

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 And additionally,

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 I'm going to charge a $0.50 fine

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 to every single person

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 in this courtroom

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 for living in a city

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 in which this woman

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 has to steal bread

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 to feed her family.

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 Mr. Bailiff,

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 please collect the fines.

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 So they sent around

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 the bailiff

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 to collect the fines,

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 and they handed the woman

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 $47.50

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 with which she could go out

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 and provide for her family,

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 including $0.50

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 from the shopkeeper

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 who she had tried to rob.

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 And the courtroom stood up

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 and gave Mayor LaGuardia

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 a standing ovation

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 because they said,

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 this,

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 what you have just done,

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 this pursuit of justice,

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 not just in punishing her

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 for doing what was wrong,

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 but trying to fix the situation

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 that required her

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 to do that in the first place,

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 that is beautiful.

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 It's not just about

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 holding people accountable

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 for the wrong things

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 that they do,

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 but also looking at

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 why did they do that,

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 what are the social conditions

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 that led them to do that,

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 and how can we actively work

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 to change those social conditions

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 so that they don't have to do that

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 in the future.

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 That is the lifestyle

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 that God is calling us to

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 in this passage.

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 Keep justice,

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 do righteousness,

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 keep the Sabbath,

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 avoid evil.

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 And when we live this way,

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 this lifestyle is beautiful

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 to the world around us.

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 You know,

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 we sort of probably

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 also look at this passage

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 and say,

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 what's the Sabbath doing in there?

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 But in reality,

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 the idea of keeping the Sabbath

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 encapsulates the rest

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 of these ideas

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 of keeping justice,

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 doing righteousness,

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 avoiding evil.

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 Because when we have

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 the type of trust in God

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 where we are able

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 to take one day a week

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 and rest

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 and count on Him

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 to provide,

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 that's going to spill

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 into other areas

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 of our lives as well.

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 And again,

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 this idea of keeping

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 the Sabbath,

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 I'm not going to go

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 too much into it

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 because Bernard spoke on it

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 two weeks ago

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 and you can go back

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 and listen to his sermon

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 if you want to learn

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 more about Sabbath.

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 But this idea

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 of keeping the Sabbath,

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 it's not just a command

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 for the sake

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 of keeping commands.

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 Again,

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 it's a command

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 to love our neighbors.

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 Why is that?

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 Because bosses

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 who check email

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 at 3 a.m.

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 and send out emails

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 to their employees

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 at 3 a.m.

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 expect their employees

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 to also be on their email

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 at 3 a.m.

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 bosses who never rest

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 expect the employees

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 who work for them

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 to never rest.

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 Bosses

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 or parents

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 or managers

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 who have the confidence

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 in God

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 to take one day per week

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 to just rest,

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 to just rely on God

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 to provide,

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 are going to allow

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 the people who work for them

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 to also take that

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 one day a week

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 to rest,

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 to rely on God

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 to provide.

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 And it's going

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 to be a way

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 for us to serve

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 and love our neighbors,

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 another way

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 for us to show

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 the people around us

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 the beauty of the God

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 that we worship

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 and serve.

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 And so God

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 calls us

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 to live

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 this missional

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 holiness lifestyle,

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 a way of

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 taking

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 what He

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 has created

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 in the world

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 and showing people

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 a beautiful way

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 to live life.

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 And not just

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 a beautiful way

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 to live life,

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 but a beautiful way

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 to live life

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 that points them back

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 to the beautiful one

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 who gave us

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 that way to live.

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 He wants us

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 to live

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 as a people

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 who are known

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 for missional holiness.

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 But who does He want us

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 to take this message to?

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 Who does He want us

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 to reach out to?

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 That brings us

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 to point number two,

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 the mission of God.

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 In verse three,

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 He says,

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 let not the foreigner

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 who has joined himself

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 to the Lord

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 say,

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 the Lord will surely

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 separate me

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 from His people.

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 And let not the eunuch

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 say,

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 behold,

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 I am a dry tree.

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 He specifically says

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 right here,

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 he wants this message

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 to go out

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 to foreigners

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 and to eunuchs,

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 which to us

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 may seem strange,

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 but to the ancient Israelites,

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 these two groups

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 of people

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 were known

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 for being outsiders.

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 Historically,

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 if you look at each

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 of the groups,

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 we'll start with

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 the foreigners.

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 They were excluded

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 from the Jewish community.

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 Yes,

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 God wanted them

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 eventually

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 to be included.

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 He wanted Israel

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 to live in such a way

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 that their lifestyle

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 would draw the foreigners

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 to come and join.

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 But they were excluded.

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 There is a Jewish prayer

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 that's prayed

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 even to this day

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 by the men

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 when they wake up.

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 And it says,

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 God,

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 I thank you

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 that you did not make me

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 a foreigner,

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 a slave,

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 or a woman.

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 The women have

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 their own version

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 that basically says,

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 God,

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 I thank you

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 that you did not make me

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 a foreigner,

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 a slave,

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 and that you've given me

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 the joys of being a woman

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 or something like that.

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 But there's a standard

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 Jewish prayer

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 to this day

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 that says,

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.519
 God,

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 I thank you

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 for not making me

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 a foreigner.

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 The foreigners

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 are excluded.

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 The foreigners

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 are looked down upon.

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 Even if you jump ahead

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 to the book of Acts,

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 you'll see a story

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 about the apostle Paul

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 being arrested

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 because the Jews

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 thought that he had

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.920
 brought foreigners

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 into the temple.

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 Foreigners are excluded.

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 Foreigners are not

00:19:02.280 --> 00:19:02.900
 allowed in

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.800
 to God's house.

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 Foreigners,

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 that's most of us

00:19:06.520 --> 00:19:07.220
 here today,

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 I'm guessing.

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 by the Jewish standards

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.759
 of this day

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 when these words

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 were spoken,

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:14.700
 were second-class citizens,

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 outsiders,

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 not seen as people

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:19.180
 on the same level

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.079
 as the Jews.

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 But God says,

00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.940
 that's going to change.

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.440
 He says,

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:28.180
 to the foreigners

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:29.180
 who join themselves

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.880
 to the Lord

00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:31.380
 to minister to him,

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 to love the name

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:32.740
 of the Lord

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 and to be his servants,

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 everyone who keeps

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:35.940
 the Sabbath

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 and does not profane it

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:38.420
 and holds fast

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 my covenant,

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 these I will bring

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 to my holy mountain

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 and make them joyful

00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:44.059
 in my house of prayer.

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 Their burnt offerings

00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:46.580
 and their sacrifices

00:19:46.580 --> 00:19:47.440
 will be accepted

00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.279
 on my altar

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.420
 for my house

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:50.019
 shall be called

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.880
 a house of prayer

00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:52.180
 for all peoples.

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 He says,

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.220
 you foreigners

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:55.580
 who have been excluded,

00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:56.779
 you are going to be

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:58.740
 welcomed into my house.

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 You who have been

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.759
 looked down upon,

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 you are going

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:05.279
 to be welcomed.

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:08.359
 And he says,

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.939
 this may not really

00:20:09.939 --> 00:20:10.599
 click with us,

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:11.639
 the significance of this,

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.220
 but he says,

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.399
 their sacrifices

00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:15.139
 will be accepted.

00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:17.659
 Now why is that

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:18.379
 so significant?

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:21.240
 Because as humans,

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:22.500
 we have this problem

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.139
 of sin

00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:24.419
 that separates us

00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:25.099
 from God.

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:27.299
 And in the Old Testament

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 under the temple system,

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.500
 the only way

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.480
 to have your sins

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.799
 forgiven and taken away

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:33.379
 was by going to the temple

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:34.619
 and making a sacrifice

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:36.119
 to God of an animal.

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 And when the animal

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.939
 was sacrificed,

00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.720
 you would be forgiven

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.599
 for your sins.

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.159
 Which means that

00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:43.779
 if your sacrifices

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.960
 are not accepted,

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.659
 you don't get forgiveness,

00:20:46.919 --> 00:20:47.859
 you don't get acceptance

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.559
 by God.

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:50.159
 God's saying that

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:50.939
 he will accept

00:20:50.939 --> 00:20:51.980
 their sacrifices,

00:20:52.679 --> 00:20:53.899
 our sacrifices,

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 I guess,

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.340
 since most of us

00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:55.840
 are foreigners,

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.580
 is God saying,

00:20:57.820 --> 00:20:59.060
 I will accept you.

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 I will bring you in

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:04.780
 as part of my people.

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 I'm not going to look

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.620
 down on you.

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 I'm not going to see you

00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:09.320
 as a separate group.

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 I'm accepting you.

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 I'm welcoming you.

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 Come.

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 He also speaks here

00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:17.120
 to the eunuchs.

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 Now eunuchs,

00:21:19.040 --> 00:21:19.280
 again,

00:21:19.540 --> 00:21:20.160
 are a group

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 that in ancient Israel

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:22.240
 were outsiders.

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.559
 Deuteronomy,

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.559
 chapter 23,

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.240
 verse 1,

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.579
 bans eunuchs

00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.980
 from coming to worship

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.680
 in the temple.

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 And there was a historian

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:33.559
 around the time of Jesus

00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.759
 named Josephus

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:37.159
 who wrote down

00:21:37.159 --> 00:21:38.720
 just a brief statement

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.399
 about the way

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:39.879
 that eunuchs

00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:41.099
 were seen in his day.

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.639
 He says,

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.639
 let those that have

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.759
 made themselves eunuchs

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:48.379
 be had in detestation.

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.619
 This is a big word

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.519
 you don't hear very much.

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:53.579
 And avoid any conversation

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.099
 with them

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:55.460
 who have deprived themselves

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.339
 of their manhood.

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.799
 Let such be driven away

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.839
 as if they had killed

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.539
 their children

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:02.759
 since before the children

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.319
 were born

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.559
 they lost the means

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.220
 of having them.

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.940
 He says,

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.139
 if someone is a eunuch,

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.359
 you should avoid

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:09.980
 talking to them.

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:11.139
 You should treat them

00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:12.259
 like you would treat someone

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:13.240
 who has killed

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.359
 their own children.

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:18.039
 Quite a harsh statement

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:19.119
 against people

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:20.119
 who are eunuchs.

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:22.679
 And the even worse part

00:22:22.679 --> 00:22:24.399
 is that not only

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:26.599
 did they have this shame

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.359
 to carry around

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:28.239
 during their lifetime,

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:30.119
 but as eunuchs,

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.819
 obviously,

00:22:30.979 --> 00:22:31.699
 they were not able

00:22:31.699 --> 00:22:32.259
 to reproduce.

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.839
 Which means that

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.879
 there was no chance

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.559
 of their memory

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.439
 living on.

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.479
 There was no chance

00:22:37.479 --> 00:22:38.159
 of there being

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:39.399
 future generations

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:40.919
 to carry on their name,

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.619
 to rewrite their story.

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:45.539
 They lived their one life

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:47.419
 in shame and disgrace

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:49.039
 and when they died,

00:22:49.459 --> 00:22:50.019
 that was it.

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:52.979
 And God says,

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:55.099
 that is not going to be

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.599
 the story for the eunuchs

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.179
 anymore.

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.779
 He says,

00:22:59.959 --> 00:23:00.579
 to the eunuchs

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.619
 who keep my Sabbaths,

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:03.659
 who choose the things

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.500
 that please me

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:06.019
 and hold fast my covenant,

00:23:06.479 --> 00:23:08.500
 I will give in my house

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.619
 and within my walls

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.919
 a monument and a name

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.960
 better than sons

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.600
 and daughters.

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 I will give them

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:16.519
 an everlasting name

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.940
 that shall not

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:19.380
 be cut off.

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:20.840
 He says,

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 I'm going to give them

00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:23.220
 a name better

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.200
 than children.

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 I'm going to welcome

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.800
 them into my house.

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.340
 They're not going

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:27.740
 to be banned.

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.200
 They're not going

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.860
 to be excluded.

00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.500
 They're not going

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.160
 to be outsiders.

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:32.039
 They're going to be

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.400
 welcomed.

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:35.980
 And he says,

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.380
 they will not be

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.580
 cut off.

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 I don't know

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.180
 if you noticed this,

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.420
 but this passage

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.119
 right here has

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.380
 some amazing promises

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.619
 to those in the church

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:48.079
 who live as singles

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:49.180
 and commit themselves

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:50.019
 to celibacy

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.220
 or to those in the church

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.779
 who are married

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:53.200
 and unable to have kids.

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.720
 Because God's telling us

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.920
 that our standing

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.779
 as his people

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:59.180
 is not dependent

00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.160
 on our ability

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.779
 to reproduce.

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.680
 It's dependent

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.579
 on our relationship

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.240
 with him.

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:06.059
 And so the fact

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:07.319
 that we don't have kids

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.440
 doesn't make us

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.440
 second-rate Christians.

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.420
 No, we are all

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.220
 the people of God.

00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:11.740
 We are all

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.799
 a family of God.

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.960
 And God has

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.880
 a unique place

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.920
 in his family for us

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.700
 where we are able

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:18.080
 to serve in ways

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:19.080
 that people with kids

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.900
 can't serve.

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:23.660
 And God welcomes us

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.460
 as his people.

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.440
 God is excited

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.240
 to have us

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.120
 in his family

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.960
 if we are single

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:29.080
 or if we are married

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.840
 with no kids.

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:32.299
 That's just a side note.

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:34.480
 But God welcomes

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.580
 the foreigners.

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.180
 God welcomes

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.039
 the eunuchs.

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:39.200
 God welcomes

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:40.160
 the outsiders.

00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:42.299
 He says,

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.840
 the people

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.720
 that society

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.539
 has rejected,

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.640
 I want them.

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.580
 The people

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:50.380
 that historically

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.519
 have not been able

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.700
 to stand before me,

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.680
 I want them

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.660
 to come.

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.120
 I'm not out

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.980
 just for the worthy.

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.900
 I'm not out

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.680
 just for those

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.740
 that everyone looks at

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.680
 and thinks they're great.

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.720
 I'm out

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.740
 for those

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:08.240
 who are outsiders.

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:10.700
 Which brings us

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.880
 to point number three,

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.860
 a call

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:14.519
 to the outsider.

00:25:16.060 --> 00:25:17.380
 Because if God

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.100
 is interested

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:19.000
 in reaching out

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.720
 to the outsiders,

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.539
 that means

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.000
 that God

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.660
 is interested

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.519
 in us

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.580
 reaching out

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:26.380
 to the outsiders.

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.539
 My question

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.180
 for us today

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.180
 is who are

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.039
 the outsiders

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.039
 in our world.

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.799
 It's really tempting

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:37.399
 to just give a list.

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.299
 There are certain groups

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:41.159
 that the church

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:42.379
 generally looks down

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.019
 upon today

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:45.759
 that we could

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.359
 roll them off

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.000
 of our minds

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.940
 of people

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:49.000
 who are ostracized

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.559
 by the church,

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.500
 people who

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:52.099
 have a hard time

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.559
 fitting in

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.200
 if they show up

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.639
 at church.

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.480
 I was really tempted

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:57.319
 to list off

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.240
 a couple of these groups,

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.220
 but I received

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.059
 some good wisdom

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.639
 from some friends

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.259
 who said,

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:02.619
 Eric,

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.039
 remember,

00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:04.919
 if you do that,

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.559
 you make it seem

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.559
 like some group

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.019
 is worse

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.799
 than another group.

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.359
 And that's not true.

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.819
 The reality

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.579
 of the situation

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.859
 is that all of us

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:15.119
 are outsiders

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.839
 before God.

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.679
 All of us

00:26:18.679 --> 00:26:19.639
 have chosen

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.559
 sin

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:22.200
 that separates us

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.839
 from God

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.819
 in our lives.

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.839
 All of us.

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.839
 sin

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.859
 and there's no one group

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.639
 that's a little better

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.619
 or a little worse,

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.579
 a little more severe

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.859
 or a little less severe sin.

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.599
 The fact is,

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.859
 sin is sin.

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.459
 Sin makes us guilty.

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.279
 Sin separates us

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.059
 from God.

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.779
 And in God's eyes,

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.839
 all of us

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:45.299
 are born

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:46.619
 as outsiders.

00:26:47.939 --> 00:26:48.939
 And if we're honest,

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.720
 we can all see

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.559
 glimpses of this

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.480
 even just in the way

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.039
 that we live our lives

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.959
 on a social level.

00:26:54.679 --> 00:26:55.159
 Right?

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.579
 If we're in middle school

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.139
 or high school,

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.859
 we feel like we need

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:59.500
 to have the best

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.859
 social networks,

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.759
 profiles,

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:03.359
 so the people around us

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.240
 can look to us

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.879
 and say,

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.159
 like,

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.259
 that's a cool guy.

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.559
 If we're new in a job

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.559
 or new in a social group,

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.519
 we try and find

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:12.159
 the influencers there

00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:13.819
 and get on their good side

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.539
 so everyone else

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.220
 will like us.

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.419
 Maybe if we feel like

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:18.779
 friends aren't

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.899
 including us in stuff,

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.579
 we'll get really

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.579
 passive-aggressive.

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.919
 You know,

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.579
 you're a jerk!

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.439
 I hate you!

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.539
 Is something wrong?

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.199
 No!

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:28.480
 You're my best friend!

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:31.019
 Or maybe we'll drop

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.759
 hints about it,

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.259
 like,

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:33.960
 you know,

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.439
 you really,

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:36.939
 you really sound like

00:27:36.939 --> 00:27:37.279
 you're going to have

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.139
 a great birthday party.

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.619
 You know the one thing

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.319
 that would make it better?

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.039
 If I was there.

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:45.299
 Too bad I can't be.

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.019
 Didn't get an invitation.

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.460
 Right?

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.519
 We know

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.579
 from the way

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:53.200
 that our social interactions go

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.259
 that all of us

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.900
 at times

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:56.120
 feel like outsiders

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.799
 and feel like

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.380
 there are things

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.299
 that we need to do

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.279
 to be accepted

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.680
 and to be on the inside.

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.500
 And the thing is,

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.980
 all of that

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.579
 social pressure

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.240
 and feeling

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.120
 of being an outsider

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:07.660
 is merely a shadow

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:09.640
 of the fact

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.460
 and the reality

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.460
 that in

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.940
 the relationship

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.640
 that we have

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.180
 with God,

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.759
 we are alienated

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.579
 and we are

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.340
 outsiders.

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:20.879
 it's not just

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.299
 a figment

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.019
 of our imagination,

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.859
 it is the reality

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:25.079
 of the situation.

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.919
 That all of us

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:30.959
 have rebelled

00:28:30.959 --> 00:28:32.039
 against God.

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:35.159
 But the good news is

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:36.259
 that God

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.319
 wants us

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.480
 as his people.

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.079
 God calls

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.359
 to each of us.

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.059
 You know,

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.079
 the Bible tells us

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:46.379
 in Isaiah 53

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.840
 it says that

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.340
 each of us

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:48.980
 like sheep

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.840
 have gone astray

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.600
 and we've chased

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:52.640
 after our own desires

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:54.400
 rather than God.

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.800
 And yet Jesus comes

00:28:57.800 --> 00:28:59.260
 and listen

00:28:59.260 --> 00:29:00.380
 from Isaiah 53

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.380
 about the things

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:02.080
 that he said,

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:03.120
 just three chapters

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:04.040
 in front of the one

00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.920
 that we're looking at today,

00:29:05.020 --> 00:29:05.940
 the things that Jesus

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.940
 went through

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.260
 so that we no longer

00:29:08.260 --> 00:29:09.860
 have to be outsiders.

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:12.399
 in chapter 53

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.039
 verse 3

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.639
 it tells us

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.879
 that he was despised

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.579
 and rejected

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.599
 by men

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.779
 so that we

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:19.259
 can be accepted

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.259
 by God.

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.319
 In 53

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.819
 5

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.339
 it says that

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.899
 he was wounded

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:25.699
 for our transgressions

00:29:25.699 --> 00:29:26.679
 and pierced

00:29:26.679 --> 00:29:28.419
 for our iniquities

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.319
 so that we

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.599
 don't have to be.

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.399
 In 53

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.879
 9

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.279
 it says

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.839
 they made

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.659
 his grave

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:36.399
 with the wicked

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.839
 although he had done

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.619
 no violence

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.720
 because we had

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.319
 and someone

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.699
 had to pay

00:29:41.699 --> 00:29:42.399
 the price

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:43.059
 for us

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:44.439
 to be accepted.

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.579
 You know

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.419
 we talked earlier

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:49.240
 about this idea

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.319
 of missional holiness

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.779
 Jesus is

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:53.199
 the ultimate example

00:29:53.199 --> 00:29:54.519
 of what it looks like

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.179
 to live

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:56.039
 this life

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:57.059
 of missional holiness.

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.759
 Not only

00:29:58.759 --> 00:30:00.079
 perfectly obeying

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.919
 every one

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.779
 of God's laws

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.819
 his entire life

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:04.459
 but also

00:30:04.459 --> 00:30:04.939
 at the end

00:30:04.939 --> 00:30:05.519
 of his life

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.519
 laying down

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.159
 his life

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.180
 to set right

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.980
 what was wrong

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.100
 in our relationship

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.740
 with God.

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.259
 When we want

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.800
 an example

00:30:13.800 --> 00:30:14.640
 of what it looks like

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.180
 to live

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:16.340
 with this missional holiness

00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:17.420
 Jesus is

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:19.080
 our perfect example.

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.160
 He did

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:21.420
 what was perfectly right

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:23.720
 but didn't settle

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.180
 for that

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:25.019
 as if it was enough.

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.220
 No,

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:26.420
 he also pursued

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.560
 setting to right

00:30:27.560 --> 00:30:28.600
 what was wrong

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:29.920
 in the world

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:31.480
 so that God

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.800
 can welcome in

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:33.580
 us

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.680
 the outsiders

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.620
 into

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.700
 his family.

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:37.600
 God

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:40.140
 if you're here

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.580
 today

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.620
 and you're

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.380
 not a Christian

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:44.180
 my encouragement

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.640
 to you

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.420
 is that God

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.120
 is calling

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.880
 to you

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.440
 today.

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.600
 You've spent

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.480
 long enough

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.519
 being an outsider

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.400
 from his family

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:54.340
 and he wants

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:55.060
 you

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.940
 to come

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.759
 to him

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.460
 today.

00:30:59.040 --> 00:30:59.980
 He wants

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.460
 to welcome

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.040
 you in.

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.380
 Despite your sin

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.540
 Jesus has come

00:31:03.540 --> 00:31:04.220
 and paid

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.220
 the price

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:06.140
 so that you

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.839
 can be

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.579
 accepted

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.220
 by God

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.640
 and you

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.180
 no longer

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.160
 need to be

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.140
 an outsider.

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:13.200
 Will you

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.779
 come running

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.180
 to him?

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:17.180
 If you're here

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.640
 today

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.380
 and you're

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.900
 a Christian

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:20.819
 God is also

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.480
 calling you.

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.200
 See you

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.039
 were once

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.819
 an outsider

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.440
 but now

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.980
 you have been

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.799
 welcomed in

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.660
 to God's

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:27.960
 family

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.440
 and now

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.019
 God wants

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.620
 you to go

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.600
 out and reach

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:31.079
 out to the

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.559
 outsiders

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.220
 in your

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.579
 world.

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.879
 So who

00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.419
 are the

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:36.919
 outsiders

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.720
 in your

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:37.980
 world?

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.599
 Maybe a

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.099
 good first

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.399
 step

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:40.879
 question

00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.279
 to ask

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.619
 yourself

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.039
 is just

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.480
 who are

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.639
 the

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.259
 non-Christians

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.559
 that I

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:43.899
 interact

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.139
 with

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.460
 on a

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.659
 regular

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.000
 basis?

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.259
 Maybe

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.819
 co-workers

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.159
 maybe

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.659
 friends

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:48.019
 maybe

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.319
 people

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.639
 from

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:48.799
 your

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.099
 club

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.259
 or

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.399
 your

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:49.700
 sports

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.019
 team

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.539
 the

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:50.779
 people

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:50.940
 that

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.079
 you

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.299
 just

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.559
 see

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:51.740
 on

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:51.839
 a

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.059
 regular

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.440
 basis.

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.039
 But

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.299
 then

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.539
 let's

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.819
 take it

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.039
 one

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.259
 step

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.619
 further.

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:56.879
 Who

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.019
 are

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.139
 the

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.500
 people

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.659
 that

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:58.839
 you

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.259
 see

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.619
 on

00:31:59.619 --> 00:31:59.740
 a

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.000
 regular

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.440
 basis

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.740
 but

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:00.879
 you

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.180
 don't

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.540
 really

00:32:01.540 --> 00:32:01.960
 see?

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.320
 Maybe

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:04.500
 it's

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:04.660
 the

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.020
 janitor

00:32:05.020 --> 00:32:05.280
 at your

00:32:05.280 --> 00:32:05.620
 office.

00:32:05.760 --> 00:32:05.860
 They

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.340
 come in

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.540
 and they

00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:06.860
 take out

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.260
 the trash

00:32:07.260 --> 00:32:07.700
 every day.

00:32:08.260 --> 00:32:08.460
 You

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.020
 see that

00:32:09.020 --> 00:32:09.420
 same

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:09.820
 face

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.180
 every

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.440
 day

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.000
 and you

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.200
 still

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.360
 don't

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:11.480
 know

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.620
 that

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.040
 person's

00:32:12.040 --> 00:32:12.260
 name

00:32:12.260 --> 00:32:12.520
 even

00:32:12.520 --> 00:32:12.660
 though

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:12.840
 you've

00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:13.000
 seen

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.140
 them

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.360
 every

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.560
 day

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:13.740
 for

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.040
 five

00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:14.380
 years.

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.980
 Maybe

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.200
 it's

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.320
 the

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:17.600
 person

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:17.940
 after

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.340
 church

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:18.720
 standing

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.000
 at the

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.260
 table

00:32:19.260 --> 00:32:19.500
 by

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.960
 themselves

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:21.040
 just

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:21.300
 waiting

00:32:21.300 --> 00:32:21.480
 for

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.760
 someone

00:32:21.760 --> 00:32:21.980
 to

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.160
 say

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.480
 hi

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.680
 and

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:22.940
 welcome

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.220
 them.

00:32:27.020 --> 00:32:27.500
 I

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.660
 don't

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:27.840
 know

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.060
 who

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.220
 it

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.500
 is

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.700
 in

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:28.860
 your

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.259
 life.

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.440
 But

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.700
 God

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:30.920
 has

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.299
 placed

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.640
 people

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:31.819
 in

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.059
 each

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.180
 of

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.360
 our

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.819
 lives

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.360
 so

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:33.580
 that

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:33.720
 we

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:33.880
 can

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.200
 connect

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.360
 with

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.580
 them.

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:35.480
 And

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.620
 when

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:35.819
 we

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.120
 look

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.279
 at

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.620
 people

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.059
 like

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.940
 janitors

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.700
 and

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:38.920
 say

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.080
 you

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:39.180
 know

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.440
 I'm

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.559
 on

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.700
 a

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:39.900
 different

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.160
 level

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.539
 socially

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.779
 than

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:40.980
 them.

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.420
 They're

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.539
 an

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:41.980
 outsider

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.420
 I'm

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.640
 in.

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:42.880
 I

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.220
 can't

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.559
 interact

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.740
 with

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:43.940
 them.

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:45.519
 what

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.680
 we're

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.019
 saying

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.420
 is

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:48.620
 God's

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:48.980
 desire

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.220
 to

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.460
 welcome

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.640
 the

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.039
 outsider

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.420
 doesn't

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.640
 matter

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:50.840
 to

00:32:50.840 --> 00:32:51.019
 me.

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.100
 I

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.340
 care

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.559
 more

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:53.779
 about

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.000
 my

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.299
 social

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.779
 status

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:54.980
 than

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.100
 I

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.220
 do

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.460
 about

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.900
 loving

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.440
 my

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.700
 neighbor.

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.740
 But

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:58.920
 the

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.180
 truth

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.400
 is

00:32:59.400 --> 00:32:59.580
 that

00:32:59.580 --> 00:32:59.860
 God

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:00.160
 reached

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.320
 out

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:00.460
 to

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.700
 us

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:00.900
 when

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.080
 we

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:01.240
 were

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.700
 outsiders

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.019
 and

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.240
 he

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.500
 wants

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:02.820
 us

00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.340
 to

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.580
 reach

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:03.779
 out

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:03.920
 to

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.039
 the

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.480
 outsiders

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.019
 around

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.400
 us.

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:07.900
 One

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.120
 more

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.400
 step

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:08.779
 further

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.380
 in

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:09.539
 this

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.799
 idea

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.000
 of

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.279
 reaching

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.519
 out

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:10.640
 to

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:10.779
 the

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.240
 outsiders.

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.579
 Who

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:12.740
 are

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:12.880
 the

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.200
 people

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.980
 in

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.140
 your

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.519
 life

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.420
 that

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.579
 you

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:15.900
 feel

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.099
 are

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.539
 beyond

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.180
 salvation?

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.700
 Who

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:19.799
 are

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:19.900
 the

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.140
 people

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.319
 that

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.440
 you

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.680
 look

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:20.900
 at

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.079
 and

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.259
 you

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.579
 say

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:21.960
 oh

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.359
 them?

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:23.960
 Yeah

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.039
 I

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.220
 don't

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.579
 think

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:26.140
 God

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.319
 would

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.500
 really

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.640
 be

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.019
 interested

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.240
 in

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.460
 them.

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.359
 Because

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:30.559
 the

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:30.819
 truth

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.059
 is

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.240
 that

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.579
 those

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.740
 are

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:31.880
 the

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.220
 people

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.599
 that

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:32.920
 God

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.140
 is

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.480
 calling

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.740
 us

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:33.960
 to

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.180
 reach

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.380
 out

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.660
 to

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:35.319
 today.

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.700
 Jesus

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.500
 died

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:39.880
 to

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.279
 welcome

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.680
 the

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.180
 outsider

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:43.880
 there's

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.200
 no

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.759
 group

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.279
 that's

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.560
 more

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:45.779
 or

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.019
 less

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.360
 worthy

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.600
 of

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:46.799
 his

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.060
 love.

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.400
 All

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.560
 of

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:47.759
 us

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:47.940
 are

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.380
 unworthy

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.620
 and

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:48.940
 all

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.080
 of

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.259
 us

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.640
 are

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.019
 welcomed

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.620
 freely

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.259
 only

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.519
 as

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:51.660
 a

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:51.900
 gift

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.140
 of

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.519
 grace.

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.680
 And

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:53.799
 when

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:53.980
 we

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.299
 put

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.820
 ourselves

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.660
 in

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.039
 God's

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.400
 shoes

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.420
 and

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.620
 say

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:57.940
 this

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.460
 person

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.120
 is

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.600
 unworthy

00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.660
 of

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:00.880
 hearing

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.080
 the

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:01.400
 gospel

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:03.240
 what

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.400
 we

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.560
 do

00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:03.700
 is

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:03.820
 we

00:34:03.820 --> 00:34:04.000
 say

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.460
 I'm

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.019
 better

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.960
 than

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.180
 you.

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.640
 I'm

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:06.860
 more

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.360
 deserving

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:07.860
 than

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.079
 you.

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.659
 But

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:09.880
 let me

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.159
 ask a

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.559
 question.

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.139
 who is

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.279
 the

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.500
 worst

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.759
 sinner?

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.299
 The

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:14.000
 prostitute

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.699
 who comes

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.199
 and sells

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.659
 her body

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.360
 because that

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.639
 is the

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.139
 only way

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.619
 she knows

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:17.980
 of to

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.360
 provide

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.739
 for her

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.139
 family.

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.239
 Or the

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.639
 Christian

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.139
 who looks

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.539
 at her

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.480
 and based

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.880
 on her

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.320
 profession

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.139
 decides that

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.559
 she's not

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.960
 worthy of

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.299
 hearing the

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.579
 gospel.

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:30.420
 who is

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.519
 the

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.739
 worst

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.000
 sinner

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.319
 in that

00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:31.880
 situation?

00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:34.799
 Jesus

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.519
 calls us

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.980
 to reach

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.960
 out to

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.380
 the

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.900
 outsider.

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.599
 He did

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.759
 it.

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.360
 He set

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.599
 the

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:40.960
 perfect

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.440
 example

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.900
 of it

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.920
 in his

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.299
 life.

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:43.980
 And now

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.480
 he calls

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.900
 us to

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.199
 do it

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.619
 as well.

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.679
 And he

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.019
 gives us

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.460
 a promise

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.279
 that as

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:48.699
 we go

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.400
 we don't

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.739
 need to

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.159
 be afraid

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.659
 because the

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.159
 success

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.579
 of our

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:51.920
 going

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.699
 is not

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.159
 dependent

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:54.219
 on the

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:54.659
 expertise

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.299
 of our

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:55.839
 presentation

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.460
 but on

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.699
 the

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.239
 faithfulness

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.679
 of God.

00:34:59.359 --> 00:35:00.000
 When we

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.399
 share the

00:35:00.399 --> 00:35:00.859
 gospel with

00:35:00.859 --> 00:35:01.259
 others we're

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:01.739
 not going

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.359
 as experts

00:35:02.359 --> 00:35:02.879
 who have

00:35:02.879 --> 00:35:03.099
 all the

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.359
 answers.

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.599
 We're

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.539
 going as

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.079
 outsiders

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:06.179
 who have

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.719
 been welcomed

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:08.159
 in and

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.739
 are offering

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.879
 someone else

00:35:09.879 --> 00:35:10.839
 another

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:11.440
 outsider,

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:12.379
 another chance

00:35:12.379 --> 00:35:12.980
 to be welcomed

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.839
 in in the

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:14.239
 same way

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.519
 that we

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.839
 have.

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.699
 And in

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.739
 chapter 56

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:18.319
 verse 8

00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:19.139
 God promises

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.899
 I will gather

00:35:19.899 --> 00:35:20.519
 yet others

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.000
 to him

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.379
 besides those

00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:22.799
 already

00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:23.139
 gathered.

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.719
 He says

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.059
 I'm going

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.359
 to take

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:25.679
 care of

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:25.859
 this.

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.379
 People

00:35:26.379 --> 00:35:27.420
 will come

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:27.879
 when you

00:35:27.879 --> 00:35:28.299
 share the

00:35:28.299 --> 00:35:28.679
 gospel.

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.659
 My family

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.879
 will grow.

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.719
 Outsiders

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.599
 will be

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.339
 welcomed in

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:34.420
 as long

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.920
 as you

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.460
 are willing

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.019
 to go

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.559
 and share

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.980
 with them.

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.519
 And so

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.779
 if you

00:35:38.779 --> 00:35:39.079
 are a

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.359
 Christian

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:40.019
 here today

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.839
 God calls

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.799
 you reach

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.299
 out to

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:42.899
 the outsiders

00:35:42.899 --> 00:35:43.399
 in your

00:35:43.399 --> 00:35:43.699
 life.

00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.399
 Don't

00:35:45.399 --> 00:35:45.879
 ignore them.

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.139
 Don't

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.480
 overlook

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.960
 them because

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.299
 you think

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:47.719
 you're better

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.179
 than them.

00:35:49.359 --> 00:35:50.119
 But go

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.559
 to them.

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:51.519
 Share

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.980
 with them.

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:52.839
 Show

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.579
 them the

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.000
 beauty

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:55.200
 of

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.880
 Jesus.

00:35:57.100 --> 00:35:57.900
 He has

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.480
 promised to

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.980
 take care of

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.519
 the results.

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.640
 But he calls

00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.340
 us to live

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:03.019
 on mission

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:05.600
 as a group

00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:06.220
 that he has

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:07.000
 formed for the

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.500
 accomplishment

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.720
 of this

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.120
 mission.

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.559
 He says

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:10.860
 go.

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.960
 Live lives

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.980
 of missional

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.559
 holiness.

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.660
 Reach out

00:36:16.660 --> 00:36:17.480
 to the outsiders

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.300
 because I love

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:19.240
 them and I want

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:20.180
 them and I want

00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:20.940
 them to come

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.460
 to me.

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.659
 I want you

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.320
 to be my

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:23.820
 hands and

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.059
 feet.

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:24.940
 Welcome

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.720
 them into

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.260
 the family.

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.700
 Will we

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.139
 do that?

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.420
 Let's pray.

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.360
 Father we

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.179
 thank you for

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.880
 your love for

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.119
 us.

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.659
 We thank you

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.179
 that you

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:39.300
 are good

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.740
 and you

00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:40.320
 are faithful

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.820
 and that

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:42.240
 you give

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.760
 us grace

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.179
 that we

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.860
 don't deserve

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.300
 that when

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.619
 we are

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.119
 outsiders

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:46.760
 you called

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:47.280
 to us

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.960
 and you

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.960
 welcomed us

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.460
 into your

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.820
 family.

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.599
 God I

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.000
 pray that we

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.440
 would be a

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.220
 people who

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:55.679
 live lives

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.420
 of obedience

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:57.039
 to you

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:58.420
 not just for

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.920
 the sake of

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.400
 keeping the

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.179
 rules but as

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.599
 a way of

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.199
 showing the

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.679
 world around

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.119
 us how

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.860
 beautiful of

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.220
 a God

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:03.740
 you are

00:37:03.740 --> 00:37:04.420
 and of

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.079
 inviting them

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:06.380
 in to

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.920
 join your

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.340
 family.

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.559
 God I

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:08.880
 pray for

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.280
 those who

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.659
 are here

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.179
 today who

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.679
 don't know

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.059
 you that

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.420
 they would

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.900
 come running

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.519
 to you that

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:12.860
 they would

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.960
 find a

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.380
 place of

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:16.159
 welcome and

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.639
 a place where

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.240
 they don't need

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.699
 to be an

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.740
 outsider anymore

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.439
 in you.

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:21.000
 I pray for

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.339
 those who

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:21.599
 are here

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.079
 today that

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.579
 know you

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:22.939
 that we

00:37:22.939 --> 00:37:24.739
 would live

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.239
 lives of

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:28.439
 faith telling

00:37:28.439 --> 00:37:29.219
 those around

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:30.000
 us about

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.559
 you and

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.039
 how great

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.519
 you are

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:33.500
 trusting you

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:33.839
 to be

00:37:33.839 --> 00:37:34.479
 faithful with

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 the results.

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 God we

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 love you.

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 In Jesus

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 name.

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 Amen.